The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-23


!. ty per cent. upon her consumption. to tn
a northern States, for the privilege Of bein
: united to them; when she could receive al
her supplies Though the ports OF Soui
Carolina without paying single cent @
: tribute" The Legislature of kentuck
responded, in a report and resolutions, il
which are rePudiated the power of nullify
, ing an act Of Congress by any State. togeth
eT with all the reasoning upon which it wa
claimed. The very comfortable invitation
to cheaper our consumption by dissolvin,
The Union. and receiving our supplies
through the port Of Charleston, was declin
ed, for various reasons.
| The Senator from Fayette. in a speech
which occupied seventeen closely printed
columns Of the Commonwealth. assailed the
principles OF the kentucky report and reso
indofis-abused General Jackson ike q
good wing. but maintained the construction
given by South Carolina to the Constitution;
in short, showed himself opposed to any
expression on our part Of disapprobation OF
her course, and voted against the report
and resolutions. Notwithstanding the Sen
ator's kindness. or at least indulgence, to the
nullifers, and his argument to show that
the eastern trade, and our commercial con-
nexion with the north were ruinous bust
ness TO US, and that our true market was the
south, he still was a most devoted friend to
the tariff The next proposition from South
Carolina, on which Mr.. Wickliffe and my
self were called to act, as members of the
same Legislature, was TO create a Bank,
common TO four States, and as many more
as could be brought into the arrangement
the controlling power to be at Charleston.
and branch in each Of the States parties
to the charter. regarded this as part and
parcel Of system Of policy, which was TO
prevent the re-establishment Of the national
authority over the currency, by enlisting as
many States as possible in a sort Of bank
ing conirderacy, with which the establish
men, Of truly national institution would,
Of course. interfere. That, indeed. was the
avowed object in report made by Col.
Memminger. to the South Carolina Legisla-
mre Just before he started TO Kentucky
The Senator from Fayette argued that this
branch would have the same beneficial ef-
feet upon the exchange, which the Bank OF
the United States had. That there was no
longer any hope Of seeing that institution
revived, and that We ought to adopt the best
substitute we could. While am writing
these papers, resolution has been before
the Senate Of Kentucky requesting upon
the part Of Kentucky, the establishment Of
an United States Bank. The Senator from
fsyette takes the ground that all the confu-
sion and disasters which belel our currency
banks, from 1916 to 1920, was attributable
to the old United States Bank-that the
same results would occur again, &c. So
intimately are the several parts OF his sys-
TEN connected in his own mind. that in
speaking upon this resolution. he recufs to
the multiplying ordinance OF 1888, edenoun
ces the report Of the Legislature, which he
had then opposed. intimates that the author
was federalst, although everybody in both
Houses adopted the report. but himself aud
two others, and assails MIR. Clay for CON-
promising the tariff Some persons consid-
er all this as inconsistent and unintelligible.
Ii does not strike me in this Light. | have
been close observer Of Mr.. Wicklifie for
a length of time, and upon a series of meas
ures. His mind and his policy are indeed
ga mighty maze, but not without plan.
To defend the ordinance Of South Carolina.
nuIlifying the tariff, and at the same time to
be warm protective tariff man, looks a
little odd. To abuse General Jackson S
proclamation at the top Of his speed and
with the most unmeasured violence. and 10
defend the ordinance, may not seem strange;
but, at the same time, to denounce Mr.
Clay for his compromise. by which South
Carolina was appeased, and General Jack
son robbed, as Mr.. Wickliffe thought. o
his prey, seems TO some persons utterly un
accountable. have put It altogether, and
added thereto the argument on the "negrC
law"
South Carolina vowed, in the face o
men and Heaven. that, unless the tariff
was modified, she would secede, and thai
Kentucky would 90 along with her. Well
MIR. Wicklife vindicates her right to do so
and proves, or at least, tries to prove, thai
Kentucky's interest lies with the south. anC
that her eastern connexions are ruinous; bu
at the same time, is for screwing up the tar.
if to the highest notch, and is in perfect
fury with Mr.. Clay for letting it down tc
the Carolina standard. Now this eithe
means that Mr.. Wickliffe wishes Carolins
driven out Of the Union, and kentucky tc
90 along with her, or il is the arrantest non
sense that ever fell under my observation
MIR. Wicklife thinks that a branch Of tths
n CiIalosuvn DanK, I0caIed IN kentucky
would bring more capital into the country
not iniure our stocks in the least-have the
most beneficial influence upon our com
merce and currency-but that Bank o
the United States would play the wild witt
everything, as it did once before. II thi
does not mean that the authority of the Gen
eral Government over the currency, at least
| so far as the south and southwestern State
are concerned, should be transferredt to Soutl
Carolina, then | confess it is utterly inex
, plicable. Lastly, Mr.. Wicklifie think
, that the slaves should be equalised betwee
: Kentucky and South Carolina; and thos
: everlasting objects Of his hate and execr,
E ton-the free mechanics ard manufacturer
a of the north-kept out Of kentucky; that
. contention Of the slave States should b
|. called to concert measures, &c. Now whs
4 does this mean?
To each and all OF the Senator's plans
, have been opposed. For years | have lool
s ed IN the restoration and exercise OF the IN