The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-02-09
CONGRESS

tatives at Washington, on Monday the 90
ult. Mr.. Buchanan's motion to discharge
the Committee of the Whole from the
further consideration of the Bill proposing
certain minimum duties on woollen Goods,
was of very earnest or rather vehement
character. Mr.. Buchanan said
"Can any person rearly believe, be-
cause supported protection in 1924, |
am bound to adv ocate the prohibition in
1927 Did my course then COMPEL me
now, in order to be consistant,to vote for
any crude and undigested measure which
may be proposed, merely because it is cal
led a tariff? Certainly not. n
Gas Representative of Pennsylvania,
as friend to the tariff, and feeling deep
interest in its popularity, ! can never look
on with Indifference at the passage Of a bill
which will at once prohibit the importa-
ton of foreign woollens much less can
calculated to protectthe suffering domestic
industry of my own State.
Mr.. Hamilton, of South Carolina, COM
planned that the House and the country
were taken by surprise. He added
''After the passage of the tariff of 1924,
the People, at least from that section of
the country from which come, supposed
that they were to have respite and repose
for several years from the agitatons of this
vexatious and disgusting tophic.-Thcy
know that it had terminated in a comprom-
Use, the chief expense of which they had to
bear, but like the traveller stopped by a
footpad on Houselow Heath, who is will
ling to compound to get off with his shirt
and waistcoat, even with the loss of his
coat and watch, they were suffering and
content. But it seems that this blessed
compromise has not brought US peace and
security, and we were again thrown into
commotion and bat. -
'The chairman Of the Committee on
Manufactures consoles us with an account of
the number of thriveing villages that have
been built, and may be built,b what he is
pleased to call even partial protection of
the woollen manufacturers of the country.
Yes, sir, these villages have been built at
our expense, by duty of forty-6ve to six
ty-hve per cent. on the aggregate consump-
ton of the country. The sum is easily
wooked, sir; Ifyou will levy tax of five
dollars on the coat, waistcoat, and panta-
looms of every poor man in the country,
and carry the fruits Of this imposition to
the banks ofthe Connecticut or Merrimack,
villages, of course, will spring up, without
number, although thousands at distace
are in want and misery, compelled to con-
tribute to these fine creations.''
Mr.. M'Lane, of Delaware, declared
himself against the motion to discharge the
Committee. He remarked
"Although h. was, and ever had been,
an advocate for the tariff system, he was
not prepared to say that he could vote for
this bill in its present shape although he
was prepared to cooperate in modifying
and improving it,
Mr.. Cambreleng, of New York said
GAS to the present bill, I say boldly,
that it is fraud on the Committee of Man
ufactures. They come into the House
to protect the revenue, land thows
US open an ocean for speculation. The
House has not yet acted on any ofthe great
subjects which lie before it. 1t has not
touched the bankrupt bill. 1t has done
nothing on the West India question. 1t
has passed none ofthe appropriation bills
and ii is now asked to occupy the residue
Of the season on a subject, which, will
venture to say,no man in the United States
expected to be discussed by this Congress.
The gentleman from Delaware says, that
he City of New York is we'll informed as
10 what we are doing and have done in
relation to this matter for one, l have
written number of letters to that city,
information on the topics of the
bill, and have had time to receive but
one letter in reply
"The very discussion of the subject has
a ruinous effect. If this debate goes on
for one ek,speculation will take place in
woollen goods to the amount of millions of
dollars. The object of the bill, is prohi-
dition--nor is there any thing in the bill,
either in its form or substance, which will
operate to ensure the collection of the rev.
enue. 1t goes on the other hand TO ami
hilate the revenue.
II consider the present bill as the most
formidable measure of The kind that was
ever brought into the House it imposes
duties of one hundred, and one hundred
and fifty per cent. on large part ofallthc
woollen goods which now form the subject
of commerce. 1 earnestly hope the