Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-10

| IN every point OF view. HlIhOuC going over
the elevated, the digni6ed ground on which
| this question stood, it ought to be main
tanned BY the House.
Messrs. Wright and Grosvenor also
made some remarks in favor of the priv
lege-after which,
The question was decided in favor of
concurring with the Senate.-YcaS 80,
Nays 81.
An engrossed bill to increase the pen
sions Of certain invalid pensioners d; the en-
crossed bill to continue the salaries ofcer-
tain officers of government-she engrossed
bill ma king appropriations for the military
establishment for the year 1916-and the
engrosssd bill making appropriations for
the support of the navy for the year 1916
were severally read the third time, pas
sed, and sent to the Senate.
The House then proceeded to consider
the report ofthe committee of the whole
house, on the bill making appropriations
for the support of government for the year
1916.
The original bill contained an appropri-
alton of 95 per cent. in addition to the
salaries heretofore allowed 70 the clerks of
the several departments. This increase
OF compensation was stricken out by the
committee of the whole house, and on the
question of concurring in the amendment
Mr.. Culpeper said he felt some objecti-
on TO the indiscriminate rejection or the
addition first proposed. He adverted to
the great depreciation Of money, the in-
creased price of necessaries. &c. as rea-
son TOR believing that an additional allow
ance was IN some cases necessary. Mr..
Z. thought that every man who devoted
himself to the public service ought to be
comfortably supported-he believed few
did already receive compensation suiIi-
ciently high, the salaries of some being
1000 dollars, and he would not therefore
lay ON the IS per cent. indiscrimioately
but he said there were individuals in the
public service who were not decently
maintained, and to such he wished an
increase. Mr.. c. thought maximum
might with reason and propriety be esta-
blished, which no salary of clerk
should exceed, and by which others
might be graduated. When Mr.. c. con-
cluded--
The amendment was concurred in bv the
House, without a dissenting voice.
lhe House agreed successfully to the
remaining amendments of the committee,
and then ordered the bill to be engrossed
for a third reading.
THE TARIFF.
On motion of Mr. Lowndes, The House
proceeded to consider the report of the
committee of the whole house on the bill
to regulate the duties on imports.
The question on agreeing 10 the a.
mendment of the committee TO reduce
the duty on unntanufactured gvool from
tfteen to SeOen and a hGkf per cent. ad va
loren, btirg put
Mr.. Root opposed the amendment, and
made some remarks on the impoiicy of
leaving the country open to foreign com
petition in an article which It was so i'm
portant to encourage the domestic in
crease of. lie hoped the House would not
agree to the amendment reported by the
committee: and demanded the yeas and
nays on the question.
The amendment was then agreed to by
yeas and nays.-Yeas 70, Nays g..
Mr. Forsyth then moved to strike out
the whole the amendment adopted by
the committee to graduate the duty on
imported cottons, (by laying duty of 80
per cent for two years from the 3Oth of
June, IS per cent. for two years there
after, and then of 20 per cent? except the
st named sum.-in other words, to reduce
the duty on cottons to 90 per cent. from
June next
This motion involving the general
question of the degree Of protection
proper to be afforded to domestic manufac-
lures;
MIR. CASTOR rose and delivered his opin-
ions IN oppos ton to the policy of burtten-
ing the communityby an extravagant duty
on imp 'rts. fer the purpose of encouraging
domestic manufactures. Mr.. G.. spoke
about an hour.
Mr. Cuthbert followed on the same side
OF the question:, in speech of about the
same length ; when
The question was decided in the Dera-
tive as follosys:
YEdS-Archer, Baer, Barbour, Bas
sett, Breckenridge, Bryan. Caldwell,
Champion, Ciilsy, Clark. n G. Clayton,
Culpepcr, Cuthbert, Edwards, Forney,
Forsyth, G1ston, Goldsborough. Hale,
Hall. Hardin, Hester, Henderson, Herbert.
Hog r, Hung ford, Jewett, Johnson, Va.
Kerr, Va. Lewis. Love, Lovett, Lowndes.
Lyon, MCny M'Kee. Middleton, Moore.
Moseley, Murfree. Nelson, Ms. Nelson.
Va. Noyes, Pickens, Pickering, Peasants.
Randolph. Roane, Root, Ross, Smith. VI.
Stanford, Stearrs, Sturges. Tate. = aylor. 6.
| G. Telfalr, Thomas, Vose, " I'd. Ms. VIII
cox, Wide, Woodward, Wright, Yam
cey.-65.
NAYS-Adgate. Alexander Atherton
| Ba'eman, Bayiss Bennett. Bctt~, B r1sall,
| Boss, Brooks, Calhoun, ChappelI, Com
stock, Crawford, Creighton, Crocheron,
| Darling on, Davenport, Desha, Gold,
Griffin, Hahn, Hammond, Halves, Hop
klnson, Hubert, Ingham, Johnson, Nv
! Kent, Laaglon, Lyle, Maclay, Marsh.
/ Mason, Mayrant, M'Ieau. XIV. Rinor.