Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-04-13


a vote would affect the proposition con-
tanned in the Instructions which were given to
| the Committee, on the re-cumnitment of the
bill, at the instance uf the honorable member
from South Carolina. He did not wish to
press the subject upon the Senate, but hoped
| that AN opportunity would he given To him To
record his vote in favor of he bill.
| MIR. Thomas,w no had voted III favor ofre-
commitment, mo- ed, in order tn meet the
wishes of The gentleman from Kentucky, thai
the vote by which the bill. WAS re-committed
should he re-cOnsdered.
! Mr.. Hayne opposed the consideration Of
that vote. He said he had stated, when he
| made the mutiUn TO re-comnt the bill, that
he visited no member, who was in favor of
the foal passage Of the bill, would vote for its
lre-coinmI uient- he considered that vote
| ~ distinctly expressing the sense of the Sc
nate on that subject. Mr. n. proceeded 10
consider tine principles of thu bill, aad said,
he believed it altogether an Inefficient remedy
for the evils which were intended To be met
by it. With this view, he had ed tn in
struct tn" Committee, on the re-commitment
Of the bill, to inquire into the expediency of in
stituting general system ofbankruptcy. He
| hoped the vote To re-commt would not be re-
| considered.
Mr.. Taylor of Virginia spoke in favor OF
re- c"nsideratiOn-an proceeded to shew why
this bill ought to be passed, without reference
| tn Il bankrupt system.
| Some further discussion, involving the prin-
ciples of the bill, toek place-io which Mrssrs
Macon, Holmes, of Maine, Johnson, of Ken.
Van Buren,, Findlay, Lloyd, of Mass Chan
dler, J. S. Johnston. Mills, Taylor, of Virginia,
aud Noble, engaged. The question was then
| tak'n on re-eonsidering the vote by which
| the bill was r-committrd, ard decided in the
| ailirmati,e-Yeas %, Nays'i8
The vote To re-commt the bill having been
| thus re-consIsiered, the question again recur-
| red upon re committing it. That question was
decided in the negative without division.
| Mr.. Hayne then moved that the further
consideration of the bill should be Indefinitely
postponed. He proceeded la shew the OBJ
lectiOns which existed, in his mind, 10 the pas
sage of this bill. He was perfectly willing 10
vote For system which should relieve the
honest debtor ; and he believed such an one
| might he easily drawn, in which the rights of
tho creditor and the debtor might be preserv
ed but he believed this bill to be altogether
| inadequate 20 that effect
Messrs Van Buren,. J. S.-Johnstou, Branch
Talbot, and Johnson, Of Ken addressed the
Senate in favor of the bill, and Messrs Mills
and ilayne agsinst-.
The question on pOstponing the bill indefi-
| nitely was then put and decided in the mega
tive by yeas and nays-Yeas 10 Noes 81.
| ihe Senate having thus refused TO postpone
The bill indefinitely, it came up again for con-
sIderatlon. Snme amendments, in its details
were proposed by Mpssrs. Eaton, Holmes, OF
Maine, Talbot, and Van DYKE, and were
agreed TO. The question was then taken, on
passing the bill 10 be rngrossed and read the
third time, and was carried in the affirmative.
The Senate then adjourned till to morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MIR. TalIdlerrn. The Representative elect
from Virginia, chosen to Gil the vacancy occa-
stoned by the death of Mr. WIN. Lee Ball, an
peared, was qualified, and took hrs seat
The resolution Yesterday offered nv Mr..
Forsyth in relation tn cessions of land 10 the
United States by the Cherokee Nation, was
taken mp and agreed to.
REVISION OF THE TARIFF
IN House then passed to the unfinished
business of yesterday, being the report of the
committee Gf the whole on In. hill for a reyi-
sino of the Tariff of Duties on Imports
The question being on the second amend
ment reported by the committee the whole.
VIZ: TO strike out, after" manufactured" in the
5ist line, 10 the end of the section duty
oi twenty-five per cenium ad valOpem, until
the first day Of June, one thousand eight hun
dred and twcnt five afterwards duty of
thirty per centum ad vaIorem, until the first
day 9t June, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty SIX ; afterwards duty of forty per
centum al valoram until the first day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and twent y-seven,
and, after that time, a duty of fifty per centum
ad vaorcm )" and insert the following :" A
duty OF 90 per crnium I'D valnrem, until the
first day of June, 1925 afterwards, a duty of
% per centum ad valorem, until the lst day
OF june one thousand eight hundred and
twen'y-sIX afterwards, duty OF 80 per cent
al valoreIn, until the LIST day Of June, 1897 Il
afterwards, duty of IS per cent ad valorein
until 1st of June, 1928 afterwards, duty of
40 per cent al valorem, until the 1st Of June.
1898 afterwards, a duty Of 10 per cent until
the LIST OF June, 1880; and, after that, duty
At 30 per cenfum AL valorem Provided, That
all wool, the actual value of which, at the place
whence imported, shall not exceed 10 cents
per pound, shall be charged with duty of
ID per cPntum al valoren, and no more"
Mr.. Pninsett rose and delivered his senfi
ments, al length, in opposition TO the general
principles of the bill
The question was then taken on agreeing TO
this amendment, and decided in the af6rma
tive without d, si0n
The House then proceeded to the third a.
mrndment, wht b is, TO strike ont the words
printing types" from the class If % per cent.
ad 'alurem duties. II was agreed to.
The fourth amendment proposes To insert,
IN the eth line, the folIowing: 4" On all ingram
carpets or carpeting, twenty-five cents per
square yard"
The fifth amendment proposes to insert,
on oil cloth carpeti1g, and on oil cloths oil
every description, duty thirty per centum
I'd valorem."
With these two amendments, the clause
reads ds follows:
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