I  hope  with  all  my  heart,  sir,  although  I  con-
fess, from  present  indications,  it  seems  to  be
hoping  against  hope,  that  she  may  recede  from
the  fG^  ground  she  has  assumed.  Tbe  uni-
versal voice  of  condemnation  which  has  been
heard  from  one  extreme  of  the  Union  to  tlie
other,  from  each  and  all  of  her  sister  States,
ought  to  satisfy  her  that  she  has  gone  too  far.
But,  sir,  if  she  refuses  this  advice,  and  will  per-
sist in  her  career  of  madness,  we  must  meet  the
crisis,  and  meet  it  like  men,  with  forbearance,
but  with  firmness.  In  the  humble  part  which
I  have  to  act,  I  shdl  endeavor,  fearlessly  and
firmly,  to  discharge  my  duty  to  my  conscience,
my  constituents,  and  my  country,  and  leav^
the  consequences  to  that  superintending  Provi-
dence, who,  I  hope  and  trusty  will  deliver  us
in  this  time  of  difficulty,  of  distress,  and  of
danger.
Mr.  Root,  of  New  York  said :  He  did  not
suppose  that  the  bill  now  submitted  to  their
consideration  was  originated  with  any  new  of
altering  the  system  of  protective  policy,  whicht
it  seemed,  was  established  in  this  country ;  i^


DEBATES  OF  CONGRESS.
158


Jakvabt,  1833.]


RedwstUm  </  the  Tariff ^Mr.  Verplanck*$  BiU,


[H.  OF  R.
origination  in  the  present  session  was,  unqaes-
tionabljr,  owing  to  the  organized,  and,  if  they
pleased,  legal  opposition  offered  bj  one  por-
tion of  the  country,  against  the  collection  of
revenue  under  the  tariff  laws  of  1628  and  1832.
