The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-08-27

10 a.sila l..i L es.lisied he sappan ofI
shoassnas Nl,o Eoald nel hare susi.ined
he party uilhoBi i. Now. lhrn. ] Pai
Il - DE ronsricnce e ne peoPie " AoFih
Carolina, Hh0 knnu loEs al lheir e0un-
tu-Norsh. Scuih. East aR@ Mesi--
nhesheE. under sneh eireumsa'ptcs, ] sas
bound 10 Violais my sense % doiy, and.
eenlrary alike 70 his psrly-Pledge and n
nv Own sober Judgment as Senator. 70
.sscni 10 an aei uhieh siolsied. out and
out, lhe . Mckay Biz o. 1854, ShenI
here vas no public emergency 10 require
Il. and 40 national exigency 10 excuse il.
and shal. when did most confidently be-
lieye lhai de new laria sct o. The present
Congress Was, 10 iiself. unuise. sud full
o. mischief 10 ihe Republlel Was d
my duty 10 you. or 70 he Democratic par
~ Of Norlh Carolina. 10 have done thai !
And had no right 10 resign and reliro
from liz Was bound ~ ll0h On 10 my
Office. and pot Up The pretended excuse
that tho DenncraEs u North Carolina
hal changed their minis, and repudiaied
/. McKsy's Dill" of 1874, Coz new and
different measure in 1910; OF that The
people desired me 10 pass ihe lAiler, when,
iorsoolh, did not know the fact 10 DO so.
aud IN my heart I did nol believe hl So
Ear from lis being The ease, | moro than
doubt whether thousands Of you have moi
taken il for granted, Or been led 70 be-
lieso. doEn 10 this day, that tho . Mckay
bill'' OF 1914 was the same thing that >
called so in 1876; whereas they are Is
different IS light is from darkness. No,
my eonsiluenlsnescr Teqairedsueh things
Of mo.
Believe me, | do not mean 10 bring in.
10 question the course OF other Democrat
ic Senators who condemned the act, and
yet gave il their Votn. II is my right 10
state that there woro not n few Of them
who did that. Neither do mean BY this
10 assail my friend Dir. Mckay. Far
from il. They arc my friends personally
and politically, and in taking different
Wow Of lhcr duty, tlloy did me no wrong;
and in defending nv own conduct. in
tend nor 10 arraign thcirs. Whilst have
pursued Tho light Of my conscience, they
havc followed theirs. In questions of
conscience. il must DO conceded thar Con
is The judge, and every man mus, stand
or fall according as each believes for
himself. no that. not unlrequcnIly therc
arc cases where men in the Same circum-
stances may act differently, aud We, both
DO euillless.
But what | have saii upon tho history
and purpose Of the "aIckay" bill Of 1914,
did no, form all of my objection TO Tho
new tariff Of 1916, improperly named
3" Mei.ay's Bills" and which shalt. for
tho sake Of discrimination, moro proper
~ call The /" Experimental rarifl."
My opinnns shall DO lshI before you
without disguise. and yon shall SEQ uhelh-
e., when taken in connexion with an un-
necessary and improper abandonment oil
Tho real Mckay Bill Of 1914. they do moi
show, that in my hostility TO tho Expert
mental Tariff, | was faithful 10 you and
my country, and iruc 10 mysrf and my
party.
Fortunately for me. those opinions, 90
Ear a. they looked forward 10 lis ultimate
consequences. on the harmony Of tho par
~. or tho welfare Of the Republic, | am
no longer under tho necessity Of support.
ing by laborcd arguments. For good OF
evil. tho law has passed. Il il should be
repealed or modified n tho next session.
lhsi will TO Of itself complete sindlca,ion
Of my opposition 10 il Al present. If il
should be permitted to remain in force in
tho form that was required to vote upon
il, then iiino will soon determine whether
my opinion Of il was right or wrong.
abide iho result without fear vel, IL
know myself, without wish 10 sec owl
como Of il, merely for tho sake Of claim.
ing hereafter. on my part, tho mort, 81
political sagacity for ms resistance 10 il.
These, ,lron, wers my opinions, ss
thev are now:
FIRST. 0urcountry is involved,i in an OK.
/ pessise wsr, and the wlsest among you
cannon foresee lis CLOSE. We have large
army invading Mexico. and . large navy
OF hor coasts, along tho Pacific Ocean and
in The Gull OF Mexico. Tho SUN already
appropriated by Congress Coz tho Gov.
eminent expenditures OF The fiscal yea,
exceeds fifty millions Of dollars. Will
the experimental tariff raise revenue sui.
6cicni 10 "psy ss we gol"--Ccr,slnly
not. Congress kne~ that. and ,horoiof,
authorized loan Of ten millions, al Oh,
very time wo were passing This tariff; AM
tho first ACT Of tho next SESSION will pro
badly DO one for ten millions more! WI
il produce revenue enough TO pay one hal
81 Che appropriationsi lam qmic sute
will not. Its advocates did no, assert tbs
il will do much more. Wherefore, il mi,
. experiment works as we'll as ito warmes
friends have predicted. the Government
will fall in debt twenty-five million, .hi,
(fscal) year. So long a. Tho war lasts
and for such q period OF time alter il q,
the gar expenses continue, il will DO tn,
|, aar,a thino Rat if tho ~