The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-21
NO. 81.

Mr.. Rowan, and opposed by Messrs. POM
dexter and Morrow Motion lost-hyes IS.
MIR. Ely moved that it be re-committed,
which motion, after a difFuse debate, was lost
Inc bill was passed, IS to 241
Mr. Lone reposted q bill to regulate pro-
cess IN Certain cases in the courts of the u.
). Referred to u committee of the whole
House.
NON-1NTERCOURSE.
Mr.. Nicholas stated, thatas e,c of the COM
mittee who reported the bill en- tue subject of
non intercourse, he was prepared to- act ON
II; but that he had been requested not to call
1t up, from the lateness of the day aud thin
ness of the House.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
On melton OF Mr.. ". diston. the House
resolsfa itself info a committee az the whore.
Mr. MASTERS in the chair, on the bill for
imposing :'ldilional duties on all goods. wares
and merchandise Imported into the United
States.
lIhis bill provides, "That an additional
ut~v OF rercentum on the permanen
duties now imposed by law, upon goods,
wares aud merchandise Imported into the
United STAG FROM foreign ports or places.
shall be laid, levied and collected upon ali
goods, wares and merchandise, which shall.
atter the thirty first day of Jan. 1909, be i'm
ported into ths United States from any fo-
reign port or place and further addition
OF zen fer cenfnm shall be made TO the said
odaItona( duty, in reshect to all goods.
wares and merchandise imhorted in sAihs
or vessels net Of the q. s.. and the duties
imposed by this act, shaIl.be levied and coll
!ected in the same manner, and under the
same regulations. mode of,ecurity, and time
Oh payment respectively, a, arc alrea dy pre-
Iscrieed by law, in relation to the duties now
! IN force on the i'm pnrtstinn Of articles ;..-
ported from any foreign port or place. Thar
THIS act shall continue in force until the 6rst
day OF April, 1910, and no longer Provi-
aeo, that the additional duties laid by this
act, shall be collected on such goods; wares
ssd merchandise as shall have been innort-
ed previous to the said,day
Mr. w. .hsfon., in the absence Of Mr..
G NJ. Canf6aN, the Chairman of the com
nilttee OF WAYS and Means. moved to fill the
plank IN the bill with the word seventy fvr
stating that the opinions of the member os
Tue had varied as to the propor.
ton with which to fill the blank. ,ome he
ing for 100, some for SO and IS had been ,.s
Ken as the average.
The motion to fill the blank with "seyen-
y hVe was negatived 51to 81 and ffty'S
sgreed upon, SO to 50.
The words in Halc i'm the abnve u.r~
struck ont on mot,nn IS Mr.. W. -6stou.
Inc words and dRozaauces "a 10 5yo...
oacS were inserted on potisn of the same
gentleman, between The words "r .eu,atinn.,
ana " mode OF security, &c"
n motion was made by Mr.. NHG1or ta
strike out the nrst section of the bill. which
gave rise tn considerable debate bu, ~.
withdrawn by Mr. Minor, who moved ill.,
the committee rise, with view to recomn;t
the bill. Motion nesatived.
mime course Of the debate, .Messrs Mil.
nor LLOYD. IA rladge, S0an St.Oaincv on
posed the principle of the bill on the pro,ppd
rat the house had not bcf re therY aHe sne-
Ciac on which to act; that The
CHles on imported goods ne-s ALREADY very
h'gh; that an increase Of them would en-.
courage e'asions Of the revenue laws bv
ROWING out great temptations to smug-
5lers /; thet the bill imposed additional dr.
'ies lndisc Intimately an all articles importes
whist the House, ho"eVer it might tag some
articles, should avoid burthcnine those arr;.
cles used almost exclusively by the poorer
Grasses OF the people that the tax ifraised
as proposed, would operate as a.comnlets
prohibition of the importation of some art;-
cies; that an additional duty would Increase
ne value OF goods now in the hands of mono-
pohzers, and excite discomfort in a part oe
the community and finally, that if the mea-
sure was proper in itself, it was at this tins
premature, the House not having decides
wnat course OF policy it would pursue.
Messrs, w. Aston. Fisk, Smile Tell.
Eppes, and Rhea (T-) supported the till. TbeS
remarked that those who we're opposed to sun.
porting the government would undoubtedly vot~
against any proposition for raising revenue tbae
besides producing revenue, the bill would encon-
rrge our own manufactures, and thus render =.
more independent Of foreign nations; that tho
measure lad been proposed at the last session
tho not acted on, and was therefore not a sudden
proposition that iftle proportion proposed wsr~
TOO large, the mi might rsfu , it and o.
gree to a smaller that it would be impo.,ibI,
at tins late period Of the session to form a ne ~ tor.
III ofduties discriminating between the incrcase
OF duty on different article. imported that even
'upposing there were a difference of opinion 40
to the mode of laying the duty, the time for Inc
spring importations was nearly arrived, and bv de-
laying the passage of tie bill beyond the presene
session tlIH benefits Of il would be lost that =
bill for imposing discriminating duties would he
wholly different from this, and could not he cot
through The House during the present session
Messrs. Lyon, Bacon, Cook, and BurwelI yvera
IN favor ofthe object Of the bill, but wished II 10
be So amended, as to discriminate between the ar.
ticles on which the duty was TO DO laid, excent-
ing from it those OF ,he irst necessity.
Hr. u r.. Williams wished to impose, The al.
diiIouai duly exclusively or goods imported from
England and Fra'rcc aud thus make the increase
~ duty a measure To operate on foreign nations
as well as TO produce revenue to the United
States.
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