Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-05-12

now manifesied-it reminded him of A
brabam offering up his son Isaac as
sacrifice on the altar.
Mr.. StorrS opposed the re~eonsdera-
tiOn-he was not one of those. who be.
cause they could not have perfect sys-
tenn, would not have any addition what
ever 10 the revenue. What harm could
n do thus To raise four or five hundred
thousand dollars OF revenue without any
expense " haiever to the government? In
iernal taxa,ies did pot Imply direc, lax
alton. Mr.. Storrs commended too that this
WAS very important bill, if there never
passed another, in favor of the manu!ac,
tusrs oil the country and he would moi
consent 10 destroy l, because every thing
which they wan ed could not be accOn,-
pii>hed.
MIR. Lean of X. opposed the motion,
because he Contended the bill would aid
the revenue, aud the manufacturing in.
teresi ; as we'll favor the real American
merchant, by cutting up part of tie
great portion OF the business of the coun-
Try now done by foreign merchants
Mr.. Campbell was also opposed TO the
motion.
Mr.. Rhea was in favor of i,-cor. from
the beginning he MAS opposed TO the
bill which was AT one time represented
as bi!! 10 crate d revenue from sales @ {
foreign goods at another, ii was 10 ex-
clude them from The marker.
Messrs. Foot and Euiiey were both on
posed To The motion.
Mr.. Snuh of NJ. was also opposed-
upon the gronnd that the bill would
produce To the Treasury not less than
5Oo,OoO annually lie asked, would i;
nj be an important advantage to the A
merican manufactures Ia send his mann
iactutes 10 anciion Without charga, whilst
| open sales OF foreign goods would iiaye
10 pay 10 per ceui?
Mr.. JohRSon 1--WE give his remarks more
| an ertenSo) said, that, In his vote Oh this
| hllI, he Should endcavor TO preserve
consistency of character. lie had
voted against The iamuus navigation ac,
OF 1918; he had voted against The change
| ~ The node of dlsposIng of the public
lands; lie had had an opportunity of
voting two Ways already on the present
question, and he should vote The third
time precisely III coincidence with the
votes he had al; eady given He inclined
think, he sand, that stranger " ho had
attended the discussion this morning
wodid believe that there were but Two
interests IN The country. One gentleman
S"'H NV bi'i NOuIii btEtlII me merchant
another that II would benefit the manu-.
iaFiur'r- This WAS the best practical
comment he had ever witsess ed on thr
OIL Doctrine Of Let things alone. Let
people manage their own affairs, said
Mr. J.-gve no encouragement 10 this.
iHai, Or HE other class. The people of
i''i, country understand their own inie.
r'slS, ani will pursue them 10 advantage;
bu', whenever yuu attempt by legislation
to i.are a iavori'c class by taxing other
rias- y"I inter r. 10 the prejudice OF
thoNr ci"ss &c Besid, 8, Mr. j. was op
posed 10 The passage Of Ibis bill, from re
SarGlng II as The first effurt 10 introduce
a system OF Internal taxation. In time
o' war, he SAID, lie had already sheWn,
by his vote, that he was wiling to lax
every thing but, in lime OF peace, he
was disposed 10 let every man tax hims
self What lie pleased by his consumption
OF articles o! foreign growth or manuiac-
ture.
MIR. Lite WAS decidedly opposed TO
re-consItt ration
Mr. II. Moore was i'm favor of il. He
had been IN favor OF the system reported
BY The committee of manufactures, con.
SIsting OF three paris. Two out Of the
three having been lost, one IN this House,
ana The other III the Senate, lie vas ops
posed 10 retaining the third. In this case,
b" was governed by the law of circum-
stances. He would not consent that Two
or three states III The confederation should
be deprived OF an important branch of
fhe'r revenue, derived from sales a. auc.
ton, (under their State laws,) when, no
iniporlan, national object was 10 be ac-
conplished by it.
Mr.. BahiDin'S remarks we also give
more a@ ertcnSo.-He repeated, what he
SAID lie had before slated, that The bill.
a. II originally stood, had not been sup.
ported by linn as proposing a prOhi
biiory duty Oh auction sales but be-
cause he did rot b Iirve that less than
10 per cent. would place the American
ana foreign merchant on an equal footing
~ The market. With regard 10 This bill.
II was now one thing, and, when il pro
posed duty of 10 per cent il was
different thing. He begged The house 10
consider that the bill was now no longer
The work OF The committee of rsanuiac-
lures. In the minds Of some gen ileulen,
however, II Was III its present shape, 10
protect manufactures as we'll as TO aid ;he
revenue. Gentlemen who had uniformly
voted against lie tariff, and some OF
whom had voted against this bill as il
was reported by The committee, could
how discover great beauty in il. IL
would help the revenue, they knew; il
would help commerce, they knew and
II would heIp manufactures too, If Tie
house could bal be persuaded b. then,
to believe II. Gentlemen Who had voted
against the whole system reported by The
co 1mItiee; who said that 40 further pro.
tecliou Was wanted for manufactures,
now that The bin was so changed as 10 be
inefficient Tor us intended purpose, and
partial IN every other view-now that il
was suited To tide wafer only, were warm
" ~ favor Of IL, as being more impor-