Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-27

have 10 meet Mr. Rives in tie course Il lie cam.
pain. They .riil sec toT i9.cn,iv lie ,yss or
posed 10 the Act oi i al TIE i'm: a It's rassae,
--ar,,; wha, wonderful sod!e,scr i.c mas recently
ihyown-srcc h. determine: IL rai.v upcn II
Clay and his followers.
[Flcn u R'res S2.e:t /, .'sec. lc!a.l
In III. SENATE of tue United Stale, Jane u;
1872 Of tie fro.isiona! T"iii: Xii. MF Hiycs
:ai Another Ssta. contest. ia:pi: in. interests
Of Ike RIOS, ,icca,s AMI !n.o;tarl character. had
been terminated. a lev wear. before, Is Tie I.1s:f
Compromise Of l633SS; To- tgai'aeed oisrrate oi
which, Is tar is practicable, was helieyei 10 be a
a,scslry b9a& cf t'e lsace a"4 far:Gy 81 M
Union
TFfom .lIr. Fires .Spccci in Apgp<-. lsio.l
On the 26th OF August ISL, after otjcc,;Es 10
the bill il.at was absolutely and cmphaticailv
Il measure Of protection, extending in some p.u-
c,llals 10 proti5i0a nc declared, mat the amount
orrevenrc would in his opinion, bc diminished
ra,berthan iucr.ascd"-ii He said he ha,: another
objection 10 the bill I'll was supposed that iaey
hid made so.ss lnc aGraacs ioc,yaS tie cs,1LAs:-
nea Of sound and stall" Prin1pis Of p.Ji:c poliev
He did not mcan 10 throw any otium uGon The
general policy that hal been pnisucG hut, in bis
Judgment. sd intcnr.'ioa hui ;c!ea yl0cc b he
ycc0Rci!cmcrt Of IT. 2aji.G mird, rijo lie pyin1t-
res nj n, Compyo1iiss IN mers cal,!ai.d 10 gro-
III Ga Tot seem btpt t.o hltGSLItF
cognised. IN ANY M.SSra, he e1pe3i.ney Of ere,
Keeping IN rieir tie p,ac'rle sof Me Ceayromisc II
wcnt far Lepon Mc rae 81 du;o i"Sici c1&cd nnGcr
toym,r Tarr;;:. Not sgijsLrd ,ciM oJitcaiiag erc1v
trace Of lie Compounds q 1872 (ls33) il rcsl je-
Voad ntehigi Tn-,f e 1898"
The following extracts from Mr. Calhouns
speech delivered on the next day, (Augusi 9Th.
Isle and JUS, before the passage Of tie BILL cast
more light upon lis true character, ard upon the
previous movements Of Mr.. Rive:
F,om Mr.. Ccsaova's !Spceol in .AHguA, 1921
Those OF our political friends who irieEd 10
vote for this bill deceive themselves il supposing
thcy are imposing a provisional or t>mpo, an 1g--
den !! is easy pu. ON the burden but i; is hard 20
take it oa-as We have had ampl. exrerencc"-
Mr. c. admits The necessities Of the Treasury
why not vote for tn measure moved by the Sc
naior from Virginia, (Nr Rigcs,) to 81 back 10
the Compromise Act as il Stood in tie year lSil.
W hen G-l0ths oil The duty above % per cent still!
remained 10 come oil, and which woul! afford
greater revenue 10 Ike Treasury and protection
~ duties VARYING from 20 10 40 rer cent 10 the
manufacturers The objection il seems 10 il was
thai il proposed To subject ten end coffee To-
moderate amount OF du,y ANA i.ai oalv I'LL
the deb, was paid. flc would venture 10 sax.
there were many considerations which make
them peculiarly iit subjects Of revenue. An
WileT GIcinc was ino!tl rs Substitute, nv
the Senator from Arkansas, (Mr Sevicr) which
proposed !" impose 4 duty oil - rcr cent. On lie
foreign cost wi,h the addition Of Ia per cent for
the home valuation. on all articles which paid &
duty, before :i0lh june last, above 70 per cent,
making The duty on them about equal 10 -! per
cent, and 10 leave the duties al or below ~ per
cent. as thev then stood which would have Weld
ca more revenue than this bill, and a;ortc.'. with
the cash duties, protection Of abou, 81 per cent
on the protected articles This. loo .ailcd--and
ihn' on AZ objection to one uniform average al
ralOrtm duIy on all articles"
Another Of the "reminiscences of tia; SINE Pc
riod is 10 be found in The following paragraph from
the Savannah Republican. o.. August, lsi1:
we deur that Mr.. Clay, or the Wings of
Georgia, whose candidate he is, seeks for the c.
tablishmcrt Of Protective Tariff, hui adhcres 10
the principles Of the Compromise Act
And now what say Ee:ri"n and all the Clay
Clique Of Georgia.