Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-01-26

knC ICSoiutiOh oh yOut tuDIC, WCIS SuO-
tracted from the fourteen, it would still
leave him seven millions, besides the
bank stock, to be applied to the debt, and
that, of itself, would be three millions
more than can be properly applied to the
object, in the course of this year, as |
have already endeavored to shew.
came here, sir, most anxiously desir-
ing ali a,7S"gn arrangement of the Public Rev
enne should be made, which, without
sacrificing any of the great interests of
the country, would reconcile and satisfy
all its parts. l thought | perceived in
the class Of effects not produced within
the country, field on which we could
all enter, in true and genuine spirit of
compromise and harmony, and agree up
on an amicable adjustment Why should
it not be done' Why should those who
are opposed to the American System de-
mand of its friends an unconditional sur
render? Our common object should be
so to reduce the public revenue as to re-
lieve the buthens oithe people ,ifndeed
the people of this country can be truly
raid to be bWthened. The Government
must UuNc d CcTtulI VI ICNChuC,
and that amount must be collected from
the imports. Is it material to the consul
mer, wherever situated, whether the col
lction be made upon few or many OBJ
jects, provided whatever be the mode,
the amount Of his contribution to the
public exchequer remains the same? If
the assessment can be made on objects
which will greatly benefit large portions
of the Union, without injury to him, why
should he objec, to the selection of those
objects' Yes, sir, | came here, in n
spirit of warm attachment to all parts of
our beloved country, with a lively solic-
itude to restore and preserve its harmony,
and with firm determination to pour oil
and balm into existing wounds, rather
than further to lacerate them. For the
truth and sincerity of these declarations,
! appeal to HIM whom none can de-
ceive. expected to be met by cores
ponding dispositions, and hoped that our
deliberations, guided by fraternal senti-
ments and feelings, would terminate in
diffusing conte eminent and satisfaction
throughout the land And that such may
be the spirit presiding over them, and
such their issue, yet most tervently hope.
When Mr.. CLAY took his seat
Mr.. HAYNE rose. He did not rise,
he said, to enter at this time into the dis
cussion ofthe question. Pcrhapshe should
not, at any time, be disposed to follow the
gentleman through the wide field which
he had occupied. He certainly mad no
such intention now: rose mere Y to make
n motion, and should, in the fewcst words
possible, state the reason which had in
duced him to do 80.
The question presented by the resolu-
tio1, Mr.. HAYSE said, was not only one
Of deep interest to the whole country, but
he was persuaded it was, by far, the most
important that could command the atten-
fion Of Congress during the present scs-
sion. The period so long and so anx-
iously looked for s desired, had at length
arrived. The public debt was paid ,. for
30 gentlemen on all sides had agreed to
consider it, and the question necessarily
arose, what adjustment of the tariff OF
duties was to be made in this new and
most gratifying condition of our affairs
Upwards of l2 100000 dollars per an.
mum, nearly one half Oft the entire amount
of the public debt, will (when the debt Is
paid cease to be charge upon the
country, and to this extent at least, the
people have rig ght to expect an lmmc.
diatc reduction of their burdens. Bu
what does the resolution now before us
propose. That duties to the amount o.
only six or seven millions should be ta'
ken off, and that the reduction shall be
exclusively confined to articles which dc
not enter into competition with similar ar
ticles produced at home; in other words
sir, that articles of universal consumP
ton, and, in relation to which, every class
of the people, and every portion OF tho
country, contribute equally, should be re-
lieved entirely from all taxation, while
the high duties on the protected articles
were to remain untouched. In word
that the bands of that mammoth system o
injustice and oppression, he meant no OF
fence, but he spoke as he felt,) were t.
remain unrclaXcd-a system which wa
felt and acknowledged in one quarter o
the country as boon and bounty, AM
in another as an insupporiablc burden
system which (if in the language OF th'
Senator from Kentucky if it had "scat
tered its rich fruits" over any portion o
the land, had visited others with its con
suming curses.
IT could not be denied that the tru
question here presented was, whether tn
protection system was to be wholly un
touched, and to be rivettcd upon tn
country beyond all hope of relief? And
- III, ,enoct orthe question he must sol