The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-11
Domestic 5nfrii!9rnce.
SENATE or MASSACHUSETTS.
FIR. nlDwg1L's srEEcp coNcLvDrD.

| Err. BiDwELL's SPEECH CoNCLvDxp.
Admitting il 20 be the policy of the pref,.,
| administration to rely upon TIE dutie, ON i'm,
! ports and tonnage, for the ordinary revenues CT
| government, leaving exCifts ard direct taxes fo-
! extraordinary oCca6ons, Mr.. B. declared, thu,
! without theie two lait iourccs Of taxation, fnch
economy has been introduced, that ample FRO
viion is made for the currt.t exptnCcS of 20
! vernment and the payment of the public debt.
! tie argued that inpoGs are preferable 20 any
| ipeCieS "t internal taxes bsCaufe they ave col
| iectcd at ieiS expence, by Il f'naller number ct
| Officers, at fewer places, with Ifs information
TO the common bunefs and police of The CONF
| Try, and where the ncanG of payment are ,rorr
ready aud ample. He denied that the. irnoO
falls more heavily on the esncrn than jouth.r,,
| tateS, and ohierscd that the Cufom-fIouG. r..
| turns, which had been referee: to. 90 no, -
| termine the qucilion between different flares. =,
| nymore than they prove that the inhabitants of
| ihla' towns pay none, and the maritime tovns
| pay all of the irpof; for they only neyy the
comparative fate of appropriations; but rot the
diitrIctS IN which there is the greatef confump
ton Of goods thus imported-that the impoG is
well known to be finally and really paid, moi
by the importer, but by the confilmer; and thu
iouthern ftates probably confume AS much OF
dutied articles, as the eafteru hates. for tba,
manufacture lefs of the ARTICLES of conflnintion
IRON the hyperion quality OF their foil their ba
bits and perhaps preiudices, their labour is al
mott excluhvely employed in agriculture;
whereas we not only import for ourielyes. and
raiie and manufacture a great part of wbat vre
wear, as well as drink and eat; but alto, from
our habits and hyperion means of commerce ard
navigation, are their carriers, their importers
and exporters. Hence arifrs a mutualitv of in.
tereits. If the eailern ftates pay more than
their proportion of the impof, it mutt be be-
caute they are more luxurious and extravagant.
than their iouthern brethren, which viii moi
be admitted.
In antwcr to the remarl, that Prelident GetTer-
ion was elected by black votes, MIR. B. obiiryed.
that admitting the calculation to be inf. ,rd
that all the blacks included in the Genius were
inhabitants of tates whole electors all voted for
Mr.. Jefierion; which, however, was not the
tact ne might as properly be faid to be elect
ed by women and children; for they ALTO were
included IN the Genius, on which the apport;
onment of Representatives, and conftoItsutly
OF electors, was founded. But, if the enol,iry
was, whether he was clsGed by fair majority.
1t ought to be remembered, that every Rate. in
which there was a Rate majority againG him an
pointed the electors IN luch manner, As 10 :.
cure all their electoral votes ag2inft him: where
as, itateS, Maryland, p arfyvania and No,th-
Carolina, in which there v'as ffrong roaioritirs
in his favour, were divided in their electors.
from the manner of their appointment. He al.
10 mentioned another iatf, that the federal ma
loritics in Congreis poitponcd the taking Of the
new Genius, until after the election whereas
1t 1t had preceded the election, the ms;ori.v
would have been greatly raif.d, by the oreatr
lncreae OF the Republican than the federal parts
of the United States. Still, however, if rnpt
he admitted, that the majority in fayonr of
Prehdent Jefierion, although decilivc and f,tir.
| factory, was not then 70 great as II is at nre.
ient.
Mr.. B. repealed the afIertion, that, throupb
the prs1ominancy of foTthern influence. fix hnn-
dred thoufand pounds ftcling had been paid
for Virgiiian debts, by tracing the hiiforv of
the meafurc alluded to, and lhewing that. in
puriu2nce of the Brtifh treaty of 1894, com.
monty called Jays treaty, board of Commit
oners was appointed to conlider and allow Bri.
tiih debts, which creditors had loft bv legal i'm,
pediments repugnant to the treaty of I7ss
that, in the courie of their allowances, 4 msin'
| rity of thofe Commiilioners, in the CATS of H.
gifts, Allen, and other Refugees, adopted a
rule, that would go to an allowance of all the
debts, which had been con6fcated duripr tb.
revolution, which were fuppoied to amount "a
many millions of dollars, and the greateG part
Of which accrued north OF Virginia. Upon IN.
adoption OF that rule, oCr two Commiffoneri.
Mei,rS. FitZfmons and Stgreayes, feceded from,
the board, and broke up the quorum. On,
government cOurtenauced their fecejIion. j.,
coniequence of which the Britifh government
withdrew their ConhriiIioncrs from the Com
milton then fitting at London upon the claims
of our citizens for fpoations. It became a fib-
! jet Of negotiation. MIR. Sitgreaves was fri
difPatched, by PRECEDENT Adams, on A milton
to the Britiih Court; and our niniaer reGdent.
Mr.. King, finally Nipuated by treaty On tie
part of the United States, to pay ,r6oo 200 fer
| ling, TO redeem our government from their col
lateral obligation, contracted by Mr.. law.
which was TO pay the amount that fhould be A.
warded by the CommilIioners, for Britilh debts,
among which there might have been many mil
| lions of dollars for cop6fcated debts. This Iaft
fettlement was not fouthern project, nor was
If folcly or chiefly for Virginia debts. II was
meaiiIre of the former admiriRraton, wifely
purified ard completed by the prefent.
| The attempt TO extingaihi the baia7ces du.
from debtor Rates, which had been urged in
the courfe of the debate, as an evidence of
dangerous fouthern influence, Mir. B. flid was
no new thing-that it had frequently been NOV
ed before--that it was not a queaiou between
the fouthsrn and northern ftates; hu, brtwee,
the debtor and creditor 1ates--that Couorer,
had always been thus divided, and not Accord
ing go geographical fituasiOn or political C,nti-
ments-that the efforts to ex;inguih thofs b.