Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-25
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On motion OF Sir Mercer the inc,orial WAS referred
TO the Committee of the Whole the state OF the U Mon
to which was referred The bill the subject ana order
cd to DO printed
On motion of Mr Hamcr it was
hcSotre", mat The Select COMMITTEES, whom was
referred 50 much o the Presidents Message relates to
inc election OF President and Vice President of the Uni
ted States be instructed inquire into the expedicncy
OF 80 amending the Constitution provide for the
election oil President and Vice President by a direct
vote OF the people in Districts the number of districts
IN each State to b. cqul b IN, number of Scnltors
representatives to which each State may be entitled ia
Congrcss and each district having one vote Tie ehec
ton OF said officers IN event devolve upon Com
gress No person whohls been elected President to be
AGAIN eligible to that Office. And that no Senator or
Representative shall be nominated or appointed to any
1ice OF nonor, trust, profit under the authority of the
oihtea states, whilst holding a scat in Congress
The House resumed the consideration of the following
resolution submitted by Mr. Clayton on the 10th inst
Resofted rha; .hc Committee OF WAYS and Means in
que mo ne expedency OF reporting law for the pur
pose OF renting the duties Locomotive Engines
railroad car-whecls with rolled iron tires axlc springs
exc. already imported, which may hereafter be i'm
ported within two ycars
The question being on striking ON, s.C,oo,,o,oo ~
Why's ana Dicans and inserting COMMITTEE on Ma
no intention to make speec that he should be in fivor
oil sending the resolution to the Committee of Ways
ana Means, because this Committee were known TO be
III ivor OF the object contemplated, and because be felt
ANXIOUS to have such influence advance the cause of
me .li Improvement without in any way npairing
he larih Compromise lie viewed the remission of
duties contemplated as involving the same principlr and
virtually the in effect, with direct
oil money now in the Treasury TO improve our Roads
and navigabe Rivers and this too ritbont cs,abl;sh
ing unnecessary ports of entry, allowing any dis
cretion in relation TO :ic character OF voSk yyl;ch
are IN all cases evidently calculated TO promote
the~generai welfare True, Mr. Ewing said the re-
soiuton might with proprety, be referred to different
committees OF this House; but
tnat ON the Finances and points favorable decision
ne ana not conceive any conflict of national inere SITS
lures would be extended by increased facilities Of Ut
course even the consumption of American Iron womb
oe by aiiording advantages the agricultural
interest and the Tariff OF 1S2 would not be niurin,, sl
apruged or niringed upon. The fears expressed nv
portion OF he manufacturing interest he thought uncal
editor; Railroads a most essential mann ,c,ura ad
the importation of Iron from Sweden and from En
Tor agricultural purposes, may be found nnprofnble
when our own can be transported with more expedition
ut a lessened expense
Mr.. Il. earnestly hoped that increase of useless
government patronage, the of c pcope NAV
& % render an indirect appropriation pro-
note the construction of railroads 1t is true indeed
that however fashionable it has become TO do indirectly
whai rs directly disciamed in certain quarters, vet he
would trust that in this matter ports OF entry mud
tom-houses may not be stipulated for TO avail of the re-
MISSION oil duties contcmplatedand that local and gem
erai improvements may be allowed to ,cnend so
upon an erring discretion in any Department of the
powers of this Government 49,
MI. hencher was opposed, he said, to the resolution
because the friends of the Tariff were opnosed In
lhey looked upon II indirect blow to The Tariff com,
PROMISE and he should therefore, vote for the motion 10
amend IT, by referring il TO the Committee on Mapuf,c
lures IL was true That 1t was merely resolution of in
curry, but the subject of such tic;cacv and I'M
porance that 1t ought not TO be suffered to enter into the
councils OF the country distract cur legislation So far
as the resolution goes to remit duties on nnor,cd
road iron he had objection to it, bat so far rs il
goes 10 remit duties iron TO be impored for t,o
years, he opposed to it, because IL was looked mon
as breach OF compromise. Why, he asked should W.,
depart from the compromise bill with view to pro-
mote inc interests OF wealthy Joint stock companies
Even II 1t was no violoon of the compromises why
should not the railroad companies pay duties as well M
9uiers VINO were not more able to pay them than they
ii we remit these duties, must impose heavier duties
ON ouers IN order to supply the deficiency i'm the reye
nue.: II 1t was said that, in this way we encouraged
INC internal improvements of the country he was st
opposed to the measures attempt to do indirectly
what we had right to do directly To arrest duties
before they INTO the Treasury was substnnti.
the same us taking money for the same object from The
treasury rs one of those WHO supported the compro
mise, ne would STICK to 1T in good faith He had wit
messed ats good effects in the peace and prosperity of the
country and he was not disposed throw the whole
country upon troubled waves for the sake ofsaving few
thousand dollars to some wealthy incorporation He
hoped the motion 10 refer the resolution to the Commit
tee on Manufactures would prevail; but whatever Com
inee IL might go to, he should oppose the measure con-
MIR. Beardslcy said, the object of the resolution was
merely an inquiry he had voted against laying il on the
table Bat in the reports which had been made and the
manifest anxiety of gentlemen to pursue the discussion
was apparent that the subject would lead to pro-
traeed and almost ntermnale debate BELIEVING That
the subject, though of little importance was moi
snihcentty monentous TO cngross so much of the nj
tention OF the House, threatened TO do he should
propose TO lay 1t on the table. He would only remark as
to what had been said in regard the compromise as IL
was Called that he could not admit that the legislation of
one Congress could be IN any way trammelled by the
legislation OF former Congress, any subject lie
felt no embarrassment by the passage of that law
at that time, thar he would by the passage of any t
law, at any other time. lie moved 10 Law the resolution
the table.
Mr. Clayton, Of Georgia, asked the gentleman from N
York, MI Beardslcy) TO withdraw his resolution until
ne could reply to the remarks Of the gentleman from N
Carolina, (Mr. Renchcr)
llhe motion was withdrawal
Mr.. Clayton said, be would remind the House that
the resolution merely of inquiry and that il
could not possibly be known, until inquiry was made
whether it did Interfere with the compromise or not
lie was free to say, that ii did, he wonld surrender
the question: for he hoped lc should be one anionp the
last men who would disturb the settlement of mat
ter entered into socmnly, and that had quiet
cd such distraohng agitations But il was not true
IN has opinion that it did disturb that question
Similar applications had from the tariff interest
itself Railroad iron bad been exempted from duties on
their exclusive solicitation large proportion of the
friends OF the present belonged to that side
let an enquiry, therefore, be made and if it should turn
out that the object sought by the resolution SO nercs
with the tariff question to disturb the compromise il
VIII no longer have his support but he should hope to
hear no more from that side of e question bout eus-
pending duties upon objects that happen to suit their par
bcuiar convenience, as in the of rail rOad IRON Let
as have no applications for relief when it answers
their purpose, and then loud complaint when Il mea-
sure precisely similar before the House from the
other side, that does not altogether suit their taste
The gentleman from North Carolina seemed TO think
that tho resolution favored the very doctrines agang
which the South had been so long contendnr namely
Protection IL lac (Nlr O. thought So nc surely would
abandon il as quick he could get away from n hui he
thought he could convince the gentleman himself that
that idea lie did consider the nre
sent duties on the objects contained in his resolution
Of government but exclusively designed to protect
those articles. So far, then, he considered