Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-25

,,srr different value, ou' atVn ""'s' -.
a'sl! has been no corresponding discrinlna-
tes me duties levied upon them. The duty
H@ a.i by the Secretary, Of twelve and haH
80, Gallon on olive oil in casks, the Con-
,Hs .vs ,houshht it proper to raise to twenty
rI''es GALLON; this article coming in imme-
ems po~oetition with the product Ut our whale
6ae comPe''"0
i',e''s tho articles proposed by the Secretary TO
fIO" #, from dutv. the Committee have thought
ssAe" =, sxcept side arms, quilts prepared, and
P0Pe;. oI,,es. blue yitrio, calomel, corrosive
ni's !" macaroni; and among the articles in
ao"I Im nder the general description OF 90 artl.
llFu . mo- under the duty Of twelve and half
Ks 'u ;bey have also excepted bichromate OF
?'E ls"' ,rn.siste Of potash, chromate OF potash,
P''a'n + lead. aqua fortis, and tartaric acid
a'"1T ,Iav have excepted also from the non-enu-
Anu 'I articles now paying an ad valorem duty
A,a, cent. tartar emetic and Rochelle salts.
!, ,Ip,ir,es thus excepted being extensively ma
81 srured in this country.
lac s 'hs provisions in the 9Th aud 9th sections
, ~ secretary draft relating to cash payments
,a,;,ra credits az three and six months, the
r.smir,ee have added wool to the manufactures
om 'r,n a, specified BY the Secretary. The Sc
~. %,: .,clon of the draft proposing levy OF
, ',..f me and half per cert. on the public
"1'' IS manufacturers of wool, the Committee
'" N,'S.smsd il advisable to strike out, unwil-
.I,' - ,rcpmulate duty upon sales at auction
- leypd by several Of the States of this Union.
.r's Committee have added to the draft OF the
cry : section providing that the pound ster
~ .Lal hereafter be rated at the value OF four
- and eighty cents. The reason for which
a ,i 10 ob,ious to the House. They have like
-. ,ddsd section. providing that from and
,6sr The passage Of the act the expressed juice
& ,bs .ua,r cane. and syrup for making sugar
,s,ll nav the same duties as brown sugar, and
,.., crude and mineral salt shall pay the same
,n,ic. "A salt. The object OF the section insert
- Nth the concurrence of the Secretary of the
T,s,.ury, being to take away means OF evad-
~, ,be duties on sugar and salt which have been
n,,e,,sd and which there Is reason to believe are
more extensively contemplated.
10 these deviations from the draft oil bill re-
Oor,sd bv the Secretary Of the Treasury to the
H0a,e, the maioritv Of the committee have done
E,l Justice TO the intentions OF that officer
T5,y have perceived in the draft a spirit and
,sm3er entirely congenal to their own, an ear
,..t desire 10 conciiate and harmonic the adj
,,rse feelings and interests Of the two divisions
ofrbe Union. Unable TO concur with hun in all
N, details Of his drafted bill. they have felt it
their duty to depart from them as seldom as pos
,,ble. consistent with their obligations to the IN
terr,, which tits their special charge to main
nin. That their own views will in all respects
obtain the sanction Of this House, or the appro-
BATON Of the country. they cannot Halter them
selves; but they would reluctantly resign the
Ape. that the principle OF compromise which
forms the vital spirit Of the bill now reported,
nav be quickened in its progress through this
and the other House Of Congress TO solid adj
pstuent of the great controversy which now agi-
htes the natinn. In conserving to report this
bill every member who assented to the measure
was conscious oil sacrificing considerable portions,
not Of the interest most deserving to be cher
,hed by hun, at least of those interests as under
stood BY those to whom they are OF deepest con-
Germ In considering its various provisions they
would ask Of every member OF the House, before
Judging Of the result, to make the allowance due
10 this disposition; and they would hope the APP
peal may moi be made in vain which asks him
to assume portion Of the same disposition him
self The Committee believe this to be one OF
those occasions upon which nothing less than
spirit embracing the welfare Of the whole nation
can determine that which is due to all its parts.
The measure, like all those which have preced-
I'd il on the same subject, is experimental. and
even il it should fail to restore entirely that har
aony in which the happiness Of the Union can
alone consist, they cherish the belief that it may
be Eatured into an act of legislation destined to
lead hereafter to final and more complete re-
establishment If the common sympathies which
carried Us through the conflict for the establish
neut Of national independence.