The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-11-10

,bl,,c S,l ne lAkes The line az inland ma ygston
nom New Orleans asand the coast, through Florida
\ Neck theace 90 the extreme Norh--snd finally the
4 nos, Rosd hom Washington TO New Orleans, are tho
rincics AatFenal works eAek IAars Arrays regarded
rs esie4 70 re patronage 81 Congress. and am pre-
psrcd 70 carry lhcm par passM soon as our Imam
cisA resources will enable US 10 do so "
i These grand national works constitute distance Of
/ FIVE THOUSAND MILES. The engineers who
have surveyed the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, have
estimated the cost Of one division OF only 10 miles al
three millions OF dollars aud another division Of only
rlSe auEs another three millions five hundred
thousand dollars, which, sdded together. will make
sgn Of millions i've hundred thousand dollars-the
cost Of seventy 6sc miles OF canal only. And Florida
Neck of only two bundled miles, cannot be executed
for less than the OF hundred millions OF dollars
A distance OF s75 miles taken from 5000 viii leave
&5l5, yet to be provided for And yet these the
wafks MI McDutfie asows IN the public Prints, he Is
prepared TO carry on at the expense Of "the government
soon our financial will enable TO do
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Governor Hamilton went as FAR TO support that bill Ms
any other In addition TO which, he expressed
wish for ship chaanel 10 UNITE the IaatG nih thc
grsat Pacific Ocean !.g 1 To accomplish which, instead
Of drawing on the Treasury of the United States, he
mus, draw the mines Of Potosi
Now. where were these four gentleman, going hand
INLAND for the grand projects 10 find tic revenues
to accomplish such stupendous public works. not sur
passed IN msgnlhcence- nor equaled IN cost by the
Royal Canal OF l.anguedoc, or the Appan way from
Brundusnm to Rome-I say where they TO obtain
their revenues, unless from TARIFF and Tariff too,
more extensive and vigorous than any Tariff heretofore
known 10 the United States Of America! These gen.
hemen were fully apprized Of consrqnencesan their
efforts gave an impetus to the tariff bill which
prsed the eastern people not less than those of Penn
syicania For within twenty days after the bill making
an annual appropriation Of thirty thousand dollars got
up by General Hayne, had passed. the Tariff Of 1924
passed likewise The two bills being thus made mu-
1Iat nj pthar rrtaIn
pdssa. Many members voted for tho Tariff, who had
motive for doing SO, but means for supporting
internal improvement General liayne had the internal
Improvement bill under his control in the Senate His
one vote, with two others, would have defeated it But
being southern man, and asking nothing for South
Carolina, he turned the scale in his favor
As Tariff man, Mr. Calhoun was placed in the front
rank. In his speech of 1916, he began by divestng
himself OF every motive but patriotism He told Con-
gross y. .#.
THAT he was no manufacturer; that coming from
the South he and his constituents had no interest but in
the cultivation Of the SOIL
THAT to afford manufacturers ample protection,
would enable the farmer to sell his products high, aud
buy all his wants and conyenienccs Of life cheap"
That Tariff for protection OF ritai Importance
10 the security aud permanent prosperity OF the Union
THAT 1t would produce an interest, strictly Ameri-
can, much as agriculture, and far than
merce and navigation"
THAT IT would produce a ncr and most po,rerfal
cement for outweighng any objections which might be
urged against the system"
That i would preserve US from new and terrible
Observation-Disclosures which we ought to be
perpeually guarded"
"And that il would afford to the cotton and woolen
manufacturers protection rhieh roud place them beyond
the reach Of contingency
The above were among his argumen,s--and had he
succeeded IN giving 10 the cotton aud wooen manufac
turers, he declared he would do that protection
yyhi lace them heyo he of
gency, would have excluded from the American
kets every foreign fabric, OF which the materials
either Of cotton wool II will be borne in mind,
that the manufacturers themselves only asked for such
projections would enable them to compete with but
not TO exclude foreign fabrics But it reserved for
Mr.. Calhoun who was no manufacturer, who coming
from the South, he and his constituents had interest
but in the cultivation Of the SOIL TO push protection to
its utmost verge, and to sweep the whole Of foreign
from the land, and to place himself preeml
nently conspicuous with the manufacturers as their
champion and bene factor.
The tariff bill of 1916 passed into law by ma or
ty of only FIVE votes Mr. Calhoun carried to its aid
six South Carolina votcs-lcavng only two from that
State who voted against it, John Taylor of Pcndleton,
and General Moore, Of Sparanburgh District Had
Mr. Calhoun and his FIVE gone agans, it, the bill
would have been lost by majority Of seven. This is
but a mere sketch Of the part taken by Mr. Calhoun,
Mr. McDutfe, Gov. Hamilton, and General Hayne, in
perfeclng those systems Of which with voice they
loudly complan-are so oppressive are so unjust,
and are unconstitutional justify dissolution OF
the Union the price of blood And have said through
their ordnance that Congress must guage the revenue
to hairs breadth, to the wants Of the government
before the first of February they will dissolve the
Union. ......" ..
The annals of the world do not furnish such con-
lrast in the public history Of any other men that ever
lived. When other politicians change they are accus-
toned to acknowledge the for dong so; and en-
deavor repair injuries which societies may have
suffered through their errors. But these gentlemen
have shifted their ground 10y magc--and With dar-
ing unexamped the history of faction cast the odum
of their ill., Judged and uinous policy upon the people OF
New England The interest and habits of the people
Of New England directly in opposition to tdrB
for protection. Their capital almost exclusively
invested in and the restrictive system which
Mr. Calhoun advocated in 1916 with much success
and which was amended in 1884, quite disconnected
the pursuits of that frugal and industrious people and
ruined thousands By the change, In opposition to his
scheme Dan,eL Webster, whom Mr Calhoun and his
party have led the people of South Carolina to believe
was the father Of the whole system, pointed out every
consequence Of which the nullifers complain; and
in speech which would have done honor to Chatham
or Burke warned Congress that it would prove dis
asrous to the best interests Of the Union, and unsettic
all the pursuits Of the American people And II un.
rvallcd eoquencc could have prevailed over fiction and
frenzy he would have ramped the whole system under
his feet On the passage Of that bill (of 1924 twelve
members from Massac husetts, with Daniel Webster at
their head, voted against it, While Mr. Calhoun was
out Of DOORS both before and after that act, earnestly
entreaing members Of Congress- who were opposed to
the tariff 10 abandon their oppositon and JOIN h'm an
support Of H. And at the same time avow'ng that he
was prepared 10 stand fall by his tariff and internal
projects because the great interests OF the
Union were involved III them.
Mr.. Calhoun was public in his cnreaties and avow-
ais and these facts fully prepared to establish
beyond any doubt. should he venture deny them
| lar tha,nh msplG he
| for the denial Of other person.
His fame grew up from the support Of these systems