Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-30
j. MIR. CLAY WORTHY or THE
CAN.L,IL L.. II, Ill, ,1IIi, ..lIIn,El

Aic the C0ons ol the South stonc-hlini2 " bat
shall We say ola party, one OF whose leading or
cans the 'IIorc," ni New Orleans describes y.
Wcb>lcr's speech at Springfield, rs able eloquent
and ran, inciag!" Yet ii was this speech, which
was made expressly ior The purpose al coHrthrle2
the ";hird party" rs h. calls them, VIZ the Abo-
lioni>t;,) 10 thrust Biney aside and concea;iale
their votes upon II. Ciay--a coalition !ictv cen
tlc Clay party oithe North and the Aho!iioni>t>,
which one would think WAS calculated 10 open
tie eyes OF the Southern Wings. Ol all ihr can-
didal,s who could h. started, Mr. Clay has he
least claim 10 tn, votes al the Southern people
SEE
/. He reio;ccd in 1910, that they 0hc Wigs
would no longer I've ",asJ1rr"sSd bg Hc pccrii"r
ouajoas of Virginia; that is, HE principle which
would contne the Federal Government 10 lis limit
ed and specified constitutional powers. The con-
sequence j., that he is for stretching The powers
OF The Government, as 10 create 4 ,eries Of fac
litiouS interests which operate in favor oi The
Northern section against the South THUS
> he would establish .>nfio"0i Btak in The
Moth which like the Level Of Archimcics, would
move and regulate at lis pleasure the whole mar
kct of the South.
!, He is in favor Of 4 high Protective Iari
which burhcns the South Tor The benefit oi The
North which Expresses lha great iarn1h" mt
rest c' tha country. Row stlnlcd IN ibc price oil
lis productions and receiving only 3 OF per cent
on ils invested capilal--and enables The compa-
raliveIy small number Of manufacturing mono
poi.ls To sell Mcir productions al high rate, and
thus divide ~ 10 81 per cent upon their capital
"a Tariff, too, which, taking advantage oil The
minimum principle and special duties taxes The
poorer classes of the community much higher III
proportion than the rich
4. Mr. Clay has aboshcjth the remedy and denied
the relief which he himself solcmnl; pledged 10 ex-
tend 10 the South. by his Compromise Act OF '33
lie pledged himself al The time Of lis passage Il
carry !. OFT; ard by anticipation deaounce! - IN
worthy o: the confidence d. any American states
man. inv man who should attempt 10 violate il.
In 10, lie again pledged himself 10 the cxcct-
lion Of The Compromise Act AMI even as late
as January last, he publicly proclaimed u The
people OF Charleston, that "iniuence't by dcSlft
10 avert the coming danger, ami anxious TO per
petuate the Union, and give peace 10 distracted
country, brought forward the COMPROMISE Act
and aided in lis passage. In my subsequent lie
] adhered to lis provisions AND SHALL. Do so IL
rcTcRE"
And now, faithlcss 10 his promises, he stands
pledged BY his letter Of 18th June last, 10 FIedc
rick J. Cope of Piltsburg, TO support the Tariff O
~, which he says "has operated most beneficial
IL, and that am utterly opposed 10 its repeal
This Tariff, which Mr.. Rires declared II
August, 1912, prostrates the Compromise Act
and is worse than The Tariff of ls2S-anC
which Andrew Stewart of Pennsylvania, com
mend> because il runs up the rates OF du;ie
to forty, fifty, sixty, and indeed, higher rat
upon a variety OF artices-and which Will
Greene, member Of Congress, the accrcditc'
emissary at Washington, Of the Clay Parry, sub