Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-03-07
CONGRESS-.
X SENATE.

he stricken from it. He bellevcd the senate
neueraIlv woald agree to reduction OF the da-
f;cs or all eyccDt protected artlc IS.
Mr.. Wright said it was impossible to an
swer tbs question. He merely wished the
Senate TO take up the bill and act upon it, as
they should think proper. lie had no ns'ruc-
tons from the committee, and he was mol
prepared himself to move to strike out any part
of the bill. y,
Mr.. Calhoun said he believed there would
be no dispute about the reduction Oh ia;ge
rroDortiun OF the articles; the others Wouiu De
indicated hv the discussion on the bill.
Mr.. Wright said ii the subject was donbtiul
in the minds OF & majority of the Senate, he
WIS not disposed to wo.rv the body. tie
wonh regard a refusal to take up the bill now
IS amounting to 4 refusal 10 act upon X at the
present session.
/! MIR. CLAY said he should certainly vote for
taking up the bill now, after what Af. J" had
said.
The question on taking up The bi!! was
now tried, ana carried in the Affirmative as
follows -,
Yeas-Mcssrs Bayarl, Benton, Black
Brown, Calhoun, Gay, Clayton, Cutlherf, Da-
Wis. Ewing, of Illinois, Fulton, Grnndy, Hen
drickS, Hubbard, King, of Ala. king, OF Geor-
r;a. Knight, Linn, Lyon, Moore, Morris, Mich.
ol;.s, Norvcl!, Page, Parker. Prentlss, Preston
Rives, Robinson. Southard, Strange, Swift,
! Tallmadge, Tom!inson, Walker, Wall, Web
s;er, Wright-3S.
/ n Nays-Mcssrs. Buchanan, Kent. Mexican,
Robbins, Sewer, Spence, Tipton-7.
/ Mr.. Wright laid before the Senate letter
! from Ee!iicott g. Co., on the manufacture of
chemicals. The bill proposes to admit them
| free Of duty.
Mr.. Sewer wished to except the articles of
calome!, quinnc and salts, as beng the only
ones in which his constituents had an inter-
est: they took large quantities oftheln.
/ The question being put separately on stri-
kinr ont these, &. c. retaining the present
duty upon them,) it was decided in the mega
! tive.
, So thcy were retained in the bill as free of
dutv
Mr. Davis moved to strike out the words
,, worsted yarn
Mr.. Norvell demanded the yeas and nays,
in order that, as this might be considered test
question, whether the Senate would or would
not interfere with the compromise, the opm-
ions of Senators Oh that subject might be as
certained. They were ordered accordingly,
and stood as follows:
Yeas-Mcssrs Bayard, Black, Buchanan,
Calhoun. CLAY, Clay ,on. Davis, Ewing, OF
Ohio, Hendricks, Kent, Knight, Mexican,
Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston, Robbins, South
ard. Swift, Tallmadgc, Upton, Tomllnson,
Wall, Webster, Whitc--2l
Nays-MessrS. Benton, Brown, Cuthbert,
EwnG, of Illinois, Fulton, Hubbard, King, of
Alabama, Linn, Moulton, Niles, Norvell, Page,
RiveS, Robinson, Ruggles, Sewer, Strange
Walker. Wright-2O'
So the article was stricken OFT, the duty
retained, and the principle lald down IN the
compromise act be complied with.
Thursday, Feb. %.
The unfavorable report Of the Committee on
Naval affairs on the message oft the President,
and the petition of citizens of Charleston, ).
Carolina, in relation to navy yard south OF
Chesapeakc BAY, was taken up, and agreed to.
The bill making appropriations for the cur,
rent eynenses of the Indian Department, and
for fulfilling treaty stipulations with me In
dians for 1887;
Also, the bill authorizing public vessels to
serve on our coast as relief vessels III the VIM
ter season; were sevc-ally read third time,
and passed.
MIR. CLAY's LAND BILL.
The bill to distribute for a limited time
among the several States the proceeds ofthe
sales Of the public lands, coming up III Its or
der. =,
Mr.. Clay said he was confident there would
be no surplus of revenue ifpendlng measures
should be fulfilled. He would therefore not
press the bill at this moment, and moved TO
iav it on the table, which was done accord
ingiy. -.
Feb. 81. The bill to reduce the tariff occu-
pied the greater part of the day, and finally
passedthe second reading, ayes 23, nays l L.
Some of its provisions reduce the duties il vlo-
la.ion Of the compromise act OF 1888.
REDUCTION OF THE REVENUE.
Feb. 25. The bill to alter and amend seve-
raj acts imposing duties on imports, (tor redu-
cling the duties,) came up OH lis third read
ing and final passage.
Mr.. CLAW went into history of the lnccp-
ticn and adoption of the compromise bill, and
the general understanding with which it had
been received throughout the Union, and ar
gued to show that if the present bill should
pass, the friends of the protecting policy would
be free, hereafter, to augment protecting du-
ties, as they might deem the interests Of the
country to require. lie concluded very am
mated appeal by moving that the bill be re-
committed to the Committee on Finance, with
instructions to strike out all articles on which
the duty is row 20 per cent, or above, in ac-
cordance with the provisions CT the compro-
mise act of 1888.
Mr. Clay's motion to reconm!t the bill was
ncgativcd by the following vote:
/ Icas-NIc<srS. Bayard, Black, Calhoun,
Clay, Clayton, Crittcndcn, Davis, Ewing OF
Ohio, Hendricks, Kent, Knight, Mexican.
Moore, Morris, Prentiss, Preston, Robbins,
Southland, Spence, Swift, Upton, Tonll!son,
Wall, Wcbstcr-H.
NavS-MesSrs. Benton, Brown, Cuthbert,
Ewing, of Illinois, Fulton, Hubbard, King Of!
Alabama, King, of Georgia, Linn, Lyon, Mou-
ton, Nicholas, Niles, .Norvcll, Page, Parkrr
IL D,,xplo. So,.,or Sfraprc