Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-28

quite AS much himself In auswer To the gen
tieman from New York, he disvlain,ed all re-
Election on the motives of that gentleman. lie
spoke only of the aspect aud bearing Of his
motion, IN connection with the speech that at
companird it. He thought tne course not on
ly unusual, hut disrespect ful-inasinuch as, by
parliamentary usage, the molten Ia strike out
the enaciins clause Of II bill should proceed
from those who spposed Ia its passage.
Mr.. Mariindae said, that when he made the
motion, lac was not aware Ut any understand
ing entered into as to the coarse uf discussion.
NOR did he think that any such understanding
could property exist.
Mr.. C"ok said, that the gentleman from Vir-
gInia, Dir. SteveGs0n.1 would defeat his own
ohj.:ct. ii he succeeded in obtaining Il silent
vhe "n the motion Ia strike nut, AS such a
motion, once passed upnn, could not afterwaids
he repeated, and thus ali general discussion
would be piecuded. But If he had .ightly
understood the gentleman from Nrsira >n
his left, MIR. Barbour il was the wish ri men,
hers that the general principles If the bill
should he discussed in the first instance.
Mr.. L. Z. Barbour explained-that he did
not mean before tho items had been gone
through with.
Mr.. Cook advocated that discussion, in or
der that the general objects nf the bin might
first be settled. IF was a bill To adj vance the
genera! wealth and prosperity of the country
10y system of home protection, it IS ould re-
quire one kind of discussion but, If il was
merely revenue bill, il would require quite
another.
Mr.. IcDutfie said that there were ryo gene
raj principles that applied to the whole bill 1t
was mass of particulars and different prn-
ciples were involved in each'of it's t,co hu,,oiyed
and Sirty items. He, therefore, suggested 10
the gentleman from New York the proprle,y
of Withdrawing his motion.
The suggestion not being complied with
MIR. Clay observed, that some experience
In Legislative bodies had taught him that more
stress was often laid upon the mndes and
forms of doing public business than was at all
necessary. Ii a discussion Of the general
principle was desired, il might be- brought up
on any one of the items ofthe bill. 1t would
necessarily come up in Il variety of forms Ii
was, however, the established parliamentary
usage that mutton to strike Out the enac,i,,g
words formally thu first seciiontof hill
should precede the motions 10 alter lis several
features. This was the course lately pursued
ON HE bill for internal improvements Mr. G..
again defended the gentleman from New York
Some farther conversation took place on
the mode of proceeding TO he observed in the
farther progress Of the debate. Mr.. Floy,l
made some remarks, which we heard but i'm
perfectly. Mr. Livingston protested agains,
his vote not TO strike out, being understood as
committing him for the bill as il sto0d-be-
cause he viewed IL, in ifs present form, as
pregnant with mischief-but thought it might,
with proper notifications, become the source
ofgreat public blessings. Mr.. Hamilton said,
tEat he was MT SO incorrigible an iuidel, in
respect To the specific virtues OF the bin, as
gentlemen seemed 10 suppose. That when
he had formerly said he should oppose it inch
by inch, he meant in IFS then form-hui If suit
ably modified, he might possibly vote fur it,
But It's friends seemed 10 wish tu act the part
OF DIR. SangradO-and not only compel the
opponents 10 swallow the bill, but 10 swallow
II whole, without any alteration.
The question being put on striking out the
hrst SECTION Of the bill, was decided IN the neg
alive, Ii only rising in its favor.
The question then recurring on Mr. Brent's
motion to strike out the clause laying duty
on cotton basgins-
Mr.. Poinsett rose principally for the pur-
pose OF corrobOrating the statement made by
his friend from Louisiana, in his argument 10
prove that the price of the Cotton bagging
was not paid by the consumer. In every
market in Europe. there is tare allowed for
the bagging, varying from four 10 five and six
per cent. and further deduction is made for
the cotton which IS frequently stained by the
bad quality of the bagging. II is on this &C.
count, that the cotton bagging of Kentucky
when brought into the same market with that
ofDundee and Inverness, always sells from
SO 10 rs per cent. lower. His friend from
Pennsylvania, (Nir. Buchanan, ),would readily
perceive, therefore, that nothing short of d
Prohibitory duty will effect the object gentle.
men have in view.
hearing unequally on a particular class Of the
community. Those articles which bore an
Gd uGtorem duty, were in the bill proposed to
be raised only from 90 to IS per cent. while
on this article ofbagging, an increase of duty
OF from GO per cent. was intended on that
formerly laid. The Chairman of the Com
mittee of manufactures confessed that the du-
ty would be prohihitOry. The hon. Speak
er said it would only produce "a competition
between the American manufactures and
those of Inverness and Dundee. On that
competition, he wished To submit few ,e-
marks. Those two small Scotch towns were
situated in high northern latitude, Zone in
81 deg. the other in So deg. NJ ina poor and
cold country. In order TO procure the mate
rial for this cottOn bagginS, there called hemp
Sncking, they had to send up the Baltic, about
1900 miles, to DantZic, and bring il To Inypr-
ness. All the fuel they used was brought
from London and Liverpool. All The food
they ate they bought. They were at great
expense TO get the article for, having nothing
to send out in exchange, their vessels went
up the Baltic in ballast, and had 10 pay Sound
duties Mt Elsineur. They were ut great
expense in sending out the manufactured arii
Gle TO this country for it was bulky: they
paid freight, commission, and insurance. And
yith all these charges on the article from its
origin, and The duties added on its imp0rta-
ton, they entered the market with the
manufactures Of the West, who raised The