Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-07-28

/ his own guide 6s long as ne iolo"
and delight till he abandons them. Du'
| will Il moi be as well, while we arc on lhiS
matter md in order to make u up Win
full understanding wbenii comes here. that
he should d, once tell Us his own opinion
- - he ALLEGATION Of the compromise
a.,1 Would he refuse TO pass tariff ACT
Ior above 90 per cent. no matter VIM, the
onbI,c exigencics Or are he and his
friends determined that nothing Of the sort
sbail be done with their consent, while the
distribution act lasts What did he think
Gen. Harrison, whose opinions he was
pleased to cite and explain, would have
done had he found himself in the present
contingency lie wished to know where
tho Senator was about TO stand. Did he
think that il would, under existing cir
cumstances, have been breach oil con.
sistency in Gen. Harrison to conform 10
the actual financial necessities Of the coun
try, and sanction an act carrying the du-
ties beyond the compromise act what
would the Senator's own course be
Mr.. Calhoun would endeavor to an
swer plainly, though succinc'ly. ne was
always glad to meet any such challenge
as to his course, which was ever perfect
| Iy open to all public scrutiny.
lie would say, without any hesitation,
tba, he would never consent to exceed
the terms Of the compromise act, until the
Legitimate resources Of the Government
were all applied to lis support, all need
less expenditures rttrenched, and every
proper reform introduced into the public
service.
Mr.. Calhoun's answer, therefore, com
prehends, we suppose, these points tina,
he will not 90 5cyond 20 per cent. duties
till the present Administration reduces ex-
pcndi,ures TO the minimum, till II purlties
all public offices, and till the land fund is
restored to the Treasury. The corse-
quence, then, is clear that he would let
tho Government stop.
Mr.. Crttend, resumed. He had, II
seemed, Inexperienced the Senator from
South Carolina, who did no, mean to sane
ton the opinions which he urged others TO
be guided by. He meant them as rule
for the Wings only. It was thus, only n
lecture which the Senator pleased to read
to the Wings. He (Mr. Crittendcn( was
not averse to learning, but claimed the
usual privilege Of even the most ignorant
grown-up people--that of choosing their
own teachers. Would the gentleman
have me sit at his feet and learn wisdom
of him. Is that his assumption Such
a claim would be rather high, even to-
wards his political allies. Towards those
who are the very contrary, il is mos. ex'
,raordinnry. Them he might with some
face take on himself to indoctrinaie, II he
showed little respect for any other OF
General Harrson's opinions except those
which, for the moment, he could nllege,
for the purpose Of destroying all the rest
for the purpose of discredting the prn-
ciplcs to which Gen. Harrison was attach
ed, the measures he desired to see made q
public blessing the party and the friends
to whom he was undeviatingly true. His
was the very last name which those gen.
tlemen should willingly use. Warmly as
it should be kept IN the hearts OF those
who are bent on restoring good Gov
eminent, and fit as it was to reanlmaie
their minds with the confidence OF what
NAV be again effected in expelling the
bad from power, it was for these very
reasons only the more a sound of Ill augu'
nv to the Senator and his dear allies
Would that, with such Ill timed invoca-
tons, they could call him back to life
Could he now rise from his grave, and
look upon the conduct of him that sits IN
his place, for the friends whom he drew
about him, and the measures OF which his
election was hailed as the pledge, what
would he think !
a word now, sir, of the compromise.
The Senator says he would only renounce
il in the last extremity. Yet the Senator
has been again and again stated, here IN
his presence, to have voted for It with The
greatest repugnunce, and only under
sort of conslraint. Now, he would run
any hazard Of stopping the Government
rather than yield it. But what has his
own conduct been? While a Wing, or
acting with the Whigs--as he did until,
in his Edgefield letter, he said that he had
discovered tina, Wing victory would
not enure to his bene6t--dd he not find
Mr.. Clay and the Wings battling at his
side ngains, the attack, up IN the compro'
mise, Of the very party with whom he d.
rec,ly after united himself? That party
he then continually denounced, in the
most violen, terms, as public p'underefs.
Ye. he suddenly united himself with II,
and deserted those who had sustained this
compromise against them!
am accustomed, sir, said Mr.. c., 20
Judge men by their actions, not by their
words. Iftke Senator then found suffi-
Gent reasons for joining the party who
had lately assailed the compromise act,
and if, originally, he voted for II With
such deep repugnance, he will allow me
TO make some slight deductions from the
zeal he now exhibits, or to attribute some
part OF it to temporary influences.
Unless he has misunderstood some late
declarations from toe Senator, he was Of
opinion that the provision Of home valua'
ton in the compromise act was both i'm.
practicable and unconstitutional. ls this
his sense Of one Of the main features OF
the thing, to which he attaches such a
claim upon public reference and faith i. 1t
is now said 10 violate the Constitution in
one Of the chief benefits which was to
have compensated one Of the parties to il
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