Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-04-18
MONDAY, April. II.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TIIIr ia Dill, MI -

Mr. Wolfe moved TO amend the bill by addinr
thereto ere a siHth section, IN the words following
| sec. O. INIT be II enacted, That from s af,e-
the thirticth day of June, one thousand eisb, br.
dred and twenty eght, there shall! be levied Collect
ed, and PAID, IN lieu Of the duties now iInnospd b,,
raw; on an imported roofing states, not exceeding
e"c'Ve inches III length, by six inches in width
iouT dollars per ton; on all such slatcs exceeI;,r
WE'VE ana not eding fourteen inches in leralh
ave dollars per ton; all States eXceedpe fo,Ir
zen lehes' and not exceeding sixteen in length
SIX collars per ton; on all states excecdin,r sjxfee,
inehcs, anu not exceeding eighteen inches sevor
aoliaFs per tom on all States exceeding eighteen
ncbcs, and not exceeding twenty inches in eno,i
oSt uoiiarS per ton; on all states exceeding twenty
ana not exceeding twenty flour inches nine dol
iars per ton; and all states tyr ent (o,,
inches, ten dollars per ton. And that. in lieu of
the present duties, there be levied Collected
anu paid duty of thrty-tIIree and a third Nor
States" y f"O'-''
Mr. Hale Chen moved to amend The amendment
oil Mr.. oie, by adding to il the following CLAUSE:
"On indigo, So per pound'
Son castor oil, 81 per bottle
mr. halie, IN support of his motion, went into q
discussion OF considerable length, in which he pre-
scented d l history of the indigo trade-advertcd
ne low P.'ce OF cotton, the prospect Of its heinz
'upPleH 70 inc British from other parts of the world
ana lhe consequent necessity that the People OF
me South should seek some other investment for
their capital.
Mr. Marablc declined discussing the subject Of.
something about He had dealt pretty largely in
10 anu expected 10 again, aud he would saw, that
me au'y The gentleman had proposed on the bot
We was larger than the price physicians were
10 'he haoit OF paying for the article by the gal
ION; And as he could not agree TO the restrictive
ana cofAlhS system, he must be opposcdt TO this du-
Mr.. Fort offered a modification Of Mr.. uaile,s :.
mehdmenI, which was accepted by Mr.. H.
Mr.. Fort then appealed to the friends of the tariff
this amendment
GIr. MarlindIle inquired how much ;ndigo yvaq
now raised ia tiie u. Stateso
Mr. Fort replied, that very little was now rails
ca, out that every foot OF the soil South of North
carolina, was capable ofproducing it in any guam
NY mat could be required. He then demanded
were ordered by the House.
MI Ramsey apprehended that, if the House
went into further amendments, they would have no
prospect Of arriving at decision Opon the bill ITSELF
now demanded the previous question; but tho
House refused TO sustain the demand.
The discussion Of bIr Haile's amendment was
then resumed.
Mr. McDuliie explained the reason why the cuI-
lure OF indigo had been abandopcd in South Caro-
ma; but said, that was about 20 bc resumed and
hc Governor of the State had entered upon the
cultivation oft upon large scale.
MT. Mallary opposed the amendment, as going
70 iyure TIC manufacturers, by banishing tie use
OF indigo entirely.
Mr.. Livingston coTrohorated the statements al
ready gwen on the subject Of the culture of lEti
60 IL had been partially superseded in Louisiana
Oy tne raising OF sugar. but il still raised there
10 considerable extent, and might with ease be
produced IN any quantity. Fie demonstrated with
tho lrnd Of The tariff and insisted that they were
Mound on iho ground Of their own arguments 10
advocate .h!s duty.
Alr. Hamilton hoped that the gentlemen from
me oouth would, M no degree, comprouit the con
sise"cy OF their own principles, by voting for Tie
auo"nmeni' and expressed his determination 10
vote against it.
mr.. Halo then farther modified his amendment,
by hMng tie duty on indigo at twenty-five cents
per pound, with AN annual increase Of ten cents
until 81 should reach 10 cents
VAR. 5'cwart opposed The amendment The pre-
sent duty was only fifteen cents, and the amend.
meht went. eventually, 10 raise it 70 seventy five
cents Ihis was strange way Of protecting man
uIdctures Tho British bad reduced the duty from
one an5 zen pence sterling TO mere nominal J.
mount, Wine SO proposed 70 increase il five hun
drcd per cent
Mr. Martin replied 70 Mr.. Stewart--oxpresscd
niF auazein-nt, how 0eniicm0n could reverse their
own ~ gumeni5 az soon as an article was proposed
which happened 10 be produced ia the Southern
oia.n-' thousands Of acres were covered with ia
ee2 DO hi part % Toe country, and hundreds Of his
grisiiucn,s 80 nothing else--to use the language
2n ,Ie ollie, side thoy wanted a market.
Wv stewart replied, that, IL The gentleman
would give one tenth or oDe-twenhoth, OF even
HHc-tlirictn oi such an increase in the duty Oh
cloth ~ taey nav proposed in The duty On !ndigo'