Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 29, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 August 1827 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN h ADVERTISER

BY ELII1U STOUT. V1NCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1887. Vol. 18. No. 29. vsas

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sonite in Congress, and as such, had a iairl . .. . i i

oppoi vum y ol hecommg arqu unieu win the views and poiicv ol the cfifiusi.'io'i. II At peace wi h the world, the f.ir ign rela'ions of bar country present n question oi d nb tul policy o- duliculi detertnimt thin ; bat the attention of American statesmen, is at this time principally at tracted to the great a. d important suhjci i ol establishing a wise and permanent aytern of internal pobt y, adap'cd to he present situali n ami exigencies ol our country: system having f or its o;j Ci the dcvelopcment ol our wn vis resources, and the improvement o our in ternal condition on tnc one hand, and on the other to countervail ilie res rictlec and prdiibbory policy of othu c. umttics to wards us, by extending equal a id a; e quatc procctin to every hrar, h oi the national industty, to agricunur. , to maau'actures. to commerce A system pro idinv for a jusi an I cqu il e;en iiiu ot the public revenue tlj -mgho-.t the a h lc country from which it i duc-n, oy eeiy where building up proud a. U peiuviuen , a:ul glorious monumrn s oi inte nd im provcinent, facil'Maling iv.crn.tt rommetcc among the sever d s a es,' . c north with the south, the iK. vye"st, unilir.g bringing them to t .er hy strong and indisso uoU: o.ds : ; m ftii.g their defence in war and v i: ;v,SH ii;y V peace. In short a ystcm d.s(-. n-sog its benefits aiul its blessings to ah, shed ding joy and glaune- uvt r t'.us ticeaud. happy laud and what two U to icco nplish all thib ? I answer that n.t, .j l0 which you have pi t re'erred ; toe icci System which the nexi i-o ; : . s i wiil be called on to adopt or n it ct. '. h l great question, o iuteresiijuv to u ; t!i'j parties in Congress ac near!; e-pudy dvided. The contest thctehMco - ..!- stimtc and protracted. I'v :vosv i va ;a holds the scale bcwcvii'he n-'t'; and ti:c souih, if she is laithfnl to luose to her best interest, to her uniioi m p i: eip cs ; p ;licyall will he salVoJiriwi ai. wi ; h !os and the country U ft in its ir-i'upr. cd., dependant and emhinas,ed coodt'io.i The sou'h and the r f! .v :.'..;: g tivr.i!!v, vou will find arrayed i.i -ohd co.uo;.-. a gainst this system of policy. I n attack vill be furious, but it wilt be nu twi ii firmness. The debatt s on the turx'ry and U oq! bills of the last session, wet chut a prelude to the coming s ornt ; on the latter bill in the senate, in the twehc slave states there was but one for it, and in the twelve free states there was bin one a gainst it. The object and aim ol the opposition (open and avowed by many of its leaders) is to prostrate and break down this whole system of policy, and especially the policy of c:;' ending protection to omestic manufactures Do ynu want e videncc of the fact ? Look at their public meeting and their legislative cnac tuents ; do you not sec this policy denounced as unconstituional, unjust and oppressive ? Do you not hear the leading senators air? members of congress declate it more odious than the " stamp act,' another says it is more to be deprecated than war itself, a third, that it would be resisted, and a fourth declares, that in awarpgatnst these measure, he would enlist urderany banner and fellow any leader ; with

these facts staring us in the face, who can doubt the object ol this gtcat and formidable puny? But great and formidable as it is, it will be met with reason and firmness, and 1 uust in God, it will be overcome, and its object deteatcd To this parly and to then policy, 1 need scarcely say 1 ,.m decnfdly opposed. 1 can make no compromise ot pimcipics. 1 should be a traitor to you to my country, and t;; myself, it I did. f the present administration and its friends support, as they do, this system of policy, am I required hy any ol you to desert it, and join the opposition If they suppottthe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, as they did, only one membci in the six Ncw-hngland; states voting against the bill, wliich passed on this sublet; am I also to desert this favorite measure of youis and join the opposition in opposing it I II they advocate appropriations n rt pair and extend tnc Cumberland I'oad, must I join the opposition on Ui su:.je jt too ; lest I may be called an admmisira tion ;;:tt? ? Who among all oiy constit uems, would icqmrc me to pursue such a faithless, unprincipled, and dishonoi ablecourse ? No, rentlcmen ; so far as this policy and these measure1. arc concerned, I am an ad:!ii::i$t.itin mar:, and I should merit the. just repi ob ttiou of tveiy honest man in the communhy if t were not. Cientlcncn, have no interest to pro mote separate from yours. Fiom theprr--"cut a Imini .tration I never have k 1 never will ask any favor personal to myseil : I aspire to no high:r situation than that which 1 derive from the kindness and favor ol the people from this district ; a favor and kindness already extended far be y nd my ccscits. In my public ctuse. (if I know myself) I fiave had ha: one object, and that was to promote the trne 'tn terests of my constituents; ih sc. interests 1 have cndcavoiul to understand, I have maihed the t iovc.menls of miti and tlr: pivgicss of etrat? with rceien c t tiios-; inte res: s when tho le-t oij-utu' ties were mloc i ot fonving c mi m judg'iu'nt. aiul I m fie,: to vay loc re-u;'. iias been a li ';n and '.ettied eoiu i it t '-a to pt or.r r your ta'ct es:, an I h: .: c " ol myeoiiunv 1 ojm-L suoj t t the noli of lh.: pifii D' a. !-::. d tf .,ts n. t!i p . ol he k A oic tea S -t im,'' "u i , tii t'. ii y ol i eons . u anCi, a.nl the ia' i n, ici -I. lied, aiii'.e l v i prinii-ne oi'r prospet 1'y, in dependence and inp-.iness, and t ace; crate mir r.'.phl and caw aid march to g' eatness and ;!o; v. Ii iieing, on the other hand. :s I do. thai it is the ij!ea( and print try obj.ct o! the opposition to aircst these mcasuics.

: and to prostrate systtm ot p-o'dcy. s iic.po t int to us all, 1 shall restsi the'p t fhots; should !).'. base and encamp I , ("id n )t. ! care not !y what wiles, or with It i ; what v. eapon, thev wac war ;ip i these titeasures 1 eatc not wh. it ;.;?. i tlu y may assunte, or with what ):a'ura 'hey may he associated I care not with 1 w: at mighty political insti umcnt thev i -Ktv arn tic mtuta; blow; lortme, hum i h e as am, i will attempt to vasd it biT, j though 1 r.c.y iall beneath it I ha.e u ! wi,!i p. did -a-y io survive the downfall ol j thce u;ca? U' ei fh.is ecu if?, gentlemen, may nr.: be j trim ncd to the popular breeze; it may not tally with the proem state ot popular ; opinio. ; yet it is a ennse which accords ! the li ue aiKi l:; eat intv reels ol the country, .n.:, soon, r or iat'n, it will leceive the saneiio-) d pnh.i-' appt ohation. Already

i has the iot;;sc ol the opp isition alarmed j many ol our most dis' inuisiied and c eav-

viguted statesmen ; it has opene . t!ie eyes of the farmers and n.-auufactui ers, to a true view of the subject and a jo at sense of t!ieir danger. The next sessicu oi congress will remove the mask and (ii.iciesc ihc true aim of their batteries to every eye uub'rulcd by ptejudicc. Pennsyhania, ever laithlui to herself and the country, will stand erect in the hour of triad ; she will never abandon her old republican colors ; she will not commit political suicide by unilimj with any party of men in opposing her bc-t, her dearest, her most vital interest. Pattiotism, principle, policy, all unite lludr voices to for. bid it. and their adfior.i'ions will neither be unheard not disregarded Gan'lemen, I will detain vou nolrncr. Cal'.ed up bv the kind expression of your approbation of my conduct, I felt it my duty to t;ivc you this frank and full disclosure of the com sc. which a sense of public duty requires me to pursue in fu tnre : it looks, you perct ive, to measures, t 1 not to men; it is the course pointed nm hy p'inciph , and I wiP add hy patriotism, and hich I i-u' 'ollow at every hazatd. tiy it 1 may forfeit your favor and

confidence, but no earthly consideration can tempt me to betiayyoui inteicil. Sfie'th of tht Hon. J.I MAS HVQllAX-

A.at thee un y meeting m Laucatt ! rr. t'a on the subject of the Woollen Jiiii Mr Chairman I never rose with more pleasure to aildi ess ,m assembly, than up pon the pi 1 3 'i.i o, easioo This meeting presents a j; eciacu. wi.ich. istbc strongest illusttati mi ot ihe h ccth ni and excellence of thei: mii ur.ions Yu hav; called upon uic, as your icp , -entuthc, to render you an accouni of my conduct, in regai d to the Woollen liili To the peo pc of ihi'i t. ongi ssional distsicl, 1 ho d my e l responsible, and to them I shall clr : nil) answer. As your icpresentalive, ! have no doubt often emd in judgment; hut that I have ever intentionally at andoncd Ihe lights or the interests' of my constituents, no person, I trus', within the sound of my voire, will f..r one moment he ievc. Such an abandonment of duty would, upon rny pan, be tlu basest ittgratitud- as well as the olaela si gnilt. 1 am bi.untl to you by evciy tie which can bind man to hisleiiow tmrn. rrienm'" to the I uriff policy as you know I am and ever f'avt; been; s ill icfl c'.ion li 3 I'O.y served i!ore fnmiy to convince me of the p'optiy of" my vote against the Wo !len Ui.l llcture I ptoeeed to rate the reasons which ir. disced me thus :o vote, it wiil be proper to explain p.) tic meeting, the natuteof its provisions Immediatclv after the orranization of the. 1'edcrii Govci rimrnt, (-'ongrcs, in the preamble to the act ol 17H9, iecognised the j )lic ol p ( c. tii g (h-mestic nauiii biit.'ie;-, Undei thit act, ine duty upon tlie ipp:r ati.n ot u ooen joods wa fixed at live pe rent This duty has been in-rt-eased, tnti! at !ei t;ih, hy the Ta.iff of Q M, it " i o cd bom 25 to 33 I 3 per '.em. Tills is t'e present nominal dutv. . I ho ur. :m! duty is im e ler ; bceausi: m i s'im Hi:;,' -it. o o mrts ;uld ten pe cent, to tlu: e ' e ar t.n ! ;:t the plat.o ii mu : w in- It it is ioi --- ted. m,i cidre.lato the du i

r- : , ue. d nn- il a yai d of 1 i dod.u- at Liverpool, 1 :i ,(Vi : ut. which makes ' f. ; v.'" :v l one thud per , i ii n v.iivcs you the aeiiial 'p- ir; eomd lo 3f 2 3 ner

emu L' : i' i: io t - is count y, vvlio put. 'u1 i ( ', p"p 'tied cloth, p.ys a 'ax ol .:' per en:, up'-'o its oi iii.al ( ot, ioi the l.xnr ht of d-onestic manufactU'es ;md of the ot'hdj revenue. Thus stands the law at present. At ii;- cmIv period of the last session tf Ctun.viss. n-:toy p'-,ti:ifms were presented f on New Mnjrhuirl. a! egi g that tnc I a ifi' of iS'J-J., had been vvaucd at our cus torn I'.ouscs, and that ihe pmiei i o winch it meant uwvicnd to our 'o' oen manu factm es. n as no: afV 'fded For this evil, the peMtio nus aik'd a tcmedy ; and I never he.od a mcmher ot t ongiess express an oyepitm adverse to tiiai petition. 1 The hvania' oT one and alt was, let the act ol I 824, he f o ly execued ; it frauds' against its punish us have Ik en commit- , ted, let them be prevented and punished. ; The C'mimutco ol domestic numutac- : turcs. ins'ead of repot tim a hilMor Ibis 1 purpose, Jep iled the Wod.en bi!f,Y.hich i d es not eomain a solitaty pioviion y- i

itainst tl.e fiauds up-ni the icv i.ne ot w hi h tnc manuf-u ti.rers complained. I hi-, hili, nomiu.lt. ok nut inc.!t asc the existing rate of duty. It was intended to pi!ucc its cfl rt in a tiiii". rent o.anr.er. lns'.c d v. O'ihimiiiK' lotstin.ate woollen imods imported mo tnis couium , at their teal v-jiue, it c-tubhshe d 1 u-arbitrary snrdaKts 1 bus, in asM-ssirV ihc duly under it, vhcncir the actual laluc ol the souare varti of wnnllrn riotb. nr tl n

' - j place whence imported d.d no. exc td 40 )

cents, it was valued at 4" cents; wlun it exceeded 40 cents, and did not exceed SI -0, it was valued at gl 5t ; wlun it exceeded gl 50. and did not exceed 2, 50, it was valued at $2 50; and when it

exceeded 50, and did not exceed g4 00, ! it was valued nig 100. The Tariff of I 824. i cmained unchanged in rc gai d to all I -',,! , i'l,U 1. . C 1 ,l ....... n .1 I

v . .-I. i .-un ii ii'M 0'xv' ei hum e, me stpiare yard Thrc arbitrary standards of 40 ce'nrs, gl 50, g2 50 and g4 00, wcic called miniu.ums. The nam e of the Woollen bill, will be best explained by a few examples, showtn the manner in which it would have opcrated Whit would have been the rate of dutv to be paid under it. upon a square yard of cloth, worth 50 cents, at the place from which it was import! d ? In estimating the duty, you isuit assume the fact, that it

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was worth gl 50 instead of go 50. Add 10 percent, to g 50, and the aggr gato is g I 65 Thii ty three and one third cent upon this sum, is equal to 55 cents Thus it appeals, that kuch a yard ol cloth worth 50 cents, under this bill, had it U come a law, would have paid a duty of 55 tens, or I 10 p-r cent Under the law, as it now stands, it would pay a duty of 18 2-3 cents. Under tl.e Woolle n bill, a square yard cl cloth, worth but 4i cents at the piace whence impoittd, would hae paid tho same duty, as though it lu.d been worth g 50. The principle ol the bill was, tho higher the piice, bt tween any two ol the n.ininiun.s, the lower the duty. A yaid ol cioib. worth 41 cents, would have paid a duty of 35 ; but if the estimate vaiuo c uhl !;a ,tcii n c.uced lo 40 cents, tho (iut uru'.d be 14 2 3 cents Ii may be called i r.faii n me, to put extit mc c. scs undei ibis bdt. What tl cn wi n d have bt en its opt raiio- upon the thiee inu imediate putt s, bttutcnihe fnur n. milium s ? ll.et aie 25 e.ias, g-2 00, and g3 25 A quait-) : . o t.np05 c cuts, wou'd pay a duiy nt 58 j t t . du 11 it cost g2, tin tiu'y wouUi be 46 cent, and il $r, 25. it would be 45 Fi.-m 3 25, the duty would have giadu. iy sunk, as the Vulut of ihe clot h 'men ast d, until it at lived at g4, at which poirn it reaclu d the old duly, a d vtould have been in e f om the operation ol the bill I!aing thus endeavored to explain iho nature of the Woollen bill, I shall now proceed to state to you, some of tht reasons which compelled mc to vote against it. And, in the first place, had it become a law.it w,.uld have btei a fc-icvoustax up-nil .spoor, for the ben fii ol domestic ir.;mufuctures ; hoi it would have imposed little, or no additional burden upon the rich. Whiisi ihc poor man would havo been cmj cl ed o pay a lax of 100 per cent upo. the coarse cloth which he purc ased to c v i I is nakednes- and shield him from ,1m wintry biast ; ht wealthy indivn.u ii who cioi ! d l.tmst :i with costly rahuem, '.on! ! have paid no more than the extih' du'y. Such a law would hue b enunrqu-l and nnjust. It would ha ( ;oiatid the spirit ot our republican in-iituth.iis I t o mt wish it. play the d iiv.imjU(. upon tliib. ci upoi. uny other ticcaion. I ht po. i o an ha" . -igluro t x uisive- -,fh v. lrs, , n t C( , ,:nt , jj povcrry. fie .iiirli' t U-ai iis sl au of t m public bun1 os H. tiiiglu t" be faxf d, as I t n .w is m , r portion to vhi he purchases In i ITs i i si e rr, h- now srantla mo,i the s.tmc I otiug with rh 'firhy. 'i , ie r.ow taxed by. this cquit;'hh' -uie. 1 ?- willing tf u. create his huiiitn for the b: rn fit of the U'oolh n ma ufaciures. pi' tided tht bill' ad continued to tax all our citiz ns in proportion to what they had purchased. It is neccssa-v- that tl r du'v upon ti e importation tl h reign Wooi'cus vi.i u cl be inert- 5td. in tudei that the ".rt.ttn n may he ;fTu;ded, which as bfuxdby the Tariff of 1824. incc i he j sing of that law, the Hr'uish government ivi reduced the dutv upon ihe imortarh-n of forcign wool, fiom Cd. to Id steilioper poni.d. This decrease tf dutv upon thr raw iv.atci ia!, cMisiilerabl) diminishes tin . st of the manufactured article. To 'hai extent it enables th English mai u'acturcr, to enter into competition with liu An.eriCc.n manufacturer in our maikt . upon tern s n on favorab't than he f ou d PuVe (h)ne, imn ediateh af'er the passagt of the Tar. IT of 1824 'I he relative position of tlu parties has thus been changed, and the eff ct up n our manufat turers tht s n. as if theie had been a iccluction of the tluties

Mr Cor k of ITmois, made a motion, which vi as intendi d to increa-c the p.escnt rate of duty upon all imported woollens, loan extent sufficient lo counter ct this late British lrcds'ation upon the subject This motion I advocated with all the : bilitv in my pvttr T he friends of the Wool ci- bill, howevt i, wiMi'd 1 1 suffer i's form to he changed 1 Li motion wns defeated, arid I "as con pt lh t. bv a sense of du'y. to v e tc gainst a hill w hich would have extorted b n. povtrity its I. aid earnings, whilst it s ffered wealth io escape, without imposir g on it ar y additional burden. It has been said that a precede r t xists in our legisl uion, for the un. qual ai el unjust provisions o! the Woollen hi;, in iho mode by which the domestic manure ure of cnarse cottons was protectt d Even if that were the case, a drnger us ar d an unjust precedent should pot be 'm'' -n j, But there is no foundation for this acr