The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-21
NV ENTsETi. CONGRESS,
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SEVERE SPAysI.INC.
HOUSE or REPREsENTAIIpEs.-A


HOUSE OF NTA1IKEs.-AprH7.
When the Thrill bin WINS under con sidelatrpn,
The proceedings were for time suspended, by
the following discussion
Mr. McDufFIE sad, that he rose for the
purpose disoharging a duty which he owed To
himself aud 10 the Committee of Ways mud
Means, aud he hoped he stenographers would
report what he WIS about 20 say, with ms much
precision as Vas practicable. Asit WIS hls pun.
pose to repel certain ISLANDERS, which Ind been
artfuIly aud insidiously propagatcd he was de
sirous that the aniidote should speedily follow
the poison, aud have q circulation Co-extensive
with II have reference, Sir. said MIR NJ u 10
certain statements which have found their WY
| from Washington to the newspapers al a dis
| nee IN relation To The report made by the
! Committee of Ways and Means IN the state
of the Finances, IN which the effect of the pro.
| posed measure upon the public revenue is exam
| ned These ,meuts allegc, hnuw not up
on what authority, thu The report IN question
was never submitted TO the Committee as DO.
| dy, aud adopted by il. Now, Sir, | feel myself
called upon 10 say, explicitly. that these state
mcnls, whatever may be the source whence the,
| emanated, are utterly false aud unfoundcd
whether they are also malicious or not, | am
| Incapable Of forming nm opnon as | do not
! know their authority. ] he truth OF the matter
! IS, that ~ one oil the regular periodical meet
! ings Of the Committee--the very first that took
| place after the Chairman had prepared the re
! port on the state ofthe dnnnces--he submitted
! II tothe COMMITTEE, without any previous ar
ranRement or concert as to the time Of submit
ting II. and without having previously shown J.
20 any member Of the Committee Tint the
three members of the Committee who are friend.
| ly 10 the Administration, should have all been
absent, though very singular coincidence, wns
purely accidental Tbs ia ;hc true history nl
"a occurrence. that has been distorted INTO dis
reputable trick on the part OF the Chairman, To
| Smugelc through the committee, views which
were not stamped with its sanction Sir, the
! impulauon IS upon the very face of il, ma fool
ish rs II IS false; for, II Is notorious that a nn.
! lorty Of thai committee are opposed 10 what -
called the tariff policy and even ifthe minority
had been present, they could not have prevented
! the adop ION OF the report, however much they
might have been opposed 10 IL
There is another Islander, sir which | have
seen this morning, FOR the FIRST time, in a form
which challenges notice and demnnds rcfiia.
I on. hold IN my hand printed pamphlet
! (lt was the speech Of Nj. Buges, in which It Is
stated, that the report ofthe Committee Of Ways
and Means is nothing more than " second .
dition of that justly celebrated Boston report a.
| !
must br permitted to say, that the impu,ntion
here lnsinuated, is equally dcsitntc OF the truth
and the decornm which should characterize the
! language used by one gentleman, IN reference
| 10 another. whether they be in or out OF dcllb
cratlVe assembly. II happens, very unfortunate.
! " for the purposes, winch this insinuaiion was
! designed to accomplishment | state il in the
| presence Of those who can immediate, ly consult
| the public records for the CORRECTNESS oil what
say that there is not single principle OF ar
! oument common to the Boston report, aud the
report THE Committee of WAYS aud Means,
which Is not to be found in the speeche. hereto.
! ore delivered on this floor, by the present Chair.
man Of the Committee OF Ways and Means T.
ven lf1here had bccna perfect coincidence OF
| argument IN the two reports, on the same sub
jet, aud IN support of the same principles, IL
would not have hren ut all extraordinary Nor
| would II have reflected any discTedif upon the
Committee Of WAYS and Means 10 have drawn
FACTS and illustrations from one Of the very a
blcsi documents that has issued from ,be Amer
lean press on the subject under confederation
But as the Committee OF WAYS and Means con
fined themselves TO single view Of the snl,irct
involving a great number aud variety of ASPECTS,
II has So happened, that IN the single instance in
which they have adop ed even statistical -. +
mate # the Ros' on Committee, they have 40
%
eucrs entirely different rom those dpducpd by
thni Committee. Having made This statement
IN relation 10 The msinnaled charge OF rIagia-
risn, leave IT to the House and to the country.
to determine What is the judgment which ought
to be pronounced npoe the author ofan in,inu-
alton which Is false IT is deliberate and msi-
dious
In the pamphlet Which bold in my hand il Is
also stated that the doctrines contained in the
report Of the Committee OF Ways and Meats.
are To be the doctrines of the next Administ,a.
tI"n and the author Of that pamphlet has Given
very conclusive groofof his profound know
ledge ot the inject by stating that the doctrInr
which assumes that a protecting or prohibitory
duty on foreign merchandise, Is tax upon the
consumer, i a ductine absolutely new and ne.
yer heard Of, until II Appeared IN the Boston Re-
port. aud the Report OF the Committee of WAYS
aud Means.
! Here the Speaker stated tina, as the Rcnort
| OF the Committee ways and Means bad not
been referred 10 the Committee of the Whole.
together with the hill under discussion. itwaS,,t
| IN ORDER to refer to II.
! Mr.. BURGESS claim the rigbt 70 ronIy IN
what the gentleman from 5. Carolina bos bcon
permitted TO allege against me The pamnblc,