Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-09-04

mot, in honor and jussieeY give their sane.
lion 10 such abominable siniqHity. They are
TOO just, too honorable. TO approve of the exc.
cradle maXim ttals0 alss fair in politics.
1t MAJ 81 Egarded as no slight evidence oil
the IaithluIaess with which | adhered TO my
party obligations, that, after consenting, IN
detthe pressure of strong feelings, TO vote fo4
the governmental tariff, provided it con!d be
amended so as to postpone its taking eff CT
until 4th March next. had very considerable
doubts whether had not gone TOO far. Vet,
IN INV endeaVors to avoid complaint, adher-
>ed TO my pledge; and nobody was suffered TO
know of my repentance. The minute before
/ resigned. il was made known that. 4 eoouia
abide bg thai after, aud final answer was CIV
en- by those competent 10 reply, that the 3ih
$4oonM certainly pass rfft0ut mig vate, and ang
aRegntion ef II ac0uM endanger its passage an
NE other House. and therefore no amendment
would be voted for. This was comssa nieated
10 me, and thereupon my resignation was
handed in to the Senate.
Now, my friends and counlrymen, believe
/ have fold yea all, and submit to your JUS
lice and common sense, whether ingenuity and
malice combined can make out more against
any conduct with this administration, upon
the subject of the tariff, than an honest differ
ence of opinion? -Bpcause the President re-
commended 4 tax law, must your senator
therefore approve of ii, without crossing {
or dotting an l.? Because the administration
wished to carry bill for revenues, mnst your
senator, against his own Judgment. therefore
vote for it! Because the Treasury Depart
ment may have become committed TO a new
experiment on the tariff, did it therefore be
come a part Of the: creed Of democracy, and
Oh fOr bofo
this administration was elected When, and
where, and how, did these become part of
the POLITICAL faith of North Carolina? Who
indoctrinaied her and her people? What book
teaches it! What presidents enforce it 3
What age illustrates it? The CONSTITUTION
provides that bills for raising revenue shall
originate in the House of representatives; but
here is a new doctrine in politics, and new
practice in carrying it out. as well as new
principle for laying duties And will You
prescribe me, simply because | resigned ra-
Gher than give my vote thus to revoutioniZe at
once, and without time for deiberation, or OPP
portuniiy to amend the act, all the past eXpe-
Tience Of the government, and set aside the
coansels of Washington, Je6ersofr,s Madison,
lMOnrOe, and JackSOn2
do not undertake to account, for the pres
ent at least, for the extraordinary outrage that
was perpetrated upon my rights as man and
a senator, as soon as | had resigned, and be-
fore had been either asked for my reasons or
allowed time to speak 10 you for myself; nor
to remark upon the servIe spirit Of some 10
our own State, who were quite eager to follow
the ignoble lead. There is time for all
things. But to those in North Carolina, of
every party, who aim to diyec! public opinion,
beg leave to say word in which they are
interested as much as l can be. How hap
pened it that another democratic senator open
" denounced this very bill as absurd, disgust
dng, and unfit to be touched, and HE was not
noticed by party cenSures? How did it come
about that another democratic senator, in de-
bate, averred most mphalicaily that the omis-
sion Of d tax upon tea and coffee for revenue
- ,Cas ,oith0ut ercuse," and not a W ord of COM
plant was made against Hun! Whence was
it that democrats of Firginia voted against
the administration upon the resolution Of no.
tice to terminate the Oregon convention, and
no one was heard to proclaim THEIR want of
fealty to the party or the administration =
And by what influence was it that Sottih Orr
OkHd democrats did the like, and THEY went
trU'rJrovvr'- p FtcHUe hoPPenad- that d
democratic senator refused TO vote for the Weq-
ecdn Wdr, and still HE was good party man
and administration man! And that other
democratic senators voted against amendments
to the independent treasury, reported upon the
recommendation Of the administration, and
declared Try the Secretary to be indispensable toI
hes getting along, and yet THEY were treated
as true aud loyal, without any.open reproach-
es! And, more than all. hey will you &C
count for it, that other senators have denoun-
ced the President for the Oregon treaty, and
openly charged him with fraud, deceit. and
Hypocrisy, and still THEY remained Every ex-
cellent friends" Of this administration, and re-
ceivsd no censures! But senator from
North Carolina, who enjoyed the personal con-
lfdence of the President more than any other,
supported his administration. more zealousIy,