Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-27

ces, while acting as Comptroller of the
Treasury--
On motion Of Mr.. Smith of Md.
HeSolUed, That the Secretary of War
De directed to inform this House, what
Course has bees pursued by the war de-
partment as to the payment of interest in
Cases where bills have been drawn on the
department for money actually received by
public agent, and which bills it was not
in the power Of Tn Secretary to pay for
want of funds
Ola motion of Mr.. FORSYTH,
RESOLVED, That the committee of ways
and means be Instructed to enquire into the
expedicncy of increasing the annual allows
ance of ministers of the U. s. to foreign
nations, and of allowing annual salaries to
the consuls of the u. States, at foreign
ports.
The engrossed bill to repeal the duties
on household furniture and watches and
the engroSsed bill! for the liquidation of
| certain Claims. Gin cases of lost vouchers,)
were several:y read the third time and pas
see, the former by small ma iArity.
The engrossed bill to organ re a gen,
| eral staff for the army, was read the third
| time.
| MIR. Taylor Of y. Y. moved to re commit
| it.
Messrs. Hall, Root, and Hardin, respec-
lively supported the re-eommitment, on
the ground of objection to the section of
! the bill yesterday adopted, to appropriate
| $4,000 for the purchase Of military maps
| and charts.
Mr.. Nelson Ct Va. opposed the r'com-
! mitmcnt, and supported that n. 81 sion of
| the bill which was the ground or the lat
ter objection, which turned entirely on the
merits OF col. latham, the owner of the
maps which it was contemplated to pur-
chase, and the value OF the charts, sc.
The motion to re Commit the bill was "a
| greed te-ayes So, nnes45.
THE TARIFF.
! The Heuse then again resolved itself in
to committee of the whole, MIR. Breck-
| enridge in the chair, on the bill to regulate
the duties on imports, &c.
! Mr.. Strong Withdrew the motion he made
Yesterday TO increase the duty on imported
ttons end woollens and
| Mr.. Clay then moved to amend the bill
by increasing the duty on imported cottons
from tSuenty.fUe 10 thrty-three and
fhrd per cent. Mr.. G. made this motion,
he said, to try the sense of the house as to
the extent to which it was willing to go in
| protecting domestic manufactures-assu
ming that there was no difference of opin-
ion on the propriety of such protection,
but only on the degree to which encour.
| agement should be carried. He proceed
ed to advocate a thorough and decided
| protection by ample duties, and supported
! his motion at some length in which we
caanot at present follow him.
| MIR. Smith of Md replied to Mr.. CLAW.
aud argued against increasing the duty be-
| yond the amount recommended in the bill.
Mr.. >. took a very wide view of the SUBJ
ject discussing separately and fully the
effect which would be produced by the
proposed duties on commerce, on manu-
tacturSs, on agriculture, and on the reve-
Rue-and stating incidentally some obiec-
lions to the bill, and TO the recommends
lions OF the Secretary of the Treasury He
was IN favor ofprotecting domestic f4brics,
but diaeredfrom Mr.. Clay as to the extent
of that protection.
Mr.. Lowndes followed IN reply to Mr..
Clay, cd in reply alsoto Mr.. Smiths OBJ
jections to the report of the committee Of
| Ways and Means. He entered into an
ample and particular defence of the sys-
tenn reported on the subject by the commit
tee when
The question on Mr. Clay's motion was
decided in the negative-ayes 81, noes
Mr.. Pickering thsD,twith the view of
substituting an adj aorem duty, moved to
strike out that ciause of the first section.
which provides that all cotton cloths. lex
cept Nankeens,) the original cost of which
az the place whence imported, shall be
less than rs cents per square yard, shall be
taken to have cost IS cents per square
I'd, and shall be charged with duty ac
| cordingly.
This motion gave rise to further debate,
in which the exPediency of protecting ds-
| ties and their extent, were discussed at
much length. 1t was supported by the
mover, and opposed by Messrs. Lowndes.
Strong and Taylor, and negatiyed only 8
or rising in its favor.
Mr.. Clay then renewed his motion in a
modified shape, by proposing to extend the
| duty on cotton goods to thirty per cent. in
lieu of t7venfy-fvc.
Mr.. {. advocated this motion still more
at length than the frst--replying to many
| OF MIR. Smiths arguments, and entering
largely into the general question of the ex-
pediency of affording protection to our own
| manufactures.
Mr.. Robertson replied to Mr.. Clay. and
| answered general the objections which
| had been urged by MIR. &. and others IN
the report OF the committee of Ways and
Means, which he defended, as proposing
Just and ample protection to domestic
! manufactures,
After Mr.. r. concluded, the commit
tee rose, obtained leave to sit again and
the House adjourned.
The debate which this day took place.
On the subject of manufactures was very
interesting, rs well from the manaer as