Mr.WABRKN  R.  Davis  said  the  House  would
do  him  the  justice,  and  tlioae  with  whom  he
acted,  to  own  that  they  were  in  no  way  re-
sponsible fur  the  snail-pace  of  the  tariff  bill ;
they  had  not  impeded  it  by  the  frivolous  amend-
ments alluded  to,  or  by  propositions  of  any
sort.  They  acquiesced  in  and  followed  the
soggestions  of  friends  on  this  floor,  and  remain-
ed silent  on  this  deeply  interesting  subject,  lest
to  their  nartioipation  in  the  debate  should  be
attributra  whatever  of  a  dilatory  or  stormy
character  it  might  assume.  Ton  have  all  wit-
nessed, he  Bud,  that  we  submitted  in  silence  to
the  reading  and  discussion  of  public  documents,
containing  fidse,  malicious,  and  defamatory  li-
bels on  the  State  and  people  of  South  Carolina ;
to  language  of  contumely  and  reproach  upon
our  public  ftinctionariea,  (friends  whom  we
dearly  love,)  that  shot  like  fiery  arrows  through
otir  veins.  Yet  we  were  dumb.  Still  more,  sir,
the  bitter  cup  was  not  yet  full — it  might  not
even  thus  pass.  We  felt  it  our  duty  to  let  the
ttcrifioe  be  complete.  We  remained  in  our
places,  we  kept  our  seats,  and  bore  the  torture.
V 00  all  knew,  from  the  beginning  of  the  session,
that  such  wonld  be  our  course ;  yet  we  were
buted  at  the  start  What  friendly  voice  of
truth  or  justice  was  heard  in  our  vindication
dariDg  those  hours,  days,  weeks,  of  burning
agony)  What  did  we  hear  from  those  who
ought  to  have  defended  ust  Why,  that  South
Carolina  was  precipitate  I  After  ten  years  of
petition,  prayer,  and  suffering;  after  witness-
ing all  our  Soathem  sister  States  taken  up  last
summer  with  the  presidential  election,  as  if  the
shirt  of  Nessos  were  not  upon  their  backs.
