Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-10

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INTO The Treasury between the Both of June and Both of
September, but also that down the 3ls of December
following Why not all the duties that have been paid
up TO the present timer Could any reason be shown c-
Their IN law equity, why the duties up to this time
ought not as well to be refunded? This bill, he
declare, contained principle that he had before
heard Of and which he thought had been present
cd IN any case that had before the Senate 1t
nothing less than naked. undisg uscd, bare
faced open attempt to take million and half of dol
lars out of the Treasury without solitary
the face of the earth being assigned for it, except this
that orders given tor goods, which could be
counternandcd before the 3Ist December
He utterly denied the validity of the reason that
assigned for rcunding these duties And the demand
too was made by the Senators who ready
To vote down the principle which they had for
mer occasion advocated. Now. how could this be' And
what was the amount No estimate had yet been
furnished the Senate all he knew was that lobby mem
Der was IN attendance, frequently happened when
great money bill to be brought before the Senate
Now, the Representatives of the people were entrusted
with the responsibility of granting money and they were
competent to manage affairs of that kind He, for one
was utterly opposed TO the introduction Of lobby
bcrs on the floor or in the galleries of the Senate And
he likewise felt disposition oppose every large money
BILL because there to be lobby member III
attendance At all events il made him act very scrut
nizingly whenever they introduced. Now, what
was The information before the Senate in regard to the
amount ofmoney which to be drawn from the Trca-
sury surprising not go beyond the Both Septcn-
Der: Nothing but the meagre statement which had been
presented by the gentleman from New York (NIr
Wright) former occasions stating that the Secreta-
ny of the Treasury had been asked what would
be operation of the bill as it then stood and which
extended only TO the Both of September
The Secretarys answer was that for those GO days
from the Both of June TO the LIST of September accord
ing to the estimates which had been made at the four
principal seaports $l50000 would the amount of
the bill Well, what done in the months of July
and August; those identical two months corresponding
with the period OF time when most of the imporations
are made? And what the amount of time which
the bill was to Govern The months of October Novem-
Der, and December three entire months. Every one
knew, that during the fall months there was more i'm
porting business done than in all the summer months
In May too great importatons took place as well
VIII he had inst tod Aud Co.
ninety days the amount of million and half of dol
lars to be taken from the Treasury Yes that was
to be the effect of passing such bill that before them
we had thought we were getting rid of the public debt
but If the disposition which shown in some quarters
10 push through great and extravagant appropriations of
me public money be carried through he feared should
have but brief interval of congraulaton the ac-
compshment of so desirable object.
OF the bills before the Senate there this one for
million and hafanoher far advanced its stapes for
millions, and also another in relation to the public
lands which would dra I2 millions out of the Trea
sury-making in all, about 10 millions which would be
thus disposed of by three bills while the whole of the
revenue of the year would not exceed 20 millions. He
trusted the gentlemen on the Committees of Commerce
and Finance would take the subject again into their
hands, and endeavo discover what would the amount
would be necessary to call for from the Treasury For
himself, he should now make motion that the bill be
recommitted ''with instructions to ascertain from the
Secretary of the Treasury the probable which
the bill would take from the Treasury, if it became
i also to state whether the Withdrawn would
make the expenditures of the year 1885 exceed the est
mated income; and how the deficit; if any, would be sup
Piled"
Mr. Webster rose and observed that in its principle
its details and its effects the public treasury this bill
was entitled to attention. Yet it had been recently
before the Senate scarcely to render necessary TO
p into details in relation to it. This bill had been be-
fore the Senate early 1e2030. The proposed APP
plc1ton eft the bill had been originally limited to impor
ations made before the Both Sept The which
1t was thought should apply had been specified When
the subject was before te committee in 1892 discussions
arose between those who connected .:i.h the i'm
portaons that had been made after the Both of Scpte-
ber The result was that the Senate passed the bill in
s AnrIl nfL HE Ia
cd without opposition. The Senate undivided up
on the subject Yet it did not pass without nvestga-
ton In the House, circumstances had prevented the bill
being acted upon The bill again before the Senate
the last year. and again passed without opposition I'm
der these circumstances the Committee OF Finance were
justified in reporting the bill in the form in which had
passed the Senate so late June 1888 The question
now was on the third reading of the bill If any gentle
desired TO be informed upon the merits of the bill
gentlemen who had before opposed the bill but might
now desire to do So he (AIr W. had no objection to
such course, The measure was n very important
1t proposed TO withdraw large sum from the public
Treasury, and should not pass without thorough in
vcstigaon Should il be the pleasure of the Senate to
recomm the BILL he (AIr Webster) had no objection to
its rccommment: There nothing in the pre-
sent progress oftlis bill When first presented it had
been adjusted to the entire satisfaction of the Senate
Should the bill be re-commttcd the question for the
mttce would be, whether the bill be limited 10
particular cases, and to those only Whether
the cases. TO which il should be applied were the
oin the 3Oth of September as the cases entitled
toreef, and not those beyond that time might create
division OF sentiment among Senators. He agreed that
that some Senators might be disposed for the
former and against the latter.
MIR. buchanan aud said. that he had had the mis-
fortune to differ from the Senator from Missouri 1t was
unnecessary for him to say that he entertained high
opinion of the judgment of that gentleman i'm all such
cases But tappearcd 20 him that the principle of this
bill was perfectly clear and he would not orego what
seemed to be correct the opinion any ger-
teman whatsoever What the principle of this bill?
In all civilized countries il doomed necessary before
any law should take effect the public, that the public
should have every opportunity to understand its provi-
SONS and to accommodate their conduct ohc state
OF things produced by the law On that very principle
the French Government had agreed to indemnify for
captures made before the Berlin and Milan dccrecs had
become known in this country And what was The case
with the Tariff of 1928 II wont into effect before il
was possible that the commercial classes OF the commu
nifty could be prepared for It, No notice had been rivcn
OF ITS provisions the operation Of which RETROSPECT
1--WE, ana consequently unjust. What the principle
OF The present measure? 10 10 do than ought
precisely in the situation in which the Tariff bill tse,
ought to have placed them.
hefe could be perpctraon OF fraud under the pro-
visions OF this bill merchant could obtain the benefit
i provided unless he could satisfy the Secretary Of the
Treasury that he had ordered the goods in time This
was one provision. Another was, that the goods must
have been ordered in foreign country before there was
any knowledge there of the existence Of the Iaw And
further that the merchant had possible opportunity Of
councrmanding The order If the merchant were able
to satisfy these provisions Of the bill il Just that he
should not suffer. The bill then guarded that If
these prerequisites existed tho merchant must alao slew
That he had suffered actual loss to the claimed by
him IN the bill.
Now although he disposed to be careful Of the
public money any Senator he equally disposed 20
do justice, far he knew how 20 every class Of the
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