Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-03-08

3a,trInrs, that btrng ulloprthcr unacceptable Ia
ia, fi,ulIs Of the American system the bill would
he lost BE that As II may the most cYccPuonahr
features Of the bll ware stamped upon II, aFehsi
tar earnest rumoustrhnecs OF the iriends ii the y
tenn by thc votes uithe Southern members upon Il
principle ! think US unsouud IN legislation "a II "a
! lruehnshlr IN cturs The bill was passed, not
wlthstaudmg II having been doomed hctter 10 take
the BAD ,lone with the good which It contained
,prcJect altogether Subsequent legislation has
corrected very much the error then pcrPehofcd
hni still that measure Is vchemcntly Denounced 10y
gentlemen " hn contributed 10 make II what II was.
Thus. sr h,s tins grrat system Of protection
been gradually built stone upon stonc and step 10y
step from the lth ot July, 1889, down 10 tie plc=
scut period In every slosc Of ats proFes, II has
received thr deliberate sanction Of Congress.
kast majority oi the people otthe United Stales has
Inppayea and cantnucst oapplotch Livery Ch't
! MAGISTRATE Of the United States, from WnshmT.
ton toOhe present IN some form OF other, has gwen
toll the authority II In uamc and howeNer lie
opinions Of the rNistne President are interpreted
South of Nnsons and u1Nons lmr, on Month
they are. at least understood 10 lnyol the estabsh
ment oi Jtdi, ieus tnl1
The question. Therefore, which We are now Gull
ed upon TO determine, Ii MOI whether "e shal e
tuhllsh "A new aud doubtful system OF policy, just
proposed md for the first time presented Ia ouf con
slderation but whether We shall btcak down AMI
destroy a long established system, patiently aud
| carefully built up, aud sanctioned, during seueS
OF ycms, aean and ugmnl by the nation aud IT,
| highest and mos, ,eyercd authorities. And are We
not bound deliberately toconalder wheuler We en
proceed Ia ths wurl, of destruction without VIOLA.
ton OF the public iunh Tho People Of the l
Satcs have Justly supposed that the policy ot pro
! q tL. litfIl linn
and ioyaen industry, was fully settled, not by
single act bulhy repeated aud deliberate acts nl
Government, performed at distant and frequent II.
tcrvals In fall confluence HAT the policy Vas linn
! ly and unchaageahly G>ed, thousands upon thou.
sands hase invested Their capital, purchased aEoat
amount l'rral and other estate, made permanent
establishments, md accommodated their industry
Cdn NJ cNpo,c 10 utter and nrrturvabc rum
lhls countless multitude without justly mourning
lhcrcmoach Of violating the national faith
shall not discuss tic constitutional question
! Without mcmme any dlarespect tothoso 3" hu fn1sc
H. II Il be 1,halcable il has been suihecutly doba
ted TIN gentleman iiom South Carolina suffered
II to fall uunouc,d from In, budget; aud II was not
uuu alter hr hid closed his speech and resumed his
seat tint It orrHlpd Ia HIM that he bad forgotten
H. wien hc AGAIN addressed the Senate, and by ~
sorl uf prolosl1ron against my conclusion from hl'
silence, put forward the objection. The recent
Fro r,a,e Convention Al Philadelphia, II !, well
known, wen DIVIDED Oh the question aud although
th, topic rs notIced IN their address 10 the public
they do BOT ar0u their own beiict that the Amcr
can System - unconstitutional, but represent that
SUcb lAr opinion Of respectable portions oi the A
mcrlcan People Another address Ia the People
of the United States from u high source, during the
past ycar, treating thla SUBJECT docs not dSSf'f tho
opinion oilhn distinguished author but dattS that
otofhers 10 be thW 1t Il unconstitutional. From
which int.r that he did not hnsch, believe II IN
constitutional.
Here ule Vice President ntrrposcd and rcmar'
krd that, # the Senator from Kentucky alluded 10
hlu, b. must say that his opinion Wa, thai ue mca-
suIe was unconstitutional
When, slr, conteudcd with you, side by sldJ, Il
with Perhaps lesa zea than you exhibited, IN lsl6,
ddnot understand you dlen u consider the policy
Forbidden 10y the constitution
The Yce President again lnterposed and sand
that the constitutional question wns not drbated at
that Tune aud that he had never expressed an oplu-
tou contrary To that now mtlnutcd
Ielyc way with pleasure to thcse explanations,
winch hope Will always be rnnde when say any
rhlug bra1ng on the individual opinions of the
Chair know tie dclleacy Of the position, aud
be It's true the question was not debated IN
lslG and why not Because It was not debatra-
br 1t was tbcn believed not family to arse. 1t
never has been made, rs a distinct, subsHunal, and
lendmg point Of Objection. II mover was niadc un-
til TIM discussion Of the tariff of 1921 when It was
rather hnt'd at AGAINST the spirit Of tn constl.
tuition than formally announced as bong contrary
Ia Tia provisions 81 lhal instrument What was
not drrnmr Of before or IN lolG, and scarcely
though ian 1921 Is NOW made 10y excited lmag-
nations, toassume tn imposing ionn Of serouz
Constitutional banicr
Such orc the orsjn duration. cycn', and snnc-
Tons of lha policy winch We arr now called upon
To subyert. IL beneficial effects, although thty
may vary IN degree, haye been felt III all parts Of
| the Union Tonoue verify believe has It been
prcjudicol To the North every where, tcslimo-
oIcs are borne to the high prosperity which II has
dlffusrd There all branches Of industry are ami
mated and iourshmg Commerce, foreign aud do
mestlc active cities and towns sprlugng mp, IN
lurglng and Identifying navigation fully and prof
ltaby employed, and the whole face Of the country
| smiling with improvement, checrulness and album
dance The gentleman from South Carolina has
supposed that W., IN the West derive adyanta-
ecs from this system He Is mistaken. Let hun
WISH u.s. aud he viii find, from the head Of La Bel
IT, hYcfe, ut Pittsburgh, 10 America, al IT'S mouth,
the most rapid and gratifying advances He will
b,h9Id p,ttshurah itself Wheeling, Portsmouth,
Mayseile, Cincinnati Louisville, and numerous
otlep towns, Inning and ornamcntng the banks of
that noble rlver duly extending their limits, and
prosecuting, with the greatest spirit and profit nu
merous branches Of the manufacturing and mcchan |
lc arts lfho will 90 INTO the interior, in the Stntc
of Ohio he will there perceive the M st astonishing
progress in agriculture in the useful arts, and all
The improvements to which trey both directly con
duce. Then let him cross Over 70 my own, my IA
yorite State, and contemplate the spectacle which
Is thclt cxhlbtrd LIZ VIII nlrcege nnmerous vi