Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-04-07
M2. CL.AE'S s2EECa.

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me Senate galleries were filed by half pas
Clay. ''
Mr.. CLAY said, on rising, that he had bee,
saVcu h"ch oil the trouble of reply to the va.
,io'S arguments that had oecn used agains
MS resolutions, by the very able speeches OF
severai Oh ms friends who had spoken on tho
subject, HIS hs s'I from Maine, who was
Evassl had. handlcl Tie s,b;ec, 81 ,,a ~ ~" ~
with mastery ability and Mn, unans y err an, ~
arguments. Others had taken other topics
on which they had exhibited great power and
research. 1t would be his object, first ia
show that tile propositions made by him do
not violate, as has been alleged, the Compro-
mise Act, though he never attached any in
violablc character to that act II was 10 be
treated with great respect, and he adhered to
as lar as the great interests of the country
would permit. The Senator from South Car
olina Mr.. Calhoun had said that he, Mr.. CLAY.
knew that he, Mr.. Calhoun, would never have
agreed to i''at act hut for its abandonment O!
the protective policy. He knew no such
thing: on the contrary, the protective princi-
pie was retained i'll that act it was cnera!led
upon it.
Mr.. Clay then examined the &c. and CON-
menicd upon the different sections, particular
y the Ord and 9th, to prove that the principle
oil protection was recognized in it, The act
provided tia! from and after the 30lli of June
lSa2, such duties shall he laid as shall be me-
cessary to az economical administration of the
Government. In laying these, said Mr.. CLAY,
You may discriminate as much as YOU think
proper, as much as the country may demand
from the Compromise Act Mr.. G.. passed
TO the proceeds of the Public Lands, and went
INTO an argument 10 show that they were ne
yer intended to go into the treasury of the
country. lie went into a short history of the
terms OF their cession, and then brought up
testimony cXtraneous to the record, to prove
ms position. He recalled the history of the
Distribution Act The original bill, which
ne Drought forward ten years ago, and which
passed the Senate, contained provision de-
signaling the objects To which the proceeds of
The Publlc Lands should he applied by the
MATES. While the bill was under considcra
ton III the other House he received numerous
messages asking his consent to an alteration OF
oil 1t i'll this respect, as it was understood ,ho;
General Jackson would otherwise veto il
with reluctance be consented and the allera-
tons were made, bat the veto was nevertheless
applied The Distribution BIZ and the Com
promise Bill were both under consideration
at the same time, and were intended by him 10
go together ii had been said that the late
Distribution Bill took from the Treasury
what the Compromise Act looked to as a part
oil the revenue of the Government. Such was
not the case,-because the Compromise Act
was natured when it was expected that the |
first distribution Bill would become a law
they both advanced in Congress, pari passu
but the one was signed, the other vetoed
Mr. Clay next noticed the charges of waste
iulness and extravaganza against this admins J
tralon, and asked if we deserved them! and
if we deserved them from such a (
Quarter From those who had spent thirty |
1--we millions year on an average? "And |
whcre," exclaimed hIr. Clay in an indignant
tone, !'are the National Monuments of this |
vast expenditure 1T has been sunk in the |
mo:asscs oil florida, in transferring few In
CLANS IRON one side oil Il river TO another, and
congregailng them on our western and south /
western frontier where they may yet be the
cause OF other vast expenditures in another
Indian war. But where, ask again. are the
national monuments of this vas; expenditure f:
The men who thus spent the public treasure,
who ielt TO their SUCCESSORS an empty Treas |
ury and a national debt, come here with re- |
breaches against US! Sir, why did not the |
Senator from New York, Mr.. Wright, when !
he was at the head Of the Finance Committee
Of the Senate, aided by his friend, the Senator
from New Hampshire (Mr. Woodbury. redrcc !
The expenses Of the Government wlen il was
in their power? The Senator from New
Hampshire says tina. he did wake up and real !
~ Try 10 do something III this way in 1910. !
es, SIR, the elections were coming on, anG I
he was DESTROYS to present fair front on that
occasion to the people. They claim the cred !
IT OF having been an economical atlministra-
lion, and yet acknowledge an expenditure of
year." Mr.. c. then stated the
Of a new administration in finding
out Immediately where reirencliment can be
made. Take the n ew orll Custom House,
the Judiciary-the A:my-the Navy, SC.
they could not Immediately ascertain how
much retrenchment these could bear. nor to
what part it should be applied; time was ne
ceSsary to ascertain this but it would be
done and was liz process of being carried out
hlr. Clay spoke of the existing posture of
affairs /; special minister was coming to this
country from England bearing the olive
branch IN his hand and vet we saw the press
as5aiing this public functionary, Lord Ash
burton, i'll the most vrulcnt manner-he re-
Probated this course of the press as equally
unjust and impol!ic He knew Lord Ashbur-
ton personally-he was gentleman of high
at'alhInents and character, and had not been
connected with the Banking House of which
nc was formerly the head for 20 years. lie
spoke particularly of our relations with Eng
land; OF theN n. f. boundary question of the
case of the Corcliuo ,,C thu (tronI, o,~o oil