Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-08-02
and tina. h, did no. choose to .spl.io him..f fur.

IheT.
Mr.. WISE said something. impe,fec,iy heard ~
the Reporter, bu, understood to be tins, that the
gentleman from Georgia correct N what he had
sao; ,ha, Georgia would be the very las, State On
which he should think OF making an attack.
Mr.. NtSBET resumed. lie was glad 10 hear the
cencmao say much. Tho gentleman n,as sxcuse
him; but he wasnot in tha habit VI being ea'echiseu
and could no, permit !, on tho present occasi"n. MI.
N. could no, but infer. from tho general tons Of the
gentlcinans speech, aud from the strong dsuuncta-
lions he had uttered ar inns, hinso MS being IN Rv0e
ola protective tariff, aud aban oning the South on
tho oompro .,isc act. that ~as tho intention Of the
gentleman To make nm unp,ovoh ed attack upon him.
Mr.. N had declared last winter, thh II WIS his
purpose to sustain the com act; that ho went
Tor duties TO be levied for revenue, but not for pre-
lection. Tho gentleman had been present, aud
heard INN expressly declare that he would sustain
the conpro "Is'; yet ho now changed him with be-
my ready yield il up, and had predicted that the
South would ye, reap the consequences oi her rai-
torlike descr,on OF thai net. MI N. now distinctly
aud again avowed his adhesion 10 that act. All his
previous ,gisalion had ronr 10 sustain H. and lie
should pctsevcre III Sustaining u I'll 1912, when tts
PROVISIONS would expire, the gentleman notwnh.
standing.
Mr.. N. did not profess 10 be lear mad in tho law
and yet there ihnse who knew HIM, tim, might
be wiling 10 take his op,n,on on law point, evan
though II might be an,ngonst,tal with thu, Of the
gentleman from Virginia. Nlr. n. had not been
gully OF the palpable and ,odceme-s folly OF say.
ing that the act of 1855 would no, imam IN Drcs
attei lsi2 but he meant that, aitet tha, date, new
leg s,aon must be had. Previous to that ,ims,
Congress could no, esnate save wnhin the reslric-
tons Of that act.
Mr. N. repeated that the compromise &C, did
pire 1912, lar M The trdnciion and graduation
of duties concerned. AIcr that dare The dutss
might be raised by Congress, but only TO such m
extent rs TO meet The reasonable wants Of the DO
yeinncni. After 1912 II would be liable In repeal.
II mol repealed II would remain Of course ~ the law
oi the land. Mr.. y. here went into some alusien
10 tlle evenlfni crisis IN which that law had us hhif
The gentleman from Virginia accused MIR. N. aud
his trends OF following new lights derived from A.
broad. and represented them AZ such changclnrs "
intellect ms to be ready 10 follow every ignIs fuuus
that arose oni VI The IN ,ish MI N. was not one Of
those who believed IN he intalliblny Of his own
pnions. lla did not profess the attributes ~fficK
belonged 10 the Almighty. AID sorry he should be
were he 81 ilcud with inialhb lily NJ never to
admit the advantages of new illumination. fl0
sought Ion light, conc from what quarter II mig
aud for one. lac chose 10 change hrs opinion when.
ever ho found himself IN error. Such courss
seemed Ia him more IN conformity with ,lle irus prin-
ciIles OF morality than 10 adhere TO his opin-
ION, right OF wrong, whether for thu purpose 6t
building up n party or icarli doN an cmlre. Oh
this point Mr.. N protested hmsclfa NJ light man.
For lie did not feel himself TO BIO radiant the
god Of day with beams 10 animate all others. while
nothing could be added 10 his own splendor. lis
wns ready to consult the dogmas even III tho nigh
dead OF tha genemans avn Slate, as we'll M 10 lis
zen 10 the W,achings oi ,hr,, living dcsceL Gaurs.-
lie wanted the hight which his resolution proposed
To obtain. just as te British Whirs did WREN they
passed similar resoluiloia IN Parhaihtht. Tho
friends Of liae rade IN the South wanied this ipfur
nation. Mr.. ~ was anxious 10 see the develUp-
menis which should msdc from The Gust h5use
III New York. revealing the uuo operation Of our
revenue laws. The gentleman said thai the British
Parliament h I'D lniely put o,ih document IN favor
Of Tree trade, aud that the result Of tins rssouf.H
would be anlagonistiea 10 the doctrines rsiabslYAd
on the othe, sde oiih water. He should suppose
that tho gentleman, as free trade nan, Wo ult de-
sire TO see all the facts clearly set forth. lie found
that, 10 g,eat extent. the BRUSH Ministry had sos.
tanned that report. This masses Of population in
England had been movcdby the public gh, II Sized.
and The public mind wrough, up TO a STATE III burn
ing intensity in regard 10 lreetradc doctfinrs; aud
Nh. N. looked TO tho day when her example that
subject would stamp our own legislation. lilo was
ready to avail himsc vi the manrrun Of uuriglte-
ousnrs.
MI. WISE here denied tina, he had ever opposed
the Brush report, but sad ,ha, he had adopted h.
Mr.! INSECT had understood tho geuileman's
argument as being against II. The gentlsmas had
asked what tho member from Georgia would Il"
when the report Of this investigating commiltso
should cone. He would tell the penteman. hthe
re- or wss ag 'itst him-ifi evidently ct Paffs
IN IT'S terms and 10 facts. he would denouncs IL !
but II II was ilh II en-. h. woad hail il with Joy.
a ne" hgh' Which Was 10 work the rsgeneiatioo Of
tue South.
The gentleman had asked h,m whether he was CO.
ing TO vote for ar bill. 10, that expressions the
gentleman meant bill Tor IA protective t,i II, thrn
he answered no. lie was ready TO vote for IA tariff
Tor revenue, but he told the gentleman once moro
that he would not vote a tariff fur protection. lie
thought the gentleman knew lie would not. Ito
did not profess To WELD great amount OF power IN
that Hall; but, should a cumbinatiun be forntd tn
enforce protective tariff, come its memb-is from
whence they iehi, he should stand up his place
and make war against it--ay, 10 the kni'e. But Il
the gentleman wanted lin. BY dd cdptanaum cries IN
denounce in advance lbs political friends ~ the
iilcnds Of protection. ha was not going 10 DO it,
That there were some Wings who favored the doc-
nine of rr"ectiop he believed but that there were
Wing combinations in that House to enforce h high
protective tariff he did believe, aud should not nil
the proof was before hiln. Did the gentleman want
MI. N. togowith him IN pr prescribing his own pOtil-
zeal pant, beforehand He refused 10 do II 1t the
last session, and he should not do il now. He
wiling accompany the gentleman from VWsiniA
when he led him in the right path, Eut jus ~
ready 10 abandon him tho moment he saw him de-
parting from il. The gentleman was no leader &c
him nor his State. There had been a tiu,s whom
that gentleman could have led up the forces Oi 1eor-
sia into line, proud pnd thivalric rs she wins. but
had the gentleman forgotten the Days when 0eos.
cia claimed the jurisdiction Of her Che fokss ianss
She had resisted the demands Of this Federal Gu
vernmenl in maintenance Of what she believed 10 be
her ghis as State and what had the gentleman
from Virginia SAID Thafif Georgia did MOI reverse
the resolutions she had adopted, she ought 10 b
"cas,igae ed into obedience"
Mr.. WI; r. said that no such question had come