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30th CONGRESS, tSENATE.] MISCELLANEOUS.
1st Session. No. 86.
RESPONSE
OF
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA,
TO THE LEGISLATURE OF RHODE ISLAND,
ON
The subject of the tariff, and the war with Mexico.
MARCH 21, 1848.
Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Response of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, to the legis-
lature of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, on the
subject of the tariff and the war with Mexico: -That the State of Alaba-
ma finds no good reason to recede from the firm and decided position
which she has heretofore maintained, or the opinion she has constantly
expressed, in relation to the policy of the national government for the
protection of the capital and labor employed in domestic manufactories.
That the tariff of 1842 was conceived, adjusted, and perfected, with a
view to such protection, without regard to a just and fair consideration
of the commercial policy of the United States, the powers delegated to
Congress by the constitution of the American Union, and the rights of the
agricultural classes of not only the citizens of Alabama, but of others in
the United States. That its repeal was called for by the enlightened
spirit of the age, the demands of the federal constitution, the rights of the ag-
ricultural classes, and that it was effected by the wisdom of Congress in
the act of 1846. That it is manifestly the duty not only of Alabama,
but of every State in the Union, to sustain the general government in
every exigency which may arise in the efforts of the federal authorities to
preserve the national honor, protect our commerce, defend our territory, or
maintain the rights of our citizens ; and that in imposing burdens and
collecting taxes, it is the duty of Congress to consult the general welfare
of the Union without reference to, or favoritism for, the particular interest of
any State, or section, of our common country. The decision of the coun-
try exploding the system that connected the revenue with banking insti-
tutions, and separating the funds raised for the support of the government,
was founded on the soundest political reasoning, and most just policy of
the national government; and its reversal by Congress would be pro-
ductive of the utmost discord, not only in the councils of the nation, but
in the peace, harmony, and good feelings of the people at large, and that
any attempt at such reversal should at once be met and repudiated. In
Tippin & Screeper, printers.
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