Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-10

The following message r. ceived from ths Prssi-
Sc rotary
| To The Senate Of The United States:
respectfully submit to hs senate 70 heir
legislative resolution of tn 2Oh ultimc IL relation t.
the SAILS Of lard al the Crawtord.vle laad uice IL
November last, report. from the Secretary o. the
Treasury aud The Commissioner Of the Cen raj Land
Office
Concurring with the Secretary Of The Trsa ,ry In the
views he has taken OF the A,es and act Of Congress
Touching the suffice canno, discover that the Prasi-
uen' vested with any power, under The constitution
or lows, TO withhold patent fr n a pure tho has
gwen lair and valuable consideration for Ten 1, ard
thereby acquitted vested sigh, the same; nor
perceive that the sole iesstve resolution of tie Sc
nate can confer such power suspend the right OF
The citizens TO enter the i'ujs hs, hove heen offered
'or sale IN saii district, aud remain unsoj so long
tue law authorizing y o zane remains unrep e aled
beg leave therefore, 20 present the subject TO the
re. consideration of the Senate.
| Feb. B. 1881. ANDREW JACKSON.
Oa motion OF Mr.. Nnhl~, the message aud documents
were REARED to the Committee on the Public Lands.
zens of Portsmouth. New Hamp hire, praying Cor All
increase # he silver coinage OF The United ates
NJ Haynr prrs=uted The emoria OF the clerks in
lie Fourth Auditor. Office, pray ing for increase Of
their comrcusaiop.
The bill from the her HOuss, to provide hereafter
Tor The pavment OF six thousand aoi4r- annually hs
Seneca Ttibs OF Indians and for other pu poses with
tie amendments WAS tsk-n up AID atr.r .hort dis.
cussion, in which Mr.. Forsy h opposed il, and MIR.
SANFORD Mr.. Smith of Nd, Mr. d bb I'd MFR Wits
supported n; II was ordered TO be engosssd third
reNing by vote of SO o 9.
| Mr. ckerson submite resolution directing the
Secretary Of the Treasury 10 report the amount o!
drawback paid on refined sugir expored from tho u
ned State.
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS.
The Senate proceed. TO the consider alton of Execy.
tive Rusines and sPsnta short time on IT,
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
DUTY ON SALT
MIR. Msllary, from the COMMITTEES on Manufactures,
reported the following bill
"Be IL enacted sc. That 20 mueh of an act entitled
ID re he. dtttO Gal -
1890 az will take eHeet and the OF Decen-
next BE- and The sameis hereby repesled and that
ADD r main 1T fifteen cents per bu.hsi."
y very long report accompanied The hill
me OH hevng heen read tbs hrst time, Mr.. Lamar
moved i,s rejection.
! Mr. Tucker objected TO the second reading of the
bill and hoped would be rejected. He regreited that
II had been introduced. TIE Walt was compiain.
ed OF and justly complained Of by tn. greater part Of
,ne n"'Icsh people; " w's tax tina, operated with
great reveriy on TIE poor The was laid for war
PufPo.rs and should not be continued in peace
an set to repeal the tax pass thu last Session stter
lu d"cuson and II was but shs The Tepe should
take liace. We have bill on the table OF the House
relative to reduction o. he duties on Sugar; was this
OH int led TO have aoy effect upon ,ha, me SER, Mr.
/. hoped that every gentleman on the floor who de.
red the Pfoeriiy Of country would promptly vote
f'r hs lection Of the bill reeortsd from, oirmt-
Iee 90 M'noi"ctures' MIR y det+nded the vote hs
gave the ether day against the rescon of bill; he
dii "! view to allow On opporiun for discussion.
MT. Mae-y sail there nohiOg unusual in re-
porting the bin before the House. Tn. Commit
tee on Manufactures had considered the subject IL was
an interesting and they had fully given IN cir
views it in the report whirh accompanied the bill,
II the gentleman WHO had just taken hs pcat eel, irr-
aiet al the course Puru=d by ' committee he could
not help Is he claimed The right 10 his vie to
the House, and so dih he committee. He was not d.
posed tn go into argument the subject a, th.
um'; he shoad prefer That ,Sa, bin should lie the
table, and the report BE- printed, that gentlemen
might have time to reject upon ADD Understand this
question for themselves. He DESTROYS that the bill
should take the usual conrse--be read sc .ond time
| committed assured he
South Carolina, that he had idea mat this measure
would have any effect on The bill; would tbs
erect oil Ms passage b. to operate upon The poorit wss
rather intended TO relieve the poor The gentleman
had said that the OF Let Of his the other day was
10 admit of discu'sion-bis object prevent
II, by strangag the bill II the House chose TO reject
the bill, he had nothing to say against it, but before
doing So he should be pleased have the views of the
Committee on Manufactures read
MIR. SFeght said he had been unprepared for the in.
reduction OF a measure OF ibs nature of that now
! before the House. There had been full discus.
sion the subject at tha last session and the House
bY considerable majority hal passed bill 10 repeal
the tax on sil proposed to be continued In The
debate on that OCCASION it declared 10 Ie one of
the most gfleVou' and oppressive taxes 10 hch apy
people subjected. Neither the ro,r nor Inc rich
(sad Mr.. P.) should be burhened With tax ON An ar
nce mat entered into the necessary consumption OF eve
| ~ family Pass ills bill and what would gepteman
have TO tell their constituents when they went bon,.
this measure following directly upon IN of the last
ssssiOn.
| Mr.. S. then spoke Of the effects which The n,ea
sure would have upon the people the South; aud said
he warned n!lemen 10 b. cautious in their reueeted
attempts to keep them down. ole denounced the ven
geanee OF The South the majority Of hi. House n
theY persisted IN course o measures like those nur
sued Tor Some years past Last year he said the lords
propetarie Of the United States had he en- peionsd
reduce the duties sat and their PRAYER wa. grant
ed Now I, was proposed TO restore the duties Would
not 'ucl legislation create excitement, Yea sad Mr.
=, such sy1'em ol robbery and plumber toH create
excitement Wa'lhe South to have M redress If yriev
anees Ard when she had thrown herself on die lib.
crafty OF her snveregns and obtained some partial re-
ei was she to be again subj c'ed The same burdenss
| he Day wa. coming when hr South wouII be heard
/ me oppressive measures under which she abored
/ must be tepealed- will he done-and shall be done
the South was OF the Of rebellion, &C.
MI Thomp'on, OF G. orgia, to address the House;
II but gave way 10
i ! MI Tucker, said that when the bill shouId 70
ceive lie second aiding, he should move an amendment
to provide for the repeal OF the duties on salt in toto
lie felt sorry that the gentlemen from North Carolina
had expressed himself he had done IL was his (Nr
To wish to pat down excitement. Every section
~ this coul.ry oppressed by this odous tax en-
coP the persons engaged 10 the manufacture Of the arr
tele There wds an arislocfscy 10 this HoUss-they
had power, and they exercised 20 oppress. They
we're led nio error thensevs, aud they deluded the
people. The yeOmanry of the country never had been
represented ihis The object of the tax on salt
was 10 take from the pockets Of tie poor and give 10
the rich; make the poor poorer, aud the rich richer
He mpored gentlemen, iOf The good OF their cops,;t
uent Tor the good Of the ~, lske such stsps az
would put end to excitement, by eudeayoripg 10 do
Justice 10 al For bimsel, he cared NO more fr one
section Of he country Ihan Toe sno,hsT hs object was