The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-04-13


Is32, the Seassar from South Carolina
Gas IN any raudlllaa other lhan lllal oa
d,rtatinp terms. Those al us Who we're /
,heu here must rec0lleci Aell hiss hsggsfd |
Ioaks and his xia0s ard oppressed
eounleasnee. A highly esiimable Trend |
II mine. Mr. J. NJ, clsy ton, Of Delaware.
slIudlng 10 lhe possibility af rupture
wiIb Saulh Carolina. and declarations ii
President Jackson with respect 10 certain
distinguished individuals whnm he had
denounced and prescribed. sald !" mr. on
more Than one occasion, referring u the
SrnaInr lrum South Carolina and some OF
his colleagues. - They are clever FLOWS.
and j, viii never do 20 LEI old Jackson
hang ,hem." Sir. this disclosure is ex-
Ior.rd from me By the Ssnalor.
So far from Modification having over
thrown The protective policy. in asserting
70 the compromise IL expressly sanction
eli lhe constitutional power. which u had
so strongly eonlrOyerled. and peTPeInaled
il. There i prolecIien from one end 10
the other in The compromise art; modifi-
ed and limited. IL is true. but protection
nevertheless. There 10 projection. AIDE.
quale and abundant protection. until The
wear 1912. and protection Indefinitely
beyond u. Unlil that year. tie biennIal
reduction af duties j. sl0w aud moderate.
such a. was perfectly satisfactory 10 The
manufacturers. Now. fihe system were
altogether unconstitutional, As had been
commended how could the Senator sose
for a bill which conlInnri il for nine
years! Then, beyond thar period, there
is the provision for cash duties. home
VIOLATIONS. long and liberal list Of free
articles. carefully made out by my friend
from Rhode Island. (Mr. Knight ex-
pressly for the ben6t ofIhe manufacturers.
and the power of discrimination, reserved
also flr their benefit. within the maximum
rate Of duty fixed in the act. In the con
situations between The Senator AMI myself
in respect 10 the compromise acl, on every
point upnn which | insisted, he gave
way. lie was for . shorter Term than
nine years, ard more RAPID rfdurnon. !
insisted. and he yielded. lie Vas for
fifteen instead Of twenty per cent. as abe
maximum duty, but yielded. lie was
against any Discrimination within The
limited range OF duties Tor the bene6l VI
the manufacturers, but consented. To
,he last he protested against home valua-
lion, but finally gave way. Such u the
compromise act; and The Senate will see
with what proprieiy The Senator can
assert thai Modification had overlhrown The
! Protective Tariff and the American Sys-
ten. Modification! which asserted The
extraordinary principle that one ofIweniy.
four members of q conIederacy. BY Its
separate acllon. rould subvcrI and sci
aside the expressed will Of the whole!
Modification! a strange. imprscncable,
Incomprchenslble d cItine, that parlakes
OF the character Of the NETS physical school
Of Germsn philosophy, OF would be
worthy Of the puzzllng theological con
trovessies Of the middle ages.
The American System. ME-. President
nov sn murh decided. why know moi,
unless il he because IL be American. has
advanced this country 10 The arts and il
prosperity. al least half century. be
lIesed, and sui believe il, cmineR.ly ad
Vaniagenus to all parts Of the Union, ant
/ injurious really 10 none. Ia It's origin it wai
denounced because IL was alleged thai /
would dry up all The sources Of our resenu,
from imports. Whnever @ill take III,
trouble to examine the early debates upol
! the subject wall find that 10 have been III,
, prominent anil strong ground uf oppose
ton. I he prediction brmg lslslipd, ii
opponents changed their position, AM
charged Il with beng the parent cause o
the a:e great surplus in The rublicreteaue
That srplus was IN fact chiefly produc
ed by the opesanon Of the land system
and Il the land bill which I introduce
some years aga hal beenpsssed e. hill b,
the byr IN winch the Senator from Soul
Carolina was opposeJ,) we should has,
avoided all perplexIy in The disposal o
FIhaI surplus. because there would hayu
been none.
no One. Mr.. President. IN the com
Enhancement Of he prefecture policy, eve
supposed thai IL was . be perpetual
We hoped and believed that lcmpprsr,
a protection extended 10 our infant man
Ifac,ures would bring them up, md enabl
them 10 Withstand competition with ,hos
of Europe. We thought, as the Wis,
French minister did. who wfea urged b,
a BriIsh Minister 10 consent 10 the equa
introduction lato the two countries OF lhel
respective productions. replied tia, fle,
trade might be very well Tor a coun,f,
whnse manufactures had reached perlec
tion, but was not entirely adapted 10
country which wished to build up IL
manufactures. lf The. protective polio,
were entirely ID cease 10 1912. II wonl,
have exised 20 years from 1916, or /,
from 1924; quite as long as, al either o