Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-05-28

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the authority Of the most violent opponents Of the Tariff
and OF the President for the assertion that these prnc
Piles have substantially succeeded by the passage
Bill OF the last To what the conception of that
bill 10 be ascrbed Let Mr. Clay himself answer: "Mr
President, want TO DO perfectly understood the
tves which have prompted me 10 offer this measure.
repeat what said the introduction Of it, that they are
hrst TO preserve the manufacturing interest," and secondly
10 quiet the country. believe the American System TO
be in the greatest dangers and believe il can be placed
better and SAFER foundation this session than the
next heard with surprise, my friend from Massachu
say, tina, nothing had occurred within the last six
months to increase its hazard. en,reat him review
that opuion. Is il correct, Is the issue OF numerou,
elections including that of the highest officer of the Co.
vernment nothing! Is the explicit recomne ndaton of
that officer in his message at the opening of the ses
sion sustained as he is by recent triumphant election
nothing Is his declaration in his Proclamation, that
the burdens OF the South ought 10 he relieved no.
thngs Is the Introduction OF bill into the House
Of Representatives during this session. sanctioned bv
the Head of the Treasury and the Administrator
prosiratng the greater part OF the manufacture. Of
he country. nothing'"-Mr. Clay then goes on to
add TO his list OF motives the recent events in the
South These, one could speak the subject with.
out adverng but that those which he places first
foremost The list than sufficient without The
AID oil the latter to make even his bold and fearless obs
macy give way; while the latter without the former would
have ha! no such effect is manifest only from the
whole tenor oil his speech, but from the very nature and
facts oil the case. Agan,-"It il well known that the
majority OF the dominant party is adverse the Tariff
There many honorable excepiions-tbe Senator fon
New Jersey Mr. Dickcrsonl among them. But for the
excrtions of the other party the Tariff would have been
long since sacrificed Now let us look the composition
this body we lose three friends Of the protective policy
without being sure oil gaining Here, Judging from
present appearances shall at the be in the
minority In the House il is notorious that there il con-
siderable accession TO the number OF tho dominant party
How then ask, is the system 10 be sustained against
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the whole weight of the adrninsra-
tion-agans the united Southland against the incrs ased
impending danger Of civil war - Again-' The Presi-
dent, i'm his opening message will urge that Justice "a be
il be done to the South and that the burdens mnos
ed upon it by the Tariff he removed. The whole weigh,
the Administration the united South and msiores of
/ thc t.Inat hnll
found IN active cooperation. Will the gentleman from
Massachusetts, tell me how tariff against
this united and irresistible forcc:'
IL IL unnecessary 20 look further The conce ons
made In this bill are due TO the and the recon-
menda,ions Of Gen. Jackson, ratified by tho voice Of the
American People, reelecting him. and sending TO Con-
gress maortes OF the dominant party tosustan prn
cpes, and TO carry his views into effect. The merit which
Mr. Clay claims is that of saving from the approaching
wreck OF his iavorie system the protection which is 90.
cured by his bill. In what il comedies he has merely
done what had been rendered by the previous
acts OF others,-wha was in effect already done. H. there
fore, there he any merit in the provisions which have
been so highly aujcd at the Souh to Gen Jack.
sustained by the enlightened patriotism OF the Amcri
can People, that the credit is due. To him will nevi-
tably be awarded Those who anxious and so busy
TO prevent this may heap cphet upon ephc conjurc up
ever so many points OF collision produce every day
device for dstractng the public mind; but enuy
and their industry will be in vain. AS well might they
attempt TO drive back to their source the rays of meridian
sun, as TO avert this final judgment of the People.
The Public Debt.
When praise has been bestowed upon the admin .ra.
!
the country 10 the rapid ExrINGUIsHMENr F PUN.
Lie DEBT, there few who have withheld as
undeserved, ascribing whatever merit due, to the
progress made towards this object TO the laws which
in operation before General Jackson came ato Office
Those laws were doubtless founded jus, the
policy which national debt national evil and
Its discharge not only duo the honor good faith of
the Government, but in many points Of Necessary 10
the prosperity and happiness of the people But however
strong may have been the general assent OF the country
this policy, every in the least acquainted with his
tory OF Legislation fer the last years know that it
hx,;
and devoing the of the Treasury schemes
internal Improvement which il not arrested would have
postponed The payment OF the public debt to worry remote
period l., indeed the spirit which the system cac-
lated TO engendcr and TO strengthen had become
overpowerng TO rcnderthat altog, hcr hope
less.
! Let those who doubt the extent to which the public
mind had already become poisoned by the temptations
local interests aided by the nsensbe influence OF party
feelings turn to the calendar Of Congress the winter
lS29-3O, and examine the number of projects originating
in these causes which had obtained the sanction that
body and which but for the irmness of the Executive
would have absorbed all the that the Hoiirishng
condition OF the country had suppled(6) So strong
me in favor OF this system at the time OF the
veto OF the MaysvlIe road bill that the President
garded as having by that act aienated great portion
fends assumed position in which could sustain
himself, and given death blow the ascendency OF the
party by which he had been brought into office. His
message although unanswerable in its exposition of the
runous consequences to which the sanction of the princi
pies contained in that bill would lead, was received by
Congress with strong dsapprobaton, and rumphany
haed by his opponents as the political death OF
many OF those who had contributed 10 his election the
sign oy which they were to conquer(c) There could
~ In Mr.. Clay's speech Cincinnati in 1880 il as
his boast that, during the administration of Mr. Adams
Larger appropriations OF money and land made
objects OF internal improvement, than had ever been
made oy all preceding administrations together 20 This
was certainly glorious impetus which the wheel had
CURED; and the hopes that il must have inspired OF
hnite increase and uncomfortable power affords
cusc Tor the evaporation occasoned by the exhibition
the p's inerfi@ OF the Veto. This feeling, however
trary 10 expectation, could not be communicated 10 the
People. They read the Veto, and approved.
In tho same speech after denying all agency the Pre-
4 sdent IN the redemption Of the public debt, Mr. CLAY
says"The secretary himself has more do with the
operation than the hydrans through which the water
passes to the consumption OF the population of this city,
e turns the cock the I January and July in each
year. and the public treasure is poured the public
creditor from the reservoir filled by the wisdom Of Con.
gress This is certainly TO the of the annual
preparation oil ten millions faithful picture of the matter
as 1t was intended to be and il tooidd haze been bad
the operation contrived by "the wisdom OF 1916 continued
undsurbed But the actis, that "be wisdom of later
period had inserted into he reservoir syphon of great
and growing though silent power, which promised pre-
serve very cectuay the from adanger Of burst.
ing But for the plug put by the veto into its capacous and
hardsucking mouth the Secretary might only have
" turned the cock tho LIST of January and Let of
july but have kept turning from the LIST OF January TO
the 3st OF December, and it would have been something
OF miracle II drop had appeared for the public creditor
lie would have been the last TO gruinblo At the
droughi and all the other parties the confluence would
have been well satisfied with its operation Members Of
Congress would have made their return home welcome
by being the bearers oil jobs for the improvement Of the
vicnagc. Contractors would be any thing but grieved-
the aborer would be glad for the labor would be in de-
mand-a the men OF property would sit down calcu-
late the enhanced value OF their sites The purveyor OF
has If