New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-07


runoy him with letters at this cris5 when lie - over
burdsued with correspondence, and 10 Inform htn
mat le had been charged, IN Penns' tvrnin, win
hevin- sbanGoued his own system. HIS reply - no
a n.~ iettes which ] hold N nay hnnd Is ~ 'hcse
words: -, ,e.,
Mv Dear SIR: Your supPoSGon is righi as u
the oonrcssivo extent Of my correspondence. II
is utterly impossible 10 sDsw ef all the c'e-s "h!cn
[ receive I am afraid tha, cannot reply tn
many that deserve it. Mr. Madison o"ce re
marked to me, that Mr.. Jeferson's correspond,
ents wc:c killing him. bat thoy we're furnished
by population OF about ten millions. Mime arc
supplied bv population OF near twenty miIIinns.
can feel erd conceive Inc possibility OF honi-
eide commiIted in tfo mcde which Mr.. Madison
suggested.
nv omission 10 express 10 you before the sa''s'ac
| icn derived from the peruss OF Hour ecn''a3e
I czech on tie COMPROMISE law No man hne"
/ setter tire motiv.s ana cousdera'iors which
/ tempted lis passage than ,ou did. END you have
! ,b!y and ,ruiy exposed than. Ne were npon
ems Of The m 5; co, ticent!s jnimacy and iiienc-
/ snip. You daily. IN the Senate, sat near ne.
/ You knew OF NY consutatiops w!th the practicai
! manufacturers and their cuincicsnce 10 opini;t
yi;h U.s. believe II was up'n your lnvlta'inn
| mat the lamented Dupont came rom Delaware
,cd conferred with Us. Cson more OCCASIONS
than one, whilst aziDg upon the csre-~ ofn cnrn-
! tenanyes and hnggsEc Looks OF some OF the oee-
,s,iop in Conprss SIS from South C,rolIna, you
! I'D 10 me, "Cjay, these are tne fellows. It
, Won't 90 10 let old Jackson hang ihtm; "e muAt
saw, them" You lveo IN mess OF some seVsu
or eight Senators, ano it wes your mes IN At IL
.,.t,d rpon the Home va'uatcn, Is SINE qua rcn.
! N,. Csih9un opposed IT. Your mess ptiSs'erec'
| Tho fate o. the bill was Threatened; hnt he, at
the s.t mnm>at, wuhcFew rs oPeosinon, and
the bill finally p'ssu'
have again and sg';n asserted n tae n'o'
of the Senatc that Two pNn''p'i onects were
a med To bc accomplished. Onc was 10 av,'t
cvi! war. ihe other was 10 prssef's nc p'I,'y
| Of pro,ect;on. |! WAS threatened. by ~. 'es-
.nck,s bill, with total .ubvers,on and beli>vsc
| rneu. and believe row, that, II The Coppronife
mad not passed. at the next session Of CorgrtsS,
I all traces of that policy would heve been escced
| from the stature book.
You and | bo,h maintaired that tic measure
of protection preserved by the COMPROMISE would
| se sufficient until about 1852. 3ut We were
tsuned by our opponents. 10 know what would
| be its cuncitcn when that ieIio1 arrived. "o
rtplied, there were the homc va!uallcn cash an-
lies, long lis: of free articles, &c Bot Saio'
also let US take care oi our selves ow the people
of lS42 may he trusted 10 .gkc Gaze cf them
selves. Public opinion. in the mean 'iae, may
become more enlightened and the wisl 4; ct tho
protective policy may BE- demonstrated. have
no, been disappointed. My pred!c'cns nave been
fulfilled. The people of loA2, the ThIgs' es
least, everywhere. and many OF the Democrats,
arc now fully persuaded that the industry OF 'n's
great country, ought not 10 be Frustrated at the
| feet of foreign powers. Everywhere the cry is
| IT d ri Il, nipot Inn
,rotecton. Everywhere the preservation of tho
Tariff Of l543, which has worked SO well ana
ia delivering us from embarrassment IL loudly
demanded.
The circums.a .ances which led to, or attended,
,hc enactment OF the CumpIomise, may be CURIOUS
and interesting as matters OF history bet, IN re.
spec. to the policy of protection, the great prac-
tc,l. absorbing question II, shall the Iar II OF
1870 be preserved or repealed That quesuon 10
~ ho sulycd in November next. have repeated
10 ernr.ssed NV opinion UN UNEQUINCCALLY
IN FAVOR OF 1T.
I,hourht we achieved 4 great triumph in pac-
Dp tie Protective policy, by The Compromise ac''
without the reach and Lcyond iie Term OF Gen
Jrckson's admin. tra'iou. And we avnu,d our
s,lv,s Of the TACT that the South CaToiInn dele
,a,on we're much more anxious that ,ho ttilcu-
tv should be settled by us than Gen. acheon.
You tell me that am accused III having aoan-
doned the Protective policy. That would distress
me excce dinghy, if were not accused OF al sorts
of crimes and misdemeanors 1 believe have
been charged with every CRIME enumerated IN me
Decalogue. laugh a, the straights 10 which
NV opponents arc driven. They are TO DC plIeo'
shrinking from all the Issues arising out OF the
treat questions of national pulley. winch nave
hitherto divided the country, they haVc no o'he,
h,c dotr
bcfamat,on. | have lived down these attacks
nsre,nf,e. and with tho blessing ot PfovdeGce,
hone IN survive those uhch they arc now oi-
,,c,rp ap.;nst me-. Mnst certainly my surnI'se
,t the a,rernp, TO laabe me out ii nend OF Fee
Irsde with lureJen countries, und sn opponent VI
rho Prot.c,ye policy ought not 10 be greater than
,at NJ INV comue,ior al The i'ort;o establish his
,repdsh,p TO the Protective pncy.
remain awuy. truly and icahiully your fner5, 40
J. NJ. CLAYTON. ESQ.
Now / leave all men, and especially those Who
a,t,mnted TO dspro,e the pnsiT,on IN snPport OF
which iabored in Wilmington on the ION juno
ast. that MI Clay's oil jet ny The Compronise ACT
was 10 snue Tie proectlse prncipia s"a as huch OF
sa nro,.c,ivr poIcv as he could, 10 their own re-
tacI.ons. aiter they ,ha have perused ms leicr
,,,;nk that some among the Iausr vera mistaken,
and uonld not do either Mr. Cioyor my humh'stri'
n,en,ionnl il Justice. But there were Others among
hem, Tor ~hose characters 1s 'he Keys a, a".,
carries OF parry, have ie' h.o mem 70 n''", 10
.hax sen,,m.n than that which II due 10 ih-ir un.
nnroscbsbIs nfamy do not think ii possible tor
any homes man. amy man rho hIs Que ,s,rses
'of ile Al any period Of his public i!fr, nneht
no., 'bs true, lhs the ever eon's'er hierd
Of Of ,bs ~ Protrclive Policy lG'fe' cfeenng)
oa coo,- IN 1!7- cons; ;derniiom OF The preience
hs .dvora,e, OF Jam. X. PIX IL Penn yI"sh",
'ns, u he II, or ever was, friend 10 The P,o'ee.
pcy. served, believe s.vea es,s r Hc".ss Congress
with him, though we were in different ho"ses -
know that while there; ne wa. ',;e ,hsrs ~rey
ssrS him rspyesend p BY any as 0aler e4 ,
RE 10 ihe nhote American syseni. concur VIM
thet part of Mr.. rb.Isrs +peech az Sp.pgnsSS'
hem aud adds that =" ii ia intult 10 any man u
common tenee to tell him that Nr. Polk Is friend
10 The Protective Policy" held document nI IN
INV hand, containing the avowed sentiments ol DIR;
pok "a extracted from bis speeches, addresses and
e,tere. and also lhe opinions Of leading men ana