Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-24
MIR. GOODIES SPEECH,

dnced TO believe, by such men Mr.. Calhoun, that
!. was in effect Tax upon the South, for the benefit
81 the North; although he is Low endcavoring 10
demonstrate that injurious as ii was to The South
II was sui more pernicious TO tie North ;-one Of
which assumptions Of course cuts the throat Of the
other When Mr.. Calhoun took the former ground
he was going for Southern Confederation, of which
he hoped to be chief Now, having been deprived
Of that hope, he is assuming new position as "a
Southern man with Northern principles" just as he
did in 1876 when the American System, in all its
branches-Bank, Tariff aud Internal Improvements,
-rested upon him, as one Of its strongest pillars
Thee is still, however, strong picj udce-and
perhaps a just one, though, as is well know, VIC
have never shared in i,-existiDg against the old adj
voca,es Of the Tariff system, embracing even those
who have long ago relinqushed, have done,
ha, advocacy. Gen HARRISON was, as. from his
geographical position nigh naturally have been in
ferred he would have been, a Tsrff man and this
fact Mr.. Goode brings up 10 judgmen, against him.
But pcrcsiying that the advocate OF Martin Van
Buren,, who voted for the orsl of all the Tariffs
THAT of 1921 could not consistently object TO Gen
Harrison tina, ground, Mr. Goode rakes up from
the mass Of slang which appears in the Richmond
Enquirer, an expression imputed to Gen. Harrison,
aud which, by being torn from its contest is made TO
wear meaning Numerically opposite 10 that which
its author really conveyed That expression as con-
tanned in the Appendix to Mr.. Goodies speech is in
the following words:
1T may be asked whether under any circum-
" stances would be willing 10 abandon the Tariff
" answer without hesitation III the affirmative,
Hhenerer the streets Of Norfolk and Charleston shalt
BE- corered ,eih grass and Southern friends ind
no market for ter produce and his state Of Mipos
I" can be distinctly traced 10 me Idrlf | would then
Instantly give my voice for IFS mod fcaon or en-.
Z" lire repeal."
Mr.. Goode also tells us that the speech Of Gen.
Harrison, from which the foregoing sentence is torn.
contains many others o. equal EMPHASIS" We DENY
il; and challenge Mr. Goode to the proof. We go
farther, and deny that THIS passage, IN lis legitimate
connexlon. is susceptible OF The "emphasis" which
II carries with in its muitioted form. The inter
Pretation given to it is a total pe,verson of what
Gen. Harrison meant and said and we can only ac-
count Tor MI Goodies CITATION of it in this connec-
ton, by surprising, that he had not seen the speech
from which IL is extracted, and tina, lie reposed 100
much confidence in the honesty ofthe original CO.
Pysl. The Cincinnati Gazette gives an calculation
OF he manner in which Gen. Harrison has been
m'sWPreseried on this subject. Gen Harrison ii ap.
pears, delivered an address before the Agricultural
Society of Hamilton county, (Oho,) some years ago,
in which he took to refer To similar Address
delivered by James NJ Garnel, Esq. Of Va. before
the Fredericksburg Agricultural Socely, in which
Mr. Garnet had said that ",he operation OF The Tia.
riff had caused The grass grow in the streets of
Charleston and Norfolk. To This conclusion (says
the Cincinnati Gazeue,) Gen. H. demurred and de-
cared IL TO be his firm convictions that if the fact
were really as stated by MIR. Garneu it must be
owing TO some other cause than the Tariff. But"
said Gen HARRISON lift shall ever be clearly ascer-
tanned that such is The effect of the Tariff then IL can
not loo soon be repealed." What different impress
sion does this statement of the facts convey TO the
mind from that conveyed by the mutilaled extract
TO which Mr.. Goode refers, and which. fam ;,s
identity. we suppose, be borrowed a, second hand.
from the hired slanderers Of heIIero of Tppecanoe
The correct version of Gen H.. opinions, which we
have gwen ;bove, Is shown, too, to have been
codance with his uniform feelings & opinions on the
subject, BY other extracts from series of letters
which, in 1872, he addressed TO John c. Calhoun
on the same subject For example, in the fist OF the
series, he says:
Convince us that the repeal oflhe Tariff would
produce greater good to you The SuIlhl than mis-
chief to us, and hazard nothing in saving that YOU
will find us faithful 10 thar spirit of iofbearance and
compromise by which The Union was formed and by
WHICH alone, as believe, il Can belpr, served"
I'll the interest OF the country, generally, have
been found TO suffer under the operations Of the tariff
and the free trade principle be The correct one. all
will unite IN giving up the and adopting The other
And il this should not be the case but the n,allsn
operation OF the tariff be found to conine itselfo one
portion OF the community, or one section Of he oun
try only, II the injury it nfcrs is as enormous as II
is stated 10 be, aud The modift alton OF the system
will give relief there can tn ok b. no do ubt OF the
propie,y ofrerealing it,"
These extracts ough.we think to be satifactory to
Mr.. Goode on this subject, as they will be. we doubt
not, TO the people generally. They ought TO satisfy
the people. too, that they cannot depend upon every
mutated extract which ! gwen from the Generals
writings and speeches upon other subjects; as Moth
ing is easier than TO make writer express scnti-
ments and opinions precisely the reverse of those
which he really en,ertans, by citing detached sen
tencis, the meaning Of which is explained aud mod-
fedby the pans omitted.
Mr. Goode also quotes several votes given by Gen.
harrison in lsyo, otschcmes Of Internal Improve
men, by the general government to show thai he re-
cognzed that power also, We do not deny this ::
We believe, that, (ike Mr. Van Buren,, Gen. Jack
son, Mr. Benton aud Mr.. Cahoun,) Gen. Harrison
has recognized this power. But we are equally
certain that like Mr.. Clay he is noac opposed to the
exercise, and Tor the same reason-to VIII, that the
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