The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-12-27

and that thu Executive majority in III
House passed each bill forthwith, witho,
alteratien--and, so far ns depends upo
Them. without debate" The bills reporte
BY both Committees, Offering as they d,
and the proceedings the two houses upo
them, prove these statements to be untru,
The two houses had assembled mt an extr
session, and there was general desire
without regard 10 party, to make it n si,or
one. From its different organization, tn
Senate was enabled to appoint its commit
tees on the 9Th of September those of th,
House were not announced till the l lll o
that month. Before the Committee o
Ways and Means met on the 18th, th.
Committee on Finance of the Senate hac
been for some days employed in preparing
the bills; consequently, the former had no
opportunity to act upon them until after
they had been matured by the latter com
Inittee. Both Houses were anxious that all
the bills should be reported without delay,
and the Committee Of Ways and Means
were in session daily till the most important
were submitted to the House. In examin-
ing these bills, it will be found that the ma
jority of the Committee of Ways and Means
tee, hut with the report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, both in principle and ia de-
tail.
The bill Of the Senate authorized Treas.
ury notes TO be issued bearing interest, the
bill reported to The House directed them 10
be issued without interest. The former
proposed interest from the date, aud for
twelve months only, the latter provided,
that If they were not redeemed at the ex-
piration of that term, the interest should
Then commence. The details of the two
bills were consequently essentially different.
AT the suggestion of member of the COM
mittee, an additional penal section was in
trodmced into the bill, with the concurrence
Of The member from Massachusetts, ci The
Secretary Of the Treasury. in his report,
proposed nn issue of Treasury notes of
email denominations The bill Of The Com
mittee of Ways and Means authorized none
Ia be issued under one hundred dollars.
The former recommended That they should
be re-issued the latter contained no such
provision.
The next md most important bill, COM
rnonly called the " divorce bill" was essen.
italy amended. The bill reported To the |
Senate related wholly to the safe keeping of
the public money, and contained no pro-
vision as to the medium in which it was To
kc collected. The Committee Of WAYS ,
md Means added another section provid- =
ug for this material point, aud altered the q
title of the bill accordingly. D
The bill further postponing the payment C
Df merchants bonds, as reported to the >
House, contained an additional section, u
giving credit on the duties on merchan. D
disc remaining in the public stores upon n
which The duties were payable in cash: n .
provision not suggested in the Treasury Re- d
port, nor embraced in the Senate bill. The a
Committee on Ways and Mems, subse- o
|ucntly and unanimously, instructed its =
chairman to move to strike out the I'd Sec n,
ion of the Senate bill, which proposed to d.
make the additional credit upon bonds ap- W
icable to importations, for one year from
nd after the Is, October and to insert the NJ
ec.ion referred TO, extending the credit to
iree and six months on all merchandise T,
'hich was then in the public warehouses, a,
r might arrive before the LIST of Novem- :,
er. Amendments we're also made to 9th -
: bills but those mentioned were the most :.
la;eriul.
The member from Massachusetts is still - :,
'ore particular in his statements about the :.
'igiu and history of these bills. lie says -
Iat the President and the Heads uf De- :,
artments originate every thing, put every :,
the precise shape they wish, word for =,
ord, letter for letter, comma for comma, H. n
I'd the Executive majority in the House H.
a.. a..
and so far as depends upon them without y,
bte-just ns it comes from their masters y, ~
TIE White House 7" -
The undersigned, to ascertain whether =
ese grave and extraordinary charges were
unded in truth, have compared the drafts d
the bills furnished to the chairman hy the :.
'cretary Of the Treasury, with the bills ., .,
ported by the Committee of Ways and ).
cans. No drafts were received of the >,
lis relating to the fourth instnlmenl under .,
G deposite act, the banks in this District, :.
the wsrehousing of merchandise. II is \,
oper here TO state, that a warehousing bill H.,
IS reported at u former session by the Il,
esent chairman of the Committee of Ways =, 49,
ID Means, and prior To the recommenda-
IN of the Secretary of the Treasury. The =.
Is received from the Secretary were :.
ose for adjusting claims on the deposi,e y.
nks; extending the merchants bonds
,king public officers the keepers Of the ~ =,
bile money, aud authorizing Treasury ~,
ties to be issued. The bills relating to ~
merchants bonds, and the claims upon w.
J banks reported by the Committee of 49,.
sys and Means, differ boil, in language wa ""
! principle from those prepared by the 80 '
,retary. OF the ten sections of the bill g.,
viding for the safe-keeping Of the public go, 80,
ney, but three correspond with those vo; o
ned by that officer. Some of the pro- .rn w
ons in the Treasury note bills cores .o,
ID they are, however, generally such ,
re transcribed from the Treasury note