Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-12-06


tiOns will not be dependant upon any 9th
er tribunal than those created by he con
stitution for the decision of all cases ar.
ising under it, or under the laws made
in pursuance of it. And thus has been
remoJ Jed prolific source of dis1uiet be
tween the State aud the General Governs
ment, and of hazard to the peace of the
nation.
I'd. The next matter referred 10 in
the message was the affair of the Caro-.
line, which the President reprobated 10
terms becoming the Chief Magistrate of a
free people; and he insisted that an atone.
ment should be made for the invasion oI
our territory, ,andIa remuneration, byltheBrit,
ish Government, Of the precedent as a rule
of future action. Without giving or claim
ing for the published correspondence be.
wen the Secretary of State and LordAsh.
buron any other authenticity than what
may be inferredfrom the fact that lis cor.
yeciness has not deaied,I conceive itlprop.
ei in me to allude to t,as 1t is for otherIct-
izens 10 canvass it, BY reference to that
correspondence, you will perceive that, af-
ter delay offour years what the ePresident
insisted was due us has been amply ren>
dered; and that, in this matter, the hon
or of the country has been INDICATED.
Sd. Another point in our fors,9n re-
lations, which the message brought TO
the attention Of Congress and the peo.
pie, was the claim of the British govern.
ment to visit and detan vessels sailing
under the American flag, for the pur.
pose of executing their laws and treaties
10 relation to the slave trade. Against
this claim the President demonstrated in
language firm and decided, and declared,
that it must be resisted. This claim in
effect, is Withdrawn by the British gov.
ernmenI ;and her envoy has precluded her
from renewing il, by the stipulation in
the published treaty for the employment
of vessels on the coast of Africa by The
two countries, separately and indepen-
IDENTITY, to act under :be instructions of
their respective governments for the ems
forcement OF their respective municipal
laws only. The very omission Of any re-
cognition of an authority 10 visit the ves>
sells ofthe one country by the officers
of the other, is itself an exclusion Of all
such authority, and leaves the matter pre-.
ciseIy where the President had placed i
"a total, absolute, and unqualified de,
NAL of any such claim. The insertion
of such denial in the treaty would have
been absurd. Treaties contain the af,
frmative stipulations of parties-not The
negotiations or protestsIof either BY refus-
ing any allusion to the claim, we deny,on
our part, that it can become subject of
compact; reserving to ourselves the vim
dication of our rights of which fair and
explicit notice has been given whenever
they shall be assailed. Thus has pre-
tention which thre atened renewal of a
practice that had brought ON one war
been abandoned, and the sanctity of our
national flag secured at the same time,
The most effeetual means have been pro.
vided for the utter destruction Of an ac>
cursed trade.
9TH. Upon that most difficult and
perpIexing topic-a tariff of duties on
imports-the language Of the message
defines with great accuracy, clearness,
and precision, the true principles of pro-
lection consistent with revenue. After
speaking of the repugnance OF the people
:, the impositons Of burdens not really
necessary to support of Government, the
President says: "In imposing duties,
however, for the purpose of revenue,
right to discriminate as to the articles on
which The duty shall be laid, as we'll as
the amount, necessarily and most proper
ly exists" After showing that the i'm
position of duties indiscriminately ly on all
articles would defeat the very purpose of
obtaining revenue, he remarks: So
also the government may be justified in
so discriminating by reference 20 other
considerations Of domestic policy con-
nected with our manufactures. So long
as the duties shall be laid with distinct
reference to the wants Of The treasury, mo
we'll founded objection can exist against
Ib en-" And he concludes the remarks
on that snbject by urging the importance
of certainty and permanence in the sys-
tenn which should be adopted. is be-
lieved that no just man, who regards the
various interests Of the whole countrywide
would not compel that portion Of our fel'
low-cilzens who have no manufactures to
pay taxes for the support OF those who
have them, without any equivalent, and
who yet would protect American indus
try from foreign cheap labor, in those ar
ticIes which are essential TO US in peace
and in in war, and for which we ought
not 10 be dependent on any other nation
it is believed that 40 just man, who will
take such au enlarged and patriotic Wow
of the subject, will hesitate to approve
the principles promulgated in the mess
age. While they are adverse TO prohbi'
tory duties on the one hand, they pro-
vide for abundant incidental protection