Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-13


hsnd.; they had suffered under the iahetOns Of h'
one man power. and While yet bleeding at ever,
pore under IL, they had come to the deliberate
determination that il was unwise in tire Chi,
Magistrate OF the nation TO WELD II as u had beet
welded. Every portion OF the people was II
unparalleled distress
u when we looked to the condition of the Govern
ment on the one hand and OF their constituent body
on the other, who were bleeding at every por
under the mass OF misfortunes that had beialler
them from the failure OF the Chef Magistrate L
carry out his pledges, VIC came to he solemn deter
minston that IL not their doty to adjourn with
out doing something for the good Of the county
We wee not prepared 20 obey the President oa'
TO obey the people. (ChcerSl II he thought pro
per to forget his Obligations to the country, ana 10
prove recteant TO tho high date imposed upon h'n
by the constitution and the suhrscs OF tins nation
Tor that reason we believed shat Il du'y to
sand up still more s'r,nsly ior,he country. There
We were with the power IN our hands; we had been
tainted by our adversaries, who said "Eou have
but TO WELD the power and IL Is Done; give up
your distribution bill OF iSii, and pass your
| nue bill" Under the peculiar circumstances OF the
case, bill was presented in the House o; Re
presertitiyes, and the event is as has been tod
you. BY tho gentlemen from North Carolina,
(Mr Stanly,) end Indiana, mir Thompson,) and
one from keniuekY, tMr l. w Andrcws,l COM
ing up TO the relief, lcheers.l the bill was pass
ed by the majority OF one vote, end came to the
Senate. There we had expected there would be
-
Details. There was great repuenanee on the part
of the Wings who had been in favor of the land bill
10 give this great land fund which belongs TO the
States. But looking TO the condition of the country
We determined that we woud give it mn for the
people. And now, while my friend Mr. Filmore)
has paid a compliment which | appreciate to the
gentleman from North Carolina, mir S,anly) per
NIT me to tell you what perhaps you do not know,
that IL that bill had been placed the casting vote
OF the Vice President, another distinguished Wing
frOrn North CsrOlina mir Marruun NsOuld have
voted for it. Heavy checrs.l | speak by suthori-
~. Renewed cheersl That gentleman has been
IN all his previous opposed TO the protective
policy; and he has believed that the people Of North
Carolina, as part Of the South, also were opposed
to the protective policy. Blu, il necessary 10 save
1t, he would have voted for the bill.
No man will doubt, but when this measure pass.
ed, the Wing party made a sacrifice of a cherished
measure-which had been cherished by the Wing
party for ten long years-which had fallen under
the veto power Of the President of the United States
in 1882 or 49, and which the people of this coun.
try vndicated in the contest Of $40.
have heard II stated that has been said in ~.
York that this great tariff bill has been passed 10y
Democratic votes, and that the credit OF given
to the Democracy ofihe Union; and suppose it was
because OF your Senators OF the Democratic
party voted for il. That Senator although be acted
high part in voting for 1t, assigned as one OF his
principal reasons that it aimed blow at the very
germ of the distribution OF the public lands. Tie
almost united Democratic party in the Senate stood
up against il; MIR Calhoun declared that il was
worse than the bill Of denominations Of 1928; MIR
Woodbury. denounced il in the same manner: an.
ether portion of the party would give incidental pro-
tectior, but this they said, protection per ss
llaushter,l and they never could support il. MIR
Buchanan and MIR Wright stood committed TO a ia
riff bill by their votes the bill of 1923 which
so denounced by Calhoun; and in a greater degree
pledged 10 II by their public obligations the
siituent body they represented; see whether they
voted Tor all the amendments calculated TO make II
protection measure 10 the labor OF this county
But when they were brought up 10 vote for or q.
galnst IT, they voted for il. Give them oil possible
credit Tor II and the question is. who made the sac
rlhce in passing the bili-when the Government was
on the very verge OF ruin and the country plunged
IN bankruptcy, and the manufactures in dilapiGa-
tion-what party then stood up fer sacrifice IL
was the great Wing party, whose peculiar privilege
1t is TO make sacrifice when The country is to be
saved GApplause.I May they ever be engaged
in noble works like that, and may they ever stand
hereafter on the ground they now occupy, ready TO
make such sacrifices when necessary for sustaining
the Government in its operations, and rescung the
people from RUIN and despairl Hearty cheers
Besides the effect Of the passage of this bill on
the in eess Of the people Of this coun,ry-be,ides
the satisfaction II has ere tied among the people Of
the United States there is still another conseq
of 1t on which congratulate the country, and you
especially. AT the moment when the bill was in
doubt, the Wing party was IN grea; danger OF dvi,
SON. the bill was passed 10y means OF a common
sacrifice on all hands. We left Washington more
united than the Wing party have been since have
known It. lCheers.l | I'm proud TO believe that
| am now member as you are, a greater portion OF
| you, OF a party which Is at this moment stronger
and better prepared 10 carry another contest in
1874, Tor the OF the public lands than ever
they were. Prolonged Cheers.l We go into the
contest buoyed up by considerations such as no 9th
er party had before, still more imperative than in
the contest OF 1870 IL is the Consideration tina,
when We had the power in our own hands we have
lost every MEASURE by the influence OF the President
and The veto power, which the people in 1910 de-
e1shoIid bs established. We fought, them or
| tile same principles did in in $780, for the
slme measures, and, thank God, with the exception
OF some half a dozen with the same Wing party in
1912 IS in 1s40 Power and patronage have not
bought US; we lave stood on the high ground on
which the people OF the United States have placed
us, and there viii remain until victory is achieved
! [Chsers
But there is still another circumstance deserving
your consideration. II the passage Of this bill has
united US with cords ten-fold stronger has disu
nIted the Democrats. [Che.!sl IL has severed that
great party. With Van Buren, on the ore hand and
Wright, eontending for protection because this bill
gives NJ and with Calhoun on the other hand con
tending for free trade and denouncing this as more
than the bill Of denominations Of 1928, we have in
prospect 4 very pleasant family quarrel ICheers.l
Let that quarrel 60 on; let US take Of ourselves
and when the time arrives lie; us stand up 10 our
punciples-le: us maintain our measures and bind
!
other, for the great contest that awaits us. Thank
God thank God II there are men who have he
taysd Us. there is one man who never betrayed his
friends. Loud applause and three cheers for Harry
/ Of the West
vi will dc ain you no longer. [Cries OF ego on, %
! on / conclude as commenced. | am satisfied
with oil the indications Of public sentiment on thu
SUBJECT. turn over the cause TO you and to the
principles we profess, assured that that cause ant
those principles will triumph # you but prove faith
iul TO your obligations Will you stand % to your
prncplesl Shall announce il 10 Kentucky when
go home, that great nn1 triumphant victory
aTalis you 10 November lCries Of Eyes, yes"
Then will de'aln you no longer, ard will dev
er the message with the u,mos, possible p'elsure.
Mr. NJ resumed his At amid hearty and enihu
sias;ic cheering.
RIG MOND RKETS.
{ Reported and corrected hsics trssk for he UAir
SEPTEMBER y, Isi2