Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-04-18
I'll A w K d e.
8urltMgtom:
Thursday, April Is, 1914.
The Compromise Act.

"And who, let US ask. was the first t
mar this guarantee Who but viii
congress. with Henry Clay himself a
a leader at its head! Nearly the frs
act of MIR Clay ard his followers was I,
violate "this treaty Of peace and ami
ty'--violate that compromise which
had cost the country so much troubl,
and Ill feeling!-.that compromise which
he and his friends now attempt to OBJ
tain credit for. notwithstanding sucl
violation. Gus. Mar. 3Oth.
Truly another beautiful specimen Of
loco foco sense and ingenuity another
evidence of folly and ,emerity, is this
paragraph Of invective. The Compro.
mise Act has been violated, and that toe
by wing congress, with Henry Clay
as leader. 1t is indeed the brighles,
idea that ever entered the mind or i'm.
agina,ion Of a politician. How true,
and at the same time, how strong and
striking.
Let us look into the record, howev.
or, and see who voted agains. tina,
''lreaty Of peace and amily." On ref
erence to the proceedings Of the SEN
ate. Of March LIST, 1888, we find the fol-.
lowing:
1.-The bill from the House of Repre-.
senta,ives, entitled ian Act to modify
the Act Of The 18th of July, 1899, and
all other acts imposing duties on i'm.
ports, was read the third time and on
the question "Shall this bill pass"
1t was determined in the affirmative,
yeas 20, Nays l6.
Those who voted in the negative
were.
Aiessrs Benton, Buckncr. Dallas,
Dickerson, DWiiey, Hendricks, Knight,
Prcntiss, Robbins. Ruggfes. Seymour,
Smith, Upton, Webster and
Wilkins.
Senate Journal 1892 and '33, page
224."
Ten loco focos, it will he seen voted
against tina, "compromise which had
cos, the country so much trouble and
i'll feeling -
What will the Gazette say to This
VIII i, dare !so far hazard its partisan
reputation, as 10 denounce the loco ioeo
opponents Of a law, which alone, stay.
ed civil war and bloodshed in South
Carolina?
Blu, did the passage of the tariff of
1912 violate the Compromise Ac. -
Not al all; because that act contained
10 pledge, that the duties should not be
aised above twenty per cent. after the
'0Ih of June 1912, when il expired by
imitation. 1t left tie whole question
# duties on imports TO future leglsla-
ion. To show that we are correct in
'ur position, we shall quote the Sd
Section of the Act. Ii is in these
words
SEC. ) find be It further enacted
That un.ii The 30,h ,.sy oil Jane. 1912,
he datles imposed I, existing laws. as
modified by this act, -hall remain and
olainue to be collected And from
nd after the dav last aforesaid. al du.
les on imports shall he collected n
eadv money; and all c, edits nov allow
q by law, in the payment Of dlnes,
hall be, and hereby are, abolished
nd such duties shall be laid for the
purpose of raising suca revenue as may
e necessary to an economical admins
ration OF the Government; and from
nd after the day last aforesaid. the dn-
les required to be paid by ia'o on
GODS, wares, and merchandise. shat
e assessed upon the oaiue thereof at
he port ,chere the SAM shall be enter
d, mnder such regulations as may be
rescribed by la,c.' I.
Does tina, contain any such pledge!
so. it is as we asserted. nor was it
0 understood at the time, for Mr. Clay
gain and again declared, during his
peech in reply TO Mr. Webster, tibet it
nade no pledges, bu,leit sery thing to
he sound discretion of Cong sss, And
is langu,ge-~-"what man wfo is emit
ed &C deserve the characir of an
,mer,c.u statesman, would stand up in
is place. ~ si;ler House CT Congress,
nd dis,rrt this treaty Of pe>ce and an
!, "..a.,,gf 80. iest,y h,'a .'ta any -
If- sp3hn u ..7 ssa