Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-12-18

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wares and merchandise imported ;n,o The
on,'ed States, and on the tonnage Of ships
and vessels
On the motion Of Mr. M.Creery. the
woods p'g'iron and hrass'' we've inserted
in.iha first seetinn.
On motion OF Mr. Dawson the blank at
The cad Of the frs, section was filed with
the words I" the end Of The next session OF
eoagress and no longer ;'-the blank IN
The second section with "onc hundred 8"
AID Ina, in the third section with Zone
thousand"
On n,oion of Mr. Dawson the 4th.seeti.
Oh was So amended as TO :rike out the title
efibc acl rected, and 10 introduce An act
10 regulate the co,,ec tion Of duties onim.
ports ard tonnage"
Mr. Quincy offered new resolution,
sxempi,ng from da,y the greater part of
the articles enumerated in the bill on their
IMPORTATION into the United States.
Mr. Quincy observed that on examina.
ton, the bill oefnrs the committee appear.
ell 10 be ,h>same verbatim with thai pass
ed in the year 1897, with the exception of
the new section moved by him, which had
been omitted. What was The cause OF the
OMISSION nv did not know.
Mr. Dawson said The powers Of the COM
mi,iec res.ristea them to a prohibition Of
the expcr,ation of military articles.
Mr Crown,nshieid hoped the adoption
OF this new section would no, be press.
Cd at this time. The object ofthe blum.
DER consideration was TO prevent the ex
por,ation OF ccstain military articles tha,
Ct the new seGlion was to render their inn
Poria;ion free of duty. Hc would not say
that alta future time he would obiec to
tiiis measure; but he did not think il ne.
cessary at present. His mind not having
been drawn TO the subjS6t he was not pre-
ParedtD vote on it.
NJ Qaincy said he had made The mott
on because he considered the new section
coniormable 70 the principle &c the bill.
The object was 10 insure to the country
IS large portion Of raw materials as was
necessary Tor the exigcncy Of the times
If any gentleman was OF opinion that the
Qdantny on hanj is sufficient fer this sxi
gency he would be in favor OF shutting the
door against additional mpuriations, by
retaining the existing du les. r., en- The
contrary, there is not g,,iEcient quanii,y
en- hand, II became necessary and proper
that kind of bounty should be offered
Tor INCREASING the stock. He had apo.
Their reason for the SECTION he had offered.
The bill, a. it now stands, will look to the
public, as II the state of the country were
not so pressing as il, perhaps, actually
was. in i7sT The ground assumed in The
new section was taken. IF we now pass
the bill wi hout il. il win appear, said MIR
Quincy, as IL we did nqt consider our ex.
igsnc es rs great as we thought them then.
Without making comparison between
that period and this. think the present
exisencY such as requires similar s,ep.
Mir omiiie did not deem the amend
rnent proper one al this time. IL rela,
ed to snbje6t distEst from that referred
to the committee that brought in The bill /:
subjecto oil sufficient importance 10 stand
BY itself. He would not pretend TO say
that our present circumstances would no,
justly IL. But what hsd been done a, a
former period under other circumstances
was not proof OF its necessity al present.
Before we go into il. we ough, 10 enquire
what ITS eject would be on the revenue,
aHdwhe.her exis,ng circnmstance s reau,r.
ed the sacrifice il would occasion. Indeed
he doubted whether The house were pre-
pared q vote one way or the other. Fit
were found necessary. he would heartily
Concur in IL /; bat this was the more aues
tiona5c, as !, did not appear from the mes
sage of the president that he viewed il as
necessary.
Bis Didwel' was not, in this stage Of the
business, prepared 10 determine The pro.
.ptiety OF The measure, es he did not know
VIVA, rs bearing would be on the revenues.
OF the y. States. lie thought the house
ought 10 he apprised Of this, before they
could with pTopricty take a step which
might break in on The fiscal arrangements
efthe government. The gentleman from
Massachusetts says those opposed to his
amendment ough, 10 shew that ,hcte "a
suiiicieucy OF the enumerated articles in
the country or that our manufactures are
competent to supply them. On the con-
irary IL appeared to him that il was iocum.
benl on tbe friends Of ,hs proposition 10
shew that there would be deficiency. or
an inability of our manufactures TO supply
our wants. 10 cast this provision should
notbe adopted.
MIR CfDnniDshield observed that we