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VOLUME XI.
CADIZ, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, APRIL 4, 1811.
NUMBER 2.
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BY Jj. HAISPEIt.
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POETICAIi
fj-In the whole range of English fugitiv poetry, we
have met with few pieces of deeper pathos, or tenderer
feeling, than this, by Alaric Watts. ' It breathes the
very soul of .devoted affection.
FOIC EVER TIIIIVE.
For ever thine, whate'er this heart betide,
' For ever thine, where'er our lot be cast
Fate, that may rob us of all wealth beside,
Shall leave us love till life itself be pnst.
The world may wrong us we will brave its hate ;
False fiiends niny change, nnd falser hopes decline;
, Though bowed by cankering care, we'll smile at Fate
Since thou art mine, beloved, and I am thine!
Forever thine when circling years havo spread
Time's frosty blossoms o'er the snowy brow;
When youth's rich glow its purple light has shed,
And lillies bloom where roses flourish now
Say, shall I love thy fading beauty less,
Whose spring-tide radiance has beenwholy mine?
No! come what will, thy steadfast truth I'll bless,
In youth, in age, thine own, forever thine!
For ever tliino, at evening's dewy hour,
When gentle hearts to tenderest thought incline,
When palmiest odors from each closing flower
Are breathiug round nic thine, for ever thino!
Forever thine, 'mid Fashion's heartless throng,
In courtly bowers at Folly' s gilden shrine,
Smiles on my cheek light words upon my tongue,
My deep heart still is thine forever thine !
For ever thine, amid the boisterous crowd,
When the jest sparkles with the sparkling wine,
I may not speak thy gentle name aloud,
But drink to thee in thought for over thine !
I would not, sweet, profane that-silvery sound :
' The depths of love could such rude hearts divine :
Lot the loud laughter peal, the toasts go round,
i My thoughts, my thoughts are thine, for ever thine.
MISCELLANEOUS,
THE SHEI'IIEfSD'S IX) VE.
HV J. A. DANA.
It was a goldou morning iu early summer, and
a thousand birds were warbling on the landscape,
while the balmy wind murmured low and musi
cal among llie leaves, when a young girl, attired
in a rustic dress, might havo been seen tripping
. over the loa. Her golden tresses, as she walked,
lloatcd on the wind, and the exercise had called
even a richer carnation than usual to her cheek
Her form was one of rare beauty, and her gait
was grace itself. As she glided on, more like a
sylph than a mortal being, she caroled one of her
country's simple lays; nnd with her liquid tones,
her sweet countenance and her bewitching mo
tion she forinod a picture of loveliness such only
as a poet could have imagined.
At length she approached a ruined wall, half
hidden by ono or two overshadowing trees. The
enclosure partially concealed from view the figure
of a young shepherd, who, leaning on his hand,
gazed admiringly ou her approaching figure.
Unconscious, however, ot the vicinity of an ob
server, tho maiden tripped on, until she had al
most reached an enclosure, when the shepherd's
dog suddenly sprung from his master's side, and
barking violently, would have leaped on the in
truder, had not tho youth checked him. The
maiden started and turned pale ; but when she
perceived the shepherd, her cheeks flushed with
crimson, and she stood before the youth in a beau
tiful embarrassment.
. "Down, down, Wallace, mon," said the young
shepherd, "ken ye not Jcanie yet tho llower
o'Ettrick 1 Ah ! jeanic, Jeanie," he added and
his tone and manner at once betrayed the foot
ing on which ho stood with tho maiden "little
did ye ken, when ye were tripping sae gaily o'er
the lea, with a heart as light as a lavrock, and a
song as sweet as tho waving of the broom at noon
day, that one who lo'es you sae dearly, was look
in' at ye frao behind this tree."
The maidon blushed again, and stealing a third
glanco at her lover, her eyes sought the ground.
The shepherd took her hand, which was not with
drawn from his grasp, and said
"Ye ken weel, Jeaniedoar, what ye were sing
ing," and his voice assumed a suddou seriousness
as he spoke, which caused tho maiden to look
up, although tho allusion ho made to the subject
ot her song had dyed nor cheeks with new
blushes, "and I hae come hither this morning, for
1 ken ye passed here ; to soo yo if only for a mo
ment. Yo ken, Jeanic, that we were to hae been
one next Michaelmas, and that 1 was to get the
Ellaay farm a canny croft it is, deary, and hap-
py, happy would we hae been there" tae mai
den looked enquiringly in his face at these words.
and herjover continued mourutully "ye guess
the worst, I see by that look. In ono word,
richer man has out bid me, and so, for the third
time, hao I been disappointed." As he said these
words with a huskey voice, betokening the depths
.ot his emotion, the speaker paused, and drew the
.back of his hand across his eyes. His affianced
bride showed the true delicacy of her mind in
this juncture. Instead of saying aught to com
fort him, she drew closer, to his side, and laying
hor hand on his arm, gazed up into his face with
, a look so lull ot sympathy and love, that its mute
yet all-powerlul eloquence',1 wont to the shep
herd's heart. Ho drew her tenderly to his bosom
kissed her unresisting brow, and gazed for some
moments in silent rapture on her face. At length
he spoke. '-,.
"Jeanie" ho said, and his voice grow low and
..''.tremulous as he spoke, "caQ ye hear bod news
I canna bido horo longer," ho added, after i
pause, and with an obvious effort. Tho maiden
. started ; but having introduced the subject, her
lover prococded firmly "I canna bide here, year
after year, as I hae done for tho last twelvemonth
and be put off, month by month, with promises
that are never to be fulfilled. I will go away
and seek my fortune in other lauds. They say
money is to be had amaist for the asking m the
Indies, aud ye ken we may never marry while I
remain as now, with no roof to lay my ain head
under, to say, naething of yours, Jeanic, which
I hold dearer than ten thousand, thousand sic as
mine. So I hae engaged to go out to tho Indies
and the Hhip sails to-morrow. Do not greet, my
flower o' the brae,' said he, as the maiden burst
into tears, "for ye ken it is only sutTerin' a lighter
evil to put of a greater one. If I stay here we maun
make up our minds never to bo one, for not a
farm is to bo had for a puir man like me, from
Ettrick to Inverseen. In two years, at maist I will
return,' and his voice brightened with a hope, as
he proceeded, "and then, Jeanie dear, nathing
shall keep us asunder, and you shall be the rich
est, and I hope the happiest bride in all the bor
der." ,: '
The manly pathos of his words, his visiblo at
tempt to stifle his feelings, and the grief she" felt
at tho contemplated absence of her lover, all con
joined to heighten the emotion ot tho maidenand
flinging herself on her lovers bosom, she wept
long aud uncontrollably. Her companion gazed
on iu silence, with an almost bursting heart; but
ho knew that he could not recede from his prom
ise, and that the hour of anguish must bo endur
ed sooner or later. Then why not now?. At
length the sobs of Jeauio grew less violent and
frequent the first burst of emotion was .passing
?way. Gently then did her lover soothe her
bclings, pointing out to her tho advantages to
result from his determination, and cheering her
with tho assurance, that in two years, at farthest,
he would return. .
'1 hae no fears, Jcanie, that ye will not prove
true to me, and for the rest wd are in God's gud!
hands. Our lives are safe in his protection awa
on tho seas as by our aiu ingle-side. And now
farewell, for the present, doarie, I maun to do
many tilings betore wo sail to-morrow, uou
bless yon ' and with these words, dashing' a tear
from his eye, he tore himself from the maiden
and walked rapidly across tho lea, as il to dissi
pale his emotion by the svviltness ot his pace-
When he reached the brow ot the hill, however,
10 turned to take a last look at the spot where
ho had parted with Jeanie. She was still stand
ing where he had ieit her, and then whistled to
his dog, and dashed over the brow of the lull.
Poor Jcanie had watched him with tearful eyes
until he paused at the lop of the hill, and her
heartbeat quick when she saw him turn for a last
look, She made an effort to raise her hand in
reply; and when she saw him disappear behind
the hill, sank against tho wall. Directly a flood
of tears camo to her relict. It was hour
before she was sufficiently composed to return
homo.
All through that day, and until late at night,
Jeanic composed herself with the hope of again
beholding hor lover; but ho came not. Long al
ter nightfall a ragged urchin from the village put
into her hands a letter. She broke it open trcin-
lingly.for she knew the handwriting at a glance.
II. wus from her lover. It was kindly written, and
the hand had been tremulous that penned it; but
it told her that he had felt himself unequal to an
other parting scene. Before she received this
it continued he would be tar on his way to the
place of embarkation. It contained many a sweet
message that filled the heart of Jeanie with sun
shine, even while the tears fell thick and fast on
the, paper. It bid her remember bun to her only
surviving parent, and men it contained a lew
more words of hope, and ended 'God bless you ;
think often in your prayers ot Willie.
that night Jeame's pillow was wet with tears,
but even amid her sobs, her prayers might havo
been heard ascending lor her absent lover.
The family of Jeanie was poor but virtuous,
like tho thousands of others scattered all over
hills aud vales of Scotland. Her father had seen
better days, having been indeed a farmer iu a
small way, but his crop failing, and his stock dy
ing by disease he had been reduced at length to
great poverty, let he horo his misfortune with
out repining. Ho had still his daughter to com
fort htm,. and though he lived m a mud built cot
tage, he was happy happy at least, so far as one
in his dependent condition could be; forhispnn
pul support was derived from the labor of his
daughter, added to what littlo he managed to
earn by doing small jobs occasionally lor his
neighbors. Yet he was universally respected.
If you could havo seen him ou a sunny feabbath
morning, leaning on his daughters arm, walking
to (he huinblo village kirk: it you could havo be
held tho respect with which his juniors lifted
their bonnets to him, while on his own gray locks
waved or tho wind as he returned their saluta
tions, you would have felt that even utter pover
ty, it respectable, and cheered by a daughter's
love, was not without its joy.
I ho lovo betwixt Jennie and tho young shep
herd was not ono of a day. It had already been
of years standing, and dated far back, almost into
the childhood of each. By sunny braes, in green
meadows, along side of whimplin brooks they had
been used to meet, seemingly by chance, until
such mooting grew necessary to their very exis
tence, and their love pure and holy as that be
twocn the angelic choristers liocamo intermixed
with all their thoughts and feelings, colored all
their views of life. And all this time Jeanie was
growing moro beautiful daily, until she became
tho flower of tho valley. Her voice was like that
of tho cushat in its sweetest cadence her eye
was as blue and sunny as the summer eve and
tho smiles that wreathed her mouth camo and
went like tho northern lights on a clear Decem
ber eve. Thus beautiful sho had not been with
out many suitors; but to all sho turned a deaf car.
Many of them far above her station in life, but
this altered not her determination.
Nor did hor father, though perhaps, like many
of his neighbors, ho attached the more impor
tance to such oilers than Joanie, attempt to mllii
ence hor. Ho only stipulated that her lover
should obtain a farm beforo his marriage. We
have seen how his repeated failures in this, and
hopelessly of attaining his object, unless at a ve
ry distant period, had at length driven him to
seek his fortuno elsewhere
Wo are telling no romantic tale, but one of real
life; and in real life years often seem as hours and
hours as years. Wo shall make no excuse, there-
lore, for passing over an interval ot more than two
years. ' ' . .
It was the gloamin hour tvhen Jeanie and her
father sat at their numblo threshold. I ho lace
of the maiden was sad almost to tpTB, while that
ot the father wore a sad and4fixious expression.
They had been convcrsing.rfwuta no old man
resumed their discourse.
"Indeed, Jcanic,"he said, "God knows I would
naurge ye do that which is wrong: but we hae
suffered and suffered sa much sin' Willie left us.
Twa years and a half, amaist a third, hae passed
sin' that day. " Do not greet my dochter, and your
auld lather may na speak that which is heavy on
his mind," and he ceased, and folded the now
weeping girl to his bosom. : ' " '
"io, no, father, go on," sobbed Jeanie endeav
oring to compose herself, an effort in which she
finally succeeded. 1 Icr father resumed. ,
'1 am growing auld, Jeanio, atilder and aulder
every day; my shadow already fills up half my
grave and the time canna be far awa, when 1
shall be calfod to leave you alane in tho warld."
"Uh! say not so, sobbed Jeanie "you will
yet live many a year."
"ia, ira, he answered, shaking his head,
"though it pain3 my heart to say so, yet it is best
that yoir should know the truth.. It will na be
long before the snows shall lie aboon me. But 1
see it makes you greet. ' I will pass on, Jeanie,
to what lies heavy on my heart, and that is, when
1 am awa, there will bo no one to protect you
Could I haeseen ye comfortably settled, wi'
some one to shield yo trom the cama world, l
could hae died in peace. But it maun na be, it
maun na be."
Poor Jeanic had listened to her father's words
with emotions we will not attempt to portray.
Long after every body else had given up her lov
er for lost and besides now a rumor of 2 years'
standing, that ho had been drowned at sea, there
was a fact of his not returning at the appointed
time to silence all skepticism she had clung to
the hope of his being alive, even when her rea
son forbade file expressing of that hope. She
had long read her father's thoughts, nor could she
indeed blamo thoin. I heir poverty was daily
growing more extreme, so that while our parent's
health was declining, he was compelled to deny
himself even the few comforts which he had hith
erto possessed. Those things cut Jeanie to the
heart, and yet she saw no remedy tor them, ex
cept in what seemed to her more terrible than
death. Her affection for her lover was only
strengthened and purified by his loss. Try as
sho would she could not tear his image from he
heart. Loving him thus, living or dead, how
could she wed another ( how could she take oi
herself vows her heart refused to fulfil? Day af
ter day, week after week, month after month, had
this struggle been going on in her bosom, betwixt
duty to her fathor and love for him to whom she
had plighted her virgin vows. This evening her
parent had spoken to her mildly, but seriously on
the death of her lover, and Jeanie's heart was
more than ever melted by the self devotcdness
with which her gray haired fathor had alluded to
her want of protection in case of his death, not
even saying a word of that want of common com
forts of life, which his growing infirmities render
ed the more necessary than ever, but of which
her conduct oh! how selfish m that moment it
seemed to her deprived him. It was some
moments before Jcanie could speak, during which
time sho lay weeping on her parent's bosom. At
cugth she murmured.
"Do wi' mo as yo wiph, father, I maun rcsinf
no longer, sin it were wicked. Butoh'.gieme
littlo while to prepare, for the heart is rebel
lious and hard to overcome. I know you do all
for the best but I maun hae some delay to tear
the last thoughts o' Willie, thoughts which soon
wi' be sinfu', from my heart" and overcome by
the intensity of her emotions she burst into anew
flood of tears. Her father pressed her to his bo
som and murmured.
"Oh! Jeanie, Jeanie, could yo know how this
pains my auld heart! But thcthought that when
I die ye will be left unprotected in tho world, is
sair within me. lime shall yo hae, darhnt
perhaps," he added, after a moments pause, "it
were better to gie up the scheme altogether.-
Aye! Jeanie,! will na cross your wishes even in
this; but trust iuagude God to protect you when
1 am gone. Say no more, say no more about it,
dear one; but do just as yo will."
"No, father, said Jeanic, looking firmly up,
while the tears shone through her long eyelashes
like dew on the morning grass, "no I will be
selfish no longer. Your wish shall be fulfilled.
Do uot oppose me, for indeed, indeed, I act now
as I feel right. Gie mo only the little delay for
which 1 ask and 'and her voice trembled as
she spoke "then you will no longer be without
thoso little comforts, dear father, which not even
all my love has boon able to procure for you.
Now kiss me, for I maun go iu to be by myself
tor awhile."
"God bless you my dochter, and may he ever
hae you in his keening, murmured that gray-
haired sire, laying his hands on his child's head
his dim eyes sullusmg with tears as he spoke
"God bless ye forever and ever!"
When that father and daughter rejoined each
other, an hour later in the evening, a holy calm
pervaded the countenance of each; and the looks
which they gave each other wore full of confi
dence, gratitude aud overflowing affections. And
when the daughter drew forth the old worn Bible,
and red a chapter in her silvery voice, while tho
father followed in a prayor that was at times chok
ed by his emotion, there was not, in all broad
Scotland, a sweeter or more soul-subduing sight
than that lowly cot presented.
Although Jeanio was a girl of strong mind, the
sacrifice ehe contemplated was not to be affected
without many inward struggles. But havingmade
up hor mind to what sho considered her duty,
she allowed no personal feelings to swerve her
from the strict line she had laid down for herself
wherein to walk. Daily did she seek in prayer
for aid; and never did sho allow her parent to
hoar a murmur from her lips. Yet, let her strive
as you would, the memory of hor lover would
constantly recur to her mind. At the gloamin
hour, in the still watches of the night by inglc
side, abroad in the fields, or in the kirk of God
ou Sabbath or week day whon listening to
hor aged sire's voice, or sitting alone in her
littlo chamber, the imago of him she had loved
W)uld rise up before her, diffusing a gentle niol
ancholy over her heart, and seeming, for the mo
ment to, raiso an impassable barrier betwixt her
and tho fulfillment of her new vows for those
vows had already been taken, and tho evening
which was to make her another's, was only post
poned until tho intended bridegroom a staid
farmer of tho border could make the necessary
preparations in his homestead, nocessary to fit it
tor a new mistress, ana sue me sweetest nowcr
in tho district. . ' : ;
Wo are tolling no romantic tale, drawn from
tho extravagant fancy tf a novelist, but a sober
reality. I hero hundreds all over this broad
realm, who are even noto sacrificing thomsolves
like Jeanie. Aye! and in many a lowly cottage,
unrecked of and uncarcd of by the world, wither
away in sjcret sorrow, beings who, had their lots
been cast m happier places, would have been the
brightest and most joyous of creatures. How
many has went driven, unwilling brides, to the
altar! Who can tell the sacrifice woman will
not make to affection, although that sacrifice may
tear heart's hbres asunderr And thus Jeanie
acted. ' Although she received the attentions of
her future husband with a smile, there was a
strange fcnnaturul meaning in its cold moonlight
expression. Even while ho would talk to her, her
thoughts "would wander away, and she would on
ly be awakened from her reverie by some sudden
ejaculation of his at perceiving her want of atten
tion. He knew her history, but had been ono of
her eaniesi lovers, nnd he flattered himself that
she had long since forgotten tho absent; and al
though at times her demeanor would, for a mo
ment 'make him suspect the truth, yet a convic
tion so tod in unison with his wishes, led him
instantly tt discard it. And Jeanie, meanwhile,
continued 'struggling with her old attachment,
until her health began to give away beneath the
conflict. Sho scarcely seemed to decline at
least to eyes that saw her daily yet her neigh
bors marked the change. In the beautiful words
of the ballad,
"ITor cheek it crew mlo.
And sho dropped like alilly broke down by the hail."
Tho morning of her wedding day saw her as
beautitui a3 ever, but with how touching, how
sweet an expression of countenance! As she
proceeded to the kirk, her exquisite loveliness
attracted every eye, and her air of chastened
sadness drew tears from moro than one spectator
acquainted with her history. The bridegroom
stood smiling to receive his lovely prize, the
minister had begun the service, and Jeanie's
heart beat taster and faster as the moment ap
proached which was forever after to make all
thoughts of Willie sinful, when suddenly the rat
tling of rapid wheels was heard without, and in
stantaneously a chaise stopped at the kirk door,
and a tall form leaping from the vehicle strode
rapidly up the aislo at the very moment that the
minister asked tho solemn question, if any one
knew aught why the ceremony could not be
tniisheu.
Ay,' answered the voice of the intruder, and as
he spoke, he .threw oil tho military cloak he
wore and disclosed to the astonished eyes of the
spectators, the features scarred and sun burnt.
but still the features of the absent shepherd,
"Ay, Island here by God's good aid, to claim
the maiden by right of a prior betrothal. I am
William Sanford."
Had a thunderbolt fallen from heaven, or a
spirit risen from tho dead, the audience would
not have been more astonished that by his de
nouement. All eagerly crowded around the in
truder, gazing on his face, as the Jews looked
on the risen Lazarus. Doubt, wonder conviction.
enthnsiasm followed each other, in quick succes
sion through tho minds of tho spectators. But
tho long absent lover, pushed aside the friends
who thronged around him, strode up to Jeanie's
side, and clasping her in his arms, asked m
voice no longer firm, but husky with emotion.
"O, Jeanic, Jennie, hae ye too forgotten me?"
lho bnclo had fainted on his bosom; but
score of eager tongues answered for her, and
in hurried words told him the truth.
What have wo moro to say ? Nothing ex
cept that the returned lover took the place of
tho bridegroom, who wa3 fain to resign his claim,
and that the minister united the now reanimated
Jcanie, and her long remembered lover, while
the congregation looked on with tears of joy.
The returned shepherd for we shall still call
him so at length found time to tell his tale.
He had been shipwrecked, as rumored, but in
stead of being drowned, had escaped and reach
ed India. There he entered the service and
was sent into tho interior, whore ho rose rapidly
in rank, but was unavoidably detained beyond
the appointed two years while the communication
with Calcutta, being difficult and uncertam, the
letters writton homo apprising Jeanie of these
facts had miscarried. At length, he had succee
ded in resigning his commission, full of honors
aud wealth. lie "hastened to Scotland. He
reached Jeanie's home, learned that sho was even
then becoming tho bride of annother, hurried
wildly to the church, and our readers know tho
rest.
'Why, mother, almost every word in John's let
ter is spelt wrong. You'd not have nio marry
such a man, truly.'
'La, ine! I suppose that's tho way to swell in
the town whero lie lives. They have different
fashions to us in every thing.'
Sorrows. All accidental sorrows may be
dwelt upon with calmness,or recollected with grat
itude to him who sent them; tho sorrows that
spring from ourselves preserve their unmitigated
bitterness.
In excavating the coal gas company, in New
Orleans, tho workmen, after passing through three
distinct strata, camo to a fourth, in which were
found tho trunks of cypress trees twelve feet
and a half in diameter.
'A philosopher being asked what was the first
thing necessary to win tho lovo of a woman, an
swered a suit of fmo clothes, and a few dollars.'
That's a libel on the sox.
Kendall, in his Narrative, says the air is so dry
and the climate so dry aud healthy at San Anto
nio that if a man wishes to die there he is obliged
to go somewhere else.
An excallcnt Table. 'I keep an excellent ta
bic," said a landlady, disputing with one of her
boarders. 'That may be true, ma'am,' says he,
'but you put very little upon it.'
Tho Commercial bank of New York has ex
ploded, with a capital of $500,000. It is said
that ita whole assets would not pay for a dinner
of an oflico seeker at Washington.
Tho ball discharged from thCffrinccton big
gun, when it exploded, struck the" Shore and mow
ed down several largo trees.
A child was lately born in Toronto with three
oyes having two half an inch apart on tho right
side of tho face. '
The good people of Mobile have bcon luxu
riating on cucumbers and other green tilings,
this month past. , . .
A bill has bcea introduced into Congress to
reduce the salaries of all the oflicen of the Gen
eral Govoniment.
THE SENTINEL.
Cadiz, April 4,
the TAuirr.
JI.1RTI.V IYI.V ISUREJ
The IV'opIe's Friend and Candidate,
Axn
J7i true Protector of Ameritan Industry, and Advocate
OF EQUAL rniVII.KCKS.
HENRY CLAY,
The Candidate, of Pol'Uiciam and Speculators,
AND
The Friend or Aristocratic ITIonopoJiats
and English Mastnracturc.
WIIICTCERY EXPOSED.
Whig Falsification dissembling of "Hkxry Clay
the democratic Party the onii true friends
to American industry Consistency of Maiitix
Va.n Buben, the VcopWs Candidate.
Tho whig politicians are assiduous in their en
deavors to make it appear that their party aro the
only true friends of encouragement fo our Home
Industry. They denounced the democratic par
ty as the enemies of this policy, and declare them
to be tho advocates of "Free Trade." Their
presses are daily filled with sycophantic adula
tions of Husky Clay as the alleged "embodi
ment" and illustrious champion of the former
principles, and with bitter fulminatious against
Martin Van Buren as tho alleged advocate of
the latter. Thus they hypocritically contrast the
principles of tho Whig and the Democratic par
tics upon tho subject of the Tariff; these ar;
the positions they falsely assign the respective
candidates for the Presidency upon that impor
tant question.
It is time this falsification was fully exposed, and
its authors exhibited in their true colors. The
deception has been allowed to go on long enough.
Tho matter must be set right before tho people.
Ihey demand the iituxii. Demagogues arc
seeking to suppress it democrats should make
it known. For tho attainment of this object, we
have some facts to present. They are taken
from authentic sources, and cannot bo controver
ted. Wcdcny that lho Whig party aro in f.ivor of a
protective rarift, so far as concerns the honest
industrial interests of the country. This is shown
in their support of the present law with all its im
perfections and inequalities. That law imposes
duties of from 50 to GO per cent, upon many ar
ticles of necessity such as cannot be dispensed
with by the people, a or instance, on the vari
ous qualities of iron, there is a duty of from 45
to 1121 per cent.; upon glass wares of from 100
to GOO per cent.; upon sugars, molasses and suit,
of from 45 to 50 per cent. ; upon woollen manu
factured goods, of from 50 to 100 per cent.; up
on cotton good3, of from 1C0 to 150 per cent.,
&x. &.C. Now these high duties amount to a
prohibition of importation of the articles named,
and secure a monopoly of tho market to the home
manufacturer. Foreign competition in those ar
ticles cannot exist, and thus the manufacturers in
New Fingland are enabled to exact their own
prices for tho goods. Aud they aro not slow in
improving the opportunity. The rise in tho price
of woolen manufactured goods, cotton goods,
rr,o"n &.c, generally, cf from ',20 to GO per cent.
sinco tho present Tariff was laid, establishes this
fact beyond all peradventure ; and tho great mass
of our own industrious population the laboring
men, lncchauics and farmers, who coiiKtilute
moro than ninctccn-twcntieths of the producing
population of the country aro obliged to pay
this additional price of the "dutiable articles," to
enrich tho less than one-twentieth who produce
them. This is the legitimate fruit of our present
whig Prohibitory Tariff aud such was tho ef
fect designed by the speculating capitalists who
produced its enactment.
This is the manner the irtrg protect our Home
Industry. They tax that Iuduslry, to enrich the
manufacturing corporations.
Henry Clay is tha advocate of a Tariff like
the ono with which the country is now inflicted.
His efforts in Congress have been directed iu fa
vor of this anti-republican monopoly. But con
scious of the growing unpopularity of the mea
sure, and anxious that none of this popular dis
favor shall attach to his character in his present
position before the American pcoplo, ho has been
engaged during tho past year in writing episto
lary essays to his fi iends and supporters at the
South, condemning a Prohibitory Tariff, and
expressing views nearly bordering upon the ul
tra doctrine of Free trade. We take tho follow
ing extracts from the latest of those productions,
to prove tho tuitii of what wo say.
In a lotter to Messrs. Branham and Bledsoe, of
Eatonville, Georgia, dated "July 28th, 1812,"
Mr. Clay uses this language :
"I NENF.lt WAS IN FAVOR OF DUTIES
BEING SO HIGH AS TO AMOUNT TO A
PROHIBITION OF ARTICLES ON WHICH
THEY WERE LAID I HAVE THOUGHT IT
BEST FOR ALL INTERESTS THAT
THERE SHOULD BE COMPETITION"
again: "A Tariff for that purpose (revenue) ought
to be so adjusted as to afford raMottiMyoncour
agomont to our domestic manufactures." "To
import to it that character, it should be MODER
ATED!" "I was not in Congress in 182S, and
therefore DID NOT VOTE FOR THE TARIFF
OF THAT YEAR. The duties in many instan
ces immised by that Tariff were EXTRAVA
GANTLY HIGH."
In a letter to Mr. Mcrriwcther, of Georgia,
dated "Oct. 2, 1813," Mr. Clayhcld the follow
ing language:
" did not vote for tho Tariff of 182S, for
which, however, MR. VAN BUREN, Col. Benton,
Col. Johnson, Mr. Wright, and others of our op
ponents ma vote. And it is remarkable, that
from tu.vt fertod Mi LA LK I IONS l.M
CONGRESS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO
THE REDUCTION AND MODERATION OF
TARIFFS. Thu.t, in 1831, I supported that
Tariff which GREATLY MODIFIED AND
REDUCED the Tariff of 1828, insomuch that
it was supposed hi reasonable men that it would
or outfit to SATISFY THE NULL1F1ERS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA. The next year, 1832, 1
BROUGHT FORWARD THE COMPROM
ISE. 03-1 NEVER WAS IN FAVOR OF
WHAT I REGARD AS A HIGH TARIFF.
NO MORE REVENUE SHOULD BE ,
LEVIED THAN IS NECESSARY TO AN
ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION op the
GOVERNMENT." C0 "I SHOULD HAVE
PREFERRED THAT THE COMPROMISE
IN ALL ITS PARTS uniform duties of 21 per
cent. COULD HAVE BEEN ADHERED
TO."
Again, Mr. Clay says of the present Tariff:
"There may be EXCESSES or DEFECTS in
it of which I have not the means to judge ; and if
there be, THEY OUGHT TO BE CORREC
TED by supplemental legislation." "You are
right in your statement, that I DID NOT VOTE
FOR THE TARIFFS cf 1810 and 1821." !
Agiiin, in a letter to F. S. Bronson, dated
"Oct. 13, 1843," Mr. Clay remarks:
"7 conformity with the principle announced
in the Compromise act, I think that whatever rev
enue is necessary to an economical and honest
administration of the General Government ought
to be derived from duties imposed on foreign im
ports. And I believe that, in establishing a Tar
iff of those duties, such a discrimination ought
to be made, as will incidentally afford reason'
able protection, to our national interests.
"After my return to Congress in 183 1, my ef
forts were directed to the modification and RE-
DLO I Ka of the ratC3 of duty contained tn the
act of 1828. The act of 1S32, greatly reduced
and modified them; and the act of 1833, com
monly called tho Compromise Act, still jurther'
reduced and modified than. The act which pas
sed at the Extra Session of 1811, which I suppor
poi ted, was confined to free articles. Iliad
resigned my scat in the Senate, when the act of
1842 passed" "If there be any EXCESSES
or DEFECTS in it, (of which I have not hero
tho moar.3 of judging.) THEY OUGHT TO
BE CORRECTED."
Here is an extract from alettor written by Mr.
Chiy at New Orleans, to a committee of hia
whig friends in Virginia, dated Jan. 2d, 1811.
"Tho PROHIBITION of the fabrics of foreign
countries, would transfer the MONOPOLY TO
THE HOME MANUFACTURERS IN THE
UNITED STATES. THE TRUE INTER
ESTS OF THE CONSUMERS ARE BEST
PROMOTED BY A COMPETITION BE
TWEEN THE FOREIGN &, THE NATION
AL SUPPLY. The ine vil able tendency of that
COMPETITION is to REDUCE PRICES, aa
all experience has demonstrated."
We will add an extract or two moro from Mr.
Clay's recently cxpressod opinions upon the Tar
iff: (See Ivs speech at the Extra Session, 1841.)
"CARRY ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
COMPROMISE ACT. Look to REVENUE
ALONE for the. support of Government, DO
NOT RISE THE QUESTION OF PROTEC
TION WHICH I HAD HOPED HAD BEEN
PUT TO REST. KrTUERE IS NO NE
CESSITY FOR rRETECTI0N."J3)
Mr. Clay in a letter addressed last summer to ,
the publishers of the "Tennessee Agriculturist,"
held out tiiis pledgo to the "free trade" politi
cians: -
"I am so fur a friend to free trade as to think
that within the limits of the Union it should bu
entisely unfetteued, and perfectly equal be
tween ALL INTERESTS Ulld ALL PARTS OF OtU
COUNTRY."
On a still more recent occasion, Mr. Clay said:
My opinion tfi THERE IS NO DANGER
hereafter of a HIGH TARIFF, i founded on .
the gratifying fact, that our manufacturers have
lalccn a deep root. Even NOW some branches
of them arc aide to maintain, in distant markets,
SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION WITH RI
VAL FOREIGN MANUFACTURES."
Such arc tho OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY .
MR. CLAY himseif. Let us see how they are
interpreted by his friends and supporters of tho
South. '
Mr. Hives, of Virginia, in his letter declaring
his intentions to support Mri Clay for tlie Presi
dency, thus contrasts the principles of his favor- -He
candidate with those of Mr. Van Buren, on
the Tariff question: '
"Ou tho subject of tho Tariff, I do not hesi
tate to say that Mr. CLAY'S CREED, developed 1
in his recent lectures, is in every respect as just,
as sound, and unexpectionablo, as that of Mr.
Van Buren.' Mr. Clay did not vote ' for or ap
prove tho Tariff of 1828, which Mr. Van : Buren
and his friends carried by their votos.. It is rath
er an unfortunate coincidence, considering tho
professions of Mr. Van Burci that ALL THE
TARIFFS which.have boon most complained of
in tho South OWE THEIR EXISTENCE UP
ON THE STATUTE BOOKS TO THE
VOTES OF'HIMSELF OR HIS FRIENDS,
Mr. Clay fajvrhore to be relied upon for a prac
tical adjustments of this delicate and complex
subject, on tcrrns'jjistand satisfactorily to all sec
tions of the Union, (hafmoiiizing thoir various in
terests by the goldeiLrule of moderation, which
is tho only pledge of permanence and stability
in any arrangement that tiiay bo made,) thun Mr.
Van Buren." 1 , ' - - -- ', ; '
Again: The Richmond - Whigj om of the ,
leading and influential Clay papers at tha Soutlf, ;
thus sums up MS Rives' argument: i-iVUVX'J-
"The' fart that MR. CLAY IS MORE OF A
FREE TRADE MAN (advocMO m ha is of a
reasonable Tariff) THAN JM.-VAN J'.VltLW
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