Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-11-05

sured them, to abandon that s. stem"
The only system that can secure the
Union! Verify it is the system, and the
only system that ever seriously threaten.
ed dissolution Of the Union. The tariff
OF 1928, the bill of denominations, did al
most dissolve the Union. The South pc.
titioned and demonstrated against the sys,
tem-she threw the Constitution into the
scale, yet it still remained against US, till
South Carolina, like the noble Gau,
"fung her s,oord into the SCALE" Then
followed the compromise, by which the
South agreed 10 submit, for ten years, till
Both June, 1912, to the tariff for the BEN
eft OF factories, upon the promise and as
surance that after that time taxes should
be laid for revenue only, that minimum
rates and specific duties should be done
away with. Ia this way the complaints
of tho South were hushed and public quiet
restored, Mr.. Clay was every where
lauded as the "great paclfcator." 1t was
then, and not till then, that voice was
heard, in the South, to speak his praise
1t was thought he had abannoned the pro-
tective system, by the compromise-bu
on the contrary on this subj he only
"kept the word of promise to the ear"
while he "broke it to our hope" of the
South. He declared to Mr.. A ,pleton and
other manufacturers, before the passage
Of The compromise bill, that he thought
The protective system was in danger, and
he thought they had better compromise
not to gire up the protective policy, but
10 prevent its overthrow" See the speech
IF MIR. Appleton, Zone of Mr.. CIays
strongest friends,) made at the last session
If Congress. In speech of MIR. Clay
n the Senate, after the compromise he
aid:
"The manufacturers would still grow
nd prosper, confident that the abandon
lent of protection was never intended,
nd looking to more favorable times for the
enewal of more efficient tariff"
This tariff "more efficient" than the ia
if of 1928, which was abandoned by The {
was secured to the manufac- c
Irers at the las, session. I
Again, and afterwards, Mr.. Clay speak =
G of the protective system said: b
"IIe has cherished this system as ia Il
rite child, and he still cung to il, and d
ould cling to it. He wished TO save and a
erish it--he wished to see the whole p
stem placed on securer basis" VI
And again, in the Senate, in 1887, Mr.. u
ay said: =,
"For the double purpose of saving the n,
Elective policy from destruction, and 10
ing the Union from the horrors of civil ar
r, | brought forward the compromise -
y" &c.
In the same place, in 1888, Mr.. Clay W
d.: u,
'.There is protection from one end TO
, other in The compromise act-modifed Z,
d limited it is true-but protection ne. -
rlheless. There is adequate, abundant
Dtection until 1912, and protection indie
itely beyond it. hi
81 saw that the great manufacturing in n
rest had so got in the power of the Chief .
ngistrate General Jackson,) that it was pr
ident that, at the next session of Con- dc
ess, the whole protective system would In
swept by the board. therefore desir- IL
to give it, at least, lease of years; -
d, for that purpose, in concert with II,
lers, brought forward the compromise vi
,asure, which was necessary 10 save pr
at interest from total humiliation. hi
And again, in the Senate in 1910, he
id: In
''The policy of protecting the produc-
ms of American manufacturers should ~
adhered to and ma intained." "
That Mr.. Clay has been true to his pro- "
Sc, not TO abandon the protective sys
n, we have before shewn by reference TO
resolution introduced into the Senate III
t winter, to destroy the compromise by 10
ing the rate of duty higher than that act as
,vded for. Since Mr.. Clay left the II"
nate, and but two short months after the
nciples of the compromise act had gone
o full operation, that act was repealed, ~
d a tariff of protection substituted in its ::
zee. Mr.. Clay has fully approved of this ~ ~
in his speech at Dayton, and more re- -
,tly in his speech in Indiana, he said he III i,
8 'for tariff for revenue to the govern ue
mt, and protection t. manufacturers" ue
It is really idle to multiply evidences of