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SARAH MADELINE TRUESDELL, daughter of Harry and Clynthia Johnson Truesdell, born in Hillsdale, and mar- ried Seymour Foster, son of Parla and Phebe Wells Fos- ter. Her children were : Wells, Henrietta, Augusta, and Willie.
JOHN QUINCY TRUESDELL, son of Harry and Clynthia Johnson Truesdell, born February 22d, 1825, and mar- ried Julia Ann Hollenbeck, February 14th, 1843. His children are :
Harry, born December 20th, 1843.
Clynthia Augusta, born July 15th, 1845. Arnold F., born April 25th, 1848. George Emmet, born June 11th, 1851. Marion Darwin, born December 9th, 1857.
Elmer Quincy, born November 23d, 1861.
HARRY TRUESDELL, son of John Quincy and Julia Ann Hollenbeck Truesdell, born December 20th, 1843, and married Ellen Minkler, July 4th, 1867.
CLYNTHIA AUGUSTA TRUESDELL, daughter of John Quincy and Julia Ann Hollenbeck Truesdell, born July 15th, 1845, and married Philip Becker, son of Philip and Eliz- abeth DeGroff Becker, July 15th, 1866. Their children are :
Julia, born April, 1867. Gordon, born September 9th, 1868.
GEORGE EMMET TRUESDELL, son of John Quincy and Julia Ann Hollenbeck Truesdell, born June 11th, 1851; died July 18th, 1861.
GAINS TRUESDELL, son of Samuel Truesdell, born in Hillsdale, and married Polly Becker, daughter of John P. and Betsy Clum Becker. His children are : John, Stephen, Ruth, Elizabeth, and Juliette.
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ARNOLD F. TRUESDELL, son of John Quincy and Julia Aun Hollenbeck Truesdell, born April 25th, 1848 ; mar- ried Adda Slater.
SENECA TULLAR, born June 21st, 1751. His wife, Eu- nice, was born August 2d, 1750. They settled in South Egremont, Mass., and lived to a great age. Their chil- dren were :
Charles, born June 3d, 1778, and Talitha.
TALITHA TULLAR, daughter of Seneca and Eunice Tullar, of South Egremont, Mass., married Isaac N. Race, son of Nicholas and Lucretia Race. Her children were : Eunice, Seneca, Gorton, and others.
CHARLES TULLAR, son of Seneca and Eunice Tullar, born in South Egremont, Mass., June 3d, 1778, and married Rebecca Race, daughter of Nicholas and Lucretia Race ; died August 26th, 1824. His children were :
Seneca C., born February 10th, 1801. Talitha Paulina, born March 16th, 1804.
Isaac R., born May 4th, 1806. Pamelia Jane, born April 11th, 1808. David W., born May 31st, 1812. Lucretia, born May 22d, 1815.
William Frederick, born June 12th, 1818.
SENECA C. TULLAR, son of Charles and Rebecca Race Tullar, born in South Egremont, February 10th, 1801, and married Mary A. Gordon, of Sheffield, who was born Sep- tember 24th, 1804. They were married Sept. 30th, 1824. He died some years since. Their children were :
Charles A., born October 9th, 1825. Pamelia Jane, born August 4th, 1828.
Rocelia Jennett, born July 7th, 1831.
CHARLES A. TULLAR, son of Seneca C and Mary A. Gor- 34
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don Tullar, born October 9th, 1825, and married Lucretia E. Church, November 10th, 1844 ; died October 22d, 1855.
PAMELIA JANE TULLAR, daughter of Seneca C. and Mary A. Gordon Tullar, born August 4th, 1828, and married Silas L. Church, December 26th, 1851. Their children are :
Minnesota, born April 17th, 1853.
Virginia, born June 17th, 1859.
ROCELIA JENNETT TULLAR, daughter of Seneca C. and Mary A. Gordon Tullar, born July 7th, 1831, and married Dyer Wait, March 27th, 1856. They have one son- Charles T.,-born January Ist, 1861.
TALITHA PAULINA TULLAR, daughter of Charles and Re- becca Race Tullar, born March 16th, 1804, and married John M. Bartholemew, of Sheffield, Mass., October 8th, 1822, by whom she has had two children :
Charles Willis, born September 14th, 1825. Pamelia Jane, born December 28tlı, 1827.
PAMELIA JANE TULLAR, daughter of Charles and Rebec- ca Race Tullar, born April 11th, 1808, and married John F. Collin, son of John and Ruth Holman Johnson Collin, September 23d, 1827 ; died June 8th, 1870. Her children were :
Jane Paulina, born 1828 ; died September, 1830.
Hannah Clynthia, born 1829 ; died March, 1831.
Pamelia Laurania, born 1831.
John Frederick, born 1833.
Quincy Johnson, born 1836.
Frances Amelia, born 1840.
DAVID W. TULLAR, son of Charles and Rebecca Race Tullar born, May 31st, 1812, and married Laura L. Note- ware, of Sheffield, Mass., June 7th, 1843. Their children were :
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Susan Paulina, born March, 19th, 1844. John F., born January 31st, 1846.
LUCRETIA TULLAR, daughter of Charles and Rebecca Race Tullar, born May 22d, 1815, and married Freeman Van Dusen, of Hillsdale, 1837. Their children are :
Camilla Eugenia, born January 1st, 1842.
Paulina and Pamelia, twins, born October 6th, 1844.
WILLIAM FREDERICK TULLAR, son of Charles and Rebec- ca Race Tullar, born June 12th, 1818, and married Eliza- beth Church, November 25th, 1841. She died July 6th, 1842, and he married Melinda French, October 16th, 1845, by whom he has one daughter :
Attie E., born April 4th, 1854.
JOHN F. TULLAR, son of David W. and Laura D. Note- ware Tullar, born January 31st, 1846, and married to Mary Daly, who was born 1856.
SUSAN PAULINA TULLAR, daughter of David W. and Laura L. Noteware Tullar, born March 15th, 1844, and married Albert M. Williams, April 5th, 1862. Their chil- dren are :
Charlotte L., born March 7th, 1863.
Edson E., born October, 19th, 1868.
WALTER B. TEN BROECK, born in Hillsdale, February 2d, 1827, and married Mary Ette Van Dusen, January 25th, 1855. Their children are :
Vandell, born January 16th, 1856. Alice, born April 17th, 1859 ; died July 4th, 1861.
Jay W., born August 24th, 1861. Carrie, born January 20th, 1863.
SEYMOUR VAN DUSEN, born November 26th, 1810, and married Caroline McArthur, who was born May 11th,
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1814. He died a few years since. Their children are :
Mary Ette, born February 15th, 1835.
Jennett, born July 8th, 1837. Delila, born August 12th, 1840. Almira, born April 16th, 1842. Annie, born September 1st, 1844.
Newton J., born November 8th, 1846. Elizabeth, born March 5th, 1848.
MARY ETTE VAN DUSEN, daughter of Seymour and Caro- line McArthur Van Dusen, born February 15th, 1835, and married Walter B. Ten Broeck, January 25, 1855. Their children are :
Vandell, born January 16th, 1856. Alice, born April 17th, 1859 ; died July 4th, 1861. Jay W., born August 24th, 1861. Carrie, born January 20th, 1863.
JENNETT VAN DUSEN, daughter of Seymour and Caroline McArthur Van Dusen, born July 8th, 1837, and married John Frederick Collin, son of John F. and Pamelia Jane Tullar Collin, December 15th, 1857. Their children were :
John Jay, born December 12th, 1858 ; died July 2d, 1861.
Ruth Anna, born February 4th, 1863: died October 16th, 1870, . Frances Pamelia, born August 13th, 1866.
DELILA VAN DUSEN, daughter of Seymour and Caroline McArthur VanDusen, born August, 1840, and married Ezra Best, and settled in Egremont, Mass.
ALMIRA VAN DUSEN, daughter of Seymour and Caroline McArthur Van Dusen, born April 16th, 1842, and married James Bain, of Copake.
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ANNIE VAN DUSEN, daughter of Seymour and Caroline McArthur Van Dusen, born September 1st, 1844, and married Henry Hollenbeck, of Egremont ; died Septem- ber 25th, 1870, leaving one child.
NEWTON J. VAN DUSEN, son of Seymour and Caroline McArthur Van Dusen, born November 8th, 1846, and is now a telegraph operator at Ketonah, on the New York and Harlem Railroad.
ELIZABETH VAN DUSEN, daughter of Seymour and Caro- line McArthur Van Dusen, born March 5th, 1848, and married Frank Clemens, of Ansonia, Conn., 1871.
FREEMAN VAN DUSEN, born February 7th, 1806, and mar- ried Lucretia Tullar, 1837. His children are : Cornelia Eugenia, born January 10th, 1842, Pamelia and Paulena, twins, born October 6th, 1844. Died 1883.
CAMELLA EUGENIA VAN DUSEN, daughter of Freeman and Lucretia Tullar Van Dusen, born January 1st, 1842, and married Edward Wills Blackington, of Adams, Mass., October 1st, 1862.
PAMELIA VAN DUSEN. daughter of Freeman and Lucre- tia Tullar Van Dusen, born October 6th, 1844, and mar- ried Albert H. Willis, October 5th, 1870.
PAULINA VAN DUSEN, daughter of Freeman and Lucretia Tullar Van Dusen, born October 6th, 1844, and married Edward C. Saxton, November 9th, 1869.
BARNET WAGER, son of John and Mary Arnold Wager, born January 29th, 1793, and married Lucy Collin, daugh- ter of David and Lucy Bingham Collin ; died April 15th, 1845.
MARGARET WATSON, born 1700, and married Gain Rob- inson, who settled in East Bridgewater, Mass. She died 34*
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1777. Her children were : Alexander, Joseph, Gain, In- crease, Betty, James, John, Margaret, Mary, Martha, Jane, and Robert.
DYER WAIT, born June 5th, 1824, and married Rocelia Jennett Tullar, daughter of Seneca C. and Mary A. Gor- don Tullar, March 27th, 1856, by whom he has had one child, Charles T., born January 1st, 1861.
SAMUEL JAMES WELLS, of New Hartford, N. Y., married Anna Smith Collin, daughter of David and Anna Smith Collin, October 12th, 1854, by whom he has had four chil- dren :
Samuel James, born September 5th, 1856. David, born September 23d, 1858. John Lewis, born December 26th, 1860. Paul Irving, born March 9th, 1863.
FREDERICK T. WHITING, born June 6th, 1825, and mar- ried Ruth Maria Hill, daughter of Rodney and Sarah A. Collin Hill, December 11th, 1849. His children were :
John Fred, born December 13th, 1852. Mary Anna, born July 12th, 1859. Henry Mason, born February 10th, 1863.
Florence Amelia, born October 6th, 1869 ; died -.
THEODORE W. WHITING, born April 8th, 1799, and mar- ried Amelia Ann Robbins, March 15th, 1820, by whom he had two children :
Harriet Amelia, born December 10th, 1821. Frederick Theodore, born June 6th, 1825.
BENTLEY WHITE, of Connecticut, married Rhoda How, March 3d, 1819. His children were :
Sarah Ann, born January 14th, 1820.
Sibyl M., born May 29th, 1822 ; died December 18th, 1824.
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Stephen, born March 17th 1826.
Jane M., born October 20th, 1832; died October 20th, 1834.
STEPHEN WHITE, son of Bentley and Rhoda How White, born May 29th, 1822, and married Olive N. Chapman, Oc- tober 26th, 1853. Their children are :
Mary L., born September 17th, 1854. Ida M., born January 17th, 1856.
Bentley, born October 28th, 1857. Ernest, born February 9th, 1860. Helen M., born October 28th, 1866.
HIRAM H. WHITE, born in Canton, Conn., 1806, and married Jane M. Collin, daughter of John and Ruth Hol- man Johnson Collin, June 2d, 1830 ; died October 11th, 1864. He was a clergyman-a member of the New Eng- land Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he labored for many years. In talents, integrity and eloquence, he had but few superiors.
SARAH ANN WHITE, daughter of Bentley and Rhoda How White, born January 14th, 1820, and married Henry A. Collin, son of John and Ruth Holman Johnson Collin, October 29th, 1836. Her children are :
Henry Alonzo, born August 14th, 1837. Sarah Adeline, born January 3d, 1840. Edwin, born August 31st, 1842.
BARAK WILSON, of Dutchess county, N. Y., married Cordelia Collin, daughter of James and Lydia Hamblin Collin, September 21st, 1840 : died March 26th, 1855.
ALBERT M. WILLIAMS, born at Stockbridge, Mass., Aug- ust 31st, 1837, and married Susan Paulina Tullar, daugh- ter of David W. and Laura L. Noteware Tullar, April 5th, 1862. His children are :
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Charles L., born March 7th, 1863. Edson E., born October 19th, 1868.
THERON WILSON, born June 10th, 1805, and married Lydia Louisa Collin, daughter of James and Lydia Ham- blin Collin, January 8th, 1829 ; died January 27th, 1862. His children were :
James, born June 17th, 1830.
Eli Newton, born June 27th, 1832.
George Theron, born February 3d, 1837.
Sarah Louisa, born September 20th, 1834. Lydia Esther, born November 25th, 1840.
Robert Hamblin, born November 23d, 1850.
ALBERT H. WILLIS, married Pamelia Van Dusen, dangh- ter of Freeman and Lucretia Tullar Van Dusen, October 5th, 1870.
WORCESTER WHEELER, born December 28th, 1779, and married Wait Freeman ; died May 7th, 1866. His children were :
John T., born August 9th, 1818.
Erastus, born January 7th, 1820.
Louisa, born January 12th, 1822. Sarah A., born April 16th, 1824.
Mary A., born October 22d, 1826.
Charlotte A., born March 31st, 1829; died January 5th, 1866.
Noah W., born March 30th, 1828.
LOUISA WHEELER, daughter of Worcester and Wait Freeman Wheeler, born January 12th, 1822, and married James Hamblin Collin, son of James and Lydia Hamblin Collin, September 11th, 1845.
SARAH A. WHEELER, daughter of Worcester and Wait Freeman Wheeler, born April 16th, 1824, and married Lewis S. Peck, September 7th, 1847.
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MARY A. WHEELER, daughter of Worcester and Wait Freeman Wheeler, born October 22d, 1826, and married Isaac M. Vail, September 3d, 1844.
NOAH W. WHEELER, son of Worcester and Wait Free- man Wheeler, born March 30th, 1828, and married Sarah E. Bushnell, May, 1863 ; died August 7th, 1866.
LEWIS WRIGHT, born in Brunswick county, Virginia, February 11th, 1796, and married Hannah Springer, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, July 15th, 1823, by whom he had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born April 17th, 1824. His wife, Hannah Springer, died July 5th, 1827, and on the 16th of April, 1833, he married Hannah Collin, daugh- ter of John and Ruth Holman Johnson Collin, by whom he had one daughter, Melinda T. He died November 8th, 1866.
MARY ELIZABETH WRIGHT, daughter of Lewis and Han- nah Springer Wright, born April 17th, 1824, and married James H. Collin, son of James and Jane Hunt Collin, July 12th, 1843. Her children are : Frances M., Sarah M., Emma S., Henry Clay, and Jennie L.
MELINDA TRUESDELL WRIGHT, daughter of Lewis and Hannah Collin Wright, born March 27th, 1834, and mar- ried William A. Hanley, November 27th, 1857. Her chil- dren are :
Marielin, born August 16th, 1859. John Collin, born November 30th, 1861. William Alonzo, born December 12th, 1865. Louis Wright, born November 2d, 1862.
CHASTINE E. WOLVERTON, born at Charleston, Montgom- ery county, N. Y., July 12th, 1821, and married James Collin, son of John and Ruth Holman Johnson Collin, September 7th, 1847. Her children are :
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Edwin W., born September 19th, 1849 ; died 1871.
Mortimer and Monteath, twins, born December 9th, 1852. George W., born December 13th, 1855. Hattie May, born May 1st, 1856. Lizzie A., born March 12th, 1860.
APPENDIX TO CYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY.
The declaration in the foregoing work, "that the influ- ences that conceived such laws as the tariff of 1842, had produced the imputed cause which formed the excuse for provoking the late civil war," may provoke the criticisms of politicians and excite the incredulity of many honest men ; therefore, for the instruction of the latter, the writer will, at a future time, write the history of those laws.
To say that the converting of West India molasses into Boston rum was one of the most cherished interests in New England, would excite almost universal incredulity ; and yet that it is so, is a fact susceptible of the most pos- itive proof. Over sixty thousand hogsheads of that West India molasses, with the aid of narcotics and water, are annually converted into over one hundred thousand hogs- heads of that Boston rum. That rum has almost without exception been the material for procuring all slaves im- ported from Africa. It has been used to debase civiliza- tion and to make barbarians still more barbarous. It has produced many of the worst evils in this country, and, in fact has been more mischievous to the world than any other occurrence since the fall of Adam. Yet it has been made the recipient of government bounties, and is now exempted from the taxation imposed upon other interests. To keep the people in ignorance, this Boston rum has been studiously excluded from every census except that of 1850.
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The same wicked influences that have made Boston rum a cherished interest, is now operating in the perpetu- ation of the misnomer, a protective tariff. And the ap- parent controversy between the two Houses of Congress is only intended to deceive the people, and keep from them the fact that its effects are to make the great mass of the people slaves to a pampered aristocracy.
To create a debt as an excuse for imposing a high tariff upon which discriminations might be made for the bene- fit of the pampered few, was one of the objects for which the civil war was provoked. Had those pampered inter- ests been taxed in proportion to others, that debt would now have been paid, and the object of the war would to them have been lost.
To avoid such payment, that debt is now being funded so as to make its payment impossible till a very remote period, without a breach of national faith to the public creditor. To pay the interest on such debt will of course perpetuate the existence of that aristocracy by a continu- ance of the high discriminating tariff, and to reconcile the people to this, they inculcate the doctrine that a national debt is a national blessing. Loyalty now consists in sub- serviency to those interests of Boston rum, discriminat- ing tariff, and national debt. And to enforce that loyalty, the mailed hand is now upon the throats of a large por- tion of the people, and national liberty is gasping beneath the feet of a tyranny.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
SPEECH OF MR. JOHN F. COLLIN, OF NEW YORK, IN REPLY TO MR. ALBERT SMITH, OF NEW YORK, DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1846.
The Bill to amend the act entitled "An act to reduce the rates of postage," &c., being under consideration in Committee of the Whole-
Mr. COLLIN addressed the Committee as follows, in re- ply to Mr. SMITH, of New York :
Mr. CHAIRMAN : It has been with some embarrassment and reluctance that I have availed myself of occasions to speak to this House. It would have been my desire not to do so again at this session. But remarks recently pub- lished, purporting to have been made here by my col- league from the thirty-third district, will hardly justify me in permitting them to go forth to the world unnoticed. The gentleman is reported to have devoted most of an hour in commenting upon a speech I had made in March last. He first joined issue upon my remarks, that under the tariff policy of 1842, our agriculture had languished and thousands of our agricultural population had been made fugitives to other climes. These sentiments the gentleman denies, and calls upon me for the proof.
The gentleman will not deny that between 1840 and 1845, in the State of New York the births over deaths
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were nearly 60,000 annually, and that 50,000 annually em- igrated to the State during that period. It cannot be de- nied, that from these two sources, the natural increase of the population of the State during that period would have been near half a million. But, sir, the census of the State shows the increase to have been only about 180,000, and that to have been confined almost entirely to the cities ; while in many of the best agricultural districts, the population has been actually diminished. These facts could not have escaped the notice of the gentleman. The Governor, in his annual message, called attention to them. Will any gentleman undertake to say that the agricultural population of the State of New York would have been stopped in its onward progress if its interests were not languishing? It is universally admitted that in 1841, agriculture was then in an unprecedented state of depression. It will scarcely be disputed that since that time it has suffered a much greater depression. Our com- mercial records show that our agricultural products have sunk since that time about 43 per cent. In the financial report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on page 335, the price of agricultural productions are shown to have sunk, since 1842, in the State of Rhode Island, about 30 per cent. ; while at the same time the price of manufac- turers' goods have been enhanced. These facts will not be disputed. The causes may be a matter of controver- sy. Among the reasons assigned by the correspondent from Rhode Island for the depressed prices of agricul- ture' there, is the condition of the currency. Among the reasons assigned for the enhanced prices of manufactur- ers' goods, is also the condition of the currency. Per- haps the same reasons would be given by the gentleman from New York. My reason for the enhanced price of manufacturers' goods is, the protection given by the tariff. My reasons for the depressed prices of agricultural pro- ducts are, the embarrassments thrown in the way of our 35*
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foreign market by the operation of the tariff.
Sir, if agriculturalists in New York were suffering deep depression in 1841; if since that time they have had to sell their products for less, and have been compelled to pay advanced prices for the goods they have consumed, can it be a matter of surprise that their population has diminished ? It certainly cannot ; and impartial men cannot long be in suspense as to the cause. Sir, agricul- tural laborers, for want of employment ; farmers, whose property has been encumbered by debts ; persons wish- ing to engage in agriculture, with but limited means-in consequence of the oppressions under which the agricul- turists of the State of New York have been laboring, have been compelled to abandon their native State, and to seek other latitudes, where smaller means would procure them employment, a living, or a home. This, sir, is my opinion of the cause of the diminished agricultural population of the State of New York. If the gentleman entertains other sentiments, no one can question his right to do so. And if he is disposed to propagate his opinions, he will not find me controverting them by billingsgate epithets.
Sir, in my speech in March, I spoke of gentlemen hav- ing expressed a preference for all the consequences of a war with England, rather than have a modification of the tariff of 1842. The gentleman asks, What Whig member of the House had ever used language like that, or any- thing resembling it? In the first place, I think the gen- tleman will be embarrassed to find the word Whig, among the remarks I made on that occasion. I say, deliberately, that sentiments such as I then expressed were uttered here. If the gentleman was so inattentive as not to have heard them himself, and he deems it material to have done so. it must be set down as his misfortune, and not the fault of the person uttering the sentiment. Sir, I, cannot consent, even to gratify the gentleman, to look over the ponderous speeches upon the Oregon question,
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to ascertain what gentleman was most logical in showing that the position taken by the President upon that ques- tion had precluded all further negotiation, and that war would be the consequence. I cannot look to see what gentleman was most eloquent in describing the horrors and calamities of such war, or who expressed himself most alarmed lest such war should be averted, by the President's settling the question by negotiating for the whole of Oregon, in exchange for a modification of the tariff. It is sufficient for me that such language was used. It is sufficient for my purpose that it is distinctly within the recollection of members of this House. It is entirely sufficient for all I can desire, that such language was used in the public papers, and stands so charged in the Union of the 18th of February. The gentleman says he will be among the first to denounce any one who shall hold lan- guage akin to such as he has seen fit to deny. Now, sir, one short week had only transpired after the gentleman's threatened denunciation, when one of his political asso- ciates on this floor, said, in a speech, that to carry out certain policy, among which the modification of the tariff stood preeminent, would inflict greater evil than was ever before visited upon this country. Sir, our cities have been burned, our people have been oppressed with taxa- tion, and once driven into a war with England upon that account. Nearly every State in our Union has had its fields drenched with the blood of its citizens. And yet, in the expressed opinion of that gentleman, all these could not equal the calamity produced by the repeal of the tariff, and the adoption of some two or three kindred measures. All I have to say on that subject to the gen- tleman from Pennsylvania is, he may expect, in the course of some four months, a denunciation, expressed in terms some of which would sound most familiar within the purlieus of some low tippling-house. It takes about that time, I believe, for the gentleman's indignation to
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mature. At least it took about that time to be developed against my remarks.
Sir, the gentleman gives me credit for political consis- tency in advocating the doctrine, that the same reasons would justify the destroying the exchanges between Ohio and Massachusetts that would justify the destruction of the exchanges between Great Britain and the United States. With much of the political cant of the day, he attempted to controvert that doctrine. It is a sentiment inculcated by high authority, that distinguished acts and eminent human qualifications, are but as a sounding brass or tinkling cymbal, without being accompanied by the principle of charity, (which, I believe, is understood to mean universal love and good-will to all mankind.) Now, sir, I believe that that gentleman or statesman who ceases to be actuated by that great principle, will not stop in his downward progress till a single unit in exist- ence shall engross all his desires and aspirations, regard- less of the interest of the world beside. I believe that that statesman who would deny the people of this coun- try the participation in the blessings which Providence has bestowed upon other countries, because other coun- tries may be benefited by our so participating. would find no difficulty in making the same rule apply to the intercourse between Ohio and Massachusetts, when pers- onal or party interests or policy should render the application of such rule convenient or necessary.
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