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M. C LEMENS
OF ALABAMA,
Qt ee resolition declaring the Com.
prmmise measures to be a definitive
- ettlement of all the questions
grotinq out of the subject qf do
emiestic slavery. Delivered in the
enazte, December 24, 1851.
Mr. Clemens said:
-fr. President: If it had been left
h mne to determine whether this rea
Motionihould be introduced, I would
tfi0t p'obalsly have answered, no.
Notvtat'r doubted its propriety, nor
thatl cieer had any fears of- the con
"eqces which might flow from it.
t ome of those with whom I have
en accustomed to act did entertain
.e opinion that it might result in
.vi1, nd I am always willing to pay
notne respect even to the fears of an
aly.. The ' resolutien, however, is
how here, and the question is not
upon the propriety of its introduction,
but qpon, the duty of its passage.
'b, charaeter of the debate which
li'm taken place renders it imperative,
suao.my, judgment. that it shall be
posied. It has beon assailed in a
manner :and from quarters which
gave to us no astonishient. The
dene- we witnessed the other da v du
ting -the delivery by the Senator
frm South Carolina ~(Mr. Rhett) of'
f i hirangue, surprised no one here;
kut it would have been a matter of
Vrofound astonishment to the country
they eduld have been spectators of
what occurred. There was the Sen- j
itor from Massachusetts, (Mr. Sum- j
ner,) the Senator from Ohio, (Mr.
Chase,] and the Senator from New
(Mr. llale,) gatherel
t of fraternal ring,
abou '
While the coun1tVece of th to
...Am New Y -4,-. ' . >
idiant with gladness. Thus nay i
exhiited the spectacle of an1 extreme L
idouthern &nator denouneing, ii I
no measured terws, the govermunent I
of his eauntry, and declarimg himself I
a disunionist, on account of alleged
Wrongs heaped upon him, with four
da rabid abolitionists, as this land con. I
tains, drinking in hsis words with I
eager approbation--applauding, cheer
po ing and encouraging him. All this
wqas nothing new to us, however I
strange it may appear to the plain
and honest yeomany of the country.
Nur was it, when calmly considered, I
at all unnatural.
.A fellow feeling Imake4 u. woldrous kitMil."
4 There is a sympathy in treason as
te'eln as in knavery; and those who
ai'oearnestly striving to aecom;nlishI
the same end need not (uarrel abcut
thQ separate means employed.
e senior Senator from South
Oarlina, (Mr. Butler,) to whom J
never allude except in terms of the
highest respect, has questioned the
propriety of this resolution, because,
e' says, it can give no additional
validity to the law. True, sir, it
cannot. But it can and wsill do
something better. It will give an
assurnrie to the country that we
intend to put an end to agitation. It
ill strike from the hands of the
demagogue the most potent weapon
with which he is armed. The Nor-.
thern freesoiler is daily proclaim(inlg
that there is no obligation upn
-him to abide by the Compromise, be
cause Southern meni arc determined
"to uproot and destroy it. In proof
. of. this he cites thme resolutions of
* iBouthern rights associations, anid the
Sspeeches of Southern rights orators.
TLhe Southern secessionist tells his
hearers that the Compromise is
a nullity, and cites in his turn the
acts and declarations of his Noithecrn
dolaborers. Thus they go on, each
party playing into the hands of the
4ther-each one furnishing the other
with the means of rousing and keep.
ftg alive piublic distrust and enmity.
If this resolution is passed by such a
majority as-I trust it will he, that
game will be at an end. The friends
of law and good order can point to a
substantial assurance that the penace
of the country and the existence of
thme Union shall not again be put in
jeopardy. I was no friend of the
4Jompromnise; nor is it necessary for
mie to say that I do not approve of
all its parts. I believe that. by that
settlenment the North acquiredI more
~an shre was faiirly entitled to, and
thtwe lost more thnm we Ought to
hiaue been asked to yield. It is
onuo thing, however, to resist the
passage of-a law, and qutie anoithecr
thing to red4st this law after it has
tpasedi'. Wheu~'n thl~)e bills had l
ceived the sanction of tle President,
the only alternatives which presented
themselves to mind were acquies.
ence or revolutin Before revolution
was resolved upon, I felt it to be my
duty to examine in what manner th'e
bills were passed, and against whom
the war was to be levied. The
result of that examination proved
that if wrong had been -done, the
South as well as the North had par
ticipated in it, and that if secession
was the remedy, we must secede
from Southern as well as from Nor.
thern States. I intend to take
UP those measures one by one, and
show the manner in which they
passed into laws, riot for the purpose
of importiog any information to the
Senate, but mainly to place upon
the record, in a convenient form for
reference, facts which I sincerely
wish were in the possession of everyI
man inl the South. Let no man alt
tribute to me any special design to
Conciliate Northerni men bv what I
am about to say. I have said the
san2 things where there were no
Northern auditors, Ito NorthIern
sympathizers. It is not at all my
itrpose to Idefend the North. I
iave no intention of removing from
lie shoulders of* her peiople one feati
cr's weight of blame which justly at
aches to them. They have Soine
imes exhibited a rap acity for the
iublic spoils which no one has col
lemnned inl stronger terms than I
.iVe. But while I will iot assail
vithout cause. I intem-d to be
ust to them, as I hope to receive
ustice at their hands. The a4lims.
ion of CalilorIia, lowever wron g in
tself, howeve-r baneful in its illiu
nees, mas Ino case of Northern ag
;ressuoio. I know the charges has
$$$$5 3 forteduntil it
ni paiion of i J :.ii iit; but that
ily prove-Cs tie einaijty vith which
*en will cling t( a cherished Fase-Z
Oti. Let Im recapitulate thie
Ls. Tihe adukissi: in of Califoria
has first recoinIucitle l by a 6onth
rn Deunoeratie\, President. Jas.
. Polk sent lor the Senator fromi
ilinois, (aM. Dughls,) and re
u Iested him to taw up a bill for thatI
IuIpose. It is t rue, the bib pre
tared by tie Senator fromn 11iinois
vas a b'tter bill thai the one whsich
ipall passed; but that does not at
eet the presenlt inq -uir*y. It rcco
iised, it did not establislh , the pi-' I
:iple that the people of any part of
lie J)l.ic territories have a rigdit, un
ler peciuliL.r eiciemostalices, to de
nun 1 aduniittaIce in to tie UliioU
Svithou t any previous Law of Congr1mess
mi-iorizing theni to adupt a Conistitu1
tiou, antd withult an V Cilinulmation of
nhIiabiitants. It practieally asseited
tlat the only iuestion Congress was
bound to ask befure adint ing a
State was, Is her ecnns tit ionI re
piblicant?"'' and that all iiregulritiies
might be waived wi en the pulblie
goUd j required it Congress did not
act as Mr. Polk desirel. The next
step was also taken by a Southern
Presid ent. Glen. TPayh r cam ini to
oilic, anmd ieconnu enided the al his
siion of California as shei is. r to
this time the N orth had umnifestedl
nto eagerness to bring in Califonia.
Soutthiern meni only lad mouved in the
matter. Nor was thiere Leien at any
time anyvthinIg like uniaiiinios oppiJ
si tion on the par~ t of the Souith.
When the bill was linally: passed,
eigrht of the IifteeiiSothen States
lurniishedi votes for it. KentunckeV
gave seven out oh ten, andi Tlennesse'e
sevent out of eleven in the I louse of
R~epresenitatives, thus showinig a de
cided ma~jori ty inm iothI States ini la
vor' of the bill. With wihat appear
anice (f truth, then, cani it niow lie
assarted th at tthis is anm umniti gat ed
case of iNorthien aggi ession, and11
that we of thle South have been
robbed of terri tory aiiCjiired mainlv
by Southern blood andii Suther'ni
treasure. No two States in this
Unmionu acqij ired imore glory di nig
the Mexican war thani Tlenneissee and
Kentuctkyv. Eaich one of them fur
niished four regimieints of voluinteers,
exclusive of their duo propor'tion of
regulars, anid both of them maintain
ed on every field the high character
they had won ini previous wars. The
bonmeS ohf any a gallant 'Tem..o;sean
iow lies bleaching beineathi the
walls of Monterey amnd thme paiss of
CeXrro (Gordo, amnd the flel of Buena
itawas madle red with the best
blood1 of Kenitucky. Cani it be be
bvedl that the people of those States,
v, ho s dauintless cour~age has nhast
passed into a proverb, should iot
only be willing to submit to a. shatle
less robbery of rights - thus dearly
purchased, but that they should
themselves aid in that robferv, and
become a pi ty to their own 'degra
tion? No, Mr. President, tle truth
is, it was a difference of jiidgnent
merely. I thought it wrong to admnit
California, and voted against it.
They believed it to be in accordance
with the great Democraticprinciple,
that people, whether few or ir.any,
are entitled to a government. Cull
gress had failed to give California a
government, aund they felt. bounid to
recognise that which the people had
established. I do not inteial to go
into any inquiry as to how far the
position Was a sound one. I - (lV
intend to show that, whetlic Cai
ifornia came into the Union rightly
or wrongfullv, the South cannot so
Cede fronm the ULnionl on that accainati
Oecause we should have to Lin''ill
the work at honc, I1' we have
been robbed at all, Tennessee atl
Kentneky are more to haine than
Indiana and Illinois. They are not
only nearer neighbors, ulit theo.v have
interests identical with otrs; and
we had more reason to demani (f
them that tlaey shotuld with
iealous vigilance our com1inon1 1 ts.
ft seci.s to ine that this is a dilent.a
Fromt which no semcssiisijt canl (s.
napte, and that it at once rcdhtees
ceessiol to ai absir dit)'.
Tlhe Senator from South 'Carolinia
r. 1iett) 8:'s thie ad mi SO'n of*
malifliulia was un1lcotistitutional, h.
'ause thi3 CostS ituti)ni provides ln
'6r. the admnissi.an of S/ates. ] I
md not heard this argumicat ad
'anced at home by abler mena than
he Senator, I would not Ilesitate to
IaOiuce it preir ioisaens. r
k>nstitiui - ovidvs (,:Idyv4r~.
iiission cf, a State. Ti:.: ; but it is
lie act of almission which ma'kes it a
statc. Some thirty three years ago,
'01n. sir. were sitting in a conveitionl
a the theni Territory of Alah :.
ou a6ked to be admitted into tle
Ilion. Did you inine tht you
vere comimiitting the fally of asking :
hat which Congress la:' io ight to
, ant ? Suppose sonic enere had
-isen in that convcntion and infOrmed
on i that the Constitutioit pidd
>Ily for the adinuissiona of at -
.hIa t Alabaa a s a Terri1or, \ '
haere''ore couhl not he a hnitted iinto
le Unlioni-vhat would haw'v'e beein
VOtII' Opinion. n-ot mer'el y of his Con.
titutianal learning, bUt of his e !i
? s e1e romt I t i eri d tO
Lis, -Sidah oily a short intermitsin,
Von lave held a seat in this. 1 h.
las it ever occurredl to vou that' vu
were here 11u stitutionaly, inu
tlat in the very act of t aklin ag ynom- i
at yi violated the inlstruminiat von
WIr SWornii to spilpo1rt ? 'hihere :me
bIut thr tee Cases, I believe, in our Lis
tory, inl which A'(ut/es have been ad
mimtt ed into the nTiiion-V r nout,
Kentiey, anad ITexas. All tile rest
came in as Teriitories; and if the po
si tioin of the Seator' fromi Sou th
Ca ioliinta he' correct, the eari! f La
miers of the Conutst i tutjain knev n9
thng af the faudtaetal~i law they
estab.lh~ihed. .U lt, sir., wh ile the :i
at~or fiant Southi Caralinma deies to
Cai liria the righat to coime in bI
caause she v as; noEt a Staite, hu vet
con tends, w ith that remiarale cin
sisteneiy which ebanracterizes man i ofic
the (aphonientS of the cotlmrii Se.
that M :semri dlid have thi.!..
Now,- sir', the oily dii rence th tu
cases is, that Mlisau:-i hal a r'da
lIa taever hali. .leut ht y wer tI ll
Tecrritoies, necverthael ss.'mo *.) ither-i
peolle of botha ado.tcud a cons.ttitiona
ad senat at Iee- i for a*-ovi; uh
appruovedl they both becamiic~Edi :ta3,
but not unatil thIm.
Thle niext in-asme a to whlich l a.-e
tiona is takeni is the territuriial h~iiui o
Ltahu. I iiaight purtsule th ton hueiC ia
ad ar-gutnent Ihemre as in thle er:se of
California , and shoaw that the Sautlh
passedl that bill, and if. it robs us of
iany right, we robbaed our selves. -
'fTere was niot an abolidtionist or' free
sailer in eithieir brnatch of Conagress
who voted for it. Tihere were hut
two Southierni Senators who voted
atgainist it., and thtese two, I helieve,
were given fupon tho groutnd that theyv
ddnot have muchel fatith in the ea
pacity of' the Mormons for self-gov
ernmentt. 1 voted for the bill, and
the pillars of' the Monthieen ei~ito
church voted wilh ine. The eat
from South Carolina was n ."'j
here, but he nlow undertake tu Ca
it a robbery, and, with in 1'. N4ab
arrogance, deniouices Il th e w))
dili'ler with him as kIaves or. os. -
I give him the heniellt of It 'ow
words
"Are not tle people or tis-4nslavt
holding States practically eftlude
by these comproiise incasuz , frir
cololizilg. ope alcre of theso Teri:i
Ies ? Si-, no inaz of e nmin l:i
esty, or of anly honesty at a ivlt
understatids the inatter, can 8ayJ tch
are lot.'
I have said repeatedly, Ier ani
elsewhere, thiit we are as freg to g',
to tihat Teritory whieL L4 beei
ihrmied Since tile adoptiot" f the
Constitution; an1d, altihoug-rh 1-94n not
mt11re Sen1sitive than other inein.I do
not like to have such a16ia, ap.
Ilied to Iny Ilblisded opininiti. ' The
Seiato r inust allow 1ne, howev -, to
conisule nself with tie refl tion,
that his judijment is not in lible;
tIa'it o0 Imatter by wi hat san -I. ie
a.yv i1Iie himself no tat by
what Stailard' lie nmy hei 1m10Aenreul
constitiitnig thcl, rest ot tihe -6
6titside the limis ofi is 1 t1 te, 6t-e
s a prevalent opinion that te
tiir wouldl niever himrve created' N4
kin..11mi of Lilli; ut itsefl.
jet better li n I t l. ; I I h to.
aouth Carolina. I stuldied it
!o-nttion-he to find 1d1111t. I
read fromu tho laiw it self, to,
what are tie provisiOs of thy
Lte Sanict provisio i3 Iire il tlt{
Mexicai hill-onae is aliIoiubt 1.in
.Lct copy of the other.
f r. Dotiuas.. Al ol co
Elie ntanics anw! J ri of bounIida.
ries.
Th.rovi to the Second Ieccion
" A ni1 p'rrii1, f)ther. T hat
wihiein ateited a :rtam , said Territo
ry, or niiy lortio f01 the ''sam, Shiall
bie ieceived i to tlie Uioni, with or
witiut slier. as their contiutmien
may pr-'c ih. at the ta:e of its ad
lissiol."
i i3 a guarantee which e have
overmen~~ct. It is, the lhst tune ini
hm- history thmt the Noth hias p-ro.
elimedt.- is adice the -iir d:tentuiina
tio tolea.: he us~onto hevreg.el
ite by" thle p-oole If thle Te1.1rtory.
L uw thr is a lik prVi.iI inl
the hll :t.:i Tx; but Ispo ak
.w fli Terrii e iI Unie, m11t h, the
artitioni of Sttes. Jhit tli. is not
all. Ii 1 iOderstmal the v'S of
thit enatr c rectl, lie m:initains
tlut the Ciistitutiniu of the nI'ted
Statspotects ou0p111t. i avs
maIl that, whre1v cr th ('isiitjti
.s2., 1im t rItt I e iI v t exit s. 1
a rt-e w;t hI.im fal::%, :i1 1 aal en
tavr to shw thIat the liui Coi
gresd03wel..ot uiwiliil of uti-y in
terests ini tis res ct. Not tutisfied
with decIlail:.g tht the TIrritory
iiht comez ini as a S~tt, rith or
without silaIvery. as the peoph shioul
ect, they~'Ci wen lurthier, mtil.for the
pupo Io meting. the objectiIn that
the Me~xicant laws were ini free ini
the Teic ltoies3, thecy einactedc iin the
seven teen- th stection of thaiit lili. th at
"the Conistitu tion,a and all lamit of the
IniteId S-taites not locally imppllic.a
riseet is h ewhere w'ihithiited 11
lc e i (an1- exressl ai etnexiefte
IiuItitut~in and~il~ hiof the 'ntedc
.!ufe- Iv s ~the Ticth rl:iu in of
isiiTh duiiaryj s ac-i for hie
rh cry Ls pri des ii ihr the~ - trill:
also ior the trial of the title of- ad
verse ehdi:Lants. ITe ful'.itile slani
bid goiis beyoundi the wordsth of the
C'onstituttini andt say's that whenti
cState or* Te~rriory shall ecapie, ke.
he. sh all be de lLlivered uip, ke.~ Th<
Iletteir of the Cotnsti tutiti didi not rec
cj'ire thde words 'or Terriitocr)' to bcc
iniserited ini the fugiive slave bill.
Wte hlave butt foutr Teritori .-Nes
ta. In (Jregoni and M1inniesota slav<c
ry is pr-ohiitd by law. if it is als
priohibited in Utah mnd New Mexiet
uihicte was the necessity of- is -rtin
r a provision that slaves escaping .from
a a Territory should be delivered up?
I The supposition is a :tultification of
a Congress. It, thus appears, Mr.
C President, that not only was this bill
- passed by $dtirr votes, but that it
was framied to suit the taste of Sonth
ern1 men, and to obviate every rea
sonable Southern oljection. I shall
I not discuss the <Juestionl as to wheth
k er soil and climate have excluded us
from the Territories. Mly opinion is,
that slavery will go anywhere where
it is not prohibited by law. That is
immaterial. If God afid nature
hai~e excluded it, we have no right
to murmur at the decree. All we
had a right to ask was, that Cm
grievs should not excludo it-that
Congress should recognize our equal
rights. When that was done, as I
believe it was done, it then became a
q1uestion for (lie Jeople of the Territo
ry, and.to them I an willing to leave
it. It may be well.enough to men
tion a strange dilfeence- of opinion
between -the Scnator andi his aboli
tioi admirers. There is riot one
of them who has nut told his constitu
ents that the passage of these bills
n"as a triumph of the slave power.
But recently I saw a letter written
fron New Mexico by an abolition
enissarv r .. p-' in Mount
eI 1 ; that emi
. A% i.i' _ij ri
denLIIilicree-, am- t believed
his lin ger'stay there would be only
a useless waste of his time and their
thine. INow whether lie is right in
his suppositiot or not I do not know.
Jt is sufilcient for me that the bill
ontafivnio exclusion of Southern
putt itt3
not a Northern proviso.
The next measure of which coni
phiint has been made, is the bill set
tlng thle boundary of Texas. Well,
sir, it so haptpens that this als'o is- a
S uthern, not a Northern measure.
It was introduced by a Suuthern
man, passed by Southern votes, and
ratified by the people of the only
Sou:hern States who had any direct
interest in it. I ft frther happens
that Mr. Clahoun, the great leader
of the South during his life, has left
on record his deliberate opinion that
Texas never had a shadow of title to
one foot of tue territory we surren
dered to the General Government.
Ile asseited that the true boundary
of Te.as was the middle of the des
ert between the Nueces amd the Rio
Graide. We gave to Texas nine
hildred miles on the IRio Grande,
whieb, in his opinion, did not belong
to her. Yet his especial disciples -
mien who have assimed a guardian.
ship over his I'uine, endeavor to stul
tify him by declaring that the title of
Texas was indisputable, and that we
have shl slave territory to free soil.
Sir, I believe I loved him better
while living, anid respect him more
now, thran ay one of those who make
use of his namne to give respectability
to treason. lie was never a a es
sioniist; and I am an'thorized to say
that the proof u ill befo long be giv
en to the worl. lie regarded the
[a ttemapt of a sing~le State to gro out of
the ... Uionu as madness, and- died in
that opinion.
I pa i ow to the consideration of
the Fugitive Slave hill. It is
assertedi with a degree of confidence
calcubited to iampose upon1 the counl
try', that it has not been executed,
anid cannmot b~e. My uderstainding
.f the facts is w'idely differnt. In
the north west 1 recollect no instance
ini which it has not enforced.I
reco leet mny in w hich it has, in
ciinig someit from my own State.
That it hars been occasionally evarded
ini other places, is true; and that
ini some inistanlces it has been resisted
by vitilence, I (do niot deny'. But
that was to have been expected. It
is, rad always will be so, of
all laws ii a counitry like ours. No
man ever believed, when this law was
pass0e that it woul be executed in
every inistance. No man ever be
lieved s') of any law framed by the
Wusdom of mtan. It is sufficient that
this law has beeni excuted as faith
fully as other laws. Occasional fail
ures by no means warrant anmy one
-ini asserting that it is in effect a
-(dead letter. There is not a law upon
our statute-books which is not seine
,timues evaded. There is not a year in
wthich crimuinals do not ecapo tho
penalties Pt*' ribad by ,they a1t a
gainst inud 4a that is nofeason
for. the releid ir-law is bet
ter that thed hFq f the, iti4oafisioald
be impor&etfi oteCted "than;not
piotected at' Bo', i the proeeu
case, it t.e es not 'seilrotfe
certain re Y ffdUiti9 it
does as. i inan,14w 040,n
do;- and lie true- in dut 'te
way the -o o, tdhat' ohrtern
inai who.desrutf eontinuauagitation
about it. %
Mr. Psidd, i ih it-alyity.re
membered tliet tiis resoltioni -ro
poses no apg ao ir'the Comproblise.
Any itfif lo nieaiy neaniPt
ccadse agitation, canAeiitioely
vote for it. It s notluig 'ut a pub
lie dectarationi iln to sb;
mit to tho law.and jthe Voice ofthe
people.- Wo ask.no: man to retract I
any former opinion ho mhy have e
peressed. We ask no man to join in
praises of measures he -has con- I
demnhed. We ask only-that- hereaf. i
ter this disturbing questiotv shall be r
laid Art 1esit. We, wio6 ae "'the i
victors in the struggle, teder' the I
, , ,!,;.-. J ,
Aivvc-braneht to our latepient,
and, forgetting the bitterness= of '
the past, offer -them a future of V
harmony upon terms o-easy !that t
Inle but a determined agttot- ooan
reject them. A Southerin makes li
no sacrifice by 6gieeing to acqniesce I1
in the Compromise; for, g-hting that 0
it be as objectionable as alleged, d
still the objectionable . parti .dre *a
irrepcalable, and that wi i, good y
only remains under thc: control- of ti
Congress.- California is a sovereign e
State, and cannot. be disturked ai
The Territorial bills for Utah &W V
New Mexico include :an, exptess /
Rantee that tho'! P oWIor-Ihie P
the' Fdgtd -, end t
law to abolish the s oavo '-da ,p
this District. Then, let .me
what -possible objection ao o~t'ett
mnaf can rlve to this' isolution, V
unless he desires the- repeal -of re
the Fugitive Slave bill and the 9
(Cestruction .of the. Government? -
I did not vote for t.ie' abolition 'f b
the slave trade in the District of Co0
lumbia.-I thought it Wrong foi r
Congress to meddle with it.' I think
it wrong now. But I would noA to- 0
lay vote to repeal it. It is oue.. of 'e
the series of measures upon. -.which tl
we rely for a settlement of the diffi et
eilties which existed between ,th.
North and the South; and however "
wrong I nght believe it to be. still, t
as a settlemrent, I intend to abide by
it. Moreover, it is precisely one of -f,
those cases which may with peculiar q,
propriety be left to the decision of the T
Supreme Court. It can be deter- ti
mined there without agitation-with- 'st
3u t stirring up the embers of section. ti
11 strife; and to that tribunal I pro- Il
pose to leave it. While upon this t
ibject, let me retwok tmt this bill
seeirms to have beten strangely :isun
lerstood. It ir nothing na E it
legislation of Congress. It hn~s been ii
the law of the District for' hLfy years,y
excelpt as to the States of Virginap
and Maryland. After Virginia re
aeived back her portio6s of the Dis- fl
trict, it applied also to her~ Alt the
last Congress did war to-make it ap- I
pl1y also to Maryland. I do not -"
mean, of course, to say these are the -
wordls of the bill, but that smdch is the *'
only effect. Thb citizens of North
Garolina, South Carolina, and other
States, have been denied' the righit of
bringing slaves into this District for
sale ever since the year 1801; and m
throughout that long period we have I.
heard no mnurmner of comlhaint. It is 't
too late now to seize upon it as- an
excuse for agitation.
The Senator from South Carolina
did not content himself with coin
plaints upon the subject of slavery
alone, lie reviewed the financial
policy of the country, and found op. '5
pression anid robbthry even in the-tar
ifl of 18413. Now, sir, I have al
wvays understood the tar'iff of '463 to
- be a- democrhtic tariff. It has been
a standing chai'ge against the deinoc:
racy in certaini quarters that by that
act we reduced the rate of duties too
much. '.lhe Senator himself was
then a member of the llouse of Rep
resentatives, and voted for it. By
reference to the Journal, I find that
the wvhole Souith Carolina- delegation
voted with- him. If, therefore, it bd
unjust and unequal ib its operation%
that Senator has much to answer for.
lie is the last man who should at
chief part W14ll~a~c''
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