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

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ana I aoquiesce most eheehully IN what
ever Judgment The Senate and The Puolie
nav pronounce.
As 20 tie personal part az lhe sPeerh
! Of the Senator from South Carolina, l
mnsl take the occasion 10 say. that no
nan is more sincerely anxious 70 aEald
an personal controversy Than myself.
/ And may confidently appeal 10 the whole
course If nv life for The confirmation 81
lhai disposition. No man 1herlshes less
Than do feelings of resentment; none
forgels or fnrgiEes IN injury sooner than
I 90. The duty which | had 10 perform
in animadVerIing upon the public eonduci
and course 0f the Senator from Snu1h
Carolina. was painful IN the extreme; but
Il was, nevertheless, public duty. and
shrink from the performance oil no duly
required Al my hands by nv country.
n VAS painful. because had long served
in the public councils with the Senator
from South Carolina. admired his genius,
and for great while had been upon terms
| Of intimacy with him. Throughout my
whole acquaintance With him, ihase con-
sIanlly struggled To ihins well oil INN.
and 10 ascrhe to HIN public virtues.
Even after hrs famous summerset AZ the
extra session. on more than one ACCESSION,
| defended his motives when he was as
sailed. and insisted that il was unchan'-
! able 10 attribute h. hun others Than those
whirh he himself aVowed. This conIin-
ued In DO unul resd this mnst eylra"ril-
nary aud excrpuanable leIier: Here Me-.
Clay held mp sud exhibied in the Senate
the Edgefield letter dated al Fur Hill. Nav.
3. 1897 letter Of whieh ! cannot speak
IN mer'isd terms. without departure from
the respect which owe To the Senate and
To mvself. When read that letter, sir.
It's unblushing arnwsls, and IT. unjust
repr0sches east upon my friends and my
self, | was mast reluctantly campelied
In change nv opinion OF the honorable
Senator from South Carolina. One 80
distinguished as he IS cannot expect TO
be INDUCED with speaking as he pleases
Of others. without a reciprocal privilege.
lie cannot suppose thai he may seIIo the
right or 10 the lefi. cot in and out and
chaser. among principles and parties as
often as he plesses, without snimadyer-
sion. | did. indeed. understand The
Senator I, say. in his former speech,
that we. the Wings. were unwise and un-
patriotic ia not uniting With him IN sup
porting the bill under consideration. Bot
in that Edgefeld letter. aiming the motives
when he assigns for leaving US, ] IN.
derstand him 10 declare tina, he conId not
back and sustain Ihuse in such opposi-
tim, in whose wisdom. lirnness, aud
patriotism. ! have no reason tn cnntile."s
I Afier having written and published 10
the world such letter IS that, and alter
what has fallen from the Senator, in .he
progress of this debate, towards my
political friends. does he imagine that he
can persuade himself and the country that
he really occupies. On this occasion. de-
iensive attitude! In that letter he says:
Il clearly saw that our bold and
vigorous attacks had made a deep aud
successful impression. STATE InterpOsI-
Iiop had overlhrown the PrOteclIve Tariff,
and with il The American System, and put
stop To the Congressional usurPalion;
and The joint attacks of unr party, and
that of our old opponents. The National
Republicans, had efTeciuaIIy brought
down the pnwer 0f the Executive. and
arrested its encroschmeHls for the present.
, IL was for that purpose We had united.
: True To our principle Of opposition to The
. encroachmeni Of power, from whatever
( quarIeri !! might come, we did MT hesitate,
after overthroHiag the nfolecire system,
and arresting legislative usurpation, to
join the authors III that system, in order
Ia arrest the encroarhmen,s oG the Execu-
/ tive. although We differed as widely as
the poles on almost every other question.
, and regarded the usurpaliun of The Ex-
/. ecutive but as necessary consequence
fthe principles and policy Of our new
; allies"
: Stale nierposilion!--lhati is. as under
stand the Senator from Snulh Carolina.
$ notification. he asserts. nserlhrew y. The
r Protective Tariff and The American Sys-
: tenn. And can that Senator, know ing
j. what he knows. and what know. de-
: ibers,elv make such an asserliun here!
T ! had heard similar boasts before. butdlI
n not regard them. until saw them coupled
i IN this letter With the impn,a,ion Of a
E purpose on the. par, Of my friends TO dis
i regard the compromise. aud revive, The
e high tariff. Modification, Mr.. President.
4 overIhrew the protective policy! No.
E SIR. The compromise was not extorIed
1 by the terror Of Modification. Among
: other more important motives tina, iniu-
/ enced Its passage, il was compassionate
) Concession 10 the imprudence and im-
!. potency Of notification! The danger
: IRON notification itself excited no more
4 apprehension than would be Eel, by seeing
: a regiment Of a thousand boys. Of five or
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