Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-17
DUTIES ON SUGAR.


rcsen'a,ivcs on Monday, refusing to consider Mr.
HAYNES resolution for reducing tho duty Sugar.
Mr. HAYNES of Georgia, submitted tho follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee of WAYS md Means
OS instructed to inquire into tho expediency of re-
countries into The United States
Mr.: SUTHERLAND required that the question
be taken npon the consideration of the resolution;
and Mr. WILLIAMS demanded the Yeas and NAYS
and being taken, stood as follows:
fEAS-Messrs Alexander, Aston. Anderson.
Angel. Archer. Arms'ron Barbour. Barnwell, Bar.
ringer Baylor Bell James Blair. John Blair. Boon,
Claiborne. Clay, Coke. Conner Craig Crochcron,
Warren Il. Davis, Desha, d. Wit, Draper Drnvtop.
Dudley Earl, Gather Gordon, Hall, Kelsey,
man, Hubbard. jarvis. Jenn,ng- Cave Johnson. In.
mar, Len, Lecompt. Lent. Lewis. LOYAL. I.umn-
Rim, Thomas Maxwell. McDufie. McIni re, Mitch
Powers, Rcncher Roane, Sanford. WIN. B Shep-
ard, Aug. II Shepherd. Shields. Sperht, Richs I'd
Spencer, sfanb"rry, S'andefcr. Taliaferro. Wiley
rho%pspn' w Tucker; WerplanSk Wayne, Weeks,
NAYS-M"ssrs, Arnold cv Barber Barley
Bates, 'ekmon Bock"e Borst. Buchanan Butmnn,
Cah1on' Ola Coleman Condiet, Cooper. Coulter
Daniel. Denny. Dickinson. boddridqe. Duncan
Dwight, EagSr. Ellsworth, George Evans III race
Everett. Findav Finch, F,rd- Forward Fry Sill
more, Green G,enn"ll: Grrley. H,*kns Hemphill.
Hodges, Howard Hughes, Hunt Huntington. thrie,
Ingersoll IRWIN. IRWIN, Ri NJ Johnson. Kendall,
Kcnnon, Kincaid Pc kins King, Adam King Lea
witt, Lyon Mage. Mallary, Mar, Msriindale, Lew
is MAXWELL McCrecry, Miller Muhlenburg. Over
ton. Pearc", Person. Ramsey, Reed, Richardson,
Rose. Russell, Scott, Sill, Smith. Ambrose Spencer.
Sprigg, Stergcre, Stephens, Storrs, Strong Suther
land, Swami, Swift. Taylor. John Thomson, Tracy,
Vance Varnum, Vrntnn Washington, Whit lesey,
Ed d. White, Wickliffe Yancey. Younp-99
So tho House refused to consider the resolution.
10 On Tuesday. little of interes, was done in
Congress. with the exception of another fruitless
attempt ngains portion of the Tariff: Mr.. Barrin-
ger of North Carolira, offered the following re.ou-
tions which the House refused to consider, .yes Sc,
noes l14
REDUCTION OF DUTIES
Mr. Ba ringer offered the following resolution:
Resolved That the Committee of Ways and
Means be instructed 10 report bill reducing the du
ty on bar iron made by hammering to the amount
OF duty imposed by the law Of 1914
Also, to rcduco the duty on cotton bacrup to two
cents per square yard.
Also. to reduce the duty coarse wooIIen goods,
costing less than Fifty per square ward Mt the
place whence impor' ed, to an adj vaorem dotv of
twenty-five per ccntum.
Also, to reduce the duty coarse WOOL COSTING Less
an ten cents per pound at the place whence import
ed, to an al valorem duty Of twenty per cent.
Also, to reduce the duty brown sugar to two
cents per pound
Houses,
it is generally local IN its character and neither our
limits will permit to give details, nor would it be
acceptable to the reader to cucumber him with uniu
tercsting particulars.
Ia On Thursday the 9th, the Legislature Of S.
Carolina proceeded to the choice of Governor and
Lieut. Governor, with the following RESULTS
Governor.
For James Hamilton. Jr. 90
Richard Manning, ca
LIEUT. CONVERSION.
For Patrick Noble, &C
Elijah Dawkins, SO
Hamilton and Noble tho candidates of the Null
myers This victory probably the last ono the par.
ty will achieve. In tho House of Representatives,
warm debate ensued upon that report of the Commit
tee on Federal Relations, which we re published
Jews days ago. As substitute to the Resolutions of
that Committee Judge IIuser has offered the follow.
ing No disposition hus been made of either, though,
Col. Prcs,on's will doubtless be adopted
.Wr. ID e. Hager's Resolution, presented to The
Houye Wedncsduy Inst.
Resolved That this Lcgisl1ure doth not rccor-
Misc as CONSTITUTIONAL the right Of an individual state
to nuly or arrest law passed. by the United States
IN Congress assembled.
Resolved, That The right OF the people to otter or
abolisli DID, md constitute new governments is una
Iienabc in its nature and paramount to oil consider
alton, but should only be re5ortcd to in cases of
great oppression. palpa5c and dangerous unsurpa-
tions.
Resolved, That any system Of protecting duties,
which shall destroy or essentially impair tho COM
mcrcc OF the country be oppressive in its oper-
alton and destructive of ono Of the principal ends for
which the Federal Constitution adopted But
tho people ofbis State, conscious Of their own at
tn"hmcnt 20 the Union. will be slow TO believe that
the Federal Government will persevcre in such
system and thus force upon them tho convictions that
tho great ends Of tho Constitution not TO be ac-
couplIshod
Resolved, Tint this Legislature pcrceves in the
miDis'ra'on sufficient grounds to hope tina, measures
will be speedily adopted by tho federal government 10
restore harmony to tho union and purity to the con-
stitution.
Resolved, therefore, Tint il is in txpedcnt at this
time TO call Convention of the people or adopt any
other measure 10 cmbnrrass the proceedings Of tho
present administration.
Resolved. That this State enfcrtans the hopo that