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Aw bi? JunMtic competitor*. Willi this ed^nitlagf, giving, as it obviously would ui immense stimulus to domestic competition, it ran scarcely be duulitod tbut tbo uped of my (head's horses would l>e tuuu brought up to the highest standard, so as to defy foreign competition. But 1 wouhl apply the iwiKuUvm principle not only to Uv weight ot the rider, but to ihc diataiM u to be ruij.. Kor exuoiple, it should be peotbdod Us the act, (in strict Ootlfmwiy toettr HMJiiinuiiicienac*,) that when u iut(vu home bred bore ahull have run three utiles, be dio|l be (leruiiil Aid held to havo run tlie ISuur, ??hfl v?l?e fopcigu couipetibr aiiailruu the full dietetic?./ Coder bhia/iigh protection, 1 might almost venture to aaaure any I'ljrTi.l I rein l'ciuisylj" ' ^r'J^>c"**""??),**"** iu?W tlw L I *or??u^daiou5r?w^ i* oew able to find, after I etaremliy couaultiug the rat-Jug'anunN of lVuiwylvanm, h siu|dii iiialMiiwta rocwd d?uto of thia train oi race Ikmxs I ii.ik.iiig greater apeed thun throe miles au hour, under tho ' severest prewnrr, yet If there bo any truth in the doctrine* of high peotection and domestic competition, they wouhl hardly kail, in the abort period of <il'ty-aix yearm to exceed ull foreign competitors, as tuuch as the iron musters of Pennsylvania now exceed those of Kiigland and Wales, particularly in rail road iron, which, if i out correctly infbrtned, they cannot make at all. But I proceed to consider another argameut relative to competition uud low price*, advanced by the senator from Massachusetts, (Mr. Bales,) which is "extraordinary. if hue." Ho nffiruis verv eoumlmtlv ~ ? J '"V u?ui?i?iurei? ' of certain descriptions of cotton good* can now produce ( and sell tkctn cheaper thnn tlioy can '.*? sold in Mauche*- , tor, and yet that the admission of the foreign ikbrics under a revenue duty would totally prostrate tho domestic es- 1 tiblishmcnts engaged ii? producing similar articles! And I yet the honorable senator ns confidently affirms that, if ( (ireat Britain should l?e so blind as to admit these Lowell ( manufactures under a system of lire trade, it would iu , like manner, prostrate the tic lories of Manchester! Now, this argument has the doulde merit of Vicing quite impar- I tial and of workiug both ways. I recollect to have some- ( wIkto read, when 1 was a boy,, of a country in which the ( rivers run both ways; but living acquired a slight Rinntt urine uf hvdru?ii-'irs.J <ljd imuluia LitiO'S ' ili'u, I welt stated and appunwUly well considered arjjtiineti, ol the honorabte senator has iuduced mo to think this hydrostatic phcuotiieuon may not have been a more traveller's story. It cerrtiuly goes fartlier to prove tluit free trade is a systom of mutual destruction, than nuytliiug I have ever lieard, except a memorable battle between two celebrated cats which I have rend in a very authentic work ??n Irish chivalry, from which I have extracted a brief and graphic account of this extraordinary and eventful combat lor the information of the Senate. "In die vear 1633," says this work, "there was in the town of Kilkenny two extraordinary cats, remarkable for their power of destruction. Each of them had gone through a career of victorious contests, and had never failed to destroy and devour his adversary. lJnt it hiul so hnp|>ened thut they had never been brought into contact. Prompted by that benevolent spirit of partisanship which never fails to bring two neighboring bullies together, the good people of Kilkenny published and proclaimed that on a | certain duy a pitched battle would take place between thesa two illustrious champions. On the appointed day, the Irish people assembled lroui great distances to witness the contest, as the people of ancient fSreece assembled to I witness the (llvtniiio wi -* r - * - 8u.?vr. .?ii.-n ui?-mmi nnur arrived, ( nftqr due proclamation by the herald*, the combatant* ( wore thrown into the ring; ami after lighting for five mortal minute*, amidst the intense excitement ol the surround* ' U141 mnltitii.l.. I-nth oml/leoty dwstui toured. leaving I not a ventimi behind. And while the sj>octHtnrs stood mute with astDuishniont, an Irishman from Cork leaped over the list*, and exclaimed with iui air of triumph, "there now, did you not see how that ?as done 1 Puitdy O'llaflerty is no tnie son of Arin if Uiey did not ate each other nj?." Mr. President, I beg Senators to consider that this is no I hutching matter. It ]atinta a high moral mid an awful | warning to the world. It fully confirms the argument of the honorable senator froiu Massachusetts; und if all the tuitions of the earth should rashly establish a mutual free ' trade, who knows at what moment thoy might experience I the dismal fate of the two Kilkenny eats. I On the-dist, Mr. McDutlie continued his remarks, as follows: , ! Mr. President! lit the rctmuk* I had the honor to sub- 1 tnit yestefilay, I attempted to show that the historical re- | view of the protective system, to which our attention was ' invoked by the senators from Massachusetts, as well us | the philosophical auulysis of prices abroad und at home, demonstrate conclusively, that our manufacturers are fur- 1 ther behind their foreign competitors, at this moment, and loss capable of iii'iiutaiuiiig a competition with tliein than ( at any former period. And especially that since 18IK, the j price of domestic uiuuufucliirea has been steadily rising, as ci inpared with the price of rival foreign lit umfactures.? J 'I bis I proved by the steady and progressive increase of ( the protective duties, at short intervals, undor the solemn 1 mum.f..JU ojigry.nistnma. fhqX ; Uncrossed duties wore necessary to two ihciu IVOlu rrtrn . In resinning the disenssion, I projHtse to notice very briefly some of the arguments of other senators. But first, the I senator from Virginia, (Mr. ttives,) who principally con- \ fined his argument to the constitutional power ot Congress j to impose protective duties. Ho contends that the power . "to regulate commerce with foreign nations," involves the right to protect domestic wanu/aetures by restinc* t lions upon tluit commerce. If the honorable senator J had looked into the popular discussions which nave rise in the convention at Annapolis, lie would liuve twcu thut the great object of calliug thut convention wiw to regulutu * commerce; not with a view to promote domestic intuiii- t factures at the expense of that commerce, but to promote, ( encourage anil defend it, by measures calculated to defend it, by measures calculated to promote that object. The . power to regulate commerce, upon any rational principle 1 1 of interpretation, is a power to protect commerce, as much t eons if the word "jirdlk't" had been used instead of the s %v??rd "regulate." I challenge the senator from Virginia to j 1 produce tui instance in the debates of tho convention, of u member of Unit body avowing that the protection of do- 8 mestic manufactures was one of the objects for which the > power to regulate commerce was conferred upon Congress. < Kvery senator well knows that tho main purpose of confer- , ring this power to regulate commerce was to haruiouize conflicting regulations of the States, which could only be ' lone by a common authority. It was to give uniformity to I our system of commercial regulations. Indeed, Mr. Pre.-;:'- i smi, ir more was any one e^errt wiunaM mu-rcsr ivnich it , wits die leading obje t of the framers of tho constitution to . encourage and extend, it was foreign commerce. The ' tftatcs wore amply competent to foster and protect all oth- I er great Interests. What, then, can he more perfectly . monstrous and unnatural than for Congress, tho special and ' exclusive guardian appointed by the constitution to preserve and nourish foreign commerce, to oiler itusasucri- ' lire to another interest not committed to its charge .' i JJut the Senator from Virginia has attempted to i sustain his argument by the authority of great i names, and among others that of Mr. Jefferson.? < i4 tj T * is iruc, i*ir. oenerson at one time believed in t tlje efficacy of commercial restrictions, as a means j of vindicating our commercial rights against the i injustice and violence of foreign powers. But this system of hostile restrictions, like the embar- i go, was a substitute for war. It was recommend- i fd and adopted as a war measure. Experience I proved its total ineflicacy, and it has been aban- i doncd by the whole country. It has no hearing at nil on the question of protecting domestic inn- j nufactures. During, or soon after, the late war, i JVIr. Tefferson n_nd.ii. ...... ...._ < factures flourish?a wish in which every patriot . I must concur. But he said not a word about ex- i lorting contributions from all other classes to in- < crease the profits of the manufacturers. But in l 1825, ill a letter to Mr. Giles, he did speak unc- j qutvocally on that point; arid I shall quote a sin- I gle sentence, which is a conclusive answer to the I argument of the Senator from Virginia : i "Under the power to regulate commerce, they i assume indefinitely that also over agriculture and manufactures : and call it reputation ti> take ike < earning of one of these branches of industry, and I that, t(*j, the most depressed, and put them into the pockets of the other, the most flourishing of all. This emphatic denunciation had direct reference to the tarilf of 1S2J, then recently passed. With what accumulated force does it apply to the tarilf of 18|2, which adds from 60 to 100 per cent, to that of 1S21 ? In a letter to Mr. Madison in 1S2G, he speaks pf "the general prostration of farming business, under lovicy for the support of rnunufacfures," as eonniOufing to fits own pecuniary emliarrassmcnt and ruin. Now, I take it for granted that the Senator from Virginia will never again nppeal to the authority of this great and illustrious statesman, to sustain the "new views" which seem to have boon recently revealed to him on this subject, so directly opposed to the uniform course of Virginia for twenty years, and to his own course since I first had the pleasure to unitu my efforts with his, in opposition to the tariff of 182-1. JBut the clause of the constitution under which tQB power to impose protective duties is most generally claimed, m that which authorise* Congress to impose duties for the purpose of raising leve' -5 V / 1 ,.v nuc. tb.lT jjovve^^^^^^R^^owBT^^^osc distinctly expressed, tuay bm legitimately exercised for another, and even inconsistent purpose, is doctrine too absurd.. to be openly tvowe^ however it may Inrprootlsbd. This power of protecting domestjp nsanulectures by. higjt duties therefore, is brought 'now iuto operation unaer the plausible and iosidiotu guise oi a revenue tariff. In 1824 and 1SV6, the manufactures cainf forward boldly, with "protection ami prohlbitinhV i'C^H?So?'xr,.ni";;;Ui^x Thev yielded tb the comprodnise uct to avoid a! r..?. r- ui? -v? r * -, ? .V, *11 lui^, WIIVII 1 b?t>V WIO I1UW SyStoin of tactics, "which grew out of the Union "between southern and northern whigs?'when I heard Southern nullifiers declaring that the manufacturers wanted no protection beyond that which a revenue tariff woultfafford ; and above all, wheri I saw that the protective tartff 1842, the foulest of all the brood, was entitled "An act for providing revenue," I became at once impressed with the magnitude of the danger to which the whole agricultural, and particularly the exporting interest of the country was imminently exposed. The people of the United States may be swindled out of their rights by artful devices and false tokens; but they will never submit to oj?eh and undisguised oppression and injustice. J'hoy may be betrayed by a false Hug hoisted by an artful enenrp , but never conquered in a fair fight in the open field. I confess, Mr. President, I was great1 alarmed when 1 saw the manufacturers violatii g the compact of 1833, by which they stipulated to be satisfied with a fixed but liberal contributi ? Irom atr other cratsCS; ahcTlnen aatimg fraud a deception to bad faith, by recommending tneir piracies under the Hag of a constitutional rev^n e tariff. With this view of the subjecju I opened the debate on this measure by drawing tne distinctive line which separates a revenue from a piotective duty; and I now re-affirm what 1 then staled, and which has not been answered, that tb revenue standard is the lowest rate of duty that will raise the requisite amount of revenue. I also affirmed, and it has not been denied, that n average duty of 20 per cent, upon all foreign i posts would yield not only a sufficient revenue, but a larger amount than the present tariff; and how is this answered ? Why, the Senator from 31aine says, any tariff that, upon the whole will yield sufficient revenue, is a revenue tariff. If this he not a blight idea, it is certainly a new one. If we suppose a tariff which prohibits, by some one-half, the imports we now receive from foreign countries, and lays duties upon the other half sufficient for the purposes of revenue, this, according to the Senator's definition, would be a revenue tariff! You positively prohibit and exclude onelialf the imports in this case to "raise revenue ! !" Absurd as this would be, it differs not ver^' widely from 'be tariff of IS 12; for I shall hereafter show that it is a more prohibitive and oppressive tariff than any we have ever had?not excepting that of 1S2S. Now, if the supporters of this measure think they can make oppression a sweet morsel, instead of a bitter pill, by changing its name?if they suppose they can alter the flavor of a fish geranium by calling it a rose, or asafictida by calling it frankincense, they will hardly succeed with a people who "snuff tyranny in the tainted gale." i'liey have certainly reversed the policy pursued by Great Britain towards the colonies during the revolution. If Mr. Burke be good authority, the British ministry, after being compelled by public minion tr\ eoiwml t 1 -vv mw UUIIUAJUU3 igAt'9, rt'lUIIlt'U :he preamble, bv way of asserting the power of Parliament, and the dignity of the crown. Now, )ur republican Congress liave certainly made a vast improvement upon the British Parliament in axation. Thcv veJy prudently'gave up the titl?, jut not only retain the obnoxious taxes, but greaty increase them ! It remains to be seen whether lie people of the United States are 0? much beow their forefathers in tho spirit of liberty, as a -epublican Congress is above a British Parliament 11 the art of oppression. In the course of the remarks I first offered to he Senate in favor of this bill, I admitted that :ertain discriminations might be made in the rates if duty upon strict revenue principles. For eximplc : 1 said a lower rate of duty ought to be mposed upon course manufactures consumed by he poorer classes, than upon foreign fabrics conuimed by the wealthier classes ; and the honora>le Senator from Georgia, who I am sorry not to ;ee in his place, with ull. the zeal of a new concert, seizes upon the admission as a full concession of the protective power to Congress. For, says the senator, this is substantially protecting lie poor by a sort of public churity. I confess, sir, I was not prepured to hear this argument from my m.wa. low ftunr tW snrau>r ftuni rleorgia. I have always supposed that it was a irst principle i.i every system of equitahlo taxation, to distribute the burdens imposed upon the people as nearly as possible in proportion to theit ibility to pay, or to the property they hold under the protection of the government. In this view, , l... ;.,o. 0...1 :...i.i.. ? ? -t. t. it vuiu uu juji cxuu utjuiluuiu ou iu ai lau^u uiu taxes that they should lull, if it were practicable, upon the holders of property exclusively, entirely exempting those who have no property and live an the wages of their daily labor. Upon this principle, the members of the first Congress avowed and acted upon the principles of laying the heaviest duties 011 luxuries. And in laying internal duties, the same principle lias always prevailed. For example ; pleasure carriages are highly taxed, while road and farm wagons are entirely exempted. And all these discriminations are made with strict regard to the true principles of revenue and taxation. Now, sir, after this brief exposition, 1 leave the honorable Senator from Drnsuto ... .anI#A ?1. -i* I.U <* - -> *1 w \nd if, as lie seems to suppose, he has discovered 1 marc's nest, 1 think that he will find, iStpon reexamination, that it is entirely empty. And laugh hough lie may?and I should be the last to deprive him of that innocent and harmless gratification?he certainly will not laugh at the eggs. That Honorable senator very earnestly deprecated the litempt to disturb the slumbers or mar the symmetry of the tariff of 1842, because he said it would derange the whole revenue system of the country ! Now, sir, ns the Senate must recollect the distinguished part acted by the honorable Senator in accordance with the unanimous opinion of Georgia and the whole South and South-west, against the tariff of 1832, I propose to exhibit a brief comparison of that with the present tariff, for the information of the whole country. I confess, Mr. J'resideut, that when I was induced by the unexpected course of the senator from Georgia to make this comparative analysis, 1 was utterly os'.onished at the result. 1 ain sure tho country will bq astonished when I state 1 have, then, u statement in my hand, embracing seventy-five articles and classes of articles, showing an average increase of duties by the act of 1842, beyond those of 1832, almost sufficient, of itself, to make a revenue tariff sufficient for the wants of an economical government. I offer u few specifications by way of illustration. Hy the act of 1H32, the duty on plain kerseys and keudul cottons, used for negro clothing, was 6 per cent,, hy the net of 1842, it was raised to 40 per cent, On negro blankets the duty was raised from fi tc 15 percent.; on worsted stuff goods, constituting a large proportion of our imports of wollen manufactures, the duty was raised from 10 to 30 jhm r< V I tion* ^of1 rva?Jv-mtule J I " ' ''IS 'iTH?./^nHNpi<l clnrl ro, 'If , v u. (Mb.. f^,. >r, ro .. , per rwtlUj tiJVU ?OW ! **'??! v 0' *'' ?)??? Vo?xi acvov h, 1 '"' v,,r^ v?n?<dtti4 utnounfmjr to b7 t**r A ru,,n,n* > ?^J ,y* ' !.' Cri-fi , . of wSH~Sr^ ^ * 4 ^m- ?" W?f;-- 2 R-toif r'c*2K? * ulK t.',/ ?<'vta>??, from tft | Uic ^uty uj? poS* l!'? ^Me. . : lv:!?t.Stf ?nrftn " js 25 to 75 per rent, i UfMuW, tip ' J . #t ^.nrmoM5- .nc-.;., .? !'iniV(lMrV?r ,,w,,uflirl,,r,: 1 ' ! if. 1 111, ?Tk*viW,tb? f.orml|Prc?eT;MMl to (Jo^rc*. ;? ? ?? .? M-uKbest..." .,lu* c*?t o{ couon i?:?"uruc-1, I of v avertioafH*' a,p,H' Nvas un-| 1 :ivm >y*u t* ,?9 Mnt ' ' T" | ,,t, ,' valor. ^ni.iv yi?M ,.r e\ the cent ? , v iiii*. oaye^e*? o .h '-.f. J n( per v of cotton mftft J* brt'wcre T* I u'. tV ?' "' /* jou > valor.-m dmv,\&#*e?- 9?' *' aotVn' 'UJ' '' fil1 , valoati^,. w-J 4 ^ '" * mcreased a: heal II- t! ; arid, r*? ?**<* # ' '> l? -? i*1 ice"t .? 1 moot of ihe H' w ' coirxnied causes, the s'atei confirmed, th- *?* ^tk rcrylnnts i* completely v ?>v ;!, > net of 1 ' ralc of Uu,,et c was double t^ \-'l"^fcouon manufrctur* l,n , whirhjpMifi,: frYW* <!"> l,*< ?! arMJclalo. . .. *? ."into r I valorem v.ecll.c ihiw, tin pn rjrnise \ I is to dis^iifSrt; j the rate; with a view to , nrotor.'ioa '$h t ||$\'Pitsin :nt, 1 have not yet anjshod tpls v Jh-ttrativc view. By the a. ??f I 1S4i'. .hohs^^i jk^f cash tlvtiet wa? substiu. . 1 1 fo* the i-ft;vfi'v * m, widenhad always pre\u ? r ; hofoto ; wlnvf f ully equal to an addition " r |)>er i to aV ? duties imposed by thai. >>. ?iich, sir, \r? tiwK thro tuntFs: "the oo ute-t j : presvntmerc \ brothers,'' sprung tVou. ih" s-ime paidhntwdn.tfdoomed, 1 nope and e.nnfdently tr^st, to'do same death Now, tjio question naturally arises, by whatejfc*. traordinarV revelfipns have the senator lrom Gnc r- f gia, [Mr. Beriienj and tlie senator from Virginia, t [Mr. It vet] who is so much opposed to "new Views" uiijgre^t jhtional measures?been induced to support r. iyatfo, Vuwv aggravated beyond all c previous ?*?. )? f]w)*Hi for twenty years Virgin- c ta and Georgi4,Hii (er tlv h ad of tl ose honorable 1 senators, havrTi uj cui . denouncing, without 0 divisibnj few ' . nnco-ytitutional, and I opprcssiVe^V.^ * h -1 \ or from Georgia has_ s^at^^T-Tn gjouud of ;>;s change. It c seeins, sir, tbft.t lie was con y a sermon de- 8 livcrcd by ?'ic lonixsble set t from Maine, in ^ which he dt>in?> b-wdcl, or rathe revealed the ] fact, that the ceij nil: derived front imports, for | the extraordinary reason that, l>v increasing the price of mae.untVi ir^s, you \? iuld give the people A the means ? * cv>us.?tfiii j a i:n .1 5 r ger <juuntjty o? 1 them!! ^i?\v,\Wr, t'< oiui ible senator lial 1 made up hi< mjnd to \v<j ih re; ublicao church j of State rights and i're? tin.* u. J. join the high federal church ofnjonijvV ; . t j rotection, I am sorry that ho hw 'ipi b?'"\ ,o use a phrase ' peculiar to Ue l-i j?*im i in which I was ] brought upi to ' g c ?.un - xpericncc." 1 But his i >iivit." i> < ynuly ' oves two things very conch ivejv. !u r: t dace, it shows how much may be iu no i ' > in converting men from .tie: ei?>t ' :1 < i * vs y what is called in Scriptuh- "thrfbi ; ess r ? aching." And, ' in the seco ' r v 'er ( .hat the honorq- 1 climacteric 'V/H; Jlhr t fisolatory ussur- , ance contai . \H.Vnnr of W ut'r > Vnns, that Vtnn'f h<> ton > bum, it vfro?t (inner -a--. '.tL. " ' ttHrtb nwrvblc t" after having 1 wandered,for ft ??ny via.. >i ie federal fold, 1 even intp the sf fvl way. > . free u rde, is now received as #. men bef of ti c rath' u federal church, ] in full coairnui Vn. , (. < 'o/viwltd next '.) ' l WnsT TxwCon is.?" It i- point of interCOmmunic .liMJ hr-tU'Piui .i.b.n ..i ' most to Pole?1" Canada to the Cape of 0' od ft pt?fnd >ring the lndi- < go qf Ind i and J'|* wood tralia from the antipodes, (ttaurfch Oie nun ures of Leeds, , It is the s- Wtw'ft BWjmero*: ' vould seem fabulous to tft'irjprch-iJtis < !' Vi ' ice, Tyre, and 1 Carthage u s'e?*)jJ?4n' times- V u have a population wjpt'hyyitSfvubU-e 1^)1; it was then i 001 i iinw 11 r' i f* , * census of 1841, 1,8^2,000 a Inwr, inch is five miles and a hali' king, aUt. ikwhere you will, but if you measure it .?dm CV-Vwu'l t. r lesa, it is seven ' and a lisdf it ti north to south, ! three an 1 a bolt niies; it .s >erfcct German principal ty?? Uobur; it' -ase, or a Hesse Homburt in V- '!*. \ >?i ?i ent five millions sterling, on y<\0t b idg<-s ulr-i fou have docks to hold a!' Oie Ijipt o<' liit -a The London dock alonu tuv?; t 100 am ground, and the vaults held 5,0' 1 pipes c? The West India dock.1 -;ovet* 290 ncr u hold 500 large merchantman with e*s pmmercial Dock covers 4 i -c..gjpfuid tf ? . exclusively confined to tht ' .Uic t?*adc . are 2950 ships of the j nt of Lonj it a- i S1,000 tons total 1 burthen, i.jp Banned l>y .'L'.OOO eamen. The !?< d .? onial, Irish and coasting p*des^ intliidi-v.; m oilier*, and also 360 Bri u *c't> >y 'nie! .in' red this port in 1840 frc fc?fgass2t*T I ?. lany, France, the J*+*r and amountmi <o/4. -.b. t, ion an average of the last an yen it L<\> ale has paid ??10,000,006 m r^Vrvdt , uf ho <?23,500,000 which the wl,d|j. rc?" tit of that department amounts to. 'i??; art %'0<>n n reliant* nnd brokers within hnlf.t n.;i< >t the Exchange. You have 100,000 lV?\te?> of lo i. ts, probably half of wliieh have sin pe a" ;c' o them. All the details oimpctef' *itu !.i arc upon the gigantic #calo. 11 r who m?i nie* supply 237,000,000 hogsheads ev, .-y yen md the gas companies iufnuh JC.(-00.00( il feet of gas every twenty-four hc^rr fn ; i > *' ield Market there were 1-<3,7.->0 -Ksan 1 oi < v.'l and 1,500,000 of sheep, a rout It mbcrs > in the year 1839. Your erj j^r. o { and c rates, amount to /? ? - - r"' ' cXOOV, w a wir \ W nci( i newspapers consume i d,0(h>,9(Jb 'fjtiui j. - iii.tj'jally. Tbo steamboats i i: I O,O0C pa i_. rs ivery day. There are 1( t? 'Pieflid' railway -(retching from London into t;v cry part jp the 1> ngdnrn, and bringing its popul t'd> "* "'-ucf x ?' *dl too great cities of the co-tntrf,^ ^ .it an expense of nearly . C50.I There are fifty-nine ca; nals, i'cft tojr (,.000 M' I ch>?J<:WH\ and Priebtcra W.1?A i Morr n arrived in fit. 1 >.ji* who reports that Joe Smit ha* ?iscn f; oij thf dotui, and has been foen I inCs''' ami Nfa woe. men.i tedon a white horse, , and wi'h drawn#U rd in his hand. He says that , ns J? i?s fftioXfM rr> life everything will go on > proserin Jy w^th I Mot r.ions. Thus a few iaita' <^u> njorT nd'.' ft <f?< ignorant,, credulous and ???' ' ioaufiu.' v :o 'jolicvc the greatest poss << d s.iftTflca. ' -' - ' LI vjJP Ajt. 1_^1^. ?? _ 2?P^>s?~U?t"A-., 1 wk* ;, JpMfiro*$D.Yf. ibuST D8, r?44 J Vvv, ,N ,i' endeavor, * hon w( m find space in r'Sj'to lay before on eaders tbe able I ui Mr. Yeaiden, before < 6 Clay Club of I r,. !e.sU?n. - . vV r i* >i..sed to give the r is from the Stats ilecf><? - week; but it is " h some difficulty re c?*\ l;1 from the contrudi- ory accounts any ery cor. : statement. M U. McDUFFIE'S SPEECH. Wo ? ( i lie indulgence of our readers, and in'i?.o then give Mr. Mc.Qnffio's speech, deliverd in the Sonata on the StUh and 3lst May,fan at(!?iive ;v;i.!ing, i?3W?; assure them that it will aft?rrl nbeio .in intellectual fi-ast; and though some riiiv not i r willing to endorse ?his sentiments, yet wn. , ;; ... J. r, it|r. instruction, a*' a ronviefbon, that jc is fie fruit of a great I ntollect. M; McDuffio.excels most statesmen of he pr.?*eut bay 111 the facility with which he ilhisratr . nil his positions; red .t may well be said ifhin. na wed is nhei rreat statesmen, that none an I'linit the truth i l'hv i p-< mises without being >rri jo .evituhly to the conclusion with him.-? o-ing ;t warm and ?' ing period of Nullifies we had tin* rlfc-vsure of hearing him on seven ot 7?ions, rind ?i trsi.ty to the oft repeated ..id wo.! kiiown Fl t. t: Iil had at that time but ew equals in point tf! oratory. We introduce I.CIC remarks folttho sake of relating an anecdote I |uite characteristic of the man. On a certain oc:usion, when addressing an audience, of some two >r three thousand in Abbeville district, Mr. Mcduffie had gained so complete u mastery over his tudience, that there was scarce a dry eye in the vKiJp auomhthQp Sitting near tlic stand, *ts? >vercome by the soul-subduing eloquence of the ipeakcr, we attempted to conceal our emotion by klacing our hat over our face, but happening to ook around, to our astonishment and relief, beleld the eyes of most of the assemblage suffused vith tears. Whilst speaking of the oppression of he Tariff, as he pronounced the expression "I tad rather he a dog and buy the moon, yea, I tad ruther be a cat, and cry mew," than to suffer iucIi oppression, a flash of indignation beamed from the eyes of the assembled multitude as expressive almost as that from the lips of the speaker limself. A TURNING OF THE TABLES. The taciturn modesty of some of our citizens in regard to the subject of Annexation is beginning to iwd a prompter in the growing sentiment of Tcxnr ty a nave^Vevn nxmin? lur tnor "mveiiiiUTT'or ? _ - 0 ' ?tome popular alternative which would secure to :hat Republic the supposed advantages of annexition, and at.the same time save them the humility of u national identity with some one of the European powers. The incipient feutures of such a scheme arc at this time to be seen working on the public mind of that country, and as we conceive them to contain the consistent elements of a true national policy, we feel satisfied the day is not distant when, with a universal voice, the peoplo of that country will respond to the measure. It is well known that the manufacturing interests of Texas arc never likely to become so important as to call for legislative attention, and the supply of all manufactured articles for home consumption, must be brought either from the United States or some other manufacturing country ; consequently, there is no motive urged for a prr>i#.f?tivis tariff", as is urced in the ?*f tl?? United States. The true policy then, which should actuate Texas, and which is already be ginning to engross their attention, is, to admit, free of duly, the manufactured articles of those governments only which will afford them the cheapest, and where, also, they can secure in return the privilege of sending out, free if duty, the surplus productions of their own soil, and thus establish on the most advantageous terms a reciprocal free trade. Such a stipulation between this government and Texas, would be of no utility to the latter, because we not only have nearly all the varieties of Tcxian staple to dispose of ourselves, but it is a well ascertained that we cannot supply them with manufactured goods any tiling like as cheap as they can procure them elsewhere. It is not . ,*- i ^ ?* ? -V* ** i j should be preferrod as possessing all these advantages. . * Let Texas, by a. judicious governmental policy, open a free trade with those two nations^ and she ut once secures a great commercial precedence over the United States, with her existing Tariffhaving a more active and lucrative market, and obtaining her foreign supplies at lower rates. Nor is this the only ostensible advantage which Texas would secure by such a measure. They wish to increase their population, and there is scarcely a greater attraction to men emigrating to a new country in quest of fortune than the certainty of a good market for their productions, and cheap goods for their families. Another probable advantage is, that the inducements held out to those countries ubrnad in favor of an active trade, will the more certainly sccuro their eo-nperation in tho adjustment of her difficulties. It is undoubtedly very much in the power of England and France to negotiate between Mexico and Texas, and in the prospect of such an enlargement of commercial operations, it docs rot Seem probable that apy effort would be wanting to mediate in favor of an acknowledgment of Texian independence on the part of Mexico: and with such an acknowledgment, Texas would of course no longer seek or need further identity with another power; and conscqiiencfl, our hopes of a future annexation bo lost. Wo are-far from a willingness * to ad tnit scheme to altogether visionary: and the Taga<. papera are giving currency to the doctrine. Much would undoubtedly depend, upon the. influence of Gktoat Britain and-France in securing from Mexico the reltaqutabment of her preecnt hoatilitiea toyarda Tex^s, and the prospective recognition of her national independence. If a probability of I <;?h-.hc^ given to the measure in the minda l?atr?oric I hailed and ad optedon ly heightened and ac- I celerated by the and humiliating defeat of their ovcrtU|? to ti>VtioT?ri)ntnL '*r' "J"' i" ^ ?.?v . j We are grati%d to find rtst a largo body of the Democratic 'potty are inclirtted, and (as will be seen by. an extract from the JCercury,) rctolcitd, upon a mild course, and reject the more precipitate measures of Mr. Hhett and hie eJhsrame. A lettor front ex-Govemor Hamilton, rn reply to ah invitation to-the late Hluffton 'Dinner, is tysiro expostulatory in i^B character. ' We arc alao pleased to find that Mr; Catfidun himself, whose. vicwa Gov. H. seems to bo quite* familiar with, is decidedly opposed to pruriont disposition for State interposition, so* violently and Warmly advocated by some. We are likewise gratified that prominent men of.both .parties are earning boldly up unthe cRscussidh oriw wnow jifejwu whiffet divide the people.' . .tr-.:*.* -v I) We take the following extract from the peranco Advocate of the 22nd ..inst, of the journal of Mr. Culpepper, in relation to tho Temperance proceedings of the 24th ultimo. "On tho 24th. .1. inid the pleasurg of attending the great mass meeting at'Spartanburg C. H., called very appropriately, the Spartanburg Jubilee. Several thousands attended, most of whom got into just the right spirit, and did the Work just in tho right way. A large number signed the pledge ; who approached the stand, not reluctantly, but ns hungry men approach their food.? The privilege of witnessing this spectacle made ample amende for the labors, the bereavements and - < - :? ? a me losses or rue summer o uaiu|iuigu. M-M. .v.. more such, prudently exhibited in suitable place* In the State, would go far towards disarming tho opposition, and securing the success of the cau.?e. rtu jWrivtvd, in JWlV JUiuOtt'# from Richmond, thht he reiterates the acknowledgment which he made before he left Columbia, ns to his being 'out of soap.' I fear, that his journey is not the most favpraole for a fresh supply of that article. Had he jdurnied with me, his health wotild, probably, have been ns much benefited, and more soap might have been obtained, than he could possibly box up and export during the remainder of the season. The Convention at Edgefield, was a very soapy one. We lathered all the grog-sellers in our reuch, and prepared a brush to extend the same proeess 'toto coelo.' Comeback, Brother Arthur, (for much depends upon the manner in which We carry out our measures,) and aid us in this matter; and,ere the year shall close, many will be cleansed, who are now 'wallowing in the mire.'" 1 A DISTRESSING AFFAIR. " The Baltimore Clipjier notices the death oi a beautiful young lady, in the western part of that j temj>orary excitrnent. The Clipper says :?^"It appears that the two youn" ladies boarded with their brother-in-law, in \V est Lexington street, where they followed the business of seamstresses; were industrious and virtuous, and highly respectable. A young man-had lor some time been paying attention to die eldest of the two, and was, we understand, engaged to be married to her in two mouths' time. This was opposed not only by the younger sister, but also by hor brother-in-law and family, but apparently without effect; and one evening, about two weeks since, he called at the house and wuited on her to church. On their return the family had retired, but after knocking at die door awhile, it wus opened by her brotlior-inlaw, who, as the young man was ubout to step in, seized him by the collar, when, of course, a fracas ensued, which ended in some unpleasant words between the young lady and her sister and brother-in-law, the former immediately leavinc ?he house, and going to the next neighbor-, .em i.ned all night. The next morning she proceeded in the u^y to the basement oi' tin .1 - 1 ,T ofbrother-in-law, for the purpose of jiroi tiling her iron, and some coal with which it. h.-o. i. intending at the timo to take thein to tho uuusc wlicro she had remained the previous night. She was 1 i i !_. i ? u>uinuuiu, uuwc?cr, uy iivr joungcr sisicr, who ran down stairs and demanded what she wanted, to which she replied her iron and some of the coal. This was denied her?she assorted that inasmuch as she had paid for a portion of it, she was entitled to it and should take it, and was in the act of gathcring it out of a barrel in which it had l>ecn stowed, when, unfortunately, the younger sister, in the excitement of the moment, seized a shovel, and raising it, gave her two heavy blows on the head, stunning her severely, and producing a slight bleeding at the nose. The lady residing next door, with whom she remained the previous night, hearing her scream on receiving the first blow, ran to her relief, and immediately took her into hegiiouse in a swooning condition. Medical advice was obtained in the cvhning, when it was found that her She remained, m a peinOil condition for about (wo ' weeks, at times perfectly delirious, and on Thursday night her gengle spirit took iu eternal flight to another world. ... StNGUl.AR AND SHOCKING ACCIDENT. As a pic nic party, at the old Hotel, nt Gray's Ferry, were enjoying themselves with a dance on Tuesday even- A ing, a quarrel and fight took nloce, originating in a misunderstanding and blpws between two young m*?n r?f t Urs r*ni?iir m * % ...?.. Vk vi.v ^aiy WTlCiatUMI Lil II itU.1 y? Great alarm prevailed among tlie females of the party, and several of them fainted, while others escaped from the room. Miss Mary Mayncs, a lass of sixteen, daughter of John Maynes, bootmaker, in Crabb street, Southwark, loosing. all presence of mind, and becoming desperate by Htr fears, or pcrhnps thinking a balcony ran along it, made a frightful leap out of a window, and falling some distance, was dreadfully injured. Her right thighs win br*>lion short off, and her corset bono was driven into Iter chin. She was conveyed to the Hospital. It is estimated by the Vicksburg Constitutionalist, tliut the destruction of property by the recent Aoods will amount to over twenty million.? of dollars. The h>sst of cotton is said to be at leaat 460,000 bales, or nearly ono-hflh of the whole crop of the United States. 'Nkvthal.?The wife of Edward Yates of Edgartown, says the Now Bedford Bolster, ha* given birth to two Hue boys, fflio of whioh sho named James K. Polk and^tio other Henry Clay.