Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-02-28

uy aOohsneu. Tf0ctded, 1h3t notnIng here
in contained shall be construed to proven
the passage of any law in the event Of wa
with any foreign power, for imposing sucl
duties as may be deemed by Congress ne
cessary for the prosecution Of said war.
| Sec. 4. find be 1t further enacted, That il
addition to the articles now exempting by tn
existing laws from the payment Of duties
the following articles imported from and al
ter the 30th day of September, 1883, and un
Ill the S0th day Of September, 1912. shall
be admitted free Of duty, to wit: bleacheC
and uableached linens, manufa ctured o
silk. or which silk shall be the componen
material or chief value, coming from thu
side of the Cape Of Good Hope, and worst
ed stuff goods, shawls, and other maurlac
lures of silk and worsted.
| Sec. 5. find be Il further enacted, Tha
! from and after the said 30th day of Septem
| Der, l844, the following article shall be ad
mitted to entry, free from duty, to wit: un-
manufactured cotton, indigo, quicksilver,
opium, tin 10 plates and sheet, gun arabic,
gum senegal, lac dye, madden madder root,
nuts and berries used in dying, saffron, 10
meric, wood or pastel aloes, ambegrls, bar
gundy pitch, cochineal, cammomile flowers,
corriander seed, catsup, chalk, corculas in.
deus, horn plates, for lanth orns or horns,
other horns and tips, India rubber, unmanu.
featured ivory, juniper berries, musks, nuts
OF all kinds, oil of juniper, manufactured
rattans and reeds, tortoise shell, tin.oil, shall
lac, vegetables used principally in dying and
in composing dyes, weld and all other arti
cles employed chiefly for dyeing except
bichromate OF potash, prussiate of potash,
chromate of potash, and nitrate of lead, a
quafortis and lacIaric acids, and all other
dyeing drugs, and materials for imposing
dyes.
Sec. 9. find be IL further enacted, That so
much Of the act oftbe 14th day Of July, 1882,
or OF any other act, as is Inconsistent with
this act, shall be, and the same is hereby
repealed: Procided, That nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to prevent
the passage, prior or subsequent to the 30th
day of September, 1912, of any act or acts,
from time to time, tina, may be necessary TO
detect, prevent, or punish eyasions of the
duties on imports imposed by law
FEBRUARY 10.
TARIFF RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. WEBSTER rose, and said that, in
pursuance of the notice which he had
given yesterday, he wished now to lay or
the table some resolutions, expressive O.
his opinions on the important subjects il
relation to which "a bill was presented t.
the Senate yesterday. He would nov
send the resolutions to the table, and re
quest that they might be read They
would then come up for consideration to
morrow, when he should take an opportu
nifty to make short explanation of hi
views eff them.
The resolutions were then read as fol
lows:
Resolred, That the annual revenues of ia
country ought not to be allowed to exceed
just estimate OF the wants of the Government
and that as soon as it shall be ascertalned
with reasonable certainty, that the rates O
duties on imports, as established by the &C
OF July, 1882. will yield an excess over thos
wants, provision ought to be made for the
reduction, just regard shonld be had to tn,
various interests and opinions OF differen
parts OF the country, so as most etfect,all,
to preserve the integrity and harmony Of III,
Union, and to provide for the general welfar,
of the whole.
| But Whereas, II is certain that the dim
unltion Of the rates Of duties on some article:
would increase, instead of redcuing, the ag
gregate amount of revenue on such articles -
and Whereas, in regard to such articles as i
has been the policy of the country to protec
q slight reduction on one might produce es
sential injury and even distress to large class
es oil the community, while another might
bear larger reduction without any such con
| sequences-and Whereas. also, there are
| many articles the duties on which might b.
reduced, or although abolished, without pro
| ducIng any other effect than the reduction
| Of revenue: Therefore,
Res0Iced, That, in reducing the rates OF
duties imposed on imports 10y the Act of the
l4th oil July aforesaid, it is not wise or Judi
| cious to proceed by way of an ualreductior
per cehtum, on all articles, dut that as wei
the amount as the time of reduction ought &c
be liked, IN respect 10 the several articles dis
| tncuy, having due regard, in each case, t
the questions whether the proposed reduction
Will affect revenue alone, or how far it will
| operate inJuriously on those domestic manu-
| iacturcs hitherto protected; especially sucl
as are essential IN time Of war; aud such ais
as have been established on the faith ofexist
ing laws; and, above all, how far such pro
posed reduction will affect the rates of wager
and the earnings of American manual labor
ResotDed, That It is unwise and middleton
IN regulating imports TO adopt plan, hither
| TO equally unknown in the history of thi
Government, and in the practice of all EN-
lighted nations, which shall, either immedi
ately or prospectively, reject all discrmina
Ton on articles to be taxed, whether they b,
articles OF necessity, or Of luxury, of genera
consumption, or of limited consumption; an,
whether they be, or be not. such as ar
manufactured and produced at home; an,
which shall confue all duties to one equa
rate per centttm on all articles