The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-05-25

from Locofoco Jouroals giving their Vows
respecting tho tariff question: and defining
Mr. Van Burens position upon that subject
In doing ,hi, we are no, 10 be unsr''ood /"
holding tina, gentleman responsible for the
various constructions which his followers
may place upon his opinions. Our object
has simply been 10 show the dirersi'y OF
sentiment among The Locos respecting this
great branch Of public policy. We wished
to poirt out to our opponents here in tho
South, tina, willis, they are con,ending for
an ad palorem t,reny per cent. exclusive
-rercnue tariff, the mass Of the party in
The northern, middle, and western States
advocate discriminating duties" atfording
..incidental protection" and no inconsdera
bic portion Of it, in the language of the res
olulion passed by The present Democratic
Legislature of Pennsylvania, 90 for "pro
ecion irrespective of revenue" This in
wolves Gear difference in principle.
But it is sometimes charged that The tar.
if views of the Wing Candidate for the
presidency, ire made TO wear different as
poets in different La,iludes. Let US try The
truth of this by the same test applied tn our
opponents The Wing journals in the South
have uniformly represented Mr., Clay, as
being in favor of such tariff as would
supply the wants of the government, whilst
such discrimination was made in the Gu
ties imposed, az would afford reasonable
protection to the labor and industry of our
own country. But that distinguished States
man has recently made a tour through the
: Southern States himself, and being repeat
eddy called upon to address public assem-
blies, he was necessarily compelled to give
his views upon political topics. On the
9Th Of April, Mr.. Clay addressed the cii
zens of Charleston, The great Commercial
mart of South Carolina, where Of all others
was the place 10 trim his sales TO The breeze
g with reference to the tariff ii. being deemed
# peculiarly unpopular in that State) he hac
! any deposition 10 do so. That he may
speak for himself before Southern audi.
ence; we suhj'in an extract from his re-
, marks as reported in the Charleston Cour
Ter.
!, "MR. CLAY Then entered into a frank
and fearless exposition of his views on the
great question Of the Tariff and Currency.
He said he came here to Aatter no man or
3 set Of men-hat what he would dare say
on the banks Of the Elkhorn he would dare
, say in tho Palmetto State. He had eve,
been in favor of the protective policy to 9
d certain extent To preserve at once the
!, peace and the great interests Of The country
he had been active in etfectng the Compro,
y misc Of 1888; and although he was ia
> from maintaining the doctrine that an,
Is Congress could bind its SUCCESSORS, the ex
traordinary exigencies and state Of tn.
country which led to the pledge Of tina
Compromise made him feel it an obligation
rs Of honor to adhere to it in good faith; an,
st he challenged the most diIigen. search o
y the record 10 show that he had ever coun.
enanced lite violation in the slightest par
70 ,icular-nay, more; he was bold to say
ID that during his entire service in Congress
$ since, there never had been an effort 10 vic,
late il which had not met his prompt and
u earnest resistance. 1t was important te
understand the true character Of tina, Com.
;. promise. 1t provided for gradual reduc>
y lion of duties down to 90 per cert, at Civ.
:. en- time, and after tina, for The raising OF
v such a revenue, by duties on imports exclu>
= n s'vely, as was necessary for an economical
# administration of The Government But the
, principle of The home valuation was an es.
4 sen'iaI and indispensable feature of that
;, Compromise without that feature il could
p not have passed, nine Senatorial votes HAYS
n ing depended on that concession-and al
e though a distinguished Senator from South
e Carolina nj first strongly opposed it, he after.
!. wards publicly and pointedly in the Senate
! surrendered the point, and The passage Of
the measure was secured M n do,;od