Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-04-23
DEBATE IN CONGRESS.
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HOUSE QfREPRESENT.4TITE
April7, 1878

oldlou on MONDAY ldels ult EloNDo-tiii- p
were for time suspended by the follow
ing discussion: report Of which we prom
ised our readers.
Mr. NPDufie said, that he rose for
the purpose of dischargng duty which
he owed to himself and to the COMMITTEES
OF Wavs and Means. and he hoped the
stenOgraphers would report what he was
about TO saw. with as much precision as
was practicable. As It was his purpose
TO renel certain SANDERS, which had been
artfully. and assidiously propogated' he
was DESTROYS that the antidote should spec
div follow the poison, and have crcu-
lation co-eUensive with it. ] have refer
ence. SIR. said AIr. NID. to certain state
ments which have found theu way from
Washington, To- the newspapers &C q DIS
lance, In relation to the report made by
the Committee of Ways and Means ON
the state of the finances, IN which the ei-
feet of the proposed measure upon the
public revenue examined. These state
ments alledge, ] know not upon what au-
thority, that the report IN question was new
er submitted 10 the committee, as a Dooy'
and adopted by 1t. Now. sir. j feel my
self called upon 20 say, explicitly, that
these statements. whatever may be the
source whence they emanated, are utterly
f,lee and unlounded; whether thew are
malicious. or not, am incapable of form
inc am opinion, as do not know their au-
ibority. The truth of the matter Is, that
at one of the regular periodical meetings
of the committee-the very first that took
place after the chairman mad prepared the
report ON the state of the hnances-he
submitted it 20 the committee, without a-
nv previous arrangement or concert, as
fo tbe the time of submitting 10, and with
cut having previously shewn It TO any
member of the committee. That the three
members of the committee friendly 20
the Administration, should have all been
absent. though a very singular conci-
dence. was purely accidental This IS
the true history Of am occurrence, hathas
been distorted iutoa disreputable trick on
the part of the Chairman, to- smuggIe thro'
the committee, views which were not
stamped with It's sanction. cr the mn
putition Is, upon the very face Of 81, as
foolish as it is false; for. It IS notorious,
that a majority of that committee are OPP
posed to- what IS called the tariff policy
and even If the minority had been present.
they could not have prevented the adoption
of the report. however much they might
have been opposed TO 1t.
There is another SANDER, sir, which /
have seen this morning, for the first time,
In q form, which challenges notice, and
refutadon. hold no my hand a printed
pamphlet, Tit was the speech OF Nlr. Bur
res.i I'M which It is stated, ihaJ the re-
port of the committee of Ways and Means
is nothing more than SEA second edition of
that Justly celebrated Boston prohibuoy
system" Now. sir, ] must be permitted
70 saw. that the impUtauou, here nsnua-
ted. IS equally destitute of the truth and
fine dec0rum which should characterize the
language used by one gentleman m ref
ereace to another, whether they be u on
out of deGbcratve assembly 10 hap
neqs very fortunately for the purposes,
which this nsinuation was designed 20
eccomphsh-aud Z state 20 I'M tbe presence
of those who can Immediately consult the
public records for the correctness of what
I sav-hat there Is mo- single principle on
armnent. common TO tine Boston Report,
and the report of the committee of Ways
and Means. which Is not Go be found an
ibe speeches heretofore delivered on this
floor. by the present chairman of the com
mite of Wavs and Means. EVENT. there
had been q perfect coincidence of argu-
ment I'm the two reports, ON the same sub
iect, and DO support of the same prnci-
pies, 1t would not have been at all eNttaor-
binary. Nor would it have reflected any
discredit upon the committee of Ways and
Means. To have drawn facts and l.lustra-
tions from one of the very ablest docu-
ments that has issued from the American
press. ON the subject under consideration.
But as the committee of Ways and Means
confined themselves to q single view of
a subject involving a great number and
variety of aspects, It has SO happened.
fh9t. mn the single instance ln which
thew have adopted even statistical esu-
mlte of the Boston Committee, they
have So modified ITS application, as to
draw from 1t differences entirely different
from those deducted by that committee.
Having made this statement M relation to
insmuated charge of plagiarism, 1 leave
it to the House aud 90 the country 10 de-
termine what is tbo judgment which ought
20 be pronounced upon the author oil am
insinuuuon, which is as false as 1t IS de-
Tberata and msidious