The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-02-25

resources. he dlIhcuity ~ DOT 10 pfoc"tc .
men but 10 provide the means of maintaining
them. From 1878 to 1877, cotton, rics, and
tobacco constituting two thirds Of the domes.
tic exports of the country, were the product Of
slave labor.
Mr. II. then went on 10 show that the states
north of the Potomac derived a greater profit
from slave labor than those at the south. He
quoted from Matthew Carey's Olive Branch,
a passage in which that writer averred that
4" if separation was desirable IN any part of
the Union il would be TO the middle and south
ern states, particularly to the latter" Mr.. II.
then alnded to a spirit of false philanthropy
which prevails, neglecting the needy at homo
to minister to the wants Of those abroad. Ii
is this spirit, said Mr.. II which has long been
busy with the slaves Of the south, and is now
manifesting itself in relation to the Indians.
fio said no brighter examples of moral and
intellectual greatness had been displayed from
the commencement of the Revolution to the
present time, than had been exhibited by the
SONS of tho South-commended tho spirit of
"the Old Dominion" and concluded with an
extract of speech Of Burkes, in which he
declared that tho masters Of slaves know best
the value Of freedom.
Mr.. II. in reply to Mr.. WIS remarks on
consolidation, observed that il was a consoh-
dation of the Union and not of the government
which the trainers of tho constitution desired.
He denounced the party terming themselves
national republicans ms the same in principle
with the federalists Of 9S, who became federal
republicans in 1872, and national republicans
in %. He spoke of MIR. W. efforts in 1890
and "a against the tariff, and of his voting for
ii in % lfit was not an eastern measure az
asserted by the Senator from Massachusetts,,
and not a western measure as asserted by
the Senator from Missouri, do gentlemen hold
the wishes Of their brethren Of the south at SO
cheap rate, that they will not crafty them
IN repenlinga measure ruinoss to the interests
Of the south ...
The allusion which mr.. Webster made tn
the expression Of distinguished citizen Of
South Carolina that it was time for the south
to calculate the value Of the Union, called
| forth an impassioned vindication from mr..
iIayne. He declared that no state in the u
Mon had shown more ardent jealous uniform
and uncaculating devotion to the Union thnn
South Carolina. He eulogised her conduct
in the Revolution, in SO, and in the war Of
| 1919, and contrasted the patriotism Of the
south in the latter crisis with the conduct Of
the peace party at the north. He alluded in
| terms OF the severest censurc to the conduct
of the federal party in New England during
the last war with Eng land, and said that il was
not from that quarter that the south was to be
charged with spirit Of disunion At the
same time he commended the democracy Of
New England, US deserving even higher praise
than tho democracy of the south, for their
unialtering devotion at all times to the cause
OF their common country. He then attempt
ed to justify the South Carolina doctrine that
a state has constitutional remedy in the ex-
ercise Of It's sovereign authority against a
gross, palpablo and deliberate violation Of tho
constitution, by the Virginia resolutions Of
0S, Madison's report in '9S. by the resolutions
Of the Legislature of Kentucky in % and 30,
and by the opinions Of mr. Jefferson. He as
serted that the doctrine which constitutes the
Federal Government the exclusive Judge of
the extent and limitation of IFS own powers, is
suhverslve Of the sovereignty and indepen-
dcnce Of the statcs--apd that if the Supreme
Court were invested with tho same power, it
would lead to equally ruinous results. Mr.. ii.
thus concludes:
" Sir, if the measures of tho .Fcdernl Gov
! crnment were less oppressive, We should still
strive against this usurpation. The south is act
ing on principle she has always held sacred :
resistance to unauthorized taxation. These,
Sir, arc the principles which induced the inn
mortal Hampton TO resist the payment Of
tax of twenty shillings. Would twenty shil.
lings have ruined his fortune?-No but tho
payment cf half twenty shillings, on the prin-
ciple on which il was demanded, would have
made him slave. Sir, if in acting on these
| high motves-if animated by that ardent love
of liberty which has always been the most
prominent trait in the Southern character-
we should be hurried beyond the bounds of
cold and calculating prudence, who is there,
| with one noble and generous sentiment in his
bosom, that would not be disposed, in the
language Of Burke, to exclaim, "You must
pardon something to the spirit Of Liberty"
The speech of Mr.. Barton of Missouri,