The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-07-10

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Having been present at the time, be MIR,
C.) knew the fact, that if General jackson
had returned the bill, it would have become
law-for such was the returning good will
OF the gentlemen of the South, in conse-
quencc Of the Compromise itself, and such
was the understanding of all in reference tr
the great siStem OF Finance, that they inform
ed US, without hesitation, thew would vote 10
pass the bill in spite of the Veto, which bill
we had passed in the Senate by vote of %
10 ~. But 1t was now said by gentlemen
| that sufficient frntResS was not shown on thar
occasioni If Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Freling huv-
sen, say these gentlemen, had shown a sreat-
er degree Of firmness, we might have saved
the whole-we might have saved more than
was saved at that time. Now, he did not
doubt the courage aud manly bearing # the.
gentlemen, but if they had been in the most
ton OF Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Frelinghuyscn. he
questioned whether tliey would have done
differently. lie must be permitted 10 saw.
when he made these remarks. that Nh, Y i,
not understand what the concessions made bv
the bill were. And he was satisfied that ifit mai
not been for the passage of that Act a, tbu,
time, the whole Protective Policy of The
Country would have been crushed ten wears
ago.
At the commencement of the spss' on If
Congress of l9:}2-a} General Jucksou. in b;s.
Message, ayowed himself to he in favor If =
Judicious Tariff, and for the first time rro-
claimed TO the people OF this cona;r,. that il
was doubted whether greater evils did NOT flow
from this system Of Protection than r, lief
that 10 Statesman had contemplated IA rr,t-,
ual Protection, and all that had bec, c,,,l.,,-
plated was temporary Protection! These and
similar remarks satisfied us that be voulJ
throw into the scale against the Protective
Policy the whole influence of lis gigantic PEI
ty. IL was too late in the day TO tell Tie uco-
pie Of this country that Ceucr;.l Jaoiscr,
could mol hare crushed the Tariff that DIV.
General Jackson came into power an adj
vOcate and friend Of the Internal Improve
ment System, yet promptly vetoed an Inter
nal Improvement bill, and those who spoke
against his Veto were tarned out of the poIit
zeal church.
Before he was President of the United
States, he proclaimed no hostility to the Bank;
and while lie was in the Senate. ne vo,rd for
the most laiitudinarian construction of the
Constitution in reference To Internal Imnroy
ments-and he 'won golden opinions lrom
all sorts Of men," His was a system of tao
tics the most extraordinary, and dcve!or;..
results oil the mos: extraordinary character,
rir was one Of the greatest political Generals
that ever existed in this or any Other roun,ry.
He attacked all the great institutions of IN.
country i'll detail. He woad Lill them cG
one by one-assailing the weakest Grst. and.
after sacrificing that, would assail ihe r;sf.
until at length he disposed of them all.
Mir. Z. proceeded still farther to point nrf
the gross Inconsistencies v hich General l.cI-
son had been guilty of when in public life. ard
then continued Next came the attack on
the Tariff, as he had already described. We
saw what must be its fate. AS IFS friends. IL
was impossible 10 shut cur eyes to Tie aigan
tic influence which he vuuid bring 10 hear
against 1t. Henry Clay, acting the part % a
true parent IN relation TO his favortc policy.
stretched out his hand 10 save it. lie (Nr.
Clayton knew, indeed lie should never for
get, the responsibility they all incurred at the
time they passed the Compromise Act
MIR. {. after relating SEINE particulars of Il
conversation he had held with a friend in ref
erence TO the passage of the bill, said that
while il was pending in the Senate, such was
the rapid action Of General Jaekson's party nj
that day to carry ont his suggestions rs con-
tanned IN his Message Of the 18th ofDeccmher
lS32. that Oh the 18th of December of the
same year-twcniy- days after the Mes
sage was sent to Ccngress-Mr. Vcrplanck
reported his bill in The House of Representa-
tves IL was important that the Meeting
should know the contents Of hat bill, IN order
that they might understand Mr.. Polk GfTen-
nesSee. Mr.. Clay was Chairman Of the cGm-
mlttee on the Compromise Act, Mr.. Polk
was al the tail of the Committee of Wavs aud
Mears, who reported that bill for the de siruc-
ton of the bill reducing The duties. Mr. Yer
planek's bill laid duty Of oiIy twenty rcr
cent. even Oh ready made clothing H. IN
Short lcvelled blow at every mechanical
trade without exception. 1t proposed IRE
member james h. Polk, &c farmers, NEE han
les and others)--a duty Of twenty pes cent.
on bacon. and beef was TO be projected hv Il
duty of only fifteen per cent. Let him (Mr C.)
tell the meeting that Mr.. Polk is rot farn.,r
in the true sense of that " ord, and he has 10
sympathy for farmcrs-he is planter That
gentleman united in MIR. Verplanck's hill, I'M
Ill it was killed by the Compromise bin. e
Henry Clay, thank Gcd loud and reii,r-
ated cheers.) Among Tire list were duties -
low as five aud ten per cent. and Twenty per
cent. was the highest.
lie undertook to say that If that act had
passed it would have becn more destructive
to the People Of the United States than if a
tornado had passed over the land from Name
to Louisiana. lift had been a bill to set fire
to all the manufactures and mechanics shops
in the Union, it would not have been more IA
tai to the interests Of The People. Now that
was the character ofthe bill proposed by Mr..
Polk; that was the bill crushed by the rival
measures Of Henry Clay.
Now he would proceed 10 give history OF
the manner in WHICH the bill was destroyed
by Henry Clay and Theodore FreIinghuyscn,
on the 22d Of February, 1893, near the close
Of the session Of Congress of that year. They
would recollect it closed on the 4th of March.
Well, on the 22d of February. Mr. Yer
plancks bill had actually so far progressed
in its passage through the House as to have
been reported from the Committee Of the
Whole on the State Of the Union, and the
House had decided on the passage of the bill.
On tina; day Mr.. Clay procured vote on the
Compromise Act in the Senate. and il had
passed by an overwhelming vote and on Mon
day, the 24th of February. in the House Fir.
Verplanck's bill was taken up Tor consiGcI5-
r IL I