Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-31


t1ey have always heretofore denounced as an attitude
OF hostility to the rights, the honor and interests of
.he SOUTH hostility which they once deemed SO
oaIeul and nquitous that they aroused themselves 10
mt 81 and resist by the high and perlous remedy of
| nulicaiion "
lhe events and questions Of that struggle are nde-
oily Impressed on the of men and have nro
lonnd c"nnexon with the politics of the present
ne determined resort to her sovereign right of sef-pro
lection by single State backed she by the agree
ing interest and sympa,hsug temper fthe South gene
fay resulted IN the celebrated compromise of 1893 Of
"eh Mr. Cay was the proposer and the great poltica
manager, VIII, carried it through in triumph To the
part he acted, and the splri. he displayed on that mo.
mentions occasion, he is Indebted for the first beginning
OF ms Southern popularity That single act of his life
Is The germ Of oil his strength in Georgia Without It
We never should have thought of him as our candidate
tor Inc rTestdsney any more than of Daniel Webster
or 1no. Sergeant We saw, or thought we saw in that
act, The great and sesactifcing statesman who offer
ed up on the altar of his country system Of policy TO
which he had ever been devoted, to which his whole
political party were deeply, almost insanely welded
and on his continued championship of which all his
lofty and long cherished views of ambition seemed 10
depend We saw and felt all ,hs-and we f. It. r,ore-
over, that from thenceor,h we had the personal honor
and commanding HEuence OF n Clay pledged 10 US of
the Sou; and to the Who'll. country Tor the faithful OBJ
servance OF the Compromises We felt that the Tariff
question: as question involving sectional controversy,
ana The protective policy indeed settled and hap
PLY settled, and that safe and Mr. Claw grew
| IN our favor and confidence
But this is not all. Mr. Clay has not been content
to let his claims to confidence on this subject rest
merely on the part he performed, and the high obipa
ioas he contracted the author OF the Co nproms,
II was reserved for him to carry his popularity with
The Wings OF Georgia still higher by somewhat re-
cent act, which regarded a characteristic stroke
OF manly, patriotic statesmanshp. In February 1912,
he came forward in the Senate of TIE S, and by
set OF resolutions which he then offered naae sol.mn
and unashed reaerh Of his pledge Of adherence to tie
Pr,ne'pits Of the Compromise. It certainly, under
all Inc circumstances, very extraordinary spectacle
we'll calculated TO rvet It did rvet, tie lenton of
the nation The period was close al hand when the
Compromise Tariff would reach last and lowest stare
OF ednc,on-a rate Of 90 per cent ad vaorem Ii was
clsetIy SEGA, That ~ the then existing OF f.
nances and foreign commerce, this was too low for
the wants OF the Treasury, and that would be
afy IN order 10 meet those wants raise the duties to
rate above 90 per cenum. In the midst Of this state
OF things stood the aIhor of the Compromise at once
member OF The national Senate, and candidate for
the Presidency, but with determinations already
known to the country, OF retiring from his Senatorial
post order II be adyanta gcousy ccumsianced
as an aspirant fer the other and higher station Be-
fore he retired, however, he felt that behooved him
and due to his party aud the county, that he should
make solemn announcement OF the leading grounds
which he Ia be understood MS bisinr his canGi-
dacy. 10 tn" resolutions which, for this purpose, he
rtfe5d, the subj of the arnot only occupies much
the largest space, but IS Of incomparl!y the greatest
mpof ance. ly these resolutnns he declares in sub
stance, that isquata cannot be obtained by
duties on fore gu import, without adopting higher
rate than 90 pr cent that Mcr,ore the rate of duties
ought 10 be augment beyond 20 per cent so as 10
a'se the requisite revenue and that the adjustment
OF Tariff Tor tls purp7sc the principles of the Com
promise Act, generally, should be adhered to- and that
especially maximum rate of ad valoren duties should
be established, ftom which there ought 10 lie little
departure as possible.
From and after the presentment Of these resolutions
whatever scrupss still felt in relation TO Mr. Clay
among the State Rights and antiTari party OF Geor-
eia gave way, and in June following, he was nomina-
ted by Convention held al Mled ,evle as our can
dIdate Tor the Presidency, with the general and hearty
concurrence of the most thoroushrong nullifers of
532 33, who, indeed form the grea, body Of the pre-
sent Wing party If Georgia
Bat lt!le did that party in MAKING the nomination
dream OF such cn.s q1rarcs AS are now developing
themselves Lit'le dd they dream, when they were
esponsog the political fortunes Of the intrepid author
OF the ConproTise, aHd anx'ors rearmer of lis prn-
cpes, thai they enlstine themselves in war
which. i, should end was destined 10 have for ,s
chei and most stimulating object the utter overthrow
OF The compromise, and the permanent establishment
OF the protective sys,em-a Of which not only this
was TO be the oblrct, but IN which they (he Anita
rii.es and nuiers Of Georga) 10 BE- dragged by
party requirement and party discipline in the train Of
the Pro,Pclionlsis and Fedeass Of the North to fight
for that object
Yet this is palpably the way in which things are
ready they have almost come Ceriainly we have
abuudin, evidence oil SIDES here that il is the
suit on which The Wings in Congress md throughout
The North, are ttumfh1n:ly counting. But if any one
thing IN connexIon It'll this subject ca n be more GER
tain than another, i. ia this-at whilst the conidng
Wings of Georgia, were, 10 June, 1879 and afterwards
rAllying around Mi Clay the author OF the Compro
mise, and the sac'edy pledged supporter Of its prn-
c'pes, their sngacous and calculating Northern Wing
allies all the while aborng to the end, if not
ltp,f tho tn,s hat
favor OF adherlng 10 the principles of the Compromise
should terminate IN mere words TO captivate the South
whilst the real principles which he aud his party
should ccne into power, aud administer the Govern
should BE- those OF the protective policy and The
uld American system restored IL full vigor
Is evidence IN support Of this allegation asked for2-
The consrn;aneous voice Of the whole Wing Party,
Throughout The Northern, Western aud Middle States
uttered through al lis organs Congress- the press,
public meetings, social Observation-Disclosures the
unwecone truth Increasingly in our ears and renders
la5orcd array Of proofs unnecessary and idle. There
proof, however, OF such nature ard so conclu-
sve in ,eIi, that VIII call your attention specially to
tit is this The present Tariff law was passed by
Congress, decidedly Wing IL both branches and by
the some Congress. n whch Mr. Clay brought forward
afoie ,oned re- outions; aud, in The same month
of June, 1872 in which Mr. Cav received the Pfesl
Dental nomination rota lie Wings of Georgia, Wing
Committee OF that Congress int. daced INTO the House
Of Representatives thp II which torias the IarN
lay u! the land. WITH MIR. Cliys resolutions and
rpccch in favor of adhering t, the principles Of the
promise, in favor Of adjusting the Tariff on
those principles, as TO RAISE sufficient revenue, and IN
avo; nj the Gd ra'orem method .; laying the dulles
with say, all these things fresh from Mr.. Clay lips,
and resoundng through the country the we'll cons
dered deliberately announced nriacoies, which he
proposed at adjnst the Tariff, and canvass for
the Presidency under all t!.ssc circumstances ii was,
tha, Mr.. Clay friends in Congress, after his re-
signailun and retirement from their midst, set them
selves work, and concoced and pissed the present
Tariff Yes, II under these circumstances, that
the Northern and Western Wings, aided las have al
ready stat-d.) by part of the Democrats, from the
same a. artes of the Union enacted the present Jarh
over the heads alike Of the Ways and Democrats OF
the Soah and violation of the very principles
which Mr. Clay himself had recently reiterated and
recommended IN the most solemn manner.
Do you think this language too harsh, or too strong:
You will think so longer, when you shall have gone
along with me an examination Of the real character
OF the act Of 1872 and Shall have had aid bare to your
view lis enormous and nquitous violations, both of the
Ie,e, and principles of the Compromise.
Bear in mind ;ha; the compromise conta two great
provisions o. sipui,tons favor Of The South and OF
all other portions Of he country that do not hug high
taxes 10 ther bosom a. a blessing.
These two provisions nre, 6rst that from and after
The Both of June lSIl all duties that previously