Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-03-07

limits consistent with our FREQ institutions
The vast patronage, concentrated in the
hands of,h Executive, had rendered that
department all powerful, and was thereby
leading the way to the consolidation, not
only ofihe whole power oflhe legislature In
this Government, hut the W hole power oil
the Government in the department. 1t
was against snch system, producing such
consequences, that the blow was struck.
bravcly and magnanimoualy struck, that
led to the compromise act that this mo-
tion is intended to disturb. ltwas success
fu!. 1t was directed atthe root of the evil
1t has stopped the excessive flow into the
Treasury, and followed up by the deposre
act Of 1886, it has empfied il of its cor
rupling mass. He saw clearly thai re-
form, with an overnowing Treasury, was
impossible, especially when that overflow
consisted Of bank notes. II was impossi-
BILE to arrest waste. or limit patronage. I'LL
the means which sustained them, were ex-
hausted. Thai great object is now effected;
and retrenchment, economy and reform
must follow, or woe to those IN power; and
when they gain the ascendancy, then will
the blow which was dealt against consoli-
dation, and for the Union and our free in
stitulions, have effected the great and pa
trotic purpose intended by those who di-
recled it, and of whom I shall ever be
proud Of having been one. The protective
system, which has been the cause Of all the
mischief, has fallen PROSTATE before il in
bo ,J,,n, IL koc tn
pu,ril Carcass, will perish in the attempt.
lie (Mr. C.) was happy to hear the
Senator from Pennsylvania Mr., Bachan-
AMI avow his intention TO carry out the
compromise act 10 its full extent, and that
he was prepared. on REIMBURSEMENT Of
The duties under ifs provisions. 10 restrict
them to revenue simply. as is provided by
the act limiting the protection 10 manufac-
turers. TO such Incidental protection, as was
consistent with revenue, but in no case ex-
ceedins twenty per cent, TO which the high.
est duties would he reduced in 1912. This
was going back to the original principle
which governed in the first imposition Of
duties on imports: and he was happy to
hear the avowal coming from the quarter
it did. and in which he trusted the Senator
uttered tie voice of the powerful State he
represented. There were but TWO princi-
nleaLon which their read djustment could
take p1ace, unless the Gove-nmen, eh",EhI ,;ha
protective poieeyy;, aft HaaNH aaa nSsf ast
hend. The one was that suggested by the
Senator; aud the other. that Of bringing
the whole average to one uniform low av-
eragc, ad valorem, without any discrimina-
ton for, or a.ains, any duty. 1t would be
too soon TO discuss the relative merits of
the Two at this time, and in fact,he had not
made up his mind. A review must soon
take place il cannot be postponed beyond
one or two years, when it will be the pro-
per time to examine their respective merits.
In the mean time, he was prepared to say
that he would be ready to go into it, with
liberal spirit and disposition to do equal
aud exact justice to all, and 10 ado7t that
which. after full examination, snail ap.
pear to be the best calculated 10 promote
the interest and harmony of the whole.