Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-14


men,s, unex pended. nearly million to Qualifications
60 in regard to other heads Of expenditure and yet
have singular spectacle exhibited The President urge
reformation in this respect and his Secretaries come Il
Congress asking appropriation appropriation IN TIT
same wild spirit before. | call upon the friends o
the President to rally to his side; and it he wants incl
aid and counlenance in order to enable him TO reform
his give such aid and countenance prompt
ly and efficiently.
| come now 10 answer an objection which readily
acknowledge be- Of controlling influence If IL be wei
founded 1t is said that if are instrumental IN pro
curing distribution of the proceeds OF The sales OF 'he
public lands such distribution may lead to Disturbance
Of the Compromise Act and TO an increase oil the 'a
Of duties. declare TO you Mr. Speaker, that cou'u
in the slightest degree, anticipate such result! "ouo
be amongst the very first TO oppose myseif 10 Tue e
sure now under consideration That act mas
the happiest effects upon the trade ana VI 'e
country-Asa me of reef has caused the oneons
and oppressive duties imposed by previous Avs 10 'a
from go per cent upon many TO some Oh per cent
and in two wears more those duties will rapidly descend
on the scale to 20 per cent All this will have been
complishedin the lapse Of few years. TO the beneht OF
Southern industry and the expansion OF the trade and
commerce of the whole country.-But this IS not all
which attaches TO that great and sautay measure-
remember well the circumstances under which II pass
eds Carolina, after having protested and remonslrat-
ed time after time against the duties for protection had,
with what regarded uncaculatng spirit OF gal
lanry nulhed those laws which she esteemed SO od''
ousShe esorted TO- what she proclaimed 10 be- peace
full remedy-l differed from her as 10 the character OF
the measure-l went into no absraclon-l saw only
that the nullifed laws according 10 The declaration oil
Mr. Dicke made the floor OF the Senate annually
transferred from the South the North goo 000 aud
felt convinced that any Stale who should sngiy oppose
herself TO that Of things would be struck at The
advantages to the majority States was too great he sur
rendered peaceaby and quiey-and so II turned out to
be. The then President; issued his celebrated Procama
ton, and Congress- by the passage OF The Force Bill,
placed at his disposal the whole military and naval pow
els Of the Union, and threw open the doors oil the ea
sury to his free and dsposal-ihus IN FACT aiming
him with more than Dc,aorial authority. Against that
odous measure my stands conspicuously record
ed say eonpicuouly since il is the on vote record
ed in the negative The third reading and hnal pas
sage Of that bloody bill You well remember the mighty
agitatons of the country that moment revolution
had in fact commenced The guns OF Castle finck.
ney, which had before pointed to the ocean 10 guard
against the approach Of foreign foe, were then pointed
inwardy upon the town Of Charleston The sword Of
civil half unsheathed III the Cock OF The Fe-
dera Government tapped its wings and crowed-the
Cock Of South Carolina crowed also IN proud defiance
General Jackson said 10 have boosted that at the
stamp of his foot he would be surrounded by 100000
armed men, while Gov. uayne pointed TO Sauda Gap,
as the Thermopyn Of South Carolina, to be guarded
and defended by 10000 well disciplined volunteers The
whole country alarmed and agated. This Com
wealth paItook of the universal concern and dego.
teddy attached TO the Unlon thought proper IN her WIS
dom, 10 dispatch Of her most gifted sons 10 Coum
bia urge upon the Legislature Of S. c. the adoption
of temperate councils In my deliberate opinion there
was but one man who could have arrested the then
course Of things and that Henry Clay. IL
rarely happens, Mr. Speaker, the most gifted and Ia.
Tented, and patriotic to record their upon the
page OF history in characters indelIbe and enduring
But sir, If to have rescued his country from civil
if have preserved the Constitution and Union from
the hazard of total wreck constitute any ground for
immortal and undying name among men, then do ! be.
leve that he has won for himself that hgh reward ]
speak of what | do know for actor in the
Of that perIlous period. When he in tina;
md held in hs ihp al ivp rau
Of peace, who had not known before what envy wss,
enved him. | proud Of him my fellow
counlryman, and still prouder, that the sashcs of
Hanover, within the limits of my old District, was
his birth place. Let me not be misconstrued. seek
10 stir up party feelings have spoken of Gen.
Jackson in q spirit of cnndour and Justice and do the
Of Mr.. Clay Heaven forbid that should be
unworthy my place here not 10 DO full justice to
all men. But give no pledges | speak Oh The past,
not Of the presen, the future. repeat, then, Mr.
Speaker, that should be the last man TO disturb the
Compromise Act Nor is there any danger Of lis being
disturbed Mr. Clay is alike its author and the author
OF the Land Bill. Can any man believe that he would
be regardless Of his future fame, as to remove
from under him the broad pedestal which that fame
must mainly res,' But iarther-lhe public lands are
not mentioned in The compromise bill could they have
been thought ofby Congress The fact that the Land
Bill was at the moment Of the passage Of the Compro
mise Bill, in the Presidents pocket. So far Congress
concerned, the proceeds Of the sales had been dis
posed or by what only wanted the signature of the Pre-
Aci be made in any way dependant any disposition
10 be made CT the public ands The fears upon this SUBJ
Ject arc idea-so at least they appear 10 me.
Fears also entertained, that The subducton Of the
amount arising from the sales Of the public lands will lead
TO augmentation of the tariff of duties Will my
friend from Accomac (Mr Bayly,) who expresses this
apprehension, permit me TO give HIM the results Of my
own experience upon this subject Whether they be
subducted or not, will prove 10 be matter Of the most
perfect inditference-for if sectional interest shall
DEMANDING of nj in
that demand, majority of Congress shall concur, whe
Their you have 81 900 000 20 900 900 Of surplus will
be alike unmpurlant. appeal to the experience Of the
last few years, proof of this-Genera Jackson pro.
posed distribution in his first and two succeeding
sages. There was then large surplus Myself, in
common with all the Southern members stood opposed
to H. MIR Clay proposed his land bill in 1882 Our po.
sition was the same as that now maintained by my
friend from Accomac-we urged reducilon-we pointed
TO The lands "a legitimate source Of revenue-we sup.
plicated-we entrpated- threatened and yet the Ia
riff went up in ISIS, and many articles in 1882 -
The pertinent fairly made. In 1888, also voted
against the land bill presume did so, because Of
Of the features which it COMMUNICATION find myself
ing recomml The bill in order to strike from it clause
directing the mode Of appropriation by the States MIR.
Tyler here referred 10 and read from The Journal OF tie
Senate was unwilling 10 recognize in Congress a
power TO DO by indrecon what it could not consttu
ionaly do directly Upon this and other grounds, the
President vetoed the bill believe that that feature is
removed from The b now before The Senate. But, sir,
we from the South stood on the ground which
gentlemen now stand and our hapes and efforts
alike delusory- land so will it be again Take away
leave in the public Treasury the amount arising from
the sales Of the public lands and il the policy of The
hour calls for increase Of the duties, that increase
will be made Shall we, lhen profit BY experienced
Are still 10 sit by and substance taken from
u.s. and our just dues bestowed upon others? We
told Of combinations DO you not break up all combi
nations, far The lands concerned, by equal
distribution Of their proceeds See how il works
The new States want concessions-they feel their iilu
md door Hnnhf p,liiir
acknowledge the aecessity for obtaining their
Thus combinations Of the most fearful character
the purity and morals Of the whole country
Whatsoever opinion may exist as to the distribution
Of surplus arising from the ordinary supplies of
nue. that arising from The sales of the public lands,
to occupy dIfferen, footing. For This, have
high authority. tlere Mr. + read from the message Of
General Jackson, in 1892 in which he says that the pub