Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-22


i!olmes, of Me. King of i.lab. King o. N. Y.
j>nigbt, Lanman, MTvaine, M'Lean, Macon,
Rugsles, Taylor, Tazewell, Thomas, vau Duke,
Wiiams-22
The question WAS taken on $1,000 and lost
Mr.. Holmes of Maine, then moved To fill The
blank with $500, bat before The question on thus
put,
The bill was on motion Of SIr. Mills, ordered to
be laid on the table.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Wayne Of Pennsylvania, submitted the fol
lowing resolve:
Resotre3, Flint 5000 copies OF the report Of the
Committee on the Suppression of the African
Slave Tiade. which was laid upon the table the
10Th ins. be printed.
Tho question ;nk.u nn ordering the fesolu-
lion 10 lac on the table, ad decided in the negative
61 votes to So
The question was thcn taken on the nation for
printing extra copies aud deciedin the affirmative,
10 votes to 81.
cANA;. BoNrS, SIc.
Mr. NEwroN moved "a discharge the committee
OF the who'e from the consideration of the bill coz
cerniug canal vessels aud boats The ,po,inn WA :
carried, ayes a. The bill wns then taken up and
read
On this bull an EXTENDED ana highly interesting
debate arose, OF which limits will mt present,
permit us TO presen, but very brief outline.
NJ. NEWTON, Chairman of the Committee on
Coinmcrce stated the circumstances which had led
TO the introduction Of the bill, and explained its
provisions at considerable length.
Mr.. SToBHs, of New York. objected TO the bill
on constitutional grounds, becaus. of the remission
THE tonnage duty ON canal boats. as a thing gran-
ted by Congress, whereas he held that Congress had
right to impose such a duty on boats navigating
canal lying wholly within the limits of a single
I, state; and he moved the following amendments viz:
To strike out the list section, after the euacting
words, and substitute the fooyiur.
THAT the several acts regulating the commerce
oil the United states, and impo Stag duties IN tonnag &c
and the acts supplementary and Il mandatory of the
same shall not be construed to extend to boats en-
pioyed exclusively IN navigating the canals within
the respective states"
Mr.. NEWTON spoke in reply to ~; Storrs and
in defence of the bill reported, contending that
Congress possessed the right in its fullest extent
hut were willing to waive it in the present instance
provided, that suitable guards were introduced tn
prevent smuggling.
MIR. SToRKs again rose, and spoke at some length
in support OF his former proposition
Mr. ToMLINsoN, of Conn. supported rive nr;pc;
piles of the bill, i'll speech of cusiderab interes,
and length.
Mr. CAMBERLENG maintained there was hut
little substantial difference between the orisinnl
provision and the amendment. He did not think
the constitutional principle was involved by either
but rather preferred the amendment 10 the bill
Mr.. WEBSTER made some observations ON nm,
hill. He did not consider il as involving arv dan
gerous principle.
Mr.. Z. y. BARBOUR conceded with Mr. STop :
in his constitutional objection, mantainpo tha,
'he amendment, though it reached the same end &c
the biiIe was widely different inasmuch as il ipvoIv-
ed IN IL no claim the part OF Congress to innoea
the d,Sy on canal boats, but was merely deciarto-
~ in its form, &c.
MIR. OwES, of Alabama moved to Law the hill
ana amendment, on the table; but the motion wa
negatived
Mr.. McLANE suggested to Mr croRRs the pro-
pretty OF omitting that clause OF his a,nendmen t
which extends the exemptions NO, only 10 boots ma
Vgatlng the canal itself but, also, the artificial
works connected herewith. One of these ,yorts
was BASIN IN Lake Erie and the words of thc
amendment would exclude all the navigation nj
Lake Erie which entered that basin, from tonpag,
duty.
Mr.. SToRRs accepted the modification nronosad
by Mr.. McLANE.
Mr.. FooT, of Connecticut, a nd Mr.. MARVIN. q
New York, opposed the amendment, as thu. mold
ned which rendered the bill itself nusato.y for 4 Il
the noats on the canal entered the basins at its ex
tremIfies, and so they would all have TO paw ton
mage duty.
MI MARTISDALB took the same ground anc
denied that the revenue would be Injured bv ex.
tending the exemption 10 certain parts of Lake
Erie and Lake Champlain
Inc question was then taken on Mr. SToRRs
amendment, and decided in the affirmative
81, noes So.
me bill was then ordered to be encrossed for
!. third reading.
ILLINOIS CANAL.
ne motion made Yesterday by Mr. BrcKSER,
70 reconsider the vote rejecting the bill for the
lihnois canal, was then taken up
Mr. RANKIN renewed his opposition to the
pi', ana went INTO a calculation TO show that the
lands granted would not only dcfrav all the ex
Penses of the canal, but would leave a balance
III tnT treasury OF the state OF Illinois from hal
million to a million of dollars.
Mr.. Cook renewed his arrunoep+ n f,,r ~
tne Dill and contended that the calculations made
by the chairman of the committee ~, the PHI
Lands, so far from operating against the Hi
was the strongest of all considerations in its fa
your, since they rested wholly on the value which
would be given to the lands by the Canal tscIf
a lie eXpatlated at considerable length on the adj
vantages promised by the design.
II Mr. MGCoY denied that Illinois had anv rrea
ter right to portion of the public lands thar
virginia or any other state. The lands. wber
coded, were to be set apart TO pav thu. nubl;,
4 dcots, but Congress seemed to have forgotter
that stipulation, and the lands, it seems were tf
De gwen to any person who lived nearest t.
tlehi' W ouid 1t not be best to sell the whole a
once, and divide the proceeds
The question on reconsideration vos tI,e, 49,.
and negatived P'''
1 ne amendments ofthc Senate to the genera
appropriation bill were then taken nm and cnn
sidered o'' ui' anu oo"
Inc Senate having adhered to its anendr,e,
SFiking out the salaries of the COMMISSIONS +,
setlle i'hd claims in Florida, and a separate bill
ppih5 before the House on that subject tb,
~ mouse agreed to recede from its disoe-recr,o,