The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-04-02
MIR. CLAY'S RESOLUTIONS.

MIR. CLAYS RESOLUTIONS.
1rWe copy the tolloUing abstract Of Mr.. CaS-
boyn,s speech in the U. S. Senate, on Mr.. Clay's
Tariff Resolutions, from the Charleston Mercu-
ru We poua be glad to lay the speech entire
before our readers, but our limits arill not permit
us 10 do so.
Mr.. Calhoun commenced by saying that
: the Resolutions were Of a very mixed and
conflicting character. There was much
in ,hem that lie approved. and much that
he condemned He approved of them i'r
the first place, because they recognized
the Compromise Act, and Prolrssed TO
respect its provisions; secondly because
they asserted the principle that M duty
shall be imposed but for The purposes "f
revenue, aid no revenue shall be raised
except what is necessary for an econonnl-
cal administration Of the Governments; IN
the next place. they give the preference
: to all valrrem over specific duties. winch
he considered poirl of no mean inpor-
tance; and lastly, he approved "fihem be-
cause they asserted that in time OF peace
loans or Treasury notes should not be
calculated on as ways and means for the
support of the Government. except as an
expedienl for temporary emergrncy.--
Having approved of S" much, il might be
asked what was left for him tn disapprnve
of. He di<approved Of them, brca"sr they
did M, cary out in practice what they
prafpsseh in principle. While they pro-
fesset to respect the Compromise Act,
,h.y set it aside in several essential par
ticulars. That Act declares that no duty
shall be raised bntcfnr revenue, and that
only tn the extent necessary for the eco.
uomical wants uf the Government. The
sCompromisp grew out Of the aciinn of his
State. Her object was, in the first place,
to put down the protective pulley, and
having putthatdown. To guard against hlgh
duties. IL these objects had not been
considered secured by the act. IL would
never have received his assent, and if he
had assenred, his State would not have
sustained him. South Carolina also con-
sidered that if the tariff of J S2S was not ar
rested, would lead TO the most ruinous
consequences to the whole Union: that
countless millions would be poured int"
the Treasury, followed by all the currnpt.
ing Consequences attendant upon such ii
state rf things, endangering even the eXis-
:rnce of free government itself These
three points being secured, the rest were
considered as of comparatively minor i'm.
purtance. And in taking the part he'had
in this matter, he dsavowed having been
:actuated by any hostility I" manufactures.
Ii there was a man who fell the most pro-
fund reverence and warm attachment tn
mechanical and chemical science, it was
the individual who now addressed them.
Upon the atlvancemrment of these acts
depended the advancement Of civilization,
and he who made Improvements in them,
conferred the most important benefits upon
the human race. -
By The Compromise Act, the list Of free
goods was not ln he extended, and The du-
ties not /" q" beyond 20 per cent; these
were guards against the recurrence of the
protective policy. These ana every 9th
'er pr"vision "f That ACT, are violated or at.
tempted I" he violated in these Resolu.
ti"nS. except that for all valorem duties,
and even that he was afraid under the mag
,ic of home valuation, would be got rid of.
The Compromise was violated at the Ex.
ira Session, when the list of free articles
was greatly extended, nearly doubled; and
appropriations were made that were adj.
mirted by aIl to he exiraragant. except the
Chairman of the Committee on Finance,
whn declared. there was no room for re-
trenchment. none Cor economy. And now
II was proposed to increase the duties to
81 per cent, which was plain and paIpa-
bile violation of the ac, in so many words.
But il might be said there was necessity
for this: if so it was necessity oi their
o,n creation and no one had a right la
plead his own act asa Justification for vio-
lati"n IF law. They had not economized,
they had greatly extended ,hc lis. of free
articles, and that for the benefit of the
manufacturers; they had given away a large
portion Of the public revenue.