Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-01-06


ture: Il has been dear job for the State
and it is 40 more than right that our flu
ture political fathers should have an ex
officio license to give il the go-by. 1t is
now able TO take care of itself, and mus
consent to be tried by its piers, and stand
upon its own foundation. The subject
of internal improvements calls so loud.
ly upon the legislature for its attention
that we cannot but hope that some eff.
cient step will be taken at the present ses.
sion. But we dread the possibility there
is of one or two more winters being spent
in talking about it. there are so many
who have SO much to say. Our legisla-
tors are much given to speech-making and
raillery with regard to the Warren Bridge
there was by far too much railing on both
sides. Unless there is reform there will
never be railway 10 Albany for 10 do
this the iron must be struck while hot.
Let them rail way from Boston to the
interiour of the State, and then they may
rail away on other subjects as much as
they please.
Mr.. Madison, ex~president, has written
two letters concerning the power of Con-
gress to impose protecting duties. They
have been published in the National In
telligencer, and we intend to copy them,
because we think these are documents
which should be on record. Having been
not only one of the trainers of our consti-
tuition, but an able defender of its princi-
Piles in the Federalist, MIR. Madison
opinions on the subject which has of late
excited SO much attention viii be entitled
to great respec CT.
SoUTH-CARoLINA AND GEORGIA as.
THE UNITED STATES. The oppugnation
in South-Carolina and Georgia, of which
there have of late been occasional symp-
toms, has probably come to its full growth.
The Hotspurs of these States have blown
and clustered SO long, and magnifed so
much the evils Of the Tariff, that the peo-
pie have come to be sincere no doubt in
their belief of its injurious operation upon
their interests and they show them
selys very ready to take almost any meas
ures to check it. There is however in
their proceedings SO much internal evil
dence of the real braggadocio that the
peaceable citizens of the Union will hard
ly be brought to entertain any very seri-
Gus fears of the result.
In South Carolina the Legislature has
been warmly engaged in the discussion,
as to what measures to take against the
oppressive system Of protecting duties. :"
A resolution has passed the House of
Representatives, by vote of 50 to SO,
in which they express their determination
to make solemn protest, against the un-
constitutionality of the tariff, to make a
pnblick exposition of their wrongs, and of
the remedies within their power, and to
request the cooperation of other States in
measures TO procure repeal of the tariff
laws, and if they be not repealed, in the
necessary measures for averting the evil.
The following extract ola letter published
in the Charleston Mercury, will give the
reader an idea of the tone of the debate
on the subject -
"The House resolved itself into a Com
mittee of the Whole, in relation to the
Tariff. Mr.. De Saussure took the floor in
support OF the resolutions offered by himself
OF which the principal purport is, that our
Senators be instructed to enter a solemn
protest against the Tariff upon the Journals
of the Senate, and to endeavour to procure
such an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States as shall positively deny
to Congress the power to lay duties on i'm
ports for the protection of domestick manu.
features. Although regard the proposed
amendment as utterly hopeless, and sincerely
trust, that after the contemptuous treatment
which all our protests and memorials have
already received from Congress, this State
will never condescend to protest or memoir
ialize again; yet it is but doing an act of
simple justice to Mr.. d. to say that his
speech was tull of manly and patriotick feel
ing, characterized throughout by strong ey-
licences of judicious and discriminating
mind, and delivered in chaste and impress
sive manner. Mr.. d. was followed by Col.
Simpkins, who occupied the floor for a con-
siderable time, and who advocated, ably and
warmly, the calling Of Convention, with a
view to the notification of the Act. Col. s.
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