Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-19

are IN pay an impost of forty five per cent
whilst articles of "a similar description and fab
ricaIon, made in the United States, orc viste,
RI with no burden whatever. To vary the terms
without Altering the substance of the prOpo
| siiion, tho manufacturers al cotton, hemp, an,
irop, which ar. honestly purchased with t
cotton. rice, aud tobacco Of the South. Il
pay, Tor the privilege o!beug vended in our owl
country. ibis enormous tribute; whilst III,
same articles, the result Of the lahour and capi
tai OF more favored section of tho CuUGcder
acy. are To be !osrered. la fact, by bounty e.
qnlpiient To the lax which is levied on ctr la
hour. / know how unsuitable those dry sraiiS
ucs must he To an assembly SO essentially festive
rs lie present. ! shall avoid going into details
nut content myself Ivy stating single circun-
stance which Is striking illustrative of the whole
! system III the manufacturing States OF tho
o"i"h, had not, 10y the operation OF tho lesisla-
tiou oil the General Gu, crnineut the control ,I
me narkes OF the South, 10y comrcllius us,
under The pcnaty of 45 per cent to purchase
hcir aruclcs Of manufacture, tie system i.seil
would not last an hour. IL is this monopoly
me odi"us monopoly ut the commercial nations,
al the dark ages which coercrd colonies To-
purchase OF the mother country this gives per-
manehcy Ia the system, aud distinguishes it's
true character. The Inconvenience which, the
comparatively few consumers of foreign fabrics
suffer IN the Tariff States. is infinitely ovsrua-
ahced ny the vast profit of holding three or
ally speaking, colonial suhicctnn and
whose labor, so far from competing With their
own, Is tributary to their industry. When to
me abuses OF tins great power of taxation we
add the signal Injustice and oprressiveucss of
the mode 10y which the income of tho country is
INSTRUMENTATION we see mnnrity v, in defiance
OF the saiutnry limitations of The Constitutions
squamdering the public treasure thus nunitous
~ raised either Tor purposes of absurd cXtrava
gahce, or prufigale corruption w. sur
vey the actual and painful condition OF things
neiore our eyes may we not ask, whether there
Is any substantial consolation i'm the fact, that
II tie Constitution Is trampled under foot it is
al least according to The accredited forms of c-
siahtion and IN the. presence Of those whom
we call our representatives?
Inc Obligations resulting from the public debt,
anu inc essentially deceptive mode OF taXatinn
involved Ill the system of inposI have produrrL
Tor period OF sixteen years the submission of
our people to II scheme Of government unmatrh
| cd IN the history of the civilized world for ,b.
| Injustice and inequality of lis exac,ions lis
Whole current has been turned against u.s. The
poor bauhles OF political power in making nil
OF mat man PRESIDENT, or Vice Pre- sident from
our section of the Union, put oul of the ac.onn,
as to" contetnpiille to he estimated We know
| necause we 'ee that upon ms the burdens OF thn
| government ia'l with an unniiligated hand Do
we suffer under the irreverSille DEGREES Of Ur,
ven Is that country South of the dart Ero
where the Potomac rolls lis full volume t thn
oceaS, cursed by Trcmed.ahle s,er E,v, ~
the burning sands of a mighty descrt I" ,vhar.
inc parched adder dies" stretch their void inn,
'nehse' 10 the great Leila Of The fnthcr of our
western waters, denying sustenauce and I;f.
10 uian, trut. or herb !"-No we live in ,
realm of ineslimablc value tiles. :, ,,i,t "
diicts that drink eternal vitality from VI. = ,r,.
Va an i' '-tnat are RICHER ten thousand times
man The Tabled fleece of amiouiiy.-,i,t s,,r.,,i
'"D' "'""so'"s ana their trnit 10 unclouded
sun ara burst III The full hurricane of nature
from soil blessed with more than Epyn,;,
fertility, tiilcdb by intelligent and indnstrio.s
people. who, III spite of calculations of E, oot,c
Pi'ianthr"PY, employ cheap, and what under
"ther circumstances, would be, a profitable la
nor. Yet, we are sinking, and for why7 For
'"I P'"ihest ana most Obvious of all reasons
Free Trade Is the very pnbwl,im gilg of :,
country essentially agricultural in its indr.,ry
| we formed this Union, mud subscribed he
| CONSTITUTION, to secure and render peruetunl
'his h'essing,-onr o! which we have heen mise
/ rao'y shan say. tancly and successiullv de-
'r'"e"' "'S' not trust III God. the sequel
oi this history, Is TO afford II widely different
moral.
/ ne Crisis has, however, at last come when
IRE government has at least, pretext which
- CT" urge WIN common dccency, 10 couiinun
nc amount OF ITS burdens. The public debt i.
substantially paid; aud, for tic constitution :
al' necessary expenses of tho Government. ,b4
9nuth asks Tor nothing hut, ,IIat such AN odi,.,
h'cht OF the ImPosis shall be made, as shall bear
tf"a"y on INC industry of the country She
'aS r'Sh' 10 n>k tins and size Womb he basel,
"eacntr"us to her own Interests. if she asked
OF would take any thing less. No argument can
resist the reasona'eneSs Of this appeal How
mas II been met i will not ,ictaiu Won rs,
financial analysis Of MIR. CIays projct. With. i.
recommended, at least, by au mndi..r hoIJ
ness which seeks The cover OF no ar,bush cr
lis enorhiliy aud iii effect, whilst il pronrs.s a
larger aggregate Of reduction than the scbsr,
OF adjustment Which has the high sunction or ,I
Executive Of the Union it is cursed Inv tho s.,,
INJUSTICE To the rights and interests of the Snn,L.
HItcr tedious night, this long looked f,r ana
niesScd revelation has been made and We L,,,.
been called upon 3y some good people. to cII
uoWn and worship II, as the rainbu,y of Peace
III whose cheering tiDts are I: hccted the hIf nd
ed and harmonious hueS of tie Juion Gc,J,
men, know Mr. McI.ano we'll nj I.os, uc
did. should he p8lued to believe thar hc die.
signed to deceive us, that for one single il,
slaht, ne shoUld estimate by so low standard
me Inieihgencc aud spirit Of tie people of ti,r
oou'b, as to suppose that this miserable g. rom
nac' WIN einineut manufacturers north of the
fotomac ana OHIO" (Which nevertheless M.
Oeen already denounced Ivy some of the hiyI
contracting par.ies) eau neither bc rocn;H
"r accepted as satisfactory fJiosIn.n, rC.,,,,
vGXed and PorteOtOns question. an, sure tI,
mr' McLane did not inteuJ tO deceive IA for :,
ne cuud so have designed, hc is a man rr no.,
much sense, to have done his work in On t,,o,,
ing manner The drapcry winch tI,s Rene,
Of the Secretary has lu over this u,ea.,,r,. :;
700 MN To corceal It's Determines II in TO-.