Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-24

Germs, FAY they can fpare $50, 900 dollsrs,
the amount Of theie taxes, be It 70. But
ifthis fun can be dlpenled with, be lsid
he was anxions thar at leaf a part Of it
thoald 60 TO relieve thofe who do rot pay
a large fhare of the irernal taxes, from
The burthen Of other taxes. He was ieii-
citous, therefore, to give his vote in fnch
a way as to exhibit TO his ccn&itdents his
efforts to reduce the duty upon falt and O.
ther necegaries of life.
Mr.. S. Smith remarked that the gen.
tlemao from South. Carolina doubted the
poGbility of lpasing 100000 dollars.
Il he really entertAins kfuch a doubt, it
| mutt be entirely deftroyed when he
| learns tina, the duty on1falt, which hewiih-
| es 10 take of, alone arnounts to above
7oo,o dollars
! MIR. Huger replied that he was not 70
| anxious for popularity as fome gentlemen.
With regard to ialt he only wiihed to re-
duce the duty 70 as to affect the revenue aa
bout $4,000 dollars.
The queaion was then taken by yeas
and nays on frikibg out " falss at autt-
on" acd loft. Yeas 3s---Nays S..
Mr.. Speaker. The queRion now is on
the remainder Of the motion to infrrt
"egfse"
Mr.. Gr;fwold ohltrved, that the gen.
tlenan from Maiiac hufe,ss had fuppofed
this was not the proper place to decide
whether we vii! reduce the duties on i'm
ported goods. But if the word "ccfee,"
be inherited, the effett will be that all du-
~ upon .ho. article will ceaic. Gentle
men may uppote that it is not proper to
difpenie with the whole duty; but if it
be repealed, there viii be nothing to pre-
vent the impoGtion of new duty by
new bill. MIR. G. thought the prefens
da'y too high; he thought it woali be
productive OF fl,uggling; and he thought
it oppreilive.
Mr.. S. Smith faid, the prefent, in his o.
pinion, was not the place to introduce the
repeal Of the duty on coffee. 1t will be
remembered that early in the tehion he had
brought, forward a refolution, which was
committed to enquire whether any & what
alterations were neceaary in the laws i'm
poins duties on imports. He then aated
that he was difpoied to reduce the duty on
coffee as now propofed by the gentlemen
from Connecticut (Mr. Griwold| and
when that queaion lhould come in the pro-
per place, h: would be found voting with
him to reduce the duty Oh coffee.
MFR. D-nnis faid his Object was not to
difpenle with the entire duty on bohea
tea, fugar, fa!t, and other imported articles.
Bu, he had no other opportunit" than that
which he now embraced. For after it
lhall have been decided to abolih the
whole internal taxes, gentlemen will tell
US they cannot diipenfe. with any Of the
duties upon imported articles. The only
queGion at prefent is, whether we fhall
make reduction of the duties on imported
articles, or totally abolih the internal
|. Taxes.
Mr.. Lowndes faid the fubjeft was 70
important that he mue beg the indulgence
Of the Houfe while he lubmitted few re-
marks. The motion goes to aboiilh the
prefent duty on coffee, in order to lay
lmaHer one. A gentleman from Maryland
(Mr. S. SMITH informs US that he feels a
conviction that the prefent duty is too high
and that it may introduce the practice of
fmuggling. But that gentleman mutt ex-
cule my laying that his projections di fer
from his practice. He is now for voting
away all revenue derived from the luxuries
of life, from pleafurable carriages, from
refined fugar, and other articles, and tells
us that after getting rid of thefe refources
he will, by and by, vote for more mode
rate duties on imported articles. Good
God! Is not this courle putting it en-
tirely out o. his power to do 70 The peo-
pie Of this country deferve iome conf
dcration. This is new era. The peo-
pie are reduced from a fate of opulence
to much difreis by the ceaation of Eu-
ropean, hoaiiities. The carrying trade,
70 lucrative to our merchants, is taken
away. Labour has heretofore been high
in our cities, from the activity inacom-
merce. Now there j. an alarming flag