Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-08-02

great question, Wilde it'll am determined
to dOmyzdAty. If Nave other objects, they
shall mot interfere with that which shall be
paramount TO all Others. If the honorable
/ Senator from Pennsylvania will notsdo his
Isdntg, that viii not, prevent me, and 1 must
4 ten him. this isthe last place in which, and
al; s lastr6th against whom, he ~ bose le-
\ gislatuIe han INSTRUCTED him not to- barter
away any thing. MOI To- be cajoled tOsabandon
NV one. lola az the pfatective system, should
! have lhsinuated improper motives. Howey-
i er, the Senator who had stated he hadstood
j out VhiIe, would now say how much only Of
l4hat sYStem, which he was Instructed "a. de-
A6d, heAhad yielded?
4 Mr.. M angum here interrupted Mr.. Clay, by
calling himio order for having referred to the
conduct of any of The. Committee Of Confer
ence. Mr.. TazesSell sustained MIR. G. in the
\ course he had taken: as the gentlemen Of the
cOmmittee themselves had entered into expa-
1 nation Of their conduct, it was therefore sub
iect open to comment, although IT had been
4 out of order in the first instance tn have made
] any inquiry into the individual conduct otthe
1 committee. Mr.. Clay then said, it was urt-
necessary 10 discuss that Mr.. Eangum how
4 ever persisted in his point Of order, and hav-
! ing reduced it to writing, it was subsequently
overrtiled, er cdthedra. Upon which Mr.. c..
remarked, that he hoped they had dene with
points of order, and that the Senator who bad
! usually conducted himself SO decorously,
would henceforth pursue the even tenor at his
way. Mr.. Mangum rather tartly observed,
that he did not want the honorable Senator
| to instruct him as to his c"urse, &c Mr.. Z.
/ re piled, that the gentleman then might take
Just what course he pleased. Mr.. M. SAID he
certainly would, and was about leaving the
4 Senate, when, presume his better reflection
convinced him he had been III error, had been
/ pronounced so by the char, and ne returned
to his seat After which. Mr.. Clay denoun-
ced in strong language the abandonment OF
the protective system. and particularly vlnol'
Gated his course in relation to it. Mr.. Web
ster followed, and commented very severely
on the conduct of Mr.. Wilkins. who said that
he abandoned the amendment as 10 woollens,
7 because it was but a little but why was 1T
but little +? simply because that Senator had
abandoned every thing else in the bill. &c
The whole of the foregoing debate was the
most interesting, both as to matter and man
ner, that had occurred for the session. 1t
was not lessened whcn Mr.. Hayne, laughing,
got up, and explained how he had acted on
the committee declaring in effect and sub
stance, that as. the Senate knew full well what
( his opinions were upon the prote ctiye system.
he felt HIMSELF. when chosen. in situation
| somewhat strange somewhat like the feel
ings ascribed to Asmodeus in a church, who
wondered how he got there: Qaughter,) but
having got into the conference, he was deter
mined to make the best Of it for the South.
He first applied to the Senator from New-Jer-
sey upon an article in which he did not feel
much interest, and although he commended for
! while, yet upon that he would finally give
| way. Then. as he never touched upon the /
iron interest, (langhter,) 10 which both gentle
| men felt SO deeply, he applied to the Senator,
! for Pennsylvania upon some other article, who
was also very well inclined to accommodate |
| him upon particular matters; until finally he
worked upon one and then upon another Of
| the committee. and In this way he managed
4 to- reduce their opposition tO very small
matter indeed---to only two or three articles /:
| as to wOollens, seven per cent. Upon this |
| there was n struggle made by the Senator
from New Jersey, of cent per cent. down to
two per cent !; but the Senator from Penn
sylvana having declared that there was pro-
lection enough in the bill for the woolen
| manufacturer, the Senator from New-Jersey
finally gave way, and being further satisfied
| by gentleman on the Committee from the
House Of Representatives that an establish
nientin New,Jersey for manufacturing Duck
| would not be injured. all the amendments
were then given up, and they recommended |
the Senate to recede from them. He then
repeated, that as the Senate knew very we'll
what his opinions were, (lotciy bo,oing to the
gro,tnd) he begged TO return his sincere and
hearty thanks to his co-laborers, for their val
liable assistance in enabling him to effect his
objects, for his constituents in the South
Considerable laughter followed.ihis declara-
! ton, and the expose itself was received with |
much evident modification on the part Of the |
Hon. Senators implicated. After some hu- |
morous remarks from Mr.. Holmes upon the
adroitness displayed by Mr.. Hayne. and the
K discontinue that ensued from the narrative,
the question was takenOn postponing the bill,
which the Senate refused to do by large ma
jority, principally on the ground that il they
did so, they would not have any bill at all.
\ A motion to EecOmmit the bill was made
1 by Mf. Hayne and rejected. The question
on Teceding fFom the amendments were seve-
rally put aud carried: upon which Mr. Will.
kins, to shakethe impression made by his du.
plicity, made another essay, and went into
long explanation of his NOTWITHSTANDING for
Justification to the votes just taken.--and be-
ing followed by Mr.. Webster in reply, the
holowness of Mr.. Wilkins professions in ia
vOr Of the protective Interests generally was,
he said, practically illustrated by the fact, that
It appeared he had acted on the previous de-
termination to surrender every article but one