Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-04-28


And did Pennsy lvania concur IN il? Pennsvlva- 81
MIA was first and foremost in espousing the a
cause e General Jackson. Every body knows r,
she is moro Of tariff State than any other in n
the Union. Did he tell her that his purpose Il
to break the tariff entirely DOWN. Did he state Il
his objects, also, to New York? Did nc state u
them to New Jersey? What say you gentle !,
men from Pennsy vania! gentlemen from New c
York? and gentlemen from New Jersey? Ye I
who supported General Jackson's election, what
say YOU? Was II your purpose, also, by that c. o
lection, To break down the protective policy9 S
Or, if it were not your purpose, did you know, r
ncvcrthcless-pray let US understand that-did {
YOU know, nevertheless that il ,ras the purpose i
and the main purpose. of the honorable member
from Carolina and did you, still cooperate with
him? !;
The present Chief Magistrate Of the country L
vas member Of this BODY in 1928. He and the /:
honorable member from Carolina were, at that
time excrting their united forces, to the utmost,
in order to bring about General Jackson's cleo
ton. Did they work thus zealousy together, for /
the same ultimate end and purpose? or did they I
mean merely to change the government, and |
! then each to look fo, himself?
Il Mr.. Van Buren, voted for the tariff bill Of that
year, commonly called the sbill Of abominations'
but very luckily, and in extremely good season
instructions for that vote happened to from
!; Albany! The vote, therefore, could be given,
and the member giving it could not possibly
thereby give any offence 10 any gentleman OF
the State-right party, with whom tho doctrine of
s instruc tons authentic.
Sir, will not do gentleman injustice. Those
a who belong to tariff States, they called,
and who supported General jackson for the Pres
= idency, did not int end thereby to overthrow tho
: protecting policy. They only meant to make
=. General Jackson President, and 10 into
G power along with him! As to ultimate subjects,
h each had his own. All could agree, however, in
IS in the first step. 1t difficult, certainly, to
r give plausible appearance to political union,
l. among gentlemen who differed SO widely, on the
e great and leading question Of the times-the
Y, question sof the protecting policy. But this dit:
20 fculty was overcome by the oracular dcclara-
ton that General Jackson in favor Of u Judi
10 cious Tariff
2, Here, sir. was ample room and verge enough.
I'd Who could object to j"dicious tariff Tariff
men and Anti-tarlf1 men, State-right men and
d, Consoldationists, those who had been called
prodigas and those who had been called radicals
= all thronged and focked together here, and with
IS all their difference in regard 20 ultimate objects
he agreed to mako common cause, till they should
b. get into power.
an The ghosts. sir which are tabled to cross tho
M Styx, whatever different hopes purposes they
lc may have beyond it, still unite, in the presen
wish to get over, and therefore all hurry ant
81 huddIo into the eaky and shattered craft Of Cha
m ron, the ferryman. And this molly throng o
ny politicians. sir, with much difference of ina
m object, and as Iittlo for each other, mad
all boat Of 'judicious tariff and all rushed an
mt scrambled into it, until they filled it, to sinh
to ing. The authority Of the master al le howeve
W. to keep them peaccable and in order, for III
time, for they had the virtue Of submission,
though with occasional dangers of upsetting, h
succeeded in pushing them all over with his lon!
settng-pole.
''Ratem canto subigit.''
on Well, sir, the honorable gentleman tells US TIL
nee he expected, when General Jackson should
DO elected to arrest the tariff system through the
bio fuencc Of the Executive Department. Here
T. -.0
m" Executive influence! Indeed! Why, sir, tn
ID seems like hoping, from the first for the Of Il
on, Veto How, but by the Veto, could the Execute,
her arrest tho tariff act! And is it true, sir, that
ted that carly day, the honorable member looki,
ate to the Veto not with dread, but with hope? d
ev- he expect it and did he rely upon it? Did
'ov- make the rally of which he speaks, in order tn
OF he might choose President who would exerci
ISL it? Anddd he after wards complain Of it, do
YER he complain Of it now, only because it
Gle, observation-disclosures it turned out to be thundt
pts, bolt, which did not fall in the right place?
ON In this reliance on Executive infiuence-sir,
ior declare hardly trust myself that | cad
INA quote correctly, when fad, in what read,
ted, from what quote, the honorable member fro
the South Carolina, by his own confession, hoping
reat expecting to accomplish any thing BY Execute
mo influence yet it spoken, and is it print
NH in this reliance, this hope, expectatit
founded on Executive influence, the hoLoral
tutc gentleman and his friends failed; and, failing
let the States, and brought the system the grou
ch ''through the potency of intcrpositon by viii
sury he means neither nor less than Nullfcati
lent. So then, sir, according this, that excessive
tho Of power which was much cherished by
Mt nuliifiers, only awakened to a flame in III
rcas- bosoms, when they found that they could not
ugh, complish their own ends by the Executive pov
lived Of the President
'aiuc | am authorized commentator, sir. on
les OF doctrines theories of nuiliication. Non n
pa frxm Bat, if this exposition be authentic, m
ags saw it is not calculated to diminish INV ooposi,
VS. to the sentiments Of that school,
'nius But the gentleman goes to tell us that n;
iication, or interpositon, succeeded. By me
this os it, he SAYS, he did bring the protective sys,
'hich to the ground And SO, in his published let,e
ana November Bird. he states that Estate interposit
has overthrow the protective tariff, and, witt
bear the American SYSTEM
n he We are to understand, then. sir, first, that
yhout compromise act of 1888 was forced upon C
lntry eress by State interposi,ion. or notification.
Next, that its object and design, SO far as
svs- honorable gentlemen was concerned in it, wa
on break down and destroy, forever, the whole ,
csaw tective policy Of the country.