New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-11-11
EVENING EDITION.
SATURDAY, 81 O'CLOCK, p. n
Mr.. Wcbster's Speech at AndoVer.
Concluded.

Having already publlSleu 60 iiioOA
WEssrER's late Speech as relates TO the eu.-
rencv. we omit that portion of our correspondent.
| renort. The following is his summary oil Inc
remainder
The Tariff.
On this subject Mr.. WEBSTER SAID ne was
DESTROYS of stating his views with preclslon' De-,
cause he deprecated the ultralsm which PFeVahea
ras i IN certain quarters There was a
tendency to extremes on this on other questions,
and men were too apt to be found either on the
Canoes. or at the end of the Western world.
Some would carry Tariff to the extent OF pro-
hibition, while others assert it to be unconstltu
tional to Law duties with view to the protection
of our own products. He believed that Con-
gress possessed the power so to discriminate IN
laying Duties. on foreign products for purposes
of Revenue. as to afford Protection to the pro-
auctions OF our own country. This power
existed in and was exercised by the separate States
before the adoption Of the Constitution. 1t was
a necessary part of the power to regulate COM
merce and had been SO regardedln England from
the DAYS Of her Tudors and Stuarts TIL the pre-
sent time. 1t vas so held by Otis and Adams,
and the great men OF their day universally; and
| it was among the chief objects which led to the
establishment of our present Constitution IN place
of the old articles OF confederacy, that ts power
might be exercised with such uniformity, and on
such PRINCIPLES as 10 secure the interests OF all the
States. This was one Of the principal motives
which led Massachusetts into the Union, and she
expected land had right 10 expect that the General
Government, IN the exercise OF Its power 10 regu-
late commerce by the imposition OF duties upon
foreign articles, would afford protection 10 our
| home productions Mr.. Webster here referred
to the opinions of Benjamin Franklin, as contained
in paper read by him to the members OF the Con-
vention for framing the Constitution IN To-
This paper proved him TO have been thorough
| Tariff man, and he regretted that ne had not Tune
| to read portions Of 1t on tins occasion.
Mr.. Webster next adverted to the position of
Massachusetts, and the opinions entertained by
her citizens on this subject before the adoption OF
| the Constitutions He presented variety OF doc
| uments, which he had not time to read, but
| which proved conclusively, as he SAID, that the
| depressed state of our commerce at that penod,
and the prostration, iii fact, OF every branch OF
| our industry, were the causes which led to the
adoption of the Constitution. lie referred par
tcularlv to series of resolutions adopted by the
mechanics of Boston, assembled at the Old
Green Dragon, the head quarters OF the Revolu-
ton. in 1856 the object of which was to secure
legislation on the part of Congress, with view
to Protection. 1t was the expectation that this
power would be exercised by Congress, which
caused the ratification of the Constitution amidst
the shouts and acclamations of the people. In
the debates of all the State Conventions, this
power was not only asserted, but 1t was held up
as the reason why the Constitution should be
adopted.
Having proved the existence of the power IN
question, Mr.. Webster said it might be asked
Was it expedient that Congress should exercise
it? And here, he said, he would counsel no ex-
| IRENE measures bat he believed that moderate
Tariff would promote the best interests of all
classes in every part of the Country. 1t was ex-
tremely unjust to attack the Tariff on the ground
that it fosered, in peculiar sense the interests
of the rich Corporations of New England. There
was 10 foundation whatever for such an opinion,
The tendency of Tariff in such a country as
ours was to stimulate Labor, and thus to aug
ment the National Wealth. Capital IS the
great stimulus to Labor; and in this Country
they stand in relations TO each other unlike
those which exist in any other country on
the globe On the subject of American Labor
we needed an essay which should place 1t before
our people in its proper light. We are emphati-
cally country of labor, and our labor mikes IT.
self with Capital to "a degree unknown in any
| other part of the world. MIR. w. quoted McCul-
| och on the Importance of higher wages, as a
| means Of improving the character and condition
of the laborers, by producing taste for the COM
| forts and refnements of life. limo country were
the wages OF labor SO high as they were here,-
and the consequences might be seen in the eleva-
! ton of character, and the state of education,
among the laborng people, which were without a
parallel elsewhere. Andover with its flourlshlng
farms, manufactures and semlnarlcs, referred
to as afordlng pertinent illustration Of the In
| Huence exerted by this mixture of capital and
| labor.
| Mr.. Webster also contended, and went into
an argument to show that d Tariff would be equal
! y beneficial to the interests of the South, by en-
comaging manufactures, not only at the North,
but i'll her very midst, thus stimulating agricul-
ture by furnishing a home market for her surplus
| productions
He contended that Tariff would not neces
sarlly raise the price of manufactures and pre-
sented facts showing that the present Tariff had
had an opposite effect.
Public Lands
| On this subecthe had not much to say. Con-
gress had laid down the doctrine that the pro
ceeds of the public lands belonged to the States
and this being admitted, he contended that now
was the time thus to appropriate them once for
all; for many OF the states were deeply in debt
and needed assistance to maintain their credit.
Besides, the question ought to be settled once for
all and taken out Of the arena OF party politics.
Connected with this subject was the present
condition of the public credit. The credit of our
own State was unimpaired butnot so with many
others. When one State suffered, we must all
suffer with it; and he maintained that the whole
country was deeply interested in preserving the
public faith of all the States. On this subject he
expressed himself with great emphasis, and his
remarks were loudly cheered. The society of
the world, he declared, could not exist unless the
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