Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-15
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! ii'|AL VI i"HfR EsENTATIVs -DEc. 5,I32e.
Some debate took place this day on one ftle re-
soint'ons referring the topics of :, prpsi
dents Message to Committee winch ,hou,rh ;nc;
denal deserves from the Importance of the su!,iect
! to be especially noticed ~
The following resolution, moved nv Mr. p,,, h,
ing under consideration, VIZ:
heS''cei, That nacI of The said MessaUc as
relates to hf modification orlhe existing tariff ofdu
| .iHs Oil goooSlnlportei into the Cned States be
reierFeu To Inc Committee Manufactures
MIR. j w. TAYLOR. SAID he conside-cd tho ,ro,
efai arrangement OF the business as dicio,,s; and
the gent eman from Tennessee had so prepared b;s
resoiutions as to present the points in the
mos Car ana perspi'u0us manner. He wished 10
have,ioWeVeF, ON limitations in his rcsoIut i'm y, 81,
refers TO the modification of the Tariff II the ren
ehanirom ehneSsec would refer to the p csiients
message, te would tind that contains stiurestions
iooh!pg to proposed notifications ofthe Tariff One
modification is to be found in tie 9th ape and haons
mus he general rule To he applied Isl gradua-
ing III dutles "p"n articles of foreign growth or
manufacture Is That which will place our avn ON
Ii ar competition with hose of other countries S,c
presenting the great principle in regard to tle pro
lection OF American manufactures The other class
referred tom Ltrr iuth pare, vorrr.urn-es thus.
IiuuKiug forward to the PERIOD far distant
when sin!Jng fund will no longer be rruurrd aud
gong to state that III reference to tea and coffee
reduction CT the existing duties will be felt as com.
mon benefit"
HIS object to move an am .,.oant n tj;s 70
solution, which would have the effect Of rcf,r;iuo
nat part which relates to snch modification rs looks
I to
COMMITTEE on Nanufactu while il refers so much
As part ems to the modification contelpla cd b the
reduction OF the duties on ca and coffee wtIch IS OK
eiusivciy revenue arrangement, ~ Tie Cu..r zee
vi Ways ana Means Only so far as the duties are
regulated " ith view the proec ion OF. O IT. mann
actu!cs Is It properly object OF reference 10 the
COMMITTEE on Manufactures. lie would therefore
move To amend he resoninnby inserting, after the
Moru- oLi' =. 'Sta'cs, the words, with view to
the protection Of manufacturers
Tie question beng OF the amendment
MI Ok 'ai'i, tisC us tn resolution had been u
dopted In committee, II no longer under his
control. Ii wa suggested however by a rentIep,.n
near nlm that the annlent, with a n,ojifcatinn
might he proper The niodlfica: ion which he si,rcs
teu' was, to add The words, except that part which
refers to ihe reduction ofthc duties on tea and co
winch Is referred to the Committee On WAYS and
Means.
MIR. TAYI.o. reminded the gentleman from Te,nos-
see, Lat lie had alrady referred every thing rcatn
TO the Revenue to the Comlnttee of Ways and
MeanS, and that reference embraced the object or ms
present motion This Is ii subject of revenue and it
Is by no me ms necessary to 60 into the particular spe
clhcatlens TO the duties on tea coffee NC That
matter Is necessity before the Committee unless il
shall be particularly excluded.
Dir Polk stated that his only object was 70 render
the language OF the resolution more specific than
was before be offered thus amendment His obiec,
was to give TO the Commute Of WAYS and Means all
the duties which legtimateiy belong to it, and to re-
Ter TO III all those topics in the message which are
Wlt.n itS sphere. IL suggested TO hin, that
there might arise conflict bet ween the Committee
or Ways and Means, and the Committee on Man,ifac-
lures as to Whicn Vas possession OF tn, specific
recommended ons contained in the message, and, in
c"hSrqhen' ~ mat suggestion, lie had proposed his
modification. II could do harm; If it were pro-
ductive of no other go,d it would Indicate tho will
OF the House as to the committee which the sab
Ject should be referred. The Committee of " avs
ana Means has all the subjects relating to the reven
lie before Ii, ami the modification he had sIrrrsteJ
would have the effect OF making this reference more
clear.
hr tI1,rJ II 81.
resolution OF the gentleman from Tennessee or the
amendment OF the gentleman from New York might
produce the effect; but the amendment now snnnrs
,ed Oy the gentleman flom Tennessee, following the
ameH1ncnt OF the gentleman from York, would lead
10 tde inference that the duties on tea and coffee
lectures"
MIR. Polk then withdrew his proposition 10 amend
-Ir. VI DUFFiE hen stated that he dsliked tho
pHEdseoiogy or the amendment. l; seemed to he
framed under the impression that lie notifications
recommended by the message looked exclusively to
the benefit of the manufacturers. lie hoped that this
IMPRESSION was not h. correct one
VI r. MARTIN, Of South Curoliua stlrsestcd to the
gentleman from New York, the prcpTictv Of with
drawing ms proposition and accepting an amendment
70 Tic GLOWING effect: And that 50 much as relai e.
TO reduction OF duties these articles Of i,nuof
winch cannot come IN competition with our rnanu
iacturcs, be referred to the Committee Of Ways and
FIR TAYLOR said lie should be hapnv to Give tb;s
grauncatlon to the gentleman II nc could Blu 1t
must be evident to all that the nessaoe does recon-
mend the protection of manufac'ures Whether The
recommendation IL judicious or not is not now the
question TO be discussed. What he proposcd was to
give respectful reference to the appropriate com.
Inees OF all the matters which the Chief MAGISTRATE
had submitted to the consideration of the House It
was not now for him to oppose to vindicate or an
prove OF those matters. That was Subject for dis
cussion hereafter and sufficient for the day is the
evil thereof Let that matter. therefore, rest
He wished the subject to go to that committee where
u would receive the tulles' consideration. When
he was up before, he read paragraph from the mes
sage wmch after stating that The general rule was
TO place our own manufactured in far competition
with those Of other countries" went on to state
that the inducements to advance even step beyond
THIS point, controlling in regard those articles
winch are OF PRIMARY necessity IN time of war"
The President had thus expressed his opinion on this
point III explicit terms If there be single article
manufactured IN the United States which IL ofprios-