Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-12-24

| a constant loan OF about 20 mHions Vi oo'
lars, and the Treasury. in tina respect. may
be considered kind Of loan Office, to encou'
rage importations 1t was'believed, he said,
tina, thi, system oflong credi operated as
bounty 10 eepori specie and as premium
to discourage the expectation OF our home
produce. That il operated as a bounty to
promote i'mporta,ios and discourage doane'.
tic manufactures, was true fact, capable oil
the c]earest demonstration. II such, said he,
is the tendency of the present system, 1t IS
time TO begin a revision. The result OF the
| enquiry will show what encouragement can
be given TO domestic manufactures, beyond
the cash payment OF duties.
Mr.. T. thought the proposed change OF
such importance to the importers, that they
ought to have fair notice Of it. As body
he knew them to be numerous and respecta-
bic, and he had no wish, on bis part, to spring
the question on them by surprise or slratagem
their objections, when matured, it they
have any, may afford light on the subject.
As to the drawback, he would only say,
that some attempts had been made, as he was
informed, to pay the duties in deprecated
currency, and get the drawback in good pa
per. This, If true, ought to be corrected.
, He did not know that he should be in favor
of repeating the draw back laws, but some
regulations would have to be made on that
branch of Revenue, and it was perhaps best
! to present it and the other subject at the
same time.
Mr.. Smith, of Md. expressed his satisfac-
ton that Mr.. Trimble had thus early bro't
, forward his motion, but, he observed, if Mr..
T. should succeed in his object, ii would be
laying the axe to the whole system of reve-
nue.. Had il not been for the drawback sys-
TEN, Mr.. S. said, the revenue of the country
+, never would have been what it was-but
for that system the public debt would never
have been paid. This was molten, he
said, of vital importance and he repeated
his pleasure that it had been introduced in
time to give it full consideration,
A motion was made by Mr.. Silsbee, TO lay
the resolution on the table and printit;-
which, after remark or two from Mr.. War
fold, Mr.. Rhea, and Mr.. Trimble, in which
Mr.. II. assented 10 the course proposed, the
motion prevailed, and the resolution was
laid on the table accordingly.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS.
| Mr.. Jones Of Tennessee, offered for
consideration The following resolution:
Resolved, That the secretary Of war be re-
ouired to state to this house whether, in pur-
suance OF The law # 10Th March, 1918, any
pensions have been granted, which, for rea-
sons he will state, ought not to be granted,
and what course has been pursued in relation
TO such pensions, OF those to whom they have
been granted.
MIR. Jones said he was induced to Of
| fer the resolution to obtain information
on subject which had excited much
interest. The Revolutionary officers
and soldiers. or some of them. were
charged with the commission of frauds
ip obtaining pensions under the law OF
1918. II this was true, the nature I'll
the frauds should be known, and re-
mcdy should be applied. On exami.
ming The law upon the subject. he said
he was disposed TO think there was no
power to prevent their receiving the
pensions thus illegally obtained. 1.-THE
law vas defcctive,it ought to be amend
ed.
This motion and those incidentally
made relative to it produced some dis
cussion, and some amendments to it
previous to its adoption, OF which the
following is brief account:
| Mr.. Strothcr Of Virginia. moved tn
amend the resolve by adding t. the end
Of il the following words:
"And the number and names Of those who
have been placed upon The Pension List from
each state, and the amount paid in each state
under the said law"
Mr.. Jones accepted this amendment
as a part of his motion.
| Mir. Bloomfield, of New Jersey, sng-
gcSteh. that this resolve could not be
necessary, the subject being already
distinctly referred to committee OF the
house. who had the subject under CON
sideratinn. and would doubtless obtain
and report all the necessary inlorma-
ton.
Mr.. Whitman Of Massachusetts, mo-
we'd that the resolve should be ordered