Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-08-20

cord lei us appeal TO that and how stands the case
The Secretary of the Treasury, in his report TO tne
extra session of Congress- recommended tax upon 'eu
and coffee. ,,d i,
'rhe Committee of Ways and Means reported
h;ll n n, those articles twenty per cent.
. rio Chairman of the Committee OF Ways ano
Mans rMr. Fillmore, in opening his budget IN 'he
uousa advocated this tax on The ground tha' 'hey
were luxurss and not necessarles.
a. When the bill was brought unoer Tue rue " -
da,,,s Mr. Lawrence of Pennsylv anIa, wing, anu
tormerlv Speake of the House OF Representatives o.
bs S,aie moved to strike out tea ana coiee' a"u u
leave them free Of duty. A., Ir.,cs's
( MIR Clifford moved to amend MIR. Lawrence
notion by adding 10 H. +" moasses, sugar, anu sur
Tellers were demanded and there were liz yeas anu
"a nays: So the amendment TO the amendnieh' "a'
G. Upon taking the question on the amendment as
amended by tellers, the whole was rejecleo' ~ yeas
10, nays 70.
= Mr.. Williams Of Maryland now moved to amend
the hill Nv striking out SALT alone; and though
question oforder was raised the committee hau Jus'
refused 10 strike out salt, Mr.. Gushing OF Mass "a
Whig,0 the Chairman Of the Committee, overrnied inc
question Of ORDER and the question was taken upon s'
alone, and lost
g. Notwithstanding this decision of the chair, and
Notwithstanding the parliamentary knowledge oil MI,
Lawrence, the original mover, and OF many DINERS o.
his party no Wing attempted To get vote TO exempt
tea and coffee separately from the operations OF Inc o
O. When the Tariff bill came into The House, ue
Wings called the previous question, thus cutting OIL
all ndmens and upon the demand, "Shall the pre-
vous question he now putt" every Democrat IN Inc
House voted in the negative.
TO- When Mr. Profit of Indiana complained because
the gag persisted in at the expense OF those va
anne ndments Mr.. Slanly Of \. Carolina avowed that
responsibility belonged the Wing party, and spoke
of the splendid epitaphs which grateful people would
nscbe upon their tombstones for having served IN TINS
Congress.
H. After the bill had passed. and while the title was
under considerations Mr.. Dawson Of Georgia complI-
.mented the Northern and Southern Wings for volun-
tary voting against their feelings and their interest
on the passage of the bill.
What now becomes of the high.soundng charges Of
the corresponding Wings
The Tariff bill was passed By fifteen majority in the
House Had Georgia voted with the nays, would 1t
not have been lost ? Who, then, put tax oil ~ per
cent. upon tea and coffee Let the would be-Gover-
nor Of Georgia answer
Mr.. Clifford, with a proper regard for The CONNER
cial interests Of his State (Alaine,) which SENDS
ont lumber Of ell sorts the West lndies for sugar.
molasses, and SALT with view 10 the relief oil the Ia
boring classes every where proposed the exemption o.
those necessities OF life, together with the tea and cot
fee, as proposed by MIR. Lawrence portion OF the
Federal majority on the first impulse, united with the
Democrats setting free from duty what constitutes
great portion of the food of the whole people OF THIS
country and not considering sugar and salt and mo-
asscs less necessaes than tea and coffee, voted 10
embrace them in Mr.. Lawrcnces clause of exemption
All these articles Of which the poor consume more
than the rich, because the poor, who work. require
more support them than the rich and because the
abcrng class hundred 10 one OF the 'ndo-
lent wcallhy-wc.c then together. III The amend
ment, and the whole amendment was rejected by
rallied forces Of Federalism, who, by that vote
put twenty per cent. tax tea coffee, sugar salt,
and moasses And now the pretext 10 cover this tax,
which takes for the Government one fifth OF the price
of all these necessures Of life, is tlat the attempt 10
relieve sugar. salt and moasses prevented The Federal
xayers from taking the burden from tea and coffee
And how; The letter TO Richmond inlimates that no
question could he bad and coffee separately from
salt sugar. and moasses, after they united in the
same clause. The following certified statement from
the journal by the Clerk shows that subsequently, to
the rejection Of the amendment Of Mr. Lawrence ex-
empting and coffee, which sugar, SALT NC. were
added By Mr.. Clifford vote was taken on one of the
articles, SALT separately and this shows it might have
been tea and coffee also:
"a subsequent stage of the proceedings IN the committee up
on said b II on The same day
Mr. Williams moved 10 amend The same by inserting
the following $ the second section thereof, VIZ:
"nG be- further enacted That The article oil salt shall be
admitted free OF duty ;"
(which amendment was rejected.
Attest - -. ,,,.,
VI. ST CLAIR CLARKE,
('irIkI Ia Rem. L. 50