The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-16
Gemeral court.
TUESDAY, Jan. 8.

SENATE. On motion of Mr.. Prince, the
Committee on Education was instructed to con-
slider the expediency of furnishing Town
Schools with copies of the Constitution of the
United States, and of Massachusetts,, together
with the Declaration of independence, and
Washington's Farewell Address
Orders Of Notice passed on several petitions.
HOUSE. On motion of Mr.. Savage, the
Committee on Finance was instructed to ascer-
tain and report as soon as may be, what sum 1t
will be necessary to grant as State Tax, to
meet the current expenses of the year.
A Committee was appointed to consider the
expediency of creating by lava power to COM
pei witnesses to attend and give testimony. up
on oath. before Ecclesiastical Councils
MI. Tiffany was appointed on the Commit
tee of Manufactures, in the absence of Mr.
Shepherd; and Mr.. Green added to the Com
mittee on the State Prison.
Mr.. Calhoun of Springfield, introduced some
resolutions relative to the tariff, the. consldera-
ton of which was assigned to Thursday They
wore finally amended to read as follows
ReSOIued, As a sense of this House, that the
continued and increasing depression of woollen
manufactures and of the agricultural interest in
this Commonwealth, and the country generally,
calls for the interposltion of the Legislature OF
the nation.
RcsOlred That judicious revision of the
" or iniuriously to affect any of the other i'm
portant public interests of the country, or to
;eopardize established systems of policy, is re-
CURED by Just and liberal regard to all the
branches of American industry, well as by
the failure of measures heretofore adopted with
this view.
ReSoIred, That this House regards with
great satisfaction the course already taken by
those who represent this Commonwealth in
Congress in reference to this subject, and that
we rely with great confidence upon their con-
tinued efforts to accomplish what sense of
justice and a regard to the interests of the
whole community shall require in the premises.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8.
SENATE. A message was received from
His Exeellency the Governor, communicating
sundry documents in relation to the North East
ern Boundary.
Orders of notice were passed on several Pc
titions
The several petitions of the Worcester and
Fitzwilliam Turnpike Corporation, and the or
der of notice thereon James Cutter; ThOs.
Cornish, Jr. and others were taken from the
files and committed,
A resolve from the House authorizing the
Treasurer to borrow money, was read and re-
4erred to Messrs. Marston, Davis, and Webb.
Hon. Mr.. Tufts had leave of absence for
three weeks after to-day.
HOUSE Ordered, That Messrs. Bigelow,
Showers and Patrick, be committee to con-
slider the expediency of amending the several
acts of the Commonwealth, respecting public
worship and religious freedom, as to render
the provisions thereof more Ineligible and GER
tain, and report as soon as may be.
A committee, consisting of fourteen men,
hers, was appointed, to consider the propriety of
proposing to the people of this commonwealth
an alteration of the constitution for the purpose
of reducing the number of Representatives by
districting the commonwealth for the choice.
Ordered, That the committee who have I'M
der consideration the expediency of repeating
the law which prohibits the sale of lottery tick
cts, be directed to consider also the expedency
eff granting licenses to sell such tickets and lay
ing a duty thereon.
The committee on Finance were directed to
inquire into the expediency of raising a Reven-
ne, by a tax on retailers of Spirltuous Liquors,
Of cents on each gallon, by them retailed
The bill concerning the instruction of teach
ers of the common schools was taken from the
files and committed to the committee on edu
cation.
"Reminiscences of the town of Seekonk,
against the petition of Ebenezer Tyler and 9TH
eTs, for division thereof, and against the petit
ton of New Bedford, for half shire town, were
committed.
THURSDAY, Jan. 10.
SENATE. The petition of Timothy Green
and others, for division of the town of See
konk, was referred to the committee on Towns.
Mr. Marston, from the committee to whom
was referred the resolve authorizing the Treas
nrer to borrow money, reported the same with
out amendment.
HOUSE The petition of N. Whiting, Jr !;
of Directors of Springfield Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company; of n. Briggs and others were
severally read and committed.
The House proceeded to the consideration of
the resolutions submitted by NJ: Calhoun on
the 9Th inst relative to the present state of
wsolen manufactures, &c.
Mr. Calhoun remarked that the constitution
al right of Congress to levy protective duties
had been called in question by leading State,
(Virginia) but he did not hold to this doctrine,
which was at variance with the well settled sys-
TEN. of legislation. Commerce had been bene-
fitted by this system the tonnage, foreign and
coasting, had been protected by navigation
laws, and would have failed without such pro-
lection, 1t had been the uniform practice of
the government to protect the citizen in pur-
suits tending to increase the wealth of the ma
ten u; and it is their duty, wherever one branch
is depressed to give to it such encouragement
as will raise it. He adverted to the anticipated
pioleCIOH Va tho ldi AZ VI A0~1 having DOOh uS-
feated by the contemporary legislation of Great
Britain, and remarked that the manufacturers
only asked to be placed where it was originally
intended the tariff should place them. Fifty
millions of dollars are invested in woollen man
ufactures, and the question is, shall this capital
be sustained, or shall it be suffered to be pros
trated and this extensive branch of the industry
of the country be demolished.
Mr. Appleton of Boston followed in a speech
of considerable length, in which he gave his
tory of tie progress Of the cotton manufacture
in this country, showing that, with the excep-
ton of the application of machinery, the stua-
ton of that and the woollen manufacture had
been similar He confirmed the statement with
regard to the now depressed state of the latter,
n e !. L L