Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-19

' of ,rONSea1 There wus nothing of an infiam. lnatory character or tendency in the petition. He hoped that the gentleman who had made this objection would withdraw t, for the sake of his character us q DlGn-asa n son. He MT. Al hoped that no senscless or cowaTdly feel ing would deter him from doing justice to these females, so far as to receive their peti- ton without objection.
 ] Mir. GIascock referred to the position he had taken on this question when under dis cussion during the last session of Congress 1; and said that if, on the present occaslon' nc were to accede to the proposition of the gen tleman from Massachusetts, which he 1eit h1 disposition to do, the act would DC constr into an abandonment of the princIple "h'Tr had at that time, been assumed by hlhiSeN' and those who acted with him.
 In regard to the female petitioners "no had been SO elOquently alluded to. ne would say that no man would receive "Nn "'s"e' rcSnect than himself petition coming from s,,ch source, On G1y proper subject for JeD1GLe interference. But it was now full time, that s1ch of the me,nberS of this House as believ- cd that they .lad the constitutional right to re- 1 feet petit Jns of this nature, should exercise ] that privilege; and that they should now re. cord their votes against this petition. But did 1 not the gentleman from Massachusetts per- ccive that, even if the petition were received, it would immediately by an almost unani- nous vote be laid on the table, without being read, and without action of any kind being had upon it?
 It was true, as the gentleman had stated. 1 that this petition came from mothers, and wives and daughters but he (Mr. O. must l be permitted to say, that he believed all these petitions were presented for effect of some kind or other, and that these females were improperly influenced, by those having deep | CT schemes. The gentleman had said, that those who had mothers and daughters should pav some regard to relations so sacred. He lMr. O. would say, that if he were situated as the honorable member from Massachusetts was situated, seeing the excitement which such petitions engendered, and the results to which that excitement must ultimately lead; he would tell these females that though their petition might be just according to their own views of justice, yet that there were others more delicately situated, whose dearest rights were involved by such proceedings. He would tell them that if they wished to avert the bitter pangs which their proceedings must ultimately bring upon the hearts of the moth- CTS and daughters of the South, they must send no such petitions here. No good could result from them, and evil might.
 The gentleman from Massachusetts had ap- pealed to him Gs c man to withdraw his ob- jection. If he were to do so, he would prove recreant not only to his own feelings but to the feelings of the thousand beings that had sent him here. His object in making the mo- tion had been, to give the members an oppor- tunity to record their votes; so that the views ofevery man mi ght be made known. He had no desire to produce excitement, or to elnbar- rass tho proceedings of the House. His sole object was to take the vote by yeas and nays.
 Mir. Parks, of Maine, said that believing no good could result from further discussion, but that evil might, he moved to lay the pre- liminary motion on reception" on the table.
 Mir. Reed, of Massachusetts, called for the yeas and nays on that motion, which were or- dered, and were yeas 13O; nays 69.
 So the motion was laid on the table. Two similar petitions were presented by MT. Ad- ams, which gave rise to an angry debate and presentation of the second of these petitions, objections having been made to it's reception, the House decided that the petition should De receiued-yeas 1877; nays 75.
 The House got on to third petition. which was not disposed of; when, on motion of Mir. Taylor, the House adjourned. ,.s. | WASHINGTON, Jan. II.
 Report iron, the Chairman cf the Committee oj
 Ways and Means apo1a the Tariff. Treasurs
 
 two to acquaint you with the important pro. ceedings in both Houses of Congress. Mr.
 Cambreleng, the Chairman of the Committed
 of Ways and Means, has presented a bill, ac.
 companied by a long Report upon the Tariff.
 Both Bill and Report are novel in their char acter, and will excite interest in all sections o
 the country, and perhaps alarm in the man. ufacturing States. The members 1.-the House have occupied the entire day in the consid. eration of the subject, and the interest of the discussion is general with the members from every section of the country. THE BILL MAKES WAR UPON THE COMPROMISE, AND CON- TEMPLATES A GENERAL REDUCTION OF DUTIES UPON ALL IMPORTED ARTICLES THAT PAY DUTY IT PROPOSES ALSO. THAT THE DUTIES ON FoR- EIeN COAL AND SALT BE ABOLISHED AFTER THE lsT OF SEPTEMBER NEXT. Instead of abiding by the terms of the Compromise which ter inmates in le42, it proposes that the Conn., promise Biu should terminate in lSS6--that re. duction upon certain articles shoud take place in sac months from the adjournment of Congress- upon certain other articles in sir months from September neat, and q final reduction in sir months trUm March l63S.
 Such is tho character of this singular Bill, which, strange as it may seem, meets only with the sanction of the majority, ofthe polit- ical majority of that Committee. Mir. Law. renee, of Boston, Q man perhaps better ac- quainted with this subject than any other man in Congress, made speech in opposi- ton. of which I will tell you more anon. It was distinguished for its ability. At its con- clusion ten or twelve members endeavored to get the floor, among whom was Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, and MT. Corwin, of Ohio, both of them members of the Committee of Ways and Means. and opposed the Bill of