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pas las primal factor which led 10 he
s1option Of our Constitution, which sec
ouas1 tns confederation OF the colonies
sud ever since. 10 has h<een one OF the
uudsfiyiuk questions giving force IN one
manner or another ~ al our subsequent
events Ia sossrnmsnsai matters. as ia al
matters OF coacsfa In lie. there are = lev
msln questions. IN which al other ques-
tlous Ia ufzl.y center The former are The
controlling matter. the latter are the Incl
dents q the former. The investigator of
causes Will seek ~ discover the main ques-
tons aud from these ne will deduoc his
conclusions
The feF0 utionsry war left the cOnfsd-
GRATED colonies ~ith . burdensome debt,
and exhausted credit. They had no power TO
provide a mesns for the discharge OF this
deot. hence the ssIaences OF the same
rapidly deprecated. With no power TO en-
force proposed duty upoa goods imported
from foreign countries, recourse wss bad
10 TIE plan OF = stronger national govern
ulent. and the result was the adoption of
the federal constitution. aud such was the
exigency OF me situation that the second
act passed 0y the First Congress,
which convened bY virtue OF the Constitu-
ton. WAS a revenue BILL the preamble of
which reads as follows
"WHEREAs IL is necessary for the cup
port OF the Government TOR the discharge
OF the debts Of Tue nation. and for the en-
courEgement aud protection of manufsctur-
ers that duties be levied on imported
goods wares aud merchandise.
And there vas the idea OF protection. AS
10 IS now politically used given national
birth. Political parties had not then
crysialized, and persons OF different shades
OF political belief, but all patriots and
protectionists, constituted the Cabinet Of
President Washington. Jefferson was
Secretary OF State. Hamilton Secretary of
the Treasury. Knox Secretary OF War and
! Attorney General: and since then many of
our best and maturest statesman have been
proleciionsts. Even that great apostle OF
state rights and notification. John c. Cal
| hOun, was Al rst a protectionst.
By means of that revenue law and the in =
| dustry aud patriotism of The people. our
country. under the beni6cience Of Proyi-
| dence. was enabled TO obtain a permanent
standing among the nations of the earth
| But as soon as parties began to crystalizs,
| human slavery, which had at first endan-
gered the adoption of the Federal Constitu-
| ton and had obtained concessions therein.
| began 20 exert its baleful influence over
| the same and 10 make its demand. and TO
| lay down its DEGREES. The Northern States
| abolished slavery, the Southern States re-
tanned and tostered it. In consequence the
! Northern States prospered in the individual
industry OF It's citizens. and In the
development OF its material re-
sources. while the Southern States,
| dependent upon that system OF labor which
was born of oppression and Graded and
| Kept in Ignorance. and in which the lsborer
\ had no share, did not develop their rich
| natural resources OF wealth and prosperity
| oy skilled labor bestowed upon the natural
| product, aud could not hold their own in a
contest with enlightened labor, and hence
they demanded q system OF laws which
would more rapidly enable them TO dispose
| Of their comparative raw material, and
| from thence an enmity 10 protective laws,
| which had developed the industries OF the
free States. sprang up in the Southern
States and for years had varying
degrees Of opposition. Ia January,
lo29, the Virgins House OF Delegates de-
MED the right OF Congress TO pass the tariff
Jaw of 1923, and in 1882 Was the famous
notification act of South Csrolina. when
Calhoun resigned the Vice Presidency and
the state began 20 arm in resistance TO the
enforcement OF the tariff laws, and was
| psCIned by the Compromise act OF 1888.
| Coupled with their opposition to the taris
| Avs was their adhesion to the doctrine oi
| State rights. because IL was the National
| Government that passed aud enforced such
laws, and because they deemed the doctrine
| Of slavery 10 be safer in their hands than
in the keeping OF the general Government.
| but they never hesitated to invoke the aid
OF national laws TO protect slavery while
denying the right OF the general Govern
ment TO interfere IN any manner
| with the institutions of slavery: hence
the infamous fugitive slave law OF
| 1850. which made every Northern man or
| woman hound 10 hunt escaped slaves.
/ And with a continuous growing opposition
| 20 everything which stood in the way OF
| slavery. they az last unified al parties IN
| the south into one party of slavery, state
rights. and free trade, and thus matters
| stood when ia 1870 thew rsbelled
/ making constitution the destructive vary
| ing features from the federal constitution.
being slavery, state rights aud free trade.
/ The clause in relation 20 the lsst being ex-
/ pressed az follows No duties on import
atoms from foreign nations shall be laid %
! promote or foster any branch Of industry.
Having sppss cd 10 the arbitrsment of
| 49, slavery was ssspt swsy and the nation
/ maintained. Ia maintaining the nation
| The diversified industries Of the North. 1t e
! result OF protective lass aud fres labor. as
J.. sisted BY the Morfsli tariff law n 1852 yer.
I important elements, and without y bich the
( natiOn could never have been mslnfsined.
And ror IN 1854 We are confronted With
I free trade tGs iast "reminiscences OF the re-
Z be lion aad hsBdmsiden Of slavery. seeking
or ia l53 solid Southern votes. Nth those
/ that Sc msr dslu8e and hood win 4
/ a. ne North. % accom- piish by the
/ hs'lof ia The interest OF n. rsmin.
/ isrsncs vksf it failed 70 socompl en-
By battle. Will iae sbiaxing people q tn.
I North eschcN and turn their back upon
/ ihas doctrnr Which drst placed them sol.