Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-23
coNGREss-IN SENATE.


day on the table:
Resolved That the President Of the u. States be
requested to inform the Senate for what cause or
causes, Theodore Hunt Esq. has been removed from
tho office of Recorder of land titles, at 81. Louis,
Missouri.
| On motion of Mr.. Dickerson, the Senate by vote
Of 81 to I8, reconsdered the vote given few DAYS
ago, rejecting the bill recognizing the establishment
of the Attorney General, and converting it into an
Executive Department. The bill was again REFER ed
to the Committee on the Judiciary. {
| The bin authorizing the payment Of Si39,74S to
Massachusetts, for militia services in the war was
engrossed for third reading.
The bill for the benefit of the several Institutions
of the Deaf and Dumb in the u. S. was passed by
yeas and nays, as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Barnard, Barton, Benton, Burnett
Chambers. Chase, Clayton, Dickerson, Dudley, Fro
lnghuysen, Hendricks, Holmes, Kane, Knight Nc
Kinney, Marks, Naudain, Robbins, Rowan, Rugeles
Sandford. Seymore, Ssbee, Willey-e4.
| Massachusetts, Adams, Bibb, Brown Ellis Foot
Forsyth. Grundy. Hayne, Iredell King, Smith of s.
c., Sprague, Tazcwell, Troup, Tyler, White, Wood.
bury-l7.
The bill respecting the removal of the Indians be-
yond the Mississippi was then taken up, when Mr..
Adams of Mississippi addressed the Senate for two
hours, in reply to Mr.. Sprague. hIr. Robbins of R.
!. next has the floor. A.
| MIR. Foot's resolutions were next taken up, when
Mr.. Johnston OF La being entitled to the floor, at
his motion, they were laid on the table.
The resolution to rescind the order to subscribe
Tor tales d Seatons Documents, was taken up but
at Mr.. Grundys motion, laid on the table again.
! Tho resolution offered by Mr.. Frelinghuyscn on
the expedency of stopping Sunday Mails, was SINH
| iarly disposed Of
hir. Bartons resolutions in relation to the Consti-
sutional Executive powers in removing persons from
office, were taken pp, but on motion of Mr.. Cham
bers, laid the table
The resolution offered by br. Barton sor The causes
Of The removal of VIM. Carson, from the Office OF
Register of the land Office at PALMYRA is made the
special order of the day for Friday (this day)
| A deal of private business was also done. The
Senate did not go into executive business. so that
Kendall and Noah still in that very disagreeabe
situation. state Of suspense.
In the House OF Representatives, the only procee
dings of interest were the following on the bill redu
cling the duties on tea and coffee, which it will be
perceived. was ordered to be engrosscd, equivalen
to passing it.
TEA AND COFEFTi.
The House then took mp the bill to reduce the d,t,
| on Tea and Coffee, with the amendment reuorte
thereto to the Committee of the whole.
! The amendment respecting Tea was concurred ir
| The amendment fixing the duty on Coffee at Q
cents pound, after the 3ist December, 1881 com
ing up.
! MIR. Semmes of Md. moved to amend the amend
nlent, by striking out Cd CENTS aud inserting one Ger
as the duty. This duty Mr. S. said, not neces
sary tor revenue, as under any modification of tn
i Tariff, that was likely to take place. the reyenu
would be sufficient to pay off the National Debt a
fast as it became due, and the article did not com
IN competition with any domestic product, the dot
was not necessary for protection Further the artj
Gle was no longer of luxury, hut had become on
OF general and necessary use. and he for these req
sons hoped the duty would be reduced to one cent
at the time proposed, and ultimately abolished ato
gether.
Mr.. Burgess suggested the propriety of fixinr th
duty ut tsuo cents. This would be vary bea wy re
duction, and he thought woud be sufficient for tn
I present.
/ Mr. Semmes said he would vary his motion. so y
to strike out the % cents, aud leave the blank Il
be filled with t,oo the House might decide
Mr. Ingersoll advocated the policy of gradual, no
great and sudden reduction Of duties This was TIL
reason why the Committee of Ways and Means re-
ported IN favor Of cents which was reduction OF
Que half the present duty. This alone would proba
bly, take off million of revenue, and with the reduc
ton on tea, would amount to n dirninuion of twl
millions ofrcvenue. The hest and safest policy, he
argued, gradual reduction of duties He fea r.
ed the amendment, if pressed, would embarrass Per.
haps defeat, the bi and the agitation of the question
so long before ITS passage, had already ruined many
! merchants.
| Blr. Scmmcs had abstaned from going fully into
the merits of the question, when he offered his amend
ment, supposlng that every ready to vote on
the subject AS 1t was opposed, however, he woulc
offer few reasons, more at large, in favor of his a.
mentlment. He did SO, and avowed that he had him
self been in favor Of total abolition of the duty fo
the reasons briefly stated above but had Yielded t.
s10c ftrno ~F
Zeal merchants, and who thought the total removal O
the duty might afford opportunity for fauds &C. ant
he bad accordingly agreed to Keep Oh duty of on.
cent Ne was In favor of repeating the duty on a
articles which do not come in competition with do
nestle productions.
The question on striking out % was decided IN the
negative, ayes 70, noes 81.
| Dir. Taylor of n. Y then moved to strike out the
haLf cent, so as to leave the duty two cents
This motion prevailed--ayes o.
Mr. Senlmes tlian moved to insert an amendment