Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-07
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"oh' For an Hour OF GenornI Jack.
A few months ago, when the New York
Times suggested the deposIng Of the President.
and raised the cry of "a Leader Wanted,n The
exclamation which we have written above was
quite frequently displayed In newspaper articles.
The celebrated proclamation of President Jack
son was cited as u model, and the public was
given to understand that "an hour of General
Jackson" would be more potent than four years
OF Abraham Lincoln. We did not ioin if this
ailly and revolutionary clamor, for TO have done
30 would have been to have conspired against the
constitutional head of the Government, and 10
have invoked train Of evils worse than the
rebellion nation is In arms TO quell. We have
alluded to this fact as an introduction to NOR
Gel Of the history Of Jackson's time, which is
iull OF practical suggestion. Too much cannot
be said in praise of Jackson's proclamation !;
put IL was only one OF the means employed to
mp nullihcation In the bud, and defeat the
scheme which was devised to make "John C.
calhoun first President Of the Southern Con.
federacy." South Carolina passed its Nullify.
Ing Ordinance Nov. 24tb, 1882, which declared
the tariff law Of 1928 and the supseoaent
amendment "null, void and no law, nor binding
upon this State, It's officers or citizens" Itpro.
hieited the payment Of duties 10 that State after
February l, 1883, forbid an appeal from State
courts TO the Supreme Court Of the United Ststes
In any case involving the validity of the nulliy.
ing acti and, furthermore, proclaimed that, II
the Government of the United States should
attempt to enforce the tariff laws In any way,
1.-THE people of this State will thenceforth hold
themselves absolved from oil further obliQa-
tton to maintain or preserve their political con-
necton With the people Of the other States,
and Will forthwith proceed to organize sepa-
rate government" The people Of South Car
olins were almost unanimous in support of the
measure, and Gov. Hayne Issued a proclama-
ton In the style indigenous to the Palmetto
state, suggesting that, with fair field, South
Carolina could whip the combined world.
President Jackson, while hesont instructions
70 the collector Of the port of Charleston how
to proceed In enforcing the collection of duties.
while he asked and obtained of Congress the
needed increase Of executive powers, while he
avowed his resolve that the hour which brought
the news of one act of violence on the part of
the nullifers, should find Mr.. Calhoun prison
or OF State upon charge Of high treason, In
his annual message, recommended Congress to
subject the tariff to neH revision, and to re-
duce the duties SO that the revenue Of the Gov
ernment, after the payment of the public debt,
should not exceed the expenditures. As Mr..
Parton says: "The President here recommend
ed all, or nearly all, that the nullifers demand
ed" Whether the effect of his proclamation,
his precautionary measures, his conciiatory
message, or all combined, we find that before
the first of February-the day fxed for actusl
rebellion-the leading nulliiers met at Charles
ton and passed resolutions to the following ef.
feet
"That, inasmuch as measures were then pend.
Ing In Congress which contemplated the reduc.
tion OF duties demanded by South Carolina, the
nullihcation of the existing laws should be post.
poned until after. the Adjournment of Congress-
when the convention Monld Fe-assemble, and
take into consideration whatever measures may
have been passed by Congress" q L g
I What did Congress do It had only from
December to March to deliberate and act.--
Having clothed the President with ell the au
thority he desired, the members promptly under
took the revision of the tariff As early "a th,
2Sth of December, Gulian G. Verplanok, of New
York. reported tariff bill designed TO reduce
the revenue 81 900 600, and at the same time tc
protect manufactures. It was vigorously oppos.
ed by Henry Clay on the ground that it infring.
! ed the American Policy" on the tariff, and by
Daniel Webster, who thought tariff legislation
1ndigni6ed and improper, while South Carolina
maintained her threatening attitude. On the
A2th Of February, Mr.. Clay introduced his cee.
brated compromise bill for the regulation of the
tarif, providing for q gradual reduction, until
all duties should be reduced to, or below the
maximum of twenty per cent. This bill passed
tue Senate by vote of 80 TO I6, such Senators
as Bell, Benton, Clay, Clay ton, Dallas, Freling.
hul cen. Marcy, and Webster voting in the affirm,
alive. In the House OF REPRESENTATIVES the bll
was passed by vote 122 to 65, and President
jackson approved the measure. This was the
death bloR 90 nullifcation. a
We do not present this history as precedent
to be followed in tho case Of the present rebel.
lion, the seeds Of which were sown by Calhoun
~ that time; but to contrast the action Of Con.
gress in 1888 with that of those go called Ieeis.
lative bodies, which are miserable apology for
q Congress, in 1862. Under Jackson's admins
tration, Congress set about the work of pacif.
cation with the same promptness that tcorterred
power upon the President to meet force With
force; under Lincolh's administration, Congress
has done no.hiug, barring the reluctant passage
ofthe Crittenden resolutions, except to exasper.
ate the rebels end ALLEVIATE the Union men Of
the South. The main object of the moiority
has been to consolidate the South against the
General Government, 90 as 20 change the
theory of the war and inauguFate q crusade
against slavery. Under Jackson, the policy Of
Congress Was to remove all presext for rebellion
under Lincoln, 1t has been to furnish the rebels
fuel with which to feed the reasonable flames
they had kindled. Under Jackson, Conpres,
recognized its duty to endeavor by all honorable
means to avert war; under Lincoln It has acteC
as If its first and only duty was to make an enc
Of local institution, existing by virtue O
State law, by the means of war. In short, III,
Abolition majority in Congress, has worked
hand and glove, with the Seceesionists, from th,
outbreak Of the rebellion to the present day
Under Jackson's administration, Congress- la
bored to save the Union; under LincOln's il ha
sought, in every possible way, to destroy is, an,
ell hope OF its restoration. The most immineu
danger which threatens the nation, to-day, Is no
the armies Of JeG Davis, for these can be ever
came in the field; but 1t is to be found in th,
attitude of Congress, which. while our soldier
are giving up their lives in defense of the Con
stituton, Ia trampling the Constitution unde
foot. IL is true that Congress has, and can have
no compromise to offer TO rebels, save their re
turn to their rightful allegiance to the Maon
ChGYtG Of she Republic; but even this is not Of
Tered. Oa the contrary we are told by the lead
ers In both houses, that the Southern State
have no rights under the ConstitutiOn---no right
Iof any sort that an Abolltioniss 10 bound 10 re
spect. 30 We are drifting away from the Con
stitutIon, and downward toward anarchy or der
potism. Weare drifting toward the crisis, whe
the people OF the loyal States must decid
whether this shall be war TO exterminate Ella
very, throwing the Onion and Constitution asid
as things that were, or whether the war shal
: cease and the independence of the rebel State
be acknowledged. This is the crisis which th
radicals are Fastening BY every expedier
known 70 parliamentary or military strategy.
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