Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-01-23
MR.. HAYNES SPEECH.

10 the senate Oh NiouudE, Tux toeh "S'o"',
the resolution Of Mr.. CLAY being under conside-
. ration, Mr.. HAYNE. Of South Carolina, having
moved an amendment thereto, addressed the Sc
nate as follows:
The Senator from Kentucky, Mr.. Claw com
menced his remarks few DAYS ago, BY complain
ing of the advances of age. and mourned the de-
cav of his eloQuence, so doqueatiy as to prove
that it was still in full sigor. He then went on,
= Sir. 10 makes most able and ingenious argument,
amply sustaining his high reputation as an accom-
plished orator.
With this example before me, Mr.. President,
fsald Mr.. H. am almost deferred from offering
any apology, lest should create expectations
which it will certainly not be In my power to gra-
tify. And vet, perhaps, IL may be permitted to
e one so humble as myself TO say; that 1t belongs
not to me st any time, or under any circumstan-
ces and least of all, at this moment, and on this
occasions to satisfy the expectations Of those, it
any such there be, who may have come here to
witness the graces of oratory, or to be delighted
with the charm, of eloquence. would not, Sir,
on this OCCASION, play the orator IL could. l
came here to.tay for higher and far nobler pur-
- oses stand on this floor as one OF the repre-.
sentatives of a high-minded, generous, and con-
fidms people. whose dearest rights and interests
am now TO vindicate and malntain. In such
a situation. l would lose every thought OF myself
in the greatness OF the cause. COnhding in the
Indulgence OF the Senate, and deeply sensible of
my inability to do Justice to the important sub ect
embraced IN these resolutions, shall proceed al
once 10 the plain, unadorned language Of sober
uess and truth, TO the examination OF the ques-
ton befpre US,
The gentleman from Kentucky set out with
the declaration, that he did not deem ii necessa-
~ 10 offer any argument in favor OF the Ameri-
can system. that the protecting paGry stands
ssiEradcd'ed- that il has scattered as rick fruits
over the whole land, and is sustained BY the ex-
perience Of all powerful and prosperous nations"
Sir we meet these positions at once by asserting,
on eur part. that the protecting system stands
set condemned; condemned in our own country,
b, the iesoIaiion phieh has folo,Cea IN It's train,
and the diSconte1,fs II has produced-condemued
bv the experience OF all the world, and the almost
unanimous opinion of enlightened men in
modern times And now, having fairly
joined issue with. the gentleman, we might
put ourselves upon the country and sub
nit the case, without argument, nor should
have any fears for the result. If the issue was tu
be tried and decided by an impartial tribunal,
free from the disturbing influence of popular pre-.
JUDGE and deluslon, and the strong bias Of int.
rests, personal, pecunary, & political But, situa
ted as we are, feel & acknow ledge the necessity
Of making out to the conviction OF this as
semby, s. the satisfaction Of the country. We are
seeking relief from an abiding eyil-redress from
All existing wrong. We cannot stand where we
are, We cannot, like the gentleman from Ken.
lucky. rest on mere unsupported assertions. -
We must submit our proofs and maintain our po
sitions II we can. 1t is greatly to be regretted
however, that the gentleman has not seen fit ia
present some OF the strongest arguments in favor
of his policy. as such course might have d.
reeted our inquiries to few leading points, in.
stead Of making it necessary foe Us TO wander at
large through TIE vide fed of argument present
ed by the protecting system. The gentleman,
however. has 81 iar favored US as to specify two
OF the advantages ,.hich he asserts have been de
rived from IL in this country. and in our day, and
am perfectly willing TO try the merits Of. the
system by these tests which he has himself pro.
passed. They shall-if the gentleman peases-
constitute t1s standard by which its true charac.
ter shalt 0p determined In the first place, then,
the gentleman asserts that the much abused po-
ljcy % 1924, the (prutecung tariff Of that year(
ha, filled our Golfers and enabled US to pay of
t@e public debt" debt Of 100, 900. 900 of priu.
cipal and 00.000.GO0 OF interest. Now. Sir.
u any thing is capable oi demons tvation. it nav
be demonstrated that the system could not, by
possibility. have contributed in the slightest de.
gree 10 produce this result One would suppose,
indeed, that the very last merit which would be
assembled to this system. ITS tendency to fill
the ''public golfers" 1t is unquestionabIy to a
tariff, arranged and adjusted with single eve 10
revenue. thatw are to took for such result =
The object Of protecting tarifas such, certain.
ly Is to diminish or exclude importations. and of
course 10 lessen the amount Of the revenue de.
riyed from duties. The very end and arm of
such system IS to substitute for the imported
article. p0yulg fares In government-the jOmes
tic article paying ,sone-to transnute the duty
into bounty to the manufacturers, and lust 10
far as this end Is attained-that is to say. Just so
Tar the tariff is protective, must It cut off the
pub ic revenue. DO we not all remember. chat
the leading argument in favor Of the protecting
provisions Of the tariff of 1924, was, that thew
were necessary to " put down ruinous foreign
competition" and did not one Hof HE fathers of
that bill publicly declare that the vital principle
Of the system was, ''that the nation should com.