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

laclufing interest IN measures oil mllltaTy
were there any symptoms Of ir.
Of giving back, amongst Us!
Did the honorable Senator see any sign
Of fear at home. or hesiisncy amongst
those who 90 wei and 80 nobly repre-
scented Us here! Did we not huEl back
the proclamation in The teeth Of those
who issued il! Did We not upon this
floor answer argument By argument and
threat by senrn, while al home The slate
armed herself 10 repel force by forcel
Did any one who looked upon ihe scene
in This Senate. and our aeloTs in IL; did
any one who looked 10 Us al home, even
from this distance. see any where The
bearing Of men. whose names could be
mentioned. except in the vulgar violence
Of pampered power, in any connection
with an ignominions death. or whose
conducI and destiny could in any event
be associated but with honor and respect
Slaughtered We might have been. crush
ed and overwhelmed, perhaps, but the
honorable Senalor did not understand the
occasion. nor does he know The people
Of whom he speaks, If he believes that
the crisis Of 1893 could have passed but
by tcdr, or concession on the part Of This
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, if the word
be more pslaiable.
Well, sir, the compromise bill was
passed. and went forth with healing on
its wings. II was hailed as the harbin-
ger Of peace. and was understood to be
the result of mutual concessions. made
in high spiri! Of patriotism. for the pur-
pose Of smoothing the heats which ihrea-
tened The country. In such spirit. I'M
queslionably, we scceded 10 the compro-
mise, surrendering, for lis sake, a portion
Of our interests. which in justice might
have been insisted on; and. in such spi-
ril, we supposed the honorable Senator,
as the representative Of the manufacturing
interest, had given his consent to The ar
rangement. These high and holy pur-
poses ! attributed TO the honorable gen.
lleman, and 10 those who acted with him,
on that occasion. | thought him entitled
10 the glory Of having acted from no per-
sonal motive. from nothing that saVored
Of party feeling, but from broad palri-
o.ism. or the broader principles Of that
code which promises blessings to the
peace-makers. And on this high ground
have always understood The gentleman
then placed himself; but his declarations
to-day show that he 10 disconnected with
that position. and he prefers TO have it
known that his object was TO drive a good
bargain for the manufacturers; and tia,
his views OF peace did no, extend beyond
saving good fellow or two from an igno-
minious death; iha, he did not believe
that danger existed, or tina. South Caro-.
lima intended sughl but child's play. The
honorable Senator has right to esisb-
lish the relation in which he stands TO the
transactions Of tina, day, and 10 correct
the history Of them, which had falsely,
as il now appears. assigned SO different,
and, in my judgment, so much nobler an
attitude TO The honorable Senator. He
now permits il 10 be understood that,
when he seemed 10 compromise with
South c sroliia. it was. in fact, but secur.
ing the tariff against Gen. Jackson; and
that, when he talked Of the harmony of
the Union, and the peace Of the land, be
did not, in fact, consider either in the
slightest danger. In all this he was to-
tally mistaken; as much mistaken in re-
gard 10 Us, and we were to him. We
were anxious TO avoid, but not afraid 10
meet. collision. We. a, least, were in
earnest. when we said we were willing
to fight for our cause, or to compromise
for peace. We were resolule and armed;
and when the honorable Senator speaks
Of that period in the light tone he has as
sumed, he treats it in way inconsistent
with the true character Of the crisis, with
his own dignity, and with the dignity of
this Chamber. s...- W..
Mr.. CLAY. I am happy, although
the Senator from South Carolina (Mr.
Presion) has totally misconceived me. 10
have been the occasion Of the very elo.
quent vindication of his own state which
he has just pronounced. He complains
Of my allusion to Modification. His CON-
plant ought not to be Of me, but Of his
colleague (Mr. Calhoun. whose exul.a-
ton al the supposed overthrow of the
protective policy, through the instrument
tality of Notification, has reluctantly ex-
torted from me an exposition Of the truth.
But, Mr.. President, nothing was further
from my purpose than to cast the slight
est impu.aiion upon the gallant and pat
riolic state Of South Carolina, or any Of
her citizens. In my opinion she was
eminen.ly wrong in that memorable con-
test; but never doubted her sincerity, or
her gallantry. | never doubted that, in
the land of Marion, of Sumpler, and oil
Pickens, there were many of their de.
scendants equally noble and brave, and
that the people of Sou,h-C Carolina would,
upon all proper occasions, maintain the
high character which they have so just