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Senate!! That body not bring willing to
permit the friend* of the tariff, to npnl by
iileM awl. such port km* only of that odious
law. as pmvca Inconvenlenlent-to them, and
to leave the full weight of its, oppression
upon the shoulders of their neighbors.
Another Important measure was introduc
ed, b>il permitted to repose, undisturbed, du
ring the session, on the subject of the Su
preme Court) it contains an acknowledge
ment by Indirection, of the rtxht and power
of the Supreme Court to decide question* of
?>t sovereignty, arising between a State and
the United States} a power utterly denied,
nnd, as was then thought, triumphantly set
tied In the reformation of 1901.
Having gone through the circle 1 prescib
od to myself, at the commencement at this
Address, 1 have n?fw to ask your indulgent
natlenuetor a teW moments longer, on a sub
ject with which my name Is more immedi
ately concerned. It is known to some
of you, that during the first session of the
twentieth Congress, 1 offered to the conside
ration of the House of Representative!, cer
tain resolutions declaratory of tbe meaning
of the second clause of the 10th section of
the 1st Article of the Constitution of the
United States, and also"1 declaring the expe
diency of giving-the consent of Congress, to
any State that might nsk, to exercise the
power of imposing duties on imports or ex
ports within the limits of such State, for the
purpose of protecting and encouraging tliclr
domestic manufactures;sutrfect toaprovUo,
that the revenue arising tnereftoin should
be paid into the Treasury of the I. nited
States, and that the laws imposing such du
ties, should be subject to the revbion nnd
control of Congress. These resolutions were
l?idon the table, with the intention of calling
them up for the consideration of the House
this winter. That they were not taken up at
.the last session wnsowlngtotheadviceofthote
in whose opinions I have ureat confidence;
who.felt as I felt <Mi the subject of the tariff,
generally,and concurred with me in the prin
ciples embraced in these resolution*. They
thought that any appeal to the tur.ic tnem
Aert of Cougrcsx, who hud pctp^truted the
outrage on your rights and Interests, would
utterly uselcsM and also tuggotcd, timt as
the Legislature of my Stutc had takrn no
this matter, and had embraced thess princi
ples in the solemn protest presented to Con
gress that propriety required they should
not lie discussed, until the whole mutter
Ationld lie brought up lie fore it new Congress
and an unpledged atlmiiiUtratinn. In this I
acquiesced.
Since that period, the principles-assumed
in these resolutions, smtl the construction niul
interpretation there given to the Coustitu
\i >n ' f the United States, have received the
honor of a specific notice, and public repli
cation, from perhaps the most inlluential nod
powerful man now alive in this nation. Not
withstanding my profound tesncct f??r tlie
itvc.it ability ami tnlenisof that distinguished
Keulleinun, truth r?j?irt* me to say, that i
fny opinion* are unchanged; and 1 here b?'g
leave to state, in advance, for the purpose of
avoiding the iiopulMtiou of srlf conceit and I
o^tinaucy, that these opinion* w.>uld have
been h>nt* smee uhandoned, if 1 were not e?m
vhtred that they are sustained hy authority
<qut?l to that hy which they have been us
oailoil?by the authority of that illustrious
statesman himself! 1 do not consider m>
n.elt, therefore, in what 1 am about to offer
in vindication of my principles, as setting up
my crude notions in opposition to the opin
ions of Mr. Madison, hut rather aa appealing
from the opinions and judgement ot Mr.
Madison, in IS?*, to those ot Mr. Madison,
.in 1T88, and 1/93; as appealing from his Ut
ters in the Intelligencer, to his Utters in the
federal in*.; from the shades of Montpelivr to
the halls cf the Convention; at appealing
trom the opinions of Mr. Madison, after
many years retirement from publie life, to
Mr. Madison in his noon of ninuh'HHl and
pride of genius, whtn all his energies and
'faculties were concentrated and employed
in illustrating the Federal Constituti >n, and
Hinniug for it the rcluctaut assent .of a free
people, jealous of power, who, beyond all
<pte?tion, would never have adopted it, with
<t knowledge of the constructive powers now
??gratuoutly bestow ed.
As this is rather a question of authority than
argument,! will content my*elf bv moreiy sjlvii ?
an o nline of my view*, anil eklifbi'.ing Ilia rnn
tr.inporauuou* authorities on wliiuli llirv art. ho
tuin>-d. In doing this, I Iio|kj to show. iIihi if I
am in error, I nave in support of ii, Inr authority I
of able and worthy patriot* of lime* tone by. and
the recorded conventional history of tlie birlh ?a I
the Constitution. I espeit to maintain tin* eon- i
etruetlon 1 contend for, oil the following grounds '
and authorities:
lit. The plain, ohviom meaning, of ilm Kng
liah words composing the If ?t ntnlttirn of tlm
clause, sustains in?. Tim word* mo*, " No Utile
ahall, without lh? romtnl of Cniigrn**, iinimta nny
duty on imports or capons, [aseept what may h?
absolutely nece?mry lor eseeuiing its in*|Mctiou
laws,"] and then come* the proviso. Is It not mo
inevitable infer* nrv, from lh? cnntlruelion of ||,|*
sentence, that a state mnjf impow sunli duller with
tin* eonirnt of Conirvn? Bill It Is said, hy Mr.
.Madison, that It ban reference to llieeaecotion of
the luqiectioo laws alone. If lliat wrrn tlie ens*,
-would language so opposite In sucli an object,
and to that plain singleness of thought and pm>
I?o?r, he used, which charaeterhted the great
assemble who formed tlie Constitution/ Or
would it not havu been, a? you, or any plain on
sophisticated moid, woul I have espreimd it,
without tbo elumty Incnnibraace of both tlm
** without thn consent" and the exception? If
that ware the objmst would it not rather have
been, In direct aud plain langnage, such as " No
state shall Impose any duty on import* or export*,
? scent what may he absolutely neu.stary for es
ecniing lis inspection laws," wlthoat u?lng the
pre*: tdent term*, reuMnf of Cengrtu? It require*,
it appears to mo some Ingenuity to change tin
open and apparent meaning of thoe plain Kng?
IUIi word,! The practice of dm stales Irom the
foundation of tbo government also supports my
construction) for they have never deemed it ne.
ceesery toa<k ?be consent of Congress, toeseeute
their inspection laws! They have enacted, and
enforced lk?m> without ashing any <tich <w?n*?m!
2d The Journals of the Convention show, that
the pow?r to nneourami domestic Industry of any
kind, was not intended to be given to the National
LefWIatuie.bnt to he l?H with thoee interested In
tin* matter, to wham H properly belonged. Tin
?r't mention of the word maaoCectare*, in the
Journals of the Convention, was In a proposition
to establish a Home department for the stipervl
sion of agrlcnltote and tUmiHt mmnu/teUtrf
which was promftijf ttjntU. The tlaeso'of tl ?
Constitution, above retailed to, was then In -?
somewhat different shape, submitted to the Con
vent ion, and after many propositions to niter and
?mend II, (which goea lotbow that the pbrattolo
ntflbt cIumwhduly and Mttwrf:
* moduli WHiDwIt to w
wit boot; the word*, ?*?r *kk
grew, latpow aay duty on
Mpi what nvay beaheotately
Ua Inspection Uw?." "Tbla amendment *r? alto
rejected, and |ba ?hm*a adopted In tl? p?WH
form. 1'bl* rejactlaa la oonclutlve, to tny Mind,
of tba latenllou of the convention. t ?
8d. The authority of Ilia to ll* li
favor of n.y coiittrntllon of the clause rrfcrre.1 In.
It la known to tba world that pertain ****>.,
itf iIiIam ti > aail ||?a m Hi ifll mi i i
Wllflw? wPO lawlHBN^NwiPK ?aww Rnw|Pwn
o| tba Federal Conslbotlon, aa?T sab*eo?t?1ly
re|m "dldted and honed In an rtrtavo volnwt. et\\b
Had tba Federal**, were |ba Joint Work of Mr.
I Madtaoo. Oan. Aletaader Hamilton, and Chief
Justice Jay Thee* eaaeya *ete (bra, and are
now, considered *? tbeaWett comaaentyle* oa
tli* Federal Constitution. Xk?y war* Intended to
esptaln and lllu irate to tba Amvrlcan people, all
tba poweia, cliackt, nnd balance* of that origin
?Ug |lniloHi laUramtat lb* nclilrit labrta ev*t
framed by human wisdom fa littman h?p|4aaai,
or aver won ?r snalalaed by bnman valor. Twit I
ware wilttrn in a aplrit of patrlolbm and love ?v |
freedom, ibal then Imrnt brightly and pnrely on
tan tbtHiuiirf altar*! Tba authors thin ban no I
aallah or ?lu later motives; they had thtn bo t/>e
?i*l Intareat In aactlona of country or r.la?w * of
|ieople; they wrote before tcf and tmlUo could
do, tvhal tb* feio< Ity of tba KritUh lion, or armed
Knmpo could not actomp i*li?the prostration of
yonr lights and Wienie*! Bill let ut hrer lite
author* of the PedcraU>tt The oracle *im lh? o
npon)heti|pod And bam I would remark that th?
American people have a* rlxM loliold Mr Madi I
?on re*s>ontlhle for the pm.e'oht, n nslnteilont,
and luler|?ie'?tioti* contained in |lii? j,,i.it piodui*
tloni fur, I tiiatt not atc?f? to inquire, ilie name* ol
tba author* of ?a?h ?r|mr*u |m?|kii?common
wnan, a? w* II n? oinnion law, holds the Glut
llaMn for tl>n arU of each inrmher of it.
Tlie Federal!*!, No. JJ'i, |>ag* distinctly I
declarer, iltnt u sta'e m?y Impute duiles orl
iio|'?iIk or e*;>ort?, u-ith tin rujtunf nf Cungrtt
\o I |m-? 170, l)a< the following language, in
M runttuiri'iil l*otvr* of taxation?" It I
oou'd Im mere ui|ilii?trv to ar^nv tlial it Ma*
mrsiil to ricluili- litem (tlir> Mates) nhtulutfljf from I
the impo*it>on of late* of tl>e former kind, (all
article* oilier limn iui|?or<* and ai|ioit*J and to
leave litem at I'dierly to lay olliaia, tubjicl to th*
rot Iful "f iliu Nationul l.?|fi>lmtire."
In tli?* Ulili nnmlier, page 170. tlin encourage
ment ol agriculture and manufactures i? drclarvd
to I mi uii ap|i?udi>g - ol the <'otiu>>t'? police of tlia
?l?l?. lo tia'akiiiK ol the ckifl >ouree* ot' i>i|k<ii?>'
I in eveiy ?u.|.-, lie ?*y?, " The ekpi n?e* *ri?in^t
from lliote iiistitutloiH wlilrli rrUti lo the mere
i/uWil/if potirt Oj * ihtl*. to |lit *oi>|K,rt of itl
legidative, eitcNtive, and jndkial Jeiailmrnt*,
ultli their diirtrenl a|ipnirii??f?, nml i|,o (*r?ur
iiftnuut ??/ axrirulhirt nnit munn/hrlurii, (mIiuIi
will cintKe'UMid almost *11 ttm oldeel* i.frintr
ei|ieii<|itiire.) iiw irnipiilirniu in o<iiti|Wirifiiii wi ll
Hi.iMt w hit li n-lnlrt tu lhi* nalionnl drft'iict "
|ii imtiiltrr 44, |mk?. il'Vl, the cl.<m? to |
it in full. II** then niMs Ihi* commentary |
?" I tin rrMraitd nn the power ol the H.tli ? over
import* mid expnitt it enlnrtted hy iitl tint ar<u
iihiiU which pmvn the nec>'?ilty of Mihmittnif;
ihe r?^nh<lioni "I trade to Hit* |r?ler;d council).
11 it media**, thin-fore. t<? ri-mntk (urtlirr mi tliii
head. than 'Imt the ntnnn?r >?? uhicli thr rtittmr.l
it ifntHfr'ri iiifini well i nlrulalt'd, Ml ome. '?> ?e
?*Hlft In th' tllltt h -m.-'c innryuni* promt'
Iiiy for Iht cunrruieiitfi of thrir unjinrh a>nt tx
ftoftt, null to I hi* United rjl?t % ? re<l?Ofiahl? tlitrk
ukmIiisI ihf itliuu* id llii* ditcretinn."
?Illl. Judicial authority *iiot tin* ine .il?n. Ju<ln?
Mii<li?ll.l)iUlbbr>nivi OtilrD.iNii WliMlnii^itf,
??yj?" A duty on tonnage it m inuih a in* M #
duty on imcirti or e?j?ort?i and the reckon whnAi
indited tli? |Moliitiilioil AdhimMiifi, even*'* 'o
t i n nlifi T'd? I"* may li." iin)H?cd hj n t(nle I
itilh Ifrt ronirnt of Congrtt : and li may f??? admit- '
t?-d ilint CfincrcM ennni'l give a right to a Uatr in
rirfiu of Hi ouhpowtrt "
Thu?. you have the milhority of the two ureal
ni|iiMindtn nl the CoiMituiion, *nnctionrd and
e?tahll*(?cd t?y * co ordinate lirKiirh of tin* f>o\
eminent, whole peculiar dutv and province it i?
(?is i- mIiI Ky our ndvirrMirii'*, i>u| doubted hy in>')
10 pronounce and deride on th??e hiuh mallei*.
Tl.i'*e nie anlhnritiri euiunntiiiK from Die liighrM
and uio.t iiiii|iic*tioiied wvrt'ri,
full. The i'ulit to impoM! dmie*, with tlie enn
Will o( Cm ?l? II, Irtiill* ?Mt(ltili?|tvd, I |iro|HMC now
lo show the |?urjM?o for wliicli it wa? Kivrn; und
lo'te I 1 mi- the pood fortiini' >n lie tn|iiHirled liv
?another ront<'Mi|Hirniiroui authority?of one w ho
wi?* an active inemlM-rof the rotivt ntion?of one
who diMW*wd ltd* very ciati*? in ilml hody, and
?otrt<-rpirntly wrote an Ac?o<int of it to hi* email
Iii?miI??of one wlio ttm thoroughly arqfiahited
with the tron-action* of iImI micMhly; who w?* a
, geidoii* nii-l nhle o|>|>onent to ?ome of it* hi/lie.i
[Miivi'i*; iilin wilne??.*?l lliei wholeof tiie rtipfttlit ,
" nil of wliich lie mm', and |iniI of?liich bf. ?m."
I wllii h- 10 n |r<.'iitleninii equally di?linifiihlii d for
ceiiiu* ami nr<|uir?'inciil?tli? lata l.ullicr Maitiu,
of Mar>|iuid.
The following is lii? nrcmint oi thin cliutvc
of the coiuiitiition, given not many (luvn nf
trr tfic convention iihit. [See Yntek' iiverct
Dclmtes, piige 71.]
" Hy thin Mitif acction every ntnte in nlv?
prohibited horn lnying nny iin|imta or tlu
tien nn iin|K>tt% or exporta, without thr per
miasion ot the genentl government. It was
urged hy lis that there might he rn*e? in
wltirli it wonhl he properyi/r thr ftur/iotr <,f
encouraging tnanu f'uclnrr* in /?? <?
firo/nbit t/ir rjr/iortullon of rnr? malrrki/a;
and even i? addition to tiie duties laid by
Congress on import* for the mke of revenue,
to lay a duty to discourage the importation
of particular articles into a state, or to ena
hie the manufacturer here to iiupnly u* on n*
good terms a* they could he obtained from h
foreign market. Hot the mo?t we could oh
tain wan, that thl* poorer might hr exercised
hy the states with, and only with the con
sent of Congress, and subject to it* control.
Amino anxious were they to *ci*e on every
shilling of onr money for the general gov
ernment, that they insisted even the little
revenue that might thus arise should not bv
appropriated to the use of the respective
state* where it wan collected, hut should be
paid into the treasury of the United States;
and accordingly it Is *o determined."
There is another vkw that strongly forti
fies the principle* assumed in these resolu
tions. 'rite general government ia express
ly prohibiten bv the cnnrtitutlon from " lay*
ing nay tax or duty on many article* export*
ed from any state." Now it i* well known
that the Impoaitlon of duties on ex/iorta, is
not only one of the mfr<t |>owrrful mentis of
protecting domestic manufactures, but ia
one that It alfttost universally pra?tis
ed in countries where the raw material ia
produced. How come* it then, that this
powerful and necessary auxiliary for protec
ting dome* ic manufacture should not only be
?ot given, hut absolutely and expressly fot
ndnen to that government, which claims Ju
risdiction over this matter, ami has actually
-
tli? pow
Vfol
to
jr. Ui
tlXNI
? I dety the most
t? the tariff, to |W? any rea
4 thk power to CMgmi, that
illy apply tothe power claimed of
;ltt on Imports for the purpose,
me, but the protection of par
ticular interests. repeat, la. there
?o terrific In apower belonging to every eon*
solidatcd government in the world* ana act*
cd on by all, to induce its prohibition? Tbia
U the reason given bv extemporaneous au
thority? not, n* Mr. Madiaon mki ta, on ac
count of the difficulty uf collecting the reve
nue, but because of its inevitable partiality
of operution and inequality of pressure. To j
tax the export* of a country like this, cover
ing twenty degree* of latitude, and an many
of longitude; having a half a d??en different
climates, and us many different staples for
exixiitntimii tome states exporting millions,
and other* not ti centjsome exclusively plan
ting or agricultural, nod other* graaing, and
other* again ni:mufaciuring would lie alto
gether impossible according to any rule of
liunmn nnd political justice, even on the sup
position that the representatives in Congrett
would lie honctt and disinterested* But this
is not a government of confidcncc;it it foun
ded In a jealousy of power, and a profound
knowledge of the turo of no man! And this
very clause, restraining Congress from im
potine duties on export*, was intended to
gu.trd against the almost certain combination*
of ctionsof lountry ami classes of people, to
form a majority for thepurposcdf oppressing
a minority. Ami with nneye totUUsame weak
point in freedom's bastion, was another
guard placed; that which requires three
fourth* of the states to alter the constitution,
riierehy giving to a minority of one-fourth,
n check nnorx the rupneity aud lust of power
of a majority! In fine, uniformity and equul
lity, in the benefits and hurthena of this un
ion, at* the moit prominent mid distinctly
marked features of ?<urtou*titution;such was,
indeed (he intention of it* frntmrs; the prac
tice recently luis been directly the reverse.
My aropositioit then i*, to give to any state
that may ask. it, the power of protecting ita
own ihmestic manufacture*, without op.
pressing its neighbor*.
A i)4 i* it n?t equitable and just, that those
who trceive tlie benefit,should bear the bur
den? I Mr. Madison says that they, the f.i
J-l>^ ...?.1.1 ? 1
I HI ]??!%% Vf WI'IIIH l?M% I IJVCIVL* tlf" CXCI Cl^l'
Micil h power. 1 think it in very probable
they would nor; ah their object i? to tax you
and ??t then?K<hc*?to make you bear all
the (union*, nnd they take all the* benefit*!
lint is it not a matter worthy of enquiry for
him or thnn, how long men, bom free, will
bend the nook and erouch the knee to uftin ?
ning irniilc.iiHtlj-.inlklock comfiunle? Mr
Madisi nuUo offer* as an objection, the
cultv or prrvcnimg *t?uggllng, under the
system prnpo???d?-hut 1 Mibmit to you, it
tfint is not rntlitr a qm-sOiMi of o*)?e?llcnf y
than of r.i'iistitiitioiiiil principle, Indcvd,
'hat difficulty would be equally applicable
fri?n? onr extended and peeuWar co<tit and
frostier, tn the exe?\ isc of the power by the
general go\ eminent.
Mr. Madison justifies tin tarifT law* as
onstitotioual on two groufds, which 1 take
i ''|*?s mvsrlf to say, never were questioned
by aty of even our sufTofmg people; that it
for tn. purpose of nveifur, or retnlicfion on
tie retrirluc lawsofat'orcign nation. Hut
<**n any honest man ?)', that the tariffs of
143-1 or '182 , were Jit ended for thes* pur
j?>ses> Was it for e/venue? The late ?ec
ntarv of the treasy*), Mr. Huh1i, laltourN
o|ly to show, that /hey would not Injure the
rtvenuc us much b wn* expected! W- w it
rtaliatory* A^anst whom? Against Cireat
Britain, with w\Jm we have been trading
wlh a perfect Inowledne, nnd under the
tbl ope rut ion oflier system of lawn, for half
a dfntutV* Ni! the manufacturers thv.\li
sel* s r/ver pjicedthe powrr on this ground.
Th4r rfay, hrwevcr, now that it is prene.it>
td?|th*m, adopt it a* un after thought*
N t.lavingby me Mr. Madison'scelebrat
ed i #>rt on the alien nnd sedition laws in
180 ! will unt do bun the injustice to state,
tror 'crcllection, his then opinions of the
lim' lions of the power of this federal gov
er. i kit. It is in the remembrance of some
of j i that the federal government then
plat jofT airs of power and supremacy, as
wel k now?It was brought then, in the
tnidftf its career, to a short halt! It will
be alt, when the true echoes of the voices
of frlicn, shull be flung back lothisCupi*
tol III
I nmfraid I have already wearied you,
nnd iSate hour of the night admonishes
me t At is time to close. 1 have written
to yoiS a spirit of that frankness that I
think Airesentative is hound to do to those
who iBmadc him their agent. Between
a rrprflbtative nnd his constituents tlier*
I ?mgui mcannot with propriety, he any ???
I creu, Bcr uf hit opinion* or principle * on
I imhIW.fcwTH relating to their intere?t?.
' It till nRiplcs or opinion* are wrong, they
) can tpAy apply the remedy. In i;?y case,
{the rfA run he applied, whenever the
? majni'iB thoHC who sent me here shall
I hint thHssntisfaction, without the tiecet- j
i "ity of flfrig for the expiration of my term ;
.ofoffictf j
' 'Wards your wrongs and injuries, I
have nip repeat what 1 have oltcn said
to you An.illy?1 have hut little hope of
remedySxigh the voluntary agency of
CongreMie <*nease heing now r At her in
the ronflbf/, than in the public function
a rift i tMhcrnot caring move tlrn a Hu?h
for piib*tviiue or totithern right*. Jt in
not for wpicscrihe a coursc for you, hut
to he w^ktu, nod partake your fortune,
whethe^^ may he joy or sorrow. My
ftriit allBlri. in to my ttatet when her
voiec shHpronounced through the IcgitW
mate in^Rut of her authority, whether
politic right or wrong, my duty i* to
be with In my life ii her m. 'l'he disease
bring In Kmmunlty, the remedy mutt
eonie froK people And what peopln
ever yet Ked juttke, by whining and
whimpeiSi, % great mla* from boarding
school, oB| rights and violated ehnr
ma? IIMms no page for such None!
Hut manyHht ami glowing one for thoae
who a?*u^B erect attitude am! elevated
front of ft^K claiming right and demand
ing justic^V
1 jaMam^AM ? M )
IPVI/lf OKI I
? Your*, v
XT We find ll.rtollowing article In ?ha - Uoiled
But? Talf raph," ami b>g Uw >tt?tkin o four
tmitn utjbffcy' -?
Tlx favorit* 'doctrine of lb* tariff gentlemen,
mpnrially Ik* Mpkot Mr. la, that the prtm
n? article# fall ia proportion to lb* intrMNd tin
ti??. No mm JovMi, IIm( IIm prteN of ilowl ?*?
ery irthlt of trade, fvrtifn a# well m dmmttlic,
are lower new limn (hay w?n before III* linff of
IOW?a lingular anomaly in liwk, indeed, not
however a#eigna<de mora to oar tariff a?rt, than to
lh* treaty of peace In 1815. The adrance of
flour lett year in lh* United State#, owing to tta
advance in Kugland, at a pot tod when lb* duty on
that article. accord* ug to (he Uritiah com law*,
ww ? prohibitory one, ia e vkleooc, thai the price*
in a law* commercial country do regulate th***
of all other countries eren where th* intercom #e
it rMtrlctrd, by artificial contrivance#. Il ha#
been taid, and taid truly, that mm of lh* oauaea of
th* decline in cotton food#, was becaute they had
dralined in Kngland, and .that low a* the pricM
now are, rompared with what they formerly were,
yet at a duty ft nttnue ol I<4 or 16 per cent,
?he Imported notions would Hill come cheaper to
th* eon*umere than th* ?lom*ttk ones. In proof
of thlo and tothow how much Aumanert #r* tax
ed In thi* country, for the benefit of i few. we
have copied the fallowing advertisement# from a
1,nod<mi paper of tli* 9th of January, received by
th* Dover, in whieh the hou#e of Wagn*r and
Chapman, offer the aitielee therein tpecified !?
c?n?Hmtr$,at the annexed priori, the penny ?ter
ling e*(iniat?d at two cent*, making th# rate es
change equal to eiglit |ier cent. The lira column
?how# the ptirc# to cmwumer# in Ii?odoii, the
#ccond column j?how# the prtceeal which the#* ar
ticle# migM be atT>rdrd toMMMMmin th* Unlt*d
State#, at a moderate rate ol' datv, My lt|lo IS
per cent and allowing a fair profit to the Mller,
(that i# ICO per mil. advance, or 4 for I.) Let the
purrhater* of for# ign article*, (and all buy more or
le??,) estimate, how much mora in tuch a ca#e a
five dollar bill would Imy of i'he#e article#, than it
will now I ity, nod yet tlie# retailer# here, it ia be
lieved, nut let* but a rery email niofit ? in tome ra
#e# not u living one,and likentlter#, area tat-rifloe
tu the #y?teui ol extern ve dutiet.
l.ondon
prists.
\ #p]endid n#eortm#rt of the
| l.iljce?t lico l?Cil I'ltlM'll fin] [to]
I 'I lubet ?liuwl?, Jj.V'H 5< ''B 7,A3 10,07
ct?. ct?.cl?. cl? cl- ct?.
I Italian net', 10 24 24 33
: Heal VHleoiiennm edging*,
(H'r y.ird, 12 17
, F.xculliut 1'erttan*, all co
\ l?r?, do. 12 in 24 18 2.1 33
J C.oi-I brr.id Mrinrii do. 30 IM 42 60
I llniMUouta* |?lal<l ili?. do. 40 65
. Iltrli and dumble Orni da
Nftplcoln. 42 40 .VI CI 07 75
Itenutilul (In. (In. 411 07
Vnrletv of good talmt, 2-1 3rt IW 33 42 60
Norwich 12 tl 17 33
Ui'it fjliiic ul LJuck bom*
hazinc. 10 :J0 24 j0
V>1 wide bluck rrapc, 32 44
lllack cotton velvets, 211 30
Col ton ?tuflf, ft 10 11 15
llc*t tnrritm dn. 12 22 10 31
Yd wide fine dn, 20 30
Wide |i?'|u?i' cl'itht, 4(1 67
l?nnci?liire fluniiel, 0 il
tf tout mid due da. 12 24 10 33
Heal Welch do. 0 30 11 60
Moreen*, ?? low i? 1H 25
0-4 wkle green bui/.e, 10 23
Fn?5-?*ol?>rcd priiiled furniture*, II 16
Chinlsda. 13 15 IU 10 20 25
Strong iMlioo, or white cot
ton K<iod*, 2 3
Good do. iIa do. 4 0
| Kll wide ttnul mid lino dn.do. 0 8
Superfine and Mont do. do. II 11
Hr?t renl long cloth* do. 16 24 23 33
Su;?erAn? imitation do. 10 14
flood print*, hit color*, 0 10 |*J 11 14 17
Snperfine and MiImmM* do. 10 21 23 29
Superior cambric* nn.lji.c
uml?,cll widejail colors, 22 24 31 33
Good do do do 12 to 10 25
llamlfona battisto drr???>, 72 100
Fa*t colored mu*!in do.
handMimrljr flounced, CO
Cambric mntlm*. 5 7
0-4 wide jaconet do. 0 -II
3 4 do. bobbin*!!*, 12 16
Stout linen hackal.ack, tl II
fJrtrable Irith been, 16 30 22 60
Diaper*, all lioen. II I ||?
Strong linen (Inclines,pr. yd. 8 10 It IS
?Work Ru**ia do. IU 19 16 25
Ileal ttursia towelling, 9 iy
Klfgaut gauze rihliond*. 4 6 6 8
flU-b, broad and iptemlid do. 12 24 16 33
Stout fancy bouoet d?. A 8 7 II
(loud *ilk hare, neckerchief*, 20 20
llandipme Franch pattern
Scotch do. 4
Large ?hawl?, 16 21 2
Ileal French cambric Docket
hdkftprdo* 2(1(1
Smaller mu do do. UI0
l,adir? light uiul ilark kid glove*
per d<'? M l
F.xtm tujHjrflne do pr don. W>
Kx<*t Itf nt p?rf. cl black do. pair, I'i
l<oag while do. 32
WoinaiiN ftood while rotten l?o?r>
I<f. pair, 7 21
I.adiei r.lk do do CO
l.inon giant clntht, rach, 4
Kxtwllenl d<itnu>k taM? clotli?, 31
CImhI full >ia*d M??iik*-l?, ft t
Colored rnttutrrpaoca, 42
l.nr^A while d?>. At
Women'* dnmMe and Warm
r|uth rliMifc*.
_ , i IIMJ
IMaid* dn do. KUl 83J
Silk u?. ?!??. rm? mw
Fftttn do. do. 670 800
(Jo<hI ginjliam ombtf IIm, 42 f?H
Tha nbor* Hm haan compiled for tha
mmt and imtrndlon of our friand*. ny
comparing th? prica* nf the at?ova ?fliclo?, at th*
rata* at which thay mifkl t?a ?old nodar * mod*
rat* doty, with IhoM thay arluml'# pay at pra*aet?
they will b*abU> to J?d*a how much aach of thaw
pay* for tha support of tha farfamAl Amarwan
ftyitaM. Wara tha fcrmrr fraa tiada n?lan ra
?tared, lhair hutbanda and father* eonld afford t?>
allow tham Mora monay in MMcqoanra of inarra
wd m*an?. awl thm m??nar would buy naar'y
ilonl'lr tlio i|ttantity nfartlalaa itnuwdMii.-//*!
fan Oattlle.
M* fit nj mm in formerly Steward In
tha Hnnth Carohna Collrgr, hat hwi appointed
kaapor of tha Penitentiary at W?ahhift0ft.
{[?*) oKlcer* of the
|pm held oo.Mooday ImT,
rat . I
MAXCY, I
- .jam*atwmuirr,
rrrcH. _ , |
iHlf w CLARK,
JOHN bltYCK.
* }Vmr4 #?. 3?KHANCI8 MtJULLT, "{**?*
?'?"? </|EKSlEL BMUVNAN* $i$ 1
Avihwily (is/htnre/ tAa,
w\lb much ptoeaerr, III* Address
b^tVjaaaa R. D*vii to Ml
adidiMM to ebereafarimd by
boldness, and ibWtjf, for all
man todtotlagnbbed. '
lit tl|MOMly ettaeba
the distinguished niH| uto
1 parted >? add bto nama lot _
! wbtob have been chlMdfor lb* tail# poHcy
Seaetor Hagnfi, I* remarking upon oar Protest,
alluded to lb* argamtnt drawn from aaMerfftr in
j favour of tba protective policy, and, la behalf ot
tba moraory of Mr. Jrff rnn, (tootod M dishonour ?
?bin nn Mtoatotton for bto name; adducing In
proof bto letter to Gov. Giles ta 181$. ! tla OOa-l
aldeml tbto would at least balance lb# account
wltb Mr Afedfte*. Bat mm ef the friend, of ih.,
manufacturers have had t be Impudenee to dispute
tba apportion oC Mr. i'ftnon to tba Tariff* I
notwithstanding Ibtolattar a poo tba subject. To
?ettle tbat matter, we stete from information do-1
?trad from tbobmt eatbority, tttal ther* to an^onn
Mr. JrBbrtnn'b manoscripts a Faera* ?KliuM Ik?
Tttif*/ IKN, drawn ap Mr Je ferae* bimmU,
which Mr. Madieon baa man, and upon which Mr.
Jefferson asked bla opinion?suggesting tbat it
was such a measure as the Vlr|lnla Leglslotuio
ought to adopt, end propoilng to place It in the
hands of n confidential friend for that |?urpoie.
What would Mr. Jefferaon have said to the Tariff
of 1828, and the measures end meant in agitation
to sestaiu it,if i! had been bif miafortnne tn wit
nesa the prevent timet? That Protest, are were in
formed, would eppear In Use contemplated publi
cation of Mr. Jefferson's works.
Wliro tk? resolutions ol .Virginia in 170ft, In fs
Tor of state rights and the report accompanying
them, were transmitted to the other Mates, it will
be Men by their responses that the only ground or
dissci.t upon which those states relied as a sub
stantial one, was, that an interference on the part
of individual states, ky means of interposing their
sovereignty between usurpations of the Federal
Government and the reserved rights of the sepa
rate states, would lead to an interruption of tho
regular and harmonious operation of tlw former,
and would be abused for lb* purpose of clogging
its proceedings la relation to objects which wero
Undoubtedly within its constitutional sphere. Tim
federal party In this country*oppoeod as they havo
fcver be?*n to tho sovereignty of (bo sUtes, well
knowing the value of a nickname la political con
tests, have expressed this doctrine by tbo term
11 disunion"? and applying it to tbo people ol tbo
9oulh, who are now mora prominent in their op
position to federal usurpation* than aay others,
nave branded them as dlsunlnnists, because of
their efforts to preserve tbo constitution, as they
have always understood it?and to shield din
rights which they know it was intended to secure
to them?which, onco lost, carry with them what
ever is worth having under any government -
How long will it bo before tbo people ol this
country *111 allow themselves to bo disabused In
relation to Ibis subject ? We knoiv of do man its
South Carolina whole an enemy to tbo const it u.
tion of 1787: at the same time that we know, if
that constitution was Aeussffy administered, w?
should bear a disproportionate share of the es>
peneesof the government. The! constitution,
however, Is our bond, and we so regard it. But
where is that constitution f Let any man gravely
rnquin ?let the Virginia convention, ebon* to I o
organised, a>k it*elf?how Ur docs the circle of
state powers oslend f How much has the gene
rnl government left them to organise into a stat*
constitution f Judge Marshall will probnbty bo
sent to this convention : we should like lo beer
his decisions in the celebrated cases of MtCol'
UukH vs. Slaft of Moruland, and Brown vs. the
tame, quoted to him In tho thiesbold, and to
hear him attempt to prove tbat under those dr.
cisions congress do not possess any power wkkts
(hey choose to eiorcke.
II irii predicted at th? time that the culture of
(adieu wm introduced ioto tho aouthern roan try,
that we would forrrer beaeeure in oar mooopoly
of tho market of tho world in roprd to thU article.
It waa.according to llaatMy't lliitory of 80. Caro
lina, mad* an art tela of export to England at ear
ly M tho year 1747. Tha Parliament of Great
firitaln, Adding that a large quantity wm eotuum
ed In the kingdom, and that the Preach commerce
?applied all the markets of Europe from the Wm
India Itlandf, were iodueed to grant a bounty of
Cd per pouod for all !ndlg? mired fa Caroline,and
imported direct to Kogland. It aooa became an
article of mIwimU ?
, r.Vipon, IIHI ll(C*N ?
fully rivalled the Fraorh in mini Enropoau
market*, la I'M the im?uI of ttptd tu ttO,
OT4 lb*, *hortly brfora tho revolution, U 1,107,
(WOlbi. In 17Klthe export a woanted to WS1 mtlt*.
Bat oMwithrUftdiog Ihi* hifh d?fro? of protection
and prosperity, the cultlration of fndigo in '.ho
Rut Iodic* droro I bo ptrnton of Carolina from
Ibo mar hot* oft bo world, and compelled tboni to
look inthat ataple which tbo jmCmml policy of our
??wo government i* determioed to ooo*ign to tbo
Mart .'ate. Wo or* nearly dono with oar cotton
trado to Knglend. Between tbo eftrtsofevr own
brtthfH and of England, wo preamae tho period
of onr Aool prostration cannot ho fcr a hood * Wo
have tbo comfort nf tho following MWl by (fee H*k
arriral* from E*#l? ? ? ?