Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-03-24

VOLUME GX1aV.---No. 1914.
mputatous of purpose on the part Of nv friends to
disregard the compromise, and revive the high turf-
Notification, Mr.. President overthrow the protective
policy! No, Sir. The compromise was no, extorted by
the terror OF Notification. Among other more npor
tant motives that influenced its passage was a com
passionate concession 10 the imprudence and i'm
potency Of Notification! The danger from Null
6calion> itself excited more apprehension than
would be felt by seeing regiment of thou.
sand boys, OF FIVE six years of age, decorated
IN brilliant uniforms with their gandy plunes and tiny
muskes, marching up to assault corps Of 0UOO gre
! nadcrs six feet high. At the commencement OF the
session Of 1882 the Senator from South Carolina was
IN any condition other than that OF debating terms
Those Of who were then here must ecolect well his
haggard looks and his anxious and depressed counte
nance. highly esmable friend Of mine, Mr.. J. II.
Clayton of Delaware, abiding 10 the possibility of
rupture with South Carolina, and declarations Of Pres
dent Jackson with respect certain distinguished nd
uduals whom he had denounced and prescribed said 10
me, moe than occasion, referring To the Senator
from South Carolina and some Of s coieo gues, "rhe3
are clever fellows and it will never d" 10 let old Jackson
hang them Sir, this disclosure is exorted from me by
the Senator
So for from Notification having overhrown the pro.
techVe policy in asserting 10 the compromise express
y sanctioned the constitutional power, which it had
strongly conlroverted, and perpetuaed There ia pro.
lection from end 10 the other in the compromise ac
modified and limited, it true but protection neverthe
less There Is protection adequate and abundant pro.
lection, until the year 1912, and projection indefinitely
beyond it, Until that year, the biennial reduction OF du
ties is slow and moderate such perfectly satsfac
tory TO the manufacturers Now if the system were al
together unconstitutional, as had been commended, how
could the Senator for bill which continued II for
nine years; Them beyond that perpd, there is The pro-
vision for cash dutes home Valuations long and lber
al list of free articles carefully made out by my friend
from Rhode Island (Mr. Knlght) expressly for the be-
ne Of The uacturers, and the power of discrinna
toD dale han eHt
rate OF duty fixed in the act In The consultations be.
tween the Senator and myself in respect to the conpro.
mise act on every point upon which lnsIsted he gave
way. He for shorter term than years, and more
rapid reduction. | insisted, and he yielded he was
for fifteen instead Of twenty per cent as The maximum
duty but yielded. lie against any determination
within tho limited range of duties for the benefit OF the
manufacturers but consented To the last he protested
against home valuation but finally gave way. Such is
the compromise act: and The Senate will see with what
pr0prely the Senator assert that Notification had
overrown the Protective Tariff and the American Sys
tenn Notification! which asserted the extraordinary
principle that one Of twenty -four members OF conlede
racy Ivy its separate action, could subver and set aside
the expressed will OF the whole! Nuhcation strange,
impracticabe incompreensibe doctrine, that pnrlakes
of the character of the metaphysical school of German
philosophy or would be worthy Of the puzzling theolo
gical controversies Of the middle ages
The American System, Mr"Presidspl, now 80 much
deded why know not, unless il be because it be 7me
rican has advanced this country in the arts and IN pros
perily, at least half century believed, and still be.
eve it, emneny advantageous 10 all parts OF the Unlon
and injurious really to none In its origin il de-
nounced because it alleged, that II would dry up
all the sources of our revenue from imports whoever
will take the trouble 10 examine the early debates upon
The subject, will find that to have been The prominent ana
strong ground of opposition. The prediction being fall
SIZED lis opponents changed their position, and charged
it with being the parent of the late great surplus
in the public revenue. That surplus was'ln fact chiefly
produce By the operation of the land sysem-and If
nJ ph iDtrOd
beer passed, "a BILL by the bye, to which The Senator
from South Carolina opposed) We should have
avoided all pcrpexty in the disposal OF that surplus be-
cause there would have been none.
No MIR. rresidep.,i- ..s a~"inon cemenl at tAe
protective policy supposed that was ~ be perpe
iua We hoped and believed tina, temporary protection
extended 10 our infant manufactures would bring them
up and enable them 10 withstand competition with those
Of Europe We thought, the wise French Minister
did who when urged by British Minister 10 consent
to the equal introduction into the two countries OF Their
respective productions, replied that free trade might be
very we'll for country whose manufactures had reach
ed perfection but not entirely adapted TO country
which wished build up its manufactures II the pro-
teclye policy were entirely 10 in Io42, il would
have existed 26 gears from 1876 or is from lS4 quite
as long either of those periods lis friends supposed
might he necessary. But il does not cease then, and
sincerely hope that the provisions contained in the Com
promse Act for its benefit beyond that PERIOD will be
found sufficient for the preservation of all our interesting
manufactures. For one, AIN willing To adhere TO, and
and prospective, if its fair operation is undisurbcd
The Senate we'll knows that have been constantly
in favor of strict and faithful adherence 10 The CON-
promise Act ] have watched ana defended II on an
occasions desire TO il faithfully and involably
maintained. The Senator, too, from South Carolina,
Altering that The South The weaker party has H.
therlo united with me in sustaining It, Neverheiess,
he has left u.s. as he tells in his EdgfteId letter be.
cause he appreheuded that principles would lead US
TO the revival of high tariff How stands the matter
with the other party? 1t is known Tint the present
Chief Magistrate voted for the bill oil le2S alter, as
has been asserted having advised such concocon OF
il as to ensure its defeat and having held out 10 the
Southern Delegation the hope tina, it would he defeated
On that occasion late distinguished Senator from fr.
pnis is reported to have said that he had deceived them
once and that has fault hutf lie ever deceived Them
again it would be theirs The present CHAIRMAN IN the
Senate Of the Committee on Finance, was member OF
the Committee on Manufactures in the H. OF H. which
prepared that bill Of 1925 and all know that both he
and other leading members of the Administration parry
egan and again declared that they held
no more bound by the Compromise Act than by ony or.
dinary act of legislation 1t will be also recoleciec That
Al the yery last annual session test vote on my motion
WAS Given in respect The Compromise Act when every
ooca friend that have except the venerable senator
rom Tennessee (who, for particular reasons, voted
against u.s. but who assured al the time that he had
no intention of disturbing substantially The act,) voted
for adherence it, and every friend of The Adminstra.
tion with two exceptions voted aga'nst' heIe'
AIR President are The ayes aud noes:
On motion of MIR. Clay to rcconmit the BILL with IN.
sruc,ions o strike out of the bill all articles which at
present pay duty equal twenty cent ad vaorem,
or upwards as embraced by the act of the I'd March,
1888 commonly called the compromise act, 1t was de-
termned in the negative =,
Those who voted in the affirmative are: hessrs Bay.
ard Black Calhoun, Clay, Clayton, Criltenden: Davis,
Ewing of Ohio, Hendricks Kent, Knight, Mexican,
Moore, Morris, Prenss, Preston, Robbins, southa5d'
Spence, Swift Upton, Tomnson, Wall, Weeslefp IA
Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs' BEN
ton. Brown, Cuthbert, Ewing Of illinois, Fulton, Hub
bard, King of Alabama King of Georgia, Linn, Lyon
Mou,on, Nicholas, Miles, NorvelI, Puge Parker, K7s''
Robinson, Rugges Sewer, Strange Tullmadge' walk
err, White, Wtght-25 s,h c.,
lima has left US, who have shown disposition to main
,n line compromise ACT on which he hos