Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-27
THE FREE TRADE CONVENTION.

| " Who would not weep that -itttCHs were uG =
THE FREE TRADE CONVENTION.
By Typographical error, the vote OF the
! Virginia delegation Oh air. GaIlstln'S mo''oa
TO strike out the portion of lae Address Of The
| Free Trade Convention which argued the CON
sliiutionalty of tho Iarh Laws, WAS reversed,
in the notice taken 81 it ia our last papar. 1t
WAS placed a0irnlnigeig ns,raj OF negnirciy.
J The efror, however. was so apparent that douLt.
| less each OF cur readers corrected i Tor kim.
| self
as We have again touched On TIL, subject, il
may be weli eaoagh 10 mention one or two
| facts, WHICH viii account Tor the unlocked for
! moderation OF some OF the ho;-headed Sou It'll.
rrn~fs, who Went TO Philadelphia charged TO
tie very muzzie with RED hot shot against he
rar,l system, bat Who deemed It prujpn 20
seae rhrir ch,l.r af.r they had cast rye
over the field OF aciau, aud tested the strength
IT ,athe, the ieebleness. oil tarif lile Nutidica-
ION squad-(we Cannot djsniiy it % the nam
o pnaIa"x)
they were met by ,ae New YORK. delegations
hea lied by Albert Gall,ltn. Onp Of that die
| gaton, since his return home, in an mticie
/ which appears IN ,ha New York American,
says, Tue gentlenen OF the Sunih, | have
every reason to know, came to Philadelphia
With a detrrm,nati1u not easily shaken, 10 de-
dare. by formal vote Of the Convention, that
tie TaflT laws uncousri,uunn d. Way.
then, did they not do il ? Because, snys the
same writer, they were inform ed that alt, olgh
the NV York del, CATION " had no objection to
state the tGct that large. intelligent aud pat
ilpue portion Of the community did believe
these laws TO be in violation of the cunsttuliun
yet beyond = mere statement of that ar Any
other Tact, they were unwilling To goi aud thai
- If were ces,l, understood that thar q It sr.on
was 10 he discussed and decided they (the
New York del gates would Immediately return
hnne, as thy would not enter uto any such
discussion, or be present at any such deci.
SON
Aao.her fact which wa have heard stated, is,
that majority ofthe Virginia die stisn did
not sanction the idea of a naked declaration OF
the "ntonsutnionslity OF the Tariff laws-be.
iIeVing that, while they are probably rrpug.
na"i TO the spiri' thy arc warranted by the
letter Of the constitution. And we may natu.
rally presume, that the same opinion was CON.
mon I" large maiorGy of the Convention 1t.
sell. II is probable, therefore, that had an at
tempt been made to decl uethe Tariff laws TN.
constitutional, ii would have b,eu derearei.
We have, II Is true, heard il sail, b, II very
intel Iseni gentleman. that, although the I'm.
constlt"t'onalry of the Iarih.aHs Ia moi pos,.
''e'y ainrmed IN the Address adopted by the
free Trade Convention. yet the fact tb., lbp
argument against their constuutiouainp was not
stricken out is conclusive evidence tnsi such
was the sentiment Of IA large majority of the
Convention aud that the yeas anh nays ca
the motion 10 strike out this argument was n
iar test OF the views Of the members of that
BODY on this point. This view of the s,biac,
has some plausihili'y bat then we know Tim,
Mr.. Carpenter, Of Name. vim voted so.ins,
S'r'&'nS out that argument declared his ron
''NhA" 'hdl the laws were constitutional. 81 ,yo
Know one other member of that Convcptian
"no voted against striking out, aud vet VIII
oe1e'es that they nre within the letter of IN.
constitution HnL, Gaally, the New York .riter
u VINO" we have above referred, ASSERTS, ,nst
muse VINO were anxious 10 retain The arg,ps,t
assured those who WISHED to hsy. !, sI,i,L
o"'' 'hai - The reasons set forth in The sdJrss.
''sFe NE reasons Of others, and not ofMs Co..
'e"'ioh. lie then voted for the ailress no.
'e''"s mat he did not yield the Driuri,j.,
though strongly opposed 10 the eou,,e. ma r..
CARDS its eTpedisncy.
i"e truth As, the Convention was comno,o,
" '''" whose views were widely different. and
aware mat they had nothing to hone .,coo, |
''o" ana"'m''y, they yielded every thing ;.
o''a'" maj. Even the South Carolina ,,,II;c.
''' ""o' one would think from lis bold dsmo.
"0' ""a dee'ama'ory thunisr, woula " ,avn