The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-08-14

AOO COStXSO y new 0W&Ye38 with
the execution. Of the sentence...'
The presidential and congressional
elections referred to were those Of
1852, in which Gen. Jackson was
the candidate of the Democratic
party. and Mr.. Clay, the father and
champion of the high protective
duties. was his opponent. Now,
every one knows that Mr.. Benton,
the distinguished senator from
Missouri at the time, and who sup
ported Gen. Jackson throughout his
administration, was neither q fool
nor knave. Not being fool it is
not to be presumed that he was ig-
norant of the political issues Of his
day and of the public measures in
troduced and debated IN Congress,
and not being knave, it is not to
be expected that he wrote to de-
ceive posterity. Hence, we accept
as true, the statement that the cleo
ton of Gen. Jackson had the effect
of destroying the protective system.
In connection with the foregoing,
We will also reproduce the follow
ing from Mr.. Benton:
Louisville. KY, July 10, 1s32.-
'.Forty citizens, cx-friends of Gen.
Jackson, called q meeting, to ex-
press their sentiments on the veto,
declaring they could no longer sup
port him. In consequence, one of
the largest meetings ever held in
Louisville was convened, and con-
demned the veto, the anti-tariff and
anti-internal Improvement policy
of Gen. Jackson.
1t is not to be supposed that
the people of Kentucky at that
time were ignorant of the po-
sltion which Gen. Jackson occu-
pied in reference to the tariff
and their condemnation of his anti.
tariff policy is contemporaneous
testimony to the fact that he op-
posed a high tariff.
In regard to the charge against
Mr.. Calhoun that he was a protec-
zionist, made by Senator McEnery,
it is known that the South Carolina
Statesman was the head and front
of the notification ordinance
adopted by that State, and as it is
known to every schoolboy that the
movement was for the
purpose of resisting the collection
of duties imposed by Congress, as
being unequal between the States
and therefore unconstitutional it is
evident that Mr.. Calhoun who en-
dorsed notification could not be
Bile that a man who went to the |
extent Of resisting the collection of !
Federal revenues for the reason |
stated, could, in any event, favor
system of heavy duties. 1t is
known that after the second cleo
ion of Gen. Jackson to the presi-
1ency, Mr.. Calhoun, who had al
ways been political enemy of
Mr.. Clay, the father of the Ameri-
IAN system, joined hands with him,
md by their mutual influence, in
reduced and passed through Con-
,ress bill to regulate the tariff,
which provided for levy of duties
or a period of nine and half
,ears, with a gradual reduction to a
evenue standard. The purpose of
Mr.. Calhoun, in favoring that bill
vas to appease the storm of nullifi-
alton which he had raised in South
Carolina, and the object of Mr..
clay was that before the expira-
ion of the term provided in the bill,
reaction would set in, and the
Ugh protective policy. of which he
7as the champion, would be re-
tored.
AS for Jefferson, his well-known
haracter and life make it unneces-
airy to collate quotations to dis
rove the assertion that he was a