Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-06

/ Having achieved at such a sacrifice these
great objects, be deprecated their surrender.
| BY the policy proposed BY the system OF
which this bill was part. &c. &c.
Mr.. Meigs. Of N. York, entered'into Sc
RES Of arguments. and referred to a number
Of facts, TO shew the beneficial operation
which this bill would, to certain degree,
have on the domestic industry of the nation
generally: to which great object he was
friendly. Though, therefore, the bill mlsn.
afford perhaps but little aid to manuiao cures
he was in favor Of it.
The question was then taken on REDUCING
the duty Gin the above section) from zen per
cent, to too md haJ per cent. and was
negatiyed, without count.
Mr.. Strong, of New York, then, Tor the
purpose Of destroying the bill. moved to
strike out the first section thereof, and fol-
lowed his motion by speech OF some length
against the bill-contending that the sales
proposed to be so highly taxed, were not in
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furious to the interest of the community that
whether the tax was intended for prohibition
or for revenue, it would be partial, and would
be defeated by the sales of goods in com.
mission stores sc.
The motion to strike out the first Sec
tioa was negatived-
Ayes So
Noes rs
Mr.. Butler, of N. H. then moved 10 strike
out Ten and Insert Five per cent.
Mr. Wendoyer moved to strike out Ten.
and iasert Eight.
The latter motion, being first tried, was
negatived.
The motion to substitute five per cent.
for ten was also negatived-
Ayes Ga
Noes TO
Mr.. CulEreth moved to strike out Ten,
and insert Six per cent I; which motion he
made because he YVES friendly to the OBJ
ject of the bill, and because he feared that,
unless the duty were reduced, the bill would
be lost.
This motion was also negatived.
Various amendments were then success
sively offered to the details of the bill,
some of which were accepted, and many
rejected ia the proposition or discussion
of which. Messrs. Smith. Of Md. Baldwin,
Culbreth, Wendover, Whitman, Silsbee,
Foot, Hill, Mclean, of Ken. Beecher, and
Nelson. of Va. were most active.
The bill was so amended, on motion Of
Mr.. Baldwin, as % take effect from and al
ter the 3oh of June next.
The bill having been gone through, and
the blanks therein all filed,
The committee rose and reported the
bill and amendments to the house, and the
amendments were all concurred in and,
after receiving some further modification.
Mr.. Tracy OF N. York, moved that the
bill be indefinitely postponed which mo-
ton was decided in the negative by yeas
For the indefinite postponement 66
Against it SO
Mr.. Butler, of New-Hampsbire, renew
ed the motion to strike out Ten and insert
Five per cent as the duty and the yeas and
nays were called but refused. The motion
was lost.
Mr. Storrs, moved to strike out Ten and
insert Three per cent which was also ne
gatiyed.
MIR. Smith, of Maryland, moved to strike
out the 18th section which provides that if
any goods imported shall sell for more than
me prime cost an additional duty Of per
cent shall be laid on such sale.
The motiop was agreed to.
Mr.. Culbseth renewed his motion TO
strike out Ten and insert Six, per cent ;
which was negatiyed
The question was then taken on order
ing he bill to be sngrossed and read a third
time, and decided in the negative. as fol-
lows
Yeas 72
Nays II
So the bill was rejected.
A motion was then made by Dir. Butler,
of n. H. that the house do now reconsi-
der this vote but before deciding this
question
About o'clock. the house adjourned.