Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-08-10

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votes Of Gen. jsc.1Scz assi u. "a a.
rem, then members oF tho Scns.-. W.
Their thar rafasarv wss rlgst - 49,
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cidcd enemies rlcss admir-. sh-r :, $50
q great market for the co-zs,--,.,i-,, -
our Gotten. Bot rich, o. v-0-v- 4, -,
into nothing. ~iiea comm -, s..,.s. -
tariff Of is25. II S=as ihfS 49,, -,
Familiarity knows as the sg.H a. -.
nations --sgaich Created ulivers,l -
satisfaction in the sousis, a.s ,la-ess on,
State in the attitude Of oaaa resfs,-,r,s
TO the power OF the general xovernnes,
Aud for this bill Mr. Van 8a-en vo.eg-
not on its final passage onlS, bor e. rh-
"minsn,urs' principle. which construed
the worst feature Of I,sdetaiis. Wen-.
aware that the Legislature Of New Yo-s.
had passed soma resolutions ins-rac,;p-
the Senators from that stale to SUPPORT =
protecting tariff; 61t they werc TO in.
definite in their character. To require
such votes rs those which Mr.. Van b.
rem gave. And il should ever b. remeuf-
bered, that Mr. Clay never designed thst
a tariff should be more than temporary
proposing, merely, to establish rrlnu-
factories, ana 10 leave them 20 sGs,aia
themselves.
We know no; Mr.. Van B1ren-s pre-
else position on this suhi.ct now. b.,
the act of 1889 was passed by ms friends.
having maiorities in DO h houses Of Con-
gress, avowediy as fina. settlement oF
the quesiion--and Far from quoting the
agitation produced b. tie act or 1923,
instead of checking South Carolina, IL
rather hurried her into the extreme re
nedy of notification.
1t was less than one year afjerva--,-.
when the bravest look with terror ON tn,
prospect OF civil war, and servile iusur-
rection, which If commenced. could no.
cease before the whole South should b.
involved in its calamaiies. that Mr.. CLAW
submitted his celebrated bill Tor the yrs
dual diminution Of the Taritr. The
South was satisfied with its provisions.
and the North saw the necessity Of &c
quiescence in this measure Of concilia-
ton. passcd--and BY it the ordinances
of Modification was neutralized; The
Proclamation and Force Bill were dis
armed; the horror of civil war was
averted; the South and the North again
met as brothers; aud our extended coun-
try once more presented the magnificeu
spectacle of great, happy, and uni
ted people. lTr Van Buren, had no 10,
or part in this matter.
And yet it has been often and grayeiv
urged, that the election of Nc. Cav
would revive the Tariff policy. No vel
informed man can believe this. The act
of 1888 was the result OF mutual con
cessions by the North aud South, and has
ever been regarded By Mr.. CLAW rs a
solemn contract, rather than an act Of
ordinary legislation. Such was his ex-
position of the bill when he presented IL,
and such have been his uniform declars-
tions since.
He has been charged, also, with ia
yoring the designs of the Abolitionists
Ii is difficult TO conceive a more conclu-
slve answer TO this, than statement OF
his own situation. lie is q large slave
holder--he was born and reared among
slave-holde rs--and his home, his conuec-
tons and interests are permanently fix
ed among such a population. But we
have other evidence of his sentiments on
abolition. in the resolutions which he IN
troduced into the Senate in I8SS. aud
more recently, his speech on that subject
during the last session. Well did Mr.
Calhoun remark, at the conclusion or
Mr.. Clay's argument, that the question
of abolition was now settled.
1t is among the strange things or these
times, that such an accusation
should be made by the friends Of Mr.
Van Buren,. 1T might be doing this gen
tleman injustice, 10 charge hun with da-
sirlng the success OF the aboliiiouists.
lie has no interest, and, we presume, no
feeling. either in their success or failure
But if the time shall arrive, as we have
reason 10 fear that it will, when this ua-
holy fanatacism shall control elections m
the North, what security have we thar
he will not barter Southern rights for
Northern suffragcs ?--his past history
offers none lie was an active promoter
of the Missouri controversy, which Mr..
Clay had the glory of settling. He was
the most efliciens supporter OF Raius
King, the prime mover in that difficulty.
and he voted, in the Senate Of New York,
for a resolution, Instruciing their Sena-
tors in Coz gresi $40 oppose the admis-
sion, as a S,ate in the Union, of anv
Terri,orytro comp e d within the orr
nal boundary OF the United ) ates, with
out making tbs prohibition OF slavery
therein an indispensable condition of al
mission Had this policy prevailed IN
Congress, Missouri. Arkansas, and Florl-
da, would now be little else than the re-
treats OF runaways, robbers, and slave
stealers.
We are admonished BY the tone o.
portion of the public press, thar 'r-
Wing party will be charged with the res
ponsibilit of the measures which have
led to the present disorders OF the cur
rency. II would be difficult 10 make any
accu sation more utterly destitute OF truth
The measures connected with the imam
cial condition OF the country, are 50 no
torious-so recsnt-and were so loudly
hoasted of by the Van Buren party, VINO
claimed, and Justly too, to have sngges'-
ed and adopted them, that an effort TO
disclaim them now, wears rather the
face of madness than OF cunning- 30