The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-07-02
speech OF Mr.. Stewart,

VI Lko51aAkANAAN
In Defiance Of the Protective PolleJ.
nslixsrs5 IN the Houss Of Representatives os Tho
IRissd States. May %. lsss-
Ma sTEwARIrose. 10 reply N Mr.
PAYNE. aud sid tbs'. reluctant o. he ..s
20 say anoshsp wsrd upon the mEf. be
cosld Dot permit the remarks Of The gen.
llsman hom hsbams 10 pass unuoiired.
AiseT the violent ssssuii made by that Rsn.
lleman on he tariff and The 4" Nshonsl
F.I." the paternity Of which the gentle.
man siRibulrd to hin. he could nos reels.
The sppssls OF he friends 10 cay some.
hing IN their defncs and ,iDdIes,ion.
lie thanked the gentleman. hewessE FOE
one things Ihs', " hilst he denounced iae
"N.iionsl Fsu" ss . humbug. be had no.
,uelsded the GT ladies' " no ersced II By
lheIr presence. OF ihs bsaBNfui Ias.ory
girls, whose modsIy aud nlsiliseRre. he
Was sute, sould not have Jailed 10 exort
sm'le Of appreciation. and . word Of
commendsiIon. too. even fom the gentle.
nsn aosn AIsbsms himself. In the re-
marks il vas now bic purpose TO make.
he would eonsne himself strictly 70 . te-
ply 10 the arguments and observations
made By the gentleman from A!ahsms,
| mir. PAYNE Aud be svsilsd himsslf Of
This opportunity Of Ferly the more resdi-
ly, because il had been given oul BY gen.
lemen here, who were authorized 10
speak en- that subject. shat, as soon 30 the
ifeuse should have gone through with the
appropriation blAs, the bill 5r the repeal
OF she tsrd would be tskta up and passed
without debais, snd-r the previous ques-
hon,, and by the Iosee efappssls TO party.
Mr.. ). cd not say thatsach, would be the
case; bot. anticipating The possibility ofa
course 50 uaIslE anal dIsarsdi,sbIs, from
What had occurred on olasf occasions. hs
shouId embrace The pres'na opportunity
,hey mIgh, be ssIlsdl which hsd bess
smpioyed By the RsniIsuaa rem Alabs-
ma. That gentleman had repeated the
St,s.hsrn sereoty ped s.s-lrsds DOCTRINES
urged Upon al OCCASIONS agsins, the pro-
Hsu,s policy by senllsnsn from The,
qusrer-
The gentleman had opened hi, spsess
BY the usssl appeals b party. lie had
tresied this 80 a parry question; 10 proof,
Of which he had quoted The BatImors
Coavsn,ion, and. rewlhding shose Of bic
own party that redustios ofshe tariff had
there been resolved spen, he called upon
them TO rsdsrm their pletgss BY csrryiug
oSt shfs patty resoSuiIos.
FMr. PAyNI here inlerposs d 10 sxplsips
ana the Aoor having been yisldsd him for
that purpose, went on 10 say, that he dis.
Vlsimed ,ntslly having appealed TO the
BsliiDOss Convention OF 10 the resOlus.
lions there adopted. as controlling The sc..
Tim OF this House. What he had said
vas this: " How Ear soHv entisn, called
fog one purpose. and aetIng upon anoih.
er. ought 10 control the action ofs dehbc.
rasi,e body. was question he would not
DISCUSS but that, when . convention did;
sppross certain doctrines, aud those doc.
\ times were afsetwssds taken before tho
people. aad tbs elections OF the country
made 10 turn upon Them, ,hs Represents.
yves " he had been elected under such cir.
cumsIapces were bound TO cary out the
pledges thNs given"
Mr.. STEWART. Very well: the gentle.
man now said, 10 substance, that the De-
Innctsac parry hal pledged themselves 10
repeal ihe tariff Of 1912, and 'hss. nine.
trnshs OF the Democratic members ofshis
House would stand ID their Eledge. We
shall see. Let The gentleman ask my De.
mocratic colleagues how this Is. They
viii ,sll him hat She only dispute in Penn.
sylvsnla at the last PrssiGenhsl election
was, whether the Democrats or Whlgs
W ere the slrongess tariff party. And they
will tell the gentlemen another thing, that.
= " he were to fling his "lree.nade" BAN
nsr to the breeze. and march through .hst
good end glorious old Commonwealth.
with his drum.msjor; Father R'tehle. o.
the Union. an .hs whole Slbe OF little
lfEee.nsde 6dI ,,s and fiiers a, bis heels,
be could no. ee,s corporsfs.gSara 10 fol.
lev him.
Mr.. S. reg,et.sd that gentlemen shosll
. rsske these appeals 10 parry, This was NJ
party question:: II vas a great .aaericaf
B. question, whose intrinsic importance soar
ed far above aud beyond Che reach Of oil
4 mere party interests and party considers
i lions. Why should gentlemen indulge
. 10 these patty appeals on . great nations
r question like. thi.f Were they sirait
i ~ discuss il on its own in,ripslc indepeu
}. den, merlsf Could sbs. bs the reason
:. tina. hey 10 sde these appeals TO The poor
pinful. paluy. and gtovell,ng interests o
}, patty politics! Was this q time or d
/. seessivn Tor such appsslsf No. Let 'h