Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-17
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CONGRESS-.

CONGRESS.
The proceedings of Congress have been mark
ed this week, by the Introduction of three ques-
lions of much interest-Thc Memorial of tho
Bank U. States for extension Of Charter-a
Report from the Apportionment Committee, and
Resolution offered in the Senate Monday, by
Mi Clay, in tho following words:--
"RcSOtced, That tho existing duties upon articles
imported from foreign countries, and not coming
INTO competition with similar articles made or pro-
dpced within .he United States, ought to be forth.
with ABOLISHED, except the duties upon wines and
silks, and that they ought to be reduced; and that
ale Committee on Finance be instructed to report
abill accordingly"
So, the Directors of the U. States Bank have
tot humored the President in hs'r ery reasonable
nish to be excused from signing or refusing to
sign, bali for rccharterfng the Bank, before the
Presidential election! Calculating the chances,
ike sensible mon, they have concluded it safest to
apply no,o-when the President feels his RESPONSE
Pty--when Pennsylvania has not voted--when
the back stair men, one and ALL will urge their
onnipoten influence with King Logs to sign, lest
he may lose the vote of Pennsylvania, and they
'tier llaces--Y'hen the whole tribe who have come
tito cons enco and office, by attaching them
siives Ia ons skirts, and whose day must
dpard =. 80 MS, will get around him ard never
detected Mcianes shallow trick, and refused to be
eiught All this IS right. 1t now becomes pro-
hem of some interest, both to the speculator in
finds and the Spectator in character, ,ohat the
Hero ,oHl do In the Senate the memorial is refer
nd to q Select Committee favorable TO the appca-
ten-in The House to the Committee of Ways and
Means also favorable. A Bill will be reported to
extend the charter, and that bill will pass both
Houses. There is escape for the Hero. He
has prayed that the bitterness of this cup might be
sycrted-hc has employed the fnesse of his man.
sgers and caioled, coaxed and bullied in turn, in
lain. He must sign the bin, refuse TO sign it.
His partizans-such of them mean, ac-
stated by no higher motives, than obedience to his
vl-his slaves-will struggle hard to postpone, or
to neutraIize-but they cannot succeed. Congress
will pass the Bill President Jackson must face
toe crisis.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Clay is one of in
Finite Importance, hringsup for discussion tho
entire Tariff Policy. He is already assailed for it.
The Baltimore Republican says s'bis manifest OBJ
jet is, to keep up high upon all the necessa-
res of life, coarse cottons, wooens, iron, sugar,
&c" afT'ho intelligent reader has not to learn, that
his is the ohole question: The question is, if an
Increase Of price in those necessary articles will
not be the consequence of diminishing the duty on
tSe - boc-, tho result in
the case Of salt, the duty which was reduced
last May. Such, Mr.. Clay afirms, will be the con-
sequence of reducing the duty other articles of
necessary consumption. To alledge that he designs
to keep up high taxes the necessaries of life, as
demonstrated by his.resolution, is wreched petit
ito prncipii-a gross assumption, disproved by ex.
pcrcnce, and denied by Mr. Clay But in short
time, his views at large will be laid before the Amc-
rican People. Let there be suspension Of opinion
until then.
Mr.. Polk, Chairman of the Comm ttee, brought
up the Report on apportioning Representations
The Committee have selected $4,000 as the ratio
most fair to all the States in its results. We have
already stated, that by it, Virginia will lose one
member New York will have 49, Nothing deci-
sive has been done. The proposition will undergo
much debate, as every State whom another number
would suit better than $4,000 will struggle to have
that number adopted.