Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-04-27

nevertheless, that it 1CdS the purpose, and
the main purpose, of the honorable member
from Carolina and did you still cooperate |
with him
The present Chief Magistrate of the
country was member Of tha body in 1878.
lie and the honorable member from Caro-
lima were, at that tune, eXer,lng their
united forccs, TO the utmost, in order to
bring about General Jacksons election.
! Did they work Thus zcaousy together,
| for the same ultimate end and purpose
or did they mean merely to change the
Government, and then each TO look out for
HIMSELF
Mr.. Van Buren, voted for the tariff bill
Of that year; commonly called the "bl|l OF
denominations )" boz, very luckily, and in
extremely good season, instructions for that
vote happened to come from Albany! The
vote. therefore, could be given, and the
member giving it could not possibly thereby
give any offence to any gentleman of the
S,ate-righs party. with whom the doctrine
Of Instructions is so authentic.
Sir, will not do gentlemen injustice.
+ Those who belonged to tariff States, as
, they are called, and who supported Gen.
Jackson for the Presidency, did not intend
thereby 10 overthrow the protecting policy.
| They only meant to make General Jackson
President, and 10 come into power along
, with him As TO ultimate objects, each
had his own. All could agree, however,
10 the first step. TWAS difficult, certainly,
to give a plsus bic appearance to political
Union, among gentlemen who differed so
! widely, on the great and leading question
| a., 4, g Of
ing policy. Bot this difficulty was over
p come by the oracDar declaration that Gen.
O Jackson was in favor of a "JUDIcIous
TARIFF"
n Here, sir, was ample room and verge
o enough. Who could object to iudicious
i iarF? Tariff men and Ani.lar'ff men
e State rights men and Consolda,ions,s
n those who had been called prodigas and
!, those who had been called radicals, al
II ,hronged and fockcd together here, aut
n VITA all their difference IN regard TO ul,i.
= mate objects, agreed to mako common
. cause, till they should 90 into power,
# Tho ghosts, sir. which are tabled to cross
!. the SDyx, whatever different hopes or pur
k poses they may have beyond it, still unite
% IN ,he present wish 10 get over, and there
. fore oil bury and huddle INTO the leak,
10 aud shattered craft of Charon, the ferry
70 man. And this molly ibrong of politicians
- sir. with as much difference of final object
~ and as little care for each other, made
~ boa, of "Judlcious Tariff aud all rushc,
y and scrambled into It, until they filed it
i. near to sinking. The authority of tn
N maser was able however, to keep then
~ peaccabIc and in order, for the time, 70
!, they had the virtue Of submission, an
10 though with occasional dangers of upset
50 ting, he succeeded in pushing them all owe
!. with his long setting pole.
,c "Ratem con,o subigit."
he Well, sir, the honorable gentleman tell
'' us that he expected, when Gen. Jackso
10 should be elected, to ares, the lnrif sys
- tenn through The influence Of The ErecuHr
We Department Here is another candl
III confession. Arrest the tariff by Executlv
I'd influence! Indeed Why, sir. this seem
~ like hoping, from tie first. for the use O
re- the Veto. How, but by The Veto. cou
OF the Executive arrest the tariff acts? AM
n is it rrne, sir, That, at that early day. th
Sc honorable member was looking to the Veto
" no. with dread. but with hope Did b
le expect it, and did he rely upon it? Dit
lc he make the rally Of which he speaks, II
aF orler that he might choose n Preslden
who would exercise it And did he aft er
Is wards complain Of it, or does he complain
IN Of it now, only because it was I'll directed
ut because 1t turned out to be thunderbolt
IN which did not fall in the right place?
IN this reliance on Executive influence
le sir declare hardly can trust myself tina
OF read or quote correctly, when find, Il
n what read, or from what ! quote, III
IN honorable member from South Carolina
i, by his own confession, hoping or expecting
to accomplish any thing BY Executive in
1T huencc; yet so was it spoken and so is
ne prInled-in this reliance, or this hope, q
al expectation, founded on Executive inhn
he cnce, the honorable gentleman and hi
d friends failed; and, failing in this, he say
s. they fall back on the sovereignty OF In
OF States, aud brought the system to tn
v ground "thronch The potency OF n,erpoS
ell ton" by which he means neither NOR
he nor less than Modification. So then, ST
IN according to this, that excessive fear
of power which was SO much cherished b
to the nuilliers, was only awakened to n fam
he IN heir bosoms, when they found that the
BY conld not accomplish their own ends by I'll
he Executive power of the President.
am no authorized commentator, sir, O
e the doctrines or theories OF notification
Non nostyum. But if this exposition
nd authentic must say it is not calculate
for to diminish my opposition to the sertmen
N, of that school.
he But the gentleman goes on to tell ,
d that notification, or nterposlIon succeed
to ed. BY means Of It. he says he did brln
to the protective system TO the ground. Al
so, in his published letter of November 3
IN, he states that State inlerpnsltion hi
ok ovcrihrown the protective tariff, and vii