The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey . entitled only to the respect due to ordinary legis-lation, and re-established a protective tariff. This conducttranspired a few months after Mr. Clay reached his and Whigs joined forces in consummating January, ls41,too, before Mr. Clay left the Senate, presented in the House the petition of BenjaminEmerson and forty-five other citizens, of Haverhill, Massachu-setts, praying Congress to take the necessary steps to dissolvethe Union. Mr. Adams disclaimed sympathy with the planof the petitioners to absolve themselve
The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey . entitled only to the respect due to ordinary legis-lation, and re-established a protective tariff. This conducttranspired a few months after Mr. Clay reached his and Whigs joined forces in consummating January, ls41,too, before Mr. Clay left the Senate, presented in the House the petition of BenjaminEmerson and forty-five other citizens, of Haverhill, Massachu-setts, praying Congress to take the necessary steps to dissolvethe Union. Mr. Adams disclaimed sympathy with the planof the petitioners to absolve themselves of responsibility forslavery, but justified the petition, on the principle laid downin the Declaration of Independence, asserting the right of thepeople to alter or abolish their form of government at Calhoun, also, retired to his farm. The indecision of men,and the vicissitudes of events were so startling, that the hon-est masses turned, instinctively, to the farm Ashland, inKentucky, and the farm Fort Hill, in South Carolina, as. JOSHUA LANIER MARTIN.
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