Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-29
scCongrss ofths United States.
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES,.
TAuRsDAY, MARCH %: ,....
. DEBATE, g, -. e..
. o. redRctian Of the army andN&Vy.
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/. MA. RasDo1pH said he had no idea ct
provoking the discussion which had COM
eoenced. .-,He was willing TO submit his
proposition TO She sare committee rs
had under consideration the gentleman's
proposition for laying additional dut'es'
and let gentlemen take their choice.
The great difficulty which he felt IN speak
iag IN this Hall had caused Mr.. Randolph
70 omit one: remark, and that was--that II
Congress did mean to lay additional dusiss'
irwould be necessary to keep them on not
only ibis year, but many years. Mr. H.
said be had not expected that the gentle
man. who 10 at the head Of the eomm'teee
OF finance in this house, such In opinion on
the subject Of direct taxation as was TO DC
gathered from his Observations. Wnat
would be the ELECT OF laying addiIionas du.
tics Fer one or TWO years Inc ehsct
would be that the articlss On which the du'
~ was laid would not be Imported, be-
Cause they would have 70 compete IN the
market wtthhhose ARTICLES already imported
free :pf additional duty and moreover
would have 10 contend against the well
grounded expectation that in short time
the duty would he taken Off So that IN
stead Of getting revenue YOU dim!nish by
layiog additional duties, because the verJ
articles which are 10 produce revenue Will
cease 10 be imported. There is no clearer
question in finance or even IN arithmetic
than this.
His colleague had said. Mr.. z. ohsevv'
ed, that the revenue having diminished,
heavier duties must be imposed on CERTAIN
articles. Why! Because, torsooth, the
articles are imported under disadvantage,
owing TO the cncrease OF our domestic ma
nufaetures, ESQ, if in order TO get reve'
nue. higher dutiss were tobe laid on import
ed articles, not able to contend in our mar
kets under snly the present duties, this
was 'slsogether new plan to him 1t must
be Of the new school of finance; It was al
together ineomprehensible. With respect
to the principle sha, those who incur debts
ought to pay them, Mr.. K. said ne agreed
with his colleague and although he was
not one of those who incurred the debt, he
was one ofshosr who were willing to pay
it. They weula, unquessionably by this
system Of additional duties destroy what
revenue was left, from duties On imports
and tonnage. He said he rather suspected
his colleague had fallen into small mis-
take; and that when he spoke OF ad va!o-
rem duties on goods imported, ne ought to
have said on articles undatied: for under
.hs prrhsns regime they did not amount to
precisely the same thing and MR.. said
If we got back, which he did NOT know to
hs~prscsieable, to tbe old System, we should
find an increase Of revenue, no,withstand.
ing the rivalry Of our own manefactpTss'
One word more ,said Mr.. X. and nave
done, a. lsa., for to-day. Among the Oh.
ircts which induced me to, submit the mo-
ton now before the house, or at least one
which In any mind ought 10 weigh IN IT'S tao
vor, is this: that this planting our soldiers
like so much rice ina swamp, wmeh my
colleague wishes to see brought to light, and
in which wish concur, has had one effect
--ithaa given the coup de grace to the re-
cruiiipg service, which never was a very
Acurishing branch Of our home Spanufac-
ture of standing army. If 1.-THE true, as
.lleped, thar dead msn tell no takes, it must
be also true that they can draw. ne rations.
But I can dernonsstates however true 10
eou,uou sense, sthatis 10 not true IN the
treasurv,--sor :thsse neveE has been "a To-
s,aree Of ore dollar refunded nSshe army
Or ips.y Tor persons. not in place, although
,he .ssi,nass 10 alwsys made Up on the sup
positiona ,has the complement OF msa 10
,sOnplsss and full - ~. .