The Arkansas advocate., 1833-03-27


 t3Sa policy of tile country. uniess II WI.
 to pc hepi n q state Of perpetual nue. Ftaatlon and uncertainty.
 After passing the law of last session. Ha !asg containing some featuies Of con. cession and compromise, when tlecoun. tfy was not prepared for nEy change. the present hill, protesting 10 De bill l of feaecs of arrangement, ard of com premise, Is brought forward by the dis fipgnlsiied Senator from Kentucky, vllo 1 pFesesses 10 have .reBonnced none Of his former opiniena as to the coAsdfatinna. iiity and eXpeaiency Of pfotcction.- 1 ilie blli is also supported by a gentle man whose opinions are directly the re- verse of those entertained ly the ssena. tor from Kentucky. When it was sup ported by such opposite feelings, il aas lmportant 10 look tito the provisions of lthe bill. lie stated the vafions eonsi- derations which ought to weigh with those who5 as friends of the protective system, voted fer tliis bill.
 He did not object to the prospective and biennial redaetiohs nude hY the bill np to 1911, but lie objected to the clauses which did, in effect, prohibit the repeating action of auY subsequent
 engress bill ,tifttiil ,tifttiil .s .isiisae 3 He also objected to tie provision ia tie tiiti7 section, which WIS d rpstTictinn on the power of Congress. He putit 10 the Senator f6m Tennessee, NJ. 1GRGfs- bF} who had iftrotueed tie clause te# say l he did hot intend that it should slow tlial Goigfess nas 10 De consider. cd as bound hY the bill, as far IS His Congress could bind tic future iegisfa. tion ot, the country.
 l. The protected articles may, hy tlis bill, he reduced below 30 per eent. aa taIQrolf,, bat cannot De raised abore 20 per cent,
 lie opposed tlle biil bccacsci fl fn1pos. ed q fcsirietioA ea the future legisla- tion of Congress. Ilealso opposed i, ;. beeagscd t seemed to yield the ednsli- tatiopal FoWerI erotcction. Various argtimelfs were advanced! by him to siiia" tlltat tic Southern politicians weuld5 # illis bill were passed, tel eye y one of their constituents, tiait they had gained soh5e# confession to tle opin- ions of thc South. He said tAat lsc az. proved tue saeaeieus silence of the Southern eentiemei. TAct would not suffer themselves to be provoked by iflendCfeaens {, saeak before the tfiae slfpu!d rome \ heH fsey cught 10 speak. They were masters Of the game, and lhey knew if. lie csmmenia5i their Foilcy, t1ui he Hisiidsi them to see that Ae epdefstoQd i. h giving up speci- iie duties, and substituting 1al paloreaa, the 5iai lad abandpnej tkc policy of all 0ise goyermnents,aod tllc pol;ey of our OWL {.osefeueaf, and i'le pelicy always adfocated hy the Ssenater from ken- tackNs E!e viewed the bili as . sarren- der Of ali the interests of the snaller capitalists, and a concession in favor of oVcrgFoWn iiloIoplies. He pointedo ont iile ciIccts of iAjs surrender on onrcon- dilion. ard tte handle wl.ieh it would to sitliifiisis, aid foreign writers ssssa the poets laureate of all tltc moDareh- sics Of Europe, lo turn our institutions and our preteusions iifo ridicnle. If ,hs principle were carried into ourna- vigatioil, he said that il would be in- .mediatcly coWatefyailed h5 Great Brit ain. By limiting cur copntcryailing power, and having the couptervailing powei, of Eafopa free, we put ih her i4ahds weapons to destroy ns,and cast cur weapons ai her feet. lndera co. ialriai sy stem, . liiiil,iiae ttuIefs would not be more completely shackicd than they will De by this bill.
 IIc referred 10 the four powers by wisicl, tlie Senator from Kentucky had said tifat our protective system could be preserved. ist, prohibition, 2dly, tho free list, 3diy, incidintal protection
 -alI of which would lie found inade- |quaie-a and tho 4th, discritalnatlon or specific duties, was the only one which would avail. Discriminating and specific duties were the last resource. and if tiiat were 10 be given up, there conld be no longer any hope for the pro Etectigc system: itl war or n pence lilc insisted, tsalt not being owners of l the property, but merely agents for ad- iranisifasors3 ~e had no right b fetler Ia future Congress. He regarded this lbiil as the last willard testamento Of .hls E(songrcss, which would be set aside by the People, but not on the ground oi want of sanifY in those principally en- gagged in mailing it,for he never saw | /RE that sagacity, nor on account Of any un- due influence, although he could not ] help thinking that panic had something