Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-06

the duty imposed by this bill, would probably,
have upon the importation. and upon the reve.
rue. He alluded To the liability &c this ias
To evasion, by vessels providing themsel,e,
with canvass in foreign ports. He comment.
ed upon the oppressive operation of this duty
upon the entire commercial interest of The
country; the coasiipg, as we'll as the foreign
trade.
Mr.. UWoif made few remarks il, oppos
tion To this amendment, and in reply to Mr.
Mills lie spoke ofthe encouragement which
the government had uniformly extended 10
the shipping interest. He considered the oh.
Jrcts OF this bill, as being purely nationals |
that many OF its items imposed hravy take.
upon the manufactnrers-iha thu. bill was cal
culatcd to benefit the whole country, and M,
for the particular profit of any one branch Of
business. His object, Mr.. DIV. said, was 10 |
throw the nation ON IFS own resources. H.
considered the articles we have to carry 10
market, of a great deal more Importance, than
the wagon we carry them in. He was vii.
ling to reduce the duty on duck, but not 10
strike il out entirely.
Mr.. Holmes, of Maine, advocated the
mcndment. He replied TO the argumen,
about the national interests TO be promoted
by the bill. He wished to know what grea,
national interest was 10 he identified by thi,
item? He spoke Of the small quantity of duck
manufactured in the country, and remarked
that the national interest was to be promoted
| by making the consumers in the country nav
much higher than they do now for the article
The tax was to bear exclusively upon one
class of the comnupiiy. He warned gentle
men To beware how they go to destroy the
shipping interest of the country for the bene
fit of few oyergrown manufacturers. This
he said, was all that WAS meant by encour
aging home industry, and promoiing great na
fiendi nterests. He wished To know in " a,
mar nf flp dtas.k fac
TO what exient--and of what quality. He
hoped the honorable gentleman from Virginia
would reconsider his determination, and nor
vote against this amendment because he had
been disappointed in that which he had pro-
posed.
Z Mr.. Barbour made some further remarks, in
| Which he expressed his uniform attachment
10 the commerce and to the navy of the coup.
try; but he could not consent that the great
agricultural Interests of the nation should be
lost sight OF. There was not solitary item
in this bill which would in the least benefit
that interest. The cabalstc terms home an.
dust,y, he believed, were only to be applied
for the protection ofspinning .irnnies. Hewas
not willing TO submit to heavy and imme-
date evil in order 10 obtaina merely possible
benefit in prospect. He was against the whole
bill; but. 1t the tax WAS 10 he imposed upon
the osnabnrgs, SC. which were SD important
to the South, he must vote against this amend.
nent, so as To make that lax, in some mea-
sure, equal. The one was TO operate upon
me commercial, and the other upon the agri.
cultural interest. And, AZ he could not nos
sihiy see why Russia, Hpand,; and Raven's
duck we're not as fair objects of taxation as
osnahurgs, Il, klenbergs. and burlaps, he should
feel compelled to vote against this amend
mcnt.
MIR Taylor, Of Virginia. spoke on this sub
lect. He agreed perfectly witt the gentleman
4 lr.st,a N ,.,<,t,.. L..
compelled to vote with his colleague This
bill, he said, was TO lei blood fIom two of the
great interests of the country, in order ta cir
cuiste II IN the veins Of the other interest He
feared they would all die under the operation ;
the two FIRST from loss of blood, and the other
from having too much His object was TO
make the two interests which were TO suffer
hear the imposition equally, aud 10 bind them
| together by their community i'm suffering. He
commented upon the Injustice of building up
a particular class, peculiar arisiocracy, by the
imposition nj heavy taxes upon the commu-
nifty at large. He spoke particularly of the
duty on wool, an arti, lie which could only be
produced in n small portion of the country
towing TO the circumstances ofsoil and climate.
IL this lax was imposed on the southern inter
est by means Of duties on Their coarse linens,
he saw no means by which the tax could be
made equal but by levyiDg duty on the coarse
linens used for clothing the ships Of The northern
section Of the country. BY this means the
revenue could BE- collected equally from each.
Mr.. Il. spoke Of the mutual connexioD be-
tween these interests
| Mr.. Ruggies opposed the amendments. He
conceived that this duty would operate brne-
6cially on the agricultural interest, more than
| any other, AS it would go 10 emf courage The
| growth of The raw materials in this country.
IL relation To commerce, he belle, sd il would
| In some MEASURE affect the vessels empIoyed
IN foreign trade, but that il would not iniure
the navy, or The cnasfing trade. Fl thought
! II the duty eff the Gov eminent To encourage
| the use OF domestic articles for the navy, as
we might be reduced 10 great distress, il we
! were at war with the nation from whom we
| receive these articles. He alluded to the diff
Guilty experienced during the last war, for sol
diers' blankets and clothing. Mr. Il. Thought,
u we were to have a navy, (and he had always
been the friend Of if,) We ought To build our
ships with American materials, and man them
with Americans. He asked what further pro-
lection the commercial interest wished the v
had the whole coasiing trade of the country
exclusively 10 themselves; greater encnur.
| agemeDt than had ever heen extended to
manufacturers. He proceeded to remark pp-
on the beneficial effects shat would be pro-
duced ta the nation, by raising its law mate
rails and manufacturing them, in preference
to making use of the manufactures Of foreign
countries, and upon the capacity of the coun-
| try 10 do so, to great extent.
Mr.. Smith had hoped the question on this
| amendment would have been taken without
debate but, as that course had not t. en- pur :
SUED, he ieil compelled 10 submit his views of
me subject. lie combatted the idea of the
protection gwen TO The na,ipafinp interest -