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POTTSVILLE.
SAttijcclaq Morning, Aug: 11, 1
IMPORTANT
Vet every citizan.bear in mind, that it is not on ;.• his
t time but his duty, to puirebasevery tlxng Ist he
tin at home. By pursuing such a .curse, he e enra
ges the Mechanicsl industry of his own neigh hood,
on which the prosperity of every town and city mainly
depends—and besides, every dollar paid out a 'home,
forms a circulating medium, of whiCh every citi en de
tiveg,mote Cfr less benefit; hi the c4urte of trade., Ev
tory dollar paid for foreign manufactures pure) tied a
%road, is entirely lost to the region,:goes to snri h those
Who Ce not contribute one. cent to our domestic institu-
VMS ind oppresses our own citizens. n
THE _POOR MAN'S BILL
. Thistle who are compelled_ to labor, ouebt to bear in
mine that the Tariff is emphatically - the poor man's Law--
it secures to him. re g ular employment and good Naos,
which is his capital—and just In proportion as the ditties
are tednedi, So in proportion does his wages go down.
Think of this tvork ing-ncen; before you aid In support
ing men who will rob you of your only capital, tht
wa
ge. oflabor.
°pintails of James K. Pop; uu the Tariff
AM TN FAVOUR OF REDUCING THE DV:
TIES "TO_THE RATES OF THE COMPROMISE
ACT, "WHERE THE WHIG fIONORESs FOUND
THEM "ON THE 301.11 OF JUNE; 1542.'
(Pamphlet Speech at Jackson, TCIM., April 3iL 1919.
"riTr. DIFFERF.NCE — RETWEEN THE. WHIG
!TASTY AND MYSELF IS. WHILST THEY ARE
'THE' ADVOCATES OF DISTRIBUTION AND A
"Pir)TsCrivE TARIFF—MEASURES WHICH I
'II:INSIDER RUINOUS TO 'WE INTERESTS' of
the "COUNTRY AND ESPECIMI.LY TO THE INTE
"ItESTS OF THE PLANTING STATES—I HAvE
"STEADILY AND AT ALL TINES OPFOsED .
VOTE."
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- [Same Uinta,
"MY OWN OPINION IS, TII
•'DE DUTY FREE."
[Conireßsinnal debat
.
..Arr. Maly. (locofoeo) to-day, i n the Trouse;annovreed
Unceasing hostility to the present.TA RIFF, on behalf of
au Deo:walk party. ire declard that Nr. Polk was
opposed to tt,and that they only Itn fed a nemocrat ic,Con-
Emu and a Democratic Preside -a , eleehtd, to repeal it.—
'Speech In Congress June 4th.1841.
FOR THE CAMPAIGN. ',
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IN order to pl we information within the reach
of aW the Miners' Journal will be furnished until
the Presidential Election, troth the 15t1 of August,
SA the.following low rates,:
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Une.Copy,• - • • ! 25 .1
''. ' Thirteen Copies, to one address, : 300 4
. Twenty-two, do_ - • 5 00
ajb The money must accompany each order.
' cO. , We will furnish papers to responsible Lo-•
eofocos at the same rate, payable when- Henry
_Clay is elected President. 1
FIREI
A N 0, T H EFIRE
MR. KU,TCHN,:
by particular request, will g ice his views on the sub
3ect of the late PUBLIC DISCUSSION, in the Orchard,
oh Saturday Evenibg, the 17th' inat., at the house or
JouN JINITINGS,
In this 'Borough, precisely at 7 o'clock. Alt parties in
the Coal Region and elsewhere, are invited to attend.
. Potter/11e, Aug. 17, 1844.
•
irr Our repast of the Tariff Discussion has crow
dell out a number of articleaf--We hope its length,
however, will not deter any
, from reading it,
particularly the .documentS' produced. Next
wool: we will show by the specehes, arulthe or
gans of the - Locofoco party, that the repeal of. the
present Tariff is the- great j issue in the present
eontest—and that that party have arrayed theni
sekee in favor of its repeal.'
Er Pereons in want of extra papers Will please
leave their orders by Wedrieday next: They will
be sold at the rate of s'2 per; 100 copies for distri
bution. -
WHIG MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
We said last week that t? notice all the great
Whig gatherings would take all our siice;.sinee
then they have multiplied on our hands:
tOn Friday night the people gatlM i red in - their
strength at Minersville, they came pouring into
the town preceded bY ba.im+s and music, from all
quarters, until tyto number stvelled toMbeut eight
•
hutuired. - •
On Saturday night in Cu! own borough, On
-Monday at 2, o'clock, at YlisT ' S. At 4 o'clock at
-331,wALT'a ; and in tho evening at • Pow?
On Tuesday at 1 o'ctocti, at Tanaaca. At •1
o'clock, at Minntzroar ; find in tho evening at
PonT .CATLIION,..'
OD Wednelay, at 1 o'clock, at ORWIOSBURq v
gird 41..the'ererting, at ,crireurivr. Ilavex ;
these tvere'lrge gatherings, of warm hearts and
true . Whigs.
They were ably addressed by the Bucksiic
blacksmith. Pi.. G. .. .I.,:ckrrt, James 11. i.,amp
l'ell„Essr., T. F. liutchcli Esq., and others. The
Ladies were in attendance at ,many of
and seemed determined to i enjoy the excitements
tilltbe last. I
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We are compelled for lack of space, to circura_
scribe our notice of these meetings. We can only
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say all were large and ent usiastic.
• • Tat old adage of . dimming ineti catch at ,
straws,' is completely veri fj ed in the' conduct of
the . LOcofocos in this place r ln the hurry of bus=
Imes this week an •H' ga i t into the place of e n .
' Ms' in a political bandbil We printed—a mere
1
typograPicalerror—and tit way some of the sap
head . Locofonos took holdf it, the . ,reader would
o il
have supposed that. they had absolutely carried
. kentucky for !Polk . P r fellows, we suspect
they will havO to be sat shed r with trifles this
year. ii;
'it
rEACEqS-Tiir. WAY Tl 110 IT.--AVO ilCk11014.•
clip, from Messrs . Boyle Kaler, a Basket of
m m
•tho ostagriificent pea t es we hive seen this
year. These . geatleruen ater for the appetites of
of our good burghers, at South West corner of
Centre and ikialtantongo treets, and if all their
faits' are as delicious 'ea these 'Peaches were,
• theymust soon make their fortunes. Our citizens
like to lice well, and they 'are not slow in finding
out where the good . thitigs' of this world, are to be
had—and besides, prosperity generally smiles up
on those who `do' not forget the Printers—and par
ticularly one. who hive served the country so
long, awl in the manner in which we have, since
our lot has been east in this favored:regiop.
117r,OLL , AILLINST 71116 Tlitll7.—We hare
et this offmea copy of Folks speeches against the.
Tariff of 11342, publisbed under his superintend
once, which we seceived from Tenncsiee last week
Let those who, have any doubt. abOut Polk ) ;
views on thix:subject,-cal and examine it.
06...Thetrisporiunt after this week,'ln piss
into the lunidi of Mr. Acui 9. Jackson; late of
Harrisburg. It is to lie hoped he will conthict it
more decently than•his predecessors.
Low - -WATsa.—lt is said that the Schuylkill is
he* lower than it has been for. yfars—and' the
, ground is so dry, that thei recent rains have had
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little or no e ff ect in replenishing the quantity of
Water. ,The Navigation'ompany are using tbeir
e
• iteitsive Rgservoirs, to s pply the Navigation.
We publish the following letter from 'Lebanon
County, which gives an account of the "doings"i
in that quarter. We shall say, something on this ,;
subject. next week. In the mean time] we 04
only - say, that we have Conferees to, , represent"th Q l
party in this County, and_ we will shape our l,
course. accordingly.. •We shall never prove tra m ,
torour to our own citizens and our own County
-under any circumstances, but will sustain. our'
Conferees, in whatever course they make-take:
c..
Extract of a letter to the editor, dated - : I
Lzsslvos,..August 13th, 1844.
Dear Sir:
Yesterday the delegates met ancrafter a cow;
sultation, they agreed to _nominate Mr. Ramsey,
for another term. This was done by the very
men, who last' year pledged themselves to give
Schuylkill the next candidate.- But what else
could you' expect, when the persons connected
with the "Ramseypaper in your county, assured
the people that Schuylkill county did'nt want the
candidate--that the majority of the people were in
favor of the re-election of Ramsey—and also urged'
his re-nomination. We were told that Eckert
was not the choice of Schuylkill county, and,thitt
your Conferees were entirely,mistaken with re
gard to the arrangements made at the last Confer
ence. Our citizens are disposed to do what is
right, when they understand it—but you can
hardly expect `to get a Congressman, when yoor
own citizens cemeand:tell us that you do not Want
'enc. It is true they passed a resolution infaver
of Schuylkill next term—but that amounts to
nothing with these Men:• • They will again jell
you that it does not, bind the party, and I know
that iirrdngennents are already entered into to
give the next. eandidale to Lebanon by' the
Ramsey Clique," :the leaders of which are as
Corrupt and unscrupulous set of demagogwW as
ever dis , n.aced any party. Their conduct world
even make Locofocoism blush in this quarter.
The people have become so disgusted with their,
that in several townships they refused to attend
-the delegate meetings,—and. if it were not for the
great principles -involved in i the Governor's and
Presidential elections, the would be defeated by
an overwhelming majority. As it is, if a gOod
man in favor of the present Tariff, and a -Distri
,bution of the Land Fund, in whom the people
have confidence, were to offer, I believe he: would
beat Rams, ey in this county. .1. P. Sanderson has
been nominated for the Legislature.
' published by himself
T WOOL SHOULD
es, Vol. 9, page 174
TIIE LION. EIEN , RY A. MUHLENSEEIG. the Demo
cratic candidate for Govenor of this atate.died, f4m
an atiack of apoplexy. in Reading. on Sunday last
He 'was attacked while sitting at his own door, about
10 ofelock on Saturday night, and lingered, without
being able to speak; until '4 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon.
IVe are indebted to the Jefferson Democrat,' and
the Reading Gazette
~ for citrus containing the . mel
ancholy particulars. The Democrat, under date. of :
Sunday afternoon says:—Several gentlemen from
abrOad had been passing the last evening with Mr.
Muhlenberg, at his hduse, where they staid until
probably about ten o'clock. When they left he
companied them to the front, door, at which after
they had gone, he seated hirriself uPon a chair, as
was his custom, to enjoy the coolness of 'the night
breeze. Sirerael gentlemen .who passed between
that and half past ten or later, saw him sitting, there.
—At about eleven he was found prostrate_and insen•
Bible upon the step—with his head down' stricken
with APOPLEXY. Every dffort that medic - al skill
could suggest. was madel--but in vain. He nejrcr
spoke after he was discovered, but remained insensi•
ble until he expired, which was at four o'clock this
afternoon."-'
Mr, Miwas bora in Lancaster, and was 62 years
of age. .- . . . •
His funeral took place on SVednesdac last. attended.
by an unustial concourse of relations • and friends;
from numerous parts of the State.
. .
...Connection bitiveen the Rail Road, aril the
Little Schuylkill Region.—We learn that the
Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Company,
aro actively engaged in constructing a Bridge a
cross the Schuylkill at Port Clinton, to connect
the Little Schuylkill Rail Road, with that improve_
nient. • The Bridge, we learn, will be 'completed
this fall.. This' will give our Little i Schuyiltill
friends, the. chance of two avenues to market:—
The Reading Company are rapidly increasing the
_number of their Cars on the roid,7which produ
ces a Corresponding increase of business on the
"dad. .
Tcn:pertmcc Lecture.- 7 0n Sunday last, John
W. Bear, the Buckeye Blacksmith, who is a tee-
totaller, delivered a-Leciure in . favor of Temper.
mice in the Methrglist Church at Minersville:
We did not hear this leCture, but undenstood fiom
those who did, that it was elite of the most rich,'
racy and interesting lectures they ever heard.
Some of his political' opponents, who did not rel
ish his political speaking, declared that they would
- have no objections to walk ten miles to hear him
deliver another temperance lecture. •
' Sprorso P.cupot.—Our - ,:fellow-citizen, Mr
Dyer, the Blind vocalist, intendi opening another
term of his Singing School for young folks, early
next month. He depends entirely on his musical
talents, which are of a superior order, for the sup
port of himself and family, and therefore appeals
strongly to the communit' for
. their sapport.—
Those who have entrusted_ their children to his
care, speak of his abilities in the highest tams,
and so far he has given entire satisfaction. Mr.
D., also gives instructions on the Piano, and other
Instruments, such s as the. Flute, Violin, Ake., and
should be pleased' to make up classeS, for their in
struction.
Tilt RIWARD Or • TRAITOTt.-1.11 Switzer
land county, Indiana, we have gained a Whig
Senator in place of Daniel Kelso, who was beaten
by a majority of 79, in a coil* where theloco
focus carried the balance of their ticket by a ma
jority of about 4 1 3 This Kelso is the traitor,
who was elected as a Whig--alrandoried the par
ty, and •by nis vote, secured the eiction of a Lo
cofocoU. S.,Beitator, for Indiana, two years ago.
U 3. A great mass Convention, was held at
Phoenixville, last Week. Schuylkill Township,
Chester County, took the Banner, for sending the
largest number of voters to the Convention, in
proportion to the population. Heretofore that
ibwnship has only polled 220 Whig votes—and
they sent to the Convention four• handfed and
fifty delegates, and pledged themselve;, to poll
that number of votes for the Wlkig candidates, at
the coming election.
Schuylkill County.-LWe can assure out friends
ahroad that the political intelligence from all parts
of Schuylkill County is of the most cheering
character, changes are taking place almost daily,
in every part of the county—and nothing but the
importation of voters on the Rail•rosd, will pre
vent this County from giving Clay end /deride
a majority.
Loeofeco State Convention ;--The State Cen
tral Comiduee k bave issued Jan wilkult Convening'
the old delegates at Harrisburg, on the .2d of Sep
te'reber next, to nominate a eandidatis for Gover
nor. It is generally be vat Mr. sunk will
receive the nomination• ' • ;
DEATH OF Mr. MUHLENBERG,
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DEMOCRATIC WHIG , 4IIUNDER
F 110.31 TII IiALLOT; Betas !!
"Coming events Gast their* T tidows before."
The route of Locofocoistn in the State Elec
ions, far exceeds thOse which p;eceded the hur
ricine of
. 1840—Ahty come like' a mighty I ava
lanche, crushing lopofacoism to . r atoms, - and scat
tering the fragmentir to the four Winds of Heaven,
never to be re-united again—they', speak in aoice
of thunder, which stiikes terror into the very souls
Of the spoilers—aye, it is depicied in their very
countenances, which wear tho.dark and sombre
hue of the moumer:Over the graVe of their dpart
ed hopes. But the 'storm must pass—the secret
missiles placed in the ballot boxes must speak—
I and when unfolded; they will tells tale, which Will
make the “ spoileret' quake like
. .13elsh=ar; before
the mighty wrath Of the sovereign - people--they
will 'slope for Tel* ! •
First in the list Comes
NORTH CAROLINA THUNDER.
Returns have ben received from all the counties
but eleven. The vesult is as follows
Graham, (WO
Hoke, - (L. F.),
3,657 !.
The eleven counties yet to be heard frord gave
a'Wbig majority 4935 in 1842. If there Should
be no change this:•ear in their+ counties,! Gra
ham's majority will' be 4,000..
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The Raleigh Regtster,in summing up the return.
Says:---. , Canfidc4 as we were, that the 'Whigs
would triumph at the ballot-boi, we little counted
upon the brilliant and overwhelming victory that
has flushed the ad:yanced army' in their late hard
.fought battle. Our State Senate consisted,' at the
last session, of 30 Locos. and 20 Whigs. I , At its
next meeting, (had. body will consist of 26,
arid 24 Locos—a elear_ gain of six Senators
The House of dornrnons, at its last session, Gorr
'sisted of 68 Loceis and 52 Whigs. Th i t ,
House of Commoits will be composed Of 67
and 55 Locos. In other words, we shall hi
joint ballot, a majority of 32! ! !
• 2 in tho Senate! ! •
\ 30 in the House ! !
Glorious, indeed, for the 'Old North St
INDIANA THUNDER! !
Yours truly
•
The Senate of ;ndiana consists of 50 members;
the House of 10(1 The Senators aro clnisen tri
ennially ; as nearly one third as possible each year:
3'3 hold over fr r former years, leaving 17 to e
lect this year.. Of these, the Whigs havit chosen
6, as far as .heardifrom, and the Locos tivo. Of
the Senators who` ; hold over, 17 arelwhigs L and 16
Locos.
. ~ qENATORS. . 1
I'! 3843.. • 1844.
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• ^ 7, ,L. F. W. I L;F
Old Senators, ' ' '• 17 1G
1
Jefferion, t 0 • 1 1 • 0
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Switzerland• . 0 1 1 1 0.
Wayne • 1 '
;I 1 . • 1 2 1 0 -
Madison II 1 O. - 1 f -.0
Ripley : ,11 1 0 - 1 1 0-:
Clark • F: 0' 1 0 I 1
Oranged - ; Crawford 0 . :1 : 1 • 1
I 3 5, .23 - lV
The Senate last itlar stood 24 - W. to 26.
REPRESENTATIVES...
. .1841-
'W. L. F. W.
11 . 37 - 31 50
The liouselasy year stood 45 W. to 5
The Whig gain in the SChate, so far,
and in the HouseLthirteen.
Later intelligerice states that the whi
Secured - both bran i ehes of the Aegisliture,
secures aU. S. *inter. Knock this S
the e Locofoco pyramid. ii
KENTLICIZi T.IIUNJDERf!
•
Below we give 'complete returnsOftlik
•
Governor in a few .counties of 'Scrawl
the first and all that ink -- Yet reached us.
returns show, that the Whig vote is tar
ri
Counties heard frei , than ihitt.vvhicit
to General Harrison in 1840.:
1844. ,
Butler. Harrison. N. B .
Mason 1,57,6 - 8191 1,556 564
Bourbon, 1,175 , 531' 1,126 596
Fayette 1,564 845 1,435 596
JetTeisdn '1,170 1,022 890 '722
Louisvillo 2,10 1,512; 2,220 985
Shelby: 1,428' 844 1,570 568
Franklin 736 653 . • •656 434
"Oldham... 564' -465 480
•T 7 -
• • 10,297 -,, 9,01 el • 4,745'
The - Whig caiididate for Governor ig, no doubt,.
elected by 10 or 112,000 majority.
Gel. Butler, the Leedom candidate for Gover
ner, is on excelltint stump speaker; - distinguished
himself during the late , war„ and is personally pop
ular throughout } tho State,: and it was generally
conceded that he would Carry , about 4 or 4000
whig votes. Judge Owsley is an excellent Man,
but he could ni# stump it. This was the reason
why the Locofocos were crowing over l Kentucky.
But they can Crow after ail. Let them wait un
til Harry comes t l into the field in his l l own State,
and he, will sweep it by 39,000. Why, therejs
one county in which it is stated there will not be
a single - vote a gliinHst him.
ILLINOIS AND '-ALABAMA.
• I
The returnsill . far as received from (these States
show that they So as usual for the Locofocos, but
by' diminished ',Majorities. Next week we 'will
give the returng i hi ; . -
Fiona Missouri we have no returns. •
SCHLTYLKH,L HAVEN CLAY CLUB.
At a stated meeting of the Schuylkill Haven
Clay'Club,heldet the house of George Kautinin,
in the Borough' of Schuylkill Haven, i on Monday
evening, Auguet 12th, 1844, an election for'Offi..
cars for the ensuing three months, took: place,
which resulted nthe election of the following per-
BOW : - :
' 1 Vice Presidents.
George Kauffotan, James B. Pecan,
Wm. L. Atit'tan, Jeremiah itinnich, '
John Doyle,r , Samuel Shr i Ver. '
i
Recording Secretary, A. DePorest.
Trea l iurer, A. A. Clarkson.
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CorrespondOgSeeretaiy, A: W. TAybum.
F. F. BeasSinan, Henry By rly,
Samuel Verion, ; John toritti,
- ''John L. Hilbert.
Published bb virtue of a resolution passel by
the Bchuylkitl ',Haven Cbry Club, ea Monday
evening, August 12. 1844. .
THOMAS ROBINSON; nee. Sci.
THE' liilg-'i-'?_!?Jou.R'N.4i-,
34,93
31,27
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e Tat
Whigs
cave; ou
ME
44.
L. F
5 L. F.
is thre.c;
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and thug
to out of
o vote for
ky, being
r in the
as gtven
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President, -
0. B. DeFOREST
Executive Committee,
MR. CLARKSON AND MR. MIMS. ,
THE DISCUSSION...
•-. We announced, a feW weeks - since, a political
discussion to come off between- J. U. Clnrkson,
Esq.; of Philadelphia, on behlfef thOwhigs, and
F. W. Hughes, Esq., Of Potisale, fOr the Loco
feces. Since then the people have been almost
nervously alive with 'expectation. , The Whigs,
however, have borne thch suspense With the calm
and philosophicatresigtotion of men who were cer
tain what the result mnsf be, and satisfied with it.
Not so the Locos ; they, poor fellows, have been'
hanging on the balance hinge of doubt, trembling
between „a sentiment of fear and a feefing• of un
certain hope. The debate took place, by arrange
-1 merit, on Saturday, last, in the grcha:rd. Since
its termination 'tis pitiful to see the visages of \VW
ful length worn by our Loeofoeo neighbours. We
do feel for them, though not with them—we pity
them, without sympathising; we knew it would
end so, and have often warned them) in the spirit
of true friendship, not to flatter theMselves with
that evanescent drearit of hope, from which, We.
told them, they would soon awake $o find them
selves in the farcical condition of the unfortunate
bellows mender in the play, , , 1 i
,
Mr. Hughes, the challenger, opened the discus
s'on in a speech of 45 minutes ; the masses; of
both parties, perhaps 20©0 persons, (were present:
Mr. H. remarked, the discussion vas novel, at
least here, he believed in this btato—they were
not so in all parts of the Country ;= in the South
and West they were common enough ; it too often
happened, unfortunately, that the parties disput
ing, filled with the venom of political rancour, ex-,
hibited temper, and indulged in sarcasm and per
sonal remark—this he loped winild [be avoided in
the present inStance.l, He hoped the people would •
refrain from any expressions of appiobation or Ilia
approbation. He knew they would , if they were_
his friends. But wa'cannot folloW Mr. Hughes ,
regularly through his speeches. 'l.- e can only
notice the points made. and the answers to them.
Mr. H. averred fil i st, that the I...4Fifr had never
I
been a party; but always a local question. He
attempted to prove this position by running rap
idly over the history of the tariffs, and reading the.
votes upon the acts Of 1816, 1824, 1828 and 1832.
Mr. H. was very Laief upon this plsint; it was ne
ces.ary for him; if he had dwelt long, lie would,
inevitably,. have fallen the self destroyed victim of
his own fully, and ''buried 'himself ; beneath the
wreck of his own l'argument. Ile next asserted
that Henry Clay hakl always beenkanus faecal on
the Tariff questicin;!, that he had ene faie for the
- north and another for the south. I He bad been a
tariff man, but had 'fallen,—he had however never
voted fur but one ',tariff, and that: was the bill of
1832, and Ma. Poem voted for the same bill,—
where then was Mr Cis . : superiOr to Mr. Poch 1
It was this point he had voluntcseied to prove; he
had come there to prove it; he had the doetinients.
'We were startled at the boldnss of the asser-,
I:
,'ion that Mr. C/o,y-was !not a tariff men; we .
thought it-rash; the facts'were so !familiar even to.
our intelligent children, and , so P'alpably contra
dicted it.' but; we confesi, we 'almost held our
breath with astonishment when We heard him de
clare that Mr. Clay had never voted for more than
: one tariff,the bi 1100832. Thtleclartion was char
acterized by' a spirit of ,unfairnesS; it exhibited a
disposition to garble the truth,l and mislead the
people. We thought the übjecti)f, the discussion
'was to throw light,upon the subject, that
,the peo
ple might read, to bring the truth] up from its hid:
den depths ? that the. people' might see it. 'Te: as
certain- find make plain the facts) that the people
might understand thein. ,Mr. IL to support his
assertiem, • produced the Journals of the House,
and read the ayes and nay upon the miffs of 1816,
1824 and 1828,. It is true the name of Mr. "Clay
was not among= - -therti, but, Mai H. did not tell ,
why; he forgot, and Mr. 'Clarkson had, in his re
ply, to remind hint of the fact, that D" at. those
periods 31r. Clay was Speaker r'.j' the House, and
the Speaker nirei-rotes caTept 0 a tic. ~.0:1
• T . lxBie were 'the prliaciple points made by Mr.
Hughestouching, Mr. Clay's Positron on the tar
iff question. Tis sustain these,lhe. relied chiefly
upon' Mr. Clay's I Compromise Act, and upon Mr. , 1
Clay's letter to .Nir. .Ikrrnoether, of Georgia. He
• also read the Hott.liarwer-DesaSy's letter, written
.1
in 1833, just bOre the passingf the Comprom
ise Act, and made a bold ':hut ineffectual effo:t. - to
disguise and peialertthe truth, ily a garbled 'quo - .
tation of Clay's language, so connecting - and link
ing it in with bieenat remarks;(asif hen'es read- 11
ing all the while;) that many who were not faMil.'
iar withfrlr.ClaY'a true sentiments ' , and the spirit
and meaning of his declaration •r why they-raise
I
the cry ,of protection—there is no necessity of pro
tection for protection. I had k lioped this question
was forever put it rest," &c., l might have been: !
and would have '.been, but foi M. Clarkson'sl
prompt and able,,explanatio», grossly misled.
Mr. Hughes attempted to. drag the bank, the
Bankrupt Law, and a number of other questions, ,
not at issue in this canvass, irlto the discussion':
Ile elaborated all his points con s iderably--made a •
great show of dOcoments, and parade of words,
using them, as words are often used, in this tink
ling and symbol izing world of burs, to disguisethe
homelinessof staring facts. He t
wrapped the dus-1,
ky mantle skilfully about him, and gracefully dis.ll
posed its ample folds to conceal the end which)
would not justify the Wearing,. It ; would not do. l
Mr. Czanssosr was wide awake 'for such at-''
tempts, and effectually exposed them to the peo-,
1 •
pie. -,. I • I • • I
- Mr. Clarkson opened with a beautiful and ap-'
-.,
propriate exordium : He said the beauty of these :
public discussions was, that, ire them ~the disput
ants might watch each other correct misappre-'•
hensicos ; prevent deception, and compel fairness.l,
Forhis part ho believed it was the true A ay to geti!
thelacts before !the people—the masses of both.
parties were horictst-they had no occasion to be i l
otheiwise; it was eminently their interest, as well!
as imperatively their duty to be hOnest; they only]
wanted light—they asked the truth, truth without!
disguise—if they kneW the truth they could de
ride for themselves: their discritiiinating judgments!
seldom served them wrong--they know, thit their;
individual interests are inseparably connected'
with theinterests of the whole people—they ask
to understand that they maY act as it is their:
duty to act—they never act against the : clear . con -1
viction of honest interest. But,said he, in a race!
upon time minutes must not he lost , oven second s
are valuable, particularly valuable to Min; he,
would, therefore, hasten with all possible despatch
to the argument. 'lt seemed to him, he.had been
placed in 'an unpleasant position. He had got
bidielf in a scrape—he must bestir himself lustily
I !
and get out of it. He hoped he could. This was
uttered in a half-comic
style, perfectly irrezistablm
He did get out of the scrape i and into she argil'
merit; and reasoned so consecutively and impres
sively that, really, for a while., , Our sympathies ran
•
'backward. .We trembled for Mr. Ilughes We
him being annihilated, graduallY, but certain
ly,—sundered limb froM limb. Mr. Clarks=
met Mr. Hughes , on iris firit pdisition, th:ut Mr,
Clay was no Twill - man, by referring to his let-,
Mrs and speeches written and delivered atdifferent
times throughout the course of his long andlabori.
oue life, which must forever, with the honest, put
that question at rest. We have not space fur
more than one of the documents offered' in evi
,
deuce upon this point, but that one is amPle.. It
proves-conclusively that Mr. Clay is a Tariff man
—ZTA friend of the present Tariff. ,E 0
. Asiissso, June 29, 1844.
Dear Sir :-Idtave received your favor stating.
that our political opponents represent me fis'being ,
a friend of protection at the North and :for free
trade at the South; and you desire an expression
of.rny opinion, under my own band, for the pur
pose of correcting, this misrepresentation. I am
afraid that you will find the effort vain to correct
misrepresentations of me. Those who choose to
understand my Opinions can have no difficidly in
clearly comprehending them. I have repeatedly
expressed them as late as this spring, andi s4veral
times in answer to letters from Pennsylvania:—
My opinion's, such as they arc, have beenr,reently
quite as freely expressed at the South, as I ever
uttered them at the North, I hare ere'rya,here
miantaincd that, in adjusting a 'l'ariff fur Irere
nue, discriminations ought to be made for Pro
tection : that• the 'Army .if 1842 iiasOperated
~host beneficially, and that l' AM UTTERLY
OPPOSED TO ITS, REPEAL. These'opin- -
ions were announced by me at public meetings in
Alabama, Georgia, Charleston in South Carolina,
North Carolina, and in Yirginia. .
Your friend and obedient servant,
H. CLAY
Mr. Pam). J. Carr.
Before leaving this point, Mr. C. glanced a
James K. Polk'S views Tariff-ward ; proved him
out of his own mouth, and the mouths of hi.
,friends O ils Idtter and uncomprorniSinkene
my, Thel open and untiring adi:ocai
i e of
Tit-ADE• We copy one of the docuMpnts
offered upon this point. Mr. Pomes letter dated
. .
i , May 15, 18 , 13; and addressed to the .peole of
Tennessee:
Upon the subject of the Tariff, I have
but little to add to what I have heretdfore
often declared to the public. 'mho
have obseiped my course know 114xt I
;have at allifmes been oppoied to the filch
policy.' 1 am for layhyg luch
;moderate duties on imports as will ) 4 .ais.
Mecenue,eaough, •when added to; the in-
l;conic from the sales rf lands and other in
lcidental sources, to defray the expepses
;of Government, economically . adnonis
t Bred. lam in favor of a Tariff for,
venue, and apposed to a Tariff for Pro
tection. I was in Congrep3s duringlthe
period when this subject excited greatest
interest. I teas opposed to the Protd i tive
iTariff of 1828, and voted against it: I
!voted for the dct of 1831-- 2 because 4 re
duced the Tariff of 1828 to lower rotes.
That made some reduction, - though.! not
las much as I desired to have made.: I
L voted for the Act of March 2;tl, 1833
!( commonly called the comproMise 'act )'
lwhich reduced the rates of the act of 1:832
to still'lower rates, and finally breught the
irates.of the act of 1832 down M a point
jt which no ariicle was, after the 30th of
Uuite,4B.l2, to be . subject to a duty higher
ithan 20 per cent: ThiS was the law When
;the late Whig Congress came into potter.
illy the Tariff actof . the 30th August, 1842,
the Compromise act teas ; violated and re
naled. lam opposed to the act of 1842,
not regarding it to Lea Revenne Tariff,
(Gut in many of its promsions-highlypro
itective. and oppressive in - its i charact ei'. I
am' in favor of' the restoration, of, the
Compromise.act of. 1833."
- After reading this and other documents (*ally
i eoriclusive and to the point,Mr. Clarkson remark
!ed, now, 'my fellow citizens here are Mr. Polk's
T.ariff Principles, compare them with Mr. Play's;
;you will find_ him in all . points unlike our
great model statesman, his peifect antipodes; ut-
jte. rly deficient in those iews'and sentirnerits,vhich
ere .es,sential clement.; in the 'eompositiOn of an A:
mcrican statetinam while: 111 r. Clayy, is the une
qualled forination and concentration of those ele
ments thernsares i the unmixed, and ; urimaified
creation of his own continent.
Now, is Mr. Polk a Tariff man! Mr. Hughes
in his reply 'avoided answering what his judgment
taught him was unansWerable.
Now, liaid Mr.ClarkSon, touching that Com
promise bill.uPon which my friend iplaces , such.
important emphasis, I shall lie able to, explain that
satisf.ictorilyl I think so, let us trY—l offer in
evidence here, said he, -before the tribunal of the
people, whoSe verdict I ask, and expect to receive
to,day, the opinion of James K. Polk, in this 're
.
gard. We give the document:,
'The great results of General JackJson's admin
istration belong to the history of the 'country, and
can be but briefly sketched or alluded to in an ad
dress like this. 1/n repeated instances he l'ecom
mended reductions and modification's of the Tar
iff, WITH A VIEW TO THE FINAL A
BANDONMENT or TIIAT ODIOUS iAND
uN,JusT sysTEm.• So effectual wire theSe
recoMmendations, and so rapid was the change
of public opinion, that the friends of the Ta-iff,
and even .Me. Clay, its imputed - Other, seized
on a favorable - moment to save the whole . ; from
destruction by a timely compromise. •It taas the
defence of Mr. Clay with his Tariff friends at
the North, that by yielding a part, he prevented
the destruction of the whole - , and in. their Contin
ued and devoted support of him, the NORTHERN I
CAPITALISTS have shown that they, are grateful
for the fOrtunate rescue."
!
With Lard to the HcM;Harmar Henn3 6
tot
ter upon.which my friend seems to rely, said Mr.
Clark Son, I need not comment long; upon that, a
subsequent publication from the same source, qui
ets all 4prebensions of serious difficulty. in that
quarter. Mr. Denny, in a letter to Thoiria'.s C.
Hambly, Esq., dated Dec.- iB, 1811; remarks
"My leper is dated 14th February, 1.833, be
fore Mt.Olay bad explained his views resjx ( cting,
the, operation of his bill ••* .• In common
with all the tariff men from the north; and 'nearly"
all from I' V., Penn., and N. d. 4 opposed the
i measure, and differed 6om the distinguished Gen
! ator from Kentucky. ~ • .
'The, declarations which he made subsequently
! in debate,:placed his motives in the clearest sun
shine of I4e noblest patriotism. in-this belief I
was confirmed by a conversation 1 had with Mr
c. after the bill had Paised."
"Knowing the violent tetriperof General Jack
son, Mr. Clay,with.tbe patriotic view of allaying
the discontent of the South, - preventing the 6.alam-
Wei]; of Civil war, and with a hope of u/iiintifely
saving our manufactures froth destruction, boldly
came forward, and, risking the opposition: of his
tariff friends, proposed the Compromise Act. It
was to preserve in his opinion ;union and !peacz,
and , secure for nine or ten- years some 'degree of
• .
permanehce to our system of protection. In his
linguage to me, "It will give us, ?dr. Den4y, ten
years : to go upon and the chapter of accidents.'
I replied " that is-true," and in dui course i3l that
time I think Virginia, drug °dun South,4Btates
will becinne 'Tariff." We al_ knave ' the sequel:
•
peace was preserved;' and niiW,l then is perhaps a
stronger interest felt ihroughath the Union in fa
emir of protection than,existed at any other pe
riod.'
Now, said Mr. Clarkson, I Will read you an ex
tract from Mr. Clayis speech 'un presenting the
Compromise Bill, from which, fellow citizens, you
will be able to judge what the intentions of the
man were. • Here it is: -,
"In presenting the
,rnodiOation of the tariff
laws which: Lem now abeut to rSubmit,J have two
greet objects in viewi My fast object looks to the
tariff. I ant, compelled to eipress the opinion,
formed after the most deliberatri reflection, and on
full survey of the whole
.country, that whether
'rightfully or wrongfully, the tiiffistands in immi
nent danger. If it should evesbe preserved du
ring this session; it niust fall ajj the next session:
By what circumstances, and through what'eauscs,
has arisen the necessity for thi4, change in the pol
icy of our country, - I Wilt not pretend now to elu
cidate. Others there arr,who may, differ from the
impressions Which my mind flak received upon this
point. Owing, however ; to ar l ariety of concur
rent causes, the tariff; asl it no,exists, is in immi
nent danger, and if the systein can lie Preserved
beyond the next sessieaf.:it must be by some means
not now within the reach 'of human sagacity.
The fall of that polic)i, sii, wothi:be productive of
i
consfquenceS calamitotiS inth ed. When I look
.to the variety . of interest,' wit ch are inyohed, to
the number of individuals int rested, the amount
of capital invested, the value.olyhe buildings erec
ted, and the whole arrangement of the business
for the prosecution of the vat iclus branches of the
manufacturing, art which Navy sprung up under
the fostering care of 'this government, I ' cannot
contemplate any evil eqiial to -the sudden over
throw of all those intelests. Biotin); can prodtce•
no parallel to the extent of the mischief Which
'would be produced by such a disaster, The ire
peal of the edict of Nantes itse f was nothing in
comparison - with it: I That condemned to exile
and brought to ruin a' greatuhaber of persons.
ri t
The most respectable portion o I - the population of
Fiance were cendenuted to exile and ruin by that
measure. But in myiopinion,lstr, the-sudden re
peal of the tariff policy (would j)l'ill!Z ruin and de
struction mm the whole people . of this country.
There is no evil, in, iny jo r inioi . , equal to the con
sequences which would result from such-a . catas
trophe." . I I •
. . 1 !
. .
Mr. Clarkson remarked, I shallnoW '. race this
Cf.mpromise bill with ;von, my i
ifellow-citizens, be
lieving that you will s l e'e in it
th ut far-lobking Wis
dom, and profound,sagleity, di i at promptness and
fitness for the exigent. • that allilitv to foresee con-.
1
ting,ences and provide I for eve p ts, that impulsive
energy of intellect which has; ever characterized
Cat noble •aitil self-salc4ificing,s tateSinan. I leave
Ms questidn, with Yon ',now, tolallude to it, briefly
again When
,L take up in their Qeroper order the res
olutions of .Mr. Clay cliferedort the occasion of his .
leaving the. Senate, 2.1 Feb., 1512.'
i ' I
Mr. Hughes asserted.that tie. Tariff was 'a local
and not a party question; that the whip them
selves Were not united, ! .
Here Mr. Clarksh thought his friend was
e
slightly, though doubtlessly uitintentionally, in er
ror. The Whigs ark from !Maine to Ctorgia,
fiom the waves of theigulf to the herders of the
lakes, front the shoresl,ef the Atlantic Ito the wa
ters of the Mississippi,of one heart,and one mind,
on this miestion-Lonithis they all agree --every
true Whig' is a warm
i ltnrilf man--and l the fact al
luded to by Mr. H., that .some, of the 'Whig meat- ,
hers voted agaiiist the present pill only Proves what
was most truly the ce"se, that there were souls', too
noble to submit. to'Presidentiol dictation. The bill
was originally connected with the dist'ribution bill.
~:' •
Thathill the Tresideut vetoed, and in, his messag e
dictated to Congress the terms upon 'whiMi they
Must expect to receive his sanction top 'Tariff bill .
The few Whigs who OPpased the present bill were
all of theM eperi;`andliactive :advocates of protec
tion; acquiescence With the President's will, at
such-a crisik'seemedllike yielding up the sub
stance anti retaining; Ithe forrps of liberty, tacitly
- ,
acknowledging a diettition and assuming the, pis;
ture of slaves. The,Se were the reasons, and the
only reasons which eoncluded them to vote again s t
that hill. Among these Men were Mr. -White .of
Kentucky,; and John ;Quincy] Adams, about whose
tariff views there earthe no doubt. John Q. Adams
certainly, has never ;been eeused of hostility to
protection .He signed the lil •
gh tariff bill of 1828-
With - regard to the declaration attributed to-Mr.
Clay - upon which r;sri much istress is placed, said
Mr. C., I must protest, sertously, that it wounds ,
:. I, Ins he thought, and welink. will satisfy the.
my heart"; it almost Unnerl i s me,
'''' l Fee EC' noble I the honest and candid that tltlf. Clay's viewA ‘ nr 1 :
a man se ;foully mis'representfd. It May be a true I
11. emocratic, and that all he loiks after and labOure ' ,
e . xtract. frOm Mr. Clay's speech, which the gentle
for is the best intemts of the .people; . a
man read; but, by disconnecting_ it with what pre- 1
We wish we could, somenlea'of MT:Cleiri.;: l -: :
cedes and what 'follOWs; it is mole to mean some- s . 11 , s ', .- . ' 1-
:, . -,''' •
, . o peroration. it was eloquent, tout mug am+
',thing yeti different! from wl at was' intehded by .
~_ eminently effective; before he had done, ho touch',.'
the anther. Such garbang s unworthy my non. u I
. d u .
1 - non allthe points—asked Mr..Mighes if an
y:;:
ffiend. ' ;Why, myl God, sz id Mr. C., you may. !
thine had been left unansWered. Mr. H. answer . '
erom the Bible,- that first, bett, most holy book, by
1 ed no, and he sat down, to eiti4 the consolations
such a course, pro} - e ahnos 1 any absurdity,: and
I.
of a well-earned victory, a victory which, in its J . /li.)
find a Warrant ' fur the most muistrousiinignities..
stigm a sheds a sweet oblivion over his labonrimiti '.
This is it!quotalion Ifrom . a a cech not made upon
1 1-
discussions exertions. It is certainly due Mr. 'Hughes tore•„
the sulijectof n 'Tariff: • .
. , mark, that, generally, throughout the discussio
" Carry out then the spiri of the Compromise (Ito deported himself with a manliness
n whips
Act; • lobk to rem ue alone I r thesupport of Cov- ,
- •- I : ,sprung, as we believe it did; front honorable fetA.
I eminent; do not raise the _ uestion of protection,
' ing.and did him great credit witlibOth pottier. Hn :1.
which I had hoped had been put to rest.
.1
, .. 'llere l did ail that maul-could do under the circuinstan'
.;
is nu necessity of prcttectionfor protection,' mean
ces—he foughthard,,but what could he aceoin • - •
pig nothing more than this; the people are iletermi- ;, . . -... ...
' i i- I pits!' with such a cause. • . ''i
tied in their minds upon tht subject of proterien ; ;
Before the meeting,d4;ersed three ' pheens were :
it is fruitless to agitntetheviestion; they see its tie- ;, proposed by Mr. H. for the ' Constitution *ld
cessity,iiltariff silt :h will affind a suflieicnt re c nue Laos.
i :
for the support of igovernniviit will, also -be i snip- ,
1 , 'Three were then given for Hughes and thise .*
ciently protective., j j ,
. for Clarkson. • Some one in the crowd, called out
, Mr. Clarksons read the re olutions offered by M .
r. i
th•
ree cheers for Polk, whereupon , immediately, sal
Clay on the 25th et; February, 1812, which M
. 1'
~ . hin who had stowed him stride-wise' on their
Hugheshad previously rest), with a view to prove
1. limb of a tree, just over the stood, applying :eiii,,
Mr. Cliy's anti-tun }r pesin i on. Mr. :'C...though;
pressihe thum of his right and 'to the tip
thesehigh protectiveresoletions. He asked h
f i of his vely
nose, t and ihe b
thtimb of his h left hand to the.
friend to read the titiree resolutions ; to read ell o ..
fifth corn-picker of his right, and making sundry
each resolution; them het ought, he would be a- 1
. 1.11 . 1 coffee-mill gi rations with the remaining eight ceritt.'
ble to get at their meaning. It *as the only way I .
, - • ' • - _ ' - I pickers, sung out—" You - can't dime it !,--=you'yo
to arrive at the truth. Any construction put upon
one of•the resolutions di .1,
I ' I ad.cheers enough." So the people thought and
sconnected.with the rest,
I
1 ' went quietly home. - - -
-must be forced,' unfair and lillegitiniate. We give - •
t he reS4lutions: I
I .
"That such an adequate' revenue cantle! be ob
tained-.fry duties on 'foreign! imports without adoPt 7
ing a higher rate than twenty per cent. as provid
ed in tlte'eompronti'se act, !which, tit the !line of
its pasdaga, was supposed and assumed as a rate,
that would supply illstiflicient revenue for on eco.
• nomieal administration of the Government." ' .....
"Th4t. the rate of dUties do foreign imports ought
to be augmented b4ond the rate of twenty per
cent. so as to Produee a net revenue of Os iity-
Six millions of dollirs--tWenty-two for . the ordi
nary eipcasesi of Gpvcrniilient, two for th pay
ment of the cicisting: debt, and two million as a
' reserved fund, for c o
.. That, in ilia adjustment of a tariffto eke an
amount of tVventy3hc.
.thillions of revenne,'the.
principles of the compromise act generally !should
be adhered to ;.andithat especially a maximum
rate of ad valorous !duties' should be established,
from which thereOug,ht tobe as little departure as
possible." I 1. • 1
H These resolution!, said !Mr. C., propose first,
' that 4 an adegtiatt; revenue cannot be 'obtained
withotit adopting'4 higher rate titan twenty per
cent.''. Second "tilt tholrato of dtitice on!fireign
imports, ought to'4 augmented beyond the rate
of twenty per centj, so (4, to produce a nett rer6
urn of twenty at.; gillicOvof Dollars," 'NVITLicat
- 7r - T . ...- ~.,.
would make the tariff more highly protedire than
the high tariff Of 1824. 'Thirdly, he proposer, that.
"in the adjustment of a tariff, the principles of the:,
--CompromiseAct should be adhered too." The
principles of ..the Compromise Act, are, too fre
quently, said Mr. C. misappreVended. Itis gen
erally supposed to be a duty of twenty per cent
upon all articles of importation; this is not true--:
it provides an average duty of - twenty per cent, .
which, with home valuation and cash payments,
was then deemed, by our• manufacturers, °quire- -
lent to thirty per cent Now this average was ef
fected in this way; upon articles which required
protection, theduty would range between fro end
.one hundred per cent., is seemed expedient, while
upon articles which needed no protection, it might
be as low' as, five per cent. This then; is the
principle of the. Compromise .Act; this maximum
rate of ad valorem duties. • • Froni which
, there strould be, in Mr. Clay's opinion, as little.
departyle as possible, and this principle was to be
observed in adjusting a tariff whichlsho c uil afford
a nett revenue of twenty sis..millions Of dollars, a
far snore highly protective' tariff 1114 the country
nas ever had. Now 'ssid Mr. Clarkson, is Mr. Cloy
a tariff man, and is James K. Polk opposed - to the
tariff of 1812 ? •
Mr.:Hughes did not ansiker these enquiries, but '.,
wired out of it direct reply, by little exercise of in'
genuity. , . Oh,' said he .Mr.'Clay 'a a tacileart : -..."
they passed a resolution, somewhere out west that •
Mr. Clay was the talleit:coon and had more Tinge , :',, • ,
on his tail than any other coon in the country.—
He
is a Cunning . coon—rand immediately took uP • C ., '
Mr. McKay's Bill of last session, which he stated. • .
only modified, hitt didmot repeal the Tariff Bill /,
it is -still a l'airifT, only modified, •not repealed.—:
Mr. IL illustrated the diirerence between r-ptaltd •
and nwJ.ficd, by t'elling us that a man who sever_ ,:•'
ed his jugular veinaMl produced i instant death ',
• -
was reiraltd, but the limn who °petted a vein in l'' -' ;.
the arm, and bled hiinelf to death, was only mod -!•_ ,
ified. 'Th i s was certainly a very funny, and Per; -: ~
- haps very apposite and forcible illustration, though . ; i, •
•we confess, ourolitu4eness li - rerouted us frcim die- ..'.! .'
covering its:: force and applicationrinasmuch as. •
the same result:is produced in either event. The n•
question is, is JameS K.' Polk opposed to. the . :':1 ;
Tariff of 1642 ! Mr: H. did not attempt to an- .•
sorer; but, fruitful in recotnces mid ingenuity here, •
and whenever he IMMO himself in a fix, lie flew • 1 :
oll• in,a tangent; to hide himself in. a log of decla- ', '
'nation, kicked up. about a Whole heat of little -
.i
questions, not in isstic, and not involved in the • ,-,.
present contest. All OiisWas very pretty, and cal
culated
to disiday Mr. Hughes' incinal agility and ~:'. -. .
intellectual 4extvrity to' considerable advantage. 7' .
But this w i sa species of 'gymnastics and ground
and lofty t Oiling lei • which the people, whatev
ertheir to te, for sports, and appetite for polemiee• •,•', .
may be, / I in a general way, had no relish on ,
that occltston; they Wanted the plain- straightfor , . .c. ,
ward thin B ..
'Anteing these little matters, whii:ll were in truth .; . •.
ivondelfully abused and dragged about from place :,,•
to Oar, and made to serve a turn in all manner 1!‘
of pritioni,was the Bankrupt Law and U. 8:
Ban On the lirst, as it is alreiidy repealed, it . ; 1
wa. - / not deemed necessary by Mr . •Clarkson to '. •
sa . much ; for the second, ho denied that thi?;:•i
Bnk question was the real issue, and read the To!-. •
li*ing extract froni Mr. Clay's speech' on the ',
Rub-'Treasury bill: ' • • ~, .. .: •
' .6 I do .. not desire
. to 'force upon the Senate , or -.
upon the country; against its will; if I cnuid, my
opinion, however sincerely or strongly entertain
ed. If a National:Bank be established, its stabili ii
-
ty and its utility will depend upon the general. %
c'on‘iction which is full Of its necessity. And un- ?
I'd such a conviction is deeply imprrtsed upon.the:°
people, and clearly Manifested by them, it w q uld i;
in toy judgment, be unwise even to 'propose. a
Bank. •• • • "
It 'is with the deepest regret that I can per.:l
et:lye : no remedy, but Filch ;is - is in the . hands of itte•' :
j people themselves. ' Whenever they shalLimprese'
upon Congress a conviction of that which they.
wish applied, they.'will obtain it, and' not before;'
In the mean time, let us go home, and mix with
and consult our constituents. And do nut, I
en
treat you, let us carry with us the burning re=
I proach, that. our meagures here display asellishew
licitudc for the governmeril itself. but a cold aria
heartless insensibility to the sufferings of a breed;i . .
in people::
Central Clay Club.
(At a meeting : of the Central Clay .Club, heldjit'
:11. Hill's Hotel, on Thursday evening, Augus t
lsth„ the following, persons were elected officettor
the (.711,4,4: , 7: the' nsuing three'eaoriths:_ '
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President,
JOIIN T. WERNER.
Vice Presidents,
DANIEL F#ity 7.IATIJAN Eveire,
ELIAS DEMI, , JAMEa JOYVVION
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W. B. MADAIIALL, JACOD Geiser, "
Jolis C. teams, - • Bests.--w. CtINEDDN,,
JAPES BANTUN, • E. E. BLAND, •:
GEORGIE L. Gr..NALEN, BETILLA I LLLISON:
Redoiiiing Secretary,
• • .
E. B. Kaercher.`
• .ALtsista»t Bee. Sec—J.: G• ,Shoemaker.
Gen. Cor. Sec—J. H. Campbell,, Esq.
County Cor. Sec—Aleia4der Billyroan.
Trensurer—E. E. Bland.
Rrecutire Committee, .
john S. C. Martin, T. 3.. PAnife
Stephen Rodger:, James Ilussak;
Benj. T. Taylor.. '