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rhieA rvs vskao~a until ls20, amounted
IN 1929" (the fret year Of Gen Jscksoo's
Administration. TO only $5i0. OOO."-
So that. by their own showing sperepria-
lions for this single branch Of lutssnsi I'm
provement. hes IN tse years. under On
.fnfi-istsrnai iapvorensaf .4dmiaisfya-
fion. been more than trehled IN amount (!
in-truih. the appropriations for this object
have been much larger during the Ad.
ministrstions OF Gen. Jackson and Mr..
Van Buren,. than they we're under any
preceding Administration
No apprehension Can be seriously en-
tertained BY refiseting aud observing men.
that any attempt viii be made 10 revive
The policy OF protecting duties. Tho
manufacturers Themselves, as we have
before remarked. desire stability rather
than higher duties. subject TO perpetual
and sudden change. even il the more
exalted motive Of patriotism did not ope-
rate upon oil classes and oil parties alike
TO avoid the renewal Of . controversy,
which. at no very remote period. threat.
ened to light up the torch OF civil discord,
and to dissolve the political ties that have
so long united the several States Of this
Coniederscy together in the bonds Of q
common brotherhood. But il may well
be questioned. whether. II the subject be
again revived, Mr.. Van Buren, should be
selected as the organ Of Southern opin.
ions and the defender Of Southern int.
rests. when IL is recol.eeied that he voted
both for the Tariff Of 1924 end ISIS. the
latter, to DO sure. under instructions 80
but II Is believed that those instructions
were IN accordance with his own opin.
ION, and were indeed procured by bi, own
fundamentally. We are justified in thi.
inference by the course pursued by Mr..
Van Buren. on previous occasion. lin
1877 } when he unequivocal.y minated.
1t he did not expressly avo~, TO a dis,in.
Guisbed Nuginlsn, then IN the U. S. Sc.
nate. his intention 10 CO. operate NTH ne
Mouth IN opposition 10 the Tariff bill then
before that body; but. when the yeas and
nays were called. his name wa, recorded
against the South IL was on that occa.
SION that the Virginia Senator. remarked
to Mr.. Van Buren,. "Sir. you have de.
esived me once-that is yosr fault; IL you
deceive me twice. it will be mine"-a re =.
mark which might he addressed with
equal periins noy 10 Mr.. Van Buren, bv
the people OF Virginia now. Onihis sub.
jet. indeed, as on every other important
question which has arisen, Mr.. Van Bu-
rem has 'paltereJ with Us in a double
sense" His changes Of opinion NAV
have been the honest counsel Of his Judo.
mcni; but. We repeat, that II they were.
they betray a des,ilution Of fired princi.
pies. wholly incompatible Nth the char.c.
ter OF an enlightened Statesman. and dan
geroos in :he Chief Magistrate Of a free
people, governed by a written and limit.
ed constitution.
On the Abolition question, Mr.. Van
Buren is said 10 be "a Northern man with
Southern principles :" and in an Address
lately promulged TO the world, under the
authority Of imposing names. the people
OF Virginia are gravely asured that "he
declared before hi, election. tina, If he
came into the Presidential Office, he
would feel himself bound to veto any
bill which inierfered with the rights OF
shareholders in the States where the in
shtuiion OF domestic slavery existed. or
In the District Of { Columbia :'-and il is
added. for the purpose Of giving point TO
this assertion, He did not wait 10 see
whether he could derive any person al
advantage from that fanaiical spiri,
which VAS spreading SO rapidly" sc.
The fact is otherwise. He gave no such
assurance before bis election. Not until
after he Tas elected. did he give any such
pledge. That pledge was contained in
his Inaugural Speech. But Of xhs; value
rs such an assurance, whether given be-
fore or after his election Whenever
the period arrives, il it ever shall arrive,
when majority Of both Houses Of Con e.
gress shall be prepared 10 pass such law,
The South gill not calmly await the slow
action o. Presidential veto. She will
take her own defence into her own hands.
add she will enter The lists with weapons
o: different temper. Bot there is a
question incidentally connected With this
vitality important subject. and which has
an in mediately practical bearing, upon
which Mr.. Van Buren, has given no 70.
cent pledge. and in reference to which
ms Southern friends, strange IS it may
appear, have made no effort to ascertain
his present opinions. That question i..
the admission Of new States into the
Union. without requiring them 10 re-
nouace the night 70 tolerate slavery within
their limits. as a condition precedent. -
IL IS well known what Sir. Wan Buren, .
opinions rsre on tbs subject. when Mis-
sour applied for ADMISSION into the Union.
MIR. Van Buren, Vas then a member of
the New York Legislature, and in tina,
capacity lac voted for series Of resolu.
iioos affirming the Constitutions power
OF Congress To impose this condition, as.
ssrlIng the exRedieney Of exefcising that
power. 10 the broadcast terms, and in
siruciing the Senators Of that State, in
Congress, TO insist upon ibi. condition,
so offensive TO the South. and so incorn .
pa,ible vitb the right Of each State TO
frame ITS own organic laws, without any
other restriction or Limitation than that
imposed by the Federal Constitution. -
II Mr.. Van Bufen's opinion has under
rAne No rhapUa a - (..r A..