Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-02-21
T,yENTY.sECOND CONGRESS.
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Is SENATE.

! ff"jec ~ n .NeW IdfiU. In the Sen
ate, Mr. Clay gave notice that he should
, to morrow ask leave to introduce n BIZ
to modify the Act OF July ii, 1889, en-
tltlrd m act 10 alter and amend the sew
cral Acts imposing duties on imports
I Ills motive, he said, in introducing
this Hll, was the hope perhaps the vain
hope--ot efIecting an adjustment of tho
question to which it relates. He would
take the opportunity 20 accompany tho
motion with some explanations of the OBJ
ject which he had in view.
.BiEtary Orders. The Resolution Of.
iered by Mr. Poindextcr, requesting the
President to lay before the Senate CO.
pies of all orders issued by him, to the
commanding officers Of the troops and
naval forces assembled near Charleston,
and particularly Of all orders, if any,
which have been <,ued to resist The con
stitutiunal authorities of South Carolina,
within the chartered limits of said State,
was taken up. Mr. Grundy withdrew his
motion to amend the resolution, and it
was agreed to.
THE Rcrenas Collection Eli. Consid.
erable discussion onsucd upon the bill.
further TO provide for the collection OF
duties On imports. The Senate adjourn
ed, leaving a motion Of Mr. FORSYTH to
strike out the third section, undecided
Tuesday, 18th.
A Message was received from the
President of the United States, transmit
ting, in compliance with the resolution Of
the Senate adopted yesterday, all orders
issued to the commanding officers Of the
military and naval forces assembled near
Charleston, and stating that no orders
had at any time been issued, to resist the
constituted authorities of that State. but
that letter from the Secretary of War,
giving some directions to take effect on
certain contingencies, he had deemed it
proper to withhold.
The .Nsw TaIGproject. Mr. Clay, "a
greeably to notice given yesterday, ask
cd leave to introduce ga Bill to modify
the Tariff Of July 18th, 1882, and all
other acts on imports.
Mr. Clay explained the provisions of
the Bill in speech of an hour and
half in length. He expressed the opin-
ion that the Tariff System was, whether
or wrongGully, in danger and
that, if it could be preserved this session,
it must fall next session. by what caus-
es this had been produced, he would not
he would declare it to be
his settled opinion, that if the Protective
System was preserved at the next ses-
sion, it must be by means not in human
view. One party complained that the
system would lead them to inevitable ru-,
in; and on the other side, the total abol-
tion Of the system would lead to results
which would find no parallel! in the histo-
ry of human calamity. The principles
which must enter into any bill which can
reconcile the views Of these two parties,
must be these. A reduction Of the rev.
enue TO the wants of the government; an
average ad valorem duty on all protected
small but still adequate pro-
tective duty, and safety and permanency
of legislation on the subject, in lieu ofthe
6uctuating policy which has hitherto
been pursued lie had framed bill on
the principle Of giving adequate protec-
ton for a long time to the manufacturers
long at least in comparison with tho
duration of human life-bnt short in COM
Darison, as he believed, with the securi-
y and stability Of the system and after
he expiration of this time, to bring the
luties to such a rate as will meet the
views ofthe present opposers Of the sys-
enn.
He went through the sections. OF the
Bill, explaining at length their object
md bearing. The first section, which is
he most important, provides that all du-
les on imports shall be, afier l842, fix
ed at hrenty per cent ad raiorem:-and
hat Of the residue of duty now imposed
on imports, 10 per cent. shall be taken
of, biennially, for eight years; half the
excess still remaining, lover and above
20 per cent to come off in l84l, and
The other half in I842.
To illustrate the operation Of this sec
ion, take an ad valorem duty Of 100 per
cent. The excess Of 80 per cent will
,ome of in the following manner:-ono
enth on the first Of September rext, and
me tenth every two years thereafter, till
he excess is reduced to 43 per cent; one
alf Of that excess "a per cent. TO come
If on the first Of September, is4l, and
he other half (24 per cent? on the first
{ September, 1912.
Take the duty on woollens fixed by
he Tariff Of 1882, ut so per cent. The
Excess is 30 per cent; Of which ono tenth
comes of mex, September, and one tenth
till the excess is reduced to
'8 per cont. This remaining surplus