Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-30
mittee Of the whole, which has been already
one day debated.

one day uepateu'
REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
The House then again went into committee
ortbe whole on the hill +" tn amend the several
acts LAYING duties on imports" Mr.. Condct
in the chair
The question being on the amendment Of
yesterday, offered by Mr. Webster, which
am.n,irnent is in the following words:
Sec 6. find be il further enacted, That the draw
h,ck ,llowed by law on plan silk and nankeen
cloths imported IN American vessels from beyond the
C,pe of Good Hope, shall he allowed, although the
said cloths, before the expectation thereof, shall
have been colored, printed, stained, dyed, stamped
or painted, IN the Un'ed States But, whenever any
such cloths, imported, shall he intended TO he
colured printed, stained, dyed, stampede painted,
and afterwards 10 be exported from the United States,
with privilege of drawback, each package thereof
shall before the same shall be delivered from the
public stores, be opened and examined by nspee-
:or Of the CUSTOMS and the contents thereof measnr
ed or weighed and the quality thereof ascertained,
and A sample of each piece theTesf reserved the
custom house and particular account registry
of such examination, describing the number Of pieces
in each package, their weight measure and the
samples thereof we'd, shall he entered in the
books Of the cusion,-house and, afisr such exam-
nation, said goods shall he repacked in the original
package, and the SAID original package shall be mark
ed with a custom house mark. Aud, whenever any
such goods, being thus coored, printed, stained,
dyed, stamped, or painted, shall be entered AT the
custom house for exploration and drawback The same
shall he entered in the orig nal package. marked
as aforesaid, and not otherwise, unless the person so
entering The shall give satisfactory evidence
the collector naval Officer or of them, that
such original! package has been lost destroyed by
accident aud such application for drawback shall
be made except the contents OF entIrc packages
aud upon application for such entry and drawback,
the contents of the packages SO offered, shall lie
amined by Inspector OF the customs, and measured
weighed, aud compared with the original entry,
registry aud samples, and if, upon such comparison
aud full examinations the collector shall he satisfied
thai the contents OF each package the same idcO
teal goods imported and registered AS aiuresad and
not changed or altered, except by being coioied,
printed, stained, dyed, stamped painted, afore
sad, then the person, 20 entering such goods, shalt
he admitted To the oath prescribed 10y law, be used
la cases o application Tor expectation OF the goods
for The benefit ul drawback aud shalt ihereupou, lie
entitled to drawback in other Pro-
rfded, That The exporter shall, in every other par
cSiar, comply with the regulations and iormaries,
heretofore established, FOR entries of goods for
pOIIalOu with the benril of drawback. Aud, if
person shall present, for expectation and drawback
any coored, printed, stained, dyed, stamped, or
painted SILK nankeen cloths, knowing the same not
10 he entitled TO drawback, according 10 the Prov
sions of This act, shall willully misrep,
ceal the contents ar qu'hty OF any package atore-
said the sad goods presented ed for draw
back, shall he inrteied, and may he sei1ed by tbs
collector, aud proceeded with, and the forfeiture dis
iributed as III OI6er Cases"
Mr. Webster stated the existence of sew era
other establishments, of Il similar nature To
that in New York, to which the amendment
will apply.
Mr.. Wicklift objected to the amendment,
as being an EXTENSION of the draw back SYSTEM
Hr thought such extension dangerous, as
opening door Ia frauds and corruption in the
collection Of duties, Sc.
MIR. Sharpe replied to MIR. Trinble, and
showed that the danger of fraud, in this case
was very small, as no American silk vas
manufactured, &c.
Mr.. Marvin moved to- amend the amend.
ment in the Cd line, by striking out the words
nankeen cloths" to which be objected he
cause il extended protection To foreign
fabric of cotton, while we had cotton factories
al hcmr to manufacture IT,.
Mr.. Webster replied. This kind of goods
came into the country now, and all the ques-
ton vas whether their value should be in
creased nv the industry ofour citizens previous
to It's re-rxpurtation. He did not know, how
ever. that the article of nankeens was made
IN this country.
Mr.. McLanr, nf Delaware, ad, coated the
amendment uf Mr.. Webster, generally, on the
princinles 0f the draw back system, which he
wiShrd - see extended as far as possible. H.,
objected In the amendment uuw propused by
the gentleman from New ,rk MIR. Mary IN
TN useful factory took nankrcns that we've
stained, and rcstured them To their original
color, and Herewith restored their value, and
even increased il, sc.
Mr.. Mercer agreed with the gentleman last
back, and although the drawback system pre-
sentrd to exporters a temptation Ia fraud, lie
thought the guards proposed by the amend
mrnt were fully sufficient 10 prevent any sue
cessiul attempt at it.
After considerable debate, the question was
taken un the amendments nd agreed to with
out a division
Mr. Tod moved to amend The bill i'm the
23Sfh line by striking out " three" add in he
2tlsi line striking out =" too" and Inserting
IN both places five ;" so as to make the clause
read
g On all wares of cut glass not specified
live cents per pound, and, in addition thereto
an adj vnlorem duty of thirty per ccDtun
s. {" On all other articles Of glass, five cents per
8 pound, apd IN addition thereto, ad vai0rtm
duty Of twenty per centum."
debate here ensu'd al the clio g of which
MIR Camhreleng called foT a division of the
q On stlOn SO as To- take it first on the first part
OF the amendment now proposed.
The question being taken, accordingly on
g The first clause Ofthe amendment, as it is above
stated, the vote was,
For 'he amendment, 38-Againt j. 81.
30 the amendment was rejected-and then
lhe committee rose
The following Message vas received from
she President Of thu United States, by the
hands or hr. Everett. his Private Secretary
10 The House Of Representatives,:
HAVING stated To Congress, on the 7th OF
december last that Daniel ID. Tompkns, late
governor of New York, was entitled To a
larger sum than that reported in his favor, ny
t .n1' Accodn'inaO Officers ofibe Coy rnment, and
mat, IN execution of the law of the last ses-
SON. J had the subject still under consdera