Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-11-02

",a""'ac'uftsi aud last 10 give the nation, an,
nv pniues time Tor reflection He knew tina, nnl
ihea alton would cool down, that the policy Of Mr.
'efp'ancs bill, at tha, moiseut 10 danger Of be
"g loteed upon the country, would not bear sobe
! '''V'"o' hbu mat was competent for Coorros
~ any u"o 70 reconsider us previous acts, and re
peal or modify them The Compromise Ar,
therefore, was remedial healing measure for m
alarming crisis, ani as such necessary and mos
btnchccnI One thing more can be sail of il, i
was conlingenlly perfect scheme, and iflhe cur
rency OF The country had not been broken down
II would have sustained the manufacturing inter
esls, and answered all the purposes ofthe country.
hl The time contemplated by us terms had arrived
lSr revising and readIus,ing the tariff regulations
puN so long as The country was in The hands OF
The Destructive Dynasty, properly so called. the
contingen, prospects of the COMPROMISE Aet were
Of course unfsvorahle Cor an shimste sxlosary re-.
suit. Nothing could save the country in sucb
hands
The history Of Mr. Ciays policy aud egoris in
regard 10 protection.
we do not propose 10 give this history for we
have no room, but only 10 say, it is one and the
same from beginning 10 end A true disciple OF
Jefferson IN this particular, he moved while a
member IN Kentucky legislature, that each mem.
Der should clothe himself, from head to foot in do
mestIc fabrics; aud if we take this fac, as the
germe and index Of his policy, through life, we
shall not greatly err. Mr.. Clay was never an
ultra, or blgot; bu, he knew what the interests
oil the country required and was willing to set an
impressive example--not that he would exclude
imports, injure the foreign trade of the country,
and thereby impair the revenue; but he wished
to see the country truly independent Our com.
Pietc Independence, he said in 1920 twill ONLY be
coosummated after The policy of this shall be re.
cogn'sed and adopted This bill, as we have
seen, was lost
The Missouri question:
All know, that this was stern trial of the re-
public We propose 10 notice it only 50 far ms il
is connected with Mr.. Clay. whose cfi5rs and in.
iiuonce hushed the tempest, and carried the coup
try safely through it. In consequence of profes
sonal occupation at home, Mr.. CLAY had resigned
The Speakers Chair by letter at the opening of
the Session of lS20-'2l and did not arrive a,
Washington till tho 10Th Of January. when he
iound Congress IN blaze of excitement on the
Missouri question. All eyes were turned 10 him.
Al'er sounding the state of feeling, he moved, on
The I'd OF February, and carried the appointment,
OF committee of thirteen upon this subject. and
was himself made chairman. On the ION he
reported Compromise, which was rejected bv a
small majority Of the House, after repeated trials
lie then moved for a joint committee of both
blfiates rMhieh,Wsa carriod aad aeasdl 10 h. tho
the same as that before made TO the House, which
was ratified by both branches without farther con-
and the question was settled on condi'
ton of It's being accepted by the State OF Missouri,
as was afterwards done.
In this adjustment, if we mistake not, the prin-
ciple was recognised that in States, where slave
nv has existed since the organization Of our Gov
Il. If tic aIO
aucc. shall be Ieh where the Federal Constitution
has left 1t, viz in the sovereignty OF those States
and tina, this rule applied TO Missouri, as having
been received into the Union as a part OF louisa
ma. The compromise acccdod 10 BY Missouri
was. first, the suppression Of an obnoxious provis-
ion in her Constitution designed 10 exclude from
her jurisdiction free coloied people of other States
and next. an admission to the freedom of the I'm
ion in her limits, of all persons recognised as cil-
i-ens of other States it being understood that free
colored people are so recognised in some OF the
States.
Mr.. Clays views and feelings, as an cmancipa-
ZIONIST Of the old school, what he said on the floor
of Congress, and his advice TO the State Of Mis-
souri,, on this OCCASION have been noticed IN an
other place
Il would rather be right than be President
So said Mr. Clay to the Hon VIM. G. Preston
i IN a private interview, ms certlhed oY tue 'duo'
II for many years, when truth and fairness coule
not prevail such resolution did him no good j
neyerheless true. that in the end, honesty is th'
best policy. Where, in the history OF pollca
: socirty has such frmnesS IN The Tight, agains
such obstacles and such assailans, ! cen maintain
ed so long. so unswervlngIy. SO heroicaly2 Lon:
time were the doctrines and policy advocated b,
Mr.. Clay injurious to him politically and b
knew. and all knew, it would be so, Bnt VII
over saw him irim2 Who ever accused hlm
a want Of franknessl