Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-05-29

fespee' 10 the duGGs upon glass, the Committee
nave adopted the duties proposed by the dr,0 -
lac secretary, with the exception Of those upon
Apothccar:cs and PcrIumerv Walls an article a..
which there are extensive manufacturers i'm th,
Cay os Philadelphia, and elsewhere; and they have
introduced Il distinction between different articles
oi ths description OF very different value but upon
which, .crctoturc, there has been no CORRESPONDING
discrimination in The duties levied upon Them
The duty proposed by the Secretary, of twelve
and half cents per gallon on olive oil in cosks
the Committee have Thought il proper TO raise to
twenty cents per gallon; this article coming i'm i'm
mediate competition with the product of our whale
fisheries.
From tho articles proposed by the Secretary to
he exempt from duty, the Committee have thought
proper Ia exempt side arms, quilts prepared, and
brass in plates, blue vitrol, calomcl, corrosive sub
Innate macaroni; and among the articles included
under the general description of ''coming under
the duty OF twelve and half per cent" they have
also cSccp,cd bichromatc of potash prussiatc Of
potash, chromotc of potash, nitrate of lead, aqua
orfis, AID tartaric acid. And they have excepted
also from the non enumerated articles now paving
an od valdrcm duty of Is per cent tartar cmctic
and rochelle salts. The ARTICLES thus excepted be-
my extensively manufactured in this country
10 the provisions in the 5,h and 9th sections of
the Sccrctarys draif relating to cash payments or
optional credits at three and six months the Com
tee nave added wool to the manufacture of wool
as specified by the Secretary. The seventh section
OF the draft proposing levy Of duty of one and
halt per cent. on the public sales of manuilctu-
res ut wosl, the Committee have deemed it advisa-
by" TO strike out, unwilling to accumulate a duty
upon sales ut auction now levied by several of tho
States of this Union.
The Committee have added 10 the draft of tho
Secretary, section providing that tho pound stcr
png shall hereafter bo rated at the value of four
dollars and oighty cents The reason for which
vii be obvious to the House, They have lkcwi:c
added section, providing that from and after the
passage oil the act, the expressed ttico of the SUI
gar cane and syrup for making sugar, shall pay
the same as brown sugar, and that crude and
mineral salt shall yny The same duties as
salt. The object of tic section, inserted
With th: concurrence OF the Secretary of
,he Treasury, beng 20 take away means of cyadinr
the duties ON :ugar anA salt, which have been prac-
hsed, and which there is reason TO believe arc
more extensively contemplated.
IN 'hcsc "cvIatfons from tho draft of bill rcport-
cd Try the Secretary of the Treasury to the House
the majority ot the comn,ce have done full lust
ice To the intentions of that officer 'Tbcy L,r.
perceived in the draft spirit a.,. tempcr entirely
congcnial to their own, and earnest desire to con
ci!iatc and harmonic the adverse feelings and into
rests OF s,o two DIVISIONS of the Union Unable To-
conCur with lIn ip all the details of his dr,ii,d
Dill, they have felt it their duty TO dcpay, from Them
as seldom possible, consistent with their obli0o
'icns TO the interest which it is their special chorro
TO maintain.
That their own views will in all respects obtai.,
the sanction OF this House, the appreciation O +
the country they cannot Hattcr themselves; but
would reluctantly resign the hope, that The prnci-
pie OF compromise which forms the vita! spirit of the
bill now reported, may be Quckcncd in its progress
thropgS tssis and the other House of Congress to
/ solid adjnstmsE, Of tire great controversy which
now agtacs the nGsion. IN conserving To report
this bill every member who assented to the inca
surc was conscious of Sacricing considerable por-
tons, tnot O the interest most deserving TO be cher
ishcd by hJ'n, at least of those interests as under
stood Ivy those 60 whom they of deepest con-
Germ. In considering its various provisions thew
! would ask Of every member of the House, before
Judging OF the result to make the allowance due to
this disposition; and thcy would hope the appeal
may n OF be made i'll vain which asks him to assume
a portion of the same disposition himself. Tho
| Committee believe THIS 10 bo of those occa-
| stems upon which nothing less ahan q spirit cmbra
cling Che welfare of the whole nation can determine
that which Is due TO all its parts. The measure, like
all those which have preceded it the same sub
lcct is experimental, and even if it should fail to
restore entirely that harmony in which the happi-
ness of the Union alone consist, they cherish
the belief that it may he maturcd into an act of
! legislation destined to lead hereafter 10 a final and
more complete rc-cs ablishment ofthc common SYM
pathics which carried MS through the conflict for
the establishment of our national independence.