Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-07-08
NO. :s3.

was 10 be fought between the friends oi
Protective Tariff, aud the adheren;s o! tue
Compromise Act.
Mr., pickcns replied 10 Mr.. Adams in an
animated aud eloquent speech. lie could
have 10 objection to The printing oi tho
memorial, il That were the only question.
Bul as the gentleman from Massachusetts
chose To make the printing test question:
and said ii was Il question between TIC
compromise ACT aud 4 tariff of pfotect'on-
calling public attention 10 1t and express
sing a desire 10 come 10 an issue upon N
he (Mr. p.) could not conseut 10 print
the memorial. The gentleman had called
upon the friends Of n protective tar'ti' ana
ask cd them 10 combine and come loeeiher
with united action because those oppo-
scd 10 them were acting upon Pr'nc'Ple.-
| He has said il would be committing bill
If sen, TO the Committee OF Ways and
Means. like sending lamb 10 n woli. ne
(Mr. P.) repelied The insinualion II lnlen-
Jcd TO apply 10 him or his friends w hcn
he says there is too much compromise on
that Committee for him, who does The gen.
IIenan allude To! lie cannot say he lMr:
P.) was for compromising. No: he would
find in him 40 compromise. HIS course
was open aud without compromise upon
great principles. =, ".
Mr. Pickcns was followed by MIR. King
of Georgia who also warmly opPosedthe
views Of Mr.. Adams. The debate took
wide range aud the policy of settling The
,ariii' ul the present session was discussed
by Mr. Adams, Mr.. Torrance. and MT.
Irwin, wl.o accused The south OF desire
10 .tlvc off the question.
Mr.. Rheu replied 10 the latter gentle
man with much force. lie said that none
OF those with whom Mr.. X. had any pouti.
cal association, rcmotc or immediate, ana
he believed he was generally considered
Us one Of the most extreme on this subJec,J
had even endeaYorcd TO avoid the question.
On the contrary, he had con,ended attte
last session, that the question ought 10 come
I'D then. The compromise act would ter
inmate next May, and ii was fit The mer-
chants o., our country should know at least
one year beforehand what was 10 be done
in regard 10 our system Of duties, in order
that they nigh, regulate their business, aud
not be surprised into losses by our ieSIs!a-
lion. For this reason, he had been OF opin-
ion that the subject ought TO have been ia
ken up 4, the last Session Of Congfcss.-
Bu, il had been impossible TO get IL up;
neither party would touch it: neither wish
ee.ar cd position t6f 1bIaafus aN8frs OF she fole=
mac on this great question. The Presi-
Dental election was then impending and
this operated to postpone The subject for the
time. Blu, no suc! obstacle existed now.
There was no agi,niins Presidential elec-
ton TO stave of the consideration Of the
subject at this time. Why not take II up!
But Mr.. X. was told that the tariff ques-
ton could 70 be touched at this called ses-
sion, because other important questions in
rervencd, aud the attention OF Congress
was TO be fixed exclusively to them-such
questions as the President hadl recon-
mendcd in his Message. But President
TYLER did not convene Congress. We were
called together by the Proclamation Of
President Harrison, and his Proclamation
proposed To US TO consider generally "gravo
and wcigh,y matters affecting the peo-
pie OF the Union. Was no, The final ad-
adjustment of the Tariff, on great princi-
pies u grave aud wcishty mailer" for
considerations! And even President Ty-
Ter, in his Message, speaks Of deficiency
of revenue 10 be supplied by an increase Of
the tariff. Why. then, should not the
whole tariff be revised and settled instead
of ,ukcrins il for six months, and then 60
inc at it AGAIN! Why 10. show hands,
and play n-comnittal no longer! Mr..
X. was ready to 80 with the gentleman
from Pennsylvania now-'o-morrow--
every day until the subject should be taken
up and settled. But The gentleman had
said that The struggle in England with ro-
spec, 10 the corn.laws might produce
great effect on the settlement OF The tariff in
his country: but that the result oil that
struggle was doub,lul-hc did not know
how it would CID. Mr.. X. said he would
tell the gentleman how the struggle would
end, both in England and in this country.
|, would end by securing the creates, good
oflhc greatest number; in protecting the
interest OF the many from the power Of The
few: in defending the interests of the Peo.
pic a.uinsl The grasp ot the monopolsts.-
Although abolition will join them here. as
it has done in EnaIaud; i'll The maintenance
of protective tariff, it would not avail
them. This ,ariil'qucs,ion was question
for the People: it was moving England, at
this very moment, 10 its fouudaiion: the
GROUND swell was up, the many were coln-
ing in collision with the privileged few: and
in such contest, il the People are free CT
justice prevails, :he few must 60 down
The Ministry of Great Britain had s,akcd
their existence On the measure Of the corn
laws, cheap bread for The poor against
monopoly for the rich: aud would il not be
shamc-a burning shamc--if, on this
side Of the water, in Government insti-
,ulcd Tor tho People, men should not be
found ready To risk their popularity and
their all upon tho principles involving such
question! The struggle would end, not
in running the interests OF The maRafaclu-
rcrs, bu, in putting them on the same foot
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