The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-17

country did not vary much IRON ysA - Iao.s AMI
N-.us y @ .,a,sa,lv rbaneing Ia almost all the
E,a,.., rountries specific duties were 'hs
,nle and ID ralorsm duties the eA0sP. -,
GERMANY and elsewhere paid ouiy Z, 80 .ss 49,
i, t, - r,,..ible terhsps, % contfi'e siihaf uuy
= ~ s,,as arranging II 10 an inverse Pf0poftloh 70
~ 800 WHICH would AFFORD Potseiioh "nsts
- 80 needed 70 the finer article anu A. me 800
i,,.s encourage the con.umPlon 81 inc "a" Ia.A
o., 49, 80 s4efDed about 10 abandon specihc ouues
1890, Add a. some gentlemen had maintained
~ esorornise act compelled u TO do 50 lie dsn'eo
III. alto ether and was prepared 70 Prove hi' h"uf
HID out thai il was not 20 Nominated 10 ihs BONA
~ suld pfose this however, for the beneht q thoe
80 con.itsraI that bond valid, Of whom, be bad no
hesitation N SAYING he not one. But II was %
,s,nsly impossible, he aware 10 enter INTO an az
ntrDrat Of system Of spcIbc duties a. me Pf1seh'
se-.,en He hoped would bs attended TO next win
,,d ,,Y n he objects he bad in view 10 the IN
i,sa,,yn WHICH be had PROPOSED was 70 obtain ihs
,tani,ns u practical men on this very subject
III, the honorable gentleman from Virginia pr.
WISE had taken hun sOne"hal severely 70 tAss'
f dsy. ago fof boxing forward 70 any ACTON "iAa'
eve, 40 H.. tariH al The next session or, CERTAINLY iof
ss4rtag In pssnye erns that fetslon OF the tAiih
ass.st then take place Mr.. w repeated the assertion
nov the genilen,sns protestatons u the contrary
Notwithstanding revision o. the ANN mus 'SAs
l,ee n could moi be postponed beyond the neri ses
s0n. And be did not believe there were ten e.nie-
men 10 the House TEN persons 10 the country VINO
would Join with the gentleman IRON Virginia IN ae-
nying the position How could such resl.'on pe
syodeI Did not the COnpfofhise act I,selt assume
thar there was to be legislation previous TO Jolly 1927
He that runs might read that u did So But apAr'
from that act how could 1t be avoided Here were
uetons from the IRON workers Of Pennsylsania al
ready ptessned calling Tor revision Of the duties on
i,an They had been laid on the table. With what
view To sleep there forever Toreeeise the treat
ebt o certain other peniions ungraisiui 70 southern
esr. No would dare 10 treat them 80. ihey
NM, b. committed They must be considered. ] hey
st.a, "A fe acted n. "A nd
tia, aciion would itself BE- revision Of The tam -
Petitions would pour also from other quarters ne
People would demand reslsion Of the tam Tour
~ n necessities would compel IT. Il could not be
whi.ileti od He hoped there no design, ~ the
introi.rtlon Of the present measure to ofests such
a revision by filing up the Treasury N advance u
wouH be strong oU ecion 10 the BILL ~ such cohid BE-
the effect.
Mr w said be coGJ no, conclude as he had lev
moment. eit without feaiatsing upon s1n. OF the
extraordinary constructions which had been pot upon
the 4ct 81 March, l-a3 by more than one gentleman
rom the South d1ring the debate On The fesoui Of
inquiry few days ego he wisi ed his h0Wefsfi
70 Ipfess hi. general views as 10 the sct lts
history had already been narrated BY his Venerable
colleague SIR Adanas) With him sabj Dir. W.
acknowledge no compact IN that law ply cons'itn-
not parties 70 any compact, either ~ p%fson
~ by proxy II any compact was made. They indeed
hal taus fsr acqulesced operation And be te-
l.esed be should DO them injustice saying that
they he'd every disposition 10 ae4Giesce IA a. az long az
they could do wlih due regard 70 thelr own mite
rests and the interests " the nation They had no
grudse agains, thai crafty though ~as
made against thtr will and ct Their expense. They
had vengeance TO wresk or spleen 10 vent against
any body 10 relation TO IL. They had no malice
aiorehought in their bosons, to defeat s pfovsions
or terminate It's existence On the contrary, he ho
nestly beloved they would positively prefer to have
preserved f could be done without great sacri
flee. They would be glad 10 be convinced that they
could thrive under IT, or even live under IT. They
- - ~. j. rgf
that They respected the motives which led TO its
Introduction.
They rejoiced in the peace and harmony which
the results Of It's passage They reoiced IN the
opportunity afforded TO sister sovereign State 70
withdraw without dishonor from an attitude which
she could not have maintained All this, however,
matter Of feeling and Of sentiment and altogether
different from recognising any thing OF peculiar legal
obligation in the act This they did not recognise.
They dill not hold to the doctrine that Kill or cure,
sustain or crush it unalterable and involabe
They in il second or supplementary constiiu-
ton Much less did they elevate II, an some gentle
men had done, above the Constitution itself why
III Co, asoas could not alter thia law as had been
rravely suggested here, who coud1 Not the People
certainly. Thtre was provision by which
law could be submitted TO the action Of the People
What doctrine was this 1t one for which
Massachureu. had sympathy whatever She held
every statute 10 be subject 10 the Legislative will
saving always and only such as might involve dI-
recty and expressly, contract between the Govern
Incnt ana the CItlZeD ohe Iu not with those VINO
indicated the srnctity Of a compromise while they
were menacing the violation Of charter And she
would feel under obligation to maintain the act Of
1888 by her votes in this Hall one moment after
had proved injurious TO the public interests ncom-
potble with her prosperity. Who supposed thai
this compromise act to be permitted to PROSTATE
the interests oi American labor If such he feared
should prove 10 be it, tendencyl Who imagined
that II these Pennsylvania IRON workers. whose pc.
ttlons the table, or II the wooen manuiactu.
IfN EnfYi anI e v.ft az. han
craftsmen in any part Of the country-the hhitcis
the taors the shoe and boo, manufacturers TO
here next winter, as he feared not few Of
them would come, and prove TO us that they could
i've under duty of thirty per cent but must die
der u twenty We were to stand still and them
ysn-h} Why, not even the authors and orgnators
Of that measure had any such idea in their minds
The distinguished senator from Kentucky certainly
gave e1prrrson at the time time TO precisely opposite
views Nj w saId he had made extract flom
The debates that OCCASION IN support Of this
uon, which he would append To his remarks il they
printed but was unwilling to take up his las, five
minutes IL reading them.
And now liz had no hesitation IN expressing his
own individual belief or which nobody but himself
responsible, that The compromise act could be
strictly adhered 10. lie believed that II had lasted
already longer than any body supposed It would last
nj the Tine II was passed. lie thought due regard
10 our financial condition alone as indeed had been
proved by his colleague Mr.. Adams had required
~ modification many years ago. lie thought the
wlsc,l that could be pursued At this moment
would be to arrest It's further operation nd he be-
lrvcd that next winter some departure from il would
tc found altogether unavoidable He hoped the
south would come 10 the work VI lis revision a sp
ri ~ kindness and concession, The North would
meet them more than half way We desired no ex-
trayagart unreasonable protection We
dy for the most moderate and conclllatoty course but
i3lla ps yrli ,Gygry thIps,v,Th 9qe loes,a
nI-o "a The South Keep not back lie hoped that
voice would ho needed on both sics that we should
n,,c, on middle ground call IN the West TO arbrate
Whist we could not settle for ourselves, and more
cxhib, tie whole People Of thecouniry uniting to ~
~ MOI nlrrclY the foreign InyasOn which mIlhi