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meant to assert the opinion that Congress possessed
Unconstitutional power 10 lay discriminating duties
with view to protect domestic manufactures, then
he differed with him toto cnlo, and for the reason,
whchappcarcd TO him sound AMI ncontrovcrtblc,
that at the prcc point where complete protection
commenced, revenue ceased. The very Object for
which protecting duties were imposed, was 10 exclude
from the country the commodities on which the dii-
lies were lald and on which revenue depended !;
while duties ai for revenue were for revenue alone
The ELECT of the one was to promote commerce. tn
raise revenue to rcplemsh the Treasury. The effect
of the other was certainly TO cripple, fnot 10 destroy
both the commerce and revenue of the country.
But if on the other hand the President meant 10 adj
vance the opinion that incidental protection to do
nestle manufacturers might result from discriminate
inc duties laid really for the purpose of revenue, then
the question was presented in wholly different point
of,iew, and in one certainly less objectionable. In
no view that he (NIr. j. had been able to take of
this subject, had he been able to perceive any sutli
Gent reason why it should be tak,n from the Com
mttec OF Ways and Means.
Mr. Hunt (Df whose remarks better outline would
lie given but for the difficulty experlenccdby the Re
porter in hcarng) remarked that from the first COM
nlcncemcnt of this debate he had deprecated it be-
cause it seemed TO hun that the gentlemen were un-
necessarily anticipating subject which must, Soon
CT or icf, come up for the acton OF the House at
the present session..
lie was member of the Committee Manufac-
turcs, placed there by the will Of the Speaker Were
he (ril) to consult merely his own ease, he woulJ
be DESTROYS that this subject embarrassing and per
pcyin- III its character as 1t un ohedly wasl should
be referred to the Committee of Ways AMI Means
But from the course which this debate had taken, he
could no, hut understand that gentlemen were de sir
Gus ofdrawng ont this floor an expression OF opn
ion as To the fact whether there was any consu-
iional power or right in this House or this Govern
mont to protect the laboTycs The free and the slave
.aLor-uf this country as contradls nnuishcd
against thepaupcr labor Of Europe. II there was any
motive or ohilc' in the debate which had sprung up,
il was TO elicit an EXPRESSION If opinion on this
point
He had had nodca of entering into the gunien
and should not have done SO but that some obscrva
tons la been made by the gentlemen from Virginia
Mr. Jones which he llr III could not suffer 10 pnss
without "A rcmarb. He had repeatedly, year after
year made the declaration here, that % far as re-
| gardcd hruscif-and he sp Ike the sentiments OF n
constituency par ly agricultural, partly commercial
aud partly manufacturing and OF the M II wea thy
constituencies in his Statcthcrc was no disposition
to drive this subject of the tariff any extent that
anv patro,ic gentlemen from the South would not
assent to- He had sal this much when the subject
of the tariff was held up as the stalking horse to fright
en- men from their proprety-that there was no de-
sire on the part of the North to drive the protection
of manufac rers to an extent offensive to cnnhtcn-
| ed and pariotc gentlemen from the South acting
under the compromise act--Hc stood precisely upon
the same ground now, and he believed that his CON
stitucnts stood also bon that ground Names some
| times became Nnrs. Gentlemen talked about pro.
| tecon-and they talked about revenue. Gentlemen
got no here and entered into an elaborate argument
in relation to protcctonon ,hcone side and revenue
on the other At the same lime it would be found
| that those gentlemen when tncN sal down by
their own iresdes and tal,ed upon the subject, as
American citizens anxious To protect the labor--vos.
the labor slave and free this country, against the
legislation of other countries, and against the COM
mere nj regulations and restrictions of other countries
would moi differ Andhl> principal object in rising
had been To ask gentlemen on all sides of the House.
| tariff or an-tai whether coming from the North
or the south of Mason and Dixons line, To put aside
from their conemr laons the charm OF protection on
the one one hand and the revenue on the other and
TO come M Ii c sens bic and patriot me- H. Il Am
leans To the question of the protection of American
industry, slave or frcc-fom the north the south
of Mason and Dixons linc--against the legislation
the order. il council and the restrictive regulations
of foreign countries That was what he asked He
asked gentlemen 10 do this IN spirit of compromise
N n spn I Of patrio sm-as American citizens with
ont reference to nrouraphi al divisions
Mr. Randolph next obtained the floor but gave way
| for n moment to
| Mr. Mason of Ohio who incurred if it was now in
| order TO move an amendment 10 the resolution
! The speaker s,d it was not in order, an amend
mcnt now pending
Mr. Randolph said, that, being Of the COM
mi,tce on Manufactures, and representing a people
largely interested in the subject he would crave the
| INDULGENCE of the House for a few moments He
reiuc.d tha, the debate hal sprungup thus early in
the session. 1t would arouse the country the mn
portauce of the subject and awake from their fatal
sunbcrs the numerous class of citizens whose in
,cresrs were stake for they had been slumhcrng
on the very brink OF destruction as iall were safe or
a was lost.
Mr. r. was also happy that this debate had not as
suncd political cast The Souh, of all parties had
come out against the manufacturers; and he thought
this ought to show to the Norh the Middle and the
West, that they should bury party distinctions and
unite upon an opposite course. lie cal ed on the IRON
handed democracy of PENNSYLVANIA as well as their
political associates in other portions If the Union to
20 with him in sustaining the interests of their own
domestic industry, lfcver there question pa
ranount 10 mere party considerations this was one
II 70 |, and should ride triumphanfly NJ owe all such
distinctions. Anli said Nj. Il. the question now