Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-04-04

oil Anthony Herniange," was read the third time,
and passed.
The bill from the Senate, entitled can act grant.
ing Township of land to Kenyon College in o.
hio; was twice read, and referred 70 the Commit
mittee of the Public Lands.
The Speaker laid before the House letter from
| the Secretary of War transmitting the information
called Tor by the House, in relation to the necess-
| ~ Tor the erection of barracks at New Orleans;
the time when, and the amount for which the old
barracks at that place were sold; likewise a des-
cription OF barracks, and other buildings owned
by the United States at Baton Rouge together
with their COST and the number of troops they can
accommodate; which letter was read and commit
ted 10 Committee OF the Whole House.
THE TARIFF BILL.
| Inc House then, on motion of Mr.. Mallary,
went into Committee of the Whole on the state
| OF the Union, Mr.. Kerr in the Chair, and took up
! the Tariff Bill
me amendments proposed on former days hav-
ing all been rejected, the only question before the
Committee was, whether they should rise and re-
port the bill to the House.
MIR. Sprague without formally making this mo-
uon, proceeded to discuss the general merits of the
DILL particularly TO the duties which i, proposed
to lay upon hemp, nolasses, and ravens duck
he had proceeded but little way in his speech:
| When
| Mr.. Buchanan made question of order. wbe
ther 1t was admissible to debate the bill without any
motion, or even upon motion that the Committee
should rise and report.
| considerable
| length, during part OF which the House got into
| some confusion Messrs. Taylor, Sprague Bu-
chanan Condict, McDuifie, Dwight, Moore of A.
labama, Stevenson of Penn. Williams Bartlett.
| wright oil ONO, Randolph, Woods of Ohio, Burgess
sutherland and Little, took part in this debate ami
| in the various motions and appeals which ,yerc
made. The result was, that Mr.. Sprague HAVING
moved an amendment, which went to strike ont
| the increased duty on hemp, moasses and ravens
| duck, was permitted to proceed and-he continued
| or I
| to motion OF MIR. Randolph that the Committee
| rise.
1t rose accordingly, and reported progress and
| thereupon,
| The House adjourned.
| WASHINGTON, April 2.-Inthe Senate vester-
day, large number ofbils, both public s private
had their third reading, and were passed The
biil allowingduties on foreign merchandise import.
ed into Pitsburg, Louisville Cincinnati s. ST. Lou
IS, (to (which added by amendment, Nash
viiie,) to be collected at those places was after
some discussion, ordered 10 third reading The
remainder of the day was spent in the discussion
OF the Graduation Bill.
In the House of Representatives, the House re-
sumed the consideration, in Committee of the
whole on the state Of the Union of the Tariff
when MIR. SPRAGUE concluded his remarks in
support OF his proposition TO strike out the clauses
of the bill which impose duties on hemp g. tnoIas-
se5. Mr.. Buchanan fallowed, but after speaking
for some time, he gave way for motion for.the
Committee to rise, which prevailed. The House
then went into Committee of the whole on the
bill for the relief OF Mrs Brown widow Of the late
Gen. Brown, on which some discussion took place
but the bill reported to the House, and was
ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-
day, by vote of So TO II. Mat Journal
THE NATIONAL TARIFF.
The proceedings in the House on Friday last
| clearly exposed the genuine feelings of the Ad-
ministralion men, in regard 10 the Tariff. We
, now believe they have determined no bill shall
pass. They had made speech after speech, to
prove that the bill reported by the Committee ON
Manufactures, afforded no additional protection
to the WooIlen Manufacturers, was worse than the
Act OF 1924 and would ruin the interest TO be pro-
tccted.
That bill, increasing the duty imposed by the
act oil 1874 was Intended to produce its effects by
means oil 1iili0l,tnlS, which, whatsoever may be
their beneficial operation in Practice are too com
pick and artificial TO be readily if at all
by the people, who cannot devote months to a con-
slderauon OF the subject. Indeed, they were not
understood alike by any two members, who adj
dressed the House. Under the confusion and
difficulties arising from this system of ninimums
they expected TO be able to vote against the bill
and to cover their retreat; and accordingly, on
Thursday last, Mr.. Storrs represented the bill to
be 1c0rSe than the present lar and predicted,o NTH
an ar Of satisfied confidence, that its passage
tO0u!d ruin The W0OtteH Manufacturers The
amendment proposed by Mr. Buchanan has
stripped them Of their Disguise That gentleman
proposed to strike out the Rlniuun1s from the Sc.
} cond amendment offered by Mr.. Mailary the ef.
r iect OF which, had, ii prevailed, would have
, been to make the amendment read as follows:
First On all manufactured wool forty per
cent. al rG0re1l, until the 30th day of June
1879; afterwards tIve per cent. per annvm in ad-
ditlon until the duty shall amount to fifty per CT
ID On all manufactures OF wool or of which wool
snail be component material, except Blankets
Worsted Stuff goods, Bopbazines, Hosiery, Cans,
Gloves, Mts, and Bindings; duty to be paid and
collected OF forty per cent. on such cost until the
3lst day of June, 1929; after which time five per
cent. per annum, in addition until the duty shall
60 amount to fifty per cent?
The amendment Of Mr.. Maary thus modified
proposed very great increase of duty be-
yond the present law. On wooen goods now
; costing not exceeding SO Is cents per square
yard, the present duty is % per cent. ad vaorem;
and Fir. Buchanan's amendment proposed 10 in
crease it TO 30 per cent ad yalorein, an increase
OF one hundred per cent on the duty; on all other
woollenS it proposed an increase from 30 3
per cent. dd oatoTeH, to so per cent ad valorem or
IN other words, it proposed addition of 80 per
cent to the present rate ofduty. BIZ this pr0p0saI
every dollars north of cloth iniported into fhe
country, must pay than 90 cents of duty, on,
account " the manner of'cOmputing these adj va-
torenl duties. Still this proposal removed the OBJ
jectons which the Adams men had urged against
The bill, that under it, the duty on imported wool
was so much higher than the duty on wooens
that the protection which it afforded 10 this wool
grower, would destroy the manufacturer The
testimony OF the manufacturers themselves re-
ported by the Committee TO the House, clearly
proves, that but one haLf of the value of cloth con-
s5,s OF wool. Ii therefore follows, conclusiyeIy
that had Mr. Buchanan's amendment been adopted,
the protection to wOollcns ygould have been d9g5!e
that afforded 10 Wool uls ;Yas isg7i:a'ed by "a
mlliar example, introduced into debate by Mr.
I NhSht' OF New YORK. Ihus-suppose square
yard OF cloth to cost 81; oaehalf its value consist,
Of wool, and the other labor &c beato,,,oJ ,,,,