Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-06-25

y init the remai k Of the gentleman from Alabam'
! to pass unnoticed Amer the violent assault
made by that gentleman on the ;artf and the
" National FAR the paternity OF which To,
u gentleman attributed to HIM, he could not reSis
\ The appeals of his friends to say something n
i their defence and vndicaion. lie thanked TIE
u gentleman, how ever lOr one thing; thai, Wills
n he denounced The " National FaIr' as hum
i bug he had not included the ialr ladies who
! glaccd II by their presence, or The beaut'lu
factory girls, whose modeSly and intelligence
/ hc was sure, could not have failed Ia cNiolt q
| smile of appreciation, and a word of commenda
I ton, too even from the gentleman from Ala
/ bama himself In the remarks It was now his
! purpose to make, he would cUnfine hlmst II
\ strictly To reply To the arguments aud obScT-
! valIonS made by the gentleman from Alabama,
! (Nr. PAYNE) Aud he avaicd himself of hls
! opportunity of reply the more readily, because
! 1t had been given out by gentlemen here, who
| were authorized TO speak ON that subject, mat
/ as soon as the House should have gone through
! with the appropriation bills, the bill for the re-
peal Of lhe lanh would be taken up and passed
| " lthout debate, under the previous question,
! and by the force Of appeals to party Mr.. ,.
! did not say that such would be Tie case but,
! anticipating the possibility OF course 81 unfair
and dlscredltable, from what had occurred on
other occasions he should embrace The present
opportunity 10 reply To the arguments CT argu-
employed by the gentleman from Alabama
That gentleman had repeated the Southern
Stereotyped iIee-tradc doctrines urged upon all
occasions against the protective policy oy gen
tlemcn from that quarter
! The gentleman had opened his speech by The
usual appeals 10 parry tie had treated lhlN aS
party question; in proof (which he had quoted
the Baltimore Convention, and, reminding those
of his own party that a reduction of the tanff
had there been resolved upon, he called upon
them TO redeem their pledges by carrying out
This party resolution,
MIR PAYHE here inicrpoSed To explain, and
the floor having been yielded hlm for that pui-
pose, went on 10 say, that he dsclllmed totally
having appealed To the Baltimore Convention,
or To the resolutions there adopted, aS control
ling The action of this House Nhat he had
sald was This: How far a convention, called
for one purpose, and acting upon another, ought
to control the action OF a dellbcrallVc boCy, VAS
a question he would not discuss but thai, when
convention did approve certain doctrines, ana
those doctrines were afterwards taken before
the people, and the elections OF The country
made To turn upon them, the Representatives
who had been elected under such CIRCUMSTANCES
were bound to carry out the pledges thus
given
Mr. STEWART. Very well the gentlemen
now said III substance, that the DemocIa lc
party had pledged themselves 10 repeal The
tariff of l-l2, and that nlne tenlhs ol The iemo-
cratic members Of this House would stand to
their pledge We shall see. Let the gentle
man ask my Democratic colleagues how Tins l..
They will tell him that the only dispute IN
PENNSYLVANIA at the last Presidential election
was whether the Democrats or hIgs were
the strongest tauh party. And they Will tell lhe
gentleman another thing, that, II he were To
nug his " lfee-lrade' banner to the breeze, and
march through that good aud glorious oId
Commonwealth, with hIS drum-maJur, Father
Richie, of the Union, and the whole tllbc OF
little iIee-trade hdderS and tilerS al his heels,
he could not get a corporal guard To follow
hm.
Mr.. = regretted that gentlemen should make
these appeals To party. Tins was no parry
question: 1t was great HmerrdR question,
whose intrinsic importance scared lal above ana
beyond the reach Of all meIe party interests and
party considerations. Why should gentlemen
indulge IN these party appeals on gftal ma
tona question like thIsl Were they AFRAID To
discuss It on lis own intrinsic independent
merits Could that be the reason that they
made these appeals 10 the poor pllul, pallry,
and grOvellng interests OF party poli,lcs was
this time or an occasion for such appeals -
No Let the policy OF protecting our national
industry bc discussed on great aud broad Ame'
rlcan principles. 1t ought to be and II would
be 50 treated by every man who had true
American heart IN his bosom.
/. Here an attempt was made 10 interrupt VI Mr.
;. toy questions, but he refused 10 yIeid The
hoDr.
/ Grnllcmcn would, he hoped, have a full op-
porlunly To auSNural IN good time. Let Them
take notes Of The arguments he gave them, and
when they had heard hm through, answer hlm,
aud show hat he was IN error, II they could -
ample time tor the investigation would he al
fOrdrd before the coming up of the tm ~ blll,
aud he invited gentlemen to the task Bul the
gcGtcmans appeal had been made not to rea-
son, moi to facts, but To party feeling aud nally
pledges. such appeals had been repeatedly
made, both in tins House ant IN the Govern
mcut organ. In the latter, these appeals were
almost daily made 80 the Demucrauc party ~
that House aN such to come up To the rescue
aud save lhem>elve> from The deep disgrace lhat
would follow failure to repeal The tamil Mr..
| ; admitted that, IN one important aspect, thlN
was party question; hut who were The paTllcSi
Americans ON the one side and The BRUSH ON
the olher-A mrrican labor against the pauper
labor of Europe These were The real and unly
I pauIcN IN thl> great contest lor The American
market Americans against foreigners and
! the true and practical question for every gentle
, man to decide each lol himself, was, which side
he would take the American side or the Brlt-
! l>h side. That was the question: Tie trusted
gentlemen would decide ~ favor ot their own
| countTy-in favor Of their own farmers, me
! chanleN, and laburmg mcn-ihat they would
/ protect their own labor employed ~ The con
/ version OF our own agricultural prodrcc int,
/ articles lUr use, instead ut importing them trou
abroad Tor II was demunSrablc that more ihal
/ one hall of the hundred millions ul dollars an
/ nually sent abroad To purchase foreign good
! was sent to pay for foreign agricultural pruduc,
/ worked mp Inlo goods hy labor employed an,
\ fed w foreign countries, instead ot our own -
/ This was The ami. American policy now adyo
Gated by the gentleman aud his friends upon lhl
| door. This he affirmed lcarlc>S'y, and chal
| cnged gentlemen to cuntroyer II II they could
i The gentleman from Alabama neXt spoke II
very dispaiaglng manner of the Ealoua
! Far, which was now being holden IN this clll
lor the display OF the ingenuity AID talent. IN
duSlry, enterprise, aud skill oi the people oi ou
;. own country The gentleman, III the tace ul a.
u American House of Representatives, spoke Will
contempt of such display. Had The gentle
i man been tu see II : lie spoke rs li from lnlOf
NATION only. Had he seen this splendid tai
Tor himself II hc had and would but CIV,
fair play 10 his own good sense aud good ccl
ingS Mr. :. was yery sure that such Spccla
,lc must have filled his American heart II h
had one-and he did not doub it-wlih cNulia
tion aud delight such collection was vel
iucd To- bc the boast and glory of the country -
~ a. IL, Issfl