Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-07-16

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the history OF The compromise He has omen
ed the door, and follow h IN H. The Journals a
the two Houses will show that but a short pero,
IL believe two days. before the compromise ac l.
passed, the bill appropriatiug the proceeds of th.
public lands had passed, the Identical members
voting for each bill. The two bills are Of a com
mon origin-born at tho t,me-togetheI
proceeded through the two Houses of Congress
pari pISsu, 1t were; were sustained by the
same TRENDS snd together were sent to the Pres
Ident. The compromise act' he signed; The
history OF the other Is told that he pocheted
Had II been returned to the Senate with his OBJ
Jections need not say 10 those familiar with the
opinions then entertained IN that body. thai i,
would. Notwithstanding his OF JectIons, have re-
ceIved The concurrence of two thirds of the Sen
ators, and become a law. With Il inovgl ledge o,
this circumstance, will II be commended by GEN
,lemen that the land fund was looked to IN the
''conpromse act' as source OF revenue7 How
can this be- when The distribution bill had alreaty v
appropriated that fund to The States, and when
each act had been sustained by the same gentle
men. Sir, the point is too clear for argume q /.
If the raising Of revenue, all the revenue neces-
sary for an economical administration the Gov
eminent by the imposition of duties, and the
consequent abstraction of the land fund from the
National Treasury, and the distribution of that
fund among the States, be not the principle Of
the ''compromise,' what is the principle?
Tho term compromise has a meaning, as ap-
pied 10 this act compromise! OF whatf Ii
must have been of some principle con e nded for
t on hand, and resisted on the other. Com.
promise, as | understand It, requires a mutual
concesston-a giving and taking, and when mp
pied to principles conflict between states a.,
partial surrender by each, for the benefit of the
other, and the selection OF some middle and friend.
" ground upon which both all may stand -
Such was the nature and principe Of the "com-
promise act.' The North contendng for
the principle of tariff for protection. The south
conceded to Congress The Constitutional power to
establish tariff for revenue, and resisted every
attempt 10 90 beyond ii. Each party was zeal
Gus It's efforts 10 reduce to practice it's favorite
theory; the North determined, the South rioient.
Extremes were resurred to and dIsunion threatened
Under these circumstances q compromise eff
fected. The North gave up, for time at least +,
the principle of tariff for the purpose of Drotec
tOH, aud the South yielded 10 tho States the land
fund, which, to The amour, Of that fund, ronder
ed necessary the imposition Of additional duties
by which incidental protection would be aft ,rded
This was the compromise. If not, 1t is abuse
Of terms to call 1t compromise at all. The
South had conceded not only the consti,u-
t.onality, bur The proprlefy and expedlency of
tariff for revenue II, in this instance it did not
surrender the land fund and its Injections in
cidentat protection, il surrendered nothing -
The North yielded every thing and got nothing
return; and 1t lrds compromise, and no par
ty is bound by it. Sir, aver that this the
principle, and the only principle declared in the
act. The residue is detail. resumption
now by the General Government of this fund 3,
would he a violation of that faith for the preser
vation of which my colleague and the gentleman
from Va, profess such extraordinary solictude.
! regret that my colleague (Mr PfoffiD is no;
with In counting The number Of the Repre-
seuta.Ives from my State, who. without the re-
peaing feature be retained, will oppose this bill,
,ha pFt ha
who coun, his masters pigs. Upon
his return, being asked vine her he had fulfilled
his errand, he replied "No' counted SIX, but
there one little spotted fellop tina, kept such
a devil Of q jumping about that | couldn't count
him at ALL Roars of aughter.l
mr.. Kennedy. Does the gentleman aude
TO me?
Mr.. White. Oh, no. You are genuine
Locofoco as is to be found in The land | can al.
ways count you. A laugh.
NV colleague appealed to me a Gan old friend"
10 strike this repeating section from the bull. tie
pointed on. the rock upon which he feared we
Vs. ud split, and with much apparent feeling eau
toned US beware! Sir, humble men,
Der of that great party with which II was once
his pride, as i; is nor nine, To- act, thank HIM
for his advice ! should be remiss in my duty
not TO do so when | reflect upon its generosity,
Sincerity and, above all its great disinterested-
ness But trust to be forgiven il upon this
casion reed not his admonltions and listen not
TO his counses. These warnings of the dissolu'
ton Of the Wing party-Ihese threats OF It's de-
struction, have terrofs for me. Sir, IN the d.
visions and distractions that sionaIy prevail
among US and destroy the efficiency Of our coun-
ciIs-in the collision and conflict Of sentiment
and opinion between members upon this floor,
which only show the individual indie pendence OF
he Representative-eveni IN the base md degra-
ding ,reachery Of an Executive who. in grateful
return for the ppIed favor of deiuded friends
IN eievaiing him IN power uses against them The
patronage of the Government-In the deep oa m
nation Of his taking off, ! find no cause OF alarm;
nothing 10 Inspire one sentiment OF tesr- Inc
same men who, in 1910, bearing aloft The ban
ner Of the party upon which ITS principles were
inscribed So goriausIv triumphed, still live and