The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-01-18

| c. felt bound to refer the senator to that
particular compromise; and the senator
had said in reply that if any one should be
thankful to him for that compromise
Mr.. Clay. Not to mr..
Mr.. Calhoun. The senator alwav:
claimed TO lie the author Gf that mcaasr,;
and | am not ii The smallest degree thank
Ifll to him for it. i knew he could not
avoid il. I WIGS his mastc" nn that occa-
SION, and forced it upon nin. Iwrotc
home half a dozen letters, saving that the
senator would ijc obliged to acccda TO a
compromise. i Twill now explain thai
The effect o. nrliiicalicn is this: that.
when STATE mtcrposes, the inaioritv must
some times yield TO :Ilc minority. These
who arc to have the smallest share of
plumber, in the mai,rify arc sure to Get
away. In the Americas system, the con-
Isttu2nts d! the gentleman obtained very
small portion; they were rather those that
were j'lGml2red. Al the same time when
Gen. jackson occa:icncd the force bill.
the senator from hcniucav had lest the
manufacturers; Gen. Jackson had supplan-
Ted him, and another scaaior. not now
present. was also in the way of slpcrsc-
ding linn in that interest. The senator
from Kentucky, was therefore fiat on his
back, ard nothing would answer his own
purpose but the compromise. 1t was with
INN either compromise or annihllation. 1t
ti:;as necessary that either he or the Anne
'rican system should fall. 1t was net my
desire to mention these things: but the
senator Went out Of his Wy TO touch on
kindred subjects, and | therefore iclt n.y.
self compelled to make these statements.
| have ali"dad to my letters On that occa-
sion: predicted in them OH the third day
of the session that tits question would ter
inmate as it did.
Sir, ] will go farther ! yielded good
dca! IN that compromise. 1t was my tir>t
proposition that it should 90 out in 1919:
proceeding i'll equal proportion for every
year cf I5 per cent. md will say far
tIlcr. that ct the session baforcwc nll!:liod
III $. Carolina. and Diners said that the
question must be settled. II was seven
year, which | then fixed on for is tcrm-
nation. and it would have boon carried in
that t.:ll2 h!; G,r cn,te:. c::',t!.,. .lannna--
In l2aar;l to al | yielded; mv colleague
[Mr. Prc5in" know why l did it. bat
do not c;lo1sc t, state it here. And |
should now nave bccnsicnt on the subject
if tie senator had been silent himself. Bat
he haS I'D gratIildc: aipd South Carolina
owes nim no gratitude. H. acted under
the necessity of the case. |. backed by
the gallant state which | represent, COM
PEELED the senator to break down the svs-
lem at one decisive blow, & ii is my opin-
ion that il vii! bring back the government
20 lis original principles.
EIr. Clay. am sor1y to be obliged to
prolong this discussion. BIT l made no
allusion to compromises till it was done
by tic senator himself. I made no refer
cncc to the events of 1925, till he made
It, and did not in the most distant man.
ner audc TO ratification; and it is extra
ordinary that the senator himself should
have Introduced it, especially at moment
when lie is uniting with the authors of the
force bill and Of those measures which put
down notification.
The senator says was flat on NV bac!;
and that he was my master. Sir. would
not own linn as my slave. He my mas
Ter! and I compelled by him! And if it
were impossible to 60 Ear enough in one
paragraph. he refers to certain letters of
his "wn, 20 prove that / was flat Oil my
back! and not only on rny back, bni unolii-
cr senator and the President had robbed
nc! was Hat on rny back, and unai,c to
do any tlin" but what tic senator from
South Carolina permitted me 10 dol.
Sir, what was the case! | Introduced
the compromise in ..p'c of the opposition
OF the gentleman who is said to have rob
bed nc Of the manufacturers. 1t met his
Iuncomprori:s;ng opposition. That mca-
sure had, OH my part, nothing personal in
Dit. But | saw the condition ofthc senator
from South Carolina and hisfricnds. They
had reduced South Carolina, by that uI!-
wise measure [ot naillication. to state
of war; and ] therefore wished to save the
cllus!On of human blood. and Especially