Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-12-16

"ttcsol:td, That select committee 70 comsis: al
five members, be appointed ON tho gncct of Load,
aud Canals, with leave 10 report b. bill or o:l.rws'
The sona,c then proceeded 10 baot for Commit
tee OIL Rods aud Canals. aud Mcs.rs. Hendricks
hing, Tyler, Kane, ind NJ Lane, were elected.
HOUSE OF REPRESENrAT IvES
AiuonS tho petitions presented today, were
by Mf. Sergcant--Of Philadelphia Chamber OF
Commerce, for the abolition OF the credit System for
cuii,S Oh imports, and sugca,ing tho py0pi;ey OF
wnr,hSusing I'll goods till The duties are I,aid
By MIR. Barber Of Cpuncr: icul--Of Merchants mn I
othe: ci:i@CEs Vi New LoL,:ui Tor dudes ON sul,., az
auction.
EXTENSION 0T TIME FOR DRAWBACK.
Iic enytoa-ed BIZ Intending the term within which
merchandise may bc exported with benefit OF draw
''S!.all the bill pass
Mr. Wickl:G;, said wien the bill was ordered to IN
congressional, he dii m correctly aprrc3nd the cf-
:cct3 upon tie revenue of the country be operated
oy the first section, and Ito though l. probable the
House did not devote sufficient attention to t. bill
when under consideration on ycStardiy. TO tho ex-
tension OF The time !'r allowing goods entered
E'oltnon the benefit OF drawback no did no; see aI,y
valid Objection, an: Of course woull ID, wiling to vs:.
ior TIE 5l II tina. WA It's only oiuc but the first
section lnahcs aa innovation upon tc settled r-voDno
system nj this Government from It's origin. Our car
ileSt legislation has casgc5 CGrGin rate of per cpu.,
upon the anomt Of iehcntuIes, ryng uccortii.r 10
circumstances II In amounts. FCt many years past
1t has been fixed ~ i2 pcr cent. Tins i-2 per
cent, has yielded to revcu'.c annually ahout The
sam OF 80 $500 900. The iir.; section Of this bill
proposes tn repeal uuch OF oar revenue law rs inn
poses ts - per cent, Oil TIC amount of duy Oh
foreign n"foh imported Into IN, United States
lprincnIy on foreign account, owned ny foreign rlc-
chants and !aaHu.acu:rcrs) in qncs: Of Il market
cannot l. 1!SlaiaiI, said htr. ". when : state
that this bill Wll have tho effect OF subtract;ur from
Inc icNc',1 81! the country am4iliy SljOGI0 thr1o-
icurtih ~ which paid by :.rcig merchants and
manufacturers ] '', no undertake. to point out tn
propricty O.. cvyng this ri.,ru UPON the m rch-
nnl"c oil foreigners conai!crcd r5olsur',
or gust TAX Tor the truubc ,"usc, ami :is cicouu-
tired ny the Governments the lg is,ation o the irt: o
Tor thirty ycor5 should supcrcr,r The nccgs 7 % s,lci
labor Oh rIy part Let not GenienJr deceive them
selves ~ The IDEA that this is to orIato TO
fro advantage OF ;ao American merchant citizen Or
rlanui7' turcr. is 5cacic1l effects will be- rpiniy
c7l" C.: by the :Irciga merchants ANA Inanunc. -.,r
Ih"y gio the great owners 81 =, goods entitled -
bp b,Hct:t Of Drawback We .i4vo or ;ablo .,rosn-
inS viii Tho "Reminiscences al tho AmericuE Gaer-
chants and c2crs nj 'f,ie cities yiarinn
Congress TO ipOso day n stiles riilN q: ullc-
ton, 81; foreign JrtrchandD ncctu,o o. tho facilities
which such sales afford 10 the Jrci5a Importer and
nnAiactCrcr to to great i'Juiy, II not rn, ot the
American iu9Tchlnis Hni W. by this lii cclicl
uIcr 20 grant tGa greater lc:.;ici, ud that too al
tie cXpesn of tho public Treasury. shall say no
more. have stated my objections to the Dill do
not think um Ii>t1ken-i know yin not i'm one re-
sp'rt-that IL tho oCs which yoEr Treasury y sus-
tain q: som"thing ko l5oGDJ por Nunun. II is ior
TIE House 10 say wle this loss shall be sustained
desire that when the question IS taken II HAY hc
| taken by yeas and nays.
Mr.. CaIpbrClcng in reply 10 Ur. W exercised
hls regret that the gentleman from Kentucky had
not chosen ar carior opportunity TO oItr ni. ohicc-
tons to n part oil tic bib! w!ic1, il thcY had been
snst'ined by majority OF ;le House, 1t might have
been amended accordingly. lie would, however, en-
Gtavor TO si"w, that he hal entirely nlisconuriyeI
the object Of tbs deduction in question. lie says &c
are nbcUt 20 reiihiu!sb revenue OF or ty0 hun.
! dse5 Thousand dollars annually, und therefore The bill
ought 10 bo rejected. Pho Statesman who framed
tho original Cc contemplated that is dc6uc-
ton tom the drawback should operate as ia
upon TING carrying tade: il had beer Io policy
OF the county 10 oNact revenue merchandise
In transit; no ccsmercial country that ia know OF
had ever adopted measure Injurious It's own
nav gution.-Tllo ;De object contemplated by the O.
rginnl Gct o: !73a--tho fr7 a;t lCvyiry Cu.ics OF
import1toayvas 10 indemnity tho Government f,I
al cba-gcs Incidental to wnTckUusiug merchandise
which might Ire exported With the benefit of draw
hack. Il was never intended 10 impose the SMALLEST
fraction Q: tax or such merchandise for purposes oil
revenue. Tho oct of 1879 authorised q deduction o.
one per cent. from tho moderate duties ofthat day
when TITO Hd vGlorn rates generally at and "a
Ter cont. Tho charge equal tn about five cents
every hund-ci HliIrg and lrGs exclusively design
I'll 70 cover all incidental expenses. Under the stamn
II act, stamp duty was imposed OH dcbcnturc ccr;t
cac Crd 10 corcr this expense additional dciuc
: ton mad" n 1860.
From omission, or from some other cause when tl,
stamp duties worc repealed tho deduction from TN,
drawback was not rvsturCG 90 LIS original rate We
have since vcFy considerably Increased the imposts q
30, 20, 40 per c.Ht and upuards, until the aurou1i
now deducted Cor ihc nero Expenses 81 warehousing
q, ia sixteen tines to rate originally contemplated
while the expenses have iiC meantime ACTUALLY dt
nlinshcIi. There cGuso now existing for re,
tanning any portion uf the duy Tor tho purposes mcu
ioncd III tho original act. Ercry expense that coulc
pubjbly Be Char!ccdbtC merchandise deposited il
our pubc stores, md every Custom House fcc mus!
Do paid, before i bc taken OF Tho pogyes,on
The officers ofte Customs. The property while MT
der 'hc care Of Government, was at tie risk of tlt
ownor; tho Government IN no manner r,7 pousbI,
p for lis safety. We were already by existing laws
Il amply unidentified tor every expense Incidental {,
merchandise designed for CXportotion, md tho doduc
ton from tiT dc5cHnrC conld not be dcfeudcd on thu
= ground Ec was not aware that any other CONNER
ciu ngtiou I'd made any such deduction unless it wa
in lieu OF all incidental charges for storage &c. The
solo object of the bill, said Dlr is to place our 70
j. reign trade on the wise and liberal footing on which
other nations had placed theirs. But even if we pas
/, this bill our navigation interest will not cno,
n advantages equal to those granted by other ma
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