The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-28

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~,H fastures who is benefited by IL. And yet VI
~. Lold that il is law against the la
A., Iof the country Why, Mr.. President, ash
N bseomes of the farmeT-what becomes OF TN
"" lillions of farmers, and their sons and daugh
- who labor What becomes Of them IN com
n.,oo with some three hundred thousand Ia
Ports possibly in the manufactures OF the United
| SIS Here is an arislocucy Of laborers--lhfe'
1bred thousand constituting the whole labor o.
lid country, and making all the rest tributary :, -
Itbh And because we, IN mere Jusuce, restore -
|tbsgreat masses, who have no means OF aetng m
those rights Of which they have been deprived
In he concerted operation Of manufacturers, we arc
TX denounced as attempting 10 pass an aflsuo'
-. nm. which strikes at the labor Of the eoun'
- repel and repudiate such an idea. Tins
Nh aDnihAtes the agricultural labor OF TINS eouh
nv Il intmates that there Is no LABOR gu! ina
vGsh comes under this protective system why
srone of the best informed men nave met WIN
rs,ntly. returned from Illinois not long since, and
h,lold me that he saw the daughter ola farmer
,Ste who was able to raise any quantity OF wheat
sLhsd in a frock Of unbleached cotton, SUCH as
W would buy al cents yard. Now, SIR, I'M
1stbs great measure Of SIR Robert Peel, when
N constitute an era, not only in the history ol
n, life, but in the history. of the civilized
x,dd-and looking TO its future consequences
|tt greatest of Jail the measures OF modern Times
|uIer that measure OF the repeal OF the corn
IN. and the universal reduction OF duties In hn-
nm food, will venture to say that the Time Is moi
INV far distant, when, under the steady operation
|othat Lag, at least fifteen millions OF agricultural
|naJuets ofthe valley OF the Mississippi will be ex'
nrt,d 20 England, tbs farmer receiving IN exchange
E,nuf.etures al about half the price he is now com.
f'Illsd 20 nav for them. But, Mr.. President, did
,sl intend 10 make a speech, and will not do so
A., however, the Boston resolutions, to when
.srred, have been handed to me since alluded "a
rem. will ask the elerkto read them. The CLERK
|sad the resplutions, which tths reporter, nc re
,rsts 10 saw, was unable to obtain, as the paper
F,om which they were read was the property OF q
|, n,enan not a member Of the Senate, who had
IN the chamber before application could be made foI
he document for publication.
want TO say one word, (Mr. Med. added, } OF
hia subject OF the revenue. | had very strong
Jews on that subject, but my desire to sec the vote
AIKEN led me TO refrain from presenting them to tht
Senate, and so prolonging the discussion. | vii
axe the article Of woodland present a view which
[e,ms TO be entirely overlooked. He then went on
d show that Of wooIens and cottons the increase Of
Importation would be very great under the new law
nd the revenue be correspondingly augmented
The amount Of increase from the destruction of the
minimums il was impossible 10 calculate. He had
N his room an article Of shifting made in Manehes
rr which sold for seven Genus. Il is fl for the veal
If any gentleman, and was as good as that sold al
Dwell for fourteen cents.
MIR. DAVIS remarked that about two years age
Inc manufacturers of Manchester went before the
House of Commons, and petitioned Parliament to
take of the duty on the raw meteria, % they were
,ndersod by the manufactures Of the United States
in those very articles.
Mr.. McDUFFIE. know that in several coarse
articles, we in South Carolina can beat Boston. On
my way here passed by the factory Of friend oi
NINE who told me that for the last eight months he
had realized forty per cent. his capital, beating
at the same time England, Boston, Lowell, and al
the world.
Mr.. WEBSTER then rose and said: The resolu.
on read cannot be the one referred to by the senator
] remember that meeting in Faneuil Hall. dare
say that may be the regular account Of the proceed
ngs. lfit be il cannot be the full account, because
there was another resolution passed at the same
lime to which my attention has been frequently
tince called in the Senate, and which has not beer
read in that series of resolutions. However, | at
ended meeting. Whether drew the resolutions
pr assented to them, do not know. Whether
made speech on the occasion cannot tell. But
yield il all TO the honorable member. Consider mt
Is having drawn every word Of these resolutions
md as having urged their adoption upon the peo-
pie assembled. Suppose that TO be, any way. The
hspt thing have got to say is, that the honor
,be member from South Carolina will admit tina
,uch is the infrmity Of our nature that an homes
nan may change his opinion, and he may change !
n two or three as well as in twenty years. ! thini
he most powerful argument ever addressed to thu
people OF the United States against the annexation
of Texas was from the governor of South Carolina
md think the greatest speech in favor of it was
made by the senator from South Carolina-iden
,ersewsni
Mr. McDUFFIE. The best speech ever made
Mr.. WEBSTER. Yes, and | quote it for the
purpose of showing that an honest man may change
his opinion. Well, sir, ! believe the honorable
member from South Carolina was, at the time hat
he honor of being associated in the House of Rep
most powerful advocate of nterna
improvements, and raised his voice in favor of tina
principle
Mr.. McDUFFIE, Not in favor Of the exercise
power. ..~
Mr.. WEBSTER. Was the power, then, to b.
barren2 ..
MIR. McDUFFIE. Only to make surveys.
Mr.. WEBSTER. Why, that was the first
step. He that can make survey for improve
ments can make improvements. believe thu
honorable gentlemen, also, at one time enter
ained a very favorable opinion of the bsnl
Df the United States, ard, at another time, quite
he contrary. Well, then, / stand before the
Senate as a man who has found occasion to change
his opinions.
Mr.. McDUFFIE. made no unkind imputa
hon.
Mr.. WEBSTER, Certainly not A word, sir
about these resolutions Of 1921. | remember the
state of things very well. The commercial people
If New England in 1921 were In considerable
state Of alarm. They had commerce all over the
world. They thought that policy had been begun
1t Washington which would interfere with their
and it was Of that that they were afraid
How was this great evil, Of which they had become
afraid fastened upon them' BY the mnlmums pu
upon them by South Carolina, to cut off the New
England India trade--that's all. The minimum
principle, so odous now, was moved in Congress
by most respectable and distinguished member
from South Carolina, not now living. 1t was car
red by South Carolina against every vote of Mas
| do not think there was a vote of Mas
sachusetts, not one, in favor Of the measure. Well
then, it is not because the minimum principle II
bad in itself. Why, sir, minimum is now spoken
Of here as if it were Pawnee Indian, or one
the Cumanches, that eats up and destroys every
body and everything.
Mr.. McDUFFIE So it does!
Mr.. WEBSTER. Well, bad al it is, it was in
trcduced by South Carolina against every vote o
Massachusetts,. We all now see that the senator
from South Carolina is against it. Well, then, II
1880, or thereabouts, eminent member OF Con
gress from Pennsylvania introduced high protec
tive tariff, bearing, among certain other things, es
pecially upon iron. refer to Mr.. Baldwin, after
wards judge Of the Supreme Court. That tariff wen
TO protect everything out Of New England. Well
here was New England between the upper ant
l. ~. la. ta.