Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-20
Mr. cI.AY's CONSISTENCY,

u am bold 10 say, that during my entire ser
vice in Congress since the COMPROMISE WAS
PASSED. there nercr had bten m ,Gmt 10 rjot0r II.
iriica had MT mt mM mn Pr0a,W and earnest re-
astaacc. II was important that the true character
OF that COMPROMISE should be understood. 1T
PROVIDED FOR a GRADUAL REDUC-
TION of DUTIES. DOWN TO TWENTY
PER CENT Mr. Glars Speech I" Charleston,
South Carol;aa, Apr'l $, 1914.
Very well Aud what does this same old
Coon" say in his letter 20 Mr.. +. J. Cope. of Pitts
burg. dated ooh June lasll Why, ''ha, The Tariff
al 1912 has ureracd most bcnciicially, and that he
i. UTTERLY OPPOSED TO IT'S RE
a Tariff. which Mr.. W. C. Rives in August, IL,
denounced as worse than the Tariff of rs, and as
Frustrating the Compromise i;Scll-an act, which
recognises the odious and unjust minimum prin-
cinlc, and runs up tie duties on Il variety OF
articles, essential TOO, 10 The comfort OF the poorer
classes of the community and the iahorers o! the
South far beyond the twenty per cent maximum
of the Compion>e Act, into forty. tiily, one hun
drcd. tr even higher per cent. II Mr. Clay had
not made himself unworthy, in other respects, Of
the confidence Of the People. his dnpcity on this
Tariff question, ard his violation OF his most
solemn pledges. would alone be sufficient to de-
prive him of the support OF just people
We charge Mr. Clay. therefore, with direct
breach of faith towards the South We charge him
with violating the pledges which he made in 1888,
10 abide by the provisions of his Compromise
Act-and which he has repeated from time To
time particularly during the campaign OF 1910.
In his speech 10 the people OF Hanover, in the
Fail of 1910 he laid down this broad proposition:
THAT the policy OF protecting ard encouraging
the productions of American industry entering
into competition with the rival productions Of To-
reign industry, be odicrcd 10 and maIatatacd on
lie basis az The uinciIsS ami IN The SPIRIT Of the
Com,romisc OF March 1888" And i'll the very
face of this declaration, he now declares his de-
termination 10 adhere 10 the abominabe act Of
lSl2-and in his late Raleigh speech. which is
held up as the textbook Of his iaith, ne does not
once mention nor make The slightest ailnslon 10
his own Compromise Act OF le33-a silence
most oninous indeed, OF the course OF his
Administration With another memorable fact,
we dismiss this hasty article. John NJ. Ber-
rcn, the Georgia apo>tate addressed letter 10
Gen. Harrison on the 3Gth September. 1886, and
among other questions, he puts this: DO not eo"d
Gih and the peace and harmony Of the Union. re-
quirc that the &c, for the Compromise oithc Tariff
eommonlv laoaru as Nh C!ay,s bill, should Jc car-
,icd ont occoyniias to its spirit and intcmionl'
Gen. Huri@ns rcplv Of The IN Norcmbcr, 1885,
is: Good faith and the peace and harmony OF the
Union, do, in my opinion, require that the COM
promise of the Tariff, known as Mr.. Clays bill
should be carried on, according TO its spirit and
intention"
And now, what are We, in good faith. to think
81 Mr.. Fl. Clay who flies directly IN iace o! his
own Compromise bill-and also OF his most re-
spectacle squire, John Macpherson Berrcn, who
not only does no, insist upon carrying ont the
Compromise bill. (makrg allowance for tempo
rary rise of duties 10 replenish the Treasury but
who now adkeres 10 the oppressive act of Il, and
resisted every attempt during the last session To
modify and soften its rigorous provisionsl What
confidence can he placed in such men, as states
men or as patriots?