Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-01-26

IN SENATE.
Monday, January l6.
DERATE ON THE RIEE


esored That the existing duties upon articles import
ed from foreign countries, and coming into competition
with similar articles, made produced within the United
Stacs ought to be forthwith abolished except the duties
on wines and silks, and they ought to be reduced.
accordingly.
striking out all after the word eoes in the second
line, and inserting the following:
Be so reduced that the Of the public revenue
shall be sufficient 10 deay the expenses Of
according to their present SCALE after the payment the
public debts and that allowing reasonable time for the
grddud reduction Of the present high duties the ar
ces coming into competition with similar articles made or
produced in the United States, the duties be ultimately
eQuaISed so that the duties articles shall,
pared with the value OF that article vary materially from
the general average"
Mr. HAYNE addressed the Senate in support his pro-
The Senator from Kentucky (Afr. Clay0 commenced
his remarks few days ago, by complaining of the advan
ccs OF age and mourned the decay Of his eloquence
ef0quenfiy as to prove that still in full vigor He
then went Sir. to make able and ingenious ar
gumcnt amply sustaining his high reputation
pished orator.
With this example before me, Mr. President (said Mr.
H. am almost deferred from offering any apology, lest
should create expectations which will certainly notbe
my powert crafty. And yet. perhaps, it may be per-
United to humble myself say that il belongs
not to me at any time, under any circumstances
least OF ALL at this moment and this OCCASION satisfy
the expectations of those any such there be- who NAV
have come here to witness the gaces of oratory be
delighted with the charms of eloquencc. would not Sir
on this OCCASION play the orator if could. here
floor as of the representatives of minded gene
rous and condng people, whose dearest rights and
rests am now to vindcate and maintain In such stu
aion would lose every thought of myself i'm the great
ness Of the Conding in the indulgence of the Sc
nate and deeply sensible of my inability do justice the
important subject embraced i'm these resolutions shall
proceed at in the plain unadorncd language of
ness and truth, to the examination Of the question before
ration that he did not deem II necessary offer
gumens in favor Of the American SYSTEM 'hat the pro-
fecfing policy stands erndicdfethat il has scatter
ed ats rich fruits the whole land, and is sustained
by fhe experience OF all powerful and prosperous
Sir, we meet these positions at once by asserting
part that the protecting system stands se combined
demned in country by the desoidfio tChch has
tooced IN its train and the disconfenfs has produced
condemned by the experience all the world and the
almost unanimous opinion of enlightened men in modern
tines And having fairly joined issue with the gen.
leman we might put ourselves upon the country, and
fears for the result the issue be tried decd
ed by an impartial tribunal free from the disturbing inu
epcc OF popular prejudice and deuson and the strong
bias OF fnferesfsPersonal pccuniay and political But
situatedas are, feel and acknowledge the necessity
OF making out our case to the conviction of this assembly,
and the satisfaction of the country. We seeking re-
lef from an abiding cvi-reress from existing wrong
we cannot stand where We cannot, like the
gentleman from Kentucky, unsupported as
sertions. must submit proofs and maintain our
positions If we 1t is greatly tobe regretted howe
that the gentleman has fit present some of
the strongest arguments in favor of his policy such
course might have directed inquiries few leading
points instead OF making necessary for wander
large through the wide field of argument presented by
the protecting system.
The gentleman, however, has far favored u.s. as 10
specify two the advantages which he have
derived from it in this country, and in day, and am
perfectly willing TO try the merits OF the system by these
tests which he has himself proposed They sall-if the
gentleman pleases-constue the standard by which its
true character shall be determined In the first place,
them the gentleman asserts, that the much abused poll
cy of 1924, (he protecting tariff of that year, has filled
our Golfers and enabled us TO pay off the public debt,
debt OF Sl00Ooo,oOO OF principal, and $lO0000,000 Of
interest Now Sir il any thing is capable Of demonsra-
on may be demonstrated that the protecting system
could not by possibility have contributed in the slightest
degree to produce this result One would suppose in.
Decd that the very last merit which would be ascrbed TO
this system. was its tendency to fill the pubic Golfers
is unquestionaby TO tariff arranged and adjusted with
single eye to revenue that we TO look for such
suit The object of protecting tariff, SUCH certainly
is to diminish exclude mportations and of
lessen the amount OF the derived from duties
The very end and aim of such system is substitute
for the imported article paying tares governmenthe
domestic article paying n0reo transmute the duty into
bounty TO the manufacturers; and, Just so far as
this end is ataincd-that is TO say just far as the
tariff is Protecfiuernust il off the public revenue
Do not all remembers that the leading argument in ia
OF the protecting provisions of the tariff of 1924 was
that they were necessary "to put down rnous foreign
competition and did not of the fathers of that bill pub
lcy declare, that the vital principle of the system was
that the nation should command its consumption and
that when the nation did command its consumption
mportations and mposs would cease Sir there are two
distinct features in the tariff of Is24-revenuc and pro-
lection II the former that has filled Golfers and paid
of the public debit and, so far as the latter has operated
the extinction Of that debt Sir, will put to the can
dor OF the gentleman whether, If the protecting duties
under Che Tariff OF 1924 had been less the revenue would
not have been greater and that without adding to- but
on the contrary diminishing the burtbens of the peo-
pic, since they would have obtained the articles of their
consumption, in increasing quantities, and at cheaper
rate, and been relieved from the heavy which they
have been compelled to pay TO the American manufacur
ers' Why, Sir the policy OF 1924 actually taxed to pro-
hbiton large amount OF goods formerly imported From
report made by the Secretary Of the Treasury in Jan-
~, $780, IL appears that these prohibited articles amount
10 about SO 900 900 being sixth part
OF the whole Of imports. Has this part of the policy
contributed to fill your coffers Sir the is plain
for further argument, and tried by this test the policy must
be utterly condemned.
The next test by which the gentleman proposes to try
this system s the rich fruits which il has scattered over
the country Sir, where they TO be found Is il in
the VEST Isppcal TO the gentlemen from that quarter.
We have heard great deal Of the 6oushng condition
OF the manufacturing where; but where
are the manufacturing villages the joint stock companies
the splendid dividends, and other evidences Of prosperity
to be found in the West? submit to the candour OF
The gentlemen whether the benefits Of the protecting sys-
em so FAR as the west is concerned, do not still IN
hope-whcther the system would be sustained day. if il
we're not for its supposed connection with INTERNAL
ISfPRov il is not indebted for its DO
pularty IN that quarter the unhappy, the fatal mar
rage between the tariff and internal improvements
union which yet hope TO dissolved. IL Left-
hdnded--an unlawful marriage, and surely those whom
God hath not joined, may put asuDder Sir, there
are doubtless Houdshing manufactures scatter
ed here and there throughout the western country
chiefly confined, however to situations beyond the
reach OF foreign competition, and owing nothing Il
dered prosperous by these establishments appeal con
hdentIv