Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-11-17

Ousy dangerous to the stability of the Union" !el
These are the sentiments of the President ro
ing the law which we are now called on to adoStc
traordinary means of carrying into execution tx
As consider this is most important point
consider it the true means of removing the df, ~
now involved in this question, l have not onIv
verted to the annual message of the PresidnI9, "u
showing the views of the administration and ~ aS
remedy for the difficulties in the South but I,oDI
now beg leave to read from the annual renort S I
Secretary of the Treasury @e
Here Mr. B. read an extract from the annr,,
port of the Secretary of the Treasury on the sinh
of the reduction of the duties. ecE
Thus we have the direct suggestion of tho ru.-
administration, that this is the most apnronS;s
remedy 1t is the one which was first surppsta5'
the opening of the session, and believe it is c.Ioa
lated to achieve all the great objects so much toT
desired, all which it is necessary to achieve ,ns
that without endangering the republic ""U
What is the extraordinary Spectacle womb ,,
mark, which the American republic now exb;bitst
the world republic which has heretofore boo.'
ed of its freedom-a republic which has berctor...
pursued the 'even and peaceful tenor of his w.
a republic which had been found competent - IL
legitimate purposes of Government without slaWnh
tering its citizens, and which, with very few eycou
tons, has gone on peaceably for fifty Years "
present the extraordinary spectacle of calling on to
administration and the Executive branch of tho CIV
ernment to enforce law against a portion of ~.
fellow citizens to compel them 10 contribute 81 mno
money to the revenue, which it is acknowledge -,
six millions annually than is requisite far H.
wants of the General Government. A removal OH
burden would remove all difficulty with the ST.
of South Carolina Even partial removalof II .-t
tigation of it. would make the tariff system no..
acceptable to the people, without total abardon
ment of the principles. speak in reference to tbs
views and prevailing sentiments of that por,io, ~
the people represent.
Sir, it does appear to me powerful coAsi6ar,e
that we are almost on the eve of a civil y ~
for what? To enforce law for the co,l" aid
revenue, when is admitted by the Seem Of
the Treasury that there gre at n-eseut six min
Oh collars more than is wanted Tor the Common ,r
poses OF the Government Is this caculat NJ PGi'
vate US in the eyes of tie nations of Enro,oS ae
this calculated to cheer the ho5es of thoSa ro, Is
who have been long struggling for their riob Pos
Fermt me to 10y that I think it will sonprb.,
"eaheh me force of our republican experir :
ye', believe that our Government is c. .en
,,,.,,.. all tic great objects for whic 'pable d
signed, and settling this matter IL 1t was Dc
| If in the revolutionary conter
! and treasure of this country u Whch the blood
Z, forth to establish the rpl were proiuSely poured
kind to give sefgov" ,pment an" and toeltSS Of ma
| taAation any y" of our ancestors who were er|,r
ed In this GLORIOUS struggle had predicted that in H.
than nan century afterwards we should be eng,g
ed ID the consideration of bill to compel norfa
OF the people, at the point of the bayonet TO nav
taxes "hen the Government had six millions ofdi
| lars more thai 1t needed they would NOT have h
lieved him; credulity itself at that time wonlS no
rave belieN ed such prediction If they could have
have creoIted the story, it would have eneryaed III,
arm which struck for liberty, would have damned
the bosom which glOwed with patriotism But what
has been the pratce of our Government heretofore,
| beg leve to recur to another case distinguishes
the history If our Government, and which over.
looked at the the was remarking on the various
instances Of forbeara nee shown by our Government
In the late war, when large majority of the people
of the United States BELIEVED the pride OF the cOun-
try to have been wounded, when the constituted
authorities of the land believed The national honor
to have been trampled upon by the British Govern
me1t and considered it the sacred duty OF all to
sist them in resenting the insult we found nsny on
that occasiOn-yes, even pending the goOmieSt pc.
riod of the war-resisting every bill which went to
give the Government of the United States men and
means to prosecute that war. They resisted it OIL
the ground that peace might be obtained, aLd BE-
lieve, because they deemed the war to be unjust
and while our villages were smoking and our cOun-
try invaded by large body of hostile troops
We find at that moment large body of men in
Congress, whose patriotism l do not call in QueS.
ton-far be 1t from me to do so-a powerful talent.
ed and respectable body of men, at the darkest
periods of that war, voting against giving men and
money to carry on the war. Great Britain had
trampled on our commercial rights, had nsulted US
| on the high seas for six years before war de-
clared. Notwithstanding all this, we found pow
| erful body who said that no army nor money ought
to be voted to the Government. Now, if that spirit
of forSearance great as it was could be shown to
1 yxrHnr II.
that spirit could be exercised bcLlo fdgrdnte-cer
tainly little patience is due to our brethren Of
the South. Surely some forbearance ought to be
| shown to our countrymen. If there were many at
that time who thought the sword should not be IN
sheathed against those who would trample under
foot is it to be supposed that are now to plunge
1t into our fellow-citizens without some little ex-
animation into their cause
wish to be distinctly understood on one point
do not intend to Justify South Carolina; am not
her advocate, but she has a right to have justice
done her. do believe however that this question
may be settled; and that by acting in spirit Of
concllIatlon-a spirit not only due TO her. but the
vast portions of the North and South-the question
might be put at rest As regards the Union of these
States there is not member in the Senate, and
trust shall not be considered egotistca when say
that there is not, in the whole Union, one in soul
and heart more deeply devoted to it than my hum
and of free government, are at issue in this mat
ter; and 1t is for that reason / urge pacific
course. Even the Grenvilles and the Norths AFRO
CANT as they were, even they brought forward their
measures; even they repealed some of their Odous
laws to satisfy the desires of the colonies. And
shall it be said, there is spirit memorable
more inaccessible to the voice of justice than that
which prevailed under the British monarchy? II
so, the blood of those who achieved the revolution
was shed in vain, and the hopes of the friends Of
free government are forever put at rest. If that IN
exerabe principle that there is 10 be regard paid
to the feelings and wishes of the minority prevailed he
would say that this would change the whole principle
ofour federal compact deprivngit ofall its republican
and benignant features, and converting the federal
into consolidated Government.
In every portion of the Union there is set oil
great primary interests. He wished to be distinctly
understood on this point. He did not mean to sa!
that the Government of the United States should
yield to every rash requirement of State far from
it; but he did intend to say, that whenever any oil
those great primary and leading interests made Just