The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-09

|. PUNGNT.-The Hon. Mr.. We,h-
cred. member Of The House u Represen-
lalis.s from Maryland. in lale speech
against the new Tariff bill, introduced by
Mr.. Mckay, Charman. &C.. says -
/. Since this bill had been reported BY The
committee. they had had memorials from
all classes OF the community. enlreasing
Congress no, tointetlers with The present.
saluisry Tariff lawn snch numbers.
that il l,ft on The Speakers table. they
would hide The Speaker safirelg from The
sight Offhe House; antit was also Tact.
that no. one single petition in favor Of
this British destructive bi bad been hand
ed into The House." Thee self-styhd
Democrats tapped The people on dc
head, SAYING that they aere their friends,
while ii The same time they were stab
b,ne Them under The filth RIB " lie also
.tates as isct, tia, his colleague, MI.
Kennedy, "only u the lasl Congress.
had presented petition Of 5000 voters
I Of his district, ~ favor OF Protective
Tariff; and MIR. Welhered knew il 10 he
fact that every merchant in Bal,imors
had signed that uitmurial but one" tie
chopped, therefore, tha, gentleman would
show no false sym a,hy for them" He
charges thai " The commiliee u wave and
mesns, insit al Of writing 10 these classes
Of the community. had written TO The
British manufacturers, The British agents.
and had absolutely expended 10 their
British bill. tables from the BRUSH man
ufacturers, showing The duties their gonds
have to pay on coming into our ports"
/ "The gentleman from Indiana. Hon.
Robert Oven. had declared he intended
to call things by heir right names. Mr..
Wtthrred in ended to adopt this course,
and he csled this tariff bill a destructive
/ BRUSH bill--a bill 10 destroy the manuiac-
surers aud mechanics Of our country; 10
break up their workshops and place them
i'm Europe. Ii was in character with The
bill nseli that the debate should have been
/ opened BY The gentlemen from Indians,
/ (Mr. Oven gentleman so lately sub.
iarl vi Grta, Britain, and wi b all his pre-
d,leciions in favor Of the land Of his birth.
lie lad no dolb. lha. if The gentleman
should re-tmigra 10 the land Of his
birth. and, taking his speech in one hand
and this tariff bill in The other, should make
his bow and kneei 10 Vlctoris, that she
would tap him gently on The head and
say, RISE Sir Robert Oven" And il
The honorable COMMITTEE who had repnr.-
ed thus bill, went into thai country. they
" ould have Their rewards. and be homer
ed with the ,islss Earl McKsy." DIX
on Lord Lewis" aud . Duke Dron.
goole."
Mr.. ". referred TO his own district.
which gaze !. democratic" majority OF
1885, his opponen, had taken The ground
OF opposition aprot Give ,aiiff, bu. was
wiling 10 90 I.ra"resenue," =. horIzsn-
Il" one. lie had taken the broad ground
in favor Of rrcteeuve tariff. and had
overcome no. only the 1850 opposite
majority. but stood here with malo-
riiy oil 534, That was The ground On
which The battle had been fought; and he
toll gentlemen from the West and the
/ North, that the eyes OF their constituents
we're on them, and that The people, instead
Of setting them in one Of these easy half
cloth chairs, on brass rollers. with their
feet. some OF them, pu, up in The lace Of
the ladies' in The gallery aud Of the Spes-
ker of the House. would place them in .
state Of dignlfed refinement. and give them
full leisure 10 engage in the pursuits aud