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:tiul wt nff nmlt to ftiUci the ?
absurdity of | sovereign-subject and a sub
ject-aoverctgn?To speak of. the ptttf|wf
cniiug being inferior to the pnrty governed*
is tospeak of a subordinate body being su
preme over sovereignty, ud A wviKiMtjfi
the purty control in(? being controlled by
those who hod surrendered their power; the
controlled pnrtjr controlling, nod the con
trolling pony controlled?This to the per
fection oft politic*! paradox; the Cart draws
the horse throughout, every link In the argu
ment, end every energy In the body politic
U peraltoed by the revolting toNclmicfdila
oohLjit lotted cirt
As I have said that a Convention In that
character would be precluded from nullify*
Ing the law, because the act of aulliflcatlon
involved an exercise of the judicial power,
whkh belonged properly to the state gov
ernment; as the powers under the govern
ment are distributed Into different hands. It
becomes neteysary to hnyitve to what
department the power competent to the end
contemplated is apportioned. Of this por
tion of power, notwithstanding the asser
tliins of gentlemen, that the Legislature can
not vxvrwse judicial functions. It Is obvious
th.it this l>ody Is the proper depositary?
They have by cession the undisputed right
of legislation for tlte benefit of the subject
and to protect his rights so fnr as they are
affected, either within or without, and, as
incident, the power to define tlmsc rights
nnd J u dye of their extent?-Indeed it is mi
clear that .? pwver to say wh:it the /aw
thould de, so nKessnrily involves the right
to determine what it ?*, that it is trifling
with the committee tnmootthe point befote
them, 'pie |K>wer of judging to the end of
nullification, is necessarily involved in that
portion of iudh.ial power which is auxiliary
to legislation, snil if it he necessary for the
end of protecting the liberties of the citizen
by legislation, our right tifexercise it is not
disparaged by proof of a concurrent power
iw every other department.
With a view however to stifle further pro
ceeding on the part of the Legislature, we
arc told by tome members who seem in a
spirit of aliirm to " snuffthe battle afar off,"
that the issue before us is submission <>.' revo
lution; that the Legislature ha* ?!??/??
tiomiry powers, but only legislative power*,
nod therefore our deliberations must end in
smoke. Gentlemen should be caution*,Mr.
Chuirmtii, when sovereignties are parties to
the record, how they diaturb the question of
jurisdiction, by ?p?*et(il pleading, distinctions
of philological refiacincnts; for they take
upon ? hrnisclvc* n responsibility that poste
rity will reckon with them on. 1 undertake
sir to say, that this issue is leigned, that this
question of revolution is not before u*, and
that all these frijyhtful calamities with which
to the excited imaginations of gentlemen
this Controversy seems burthcucd, are but
the " sir drawn dagger*" ??f a disturbed
brain, the phantoms and apparitions of Kid
dy apprehension. It is not i/nh'/ntib/e that
resistance to the agression* <?f the general
government might result in revolution; but
iHcy by no means bear the relation to each
other of cause and effect, nnd 1 know that
this committee is not to be startled by such
bug-be irs as remote contingencies present.
Resides, Mr. Chairinnn, thl* |K?wcrof rev?>
lutioa is not so noecHsarily ailed to calamity
nml outrage as to carry with it the dismay
nnd consternation with'which it is heralded
before tlte committee. It is true thut forte
may and generally does attend fundamental
r.hangcs in government, but it forms no in
gredient or evea necessary nppendage to
radical ehunge* In itt structure; for revolu
tion is nothing more. Instead sir, of revolu
tion not iteing accomplished 5?y.legislation, it
i'nn rightfully l>e reached in no other way,
and stripped of its possible consequences,
(the incorporate conclusion with which gen
tlemen identify it.) is a most harmless exer
' else of power.* I'lie declaration of Aincn J
can independence, (which by the way was
adopted by the ?? united States of America '
Kngtnrra' Con grout and not In Convention,*)
wa* properly the American revolution,
nnd the scenes of force which followed this
change in government, though necessary to
sustain the revolt, formed no constituent part
ot it t and it will not lie pretended that the
change In government would not have been
as perfert, and the forfeiture of allegiance as
complete, without as with them. Forcc
though constituting the essence of wnr, Is
not even an ingredient ot revolution ; for
otherwise, retaraleas of the nuettioo of uiir
glance, every "war would be ? revolution {an j
uhsurdity too monstrous to be even mention*
ed. Uevoluiion then, being nothing more <
than aivexercisc of mere legislative disc.re* I
lion, differing nlily trom subordinate legisla
tlori Inasmuch ai it in employed in the dispo
ned of political, wheren? the. latter htr-'Deem
ed in exercising civil power?it follows that
in whatever department, if any, the exercise
of political legislation in deposited, there,
from it* identity, the revolutionary power re
sides So far as uur relation tothctonfederacv
constitutes any part of our political system,
the le?l?lature, as being the orgjui of' retire
f-cntation, of tlic identical sovereignty that
contracted it, has a discretion lu regard to it,
at leant so far as to mv whether it shall not
continue an engine of oppression, or the ntate
is hound to perpetual vassalage auduixpialifi
ed submission. Nothing it so natural, says a
m.txi.nof the law, a* that an obligation should
he dissolved hy the party contracting it. It
lias been denied however, hy a member
from Kdgefietd (Mr.Butler,)that the Legis
lature did contract the relation, as the state
f-nvmi^oa confirmed the alliance. This
mistake results from confounding the party
cw?itr.?*tuig the alliance with the agent em
ployed In its consummation. The tQith is,
neither the convention nor legislnture i4 fie
party to tlte compact, both being mere nr
guns, deputed to represent the will of a ran
* The form attending the revolution of Mouth
Cnrntms, from s proprietary government to a roy
al taovinoe. was to slight as aloiest lo be nominal.
* Here was an everette of r?vnlnilnn?7 pow?
or by thmMtrml ItfisUtura, nof 6y th* inept' nf
1 he t+ltmlf Tli*f dlil aot even elact th* dele*
gates, awl ?<aly an polled the foree nwmry t?
su*t?ia the revolt. Mr. Wirt says of th* Virgin
ia rotivso'.kas, one of the parties appointing dale
gales that ?' It was a tubtldule ft !ht fhoh gee
emmmf awl r?pr<*eoUd Ike whole pnlHirsI pow
eroi til- fa other words it wee a*
reachihe eoloelsl government! as the l?fi?ls are el
Booth Caroli as is fart of the government of this
stste, and the aets perforsssd N Me agents were
*cu of gorocaiaset,tod aot el the people.
Jorfty, either m to
anet? and tho
now softrtvin^K ,.
met control m-er it a*
ratified it. I have before urged
committee that awewlpXy Is I
character, and that its Identity
by the channels through which I
are developed. So that whet
through ooe agent or another, through a
ruy m *ne state. expressctiny tnemseivesor
their accredited functionaries, it* net* must
be regarded aa emanation* from the tame
power and proceeding from the M?f murct
?If aa a sovereign minority the people
through their Convention contracted thlv
relation, the/ are no more precluded from
dissolving it through their legislature* than,
a man by employing one mechanic to con
struct, would be precluded from employing
another to pull down his house. I am aware
that to some this may seem an alarming pro
position; but the difficulties. If any* exist in
The mere theory to be concocted, as theeamr
practical results would attend aa ext iclse oi
the power by a Convention as by a Legisla
ture, The people have the same power to
assemble anil reverse their acts In the one
case as in the other; so that the same cor
rection which afforded security ii\ the one
cum', would affin-d it equally In the other?
Beside*, this power is never to be exerted
but In enteigcncies of great peril, when the
??safety ot the people becoming the su
preme law," urges the patriot to arrive at
that eml without being too scruputou* as to
the functionaries lie employs.
We are told, however,, by the same mem
ber 1 think, that a proof tin* ? nets of sov ?r
eignty can be cxcrcised by the established
government, piveludes the r exercise by
any our department, and that being in all
conjointly, either is precluded from its sepa
rate exercise. This may be the caso with
that transcendental essence, that indivisible
abstraction which some gentlemen have
figure*', to themselves. But of thnt sovereign
ty wliic"* ?*nip|y means power,I am sure
imfivfttfiii:?fot ms no property, 'l'he whole
sover< ignty of the state* 1 admit* belongs to
no one department; but the fact of its being
distributed intodifferenthnnda,vestsin the se
parate departments the cxeirlse of their re
spective allotments of power. If therefere,
(.is 1 trust I have shown,) the power either
of nullification or revolution, be regularly
within the scope of legislative functions, I
npprt bend the lcgislnturr is as competent to
its cxucise as th?aigo it poa&cssed the whole
sovtr< itfnty of the state.
Nut although in a g ivcrnmcnt there may
be other department* entrusted with por
tion* of sovereignty, the law making ha* tV?
ei* been ri-gnrded an the mi pre me, or ut nil
events the primary power in the state, and
the other branches of government, though
co-ordinate,Imve always been reckoned aux
iliary to the sovereign legislative 'depart
ment ; for without the function* of this de
partment being Aim called intooerclsc, the
others would lie worse than useless. 11 Uy
the sovereign powci," nays. Bhckstonc,(vo|.
1, p. 40,) " I mean the mnkinff of tatv* ; for
w here* er that power resides, all others must
confirm to and be directed l-y it, whatever
appu .trance an outward form utid admhih
tratfon of government ma> put on,** Ctc.?
Hence the undisputed definition of a law,
" a rule of action prescribed by the tu/irenie
fiovtcr in n slate," S;c. And although this
may neein to be rat bet a return to the horn
book of political science, it U alone through
a forcible recurrence to elementary pfinci
pies that a corrcct dec'sion wt these points
caii be had.
Hut we ure told by another member from
IVtgcftcld, (Mr. Sinipkins,) that **a conven
Hon it the fievftie" that a legislature is not;
and that therefore relit f,come in what shupe
it may, mu*t proceed from the convention.
Now granting for argument* that, although
beret worn and commissioned topiotect the
pi ople's rights, the power to guard them
efficiently from invasion belongs not to u*
but to the people themselves, 1 should like
to he informed how a convention can really
be more the people than the legislature are f
It is a* obviously wrong to say that a conven
tion is the people, as to My that a man in the
horse he rules or the dive be works ; they
equally occupy to the pnrty employing them,
the relation of agents, and differ only in this,
thnt one is employed for moral, while the
other* are engaged In physical office* It i?
clear, Mr. Chairman, that two thing* can
not be one, and the mistake seems to have
arisen from a misapplication of legal analo
gies ; front giving to Jetton the effect ami
character of futl. It is familiar to every
lawyer on the floor, that In transactions be
| twecn man and man, to establish a vfcurlou*
responsibility in a man for the acts of his
[ agent, the Uw feigns an identity, (not a re
lation,) between them. But even in ch'U
1 transactions this muxim is known to apply
i alone to such acts done by the agent, as are
not only souad in contract, but have a direct
| and bona fide relation to the trust. It must
however l>e obvious on a moment's eonside
j ration, thnt the very purpose for which the
fiction obtain* in civil transactions, to wit,
! rr?fion?lbllity, is palpably frustrated in its
> application to political trusts. To feign an
identity between a convention and the peo
ple, is to atchieve its union with the ulttmute
1 toverrignty, and of course to pot au end to
|H>litieal accountability ; for how is sove
' reignty to be responsible to itself f In trans
actions of a nature purely civil, there is a
tribunal to determine upon, pronounce, ami
enforce this responsibility ;but where is (lie
tribunal bv which political trusts are cog*
instable, that claims the umpirage between
sovereignty and itself f This position I re
gard however as having been in effect aban
doned, by maintaining the responsibility of
a convention to the people.
It has been said Mr. Chairman, hv n
member from Habit Philip's and ttaint Mi
chael'*, (Mr. Duncan,) that" the legislature
can only remonstn.te?they are mere tenO
nels to watch the progress of evil and give
the ftlnrm." Sir, the inchoate power of re
monstrance is a nullity. It Is *o incomplete,
?o inefficacious, en defective In all the con
stituent energies of a power, as to be almosi
unworthy of the name. It Istuurdlv a
f'ge, to *av nothing of ? power, not really
sir, when I heard our enviable prerogative of
" giving the alarm,'* I cannot say that 1 even
then felt myself compensated for the nullity
with which the member was so cautions as
to dub uy, with all the formalhle of knight
to aft, or more properly to dediae at
Aecordhig to this view, we sit here as i
i ssw
tower M freedom, aad mn fron* the ap
lletl Mere alarmists, to tee
aM shun toe consequences 1
Hand upon no eminence, audaftft
?? lag to thoas beneath thedet
approach rf the destroyers |after
told them that the land inmi of their lib*
ertles and oomtitutlonal rigbfts are swept
awnj ut the tide of usurpation which hat
>*f en rolled upon as | that these monopolists,
In a spirit of venal and apt did cupidity, have
plunged their anas elbow deep tato the pab
lic coffei-M.und scattered theshower ufprosti
tuting gold on the lap of their own favored
region, to the farther impoverishment of our
thl^borrible consciousness meeting us at ev
ery turn of our retreat! I fancy air, the
asember Is at fault about our iffice. The
watch? dog thatkeepsthis post, must notooly
bark and yav, but if necessary he must bite.
If "grass and terf wont serve our purpose
we must try the virtue of sticks and stones.**
We are not hert only In give the alarm!} bat
likewise to avert the danger. We are not
merely to say that the destroyer advances,
but we most meet him " toe to toe,** with
mich menus as we can summon to the con
flict, and diiputc " to the death," his unau
thorised encroachments; and if yielding
when we c ?n no 1 nger resist ** the asaaults
of brute force," we should fsll In the last
ditch, we shall hear with us In our misfor
tunes the last cmmJation of the virtuous,
that we arc martyr* to /irhul/ite. But sir,
why Isbor this pro)>osltion, when the mem
her has practically abandoned It by discus
sing remedies to the committee* It we can
deliberate, we can act
The most specious argument that I re
member to hsve heat d used against the pow
er of the legislature at this crisis to that ad
vanced by the member from Edgefield, who
first addressed the committee on behalf of
a convention, (Mr. Butler.) If I am not
mistaken. It la to this effect? 11 that the pro
ject of n constitution prepared by the gene
ral convention, being adopted by the ficoftle
. in their state conventions, the government is
I a flo/iutar ffoverummt, and that the people
must ngnln intci*|KMte th? same power, before
relief can be hud." Granting that the con
I vent tons are the people, this does not in tbe
least settle the character of the government,
as It depends not u|>on the origin but the
distribution of power. II we eould suppose
a people so blind as to compound for the
forfeiture of" tnelr liberties, it Is possible a
dcs|>otism mlitlit arise in popular cooscnt;
yet phllnlcgUts would icgai-d it as an utter
ltarl>arism to speak o| u fibular detfiothm.
S^of any of these other simple forms of gov
ernment heniilrs a democracy or a republic,
and all mixed forms of government! for even
n mixture of nny of the simple forms with
the democratic feature, originating with or
wliluMJt consent, could not make It purely a
popular government. If this be a popular
SovemmeiA, as observed by a member from
t. pi.il p*j. and St. Micbacrs, (Mr. Legarc,)
it is r.lc.irlv not a confederacy; for a popur
lar confederacy is an ul)su?dity In terms?
that is u confederacy between tiatei, in which
through expediency and not from right, the
people are allowed to he represented, h Is
too late to argue tlve point at this period of
the republic.
('J\* be continued in our next. J
Tlic "F..v/io*liktn and Protnt," ordered to
be printed by the house of representatives,
have been struck off* in 44 pages, and deliv
ered to the-Governor for distribution.
The argument on the Tari(( wo think will
be found to Ik full, candid, temperate, and
conclusive; and that in fnvcur of the consti
tutional right of the state to take its redress
into its own hand*. We sltall hereafter take
occasion to make ?ome remarks npon this
document; in the mean time wc recommend
it t<> the most serious consideration ofthe com
uiutiity.
The following are the concluding para
graphs:
** I'ut in thus recommending delay, the
committer wish it to be distinctly undt rstood,
that neither doubts of the power of the state,
nor apprchesion of consenuenccs, constitute
the smallest part of their motives. They
would lie unworthy of the name of freemen,
of Ameikans, of Carolinians, if danger,
however great, could cause them to shrink
from the maintainance of their constitutional
rights; but they deem it preposterous to an
ticipate danger, under a system of laws,
where a sovereign party to the compact,
which formed the govenmeut, exercises a
power, which, after the fullest investigation,
she conscientiously believes belongs to her,
under the guarantee of the Constitution it
self. and which is essential to the preserva
tion of her sovereignty.
The committee deem it not only the right
of the state, but the duty of her reoresenta
tives, under the solemn sanction of an oath,
to interpnie, if no other remedy lie applied.
They interpret the oath to the Constitution,
not simply to impose an obligation to ab
stain from violation, but If possible to pre
vent It inotherv In their opinion, he is as
guilty of violating that sacred instrument,
who permits an infraction, when In his pow
er to prevent it,*a* he who is actually guilty
of the infraction. The one may be liolder
and the other more timid, but the sense of
duty must be equall/ weak on both.
With these views the committee are so
lemnly of itmircssion, if the system be per
severed In, after due forbearattcc on the part
of the state, that It *111 be her sacrcd d>ity
to interpose her veto; a duty to herself, to
the Union, to present and to fature genera
tions, and to the cause of liberty over the
world, to arrest the progress of a power,
whieh. It not arrested, must In its conae
ntces, corrupt the public morals, am!
my . the liberty of the country. ?
To avert these calamities, to remote the
Constitution to its originnl purity, and to al
? which have been anhap
lay the differences
py produced between varkms States, and be
tween the states and general government,
we solemly appeal to the justice and good
mittcc
the exertion* oftlw
with
etlnwIM Ztltatopt.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1899.
I> dey we eommeuoe U?- puUieetKm rf Mr
Pkfr'i Speech, e# the Tariff?ead (ball allow it
mil p*satbla apaoe. aatrf it te ooocluJeJ. It wilt be
bead by ear reader* toabeeadwilh tfseee k%h
and tree principle* ef libMf^r, which eeght U
oharecteriae (bteiUnwof tmj fr?t iUU,i?I
which aloaa are worthy of Soeth Carolina We
are highly gralifted w?th tho ability with which
Mr. PUjrw has enforced then.
Wo take this s?lluu to eapromewr earned
with, that the other fotliwu who took pert in
thi* wort inlercstiaf debate, will fornlsh a* with
I s ketchea of their tpesche*. y2N|S >1 \
\ 1 1 ? ???? i t^'y
Blace oar pepar ana set op arrival* from Ea
|^y^4?| UUn.-? oaieiaai fllMt
rO|t? ?Wf? IRIWPIM99M mmm mm \mmwmm
December The amet Important Maai la the ia*
siS-swrsarrrs
Boaapaite fiow Moeeow. The Caer hae a* f*?
pawnrtaa of Varna, hot the garrison beiafeallra.
ly death uie of rapport fro* Whboet, k aMMt aooa
terminated In the' complete
?? I j |.|,|?I.V, _| ,L? Ti-J,
IIWIIanr,,*wB? all Iflv rpva* i>l ^ 'L 'iJj^jgyCTM1
PEHKECTION OF THE AMERICA* SYSTKM.
t There are sea* tacts ttbcloaed by the Liver
pool Clrcelars, whlrb hare been received by the
late arrival* up to lit December, wbioh are of
great Inportance to the Tatare proepacte of oar
Cottoa tisMle. laoerleat paper, there were eeeM
valuable observation* on tbfe eolgeet, by our
correspondent anderthe slgaature of a 44 Cotton
?Sctltr." Within the leat week theee additional
recti havn hern broaght to our views
In the lr>t elcvea months of the year 18(8,
the Importation of North Adttviaea Cetton Into
England, was 193,100 heies ten then ia the
corresponding period in 1887. The inereaae of
impoftntion of Sooth Amrricen Cotton la the
?ante time i? 08,700; of Egyptian Cotton 10,800-,
of East ladln 8,000?making the whole iaorveae
of importation from other coantriea then oar own
ia eleven month* of tbe last year 1888, 88/100,
which la at a rate of mors. than 70,000 balee a
year Thl* inornate ol riipply too. from South
America, Egypt and tha Ea?t Indira, hea taken
Itlaca while tbe market ba? been lower than (or
many prevtoas year*?and yet we are told that
there is an daager of onr Cotton market!! Let It
ha remembered too that bu*H the Egyptian and
, South American Cotton, bear hotter prices tbaa
our#?nod thai although tbe political circamMaa
cee of Egypt, amy I Unit and render prcwwloua
her products?thet Bratil i* under an established
end energetic government, sustained and super
vised by England?and enjoying a climate in
which tbe rotten plant Is perennial. England,
has doubled her eiports to tbet country, within
the last year, end bes evaded herself oi tbe Ute
war, with Bnenos Ayret to establish a yet closer
eonneciinn with her. "
Whether this competition Is raised op by the
Tariff; end whether tbn rtHticvd price of cotton,
now selling *1 8 ??nli i? In be iltril?Ud it, wo
will not now ditcu**. but we may be permitted to
inquire what h lb* character of (bat government
which il l he moment we era this suffering ebvgt,
?laty per cent on nil our ttfteU* of cooMmp
lion f
We biv? no doubt liowerrr, thai the oompati*
lion it produced by the tariff, that the reduced
price* ere lU eomfqmiMP, that it will bringcotton
down Jo ill and ? quarter cent*, end when Ibe
raw matf rial i* at that price, thrn we alwll again
lie told?see how chenptbe tariff hu nod* cotton
Koodt.
Wo betide the roan who b?* a debt to pay
When the legislature determined that oar rasoor
cee might continue dried op for another yeur,
would it not have been fair that they should hove
suspended sates under deration/ and tenth* at
tho bank. WHI lha sheriff ho satisded wHb i
toltmn prtltti f Will the bank grant full renew*
als until we can try the effort ot an eapeettfan f
II will require twelve thousand bale* ol notion,at
tho present price, to pay the regular dividends and
interest for lha neat year, u|<on tho Columbia
branch bank debt, which is one third of all tho
notion that comrs to this market.
There ha* certainly been no period of oof no
tional eiUtence when tho prospect* of this state
were*ogloomy Mat present. The cuHivatioo of
eotton i* becoming uaprofllahle ; the whole ay*
ten* of agrirulluie, and ot course of life, Is to he
*nd<lenly and violently changed; while Ibe plan,
ter I# left with heavy debts on hi* bands, and no j
income; and what is perhep* mot*, with a mul
titude of ilaves and no employmenl fort hem. Wa
may raise provisions, but IhU will not pay our
detrts, and one hand can raise provisions enoogh
lor ten. We may manufacture^ but wo cannot
Mil our manufacture* to Kuropa t and if wo were
to andrraell the manolamurereoftho north In Ibe
market of tho worlds in their own market,would
they who have the power and tho will to control
onr industry to tkeir own advantage, permit us to
doao.
Tke moment that they poreelvn wo am t?.
become their rivals, Inst* ad o| their tributaries,
they will receive o revelotlon on y?i (rofi.*
nod throw open tke porta I hot wo moy bo broken
down by the competition of the world. The
principle on wkieh tke Tariff law a Mo enacted, i*
I hot the net eta! advanlagM of Ike tooth aboil be
jogislafdtway fortko banadt oflhe nortk. Tkose
advanlngM have boon karvt'>b fO develop*) ?
agrieotturr- -If tboy *ko?ld now bo 'tfVsbfO*' I <
mannfef' tree, ike some piUeipto trill apply, and
aloader, fail illibllj iiffill. flHih tbo Tarks
'Vwi<i|> nmftlflllltini Jf a of the empire,
Irum wbleb tiiese devoted cleseaa, have sought
inU by awMlai On iffiimii of petsrty i>
Tbcaothar&HaV Hsrt/brd have oSarod f :JS
lor lb* detection of the rioter, who borct Goaf.
iMtnWte efflgy. ?;"*
Seoator froair
We w#r? ghnl to mm Oial oar raprMentitln
Mr. Mfrttn, nlM to lobe u gratuitous eemiea or
Mount D?%r born, but bidstedthat tbo stale should
pay iti value. This couJOot is spirited, booerable,
aod true to principle.
There ere said to bt thirty oeadidatae CbeCviv_
eraor h> P?uuf Ivauia.
Thar* or* two|irapaihieaobeferathaeeoaloaf tha
t/ailed Statmol great ardaual tmpcrtaaoa. and
of the meet nppnsHs ohorooter. Tim eM laln
doted 117 Mr. Uiekinoeo, of (f ew-Jereey, lodbtrib*
ota ISO tonioi raveaoa of tbo government
tbo goretummc
. ^ , Jioootto of di ret i
taxation, and to hmoaae the dtoribalobtn lhodv
by Ibil?tlog too mrilieoe o yoar frooi Um sink
hm food. The ether introduced by Mr. Benton,
ta pay off tbe public debt* abolish taa lilllaw off
detier, aod reduce tha depeoite of public omoay
to I be IJbited States Baok^WWe dOobt whetl^r
either will lUteaad withoat greet modification.
AH the muaupsUrts. Jobbers. aod tnsaoOry moo
(to, will be egkto* the tatter, ood the former if
too fiaaraot even far Uwee wbotell oe tbo tariff ft
oar good. By tbie owdo of distrihotieo, Both'
" ?tha treeeury
Pennsylvania, would
receive ta roood oan*?er? $200,000, and Pena
?ylvaitfe JC00600. Booth Carolina contributes
abe .jMbHifl would reoeire one twenty fourth.
We are (tad to too that our B so* tor. Mr. /Sejme,
fill out lit oppogiliou to illlS BSfcllOBi j?|?
Hire, and that he has embraced tbo okmIm to
iattaate a recantation of hie dootrtaee ca internal
improvement. The other propositions, which wo
leer bare oo eheneo of success, strike at the root,
of the corruption of the general government They
prapoeo to out of lie power of trffery, aod leavo
it the HMaiMooly for it* owo lumwt. But ageiia
we My, we have oo hopoa of their succes?for
these who ere alloying the plunder, brill
nut reliaguUh it to argument. It wa? neither fair
word* or gram that brought the youngster out of
of the old tueu'Mpnle true.
tu the course of hie ?peach Mr. Benton disclosed
the following foot, which will enable our reedem
to Judge whether the Word corraptfea?.ia too
?trong for the aothoritiee et Washington.
"I am for tbo abolition, brcauM anaandal kmid^
hie on the Boors of Cunyeu lb ten millions of
dollars woold fill oar balls with bargains, combin
ations, intrigues and corruption. The affect would
ha Inevltebfo. Help my State to half a million,
and I will help yours to another half. Such would
?ooa he the secret, and before long, tbo open and
unblushing language. A majority might even
meat beforehand, and divide the whole amoaj?
their o?ro States. They might oven to do worsw
they might insert appropriations Cor toads and
catudsln States wbosa representatives dented th?
coastUotlooaltty. of such apprnprfluhMm, afidtbue
sOhJect ttoem to the censure of all their constitu
ents who admitted the power, or deny In* h still
thought they ought to uare their share while It
was going W this way tbo detagatloe of
a Stale might be rendered obooitnue to their
const it uants, eod broken down at home by m
orisit foci? em
claimed Mr B. It is fact, ana tha hietoryofour
legislation proves It, Within the but three yeara
the manoeuvre was tried. A bill came. up trotu
tbo II R. with appropriations for Internal l?
provemont ft
soma wliote i
obJe^ts^Tht
members foiled. A' kindly feellne ^reVall'ed"
The yeosaod nays were not nailed. Tbo bill went*
through Without aoiao.eed tbo obnexioos votera
were oot pototed oot to their coaeUtooots. lb la
tbiog may ha attempted again npnn a greatev
scale, and with a more determined Intent. If teis
millions are to be annually disldcd our
COMMUNICATION.
Lttl ?TOW NKKTIKO O* Tl(|| TARIH .
It will Ml b* UeajfJ that a Uc( Inmble corrup
tion Km era pi ??? oar poblM dnnoUn, ind
MM **?<>npl th* And nont?<|n*ntJy thai
eouidonaa br-tw**n ?MMd *A*a y
dlmtattheil Uodtf thH Mill of our jvil
imhm? p?rlMp?t ?? to* aatily ndted} Niatflr
(ImIm 1 etoaot bat vim with m aya of tttipi
eioo auy oppotitioa *M>v*M*ota of Dm miw(m
ter*raofth*Eaat*(aio?t th*T*?iff. 8tDh?if??
MMlmvor to* atromgly of * Mr* (all?? plmee
toforlallia* th**oMMaai(y lata# patient acqui
*to*nc? m thM odioa* policy, by iaafdrin* ? rain
hop* ol rolma fro* a r*tnratof mm of jaatioo
ia lb* huaoma of oar lyrnati for oao I eet*rtaia
aoboliof of aay tneh atftaiwaoaa roforn.atioo.
And** littl* *oolhi**e* nor* I la th* *at*grity of
tlia mannfaoturrr* that I cannot, nor do act b*,
liar* ia th*tr atar*rit]f whom th*y profcw to *??
po*M an *ppoailton t* thrMMlva*. Ou tha oon
lrary I can readily *ca?pr*b*ad tho UMHiia?aal
d*la*iv? d?*lge of a am* haodfal of lbr?* mr*,
anhirtf with tho Button martiaf of at*r*haola la
oppoaitwn to tho Tiril (which of *a*r**Maat b*
p*bitah*d to tho world a* a wmtlaf of mmnu/mf ?
farts* at w*tl mi of tho awdaaU of Boatoa,) far
th* a*l* parpoao of deceiving a ad galling tho
eoaatrT iato a patioot wbniaioa la thair rwbba
riwjrw ? littl* longtr. And *m malhor y**r
ofthia lucratir* plaad*r ia quit* aaaflkiout Mo
tlf* w?y? th*M lor opposing tho oaaaiaf af all
aorta M'toMporary capedieata to tho wlao and aal
utary eoaaaah ol g*n*ral |wdiey
That* ptopl* or* ia loot la tho Boath*r?
?t*tM what tho ll?a*a and Soythlana af th* Alth
cantory war* to Rom* ami tath* ItoMea Rmpir*.
Tho w*alth ?rmn(t from th* loerativa proportion 1
?fth*aoathcoaMitat*d an irr**itt*bl* teMptation
to tha r* v*ooo#, rapaniooa, aad mmly hooaan
Mrythiana, it it M>w doM to tho aorthora MM
fettarart. - Tha ?|Hrit aad th* t*a?p(at**n ara th*
?aM*t mkI if iha modem HrytMaa* do tnt invad*
utio horil*a aad ia mulntudaa wHh th*.ir hatllw
a km it ia o*ly horauaa ol tka ipMt af th* aaa.
H* political i*fio#m*nt? of M**J*ra timaa?4ho
?afaaaity aadiuHUty of atodorn policy *oabl*a
thaM to effcat tha M?a objaet with * a tea I aar*
.inty, although with moHi Mar* pwaUlaatatHy,
lijra wUk*d aadearrvpt *y*aM of legislation. It>a
y mach th* dbtrtUi part of valor to plunder by
?/?rath*r thaa by powd*r aad at**l It 6
moeh MMr to parch*** th* voi***t? f*w v*n*t
Malta by high datiM Ml Oottea begging?on ?d?ar
ltd aa |**d thaa it trwdd ba to overran mm
?tUiaa th*M at the point nfthahajNMMt. In abort
>*m p*op|? af* aot of at. Thty ara by rlia*at*
nd by edwntton a totally diibraot family) aad
h* bottor w* gaard oaitelvet aftaoMt thaM, tha
* WdcoaUda In *ny of th*ir *l*uelhl*jw4imien%
a* b*it*r fora*. , FLAM TRUm