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


cations and he was confident the effect of
the resolution would only be to prncrastinate
drcision, without rendering it any more COZ :
rect. lfOnce the inquiry was given 10 this
committee, we should soon hear gentlemen
say, they" could not proceed till they had the
repoIt-why urge the discussions commit
lee has the subject under consideration, let
US walt tn hear what is their conclusion :" aud
wnen obtained, II would be mere opiuiOn,
and would blind nobody. Besides, if the
COMMITTEES of Ways aud Means must report
the operation of the bill on revenue, other GEN
tlenen might urge that the Ccm,sittpe on
Agriculture sh"u afterwards tell the House
now IT wonld affect that interest, and when
they had reported, some other gentlemen
would he very anxious for "A similar report
from the Committee on Commerce, and thus
we were tn proceed till the session was vast
ed away, and then put off the bill because it
MAS too Tale TO act upon it,.
Mr.. Culpeper of n. e. and Wickliifa OK
support-d the resolution. Messis. Stewart
and ingham of p. oppos-d il.
Mr. TRIMBLE uf krntucky, thought no.
thing would be- gain-d by the restitution. He.
must correct AN error into which gentlemen
had iairn. They sre,u-d la represent IL as "a
thing conceded by the friends Of the bill. thar
u was IL diminish The re, enur. lie protested
against any such idea The friends OF the
N.
trary, IT he gould not demonstrate that il
would increase the revenue from three. 10 fiy,,
millions of dollars, and beat down completely
AL arguments To The contrary, he should
hInk he had taken leave nf his senses On
That subject, weak AZ were his powers he was
willing To meet "a Hercules, land he knew thar
this House contained such.l If gentlemen
hardened their ears, and " could not he con-
Vhceo, there was. la be sure, NJ convincing
al NJ.
House since 1893, and 10 reference had ever
before been proposed 10 committees, iu lear,
It's operation. he had the deesest respect
for the Chairman 0fihe Committee of WAYS
g. Means, hut II that gentleman should drclare
that the tariff bill would impair the revenue.
ne would moi hr'icve him. He would how Il,
IN mans calculations. Even those of Mr.
Madison, when laid before This House ON !,
former occasiun, were not received AS being
wholly correct, or as final authority. Bnt NJ
gentlemen wanted the opinion of an nd, idu-
al on The subject, The proper officer TO apply
To was the Secretary of The Treas,isy. Hs
was at the head ofihe Finances of the coun-
Try, and ought In he competent, il any man
should be, 10 give the information now suuah M
FOR.
Mr.. GARNErr said, That though the infpr-
nation was important, the mode of obtaining
IL was nut SO, and since the gentleman frau,
hehlucky had 80 kindly pIuifrred demonstra-
Ton upon the subject, he proposed that rbs
House shouid apply To that gentleman, la pre.
ference either to the Chairman Of the Com.
mi'tee of Ways and Means, or the Seer, tarv
"i me treasury. tie pr. feTred certainty TO
specuiaiion-ansi, AZ The gentleman had il IN
ms power 10 give the House demonstration. ba
should think very hardly uf him il he refused
H. Ihr gentleman has told US that AN u-
crease at duty produces AN increase of lar
prInriple for which The House ere CERTAINTY
Indebted In him. But, as 10 the effect og din.
~ upon reUenue-wr had an example beior.
us IN the case OF England, from which il an
Feared, that an Increase of duties did not all
ways produce an increase of rereHae In thu
case OF teas, aud im believed several other ar
hcits, when III" duty was raised, the revenue
was dInlnl- he'd, and when the duty WAS after
wards diminished the revenue increased, The
experiment had been several times repeated.
aud with the same result
lie presumed the gentleman from Krntnckv
would not say that duties absolutely prohibii
DRY would Increase the revenue but. as he
was pnssess"d nj full information on the whot.
subject, and prepared to drlnonslraie, the
House certainly needed nothing from The
Committee of Ways and Means
Mr.. TBIMBLE said, that the only reason wbv
he had not gone into The demonstration. was
because the general effect 0f the bill had not
yet come up idr di5ctissOn. lie could not
wen intiodnce II on Il motion about fgs and
oranges. But VI the gentleman from Virginia
would go win hlm into committee room
w would Take mp too much Of the time of tn,
t1ousr,) lfbe did not CONVINCE him. before he
f0se, that this bill would Increase the revenue
men ne would agree TO vote with thar gem
ileman; unless, indeed, the gentleman hard
eDed his ears.
Mr. GARNETT replied, that he should have
SAID noihIng about figs aud oranges had ha
not perceived that " heat was in th.. bIll.
Here The debate was sfrd by the Sneak
er VINO announrrd the orders Of iIlc day.
APPROPRIATIONS hill
The House then again resolved itself inton
Commntes at the Whole, Mr.. TAYLOR in The
Chair, TN the bill making appropriations G,r
the military service of fl.e UniIed States. foe
The year 1924
The following blanks in the bill were flied
up -
For contingencies Of the army, SEQ. DOE
Armuries, sGo ono
VTun'nce service, 4s,OO0
Pensions. to Revolutionary
=, Pensioners, i,29i716 50
Mr.. BRENT here made some ,rn,afke ont
40 The amount of this iirm, hat on the want
ni pnncluality IN the payment uf The pen
.ions. Iiry were, prOlcssediy, To i've paid ia
March hut were often moi paid till Jnne-bv
winch distressing disappoiminpnts we're som4-
times suffered by aged and infirn soldiers in
s"much, that they had, ia some cases. as-
signed their right to- receive their pension. At
= discount ut 90 per cent to prisons who
look an ungeuer0us advantage OF their neces-
sltirs.
MIR, McLANE rxpiained This delay AZ attsi-