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dy mentioned, to lay duties--su6icirnt dutie,
for the Support Of Government, and to de-
fray all The necessary expense OF it. Accord
ing to the scheme aud general system of the
compromise, the Land Bill was us much a
par, of II as the act of 1888 itself The I'M
derstanting was that all revenue should be
collected from imports and that SO much
should always Le collected for the economi-
cal administration of the Government,
AS Wsn3s we wanted no extravagant adj
minis:ration OF it. Gen. Jackson, in his pre-
vious message had said that the Land Fund
should cease to be source of revenue. We
took him at his word, and we passed a bill
IN both Houses, having that object in view.
1t was then sent 10 the President, at the time
the Compromise Act was in his hands. He
returned t's Comproms.; Act witt, his an
proyal o.sI,.he retained the Land Bill. lie
retained II, too, uI..ic. sirciIuIs,srccs wllick
no means could justify. He kept that bill in
opposition To that which he Mr.. CO. conceiv-
ed was his duty, and that was TO have return
ed i, 10 that branch in which it originated, in
order to have it passed, il possible, by vote
of two thirds. Having been present at the
time, he (Nlr. Clayton) knew the fact, that if
Gen. Jackson had returned the bill, it would
have become law---lor such was the re-
turning good will among the gentlemen of the
South, i'll consequence of the Compromise IL
sell, and such was the understanding of all i'm
reference to the great system of Finance, tina,
they informed us, without hesitation, they
would vote to pass The bill in spite Of the
veto, which bill! we had passed in the Senate
by vote of % to 20. But it was now said
by gentlemen shat sufficient frmness was not
shown on that occasion If Mr. CLAY and
Erpl nTb koJ
shown greater degree of frmness, we might
have saved the whole-we might have saved
more than was saved at the time. Now, he
did not doubt the courage and manly bearing
OF these gentlemen, but if they had been in
the position of Mr. Clay and MIR. Frelnghuy-
sen, he questioned whether they would have
done differently. lie must be permitted to
say, when he made these remarks, that they
do not understand what the concessions made
by The bill were. And, he was satisfied, that
II II had not been for the passage of that act,
at that time, the whole protective policy of
the country would have been crushed ten
years ago.
AT the commencement Of the session Of
Congress Of 1928, General Jackson in his
message avowed himself to be in favor Of
judiclous Tariff, and for the first time pro-
claimed to the people of this country that il
was doubted whether greater evils did not
flow from this system of protection than re-
(hei-that no Statesman had contemplated per-
petual protection, and all that had been con-
templated was temporary protection These
and similar remarks satisfied US that he would
throw into the scale against the Protective
Policy the whole influence of his gigantic
party 1t was too late in the day to tell the
people of this country that Gen. Jackson
could not haze crushed the Tariff at that dav.
Gen. Jackson came into power an advocate
and friend of the Internal Improvement Sys-
lem, and those who spoke against it were
turned out of the political church.
Before he was President of the United
States. he proclaimed no hostility to the Bank
and while he was in the Senate, he voted for
the most latitudinarian construction Of the
Constitution in reference 10 Internal Improve
| ments-and he "won golden opinions from
all sorts Of men," His was a system Of tao
tics the most extraordinary, and developing
results of the most extraordinary character.
He was one Of the greatest political Generals
that ever existed in this or any other country.
lie attacked all the great institutions of the
country in detail. He would kill them of
one by one-assailing the weakest first, and
after sacrificing that, would assail the rest.
Mr.. c. proceeded still further to point out
the gross Inconsistencies which General
Jackson had been guilty Of when in public
life, and then continued Next came the
attack on the Tariff, as he had already de-
scribed. We saw what must be its fate As
It's friends, il was impossible TO shut our ey es
10 the gigantic influence which he would
| bring to bear against it.--IIcnry Clay, acting
the part Of a true parent in relation to his ia
voriie policy, stretched out his hand to save
1t. He (Mr. Clayton) knew, indeed he should
never forget the responsibility they all incur
red at the time they passed the Compromise
! act.
Mr.. G. after relating some particulars of a
conversation he had held with a friend in re-
ference To the passage Of the bill, said tina,
while it was pending i'll the House Of Repre-.
sentatives, such was the rapid action Of Gen
Jackson's party at that day TO carry out bis
suggestions as contained in his message o.
| the 4th Dec. 1892, that on the 2S,h of De-
cenber, oil the same year-tweniy-four DAYS
alter lie message was sent TO Congress-Mr
Verplanck reported his bill in the House o.
| Representatives. II was important that the
! meeting should know the contents oil tina
bill, IN order that they might understand
Mr. FOLK, OF Tennessee. Mr.. Clay was
Chairman of the Committee OH The Compro.
mise Act MIR. Polk was at the tail Of the
Committee Of Ways and Means, who report
ed that bill for the destruction Of the bill re.
ducng the duties.
Mr. Ycrplanck's bill laid duty of twenty
per cent on ready made clothing. 1t, in short
levelled a blow at every mechanical trad,
without exception it proPosed--(remembe
James X. Polk, we farmers, mechanics ant
olhers)-a duty Of twenty per cent OH bacon