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SPEECH OF MR. WILDE, ON THE TARIFF- Mr. Wit de bogged permission, liefore he pro- TT-cded, so correct a inisKpprehonsion whici might naturally arise from an observation cf the honorable gcnflenrtn from Massachusetts, Mr. Arcs ;:ton, respecting himself. That gentl - man hail referred to the Journals of the 14th Congress, to tax him [Mr. W.j with inconsis tency in voting against a proposition to reduce <iie duty on brown sugar from three qnd a half, to two or two and a half cents. The price cf the article was then from sixteen to nineteen cents, and the duty he voted for, as a rere/iMedutv, was Iwenty per cent. The honorable gentleman could have found a more just and recent cause of complaint againt him. Asa member of the j Committee of Ways and Moans, at this vety i session, lie had voted for reporting a bill, in i which the same article now valued at about live j cents was proposed to be charged with a duty o! ; two cents, or for!)/ per cent. —His apology was to be found in his unwillingness, by a sudden change, to ruin large bodies of men—in bis at tachment to the union, the harmony, and the hap j'l’.icss ol'ltis whole country. Which vas stto|t ■'••st, his love of Peace, ortho gentleman's hw|t <>i'J ustice ? This sample of their fabrics woulcn enable the committee to determine. A short time since, he had urged the observ- j once ofa sound legislative rule—majorities vote, minorities talk. It might seem, as sometim s happens to better men than himself, there was sonic slight disagreement between precept and example. In reality it was notso. lie ha.l the ready justification of a politician’s alibi —a change of circumstances. He had been in the majority, and voted ; he teas in the minority, and he talked. Properly understood , and a proper understanding, were indispensable in all things. He was perfectly consistent. Yes, sir ! said Mr. W. wo were iu a majority ; it was not con tested. We are in a minority. How does it happen ? Has our majority thawed away under ■v-llie melting breath ofexecutive pleasure lias it been dispersed, like a nullify ing mob, by the President’s Proclamation I Have w i-een rou- teil l>y the Siamese twin logic of the gentlemen : from Connecticut, [Messrs. Ellsworth and j Hi ntincton] or the more powerful lungs of the gentleman from Pennsylvania ! [iMr. Mc- Kf.nnan.] The inquiry may not he wholly un interesting to a portion of the people of the United States. If the motion of the gentleman from Connecticut. [Mr. Huntington] prevail, ( this bill is defeated In the present temper of the committee, it must prevail. In the Commit tee of the Whole on the state of the Union, v. e cannot have the ayes and tiees. Me cannot catch the eels in the gill-net; and as the people of the South will be unable to imagine why such concessions, as they thought were offered, should be refused, he felt it to be his duty to as sist their inquiries. lie considered this, in effect, a proposition to continue the present tarilf, for the purpose of car rying c>n the war against South-Carolina, The ! merits of the controversy were best summed up j b v the pithy saying of an eastern manufacturer ‘#¥'! f [% JLU.L7- and what good will the Tariff do in without the Union ? The proposition to the South, then, is this : “ You shall pay taxes for the conquest of South-Carolina.” Now, sir, said Mr. >V., I put it to vour candor to say, if we are to tight for ; manufactures, whether the manufacturers ought nut to pay the expense of the war ! So far as bis voice went, they should do so. He would not vote a man a musket for any such purpose. D*it there was something still more extiaor ici ly. — The !ii h tariff party of the North and a?; say they pay an equal, or greater portion of th s. taxes ; and Kiev only ask for the poor privilege of being allowed to tax Ihemselres for theprotec tion of their own industry! And so sir, they, mean to fight us for the light to tax them.-. Ives, and insist that, in iustice, we must pay the cost o{ the campaign. Compared with this. Doctor Franklin's i;■ hman with his ooi-or, wav nrhi afidr iSo:. ilc. Mr. ‘-V. said hi- pi this propo sition, not to South-Carolina—she had decided ; ♦but he put it to T irginia, to North-Onrolin Who says she sleeps when liberty is in .1 my • and Nathaniel .Macon lives ? Heput itto Gt-m gia, to Alabama, to Mississippi, to Tennesst > , to Kentucky. All had an interest in ihe ques tion ; and he reminded all, “Tau res m itur pa rks cum proxiinus ardtt'J South-Cardina says .he will endure this system no longer. If you insist on ruining the concern by your dishonesty and extravagance, she asks leave to withdr from t!i’ partner-hip. You say she shall stay and lie ruined ; and if she won’t, you ask ns to help yon to blow her brains out 1 O, most holy -fnion, which must be preserved by cannon anil ! ayonet! Happy Republic! by the grace of God and gunpowder, one and indivisible ! Shall , we not head o>r bulletins like revolutionary France, when, in an extacy of affection for all mankind, she proclaimed fraternity or death! May we not say with her poet, the keenness of epigrams nothing can equal, but the in -• tr.mi-nt which would have rewarded him had lie beer, discovered 1 — “O, In bet ago, qnand l’hommo dit a l’horame, “Soyons freres! unjn I’assomuie! He begged pardon of the House for his bad French ; at least, his bad pronunciation of it. If they kne w under what circumstances his little knowledge of the language, was acquired, they would excuse him. He would not venture to translate, mindful of the proven!,;* but a free version, adapted to the times, might read, “Os Messed age! when loving Senates vote, “Let u be brothers! or I’ll cot your throat!” \ ye, sir, redress is refused—secession is de nied—oppression is continued—and the sword of the Federal Executive is to be. flung into the s ia..- of the Federal Judiciary ! Discordant concord and perpetual union, are proclaimed by * sound of trumpet, and upon pain of death Per petual union ! on such terms, it is the Dutch inn keeper* universal peace : YVhun the amiahie enthusiast, whose memory Paul and Virginia would preserve, when ins philanthropic visions j were forgotten, published his proposal for paci- j l lying the world, mine host seized on the idea %br 3 new sign. .It was in c.ibe I, indeed, “.1 j. |la pair muecrscUe blit the design was —a ;. hnrehtjard Such was not the peace ot the ; peacemakers to whom the benediction “as giv en. It was not the peace of Grid, or the peace of freedom ; it was the peace ot those described by Tacitus : “ 8 Utudinom faciuat, paernn appellant.” But it is said, what other eiiurse than coercion is left us f Soutn-Carotina has ntiiiifictial! Jarii] laws, wheth-r tin revenue oi protection, it we pass tins .mi, will she not nullify it also ‘ M ill iit satisfy her i Mr. W. said he had no authori !tv to speak for South-Caroliim. If he could sa v it irj: id be satisfactory, he should be cautious of j .joi’ig so. For that very reason, might be un- I unsatisfactory to others. This was one of :he ! instances in which Fontcncttc's maxim applied; i if you have your handful of truth, do not open | more than your little linger, i’lius much wa.- [ certain. L'hc bill by no means concedes ail j dial Carolina claims as a matter of strict right; but it may present terms wiiich for tiio sake of ’ harmony, -be would accept. At all events, n suspends liie operation of her ordinance, if we pass it. On this point there seemed to him to be an erroneous impression. Nothing could be clearer, than, if any law passes, the Convention must be called again ; and in the meantime, the ‘ Uaiv operates. If the law afforded even i uson- Aiile hope ofa return to juster councils, could it be doubted that South-Carolina would pause l ’ Upon the passage of this bill, or one similar in principle, depended, he believed, the peace and integrit of the Union, If it was lost, he repeat ed, the people “of the South should know how, why, and by whose iault it was lost. If the re sponsibility rested on their representatives, they would hold them to a strict account. If on oth ers, they would learn to distinguish between re al and pretended triends.—How was the pres ent measure brought forward ! —Mr. W. adver ted to the President’s massag at the beginning of Congress, recommending, i.i strong and plain terms, a modification of the tariff. Has he, asked .Mr. \V., at any time advanced other opinions ? lias he esoteric and exoteric doc trines ! Was any gentleman authorized to say the President did not desire the passage of this I bill, or at this time ? He would yield the floor I for such a sentiment. No. There was every I indication that he desired it should pass—that it should pass at this session—speedily—at once. Next m its official importance, on questions of revenue, was the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury. This was well known from his annual report, and his communications with the Committee of Ways and Means and the Com mittee on Manufactures. Ilespoae of public and official transactions, not of conversations, secret or confidential. There were none such. If th re had been, he trusted he knew better what was due to the sanctity ofsocial intercourse, than to violate it voluntarily. Nor would his vanity, if he had be n the depositary of a .State seciet, the first and, no doubt, the last he would have been ti listed with, have induced him to hint at the important and mysterious character ofkis charge. He spoke of matters open and avow— i ed; of things authorized to be communicated, | and, in fact, stated to the house by the c inirman I . viii S2£. 1 ;.~i man. | lie as warranted, then, in saying that, the bill had me ap robatinn ol the Secretary ot the Treasury ; that it w uld give the n. ctssary I amount of revenue, without, in his opinion, leav ing any inordinate excess, or destroying the ] 1 manufa.turers. —The character oltii Secretary was a guaranty that whatever he uttered he ;>e -1 lieved. lie [-Sir. W.] was no eulogist; but when huci occasion to speak ol any man, he would do equal ano exact justice. No Ihe re dacted that expression ; equal and i xact justice was beyond the power id man. But lie would j do his friends a little less than what he thought was justice, that he might not flatter them through partiality ; and fig adversaries some what more, mat he might not censu o them from prejudice. Whatever tire the Secretary was, iie not want civil courage.—On that Tior, | vie r- M h.e! known im best, in:. nor. , right ol wiv/o s , were always boldly avowed and manfully defended. Had bechanced sincetheu? mil! any one assert it . .’a iher< any one i who v. ui! ■ : azaril the asset non that Eou . .ii vc r wore two faces, uttered a false hoc , or betray .u a Iriend ? There could not atliibiui ii to .an, then fore, any more than to toe President, two sets of opinions, private anti public. sVho else w a.-, there, then, whose views of this matter could no supposed to exercise a material influence on the fate of the bill f The Vice ‘'resident elect ; Is not ho too said to be in fa vor of a i eduction of duties to th< revenue stand ard t 1a not he, too, desiiuiis that a bill should pass lor mat purpose, at this session ! We have the strongest assurances that it is so. But th ae.i is sceptical, and demands proofs. The position of that lgcntlcu.au is in many respects critical and full of difficulties. Pur be it from me to add to his embarrassment. But at this 1 lime and on this subject, there can be no falter ing. Ilis past conduct in relation tc it is not | dear from ambiguity. The temptatioiis that be set him are*strong. What thens Truly, great men are ever greatest in the crisis of their fate. Noble and gen r.ais spirits rise with the danger, and are equal to the emergency. In this he is confidently affirmed to be with us ; but I warn some of his friends who have been with us, but arc with us up longer, that the best evidence, perhaps the only evidence, which the South will accept of his sincerity, is th ir votes. To them,. then, I appeal; to them Caddres- inysclf. Os what use. is it to speak to the high tariff men of the House ?—the opponents of the administra tion and yet the advocate sos coercion. Their choice is made —their sanguinury purpose litter ed. To whom, then, out to our political lliends shall we look in tho day ol'trial ? Where else shall we ask aid ? Where else can we find hope ? To them I turn, not to exhort, I have no vocation ; not to lecture I am no professor; hut to expostulate, as friend with friend. Until recently wo stood in the same ranks, fighting the same battles, struggling against th- same adversaries, acknowledging the same leaders. If they now waver in their faith or courage, may we not without offence entreat them to stand by us in this our, last great danger? Is it not due ’ / lio them,ns well as to ourselves, that our thoughts 1 lof each other should be expressed frankly, but not bitterly \ If we have come to the point at which we can no longer n< t together without the violation of some duty, or the abandonment of some principle, let ‘ho lact ue avowed and the motive admitted. Thus, and thus only it u- tuns', separate, ear. both escape reproach, and hereafter, neither can complain ofbeing de j sorted ot betrayed, 1 invite them then, to ex amine the strength and weakne sos their own position. The circumstances under which the bill came forward, had already been adverted to. All the auspices, whether of men or days were hsppv ; all the omens favorable. Mho could be better fitted lorn work of conciliation than his honorable friend from Ncw-York ? [Mr. Vf.rplanur.]—Where could we look for > much zeal tempered by sn -1111011 prudence, and above all, for sincerity unsullied bv a doubt ? The very sun shone forth Upon Ills bill at the moment of its first reading; and, in its earliest stages, it was borne along by triumphant major ities composed in part of the very gentlemen to whom I now address myself. By whom is this destructive motion made ? By an avowed ad vocate of the high tariff and restrictive system ; by an ardent opponent of the. present adminis tration ; by a determined adversary of the favor- ; ite and leading politician ofNew-York. By whom is it supported I by the most reso- j lute and unwavering enemies of State Rights, j the doctrines ot Jefferson, and the republican school of politics. For w-hat purpose ? To destroy the bill. The object is not concealed; on the contrary, it is distinctly announced. VV hen I said to the gentleman from Connecticut, [Mr. Huntinc ton] the other day, that according to his arc: meet, the bill would not give us revenue enough, and his motion went to reduce it still more, he felt the force cf the objection. What was his reply : “True, hut the gentleman from Geor gia must be aware that the motion, if successful, will he followed up by others to raise other du ties, and thereby to get the increase of revenue required.” In plain terms tea and coffee must be made free,that wool and woollens and cottons may In subjected to prohibitive duties. The gent! men to whom this appeal is made, held the fate of the bill in their hands. If this motion succeeds, and it will succeed, if they support it the bill is lost. TV ill they bear with me while I hazard some conjectures <*> the consequen ces ? I have no gift of prophecy. I possess no powers, and employ no instruments of divina tion, other than -uch as are common to every one ot ordinary sagacity . but what will be, must spring from what is, just as what is must have proceeded from what has been. To transmute the pa.,t into the future, is the true alchymy of intellect. I ,ct us see what we can extract from the a'.cmbick, Hi lirst and least which tnay proceed from the defeat of tYfi* measure, if the blow comes from the quarter whjcli tin eateas it, will be to throw the power af settling this vexed question into other hands. Is this an imaginary danger What says the baroscope ? Are there no starry j influences—no impending planetary conjunc— lljon or onnosifli.il boding evil to the great and_ little politicians of the North? May not Hes per regain the ascendant ! In phrase less mys tical, it it net a law of power that majorities di vide, and minorities combine ? If the North j and F.ast coalesce lo support the principles of the Proclamation, may not the South and West, to whom they are less acceptable and familiar, unite to resist them? And what can be fairer or more natural: If tho giant and magician conspiie, how can they be defeated but by Nullification and Old Harry? Peace is a gift too precious to be rejected, come from what hands it may.—The country must be saved, let who will save it. A civil war must be prevent ed, whoever is pacificator. The power is in the hands of my friends.—lt is the first wish of my h; art that they should use it. I invoke I them by every motive ol fellowship, of parly, of patriotism, of huoamity ‘ But if they refuse; if their desuny is written >f even party spirit 10-; ses something of its influence by an unnatural alliance with reason and justice,still I repeat, the o im'i v must he saved, and let the honor be his to whom the honor shall tie due. Have our friends considered howtheyandtheir leaders, and their constituents, must feel in such anew coal ition as their votes will throw them into. Once more I beseech them to pause, if the part they .list take is not already fixed, the company they must keep already chosen. - >nce more, 1 remind them, that, if they involve this country in a civil war, the administration, sooner or la ter will have for its adversaries the whole South, its oldest and most steadfast friends, and for its new allies those who have pursued it with the bitterest ridicule and the deadliest enmity. —Before they throw themselves into this false position, 1 invite them to review with me the arguments which are used to seduce them from their Republican principles, their party attach ments, and their Southern brethren. We have heard that we must not submit to be bullied by a single State. We must not legislate with a sword over our heads. _ We will not be dictated to by South Carolina! Against listening to the miserable suggestions of false pride, we were cautioned by my friend from New York [Mr. Vf-RTlanck] in language so elegant and touching, that nothing can be ta ken from, nothing added lo it without injury. In lainilv quarrels the best heads and hearts ■’ are ever ready to make the greatest allowance • for errors of judgeinentand infirmities oftemper. Stickling on points of ceremony in such cases is lidiculous; in entering into domestic broils, i tin < tiquette is that fixed in other cases, by old Frederick of Prussia, “ the greatest fool goes first,” —.-But bad motives will be imputed to us We shall be said to have yielded to our fears. And what course of conduct can we pursue, to which bad motives cannot bo imputed? Bad 1 motives have been imputed to me, Mr. Chair man, to you, and to every body eDe. I3 that to be a reason for neglecting our duty ? Then we must never do any thing. The very course gentlemen are pursuing to escape the imputa tion of bad motives, will expose them to that ve ry imputation. I For example; an extract was pointed out to him the other day in a newspaper, which sta ted, “it is also said that Judge Marcy has written to the Van Buren members of Congress, that they must stick to the .existing r i ariff, and oppose any reduction of duties until (. alhoun shall be so thoroughly down as to prevent all , danger ofhis political resurrection. After that, is done, it is intimated that something might be viclded*to South* arolina.” Now be [Mr. W.] did not believe that Judge Marcy had ever written such a letter, lie had too good an opinion of his prudence. He had no idea the Vice-President elect had ever au-. thorized any one to write such a letter. Put the father-in-law of Judge Alarcy is understood to exercise - great influence over ihu politics ofNew-York; to have a very deep interest in wool, and to be utterly opposed to any reduction of duty on it. Judge Marcy and the Vice Pres ident elect are intimate and confidential friends. The world applies with little discrimination, the maxim, “ noscilur a suciis anjl, putting all these things together, it is easy to impute bad motives, and to suppose that one man speaks the opinions of another. Now-, the truth no doubt is, that the gentleman ill question [Mr. ; i Known] docs entertain an opinion unfavorable I !to the modification of the tariff at present. He ! may have expressed that opinion to his political i friends, as he has a perfect right to do. Nei ! filer Judge Marcy nor the Vice President elect, are in the slightest degree responsible for it : and the opinion itself may be perfectly honest. Yet alter all, such is the uncharitableness of the w.i- 1, that when men have a personal inteicst in maintaining certain very honest opinion-, th. onesty of such opinions is thought to hr a scru nle less, then standard fineness. The popular notion of honesty was best expressed by a bur le.-quc toast which he remembered. Some years ago, someone, he forgot at the moment who, bad been toasted as “ the man who dares he honest in the worst of times.” A wag of Bos ton —where, by the bye, they manufacture the best toasts, if toasts are not their best manufac ture—wrote a ludicrous account of an abolition festival, where Caesar or Cully was thus made j to travesty that sentiment; “Do man—who dai | be lioness when he git nothin by him.” That, | sir, (said Mr. TV.) .is the only honesty which j wins universal crefienco. A failure to observe j it was the groat mistake of a distinguished gen- j deman from the W est, who, eight years ago, hud occasion to give a vote in .the House lor President, and who afterwards became Secreta ry of State under the Presidency of the gentle man for whom he voted. In that vote the per son giving and the person receiving it might be free from the slightest censure. Mr. TV. believ- i ed they were so. Neither did he mean to he understood as saying, that in consequence of ihat vote the gentleman referred logotany thing, He was not one of those who argue u pcst hoc, j ivgo, propter hoc.” He had not joined the vul- j gar clamor : but that the fact of his taking office had been successfully though wrongfully appeal ed to as implicating the purity of his motives, admitted of no doubt. Ilis Wbnesty had been assailed because 11 did not appear to bo unpro fitable. Who, thin can expect to escape cen sure if they profit by their hone Sty ?‘ —fftvadyer- ted to these things not to wound the feelings and much less the reputation of any human being. For all the distinguished names of his country he cherishei. an habitual fondness. He felt he had an interest in them as an American citizen. Who ever tarnished their lustre, robbed him of a portion of his birthright. The matters lie re ferred to w‘ere mentioned in no spirit of ccnso riousness or unkindness, but as topics of phi losophical argument and speculation. They might serve to show gentlemen that the fear of having bad motives inputed to them, was no safe rule of action : for, in the instance alluded to, the distinguished 1 itizen upon whom such mo tives were, no doubt untruly, supposed to oper ate, was a t first disposed to decline coming in to the administration. But his friends persua ded him that such a ret’ustJ would be attributed to the timidity of an evil conscience, and f.ltflr importunities exposed him through the fear ol danger, to the very danger they feared. But, sir, continued Mr. TV., if it were possi ble that any friend of (he Vice-President elect could entertain or inculcate such a course as the letter writer mentions, nothing could be at once more ignoble and impolitic. Even Sylla saved his country before he chastised his ene mies ; and was one as much better than Sylla, as Sylla was greater than him, urged io remem ber his petty interests and animosities w hen the republic was in danger ! Sir the recent experi ence of the Ncw-Yoik state man’s opponents might teach his iriends this salutary lesson. Never seem to prosecute a depressed adversa ry', if you do not wish to raise him above you. But it will be urged, no doubt, that the Vice Pri sident elect ought not to be indentified with the gentlemen to whom these considerations were suggested, nor they with him. They were not his men, nor any one else’s men. They were their own men. Undoubtedly, lie intimated nothing to the contrary. But, un happily asain, “circumstance, that unspir itual God,” bore testimony against them, and however hard it. might he, the rule of political judgment was the rule of the prize court. Circumstantial evidence outweighed positive assorvations. The rule was harsh —often-timcs unjust: but it was therule of the world, and the world alone could tl i ter it, Unfortunately these gentlemen were all well known as partisans. He traced nog’ rifle man through ay sand noes; but unless his memory deceived him, upon every test question of party, they wore faithful to their colors ; tar beyond himself The hank of the li. 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ILL stand at t’ aslnngton.YVilkc- TT county, th ensuing Spring sea-( •rn"t son, which will commence on the first ol 5 Sttote-tfa.. . arch, am; expire on the first of July, < > iXJLLARF'thc sir. trie service—TWENTY > OuLLAUW the season . and THIRTY DOLLARS the * insurance Fifty cents ! • the groom. GIUIDNUNC is a rich blood bay, with black lcg?|g npaiii, and tail, six years old, fifteen bands three and a inches high, of uncommon line limbs, muscle, bone and. action. He has been introduced to this State upon high recommendation, will* a view to improve tlie stock of .Southern hors*-. and his high origin justifies the expec tation that this object may be accomplished I F’ wasy got by the imported Bagdad Arabian, (who was suid in New York by Mr. Barclay for SB,OOO,) —his dam KpsM Carey, was by Sir Arch’ his grand clam SaUyJonejS bjj * imported \Y rangier—who was by imported Dfomed tho ; sire offeir Archy. The Peoigree of Quidnunc is noton-* ly fit at rate hut authentic. (Sec American Turf Register! i lor Nov. 1831, page 152.) More paiticulars arc mcnjji tioned in hand-bills. „ *< DAVID P. HILLIIOUSE. ROBERT A. TOOMBS, v April G—1 —4w F | GOLD AND LMD MAPS); OWING to the delay of some of the Surveyors, making their returns, and the consequent delaigM Rat has unavoidably attended the publication of the Gob* .aus ol (Jhcroki. , I have concludi and to reduce the prittTH of tinin from TUN to SIX Lt ‘LI-. A US. The Gok. >! is divided into three parts, and the mice oi the three,OLT* prising all tho Mold Districts, w.ththa exception ol eleventh, in the first section, which has not yet been turned, will hereafter be Eix dollars, or two dollars cents each. I have also now preparing, which w “SB completed in a few weeks, a CHART r 'P l jß the QUALITIES of, and iATPKOVEMEN'I b onvJ| rv 1 ot on my Land v ni- which, together with the •villTo sold for FIVE i” LLARS. All persons wh* have purchased .and all who may hereafter puiihasc M Land Map, shall receive a list ol the Qualities, gia s, .V as completed. ORANGE GREEK jflj Anril G-l-ts T