The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-04-19
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90, 1874. N
The Senate resumed the consideration o.
the report from the Committee % Fnance'
JANUARY 9, le44-Mr. Evans, from
the Committee on Finance, reported Inc
following resolutions:
P,qolr,G, That the bill entitled - bill to re-
yive tie act OF the % March, 1888, usually call-
al the Compromise Act, and TO modify the exist
ing duties on imports IN conformity WIN ''s Pr
vislons.' is bill /" for raising revenue, "I''ih
the meaning Of the lib section OF TIE Isl arlicle
OF the Constitution, AM cannot therefore orgy
nate ia tie Sen1'e; Therefore,
P,solr,d. That il be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Evans rose aud addressed the Sem
ate as follows: | confess, Mr., President
4 euter upon the discussion OF the subjects
Which are now before the Senate win
much reluctance Seldom have undertaken
IN address legislative body With SO little
feeling of interest as on the present occa'
.ion. THIS does not arse from any want
Of lust appreciation Of the Importance Of
the questions which are involved, Tor
agree tbs, lhey are Of great and paramount
imnor,ance; but from q consciousness,
abtch cannot shake q, that am speak
ing uDon WORKOUT and thread bare topics,
with which the public mad Is already quite
familiar. They nave been SO often discus
sd. here aud else where, that nothing OF
,oyel,v az freshness remains 10 them, and
L,,le arlher intellectual effort Is required
in conducting The argument than tie e1ef'
Csc Of the memory. BG; While CONSIDER
This debate out Of place, out OF time, and
the question IS now presented IN the re
oort Of the committee, out OF order, au
nevertheless not al liberty 10 decline y
have not invued-hat it docs not Oecom
me 10 shrink from Il.
These subjects, have remarked, are e'
ceetiualy familiar. The houotab'c oen'
tor from South Carolna Mr.. McDeti@)
G,ly aware Or il; for, be seemed 10 auto
pa,e What he called stereoIyped arg
nen,s." in reply 10 the able speech vii
which he instructed the Senate )" n
would he heart Truth, sir, IS eternal. :
What was true las, year aud tie year b
fore, upon these grave matters, Is equa'
true now. What were JUS! and sou'
uripcipies OF political economy, and OF
t,onal policy, two years ago, or ten yea
ago. are lost and sound principles io'da!
and is il expected that they wtli not
nain,a ned again, when the occasion
nauds IL! The same weapons when We
usad then TO refuie error aad expose
Ministry. must be used again, and hefeai'
snd as often as The same error and
same sophis,ry require to be reiuled
eXposed. We have nothing new 10 TN
matters bu, xperIeuce-ifesber ana ioi
e1peuence--and from that source aIo
can the Jet be invested with any n
interest or attraction.
The honorable Senator (Mr. MrDuh
has spoken, as he always speaks, espec
lv uoop questions Of this character, "
extraordinary zeal and warmth. lie &c
yery largely in slroag and positive as
tions. That part Of speech which grj
,,ar,aps call adjective, aud whose use {
90 much to the grace aud beauty q 81
az well as to its force, the Senator uses
~ freely. bat almost invariably N The
,e,la,iye degree. fle speaks OF the pc
oil the act OF IS4Si d7 NV "'VS' 'N~'
unjust, most abomnabie, with many 0
phrases Of sltallar im?ort, OF any when
ever imposed on free people, and tne
epuents by which it is sustained as
most fallacious aud most absurd mat
ever addressed to The mind Of man. y
ali this il assertion, and assertion mer
hid, strong, vehement, indeed, bot
nothing but assertion. Il proves, und'
edly wha. am free TO admit, the SIN
ty. the deep conviction OF the honoi
Senator, 10 the truth Of his Opinions
proves nothing more. Strong express
vehement denuuciatons, accumulated
,be,s, however frequently repeated ar
among the hes, modes OF discovering
though III y are among the most eth
meons Of proPaga'ing erfor' sha
deayor not to speak With any undue
- Iueoess, nor to be,ray any extreme ca
Seq ia tue opinions or arguments
-ace, though | can assure the no
,es, n al! behind him IN ID