The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-27
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SPEReig OF Mr.. CLAYTON.
a Nhsg nseling aas aeld IN isisilasiel-
Phia o. he night q tie 5h October.
! hieh i represented = one u lie lag
lest AM m0sl enllinssaslsr ever held in
ihas risy. II Vas held in front " III
STATE House. AM John Sergeant presided.
The Inquirer says that The scene from The
sissr Vas indeed imposing Old and
Iyoang-rirh sai pnor-merrhani md
observation-disclosures and manufarlurer-
stood there. shoulder 10 shoulder, III ani
msie1 By the same spiHi, Fl eager 10
wingse their voices n approval VI and IN
response - Mhig sentiments.
We copy fram the inlnirer the follow
irg account Of he proceedings:
The Iloa. John Sergeant opened the
meeting in FEW brief and eloquent re-
marks. Every enc present, he said.
knew the object. |, was preparatory %
an important political struggle. He al
ludcd 10 tie feeling that had been mani
Tested thus far in the camraign; said il
reminded him Of he feeling that prevail
ell in 1870: that lis manifestations were
again heal Ike the sound Of that great
popular voice; that the object only was
c.ianged-lhe name Of Henry Clay haV-
ing been substituted for that Of another.
But, in as much as The feeling was the
same Throughout, the country, The result
would. in 81 probability, be the same.
The remarks Of Mr.. Sergeant were ex-
celleni throughout. iieeoncluded by in
Producing 10 the notice Of iha meeting
The lion. John NJ. Clayton. who came
forward, and was received with three
times three, and prolonged acclamalions.
When the cheers Of this hearty welcome
had subsidized, Mr.. Clayton delivered an
able and powerful address, which was
listened TO with rapt attention by the as
scmbled thousands. save thar ever and
anon some patriotic sentiment or well ex-
pressed argument elected applause. Al
ter the honorable gentleman had alluded
in very appropriate terms to the city OF
Philadelphia, and independence Hall. the
birth place OF liberty, he referred TO the
speech Of the Hon. Daniel Webster, at
Faneuil Hal, boston. lie (Mr. c. ap.
peared al the meeting he was addressing
as a witness, and not as a popular de-
claimer--he came to stale circumstances
in reference 10 the honorable Secretary Of
State, the citizen whom tho Wings had
delighted 10 honor. He THE speaker
held no Office, and wished TO hold none,
and therefore he was The more impartial
in reviewing the honorable Secretary's
speech. That speech referred 10 events
in reference TO the compromise act, pro-
posed BY Henry Clay, and passed March
81, 1888. Mr.. Webster no, only attack.
el that act, bu. impcached the motives Of
the men who voted for il. Mr.. Clayton
referred very pointedly 70 the time when
Mr.. Wehsier's Faneuil Hall speech was
made; and he WAS sure the meeting would
see a, once that il was made on the eve
OF the elections in New Jersey, Pennsyi>
yania, and other States; i, was made, TOO,
so far as regards influence on elections,
At time when il was impossible for Mr..
Clay 10 reply 10 il. lie mir. Clayton)
could not contend against such gigantic
intellect as that Of the honorable Secre,a-
ry, bu, even he. humble as he was, would
stand up and tell the truth for his fellow
citizen and friend. Mr.. Clayton was in
the National Councils at the time of tho
passage OF the compromise act; iic knew
the motives of Henry Clay at the time
that act was passed, and could not suffer
any man 10 impeach theln--to impeach
the motives Of man who stood head
and shoulders higher than any other man
in the country.
Mr.. G.. said he voted for the compro-
mise act, and tina! vote was one Of the
proudestact Of his lille. lie was men,
Der of the committee TO which that act
was referred. He would refer for few
moments to the circumstances. Mr.. YER
plank. chairman Of The Ways and Means,
Of course with the sanction Of President
Jackson. whose bill il might indeed have
been called, offered tariff bill which
was to raise $4,000, Gao, and lay duties !
on imports not lower than 10 nor higher
than 90 per cent.--5eing an average Of
IS per cent The Committee of Ways
and Means reported that bill, and it was
thought By many that il would become
the law of the land. Had it done so. |
every factory would have stopped. Hen
~ Clay, the champion Of the American
system, stepped for"a ard to save the me
chsnic and manufaciurer--to save the ,
country from the consequences Of nullifi-
cation. And what was The result! Why, |
the nulliiers would rather accept and did
accept 90 per cent. tariff from Mr.. Clay,
with nne years and half to run, than
Is per ceat. tariff from General Jackson
to take immediate effect. Henry Clay
proposed a bill with certain dates gradu. T
a;ing downwards, and at the end Of nine .
and a half years to be no more than 20
per cent. on home vaiua'ioa, while Ge-
neral Jsckson's bill lMr. Verplanck' Sit
was all iha ssnel was-l5 Der cent. duty |