Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-09-07

that the article has been reduced from %
10 cents but the nannes this reduction merely
nominal the duty still exceeding per CT aud being
ally prohibory, aud surely it make difference whe
er pohOon be elected by duty oil % OF zOo per cent
My next proposition strike Ot that fraudulent de-
uiee the CottOns, by which article
ing or 6 cents yard, TO abe deemed aud taken
have cost 80 cents aud TO pay duty accordingly. My
colleague Mr.. McDulie, had attempted the same thing
in the other House confirming his motion to those coarse
Coon only, which MIR. Appleton aud others had de car-
oil could into successful competition with British
coons in all the markets of the world and which of course
longer stood in need OF protection home. IL has been
asserted "that in the new Bill the minimum principle has
been given up" This, however, is not the On
wooLLEN GOODS the muimuns have been abolished and
equivalent advantage secured intended to be secured
tohe manufacturers by inclng upon the importers this
article the grevous imposition of cash duties, by change
~ the valuation of the pound scrng Ga measure by the
bye bearing with peculiar hardship upon the trade with
Eogand0 and by increasing the duty upon wooens
my more than 80 cents, from 40 TO so per But with
regard 10 coTToNs the minuiums have been retained,
and yet with regard to this article, it pretended
be denied that from the skill acquired, the command of
the material at the cheapest rates the time had come
u was ever to arrive when the minimum principle Gun
uer winch The duties ran up to upwards OF 100 per cent?
might be safely abolished. My strike the
minmums cottons, (Which would have left the duty on
that article at % per cent? accompanied by provi-
sion that The duty cOtt0ns should be reduced TO
10 per centun I'D rGiorema motion which Undue
cd TO make IN order shew opponents that we claim
eel protection this great staple South yond that
whic TO be derv ed from trade and in
dustry. M motion failed entrely 1t was said that though
coarse coon did not stand in need any protection this
fte, yet 1t was wise o keep up the fences by which
ruinous foreign competition nigh be kept out In this
aud settled purpose on the part OF opponents
suffer any Of the of their system be de-
molshed My last proposition was, that general pro-
ESQ should he inserted at the end of the Bill, declaring
that the duties imposed by il should one
hundred per cent. knew that the principle on which
the lari party in Congress acting, that "ade
quae protection TO be afforded, at what
cost My object in making this motion, therefore,
obtain recognition OF the principle that any manufac
ture could not be carried without protecting duty en-
eeedng one hundred per cent that it the policy
OF tire country that should be sustained that our OPP
ponents should be driven TO the distinct the
contrary principle, and 10 tho admission the time
oil the fact that there were manufactures which would
enjoy protection of more than 100 per under the
new Bill, and to which such amount OF protection
deemed Indispensable As my proviso could only
operate of this descriptions there could Of
course he no possible objection il in any other
view, and | must do my opponents the Justice TO saw
that where demands did conflict with
their own immediate interest they have all times
tested most praiseworthy disposition comply with
wishes. In making this motion stood prepared shcw,
that the duties under the Bill on the inferior qualities
OF salt and sugar common English rolled iron,
ney OF articles OF hardware nanne and cottons
and many other protected articles, exceeded 100 per
and distinctly submitted the question: whether proe con
was TO be carried up TO amount exceeding hun
dred per cent ms motion hheioiSe fdied-It was in
consequence, believe, of the ndisposion manifested
by the majority in relation these several that
Mr. laLeweU OF Virginia, who had with great pains pre-
pared Bill which he had intended offer as a compro-
mise, abandoned his purpose, deemng all further oppos
uon VAIN mink cannot he mistaken when say, that
on the final rejection OF this last proposition there
free trade man in the Senate who did and feel
hdt al hope cds at an end, far at least depended
upon Congress Such all the deep aud set
tied conviction left upon my mind. declared in my
place in the Senate Chamber, the timeI have said so
in the Address the People South Carolina and here
solemny repeat that declaration.
Reference having been made in recent publication by
Col Dayon TO the ADDRESS of the Senators and Re
personalities of South Carolina, the people of this State
becomes proper that should here advert his
remarks, which cannot be passed with due respect
e source from whence they Pr9 S C9 Drayton as
Bill was coMpRoMTsE the conditions Of ,ybi"b ,~cre
understood TO be, that the advocates restriction should
consent TO considerable reduction in the protective
ties m lin Tho ~,
imports and that some changes should be made those
parts OF the system where its pressure peculiarly
noXous-that the majority acquesced in this compromise
at nc himself called upon the friends of free trade to
endeaVor TO obtain amclioration of the by
mise with their opponents, anu to postpone all efforts for
as 'ePeGto future and more suspicious perod-that
the compromise which he recommended was intended 10
meet the eristiRg crSistor which immediate remedy
was neceSsary-at that remedy could not be administer
ed without the cooperation of the friends and lyersaries
OF professionalism iS cooperation to the which
mas oeeh stated, tcdS obtdtned-and finally, that in
the compromise which the estrictonsts declared them.
selves willing 10 enter into they did not agree 10
abandon protection, which they claimed as a yight
and that 1t was unconncctcd with any compact,
express or implied, as to the settled policy of the country
To the true of the powers TO Law and col
Icct taxes or TO regulate commerce." | think have
here ilrly collected from the Address all that material
in relation this point except that Col Dravton ;nt.
mates "thot though the majority dcquiesced in this com
PROMISE 1t was not executed free from olec-
TONS, and that othe partizans of NnII;6c,,on Too,
presume, majority of the from Georgia
and South Carolina, and the other Southern members
who voted against the BILL ''id not subscribe to these
WIN whom acted on that occasion, only say that
we were no parties to any such compact whether
or implied remember to have heard rttnoTs in Wash
gton that such arrangement had been proposed by
some OF the supporters OF Mr. Van Buren, who deemed
necessary to quiet the claims of the South in order TO
smooh ms way TO succession, but not aware of the
TACT that any compromise whatever had been proposed
or acccded to on the subject The "partizans of Multi
tcaIon could not have subscribed To terms concern
ing which they not consulted. We were not adj.
united TO the cOunsels of that ninjOyify-yyho il now
seems ia order TO meet the crisis by an immediate
remedy were willing TO postpone all efforts for the
Iepea oil the protecting system a more convenient
scason-ll had consented to enter into "cooperation
tying such compromise into effect had voted for the ne
Band such vote had been cited TO prove that was
inconsistent and treacherous my duty" might have
urged q VIII not say "suberlugeJ that by decin-
ing to vote for the Act of 1892 would virtually con-
outed 10 nvet upon my fellow citizens the greater op-
preston OF lS2S-but should have been "confeunded
nnd siienced by the replytia the South Carolina Dele
CATION even if they had been unanimous on the subject
had no authority whatever barter away the RIGHTS of
her CONFERENCE.-THE by becoming parties TO an arrange
neht III winch there was stipulation whatever that
the protecting system TO be eUentfdIlv abandoned
OF any further reduction of the duties to be made
@ had eecuay closed the door Of hope and delivered our
fellow ctlcns, bound hand and into the power of the
manuiacturersior surely be so blind as not
% see, the late B Is 10 be considered ga compromise
that an implied obligation is imposed that we shall sub
mt qmcUy to ITS provisions and they must have formed
very different opinion OF the spirit by which the Tad0
party are governed, from that which entertain-yho
sIPpo5c, That with distinct understanding on their
part mat we viii submit 10 the oppression there can
rcinain any hope for the South TO expect any fur.