Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-04-18

lallued to him, he must say that his opinion
was, that the measure was unconstitutional.
When, sir, contended with you, side by
side, and with perhaps less zeal than you ex
hbited, in 1916, did not understand you then
to consider the policy forbidden by the consti-
tuition.
[The Vice President again interposed, and
said that the constitutional question was not
debated at that time, and that he had never
Expressed an opinion contrary to that now in
timated.
give way with pleasure to these explana-
tons, which Hope will always be made when
! say any thing bearing on the individual opi-
ions of the Chair. | know the delicacy of
the position and sympathise with the incum-
bent, whoever he may be. Itistrue the ques
ton was not debated in 1916; and why not?
Because it was not debateable; it was then be-
leved not fairly to arise. 1t never has been
made. as distinct, substantial, and leading
point of objection. 1t never was made until
the discussion of the tariff of lS24,* when it
was rather limited at, as against the spirit of
the constitution, than formally announced, as
being contrary to the provisions of that instru-
ment. What was not dreamt of before, or in,
1916, and scarcely thought of in 1924, is now
made. by excited imaginations, to assume the
imposing form of a serious constitutional bar
rier.
Such are the origin, duration, extent, and
sanctions of the policy which we are now call
ed upon to subvert. Its beneficial effects, al
though they may vary in degree, have been
felt in all parts of the Union. To none, veri
ly believe, has it been prejudicial. To the
North, every where, testimonies are borne of
the high prosperity which it has diffnsed.-
There, all branches of industry are animated
and fourishing. Commerce, foreign and do
nestle, active; cities and towns springing up,
enlarging and beautify,ng; navigation fully
and pro6taby employed, and the whole face
of the country smiling with improvement,
cherfulness, and abundance. The gentleman
from South Carolina has supposed that we, M
the West, derive no advantages from this sys-
tenn. He is mistaken. Let him visit US, and
he will find, from the head of La Belle Ri
Were, al Pittsburg, to America, at its mouth.
the most rapid and gratifying advances. Hell
will behold Pittsburgh itself, Wheeling, Ports
mouth, Maysvllle, Cincinnati, Louisville, and
numerous other towns, lining and ornamenting
the banks of that noble river, daily extending
their limits, and prosecuting, with the greatest
spirit and profit, numerous branches of the
manufacturing and mechanic arts. If he will
go into the interior, in the State Of Ohio, bel
will there perceive the most astonishing pro
gress in agriculture, in the useful arts, and tol
all the improvements to which they both d
rectly conduce. Then let him cross over intoI
my own, my favorite State, and contemplated
the spectacle which is there exhibited. Hel
will perceive numerous villages. not large, butt
neat, thriving, and some of them higly orna-
mented; many manufactures ofhemp, cotton.
wool, and other articles. In various parts of
the country, and especially in the Elkhorn
region, an endless succession of natural parks
the forrest thinned; fallen trees and under
growth cleared away; large herds and flocks
feeding on luxuriant grasses: and interspersedI
with comfortable, sometimes elegant mansions,
surrounded by extensive lawns. The honor
able gentleman from South Carolina says. that
a profitable trade was carried on from the
West, through tine Seleuda gap, in mules, bor.
SEES, other live stock, which has been checked
by the operation of the tariff. II is true that
such trade was carried on between Kentucky
and South Carolina, mutually beneficial to
both parties; but several years ago, resolutions,
at popular meetings, in Carolina. were adep-
ted, not to purchase the produce of Kentucky,
by way of punishment for her attachment toi
the taliff. They must have supposed us as
stupid as the sires of one of the descriptions
of the stock, Of which that trade consisted,
if they imagined that their resolutions would
affect our principles. Our drovers cracked
their whips, blew their hornes, and passed the
Seleuda gap, to other markets, where better
humors existed, and equal or greater profits
were made. have heard of your successor
in the House of Representatives, Mr.. Presi
dent, this anecdote; that he joined in the a.
dopton of those resolutions, but when, about
Christmas, he applied to one Of his South Car
DINA neighbors to purchase the regular sup
ply of pork, for the ensuing year, he found
that he had to give two prices for it; and he
declared if that were the patriotism on which
the resolutions were passed, he would not con-
form to them; and, in point of fact, laid in his
annual stock of pork by purchase from the
first passing Kentucky drover. That trade,
now partially resumed, was maintained by
Western productions, on the one side, and
Carolina money on the other. From that con-
dition of it, the gentleman from South Carroll,
ma mi CHIT have drawn his conclusion, that an