Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-18

he would not discharge that debt by op-
pressing the people Mr.. Il. concluded
by saying that the internal taxes were
now useiess-worse than useless, as hay
isg the effect ofrendering farce amount
OF The capital of the cOuniry uuproduc-
| tive; I.'aithIy were unsrcesSary now, and
! unnecessary prospectivriy, becaese, wieH-
! ever necessity demanded it, there was en-
| ergy enough III the people 10 cal! INTO be-
tiuh the resources ui the Eailon--and sat-
fV,,ni ior the day was the evil tAereof.
Mr.. J0HNSON. of Virginia., SAID he had
not Intended 10 have opened his lips ON
| this question:, and should not have done
so but for The remarks of the Member
from Penusy lvania, (Sir Baldwin, He.
IL seemed, would not enter into The race
OF popularity. With due respect 10 the
char, Mr.. }. said IL had thought this re-
nIark ought 10 have received It's animal
version
The SPEAXER, interposing, said, that
the remark had not escaped his atteAli-
on, and would have been noticed by him.
had he not presumed ii Ia have been IN
advertenily made, and not intended to
bear that construction which might be
given 10 it.
Mr.. BALDWIN rose in explanation.-
lie had NOT Intended, he said, TO use
tae expression in an offensive sense
lie mad no design Of thatsort lie meant
narely 10 say, i any gentlemen were
disposed TO ran The race Of popularity,
ne would not join it. If what he lad
SAID was liable To any harsher interpreia-
ton, he was sorry, Us Il was not his mean
ing.
Mr.. JoHEsoN resumed the floor. He
said he did, al The last session of Con
gress, present 10 tie House statement
founded ON facts, by which he proved
from official documents beyond the pos
sibIiiiy OF doubt, that Tor no legitimate
object couldtho taxes be desirable; and
had then also shewn hos oppressively
they had acted oil his constituents. The
first gentleman up from PENNSYLVANIA.
tMr. Hopkinson) seemed to anticipate
war, III telling iAe House that the nation
was, he unprecedented, about TO tread in
periiOus path: and thai therefore these
taAes ought To be retained TO guard against
deficiency OF revenue III such an event.
These poor two 81 a half millions, MIR. !.
suggested, would 30 but little way to-
wards this object; but if wanted, they
might be again imposed. How that gen
tlenan acted, (Air. Iiop.msOn) during
the late war, MIR J. said he did not know:
but, said he, appeal TO history, 10 the
Journal Of the House, 10 slew how act
ed. never shall shrink from The duty of
imposing taxes when the necessities of my
country require ii. voted a tax of more
than one-tourth Gifts product on the most
extensive manufacture OF my constituents
i voted 10 pledge the soil OH which
live, in which rest the bones ofmy ances-
tors, to pay the war debt But am not
Disposed, nor will consent TO continue
tax, which is unnecessary and injurious,
when the necessities of the country DO
not require it. Mr.. J. here referred to the
treasury estimate of last wear, reasoning
from II, that there was no fear of defici-
ency of revenue for the future. In that
report the Secretary furnished the fol
lowing estimate eithe amountw which would
be received, for three successive years,
from customs, viz
For 1917, 100000
1918, 10000, 600
1919, $4,000, 600