Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-11-17
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TIE x,hi,,,p on paner is nothing compared with the
actual scene n The Senate az ali who were present. eau
hear vroas. The courtesy of the National lu!eili-
nencer ALWAYS sets bounds 10 the eXtraVagances' anu
softens the violence oil ITS iavof''e actors anu ''
the repor, only evnces ungopernabe irritation and
stubborn resolve on the part Of Mr. Clay not TO yield
even the pal,ry halfcent on baggng the cent on sugar
the seven cents of the almost cent. per cent. on
woo,lens and the ether trtmg reductions made By
Tariff man ia show some small disposition to appease
the oppressed CALLED, iarassed spr's o the INJURED
South ype were present, and witnessed Mr.. LAY :
d,scouf,ure and disappointment, when the Senate S
Committee reported that they had consented 10 make
the syhl rendered BY ihe House. MS an evi
nee ,la, The minority had nol taken The resolution to
ex.spera,e 10 the utisrnos' aud drive 10 desperation
birh soired people, whose wrongs had well nigh ar
| rdyed them Ia a:us
So far Grnm surendcrng this pittaace "i,h the little
petulsnce attributed 10 hun In The report, Mr. Clay
manner tone and whole department, made 1T plain,
that he was inclined to drive the Ill feeling, which his
aroocnee had provoked In the extreme OF personal
Quarrel And vet, the Committee had really given up
nothing as Mr. Clay made manifest by his own con-
duct al the next Before tins bill OF July had
by lis Provisions, gone INTO operation, M'' oiay
himself anticipated 1t by another billhs Compromise
Act MS il was caed-sirking off ten per cent. an-
nually or biennisy, for ten successive years. until he
reduced his whole scale OF protective duties, so as not
to exceed tacenfy per cent I'D caoTem In July. 1861
Mr. Eiayne offered an amendment TO the Tariff, pro
coed one HUNDRED per cent. al raiorem This was 10
limit the excess which the mpos was increased by
the operation of the mnimums. MIR. Clay, and his
friends voted down The limitation OF one hundred per
cent The avorice of the cotton and WOODEN manuiac
turers demanded more and Mir. Clay was willing 10
1--WE il to them ; but, in six months more, MIR. Clay
himself propossd, gradually, 10 bring down, and limit
the protection afforded coltons, woolens, and every
thing else TO DUTY OF twenty per cent. al raOrem.
We will allow Mr.. Clay himself TO tell how this
~. Nm fh..sp 1p nj he Itp
gisier of Debates, which records the appointment oil
the Special Committee, (oi which Mr Clay was aP
pointed Charman,) 70 take charge oil the Compromise
Act, JUS! introduced by him, ind IN close juXupo
slou, this entry
"Resoired, Tina, Committee Of one member of the
Senate be appointed 10 JON 4 Committee OF two mem
bers o The House OF Representatives, to be appointed
by that House, 10 wait OF Andrew Jackson o.. Tennes
See and 10 notify him, that he has been duly elected
President OF the United States for four years. commen
cling the 9TH day of Ma'c, next and, also, 10 notify
Martin Van Buren, Of New York, that he has been duly
elected Vice President of the United States for four
years, commencing on the ith day of March next.
This resolutlon announcing the election OF General
Jackson as President, and alr. Van Buren, as Vice
President, and the appointment Of Mr.. C!ays Select
COMMITTEE the Tariff Compromise, which stands on
the sane page, are no, more vsbiy IN juxapostcn on
the record OF the Senates proceedings than they are
morally associated, and effect, in The eye Of
every Statesman. No change MIR. Clay's opinions
States, IN The disposition Of those interested in the
legal robbery perpetraied upon them had the slightest
influence in prompting Nj Clay, (who refused to
limit his protective dnties in Jnly, the motion OF
Mr. Hayne, to one hundred per cent al cGt0rem,) TO
HIMSELF in the following February, TO limit them
to twenty per cent. I'D raiorem The election Of An
drew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, President and
Wee President, was The moving cause. This MIR.
Clay admits, both IN the speech Introducing his BILL and
IN that concluding his argument IN reply 10 Mr.. Web
kra,.
the facts that call out ms action, d. think he
opens up the depths of his heart, show the mo
lives lurking there. He admits that he became pa.
cicator, 10 save HE Tariff from imminent danger re-
suItng from the power Installed; but he does state,
fully 'chy he anticipated the OF that power He
says, to be sure. that he apprehs nded the
throw and ruin Of his system, II he d ID not ioresall It's
acton; bnt he knew well that he could not tie the
hands of the Congress coming in with General jack
sons new term. Mr.. Clay apprehended that, If the
Tariff sally adjusted bv the immediate interven-
ton of !j- wly-elec,ed President and Vice Pres,.
dent, H.: e-v II relieving tie country from the op
preston iuii'ca BY his restrictive system, and from
the danger n "iich cur institutions involved by
i, would settle another head than his and leave
him nothing but the odium of being the author of H.
1t himself, then, that he became SO much
~ the alert for compromise when the power in Con
gress, we'll as that of the Executive, (Which he had
hoped 10 clu'ch,) ubomt 10 pass from him.
But will lie. him tell MS story. On asking
'sln presenting the mod fca,lon of the Tariff Laws
which about TO submit | have two great OBJ
ec,s in My first object looks to the Tariff
compelled 10 express the opinion, formed after the
most deliberate reflection, and full survey Of The
whce country, that, whether rghtfully wrongfully
he Tariff stands lmmnen, danger. If it should even
be preserved during this session, must fall at the
mex; session. By what circumstances and through
what has arisen the necessity for this change
in the policy Of our country, ! will not pretend now
n.b- Il,
impressions which my mind has received upon this
point. Owing, however, TO variety Of concurrent,
causes, the Tstiii, 1t exists, is 10 imminent
danger; and, If the system be preserved beyond
the next session, IL must he by some means not now
w hin the reach Of human sagaciiy."
la his reply TO Mir. Webster, he repeated and
pounded the admissions Of this introductory remark
follows:
"Mr President want to be perfectly understood as
to the motives which have prompted me TO offer this
measure | repeat what said on the introduction of
IL, that they are, first, TO preserve the manufacturing
interest and, secondly, 10 quiet The country be-
lieve the American Syscm 10 DE i'll the greatest dan
ger and believe il Gun be placed on better and
safer foundation at this session, than at the next
heard, with surprise, my friend from Massachusetts,
saw that nothing had occurred within the last six
menths 10 increase lis hazard ] enireat him TO re-
view that opinion Is IT correct: Is the ISSUE OF nu-
re rous elections, including that Of the highest officer
OF the Government, nothing Is The explicit
ing al. the s.ssion-sus,aiGed, as he ls by recent
tr,umti,an, eleclion-no,hng Is his declaration in
ms Proclamation, that the burdens OF the South ought
10 BE- rele we'd, nothing Is the introduction of the hill
IN The House of Representatives, during this session,
sanctioned by the head oil the Treasury and the AID
ulinisrnton, prosta,ing The greater part of the
actnres oi the country, nothing Are the increasing
dsconien,s, ho.hing'
"Now, let us lock at the composition OF the two
branches of Congress at the session In this body,
we lose three friends OF the Protective Policy, without
being sure Of gaining Here, Judging from the
ptese appearances shall, at tho next session. be
10 the raori,y. In the House, il is notorious, that
there Is considerable accession 10 The nu,nter Of the
dau.abnt party. How, then, ask, IS the system to
b sustained against numbers against the whole weight
o. t,- Administration, agaus Me united South, and
agai,st HE increased Impending danger Of civil z:
81 bave been represented rs the father Of this system
and am charged with unnatural abandonment of
my offspring. have arrogated TO myself
any such intimate relation TO ii. | have, indeed,
cherished 1t with paerna fondness, and my affection
undimnished. But in what condition do | find this
chlld 1t is in the hands of The Ph,stlnes, who would
s,range it. ly 10 its rescue, 20 snatch from their