Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-03-01

tax on distilled spirits. From the returns o. |
the quantity distilled in the u. States, it ap
peared that duty OF Is cents per gallon
COULD produce larger revenue than the
whole OF the 13 tax bills las, session report
ed by the COMM tee Of WAYS and Means
The advantage OF a tax of this description
over direct,ax or other taxes would, he
SAID, he obvious; and he was persuaded
that there was time enough to introduce and
mature bill for that purpose. To bring
this subject before the House, hc offered the
following resolution:
Rc@oiUed, That the committee Of
Ways and Means be instructed to report
Dili to Impose duty on al spurious liquors
distilled IN The Gnsed States, not 90 exceed
an average OFFS Cents per gallon. according
tothe degree ofproof thereof"
| liie House having agreedto consider the
rcsolution--
Mr. Wright made long speech in sup
portof the motion.
| Mr. Johnson opposed this motion as found
ell on untenable ground, partial. i'll timed,
ana altogether, IalySr the circumstances, as
a monstrous proposition. twas so obvious
~ unjust as TO render 1T unworthy of enqui-
Try.
Mr. BIB remarked, en- hassaat, that the
| oena'e TO which this motion had given rise
was happy illustration Of an assertion the
o.her day that it would be practicable, du
ring inc present session, to discuss, mature
ana pass the bills foieFawng taxes. Mr.. b..
proposed that the resolution should be Il
mended by referring the subject to see c.
committee, as the committee of Ways and
Means were known to be opposed to it.
| Mr.. Chevcs spoke to The same effect
| MAR M Kim accepted the modification
proposed by Mr. Bbb.
Mr.. Grundy and Mr.. Findlev spoke warm
ny against the resolution, as partial in its ma
ture and inexpedent.
Mr.. M'Kim defended it.
VT. Va nee spoke warmly and augumen-
1auNcy against it, He%SAlld not for mo-
ment conceive that such aproposition could
for moment be entertained by anv res.
pectabie portion of The House. He allu
oed also to the peculiar situation of that
cHuAtfy whom this proposed tax would at.
.ect---the people of the west, who now
had 10 bear the brunt of the battle, and o.
Vef when was gathering a most portentous
cieuo-aiiudmg TO the congregation Of hos
tile Indians on the frontier.
HIr. Cheves AGAINST the resolution, be-
| Cause he was opposed to exclusive taxation
on any particular portion of the country
he Was willing such tax should composs.
= pare ct the system of taxation, the bur then
II which, however, he wished TO set equal,
| iy dis, rib ted.
| Mr Quincy remarked that the reason
assigned by Mr.. Cheves against the motion
was the vtry reason he should vote for it.
AZ The last session part only ofa report
OF whoie system by the Committee of
Naysand Means had been adopted. That
part OF it was the double duties, tax af-
iectng enc portion ofthe people exclusi, ely
| Now prop, sition WAS made for tax to
operate on another portion of the people;
and he should vote for it, because in his
| opinion the only way in which genera sys-
lem could be nrganized, was agree to
me partial proposition, thus offered.
| Mr. Stow spoke nearly to the Same effect
! as he last speaker.
| The que ton was then taken by Yea,
and Nays on. this proposition, and decided
as follows:
fEAS.-Messrs. Bacon Bigclow, Black
led e, Bee ker. Brigham, Burwell, Carr.
Chit euder, Condit Cults, Davenport, Dins-
mo r, Ely, Fitch, Gholson, Gold, Good
wyn, Green. Grosvenor, O. Hall, Halves.
Huf,y. jackson. Little, M'Kim, Mitchell,
Morgan, Nelson, Newboid, Pond, Potter,
Quincy, Richardson, Sawyer. Scav,r, Shaw,
Stow, Strong, Tallmadge. Tallman, Van
Cortlandt, Wheaton, White. Whitehall,
Williams, Wrght--46.
NAYS--Messrs. Aston, Anderson. Ar
cher. Avery, Baker, Bard. Barnett Bassett.
Bib, Brown, Butler, Calhoun, Chamvi,h.
Che es, Clay, Cochran, Clorton, Crawford,
Davis, Dawson, Desha. Earle, Emott, Find
ley, Franklin, Godsborongh, Gray, Grun-
dy. B,ffall, Hyneman, Johnson, Ken. edy,
Kent, Key, King, Lacock, Law, Lewis,
Lowndcs, Lyle, Moore, M'Coy, MKec.
Metcalf, Milnor, w iTow, MoSely, New.
Newton, Ormsby, Pearson Pickens, Piper.
Peasants Porter, RiBggold, Rhea, Resne.
Roberts, Robertson. Rodman. Sage, Sew.
er, Seybert, ]. Smith, Stamford, Stuart,
Sturges, sullivan, Taiiaferro, Tracy, iroup,
Turner, Wilson. NVinn--75.
So the motion was negatiyed
ENFORCEMENT OF NON rMPoRTATIoN
The House resumed the consideration of
the unfinished business, viz the Remnant of
the bill lately referred TO the committee of
WAYS and Means.
The motion pending on the last adjourn
meDt, was, to strike out the 5ht sec. which
prohibits the Judges of the u. States from
giving UP property under judicature, on
| the owners giving bonds for refundny its va
lue.
After considerable desutery debate. the
| motion to strike out the section was mega
| lived.
For striking out the section A.
Against it "a
Mr.. Minor then moved to strike ont,the
section OF the bill which provides for laying
an additional duty on foreign tonnage, and