Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-08-03

WI u urn referred 10 the compromise act anu Inc
STATE Of affairs which preceded il and noticed The de-
caration Of Mr. Adams. that he did not consider i
o'hdIng on MN because he viewed 1t compromise
made |" SUIT the in,erese OF the West and South and
IN which those OF the North were sacrificed Such 1
position, said Mr.. Ill, led the gentleman from Massa
chusetts TO nuhcation, which lie SO much condemned
What was ii that the gentleman complained OF: The
act passed 10 heal dssensons 10 save the eusion
os blood, and to preserve the tnion and net obi
sa,ory on the gentleman, aud why, Because Ii did
mol vote Tor Il. Was The gentleman and The State oil
massachusetts, on the floor III legislative capacity
Dad he not partake the legislation on tha, OCCASION
AND has It come 10 this, that the acts Of Congress
not obligatory on those who vote against them: No,
SAID Tie gentleman, the act not binding, because
u was against the interests OF ms State and lie did mt
vote for 1t.
Well, did not this lead him to The conclusion that
state whose interests not consulted on that floor
and whose interests compromised bv legislator
might nuy The act: Mr. II. here explained Ills IDEAS
Of notification, and in doing so. took view Of The
compact INTO which the several States had entered ior
protection against dangers foreign and domestic, AID
The obligations which II imposed, coming 10 the con.
cluson that laws passed in violation Of The compact,
and destructive Of the interests, vel! sovereignty
OF Slate, might BE- declared BY Il imperative. Mi
Holmes then went at length into luminous histu.
~ of the several tariff briefly touched on the
great benefits conferred By them the Northern
section 81 the Union, rendering the agrculuris,s II
the South hewers Of wood and drawers Of water fir
| their more skllful and selfish !ro.-cliizcns He
spoke Of tie indignant feelings which the act Of l-.~
had excited N every part of his State and sad that
was with some difficulty that the leading politicians
there had been able To RESTRAIN the people from !,
more vIoen, expression Of their disapprobal,on Mr
II. likened ,iis state OF feeling in the South 10 tina:
| produced in New England b. the embargo act during
Alr aladsons administration which IL severely cen.
Sured. Bot there this difference between Tie EN-.
barge and tariff laws The first, though unwisc and
nnn I'm If H..
while the latter udous for Their ulcons,li,,.
tionallty as for their injustice Why did Nr,y
England rcbe against The embargo law: In the first
place, the Constitution was not violated by HAT act,
unwIse It was: and, in the second place. there was
another reason more potent than that, and that wac,
New England well knew that she had "bet;er endure
the Ills that before her. than fly 10 others that sic
kneD not of Sine well knew the value Of the Union
10 her; and the loss she must incur II deprived OF her
profits on the agricultural labor otthe South.
MIR. II then spoke of the force b which the gcn.
,eman from Massachusetts sad had been designated
as ''the bloody bill, and SAID that he called
the .'bloody bill He knew very WELL that fiery
were those spirits who, al meeting in Boston, re-
solved 10 rally round General Jackson, stated by
the gentleman from Massachusetts,, they were too III
tiiaatelg acquainted with their interests to carry
their valiant resolves. They knew that II they
dissolved the Union by marching on South Carolina,
New England might be preserved as SICK man would
he after his vitas had been removed and therefore,
pets, they very wiling 10 lay down the sword,
and take up the pen. They went INTO calculation
Of what OF pariosm No, sir, II was OF the value OF
the Union IN dollars and cents. lie would appeal 10
every man that floor, whether, III the progress Of
the whole atair, they any thing ike dls.nay in
the bearing OF any Of the delegation of South CAROL.
ma as alleged bv tic gentleman from Massac husetls
Though the numbers d! the people OF the State might
b. few: not than the population Of the city Of
New York, the gentleman sneerlngy remarked;
they firm in their purpose, confident III the jus
tee of their cause and with full! reliance ID.
vine Providence they ready 10 abide the result
Did the gentleman doubt that If two hundred and
fifty two hundred and sixty thousand Of such pc
puation had gone INTO battle, they would have
complishcd revolution not very advantageous 10
the interests 10 the people he represents: Was
the moral c.lec, produced hy their bold and yirnous
daring standing out IN bold relief before the gentle
man eyes: lie denied cmPhatcally that the delega
ton from South Carolina had cvnccd any such symp.
toms Of weakness as the gentleman In,lmaicd. Tie
gentleman minated that the members from South Ca
rona, alarmed At the pred'camenl IN which they had
placed themselves after Wanting what they would do,
were for dudvn the question.
Mr. ADAMS interrupted Mr.. H., and denied that
he used any such language.
MIR HOLMES said that if the gentleman did not
use that language in his Saturdays speech, he used
It on former occasion. But lie would ask the gentle.
man distinctly did lie not say that the members from
South Carolina went about this floor with detected
countenances begging members to compromise
rADAMS Yes, SIR. said IN substance
and repeat 1t.
MIR. HOLMES The gentleman then repeats il.
He would therefore ak there were any members now
present who here on that occasion, whether iey
saw any thing like drsmay N Mr.. AcDnthc or II he
was one Of those who went about begging Tor com
prom!se'
Dir. Adams. IA, Sir; Mr.. McDufie was no, Of
them
Did Mr. Barnwen, with his high sense Of honor and
chiyalrous feelings iogetiul OF ms Revolutionary an
ccstrv, show any thing like dsmay: No, SIR, hno"
lie did not Can il be believed that Inc other gallant
and high minded gentlemen from my Stale would have
acted IN the unbecomng manner that the gentleman
intimatcs No, Sir venture 10 say that Tie gentle
man III except them. Well, then, who were the g.n-
tlemen who went about with dishay, begging COM
orom;se: He doubted they grave and thought:
ful far knowing how they stood to the hearts Of
their constituents and the high responsibility dev"s
mo on them they could moi bu, look the tremcn-
dous conflict that approaching with the most grave
and serious reflections But they were calm unit,d
and determined IN their purpose. They knew that H..
Northern horde with which General Jackson threaten
ed to sweep down the sunny South, and carry rnn
and destruction to the homes Of their wives and t,e
ones, alien to them IN sympates and feelings; but
they confident IN their own strength, and calmly
abided the result Would the gentleman from Massa
chusct;s say that there danger OF bloodsi.c
and that the apprehensions Of the other States had ~
gentleman say that II humanity alone. and II save
the distinguished citizen Of South Carolina N the
other House from beng executed By General JACKSON
under the second sec,lon which effected the passage
Of this compromise. Why, the gentleman himself
showed that the bill hurried through ths House, IL
violation Gifts rules and by he screws Of the previous
question. Was not that evidence that aPprehen
sions were entertained IN other parts Of the House lie
vas very ready 10 admit that the gentleman himself
wcs opposed TO the bill lie had doubt but IL" ve
ncrabe gentleman would have been the wiling stand
ard bearer of General Jackson in marching on South
Carolina. MIR, Adams here made gesture OF dis
sentl lie could not doub, but the gentleman, from
the indications he had repeatedly given Of rancorous
hostility 10 the South, would have been the wiling
STANDARD. bearer on such occasion. Had he not
eytnccd this hostility every suitable OCCASION Did lie
no, promulgate the doctrine to the fanatics of the North,
that m the event Ct war, foreign domestic, there
would be way through the treaty making power By
which The South could be deprived Of its property
Did e mol know that the seeds lie had sown would take
root IN the minds ii Tie Northern anatics and lint
although he says that he Is no; an Aboltonis'. he j.
looked upon their captain: Mr. II. concluded IS
br; ly recap,uat.ng his objections TO the BILL lie be-
leyed i . be unwisc and nPotc, because it evied