Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-09-19
BLrE LIcKs, Aug %, 1874

read hN Mr.. tiaNipn during hlr sp'tth ~
the Whis Mas Meeting nj Lancaster, Pa.
BlrE LrcKs, Aug %, 1914
~ Dear Sir, Your supposi,on Is
riclh as to the Oppressive cNlcnl Of nv cor.
:, spondcnoe. |, is utterly impossible to an
svrf nn he letters which receive. am
afraid It.ai conno, reply TO many that De.
serve IL Mr. Madison once remarked TO
me. ma, Mr. J,hrnon's correspondents
were killing him bat they we've furnished
hyn p7p1alion Of about ten millions -
Mine are supplied by popn ll,Ion OF near
twenty millions can feel and conceive
the possibility of homride, committed m
the mode which Mr. Madison suggested.
| request you % n,tribu,c 10 the above
rauso my omission 10 express 20 you before
the satisfaction !deriycd from the pcrusal Of
your admjrahle spcech ON the Compromise
law. No man knew better the motives
and the considerations which prompted It's
passage than you did, and YOU have ably
and truly exposed them. We were upon
terms Of the mos, confidential intimacy and
friendship. Tou knew OF my consultations
with the practical manufacturers, ani their
coincidence in opinion with It's. believe It
was upon your invitation ,hat,h lamenteI
DIpon, came from Delaware and conferred
with MS Upon more occasions than one,
whilst gazing upon the care-worn counter
ance and haogard looks Of some OF the del
ecaiion in Congress from South Carolina,
you aid 10 me- "Clay. these are fine fellows,
|, won't do TO iot old Jackson hing them
we must save them You lived in a mess
Of seven or eight Senators, and in your mess
,ha, insisted upon the Home valuation, rs it
was sine qua non. Mr.. Calhoun opposed it, |
Your rncss persevered. The fate of this bill
was threatened but be, at the last moment,
withdrew his opposition, and the bill finally
passed.
| hire again and again asserted, in the
Scns,c, that two principal object. were aim
Cd TO be accomplished. One was to avert
a civil war. The other was to preserve the
policy of protection 1t was threatened by
Mr. Verplank's bill, with total subvcrsion
and believed then, and believe now, that,
fth8 Compromise had not passed, at the
xt session Of Congress, all traces of that
policy would have been effaced from the
statute book
Yol ana both maintained that the meas
ure Of protection preserved BY the Compro- !
mise would be Sufficient until about 1912 |
But we were tainted BY our opponents, to
snow what would be its condition when that
perio! arrived We replied, there were the
home valuation, cash duties, n long lists of
free Articles, Dc. Bin said, also, let US
take care Of yourselves now; the people of
1912 may be trusted to take care Of them.
selves Public opinion, in the mean time
NAV become move enlightened, and the
protective policy may be demonstrated. |
have not been disappointed. My predic-
tions have been fnihll,d The people of
1912, the Wings, at least, every where and
many the Democrats, are now fully per
suaded that the industry Of this great conn.
try, ought no, to be Frustrated a, the feet of
foreign powers Every where the cry is
Tor Tariff for Revenue. with discrimna.
lion for protection Everywhere the pres
etva,ion Of the Tariff Of 1912, which has
worked so welt, and is diivcrnn us from
emborrussmcuts, is loudly demanded
The circumstances which led 10, or at
tended, the enactment Of the Compromise.
may be curious and interesting as m1uers
of history; hut. in rcspcci 10 the policy Of
protection, the great prar'icie ubso binr
qIsioh is. shall the Tariff Of 1872 Sc nre-
served or repealed 1ha, question is 10 be
solved in November ucN. | have Iepo,t.
ediy expressed my opinion ONE0UIVO.
CAR Y IN ia NnD nC
! thought We achieved great triumph
m placing the Protective policy, BY the
Compromise act. wiihou, the reach and be.
yood the term cf Geo Jackson's admins
,ration. AMI we awaited ourselves Of the
fact that the South Carolina delegation
were much more anxious tina, the difficuhy
should be seitled by US than Gen. Jack
, son
? You tell me that arm accused OF hav
I Jag absudoned the Protective policy. Tha
n woad distress me exceedingly, II I wer'
ao, accused Of all soits 81 crimes and misie
b Ncanor. believe have been charset
: with every crime enumerated 81 he Deca
! logve. laugh at The sraigl's 10 while
y my oppcocn,s are driven. They are TO b
ie pricd Shrinkiag from all the issues az
n s'nc = oiihe groa; questions o. naiiona
= COL s. which have hiheuo divided n
country Uey have no Other refuge iei o.
&C. an personal abuse, c9ra lion and defimt
ofi ion has. nsed down lhsse stacks her,
W "a tore anl with the blcssing of Prov
~ ienee, hope 10 survive ihose which the
ne st- r1w flfe- ~rsza = me Mos &c
81 1A.''y a. s.lp.sa "a. .ae a1egag. . gaaL
IN me our The 'feod Of Free Taie with 70
on eiyu 'oun'Fic<, add IN oppoRcu, Of q
~ l'fH'oc;ive pn!sey, ought no, 10 be great
=, than Thar Of nv eOrrttror 81 the ZION
ne e",e'aA his friendship 10 the Praecti
eat policy.
lremain, alwsys truly and faithful
sch your iIifnd' II. CLAY
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