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

Secretary of the Treasury" in place of =" the
Committee Of Ways and Means" it was de- |
cided in the affirmative, ayes 30, noes CO. |
and the question being on adopting the resu- |
luton as amended, iii. Yeas and Nays were |
called for. Before taking the Yeas aud Nays,
Mr.. McI.an- Of Delaware, offered furiht
amendment, inserting after the word Resolrrt
" That the com;nitter of the whnle be- dis
charged from the further consideration of
the bill, anti that Il be referred to the S,crr-
tary of the Treasury, with directions 10 re.
port" SC.
Mr.. McI.ane stated his reason for offering
the amendment To he, that, if the resolution
were directed to that officer, il must of necrs-
sity be accompanied with The subiect-maiter
Ola which he Is 10 report.
Mr.. Sharpe opposed the amendment, as
calculated to einbarrass the proceedings on
the hil
Mr.. Hamilton supported the amendment,
as il would he loss Of time TO go on with
discussions OH the bill, while it was referred
for consideration Ia an officer of the House
At the suggestion df Mr.. Slorrs, the resol,,-
ton was SD amended as not To discharge the
committee from the discussion, but {" furnish
the Secretary with copy of the hill.
Mr. Mangum, while protesting his general
objections To the bill, supported the amend
maDt and resolution now offered as !; measure
Of fairness, tending TO bring light upon the
discussion.
Mr.. Owen protested against an intention or
retardng the discussion, and assented to the
amendment as now proposed.
The question being taken on Mr.. McLan-'s
amendment,i II WAS decided in the affirmative
ayes 1917.
MIR. Rich offered IA farther amendment, To-
strike out the words of The government"
and insert after Z" revenue," the words ";he
commerce, and manufacturing, aud agricaI,u-
fal interests Of the u. States"
Mr. Rich supported his amendment by a
few observations, sisnifying that revenue was
not the only interest tn be considered in the
Legislation of Congress.
Mr. McDufie opposed this amendment as
unposing duties which had no reference to
The official duties Of the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Mr Owen followed on the same side, and
seemed To consider the amendment us intend
ed either to rdcue Or evadr the object Of the
resolution.
Alr. Floyd objected TO the whole course
proposed. He thought il was not consisten,
Miib The diSnit, of the House, 10 go for infur-
nation, and FOR the suggestion of its future
duties, 10 one Vt the Presidents Secretaries
and moved to lay the resolution, with the
anne ndment, on the table. .,
The Yeas and Nays being called for, on
this question stood-Ayes o6, Nays 80.
REVISION OF THE TAaIrF.
The House then resolved itself into Com
mittee of the Whole, Mr.. Condict in the
Chair, on the bill 10 amend the several acts
laying duties on imports.
MIR. Mariindalc resumed the speech which
he had yesterday commenced, on his own
motion TO strike out the enacting clause Of
the bill +; and, having concluded them
Mr. A. Stevenson rose, not, he said, to make
any remarks in reply To the speech which
had just been delivered, but to dssuade both
the friends and the opponents of the bill, from
going into discussion Of its general princi
pies, on the present motion. He thought the
course pursued by the gentleman from n
York, was without parallel. After the
House had, for two weeks, been engaged in a
discussion which touched the vital ntert SITS
of the cOuntry-after the TIVE sides of the
House, in relation to that discussion, had
agreed, fist tn go into the several items of the
bill then To take up its general principles :;
and, If a decided majority should appear TO be
in its favor, then TO agree to make its provi-
sons as little exceptionable as possible-for
nat gentleman to get up and occupy the
COMMITTEE for two days, with speech against
his own motion, and on the general principles
oil the bIlI-thls was offering an indiSnity to
the House, and was a course which this House
ought TO spuTn-he hoped that a unanimous
vote would pass, without discussion, against
the motion, and he called on the friends, as
well AS the enemies Of the bill, to pass suck a
vote.
Mr.. Floyd hoped that the House would
vote for the genileman's motion, and against
his speech-in which it would appear that the
gentleman had been peculiarly unfortunate,
since scarcely any orator before ever failed
of convincing, at least himself, that the mea-
sure he proposed was proper. In ordinary
cases, MIR. +. said, he was against motion or
this kind but this bill was of such an enor-
nous character, that be should advocate the
motion II ought rather to have been entitled
"A bill to tear up commerce and destroy ag-
riculture, than to amend the duties on import
ed articles.
Dir. Clay was glad that gentlemen would,
with whatever views, now vote on the general
question, but he saw no cause for so much ex-
ciiemeDt against the course of the honorable
gentleman from New York II was, TO be
sure, unusual IL was not one to- which he
should have advised him. But il had Only
been adopted to bring up for discussion the
general principle of The bill as separated from
its details. But, though the course, in its
form, was unusual, it was not so very UNUSUAL
to see gentlemen make speech on one side
OF question, and afterwards vote on the
other He had seen frequent Instances of
thissin his public life. He trusted gentlemen
would not vote in favor Of striking ou. AS to
the bill going IN tear up commerce, and God
knows what-alI that belonged To the discus
sion Of its merits Add if the honorable gen
tleman from Virginia thongh, that such was
IFS tendency. he should shew il by argument
rather than Ivy violent expressions. He hop
ed 10 hear that gentleman Ito whom be al
ways listened with interest) il answer 10 The
60, Al.