Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-23
POLITICAL.
From ne Petersburg .IWsricGa Std'cSmQa.J
GENERAL HARRISON

WAsuI>crox CRY, June 10, lolO.
To On. B. II. MAY, tHa"E'"a IF the Corresponding
Committee appoi~rd By tie Democra;tc ~iigttamee
Committee IF PcterSbHrg, Ijrgiaid.
Dear Sr-Lrneral William Henry Harrison, the
nominee of the Harrisburg Convention for the Presr.
Gencv. served in the Senate ri OaI", during It's session,
commencing on 9th day Of December, lol9, and ter
minatinp on Goth day of February, $50. We have exa.
mined the journal 81 that session, and transmit Tor your
information some extracts thereirom. These extracts
from the journal of the Senate OF Ohio, taken IN con.
ney;on with the course ofthc Genera. in Congress, will
enable you, without doubt or difficulty, 10 form a cor.
rect opinion of his views relative 10 the power and duty
of the Federal Government to enact a system OF pro
lection for domestic manufactures, and to adopt and
execute a general plan of Internal improvements.
You Will observe that the second resolution as adopt.
ed in the Senate on the nth December, l>l3, declares,
"That in the present state Of pecunary embarrassment
amongst the people, It IS uuwise and Inpo!it!c Tor the
Government TO pay of the public debt more rapidly,
than the obligations ii may have come under 10 IT'S ere.
ditors may require, and that any surplus IN the Trra-
sury would be more u~sctuily employed IN the internal
improvement Of the country, by roads and canals, and
in The support and encouragement Of domestic manu-
features"
Iii true, that this resolution underwent a moditica-
ton before its final adoption BY the concurrence of both
Houses. Gen. Harrison voted for It in the form above
Gnoted, and it is sufficient, therefore, TO prove, that he
maintained tina. in 1919, with a national debt Of more
than ninety millions bearing a heavy interest, ''any
surplus in the Treasury would be more uSrtully en-
ployed tn the interaai improvement Of the country,
by roads AMI canals, anil IN tie support and cnc0a.
ragemeRt Of domestic MANUFACTURERS, than in the lqui.
dation Of said debt In his opinion, money may bc
appropriated out Of The treasury, not only for the
purpose of internal Improvement, by roads and ca.
mails, bat for Me support ami cHco"raSeme"t Of dOmcs-
tic manufactures. Farmers and planters are TO be sub
jected to the payment OF most oncrors duties on The TO-
reign goods winch they consume, and then are TO be
deprived ofthat consolation which would be afforded by
the application OF the proceeds .. such cxactions to the
payment of 4 national debt incurred for the general de-
fence. Under General Harrison $ system, or u0ney is
10 be lavished not only in prob gate and uncon$titutson-
al expenditurcs, upon works OF internal Improvement,
but is to be gsdiatoHSij j.&toced far The drect Supy0rt
and encouragement If @omfS;tc manufactures. The
avails Otthe honest Industry OF the cu!tirators Of the
sod would he, under such a system, extracted from
their pockets and transferred, without consent or equi-
valent, to the rrOprictors Of manufacturing establish
mcnts. Such acton, although cloahcd under the forms
Of legislative cnactIncnts, is essentially, in principle,
unmitigatcd d~cspOtsm and dishonest plumber.
We furnish you all we can find III the journal Of the
Senate, relating TO The resolutions adopted BY the &c.
neral Assembly OF Ohio, at the instance Of Gen. Harri-
son. We have not wlllully suppressed any thing-we
have not knowingly omitted any thing. You will trace
these resolutions from their incipiency, through their
progress to their final adoption. You viii place your
own construction on them-you Will draw your own
conclusions as to the odious principles Of Federal admin
istration which they cinbody.
Extracts frcm he journal IF tie Senate Of OAio, far
the session Leytaai"g on 9TH Cf Deccmbcr, lc2J, aad end
arg on tie *Jh 9fFeb, i~20.
D-ccmter or, l3l9.-Pase 20.
Mr.. Harrison moved the adoption of Two resolutions
instructIng our L!cmbr-s in Congress to procure the
passage OF laws modifying the Tariff on imported ar:i-
cles, and for the encouragement Of domestic manufac-
lures, and Internal improvements, which were read and
ordered 10 lie on the table.
Ordered, that one bundled copies of said resolutions
be printed for the use of the members Of the Legisla-
ture.
December In, 1Slo-Pdgc 81.
"The Senate then took up the resolutions offered by
Mr.. Harrison, and which were ordered to lie on the ia
bic, on the subject Of the taritfon imported articles, and
for the encouragement Of domestic manufactures and
internal improvement OF the country by roads and ca
mails; and,
"On motion, The said resolutions were committed to
a Committee Of the whole Senate and made the order
of the day for Monday next"
Esc,Mbrr 18Th, l~S19-Pagc -.
"Thc Senate then, according 70 order, resolved itself
INTO a comm,ttG" 81 tn" wivi" upon the resolutions re-
specting the ta:iit on imported articles, internal i'm.
provenents and domestic manufactures, and after some.
time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the char. and
MIR. Brown reported that the committee. ACCORDING To
order, had said several resolutions under consideration.
and had made some amendments thereto, which h. pre.
scented at the Clerks table
December IAN, lsI9-pogeS g andS4.
"The Senate then took up the report of the com.
mttee OF the whole upon the resolutions Respecting
the tariff on imported articles, and relative To internal
improvements and domestic manufactures, whlc, re.
port was amended and a]grcedto, and on motion to arrre
TO the following resolution, TO wit:
ReSOircd, by Tie Generat .jSSsmWy Of Mc STATE Of
Ohio, That, IN their opinion, the present pccuniary en-
barrassnents ct the country are, in a great degree,
caused by want Of encouragement aud protection to
domestic manufactures; and that good policy requires
that such notifications Of the tariff on imported artr-
cles be Immediately made, as will stop that inundation
Of foreign merchandise which has destroyed or suspend.
cd the operations Of the greater part of the manutactu-
ring establishments of the United States.
Which motion to agree TO said resolution was unani-
mously decided in the affirmative.
The yeas and nays having been required, those
members who were present and voted in the affirmative
were:
Messrs. Baldwin, Brown, Campbell, Fithian, Zoos,
Furnas, Harrison, iloukcr, Irwin, JENNINGS. Lncas.
Madeira, Mclaughlin, Mclean, Ncwcom, Pollock,
Robb, Ruggles, Russel, Shelby, SIMPSON. Spencer.
Swearingen, Sullivan, Thompson, and 1rimJle, Speak
er.
Or motion, to agree TO the resolution relative 70 In.
ternal Improvements and domestic manufactures. 10
wit:
Resolred, That in the present state of pccuniarv en-.
barrassment amongst the people, 1t is unwise and lmpo.
for the Government to pay off the public debt more
rapidly than the obligations It may have come under to
its creditors may require, and that any surplus III the
Treasury would be more nsefully employed in the in
Improvement of the country BY roads and canals
and in the support and encouragement Of domestic ma
nufactures.
Which motion to agree was decided in the affrma-
tive-yeas 81, Nays2.
And the yeas and nays being required, those who vo-
ted in the affirmative were,
Messrs. Baldwin, Brown, Campbell, Fithian, Zoos,
Furnas, Harrison, Hooker, Irwin, Jennings, Lucas,
Madeara, Mclaughlin, Mclean, Newcom, Pollok,
Robo, Ruggies, Simpson, Spencer, SwcarIngen, Sulli-
San, Thompson, and Speaker Crrimble.)
Those who voted in the negative were,
Messrs, Russell and Shelby.
The Senate then came to the following resolution,
N motion of Mr.. Harrison:
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instruct
ID, and our Representatives requested 10 use their ex-
rtions to procure the passage Of laws, embracing the
principles recommended in the foregoing resolutions.