The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-03-14

, by gentlemen who contributed to make il what i
was.
Thus, sir has this great system Of protection
been gradually built, stone upon stone, and step b,
step from the 4th of July, 1889, down to the pres
ent period. lnevey stage ct It's progress it has re-
celved the deliberate sanction of Congress- A
vast majority of the People fthe United States ha,
approved and continues to approve it. Every Chief
Magistrate Of the United States, from Washinrtor
to the present, in some form other has given "a
it the authority of his name and however the
opinions of the existing President are internreted
South of Mason's and Dixon's line on the North
they are, at least, understood to favor the establish
ment Of judicio,@ Tariff.
The question, therefore, which we are now call
ed upon to determine, is not whether we shall es
t bsh new and doubtful system of policy ms,
proposed, and for the first time presented to ON
consideration but whether we shat! break down
and destroy long established system, patiently and
careuny built up, and sanctioned, during a series
"a years, again and again, by IL nation and its
hlsnest ana most revered authorities And are we
not bound deliberately TO consider whether we car
proceed to this work of destruction without yio.
!ation OF the public faith The People of the II
states nave justly supposed that the policy of pro-
lectlng fher industry, against foreign legislation
and foreign industry, was fully settled, not by a
single act, but by repeated and deliberate acts ot
Go'ernment, performed at distant and frequent in
terVals In full confidence that the policy was
hrmy and unchangeably fixed thousands rpon
thousands nave invested their capital, purchased a
vast amount OF real and other estate made Marina
heh' estaollshments,and accommodated their indus
Try. Gan we expose to utter and irretrieyahIe rip
this countless multitude, without Justly incnrrina
the reproach OF violating the national faith
snail not discuss the constitutional ouestion
Without meaning any disrespect to those who mise
1t. 1t 1t be debaeabe, it has been sufficiently dc,
bated. The gentleman from South Carolina suf.
Tered 1t to fall unnoticed from his budget and i,
| not until after he had closed h;se u
resumed his seat, that il occurred to him that he
had forgotten it, when he again addressed the Sen
ate, and, by sort of protestation against any con
| cluson from his silence, put forward the objection
| The recent Free Trade Convention at Philadel
phia, it is we'll known, were divided on the ones
ton; and although the topic is noticed in their ad
dress to the public, they do not ayow their own be
lief that the American System is unconstitutional
but represent that such is the opinion of resDecta
Bile portions oil the American People. Another ad
dress to the People of the United States, from ;
high source, during the past year, treating this sub
Ject, does not assert the opinion of the distin.
gushed author but states that of others to be tina,
1t is unconstitutional. From which infer that he
did not himself believe it unconstitutional.
| Here the Vice President interposed. and re-
marked that, if the Senator from Kentucky alIud.
ed to him, he must say that his opinion was, that
| the measure was unconstitutional
When, sir, | conte nded with YOU. side bv side
and with perhaps less zeal than you exhibited, in
1910 did not understand you then to consider the
policy forbidden by the Constitution.
The Vice President again interposed, and said
That the constitutional question was not debated at
that tie, and That ne had never expressed an opn
ION contrary to that now minated
give way with pleasure to these exclamation,
which hope will always be made when saw any
thing bearing on the individual opinions Of Tho
Chair. | know the delicacy of the position. and
sympathlze with the incumbent whoever he NAV
be: 1t is true. the question was not debated in
| 1916; and why not? Because 1t was not debatea.
bic; 1t was then believed not fairly to arise. I,
never has been made, as distinct, substantial and
leading point ofob rction. 1t never was made until
the discussion OF the Tariff of 1924 when it was
rather limited at "nisOt ,s shirt of the co1sti
tn the provisions of that instrument W. oea,,nr1
dreampt OF before, in, 1876 and scarcely thougbt
of in 1924, is made, by excited imagi1ations te
assume the imposing form of serious constitu
t onal barrier
Such are the origin, duration. extent and sane.
tons of the policy which we are now called upon
to subVert. Its beneficial effects although the,
may vary IN degree, have been felt in all parts Of
the Union 10 none. | verify believe has it been
preJudlclal. To the North, every where. testimo.
mes are borne TO the high prosperity it has dfused
mere, all branches of industry are animated a nd
tiourishlng. Commerce, foreign and domestic, &C.
1--WE cities and towns springing up, enlargng and
beautltying; navigation fully and proftably EN-.
poyed, and the whole face of the country smiling
with improvement, cheerfulness and abundance
| The gentleman from South Carolina has supposed
that we, IN the West, derive no advantages from
the system. lie is mistaken. Let him visit us
and he VIII lind, from the head of La Belle Riv.
iere, at PIttsburg, to America, at its mouth the
most rapid and gratifying advances. He will be.
hold Plttsburg itself, Wheeling Portsmouth, MAYS
vile, cincinnati, Louisville, and numerous other
towns, lining and ornamenting the banks that noble
riVer, daily extending their limits, aud prosecuting
WIN the greatest spirit and profit numerous branch.
es OF the manufacturing and mechanic arts. Il
he Will GO into the interior, in the State of Ohio
ne VIII there perceive the most astonishing pro.
gress In agriculture, in the useful arts, and in all
the improvements to which they both directly con.
duce. Then let him cross over in to my own nv
iaVofte state, and contemplate the spectacle hi eli
Is there exhibited. He will perceive numerous
villages, not large but neat. thriving and some Of
.hem hlghly ornamented many manufactures Of
hemp, cotton, wool, and other articles In vari
Gus parts OF the country, and especially in the
Eikhorh region, an endless succession Of natura
parks the forest thinned fallen trees and under
growth cleared away large herds and hocks feed
my on luxuflant grasses and lnte!spersed with
comfortable, sometimes elegant mansions, sur
rounded by extensive lawns. The honorable gen
tieman from South Carolina says, that profitable
trade was carried on from the West through the Sc
leuda gap, In mules horses, and other live stock
winch has been checked by the operation of the
sarm u Is true that such trade was carried OF
oet"een kentucky and South Carolina, mutually
oenehclal to both parties; but several years ago
resolutions, at popular meetings, in Carolina, wert
auoPteu, not to purchase the produce Of Kentucky
ny way OF punishment for her attachment to the
.alih' ihey must have supposed US as stupid al
lhe sires OF one Of the descriptions of the stock o
winch that trade consisted, if they imagined tina
thelr resolutions would affect principles. Gu
growers cracked their whips, blew their horns, ant
passed the Seeuda gap, to other markets. where
oe'ter humors existed, and equal or greater profit
were made. | have heard OF your successor il
the Rouse OF Representatives, Mr.. President, thi
ahecoote that he Joined in the adoption Of thos'
resolutions, but when, about Christmas he applied
10 one oil his South Carolina neighbors TO purchas
the regular supply of pork for the ensuing year, h.
lound That he had TO give two prices for III and h
ueolared II that were the patriotism which tn
resolutions were based, he would not conform Il
them, and, in point OF fact, laid in his annual stoe
oi pork by purchase from the fist passing Ken
'uehE oroVer That trade, now partially resumed
was maintained by the sale Of Western produc
] ''ons, on the one side, and Carolina money on tn
otner' From that condition of it, the gentlema
from South Carolina might have drawn this cor
1.us'oh' that an advantageous trade may exist a
'hough one OF the parties it paws in specie for III
, productions which he purchases from the other
j anu, consequently, that 1t does not follow if "
ana not purchase British fabrics that it might NJ
ne The Interest OF England to purchase our raw m,
l .etIai OF cotton. The Kentucky drover receive
the South Carolina specie, Or taking bills. or tn
! evidences OF deposit IN the banks, carried thes
e home, and Opposing Of them to the merchant, h
brought out goods, OF foreign or domestic man,
+ iacture, IN return. Such is the circuitous natul
c OF trade and remittance, which NO nation uude
i stands better than Great Britain.
e Nor has the system, which has becn the po,e
\ source Of so much benefit TO other parts of ii
union proved injurious to the cotton grown
country. ] cannot speak of South Carolina i,se
q where have never been, with so much certaint,