Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-28

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ess,v but Of luxury and By far the larger praoo,,
+ he tax would be paid by the wealthy. viii, +
,,uld be- imposed i"f the purpose Of revcnpc alor.
could afford incidental encouragement, 10 tie don.
-d,,i;nn Of thu. article and there was no ants.
;on,tnr within h:s knowledge, who would o,a.,,
,.f, > ,o,,.ecrrut;0 benefit 10 50 aportan, don,
interest i duty upon 'hc importation Of six. yy,,
,ol violac. Du, vas in accordance both with the ~. 4
md .oIr, 81! the compromise act of March la r. L
-, xyr.ssly provided, that IN the contingency a.
ici.ucy of revenue, duties might be imposed, No.,
,o.dincr twenty per cent upon such articles 49,.
nd no duty or less amount OF dGty than twen,r
.an, II was known TO the Senate that, under ~.
sing laws, silks wcr" admitted free OF dGtv L.
o,.,inn. !; would be much wiser 10 raise a rcra.
upon the Importation of s.S-, than to crca,- J.
,r2;nst the country, either by the I>sUc Of 'I,e,,
notes, or BY borrowing money
Mr. b sad that We had no treaty with ans is,.. I
nation which would prevent Congress from INN,
any duty they might think proper on the nnora,.
silks III, had heard II stated IN conversation. ,b,
trea,v with France might stand 81 the wag. batLatt
examined tbs treaty, and found It had no aaa,r,,
whatever 10 the SUBJECT 4
lie knew that, under the Constitution of the 4
al bills for raising revenue must originate IN the H.
of Representatives but the Senate might propose -.
amendments - these bills they though, nm
Notwithstanding tins prohibition, lie hoped thu, !
Committee Gu Finance Of tn" senate might l.,y.
opportunity Of cDnStiiutonal!v expressing ,Ac o,-
IN THIS subject before The close OF the Session an,
their hands he committed II wit! Tie most .slec
tidrncc.
The memorial was then referred to the Commute.
Finance.
The. bill TO establish Bard OF Commissioners,
lea. and exam,ur claims against The United Stat. q,
taken up, and, after having been debated Is Ve,
HUBBARD CALHOUN. TiPPAN, SHiTlio.C
nccticut, MERRlCk, Cru NDl. SEWER. rREy|
TlSS, STRANGE, DAVIS and HENDERSON. W.
postponed, and made tho order o! the DAY 10, M.as
next.
The Senate ,hen went INTO the consideration Of p,
rcutiye business after which, i, adjourned until Slga
next.
Nr. noFFMsi.a::,,..' 1noEIREsENTATlyES
who had the floor from Yesterday MOI %p1.c
rules Of the House adopted at the last Cn,- wa. 10
tn" temporary adoption of which BIZ this Hn...r =
last EVENING" be continued until the tur;brr
the House ''1'
Mr.. BYNUM sgnit;cd ms assent
Nj. HAND wished 10 introduce an ar.endp,n,,
crptlng certain rules in relation to the prcyio,,s ~.
ton lis amendment was read for information ''''
Ar. HOFFMAN, caim.ny the floor, :uoynf d..
v!"Gs question upon III motion
Hr HAND conradrd that as no rules ,vr-o ,
force, u" previous Question could not be- entorcaf
~" CHAIR decided, that although The r..oI,,.
continuing III" rule, had expired, vet the nr.vor..
ton, Us established hy parliamentary law, sun r,,s..,
ana therefore the motion Of Mr.. Hoffman va, IN ..
The previous question was thercupon seconded ~.
and carried ana the man question on Mr. II.G;.
motion was agreed TO without division.
30 the rules o; the preceding Congress wor,. ,fa,.
and continued as IN" rules OF this House until oi.,
wise ordered
Mr. HAND applied for tie yeas and nays: brn
Chair decided that ms application was too late, III. 4
c;,'on OF the House having been announced before
made.
Alr. aOT.!$ then rose and observed that /, hst,.
inc custom OF the House for gentlemen 10 notice he.
newspaper statements. In conformity with prrc,ao.,
oa iiri subject, he begged 10 read TO the iou,, l
which had been placed IN his hands a. hayinr be-
written by Reporter III tins House for the Charles,
Courier.
lie then read :hc letter rs follows
I'm the House. Ir Bolts attempted 10 rrt IN IN
Their Pisto! affair IN Consequence Of remarks made yr
ierday BY Mr.. Smith, of Maine. Mr.. B. in his SPEC.
OF Thursday, very liberal OF his abuse on AnGr,
JacAson-cacd HIM ,yrant, moostor. and Of r.r,.
ever? thing vile and vli:nous. AIr Smith, in hI,e
ply Of Yesterday, stated that history would c.ys
!e TO ihc opprobrIum which had been hcaped upon N
hero Of New Orleans and that his memory would h,
when has abuScrs and their abuse should be torro,,r,
&c. 10 the remark about history Mr. Bolts took g,
crPton, and expressed ! great deal of uneasucS,
:n"w whether it was used III prrs0Hai sense; and +,
=.
Bowlc-kn!rcs wOH!l be the consequence To N
threat Mr.. Smith, twho b. the way is Jolly. GOOD h
morcd wag, and the largest man in the House say
Nir L"WS,) replied that lie meant, as usual all tina,
SAID, and that II gentlemen lacked gUuaium .l,Tf
OF that scarce commodity, common sense 10 urdr
stand words he really could not al this time waste ii
money OF tie People by giving III" chivalrogs lncmb
from virginia an opportunity Of cXtcrmnaiinr hun.
rice rerSa WIKI this explanation Mr. Bolts SCENE
satisfied, and said few words about whatsoever !,
SUI was intended not beng applicable to him. &c ar
took his scat, much mortified al the laughter 81,
winch the conclusion OF this tragic farce was rcceyr
BY the audience"
-hF. Is sad he had no motion TO make, but he sul
mittcd 10 the Speaker and every gentleman on III
floor whether they did not all recognise the sta,emcr
read az base fabrication hrouGhout-a falsehooG tro
beginning to end. And he further submitted whe,he
1t did not become the dignity Of the House that lis con-
esy IN aordng seats III the Hal! persons IN the c.
ractcr OF reporters should not be prostitu,ed BY ii
admission OF blackguards as ctter-writers
Mr PETRlklN gave notice that he should ask lea,
10 introduce bill for the reduction of duties on the m
oortation OF railroad IRON.
MI KEN presented petition from Charles J In
5"rso!l, conesting the scat OF Charles Navlor mem
Der OF this House, and asked that il be read BIZ Ii
Clerk.
Objection being made
Mr hEla callncd II as right, on the ground G
privilege.
Mr. RAMSEY supported the motion, and, the Hou.
lssehng the memorial read, and referred 10 Ii.
Committee of Elections
Mr. CAMPBELL from the Committee Of Elections
asked and obtained leave for that committee to sit dur
ng the sttIngs of the House
sir RAMSEY asked leave to present memoir,
rom certain citizens Of the Third Congressional DIS
rIct OF Pennsylvania 10 the same end as the memoirs
u Nr lngersol, above referred to- but objection va
made and leave refused al this time
Mr.. SERGEANT, of PENNSYLVANIA. from the Com
h'itee on the Judiciary, asked leave To rcpor; bill
amend the bill directing the taking of The ccusrs
Objection was at first made, but Mr. S moving :,
suspend the rules 10 allow hu: to report the BILL ana
Mr.. LAW RENEE, Of Massachusetts,, rcInonstratIal
md adveFt!ng to the Importance OF the bill and IL
residents anxiety that little delay as possb
mould take place in the passage Of so necessary b
lie objection was withdrawn. and thereupon
Mr.. SERGEANT reported bill to amend the b,
Erecting and providing for the taking OF the sixth cca
'us otthe People of the United States
The bill was twice read and referred to Commr
OF the Whole OH the state ofthc Union
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Kentucky, from the select committee
IN the boundary between Missouri and Iowa. srat,
hat that committee ready to report He rcicrrr
o the excitement which had existed on the borders
hose two portions of the Union, the coursc rcccn
pursued By the Governor of Missouri and the hope
he committee that this report would be cti,ctual IL
hiiaving iii" existing excitement.
Mr.. III BEARD Of Alabama, objected. He sat