Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-10-17
political.
WING MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA.
SPEECH OF.IIR. CLlFTO.E

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wing Meeting was held IN Philadelphia on
The night oil tho 9th oil October, which Is ropro
scented MS ono "' tho largest ana most enthusiastic
ever new III 'ha' Guy was noio III ,fo'' o' ,h'
Sa'e House. ana Jon" sergeant presumed. INC
inquirer says ''a' .ho SCENE rom ',o s'aee Was III
deed imposing oid anu youhg-rch anu r"f-iner
i ehahi ana m''hahc-nooie' an" ma"u'ao'u'cf-s'eo
ihere shoulder 10 shoulder an animated ny me sam.
sp'' al cay. ng'o ne'' 'occs !" 'FP'eNa' VI anu
! III response 10 wing s.htW'hs,
we copy from inc inquirer 'hc 'oho"ihg account oil
The procoedhgS;
he ION, '9hn sergeant opened 'he meeting III \
he" p.'ol ana 'loqueh' IoarNS Every one PteseW, NC
ss'd' KNOW INC opec IL preparatory 10 an 'lponae,
lol'"a Et"SSlt, nc u''uooo !" o'e 'eei9 ''i" na'
been inanllVs'oI mus III III 'ho ''nNe saa II lein'
INN OF tie hc"S ha' prevailed IN ioio' 'ha' Its man
esiallohS were As'un hra'd IKE 'o sa oi a' 9t'a'
Popular voice. lhN 'hH u'9'c' ohiy WIS ehaie'a-'he
name OF Henry Clay having been substituted oI that o
another but, III as much as the ieong was the sam,
throughout Tie country the result would mall prohabIli
~. be the same The remarks ct Mr. Sergeant were
excellent Throughout lie concluded by introducing 10
the notice OF the meeting
The Honorable John Nj. Clayton, WHO came iol
wand. and was 10, owed with three times three.
aud prolonged acchmations. When the cheers al
this hearty welcome had subsidized, Mr.. Clayton dc
! lsered an able aAd powerful address. which Nas
! listened u with mpt attention hy the assembled
thousands. save that ever and anon SOME patriotic
sentiment well expressed argument ELECTED appa0se
Alur the honorable gCnil,mCu had alluded III very ap
pruptalc terms 10 The city OF hladrlpna and Inepcu
dcnce Hail. the birth place Of liberty Ee fo,,lol 10 Tia,
speech OF the Ion Daniel Webster at Faneuil Hall
boston. He (Nlr C) appeared at the meeting he was
addressing as a witness and not as popular do,laner
he came state circumstances in reference 10 Tie
honorable Secretary ui State, the citizen whom the
Wings had delighted To honor. He Nhe speaker held
office. aud wished to hold none aud therefore he
the more impartial in reviewing the honorable Sccreta
D's speech. That speech rclcred oevenls in reference
10 the compromise act proposed by Henry Clay. aud
pas ed March sd, 1888. Nh Webster moi only attacked
that ac, but mpcachcd the motives OF the men who
ted for IT, Mr. Clayton referred very puinttllg TO the
time when Mr.. Wchstcr's Fancul Hall speech WAS
made; and he the meeting would see at
once that IT made the of the elections in
New Joiscy, I,unsN lyania and other States, WAS
made, too, 50 far as regards influence Oh oee
lions at a time when i. was impossible ir Mr..
! Clay 10 reply 10 IT, lie (Nlr Claytun) could mol
contend against such gigantic intellect that the
honorable Secretary, bat even he. humble as lr WAS
would stand M and tell the truth for his fellow citizen
and friend Mr. CLAYTON was in the National Counes
at the me o, the passape of the compromise act; he
knew the motives OF Henry Clay at the time that act
was passed, and could no, suffer any man To npcneh
them-to impcach the motives Ola man who stood Il
head and shoulders higher than any other man in the
country.
Mr. C. said he voted for the compromise act and that
vote was one of the prorIos acts OF his life lie wns a
member OF the committee 10 whic,,at act was referred
ilu NOuld refer Tor lew moments TO the circumstances
Mr.. Norpanck, chairman Of the Ways and Means OF
COURSE with the sanction of President Jackson " hos,
bill IT might indeed have been called, offered tariff bill
which to raise ~ 900 900 and lay duties on i'm
ports not lower than ~ no! Mo- t tl,an 20 per cent
lbcng an average of Is Ter cent Tho committee ol
Way uuu Means reported that BILL and it was thonpli
by many that it would become the law of the land
Had it done So every factory would have sopped-
Henry Clay tho champion of the American system.
stepped forward to save the mechanic and mano,,c
urcr-o save the country from the consequences of nu
! ieation. AMI what was the result, WHY. the nul
fcrs would rather accent and did accept % por cent
tariff from Mr. Clay with nine wears and half To nun
Than Is Der cent lrU from General Joclson ia ,,o
immediate effect Henry CLAY propo,o1 bin with Ger
tain duties graduating dovuwards and n, the end or
nine and half wears ia he ma mara Than % Nor zen, nm
IA home pal,1iion while General .yacksons bill mir
Ncrplanck' sit was all the some) wns Is per cent Din
ty with foreign valuation And this was proposed by
Mr. Clay, not with a view TO uratify any private or per
sonal aim but solely with view to preserve the Amer
lean system, uphold the American manufacturer the
mechanic and the laboIer and not to reduce them 10 the
European level Of sixpence day. If Mr. Claws bill
had passed. the bill Of the then Secretary of the
Treasury would have passed the ruin of the manu-
featuring and laburing classes in this country From
such ovl+-cvs the dr h and bitter consequences of
which no man could orcsce--we saved by Henry
Clay, and by other Who is it that dares hold
Henry Clay up as not being the friend Of American
nuldcluroS, labor, aud interests 1t not his (Nr
olayon') wish To speak dlsIcspec'tully Of Mr. Web
Stirj but when The motives OF Mr.. Clay were impngned
ny that statesman. he would ask, who was IL who had
dared 50 do{ Why IN 1924 Mr.. Webster had stood
up strong advocate Of British rights, by contendng
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