Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-04-06

| Mr.. Smith Of Md. expressed his re.
|gret that his collier que had offered
lths resolution. and made one or two
remarks on its improperly |; alter
(which
/ Tie resolution was Withdrawn by
the mover and
/ The question then required on
mfr. Forsyth's motion SO to amend
1.-The amendment Of the committee
respecting the duty on imported
lotions, as to substitute duty there
lon Of twenty PER cent. al vaicrem
from the 3Oth June next.
Mr.. Wright proposed to modif,
this amendment, by making the du-
| ty twenty one per cent. which he
thought was an ample protection. n
with which the manufacturers ought
to be satisfied.
Mr.. Smith objected to this mod
fcatinn, because il varied in so small
la degree from the original motion.
He had hoped hat some gentleman
would propose TO return 10 the TWEEN
ty Eve per cent reported by the COM
mittee OF ways and means, which he
would prefer as permanent pro-
|tectiOn.
Mr.. Hardin moved still further TO
amend the original motion by max
ing the duty fwenty I've per cent for
two years after June, aud twenty
per cen. thereafter; which Mr.
Wright accepted as a modification
lOfhis molten.
I Mr.. Mason then spoke at eensi
derabIe length Oh the general qnes
ton efprotection, giving summary
history of the rise OF cotton manufae-
lures in tiIis country. and adduSiag
various statements and calculations
TO prove the necessity OF high duty
in order TO sustain che existing ma
inufaclures.
MIR Hophinson remarked, that the
arguments submitted by Mr.. Mason
were SO conclusive on his mind Of the
necessity ola liberal preteetioa. that
they had decided him TO vote fsrl
MIR. HardiH's amendment.
Mr.. Pickering argued a short time;
against an exirayaganf duty, as an
necessary for reasonable protectioul
not believing that the existing manu-
features required duty Of twenty
five per cent. for two years; after
which
The question on Mr.. Hardin's mo-
tion was decided in the affirmative
las follows;
YEAS, Archer, Atllerton, Baer, Rac-
bour, Bassett, Bradbury, eckenridge,
Burnside, Champion, Chappell, CiIley,
Clarke, n. c. Clarion, Culpeper, Cub
bert, Edwards, Forney, FORSYTH Cas-
ton, Goldsboroush, Goodwin, Grosye-
nor, Hale, Hs!l, Hanson, Hawes, Hcis |
ter, Henderson, Herbert. HopkinsoI,|
Huge, Hungefford, Jewett, Johnson
Va. Kent, Kerr, Va King, NC. Lo-|
Ivett, Lam don, Law, Lewis, Lovel
lLowndes, Lumpkin, Lyon, Middleton !
!M'Coy, M2Kee, Moore, ~ oselv, Mel |
son, Ms. Nelson, Va. Noyes Piekens,
! Pickering, Pinkney, Peasants. Reed
Randolph, Roane, Root, Ross. Ruggies /
sheffey, Smith, Nd. Smith, Va. Stuart
SS.earns, Sturges, Taggart. Tate, Tay-
or, 5. c. Eeitair, Thomas, Vose, Ward.
lass. Webster, W'hiteside. Wilcox.
Wilde, Woodward, Wright, Yancey--
| NAYs-Adgate, Alexander. Baker.
| ;ateman, Baylies, Bennett, Bots, Boss,
BirdsaiI, Brooks, Calhoun, Chapman
iendennen, Cons ock, Conner, Craw-I
| ord, Creighton, Crocherop, Darlinqton,I
Davenport, Desha, Glasgow, Gold, Crif-
lin, Hahn, Hubert, lugham, Irwin,
Penn. jackson, Johnson, X. Lyle
Iaclav. Marsh, Mason, Mayrlnt, Mill
81, M'Tean, Ky. Newton, p1rris, Pr
er, Pitkin, Powell, Reynolds, Sar-I
cant, Savage, Schenck, Sharpe, Strong,
onthard, raaI. Throop, Townsend,
wallace, Ward, N. Y. Wendoyer,E
| Wheaton, Nilkin, Willoughby, Viii!
am Wilson. Yates-60.
| Mr.. Mason then moved farther to
lamend the amendment by striking
Iout the miDimum duty Of twenty per
lcent. and the limitation 10 the twenty
1--we per cent, in effect to res:efe the
permanent duty Of twenty FIVE perl
rent. as .renorled originally bi The |