The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-03-06

salt, it would raise the price still higher I
| the consumers, as eventually every tax j
paid by them. The business of taxa,io
ught TO be considered in the spirit of &c
communication the salt tax would bear
! .ittie hard or one part of the country, tn,
impost and tonnage duty OH another, the
| spirit tax on another, the carriage & stamI
tax OH another, and the direct taxes on O.
Tiers. 1t wonld be impossible get taxes
| to bear equally on all. 1t was believed, tina,
II the system was taken together it would op
crate as equally as any other that could be
produced.
The question was taken on agreeing to
this tax of 10 cents bushel on dome site
salt, and negatived, a6 to %. The Yeas *
Nays were,
iEAS.-Messrs. Archer, Bard, Chitten-
den, M. Clay, Cochran, Crawford, Fitch,
FRANKLIN, Gholson, Goodwin, Macon, Max
well, Moore, M'Bryde Mccoy, Pearson,
piokens, Randolph, j.. Smith, Stanford
Iallmadge, Wright,-2o.
NAfS.-Mcssrs. Aston, Anderson, Ba-
con, Baker, Bassett, Bib, Bigelow, Black
ledge, Blocker, Boyd, breckenridge Brig
ham, Brown, Burwell. Butler. Calhoun,
Champion, Cheves, Condit, Davis, Desha,
Dinsmoor, Earle, Ely, Emott, Findley, Gold,
Goldsborongh. Gray, Green, Grundy. b.
Haii,O. Hail, Harper, Halves, Hufty, Jackson,
Johnson. Kent, King, Lacock, Law, Leftover,
Lewis, Little, Livingston, Lowndes, Lyle,
M'Kee, M'Klm, MetcaIf, Mitchill, Morgan,
Morrow, Mose'ey, Nelson, New, Newboid,
Newton, Ormsby, Piper, Pitkin, peasants,
'ond, Porter, Potter, Quincy, Reed, Rich
ardson, Ridgeiy, Ringgold, Rhea, Roane,
n nerts, Rodman, Sage, Summons, Seaver,
Sewer, Seybert, Shelly, Smile, G. Smith,
STUART, Stow, Sturges, raggart, Tracy,
iroup, Turner, Van Cortlandt, Wheaton,
White, Whitehiil, Wilson, Winn,-96.
ne question was then taken on agree
ing TO the proposition, as reported by the
committee of the whole, for LAYING a dnty
Of 20 cents a bushel on imported salt. and
nsgatived. 90 to 81. The yeas and nays
were,
fEAS.-Messrs. Aston, Anderson, Ar
cher, Bacon, Bassett, Bibb, Blackledge,
Boyd, Butler. Calhoun, Cbeves, Dawson,
Desha, Earl, Findley, Green, Grund V, Is
Hall, 0. Hall, Hufty, Johnson, Kent, King.
!-acock, Little, Lowndes, Lyle, M'Kee, M
Aim. Metcaif, Minor, Mitchill, Morrow,
New, Newbold, Newton, Ormsby, Pickens,
peasants, Porter, Quincy, Reed, Rmggod,
Roane, Roberts, Sage, Sammons, Seaver,
oeybert, Smile, 9. Smith, Stow, Tracy,
Ircup, Turner, Van Cortlandt, Winn,-57.
MASSACHUSETTS. Baker, Bard, Blocker,
breckenridge, Brigham, Brown. Burweil.
champion, Cbittenden. Clay, Cochran, Con
dit, Crawford, Davis, Dinsmoor, Ely, Emott,
Fitch, Franklin, Gholson, Goidsborough,
Goodwyn, GRAY, Harper, Halves. Jackson
Key, Law. Leftover, Lewis, Macon, Max
well, Moore. MBryde, M'Coy, Morgan,
1Moseley, Nelson, Pearson. Piper. Pi,kin. Pond,
Potter, Randolph, Ridgely, Rhea, Rodman,
st SaMaffE Shay iasyga FH fsrmadge,, ' NKeafoh,
Whitehill, Widgerv, Wilson, Wright, so.
Yeas 57-Nays so. Absent on this vote
% members, zig. Messrs. Bartlett, Sullivan,
Cults, Tallman, Avery, Cook, Pauidiug,
Cobb and Cannot, absent from the city
and Messrs. Clopton, Bigeiow, White, Da-
venport, Sturges, Fisk, Strong, Livingston,
Gold and Richardson absent from indisposi
ton and other Causes
HE 5th resolution next came under con-
sideraton for laying duties on distillcrs );
when
Mr.. N1'Km moved to strike cut what re-
lates to laying duty on the capacity of
the still, and to insert in its place Is cents
per gallon. a.
Mr.. Ssybert did not know that lie should
have made a single observation Oil this SUI
ject, had it not been for the vote which had
just been taken but he must acknowledge
he felt himself SO disappointed and mord-
fed, that he believed he should vote against
every other tax. For if gentlemen will OPP
pose one item of taxation, because it hap
pens to fall a little harder OH some sections
OF the country than others, whilst other gen
tlemcn, for the sake OF accommodation, have
consented to- lay mhCh heavier burthens OH
their constituents, ne despaired of estab
lshiug any system of taxation. He had
been told we were entering on war
for commerce. He did not SO consider it
lie believed we were about to engage i'll d
war % maintain our honor, liberty and SOW
ereignty, as a nation. Whilst the PeInsyl-
yaniaps are selling their wheat for two dol
lars a bushel, it could not be said thel
wanted war to obtain any better price for
ther produce if any part of the country
were influenced by motives Of interest,
IL must be the tobacco and cotton plan
,ers; it iaight therefore be rather ter
med war for agriculture, AID a par
ocular species of 1t, than for commerce.
But he had always considered It as having
higher OBJECTS in view.
The Sneaker declared the motion of the
gentleman from Maryland to be out of or
Ter; as all propositions for raising revenue
must first be discussed i'll committee OF the
whole.
A motion to adjourn was made and car
ried.
Adjourned till Monday. '
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