Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-09-14
Charleston, Ist Sept. 1892.
To the Editor ofhe Gin Gazette.

CHARLESTON. 1Ih
SGR-You will obige me by publishing the paper which
L enclosed am sir, respectfully, your obedient
want, WILLIAM DRAYTON
In address to the people Of the Congressional Dis
trct of Charleston, published OH the 22d of August last
iei to be incumbent upon me- both my representa-
tive and Individual character vindcate myself from the
iInputa'on mPUedy cast upon two of my colleagues and
upon me, in address TO the people sgned by our Sc
naor and six OF Representatives for having voted lin
the language OF that addrcss" for bill-whch demon
sraed that the System 0he Protective System) essen-
TALLY progressive"-whch 'reeved and benefited the
manufacturing States, 10 the of 81 600 900 annu-
any, while the unequal and oppressive burthens of the
planting States not only undimnished but grossly
aggravated by the increased Inequality and which
manifested chat the protective system must now he M
garded as the settled policy OF the country. / have
tnlly detailed the grounds upon which / was salts
hed that these assertions erroneous, and the
reasons which convinced me, that | was imperious.
~ relnFed' as citizen and as a delegate from
south Carolina TO vote for the passage of the act of the
l4h July, 1882 The statements and calculations which
mahe IN my address were substaniated by official docu
ments and the accurate and respectable inforoon
which could procure-Grneral Hayne, in a letter pub
ished by him the 18th of August last undertook n
controvert my arguments TO nvadate my statements and
calculations, and confirm the positions generally which
were assumed in the "address to the people" To this
letter responded on the 31s of August for the purpose
OF sustaining my arguments, statements and calculations,
and OF pointing out various errors which appeared 10 me
10 exist in those OF General Hayne; and after carefully
peruslng his letter, could not discover that he had i'm
pugned any OF my allegations any of the differences
winch drew from them, excepting that he had shown
mistake committed by the Register of the Treasury in
ing reduction for diminished duty twist, yarn and
thread; and in emitting TO notice increase i'm the duty on
sewing silk, which reduction and omission amounted tore
Their, according TO Cen HIS estimate, to 26 5gS To inv
rePicahon Cen H. reoned in the Mercury of this morn
ing. To what have already said and stated in nv pub.
LEGATIONS OF the 22d and 3st Of last month refer as fur
mshng answers TO these passages in this reoinder which
are relied upon TO cOnute what General Hayne considers
20 be incorrect IN these publications II the readers of what
Gen Hayne and myself have written will take the pains to
examine ana to anayze several statements and cacu-
ations, deliberately and imparaly am perfectly willing
TO leave them be thus disposed Of and content 10 abide
by the conclusions at which they shall arrive without any
further remarks or explanations my part To this mode
OF DISCRIMINATING controversy in which have been involved
am prompted by the considerations that if should again
engage IN maintaining what have already maintained TO
the best OF my ability, should only obtrde amp cations
or repettions upon the public, and probably proract dis
cusson IN the newspapers, which never enter into but
with uneigned reluctance.
General Haync in his piece Of This morning observes
mat inns controversy has grown Of an attack made
by Col DaytOn upon the address myself and seven of
ny colleagues to the people Of this State and made too
in tone, o. which must think we had some cause IN
complain" For the reasons which have submitted in
the commencement Of this publication trust il will be
evident that have acted dfeHsUey not oGcnsipeIy If
there was any thing, IN my language or in nv tone of
which General Hayne thinks he and his colegoues had
cause TO complain sincerely regret that he or tbey
should labor under that Impression Neither awards him
nor HE colleagues did intend any disrespec such has
been the nature Of the intercourse between himself and
me, that towards him have long cherished the kndest
personal feelings, which remain unimpared notgthstand
ing the opposite sides taken by u.s. in political conflict
which disracts our State.
The following remark is suhioned in relation to that
part 81 General Haynes statement in which il is asserted