Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-23
CONGRESSIONAL.


SPEECH OF MIR. TYLER OF VIRGINIA.
On me s"3lect q M Gays Resolutions preceding 70,
the Senate ef the u. s., Feb. 9, Is32-GConcudcd.
On tuesday Mr.. Tyler resumed his argument He be-
gan py aPoogizng TO the Senate for the time which he
feared he mad SO unproably consumed The Senate was
witness TO the intrmy under which he had risen to adj
dress it, Their kind Indulgence him, under such cir
cumsances, had sunk deep into his heart He searched
his heart TO ascertain whether he could find lurking with
mi any feeling of seshness of pary and alter the
most careful examinaon he could nothing of the sort
lie was compelled to enter into this discussion and now
10 continue IT, exclusively from of duty 10 the
country. Least of all have been influenced by any vain
or lille conceil that could enter the lists successfully with
the honorable Senator from Kentucky. 1 have only
sought TO break the deep spell of his entertainments and
II justice and equality in the operations Government
are not mere empty and unmeaning terms flaer N.Y.
sell That have not been wholly unsuccessful. What
party purpose am subscribing! With what party am all
lied on this question Where, sir is the great dominant
party oil the Countrywide Jackson party! Its Igamens
are torn asunder this great and vital question; and the
members oil that party, this floor, from this side of the
roiomac WITH believe, but two exceptions, are found
under The outsprcad banner OF the Senator from Ken
lucky, (Mr CayO who welds influence over the le-
gislation oil Congress- verify believe, more powerful
and more controlling than any other or set al men in
S country the manufacturers, and they alone
We, from the SOUTH look in vain for our allies; we are
thrown upon our own unoided resources and yet sir
would nave set down in your note book the his
onan prescve faithful record of the fact, that if Scna
tor from Virginia, however high the obligations of public
duty may be which impel him, votes against nomination
10 ounce or differs from the administration any question
no matter what may be his reasons, the welkn is made 10
ring with loud notes of condemnation and the whole pac
are let loose iu-Rouhed at his heels Where are those
pubic senncs sir? What has become of their scep-
less vgiance' Where now their high regard for the good
OF the country [? Are they asleep upon their posts
amidst "the rocking of these battlements!" And will
they not arouse themselves question so vital and alb
sorDing as the presena question, which, without a me-
aPhor may be regarded big with the fate this rcpub
When finished the other day. was commenting ON a
remark which had fallen from the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr Cay in reference TO the advance which this system
lodi IN fIa Co
become converts from conviction that the arguments thew
had opposed TO il formerly were unfounded: or whether
tner conversion had notbeen brought about by the pow
eui anu controlling circumstance that the States which
they represented had become interested in the measure
appealed TO them, then, do now, to know whether
they did not recognise in arguments these on which
they formerly relied did this sir in no tauntinp spirif
My object was TO induce them weigh Their
review the ground which they formerly occupied; and
'hen 10 inquire whether they would unite in the cry
against the complaining and rebellous south. There
were some speeches delivered Congress and elsewhere
wh'ch were considered conclusive; one, in PARTICULAR
raised the gentleman who delivered il high southern
esteem, Could that gentleman have heard with what
praise his name was pronounced could he have witnessed
e pleasure that beaned from almost every eye when that
great effort in the cause of his country was snoe If HE
thaT 5glsI with seUsatjon Of qoue value
country boundin manaces osectona interests pried
deeply into the future, and tried the dissensons
which now so unhapPily exist May appeal with
some degree of expectation that honorable gentleman
now Senator on this floor, (Mr Webstcr) and his COL
leagues rom the east to stand forth the arbers of this
quesono cast off, far they can, the manacles of
sectional interests and to the succor of the coun
try?
You have been told Mr. President that VIRGINIA was
coming into the advocacy of this sysem that her con-
version would take place in years. Let 10 man
"lay this atterng junction TO his soul.' Her constancv
and has been tested by another branch this
syslem--one which deeply addressed itself 10 her nte-
rest and yet she has resisted it, and her resistance con-
tinueS unabaed The honorable Senator is well aware
that no State in this Union requires more the advantages
OF good roads and channels of inercomm,Incaon trIs
most SINCERELY that her wants in this respect will be be
IN Of fha 81 a,
Sir she asks boon at the hands of this Government
anu deprecates above all things, its interference i'm her
local affairs She may become the advocate of this sys-
,e' put not nntil she shall have abandoned the high po-
iltca motives on which she has ever acted When ius.
uce 10 others shall have ceased operate upon herr when
she shall have elevated her petty and epheneral interests
above and over the Constitution; then and not before
She VIII be broken into the advocacy of this American ys-
TEN.
and feeling, eastern and Virginia have the
hnes confidence in the wisdom and prudence of nv fell
low citizens, both of the east and the west and that
spires me WIN the nope that all such efforts will be
Valing have even heard something said about di-
vision of the State have but single sentiment TO ex-
press upon that subject and il Virgna now and Vir-
gna Tor ever trust that the arng which will as sure
y as man is in all deliberave bodies and has
occurred in legislatures will pass offas summer cloud
leaving in The horizon trace of its existence Upon
this tariff question, sir there be division OF feeling
marked Out by geographical lines The exactons levied
on The industry the west great in their oppression
as those levied the east Whether produce consist
tobacco, wheat cotton stock the articles of consup-
ton come TO each equally taxed under the additional dis
advantage to the west, that inasmuch the Atlantic
country is their principal market whatever is calculated
to mpoverish that market, must inevitably affect western
industry. The reasoning which have before employed
in regard to the trade between Kentucky and South Caro-
lima, applies in full force to western and eastern virginia
need not express the obligations OF gratitude under which
lie TO western Virginia Tor the elevation in the public
eye which have, from time TO time experienced can
far forget myself hesitate i'm cspousng her
interests but in my honest opinion this protective system
is at war with the interest OF all Virginia. both eastern and
western; and it is due to myself that should have
pressed my opinions honestly, and therefore, earessy
upon it.
Ii you go into the interior Of State to look into
the empoyments OF her cidzeDto besow favos on some
and lay cxacions otherswhat YOU not do? Where
is the limit to the power Of this. Government You pay
domiciliary visits. You find the owner Of the house
dressed in English broadcoth and you prescribe lis use
under the penalty Of heavy You glance az The
window, and the light is admitted through glass imported
from abroad; your patriotism is Immediately kinded and
IFS use is also prescribed under similar penalties. His
family is clothed in cambrcs and cottons aud caicocs
from abroad, and straighway your patriotic ervor bos
over Not content with this, you range his frm;
the plough, The hoe, the axe tie spade, arrest your at
tenon all made OF English iron, and hc is startled with
d0elu and TO his astonishment he is informed that e
is pursuing which will recolonize America. Let
gentlemen carry out this system, and where is to end?
Suppose that Government should conclude that the
ing Of American wigs would be highly conducive pub
lie prosperity, and should lay heavy tax every man
who should not wig; woud not be inkeepng with
the rest of the system? Sir cannot conceive Of any
thing which the wit OF can devise full of incon-
gruilies, not to say absurdities
My Hon. friend from s. Carolina in the course Of his able
argument attempted TO show, and think he fully
succeeded, that duty of fifty per cent? subductod from
the producer the benefit Of one-ha Of his export The
Senator from Kenelcky, however pronounced him mi'ia