Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-05-11

me question was upon amending the bill, in
pursuance OF the motion which AR. Smith sub
"'''eu yesterday, TO strike out the clause hmm.
sing a dirty on ann, factured ,rooi.
'hr. barbour moved that the bill be postponed
'o' ana made the order of the day for, to-mor.
row lis reasons were, that some Of the nu-
tnefous pirate bills, now before the Senate
should be taken up, ond that he might have the
opportunity OF explaining his views Tomorrow.
on Inc resolutions he had submitted this morn
ing. winch have relation to this subject. Tho
motion was opposed by Messrs. I.ioyd. of NARY
land, and Talbot II ,v,s dao;inS :; ,, " '''i
tive. i1 ''e nes@-
he question then rccurrcd nm ,,r sn,th..
molten to amend the bill by striking ont tbn
'"uSe proposing 10 levy certain duties ON I'M.
ii'''iiuiactlred wool. mr.. Smith now vara,I bi,
,notion. The bill, rs it came from the other
'io"se' proposes an immediate duty of twenty
per per cent al va'orc,n on manufactured wool:
us uo "a 80 : ane, 1850 after which time il is TO
remain at ttyfe,- co'at nd valorenl mr.. 8. nro.
posed to strike out all that parts of fbe c,ans,
wh'cn specihes the duties on this ar...1 and
10 make 1t read as follows: ssOn wool rn,n,r,,
iactured, eight cents per pound.n
:, DIT. smith addressed the Senate in sunno,t os .
ehis amendment Messrs. Ruggles, Holmes. 81,
n Sau, enandlcT, Lloyd, of Maryland, Talbot.
J n;n,. OF kentucky, Brown, D'Wolf, aud
Dickcrson, sevcrally spoke in Opposition 10 ~.
amendment. tessrs. Lloyd, of Mass. and ,,ljS
also, opposed the motion to amend. They ,ror.
| against the imposition of the duty. uronosod h.
the b'il on THIS article, but thought, if any ,lnt
was to be imposed, it ought to be an ad r1l,ren,,
duty; as the great difference in the price and
quality of this article, would render = snac;Te
duty very unequal in its operation.
| Mr.. Lloyd, of Massachusetts, stated. tbat Id
considered the reasoning of the honorable rem
| ticman iromOhio to be conclusive against q sno-
CHIC duty which would impose the same rate of
duty on wool which cost II cents Id. with tbat
| wmch would cost 100. He observed that the
icgit'mate object OF the bill was to protect the
manufactures OF the country, and of these none
were more worthy of the patronage of the oo-
Vcrnment than the manufactures of the conn
try, ana OF these none were more Worthv cf tl,,,
| patronage OF the government than the manpf,c-
ture oil woollens, none incorporated itself mora
intimately with the Northern and Western -.
ficuitural interests of the Unlen, and he belicT
ed none was, at present, more depressed. Ono
principal object of the bill was TO enco,r,,.,,
this manufacture, to enable it to enter into CON
petition with the manufactures of Great Ri
tam; and, to this, we were imposing bcavy d,,.
ty Oh the raw material at the time when (sroat
britain was taking it Off InEnsland, the man
uiactufe oil wooLcn had been object of great
national attention; for long time il had no S,t
or only one of about farthings a pound nro'
badly to ascertain The quantity imported. This
?, was the case until 1919, when the exnor., os
Wooilch nad amounted, for a course of vears
iromS to 100000 sterling a year. On the
imposition OF this small duty, the export decJin-
/ ed, and in 1923, fell TO f5,Uo 600 sterl;no. 49,, J,
the Germans and the French interfere5 with
thc;-i, ard got Part 'ofthc expert. This no sa;J
was the secret OF the propose,t repeal of the dr,
~ OF Oh IN England, when we were putt;ro T.
on. ne would, therefore, advocate, in prefsr-
cnce striking out the duty, though he lsnn,v tba
as'lct,.u. SIS might be averse ii; and, if this
were were 'he case, ne should reluct att. But some
oil them thought the duty would be ipiurious -,
Tic wool grower; and this he knew from a ette-
he submitted to the Senate from very resnnc.
taoie ana experienced gentleman, at present !.
farmer IN Vermont, large wool grower. and
owner OF sheep, and to whom the United States
were principally indebted for the introduct;on of
t"e , ihVa,uapie race OF merno sheep He allu-
ded to VIM. Jarvis, Esq. late United States,
Counstl at Lisbon, and who was decideJIv 81
OPINION that the duty ON imported wool wonl9
by It's reaction, prove a discouragemenf nj
manufactures, lessen the demand for the wool
and, consequently, the price in the market. and
inlure, instead OF benefitting, the wool-grower.
Mr.. Elliott called for division of the ques-
ton; and the chair declared the question 10 he
! first upon striking out the proposed duty IN
L manufactured wool N
Mr. Smith then Withdrew his motion To in
scrt a SPECIFIC duty of eight cents per ,,o,nd
and the question then remained upon ,t,.;k;,,,
e out. fO'' ''' ''s''s'
Mr. Mills said he was perfectly Willing TO vot.
8 Tor reasonable duty as the highest progressive
;, duties proposed in this bill. He, therefore
e moved to amend the bill by striking out SO much
as proposes the prospective increase of the dutv
on wool, over Twenty-Five per cc,,tum a1raioren,
Inc question was then put upon this amend.
!, ment' and decided in the negative, by Yeas ar,s
u Nays, as follows Gus 'n'
ru nhA3 p =, Barbour Branch, CLAYTON,
Il Holmes of Miss, H. johnson Of r.
Johnson Of La, Kelly, King of AL, King Of N
q Y, Lloyd of Mass, Macon, .JGlls Parrot.
smith, Van Dyke, Ware, Williams-21.
NAYS.--.Nessrs. Barton, Bell Ror.,,
brown Chandler, D'Wolf, Dickerson. Eaton
EDWARDS, flndlay, jackson, johnson of Ken
. might, Lanman, Lloyd of Nd, Loyyrie. Nc,
iiyaine' Noble, Palmer, Rugglcs. Seymour. Tai.
DOT, Taylor of Nir., Thomas, Van Buren-os
30 the Senate refused to adopt the anendno,,t
proposing to limit the duty on wool to t,eenf.6,e
per cont "3J'eS
: .ur. Elliott then withdrew his propos;t;,n 10,
divide thequestion, which proposition womb have
made 1t necessary to put the question ON str,;r,
out all Of the proposed duty on wool ''''."e
Mr obis then moved to amend fbc hill h,
STRIKING out so much as proposes the prosncc,;yo
increase OF the duty over thirty per ccnfn,n Al
Vaoren' The question was put on this arnord =.
inen'' and decided in the qlGrnatico, by Yeas &,
Nays, as follows: ''' "
!, YEA5.-Messrs. Barbour Benton. Broa,l,
layton, Eaton, Elliott, Gaillard. IIa,o1
lioiines OF Me. Holmes of Miss, Jackson, n
Johnson OF La, J. S. Johnston OF La, Kelly
h'ug OF La, klng of n. Y, Knight TIovd ~
Mass, Macon, Mills, Parrot, Smith, Van Dyxc