The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-04-20


nature of eosernmenl and party slruggifs
in . free state. History and reflection
learh ~. that when great Interests come
in e0ndirt. and The passions and the pre-
JUDGES 81 men are reused. such struggles
can never be composed By the influence
nf ans individuals however great; snd a
there be NOT. somewhere in The System.
s,me high constitutional Power IN arrest
lleir progress. and compel the parties TO
adjust lhe difference, they @ on iill the
state falls BY corruption or violence.
Such was the language ! held Al that
lime. when lhe events were fresh m our
recollection. and the Senator heard Il sud
never npened his mouth; yea now, alter
four wears. he rises here snd makes The
statement we have heard. That ] utter
ell .Isrsr seniimen's before. and that ire
qnensly, l am able 10 shnw by other Facts.
Bun q further. and shall prase from The
Senator's own declaration the truth oil
what assert. In 1889. speaking on
bill then on is passage providing Tor .
reduction af the tariff. The Senator de-
elared in his place that he considered that
hill ~ an ultimate adjustment 81 The cues
lion, aud vel the y hale larif system was
praslraled befnIe the act went int0 elect;
and what effected this prOslraIiOn! Mo-
lhiag but the inierPasilion Of my own lit
lie gallant slsle-a state Of which he has
spaken in surh cnniemplunus language.
II MAS Ihe well-knawa principle oi the
American system. OF which the Senator
is the author. that every Article which
ean be manufactured al h0me was i0 be
proiectrd. and that that projection was To
be extended. IL possible. even To prnhIb'-
lion. The Senator now says that he e1a-
Iinues io think that prinriple sound one;
and yri the compromise act surrsnders
nv express terms the ~ STEM 81 prniee-
Tim: gives up The principle IN y hIeh the
Srna,or tells US he still adheres, aud u
tie surrender 81 which the Senator finm
Massachusetts. MIR. Webster, il ] right
" remember, ohiec'ed To the compromise.
Nav. | wnuld ash. what was IL that caus-
ed-ihe surrender az this principle! IL
was because I took my stand firmly. re-
snluirly, and refused To compromise IT
al, unless The principle was given up.
Bat the Senator tells us that he is
AIMING The most consistent men IN The
world. am MT in The habit Of charg-
ing others With Inconsistency; but "ne
thing | will say, that II the gentleman
has nn, changed his prinriptss. be has
most certainly changed his company; for.
illnugh he boasts of setting nui in public
life Republican If the school nf 80. he
is now surrounded hy some nf the mast
disting uished members Of the old Fede-
ralsparty. do not desire tn dparage
that party. always respected them ~
mrn. though | believed their political
principles I" be- wrong. Now. eiihrr the
grntleman's associates have changed, nf
he has; for they are now together. Enough
belonging fnrmerly to different and OPP
pnsing parties--paTties. as every one
knows, directly oppnsed To each other in
pulley and principles. | repeat the as
seruon. thai The Senator'S present friends
were not only associated with the old fe-
deral party. but thai they were dislin-
guished members Of il, and attained re
nnwn from the advocacy and defence OF
its principles, and, as they have now 90,
ingeiher. | leave il To him aud them To
decide which has changed.
As | am charged with Inconsistency,
and the charge is so often repeated by
The Senator, | will make hrief reply on
| that paint. As prospects the bank char.
ter Of 1916. the Senator well kaows that
81 that time the chnice was between The
use nf state banks and national bank, as
the fiscal agent of the government. The
state hanks were then the fiscal agent,
and il was impossible then To break the
| nnInn brIween the government and Ihe
hanks. | acquiescej in what was be.
yond nv control, and inevitable at the
Tune; aud as then, as now, preferred a
national To the STATE banks, then ad,o'
GATED the former against the latter. as
would nov do in the sumo state Of things
He says was in favor Of tie isrif al
1916. aud tonk the lead in It's support
lie u certainly mistaken again. Ii Wa:
~ rharge Of ms colleague aud friend. Mr.
| I.owndes, chairman then Of the rommiitet
Of ways and means, as rcyenue mea.
sure only. took no other part Whale.
yer bnl 10 deliver an nfT-hand speech, al
the request Of friend. The quesuon 81
protection. a. constitutional question,
was not touched al all. II was not made,
fmy memory serves me, for some years
after. As TO protection. believe lille oI
i, exrepi what all admit was Incidental
tn revenue. was contained in the act Ol
1916. As 10 my views inrpgard TO pro.
tectIon =, thai early perInd, | refer 10 my
remarks in 1919. when Iopposed re-
newal of llienon-importslio sci, express
ly on The ground of lis giving too much
protection 10 the manufacturers. But
while declared. IN my Place. ,IIa, was
opposed 10 it on that ground, | al tie
same time stated thai | would On AZ Ear