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

that acnteness OF which he knew him 10
be capable, he would not have supposed
that gentlemen, III voting for the repeal,
were running a race of popularity.
Mir. SMITH, of North Carolina, rose,
since other gentlemen had adyerted iothe
! oppresslVenesS OF particular taxes, 10
speak OF taN which operated sricvouSly
I ON tile district winch he represented
the tax on distilaiion Who we're the
diSl,liers, he asked. and particularly OF
! NhiSkei Ner' they line farmers who iiv-
/ Ell on the sea board, ana obtained great
lprIccS Tor Their cro.S oi ,raiI or, were
! they the farmers OF the back couu-
I Try, producing much grain, and "a, a great
( distance from market, and under the lie
| ccSSisv OF converting II into spirit, 10 ge;
! n, IA i!lat shape, toa market! h was the
latter class, he SAID, vino pala consider
able portion Oi that tax, wsIich also Aeavi-
| ~ affected those who converted into spi-
rit the produce of their orchards. Tie
| tax on dl,illiduOn waS, IN fact, lax on
agriculture, almost as much as the direct
| lax. IL WAS besides unequal, as iie show
ed by various illustrations lie denied,
| also, III respect 10 this tax, the business oi
tiie argument, tina; tic consumer paid the
tax because, lac SAID, the tax preveute.i
tue diStll!er from comlu@ into conpetl!iu,i
with foreign liquors, and thus threw the
burden Ui The lax OH HIM. lie thought
tile diStlier had the same right 10 bring
his complaint into this House, and 10 ask
a respect inr his interest, as t.Ie mauuiac
| turers OF IRON, sugar, OF any other pro
duct. Relying, himself, on the report of
| the Secretary OF the Treasury, and salts
| he'd with the report of the committee of
ways and means; having also experienced
the unequal and mcsnNeneut operation
| of these taxes, he was determined 10 vote
| tor the repeal of them.
Tie question Oh the passage ofthe bill
was then determined by Yeas and Nays,
| as follows:
YEAS-MesSrs. Abbott. Adams, Allen, Mas
Alien, VI. Anderson, Pen. Anderson, Ken.
Austin, Bail, Barbour, Nir Barber, Ohio, Bas-
set, bdtenah, 5aNiey, Beecher, Beihnger,
Bennett, Bloomfield, Blount, Boden, Boss,
Burweli, Butter, Campbell, Clagett, Claiborne,
COBB, COlStOn, Comstock, Cook, Gratis, Craw-
iord, Ginger, Culbreth, Cushinan, Darlington,
| Desha, Drake, Earle, Edwards Eliicott,
Floyd, FOlSer, Forney, Forsyth. CAGE, Gar
nett, Goodwin, Hale, Hall, n. {. Harrison,
HasGrouck, isendrickS, Herbert HerAimer,
! l{enic.l, Hester, Hitchcock, Hogg, Holmes,
! Mass. Holmes, Con Hubbard, Hunter Hun.
! ingdOn, lughaHi, Irving, y. y. Johnson, Nirg.
Johnson. Ken. Jones, Kmsey, Kirkland, Law
yer, Lewis, Linn, Lutte. i.ivcrmOIe, Lowudes.
NJ Lane, w. mdclaY, w. II. Nlaclay, March,
| and, Coy, Mari, Mason. Ma. Mercer Mer-
rlll, Miller, Moore, Morton. Noseiey, Mum
ford, Murray, Il. Nelson, 4. NJ. Nelson, Nes-
hut, New, Newton, Orr, Owen, Palmer, Par
riS, Parrott, Patterson, Pawiing, Peter, Pin
dali, Pitkin, PieaSants, QuarieS, Reed, Rhea,
Rich, Richards, Ringgold, Robertson, Ken.
Robertson, Lou. Ruggles, Sampson, Savage,
Sawyer, Scudder, Sergeant, Settle, Seybert,
shaw, Sherwood, Slocum5, s. Smith, Bal
Smith, Alex. Smyth, ]. ;. Smith, Southland,
Spangler, Speed, Spencer, Strong, Strother,
Stuart, Tailmadge, Tarr, Taylor, Terril, Ter
ny, TOmpkins, Townsend, Trimble, Tucker,
Va. Tucker, s. {. Tyler, Upham, Walker, n
c. Walker, Ken. Wallace, Wendover, Wester-
10, Whtesde, Whitman, Williams Con. Will
ANS, \. Y. iiiIams, y. c. Wikin, Wilson,
Pa I6I
.NAYs-Messrs. Baldwin, Eopkinsou, Mid
dletcn, Jer. Nelson, Storrs--5.
So the bill was passed, and sent to the
Senate Tor concurrence.
The bill for continuing the NIint Es-
Enlistment at Philadelphia, passed thro
Il comn4ittee of the whole, Mr. Pitkin in
the char, the bill having been called up
by Mr.. Sey bert. The bill was ordered TO
be engrossed for a third reading, without
opposition
And the House adjourned.