Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-11-21

hs,Sy e. arc MOI co9n.esbaianeed by many ey
portion Of our countymen spirit Of discomfort large
ousy dangerous to the stability of the Union" ana jea
- These are the sentiments of the President
ing the law which We are now called on to sdoe
traordinary means of carrying into execution e.
AS consider this is most important point
consider it the true means of removing the dis, az
now involved in this question: have not onls
verified to the annual message of the presidaSs. sa
showing the views OF the administration and ia ss
remedy for the difficulties in the South bnt nelr
now beg leave to read from the annual report would
Secretary of the Treasury. '" 'ne
Here Mr.. B. read an extract from the ANNA,
port of the Secretary of the Treasury on the sn re-
of the reduction of the dut;es1 'cect
Thus we have the direct suggestion of the n,o,,-.
administration, that this is the most apnr CONSENT
remedy. 1t is the which was first sugcpstaS
the opening of the session, and believe it Is w..
lated to achieve all the great objects SO much aa
desired, all which it IS necessary to achieve ,as
that without endangering the republic. "Ha
What is the extraordinary Spectacle, wop,d >.
mark, which the American republic now exhibits :.
the world A republic which has heretofore hos.
ed of its freedom-a republic which has herctosS'.
pursued the 'even and peaceful tenor of his w.vm
republic which had been found competent u IL
legitimate purposes of Government without slau.h
tering its citizens, and which, with very few eyceu
tons, has gone on peaceabiy for fifty years. W.
present the extraordinary spectacle of calling on ts
administration and the Executive branch of the Cow
eminent to enforce law against portion of M,
fellow citizens to compel them to contribute 50 muoi
money to the revenue, which it is acknowledged
six millions annually more than is requisite for tbs
wants of the General Government removal Of th,.
burden would remove all difficulty with the STATE
of South Carolina. Even partial removal of it mi
&c H.,
acceptable to the people, without total abandon.
ment of the principles. speak in reference to hs
views and prevailing sentiments of that portion Of
the people represent
Sir, it does appear to me powerful consideration
that we are almost on the eve of civil war: and
for what? To enforce law for the colectionof
revenue, when it is admitted by the Secretary of
the Treasury that there are at present six millions
of dollars more than is wanted Tor the common mr.
poses of the Government Is this calculated to ole.
vatc US in the eyes of the nations of Europes X
this calculated to cheer the hopes of those peope
who have been long struggling for their rights
Permit me to say that l think it will somewhat
weaken the force of our republican experiment.
yet, believe that our Government is capable Of
achieving all the great objects for which it was de.
signed and settling this matter
If, in the revolutionary contest, when the blood
and treasure of this country were prousely poured
forth to establish the rights and liberties of man.
kind, to give selfgovernment and to abolish unjust
taxation, any one of our ancestors who were epgag
ed in this glorious struggle had predicted that in less
than half a century afterwards We should be enyag
ed in the consideration of bill to compel portion
of the people, at the point Of the bayonet, to pay
taxes when the Government had six millions of dol
lars more than 1t needed they would not have be.
lieved him credulity itself at that time would not
l,r,~ I,l,n Al
have credited the story, it would have enervaed tho
arm which struck for liberty, would have damped
the bosom which glowed with patriotism. But what
has been the pratice Of our Government heretofore.
beg leave to recur to another case distinguished in
the history of our Government, and which over.
looked at the time l was remarking on the various
instances of forbearance shown by our Government
In the late war, when large majority of the people
of the United States believed the pride of the cou-
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.
men and considered it the sacred duty of all to as
sist them in resentng the insult we found many on
that occasion-yes, even pending the gloolnest 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 on
the ground that peace might be obtained, and be-
lieve, because they deemed the war to be unjust,
and while our villages were smoking and our coun-
try invaded by a large body Of hostile troops.
We find at that moment large body of men in
Congress, whose patriotism | do not call in ques.
tion-far be 1t from me to do so-a powerful, talent
ed and respectable body of men, even 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 nsuted US
on the high seas for six years before war was de-
o1o ILL Al
erful body who said that no army nor money ought
to be voted to the Government Now, if that spirit
Of for'earance great as it was could be shown to an
enemy whose cry was, Delenda est Carthago-if
that spirit could be exercised hello fagrante-cer
tany some little patience is due to our brethren Of
the South Surely some forbearance ought to he
shown to our countrymen If there were many OF
that time who thought the sword should not be un.
sheathed against those who would trample US under
foot is it to be supposed that we are now to plunge
it into our felow-ctizcns without some-little ex-
animation into their cause9 .''-
wish to be distinctly understood on one point
do not intend to justify South Carolina; am not
her advocate, but she has right to have justice
done her. do believe, however, that this question
may be settled; and that by acting in spirit OF
conciliation-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 a member in the Senate, and
trust shall not be considered egotistical when say
that there is not, in the whole Union. one in soul
and heart more deeply devoted to it than my hum
BILE SELF believe that all the advantages of liberty
and of a free government at issue in this mat
ter; and it is for that reason / urge pacific
course. Even the Grenves and the Norths AFRO
giant 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 now spirit more memorable
more inaccessible to the voice Of justice than that
which prevailed under the British monarchy? If
So the blood of those who achieved the revolution
was shed in vain, and the hopes of the friends OF
free government arc forever put at rest If that IN
exerable principle, that there is TO be regard paa
to the feelings and wishes of the minority prevailed he
wouldsay that this would change the wholeprnclpe
ofour federal compact deprying ofal its republican
and benignant features, and converting the federal
into consolidated Government.
In every portion of the Union there is set o, Of
great primary interests. He wished to be distinctly
understood on this point He did not mean to say
that the Government Of the United States should