Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-30

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DC SO much more certain aud he GATOR
ced particularY the necessity OF encoura-
Sirs all those articles at home, for
which we Row dependcd on the West
ladies, 20 which the trade WIS so precarOUS
that proclamation from tile Governor Ui
an island might at ANY moment cut It oil,
&c.
Severed other gentlemen entered into
tins debate, whose remarks We are unable
to give even in the above condensed man
Rer. Mr.. Wilde opposed the motion, and
Messrs. Milnor, Pickering, and Pitl.n, ad-
vccated it.
The question Oh striking out The sum of
four cents was then taken and carried
ayes 50, moss SIS.
Mr. n KIN moved to 81 the blank with
three cents.
Mr.. Forsyth proposed to 6llit with f0e
cents and spoke some time an support of
Il high duty ON the article which, hes2ld,
would be cultivated very extensively in
Georgia, It proper encouragement were 81
ven toit by the government. Mr.. Z. protest
ed also with warmth against the injustice OF
tlxing the south 70 support the in.n,dac-
tuners Of the east and get DENYING to the
south any security for tLeir manufactures
in return.
RIr. Robertson also advocated this mo-
tion. and Air. Pitkin opposed il when
The question on /iUe cents was negativ-
eli.
Mr. Clay then moved to hll the blank
with three ard q half but hoped some gen
tlem1n would propose 20 restore four cents,
in favor OF which sum Mr.. {. argued At
some length.
Mr. CASTOR spoke 4 short time in oppo-
sition - the proposed duty and earnestly
entreatel the House to consider those un-
-,
were blrtusnsd on the one hand to encou-
rage the manufactures ofthe east, and tax
cd on the other to protect the products OF
the south, *.
After an Intellectual attempt by Mr..
Woodward TO obtain reconsideration of
the question Ca striking out, with the view
of moving 10 restore J0itr cents his rea-
sons for which he briefly stated;
The question on filing the blank with
three and haif cents, Was carried; ayes
5 Cd, noes So.
The committee then rose. reported pro-
gress and obtained leave to sit again.
The Speaker laid before the house a let
ter from the President, enclosing 4 report
of the expences incurred, &c. in employ
ing counsel to aid the Attorney General of
the Unitcd States and report from the
Secretary Of War, respecting interest paid
on uniiquidated claims against that depart
ment--bota reports made in compliance
with Resolutions Of this House. They were
both ordered 10 be printed, and
The House adjourned.
Monday. March Is.
Mr.. Tucker, from the conntttee on
the District of Columbia, to whom was re-
ferred The petitions of sundry Banking as
so>iaioAs in said District, praying for
charters. made a detailed report thereon,
fovr-a.la a., 70 DraNaT nf tine Ylpf'tipnC.~S
volr tier complying with certain conditions,
which was ordered to lie on the table and
be printed.
THE TARIFF.
The House then again resolved itself in
to a committee of the whole, Mr.. BreCkcn-
ridge in the chair, on tne bill 70 regulate the
tariff OF duties on imports.
Mr. Smith Of " renewed the motion
H. made. and afterwards withdrew, on Sa-
tar'iaY, to cncrsase the duty OH lump Sill
gar 20 % cents, and on loaf to Is cents
pei: Ii. viii n, after some obi ctions by
Mr.. Pickering, and reply by MIR. Smith,
was decided in the affirmatve-ayes SIS.
Mr.. Southland proposed to increase the
duty on gunpDwder from sic to ten Cents
per ID. which he supported on the ground
fthc ability OF existing manufactures III
the u. States Go supply the whole country,
and the eXpediency of even prohibiting
10y high duties the importation of an arti-
Gle, which it was much our true poll
cy to encourage the manufacture OF at
hone.
Af,er few words from MI Lowndes in
reply. exp anatory CT the views OF the com
nfttce in fixing the duty at cents, which
was deemed fully adequate to protect the
domestic manufacture;
The motion was ncGaGYed.
MIR. Smith, after some explanatory Oh
ssrvations, and with the view of enCoura~
ging our own shipping by every means.
moved to exempt teas mported III vessels
Of the ". States froun as high . duty rs pro
posed ia the bill whish motion was mega
tlvcd.
Mr.. Hopkinson, after observing that the
proposed duty lead was greater thar
that On shot, and presenting it an iuadyer-
tency on the part of the committee OF ways
aad means moved 20 raise the duty OF oHe
cent on lead in bars Stc. 10 t1vo cents per
TO-; which was agreed to without objec-
ton.
Mr.. Ingham moved an amendment, the
Object of which was TO charge the ad va
lorem duty ON IRON aud steel wire Of % per
cent to 9 specific du,y Of cents per 10. on
wine under No. Is aad Of . cts. per Id. on
thot OF ~. 10.
After lev words from Mr.. Irving OF
Eew-Yorr, Mr.. Ward Of Massachusetts,
AMI Mr. Pickering, 20 shew the impropri-
ETY. ut the proposed ch sng- of duty and
by Mr.. InEham and Mr.. Minor in support