Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-21

The committee suggest that the right |
of petition wlil be brought into disrepu,e
If the house YaSlo sasciion The language
used IN iliennsemorials. have sliewn
10 you that there Is DI,hing offensive
In The memorial which presented (: and
while the committee avow Themselves
friendly 10 the right of petition, ask, il
this report is not calculated TO destroy
the exercise OF that right? Will the peo-
pie OF this country cohdeseenG To ap>
prosrII you. ii they are to.suhjecl them
selves To Your rcproaches Will they be
so lost to themselves as 10 address YOU
OH subjects ofgreat national concern,
when they are liable TO be secuted al as
iimid and ignorant? No, believe me,
they will moi. Ii does not comport with
their character, Ror the principles Of this
government. They have right TO speak
10 you IN the language of authority. Who
are you, that should thus elevate YOUR
selves above them! Are you any more
than their Seivants2 Ii you b., sir, you
have undergone strange metamOrphosls
since the establishment Of this govern
ment.
! thank the house FOR it's attention 10
me. l hsve no propositions in rrsardAto
the repor, now 10 submit. My object has
been accomplished. My remarks will 90
forth 10 The nation, and, trust, will be
sufficient to relieve my constituents from
any odium to which they may have been
subjected and any disposition which
the house may give 10 the report will be
satisfactory 1" me.
Mr.. BALDWIN replied, and defended
tlie report Of The committee, In substance
as follows: He referred 10 the language
OF The memorials OH the subject, and the
impu,a'ious on the motives of those who
supported The SYST NJ OF protection last
Session, as we'll as 10 facts which these
memorials falsely alleged, To shew that
the language Of The report VAS just'tiablr
that u "as strong but not rude, aud might
With justice have been stronger; thai IL
said no more III thai the unioundcd al
legations OF the memorialisls were untrue.
Mr.. Is. was particularly sorry that sxcep-
ilnnable remarks were inserted in the
Richmond memorial, inasmuth as II VAS
tho only one OF all those uppo-.d
10 IN" Tariff which expressed Wiling
ness that any Thing al all should be Il he
Tor manufactures, and was, therefore,
characterized by superior degree Of ii
beraliiy. lie admitted The iull right in
Inc people to Spcek freely OF ihe ieuden.
cy Of The measures OF Congress, bui nOt
10 come forward aud charge the House
with what was not tuc; that the Tariff
Bulls contained no proviSioH for the abo-
IIiion of dra" backs was obvious 10 every
one who bad read them, and therefore
the petitioners had certainly asserted
| what was untrue. IKE only proposition
relative 10 draw hacks was made In the
resolutions OF gentleman froni Kentucky
! (Alr. Irlmbie) which were never called
| up tor consideration. These unfunndcd
reports had been IN circulation a wear
uncomlradicted Ia any manner which
would counieracl them and II was The
| object of the Report 10 simply perform
| th,s duty, and d!sabusc the public oil The
subject, DC.
Mr.. TYLER reioined. substantially,
thai, 10 correct any error la - hiclt poI-
non al the people may have fallen, il was
not necessary 10 denOuncc them as tim
| id anA ignorant.
Mr.. KINsLEY, of Maine, offered few
| remarks, intended as tie reporter under.
| siond, not hearing him distinctly, 10 de-
fcnd the memoriail~ls OF Bcita,, in Maine,
from Intentional miSrepre> emialOn of Tic
| views of lie supporters nf the new Tariff.
| II They had supposed that the PROPOSE
ton, tO abolish draw backs VAS passed al
| tile last session, their distance irOtiI the
| seat OF government and reliance upOn
incorrect channels of information might
be presumed 10 have caused the misap
prehenSiou; and, al any rate, The mistake,
lie conceived, Was nOi worthy OF this long
ami labored report from the committee of
manufactures, or the severity OF Language
which il applied 10 them. He could NO,
CONCEIVE Why The committee had selected
from all the memorials OH the subject.
TWO from such distant, and almost cx
trem" points. as Richmond and Belfast.
| fer their animadversion.
Mr.. TRIMBLE, ell Kentucky, submit
| ted few observations in explanation of
| The resolutions which lie offered at the
| last session relative 10 The cash pay meni
OF duties, and 10 the repeal of HE duties
| on drawbacks. When he moved those
resolutions, he was not prepared 10 say
| The draw back system ought 10 be abO-
ished, though there we're petitions then
before the House from some parts ofihe
country praying Congress 80 repeal Tie
| system. Ills object was enquiry only, and
| he brought forward the resolutions thai
he whole subject might be before The
House lie might say, however, that
| such repeal was not sustained alone by
HE petitions TO which he referred, bat il
was supported by The opinion OF one of
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This country or the world, he meant
Thmas Jefferson. In letter 10
friend here, which MIR. T. had perused
soon after he offered his resolutions,
That great statesman had pnnledly sug.
gesied The expsdiency Of abolishing the
whole drawback system. Mr.. T.. sad,
Tor what he had done lie should moi deem
u necessary 10 appeal TO the aDthoriiy of
any man. and should not, therefore, have
adveried to tie opinion OF Mr.. J, Hersnm,
deserving as II was OF respect, but
That his proposition on The subject of
drawbacks bad becu treated rather ca
valieriy by those who had thought pro