Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-18
The T,co Transparencics.

No stands in extraordinary position than
MIR. Clay. In '33, he offered the Olive Branch of the
Compromise Act-20 per cent nd rai0rem, with home
valuation and cash duties This his "treaty of ami
ty and peace. Mr. Webster opposed it in :'-and he
dcnounces it in his late Boston Speech On the other
hand Mr.. Clayton of Delaware voted for the bill in
E-and hut The other day, in his speech delivered in
Philadelphia, lie crIticses Mr.. We5sters Speech and
ustifes Mr.. Clay course in bringing forward his Com
promise Act. Ard what says Mr.. Clayton
"lIenry Clay, the American staesman-(loud and
repeated cheerng) he who had during his whole public
life stood up the friend and advocate Of American
labor and Of American interest; enthusiastic cheers)
the father OF the American system, with the eagle eye
of watchfu guardian of the public veal, saw the dan
ger that threatened the existence of his favorte system
and determined to stretch forth his 10 it =
With that keen sagacity which characteristics him, and
with that tact and talent which ennently distinguish
him. he looked around him for the of adyerting
the threatened fate of the Protective Policy He saw
the President arrayed against nullicatlon and South
Carolina in against the Federal Government
There was irrpconc eabe hostility between the null
lfers and Gen Jackson lie saw this and he sought
to turn to the advantage of his country He that
if he could get bill allowing the duties gradual de-
scent, through period OF nine and ball years. down
TO 20 per cent the home valuation j. would be inf
nely better for the country than Mr. Verpancks bill
which to reduce them at once down TO average
of II per cent. and would the manufacturer and
operative from Immediate, utter, and hopeless ruin.
"Mr. Clay nmunicated his views 10 Mr.. Clayton
and other friends of the protective policy he had
thing to conceal his object the good Of The
try and his motives were honest and patriotic No
man il more frank and undisgnised than Henry Clay
Honest and sngle.hearled, he has concealments
fro, his friends, scarcely from his enemies. II
with no view TO crafty his own ambition that he
brought forward this measure, (ihe Compromise ActD
but solely with view To preserve the American Sys
tenn to sustain the American manufacturer, the Anne
rcan mechanic, and the American farmer and To save
the American aborer from The runous competition Of
the sixpence day labor Of Europe (Cheers)
"Now know that if that act, (the Compromise had
not passed. SIR Eerplanck bill would-a BILL as have
before said that would have reduced the duties at once 10
fifteen per cent will not stop TO point out what must
have been the runous consequences of the passage of
this bill upon the country. You, my fellow Citizens,
are intelligent enough to perceive whathey mus, have
been without my telling you. But whatever might
have been the evils and the long train of bitter
qucnces attendant upon the passage of that bill, you
were saved from them by Henry Clay, and by other
man. Tremendous cheering l.
Very well--An nd what says Mr.. Clayton upon the
pre- sent Act of Abominetons: Does he declare him.
self still in favor of carrying out the Compromise Act
Not syllable like il. Does he denounce the present
Tariff bill, higher thnn the act of 80 No,
word Of it, Does he declare, that however the duties
NAV be raised for the present above 90 per cent they
must be reduced, the absolute necessities of
The Treasury will admit; Not whit. Does he de.
clare in the spirit Of good fa that Mr.. Clay is bound
to keep that Compromise Act in constant view, his
polar STAR which, however the needle may for
short period il must ultimately come beck: Nothing
like H. Instead, then, Of censurna Mr. Webster s
Speech: let Mr. Clayton honestly al say, that he
now thinks with him, and will act with him, and will
shove aside the whole Compromise act, rs unworthy
of further notice. There would be something honest
something ingenious in this course There would be
al least some plain sailing, without trick equivoca
ton in it, Or, to pass from Mr. Cla. ton 10 Mr.. Clay
what does he say his late letter of his celebrated
Compromise Act Docs he confirm it: No. Does
he even aude To il: No. Does he even hint at the
public faith he has pledged in 3--and again in his
Hanover Speech OF lc4G' Misunderstanding Ike it |
On the contrary he seems 10 approve OF the present
extravaran Tar-and reprobates any proposi,ion TO
repeaL it, II would really seem. that "the father Of the
American System brought forward the bill OF 33,
"wiih view 10 preserve It and now, that 1t Is pre-
served by The present law, without the aid of the Com
promise BILL all the scal"Iding to be knocked away
and the whole system to stand up again in all IT'S
rriuh,u Dimensions. But "VerplaHcks bill, some
thing like H. destined again 10 rise UP from It's cere-
mcnis-and who say, but the spirit "i Carolina
will rive in another form to plague the authors of the
present law: Bu what are We Ia expect from Messrs
Clay or Clayton; Nothing. We must depend upon
our own ncrgies-and modify tie whole law essen
tally, without consulting Mr. Clay sr. Webster
Tie Crotch .fGutGuct
The City Of New York, always distinguished for the
brnncy OF her specaces and the length OF herproces
Sons has exhibited more striking scene than Inc
celebration of the opening of her celebrated Aqccduct
on Friday last We shall give description o! the spec
acle in our nex:-whch deserves commentator from
the utility OF the work The Croon Aqreduct has cost
10 or T., millions OF dollars The "Mo.ning Post says,
hat "1he work was actually commenced IN May lc31,
and was so far completed by the 4th of July !e42 as
on that day permit The passage OF The wafer IRON Ills
source, Croton Lake, 10 the distributing reservoir
The Harlem bridge, however, will yet require two
wears 10 complete u: and work must be done at
both the reservoirs The capacity of The Cro,on Lake
il sufficient to furnish for the wants of the CITY 5000
600 gallons day, addition 10 the 210OO OGo gallons
which constitute the natural flow Of the river al low
water, for O. days
"'rhc Aqueduc commences at the great Croton Dam,
in the river of that name, six miles from the mouth
IL continues dow the of the Croton TO the Hud
SON which il follows down 10 ionkcs, seventeen miles
from the city From this plncc 1t strikes across the
county OF Westminster the point al which crosses
the Harlem river, about one mile above hcComb S
dam II here crosses The Harlem and the valley otihat
stream on bridge $50 feet long, and ia feet above
The water at high tide. The water will be conveyed
over this bridge in iron pipes; the Aqueduct hitherto
consisting of conduit Of stone and cement For the
next five miles, to the receiving reservoir on eighty.
sx,b stre e the conduit consists by turns of struc
ture Of solid masonry and OF conductors n iron pipes
This first reservoir is $50 feet long, and go ieet WIDE
lis area is % acres, and distance from The City HAIL.
4 little exceeds five miles The water is then led, IN
immense iron mines two miles to the distributing
vor. On ilu.tay's hill between iorteth and forty Sc.
cend streets This is the most stupeadous mass oil
masonry have seem or which probably exists IN
this country 1t is divided into two equal parts IS ~
feet square al The top Ee walls reeeoe great Iea i'n
The base and its acres It's height 's4i feet
The length of the aqucduc,o this point is 10 miles
But if 10 Ibis be added the entire length OF the Croon
Reservoir and the works in connection with 1t, the x-
,reme myth of the aqueduct may be stated al forty frs
and half miles There are on the line sixteen lun
nels. vurying in length from 100 TO 1868 feet making
IN aggregate length Of 6S4l feet The greater part oi the
alton for the tunnels has been through ROCK e
interior of the aqurduct is al the greatest rio IN
ches wide, and $50 feet high. The l"e crosses ia
streams and land DDS which are passed upon The same
urmbcr of cuIvers, Of spans varying from Is IN
cles TO - feet
The Jets d eau in The City of the most beautiful
will attract the curiosity OF every
stranger. In truth the whole work is monument OF
the public spirit of a. York, and one oil those great
enterprises which the Empire State has contributed
10 the honor of the Age.
.s.4n ounce Of PEEvExTios is ,eor pound o. erRk.
Few cities be healthy at this season OF the
AFat0 nh