Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-07-03
Richmond, Va. Tuesday, july 3.
THE TARIFF.
THE TARIFF
49,, The Bill passed the House of Representatives ON
Thursday by vote of 1872 to 65se-Mr. Niles thus
classifes the Nays: ~ "'
From Afaine-Mr. Jarvis

NAYS:
From Maine-Mr Jarvis.
Bats S Ai Sas. a,p Ps
RHODE iiSnaM snPse one S vacancy in the
Insco snS YSSoS m Huntington so oss
y@ontMessis ii Allen, Everett and sade cshUom
T Yek-Ms' PcndletOn and Pitcher 2s r. voted in the a
S;e, semSs,r' L. COndic Cooper Hughes tMe,srs
R%ndsSs and sGo,ha5s voted in The
R R%s r. MfGHy , M9hKsp0an Potts stewart SUTHERLAND Wat
SS s,' S;:a l n the S a. King Mann
pigiaa Messrs Alexander r. Allen Barbour BouldiD co.
iSS Gordon and In aHave Mos.ts A
Rosae Joa Doad a.e MIoS ss
r., NS or; Branch Carson Necuy and Roncher
shepard sHpp pasE; S SS Williams Ssn% absent "n
SSa@ cr9iaa Banwel, w. r. Davis, Fielder, cnn
81 p and NuekO esss Blair Drayton voted
son ss Wilde : Sayjss rAo~
Ads DSn iS ' and ' Wies I'm III. .m
yon aah SaTS. hase NJ Johnson Lseo~p
Messrs Billiard and White, Tnoma. in the
aiq1uma- Lewis. essrs Clay Mud. in the aaarma
Indiana, Illinois and neutrality-suspicious..
A friend nj Washington details the votes of the
Southern and Southwestern States and the reasons
by which the affirmative votes were i'm all probability
governed-as follows:
"WAsHINGToN goth June.
eserlay the perplexing and distractng subject Of
the Tariff decided in the House Representatives
he bill passed by large majority. You will see from
the vote that III out of 10 OF the Virginia Delegation
who were present, voted for it: The Speaker and Gen.
Mccoy would, il tbs understood have voted for the bill if
they had voted at ALL The latter is lying sick-Eigb of
the North Carolina Delegation for the bill and four
againsti Three from South Carolina-one from Geor
gia, viz Judge Wayne-two from Alabama-the member
from Mssssppi-one from Louisiana, all the Dele
CATION from Tennessee, voted for the bill
hese members is believed, nearly all voted for the
nd nnt l,:.l..
would have given their if they could have done
better 10 reduce our taxes four millions is better than
not reducing them at ALL and much better than breaking
up without doing any thing and thereby endangerng the
Ohon the peace and happiness of the country. far
,herreducon must hereafter take place, should we find
large surplus in the Treasury.
1--WE must try and get clear of the system by degrees
WI hat will be the fate of the bill in the Senate no one
yet knows Some think il will be rejected If amended
al ali' IL VIII be made more unpaatabe TO the South"
A member of Congress, who voted for the Bll IN
similar considerations writes that at is not satisfac
tory TO the North TO the South but it is the first
STEP We shall follow it up until the Revenue is re-
9 m 10 tle measure OF our actual expenditure
The triumphant majority and the ultras of both sides
voting together against the BILL may have good
erect upon the country, and prevent civil disturban
ces. And we shall soon meet again, TO 90 on with
the work of reducing the taxes"
MIR. Niles is not contented with this bill-He saws
We have the voted against the Bill into
inv more easy and certain reference L. appears that majo
Vermont O Jersey and Pennsylvania against the bls Hence
RS % "5s ps a
partny provisions as Tho
are several that feel almost certain will
ey arc mpoIanehaps essential to the preservation and
and decided friends industry of those who deny
0S S1d certainly believed hS thar ARE in oS of
omen among the Yeesmand some pS ae are names OF Ill
iii INV ny probable that some of our friends voted for the
he Senate Several errors eS-and perhaps may prove
% To sce to the ST%f without corresponding
DOM Agcot decline in the price followed the passage OF
%nds for M e nye % but because
Ana how stands the market for wool now! We
But S T % o. an effort ono on our part
tT NH one three for the bin.
voted for this bill do not also deny the right. - WV
Among the decided Ultra-Tariff members who
voted against the bill, are Messrs Herman Allen.
John Banks, Briggs, Burgess, Choate, Condict Coop
er, Crawford, Davis, Denny, Edward and Horace
Everett, GrennelI, Hodges, Hughes, Huntington
Kendall King, Robert Mccoy, KEENAN,, Milligan
Pearcc, Pendeton, Pitcher, Potts, Slade Stewart
Sutherland, Wamough and White.
Among the Utra-Tariffites who ultimately voted
Tor 1t, are Messrs Appleton, Creighton, Ihrie VIII
kin and Wheeler.
we confess ourselves unable to estimate the re.
ductIon of the revenue, which will be effected by
such Bill as this. Mr.. Adams calculates it al from
3 TO 10 millions-Mr. McDuffie, at from to 5 only
The N. lnelllgencer vaguely states il at from
q TO love understand, that other persons nj
Washington, olerably conversant with the subject
estimates the reduction at various rates-We had
hoped, that the reduction would have been euunl nj
least 10 tie appropriation for the public debt $50
IOOO,OO0) And nothing should ultimately satisf
the South, but the bringing down the revenue al
ieast 10 That point rather to the measure of ouI
actual expenditure. This is the goal upon which
we ought eernally to fix eyes, and to bend ali
our exertions.
Mr. Niles threatens us with amendments in tl,e
senate, which may operate i'm favor of tile Tariff
we earnestly deprecate any such attempt-and if il
be made, II is hoped that the ii. of r. will reiac
every such attempt.-But on the contrary we trust
that sense of justice, will induce the Senate n
modify the bill, and bring il nearer to the true stan
dard OF the interests of the South, and the actla
wants of the Government.
But VI these hopes should he defeated; if we arc
compelled to take this bill the best we can get
we must take it with firm determination To- regard
1t only as the first step in The system of refprn-tc
retrench such expenses can be properly c,Iraied
as Cen Smith has proposed to do with those of tlIe
Custom-houses, and as Mr.. McDuffie in his eIoouen
speech OF the 18th May, pledges himself to attemp
/ II ne should sever return to this body."s But We
nust go farther than this-we must struggle aeains
/ al new, unnecessary and unconstitutional appropr
9uons' 1t viii become the duty of every man., who
ioVes the Constitution, as IL came from the hands Of
our fathers to narrow down the operations of thu
government to the certain, specified objects which
are entrusted to its JurisdictioD-and not 10 enlarge
IT'S powers by permitting il to multiply its expendi
| lures beyond the behess Of the Constitution, or II
absorb all the proceeds of an UNEQUAL and oppres
/ sVe IarIH II expenditure can be made to keeI
pace with revenue, the Tariff can never be fIrthe
i reduced ,and the eUcroacbments Of the Government
can never be arrested. We must constantly appeal
therefore, to the intelligence of the pcOpIe-the ms