Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-21

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Mr X. sad he was aware that a certain newsp,.
per, claiming TO bo the ogan of the President had
put different construction on the Message and had
W way ct satisfying the Globe aud its supporters
nc teSoure'ed r'sh, put this of The cases
where the President and the Globe supporters W .rS
twelve PAGES apar, originally, but the Plesden, had
advanced nice to meet them. and iaey we.o reuur-
cd 10 60 the cher three. lie suppo.ed, how sver
hat me country must look TO the Message itself,
salher man 'o the organ, for tue Presidents views
unless there were soma this h,or rs runor said
mere were, who were cuih,ri.td to say tat the
f"sdon', IN the Messsgc, means not what MIR r.
ano otnsrs conenjed lac did. Were any SO au' hori
zeuf NO answer, then there are none. The Ian
guisc OF the President must be taken as broad as /,
stands, and his acs conform c-cofdInyy. The G, i.
teman from South Carolina (hir Rhct) had sud
thN tarft Tor revenue and one for protection wer,
inconsistent, and the gentleman from visrint, lMr
Jonesl had this morning dw-lt on the S,ms po,ot
| hf x. thought, with Difference To those sentIemen
greater iaIlaey was never uttered. |, arcs, from
NOT distinguishing between duty that WAS lrohb
iiory and oac that WAS not Tn. duty Of ! crnts /,
pound on cotton was prohbi'oTy. l. was purely A
protective, and not IN the least =. venue =,
the duty On iron, ~oo!iens six, &C.. not Dein. -,
high as to he prchUogY, operated both ror revenue
and for protection. lite increase OF In. tutv IN
cf-ises The Ierenue, though, hy !ecrrasins ;he I'M
p'ration and enhancing the p.,cc, Il NJ the same
t"nc creates cr increases the rroecuon. TIE s,n
tem'n irum Georgia mir Nerr~sthetl h,d IaIhsa
about the s-Pledsf idea OF protective tatiG Ex.
p,"dei W non, where, how, o, by whnm1 asked
| Mr. X The hrst petition r,ccui, aud the sec,,,d
statute passed u'.der the Con.tIiut,on ,v,r- Tor
protection; and nom the period that act Wa missed
e present, through all tie phases OF party every
Congress had, IN some shape or other RECOGNISE,
the 'cirine oil protection y her gentlemen h,,
hAuied a. s'hsi the rule luhosizng Cnr nitlee on
hanIiIctures- Tie gentleman iron vi-sinta ~,
Smi'h) he'd oEcrCd resolution totxpun..e n Nj
IL regretted That ne had Withdrawn the rcso, ut,on
| The country would like much t. have seen N. w.
On ~ hey ~oG like 10 have krown who were
Tor tusiuS from Congress the large class ui ,.i
zsns interested ia rlanufaItur-s An,th,r ..r.l.
man had coUs derci the rule a wooden !,o-sr
dLcet IN o tie House. lfsn ts,id Nr Rlubss
been here lvug II;ne, more than txen,y ye,r. nn5
mas Cured many soodsy burden. He b-u,yes
almost every nTf hri had teen ,rr,enteJ nos
that r1e- But (Nr sa!dl he dsd not intend 10
30 further :ngo the debate. THIS was not Tie Inn,
| TO cscu the principles Of stanE lie would CON
tent himself, therefore, with SIMPLY assigning Ms
reasons why TINS portion Of the Message should h,
referred "a the Gu n;nI tee on GSnuitciures In the
SIS place. tie RUE and the committee we, created
tT the express purpose; his the committee To
| whom the suh'ccl al usually been r,fsrr,J Tic
Committee a. Ways and Mems mad such a n,ul,,
pl:ci O 0usiHtss 6efpse them ihl, thew could ma,
possibly give his Subject the attention which !; r..
qurei. Ard. lastly, this " the lpp-op. ntc cor,
mrtse, because the only question was how y,,
shall 1iserimlnatc; and as any discrimination mus,
! be Tor Tie benehG or injury II manuf ,ctur,, ~
! course The committee on that subject ,huu.d ta,r
cosriZance Off.
Mr. J. K. INGERSOLL sail the question IN.
VOWED was SIMPLY an IuqIiry whc,ner the narticu
| ar part ot The Message TO" Undsr confederation
| Shond be ttier.tt ~ one or to sro'hcr of two
s'and'g Committees Of ,h,s House The tT.rcncs
| was simply this between these two cpmnitfs.s.
| inc one o. Ihem had TEN constituted, he presumed
! nm It's very name, with view 10 4 yaricular
know edge on the part oiIS members OF o ,rr,,I,r
suuJe-; to wnch thIs Port on OF tire Niess,se h,d
reference. H would show, frs, IN the Comn-i,
I Tee ~ Manufacture had valid existence. l. had
been eontsnd,d he.c that II had no., OF ought no, 10
/ nave Tbs aISIncrt cOrld not exist N.,. i, ,n,
that particular duty WAS no, assigned 10 il, Tbcr
was 70 ass snmcn, OF duties a, u to the Commune
on Agriculture and on ludau ATIrs Snd,rb,
eRs'ei ~ 10 Us cnnsliiuionllEy, AMI rs little cnuIl
there &c Win reference u me true cons,rurti, -,
Z ;he MeSs-se. II iu1iclal eve should n,ss o..
! the p'us OF The Message tAst had been orot.s !,
would see that tie inteniou of the President VS. n,
/ unite Ia theory The TeCUnrI iau1n Of inc, e,sej dr.
I Ics, OF an Augmentation of duties with tho -,
lection OF domestic manufacture Il wss ro, n he
over onked IN; the legal adviser nj tn. P,e,d,n,
On ihis b-ir; was citizen oC Pennsylvania 4 Stat.
"heFe tae docril- WIS perfectly oi;hoiox that such
reconciliation may eKs. Lit the Presidents
own language be It's own exponent. TNr brrr
qIo'edto the Message and referred TO and h,i a.,
cJmEcnted on It's examination by the gentleman
iTo'a Vrg.nii, MIR Jon=sl There could he mn
douo: OF The Intention Of the President. He further
quoted various passages IN conn, on from the
Message. and then continued. He apprehsnded
that the President entirely right in his i.a or
me poss oIhty OF reconciliation between these txo
IN n=' Lna, ?, nisn!en had deemed Inconsistent.
Mi. fANLEI SAID, had he not known this
House ss well a. he I'D, he should have been sur.
pE'sed az the range OF debate taken on the mere
question o reference. Blu, nc understood the oh
lec,. They had seen the eae aies OF the whig mar
y-and he WELDON Ell them TO the srile-lsd on by
me honorable gentleman from New Hampshire
Mr. Ath TtOl '
Mr. ArHERToN Inquired Of the Speaker if
this in order.
Mr. STANLEY dseIhimed any thing offensive.
lie saw some mSnliesiing disposition here To raise
Il c y that the Wing party desired to f,sren ON tie
country protective rar,ff; ard the centlemsn from
New Hampshire, MIR Athenon) with a zssI-a
hasty zeal-ior which he, (Nr 81 as a Southern
man, cid not thank him, was ence lvoring 10 nroec,
the South; aud really the discussion had b, en- uu,.
amusing. lie had been smIsed TO see how The
corporal guard had tsken sides in this m.rtrr
There was the gentleman fiom Pennsylvania. mir
lrVinl YES efday made ore OF the most ingenious
non commiinl speeches, for a protective man. he
ever heard. lie sad The Message recommended n
protective iarh, and did not recommend II; while
another SOn,hsrn gentleman sclslmsd for the Pre-.
sident idea OF encouraging domest m,nufac.
lures u was not tor him Nir 81 20 seIlle this So
puie between the two parties he would let them
discuss II anio"g themselves. lie thought IL a httle
urkind for the gentleman from P,nnsvy ,ria to mole
with such emphasis tHa' a Southern Jyhig from
Georgia, hic hsen among the first in attacking a
protective arm DID tie gentleman forget some of
his peculiar friends, bound to him 10y more ties III IN
lie hr 81 knew Of. who laked loud in iii claim
in2 a protective tariff Wodd the eentlemin send
word IN his speech mat not only Southern Whiss nte
opposed to protective tarff, tut that some OF III
specItl, poll cal, sHd personal Eends were lhrowih
themselves a step IN aIyincs OF The Wig parry
proper, and disclam'nga protective tanff7 lie want
ei the q Ies'ion unnertood.
M6 WIN (Hr Suriy having given wny) sn;d
he was mt aware that he hat made any .nCb r..
mark as the gentlem1n from North Cirnlinn (nr
St"ny) had understood HIM - make. lie (NT ~
dij not understand the gentlrm n iro Georgia (Nr
Fnstrr) TO corhne his opposition 20 q protective IA
ri, but 10 deny the r4h. To oisrrImIn itr within
the principles OF the compromise act even, IN iavo
OF domestic manufactures; and he was astnnished
TO hear that sentiment expressed by Southern
Wing.
Mr. STANLY siiJ hat was not the par, Of the
gsntIemnn's rrnirkstp winch he referred. lie (Nr
thought the gentleman, IN common ng as lac
bod done, wih such emphasis, o. the TACT thit n
Southern Wing was opposed To protection WIS en-.
deavorIng 70 hold up Southern Why's TO contempt
to his constituents. line (Mr 81 had done the
gentleman injustice, he was sorry. lie ought 10
recolioct Tint his own pecu.iir friends we're taking
tie lead Of Southern Wings in opposing q p otec-
i've tariff
The gentleman fom Georgia had id that the
Commitee on Manu- i,iutcs hid no duties by tie
rules of this House. Mr. s. here retired 10 the
Journal Of the House, showing that IN 1895 n com.
mittee appointed for that purpose had reported to
the House the necessity Of the Committee on Com
merce, among others, end that this committee was
expressly crotted TO have in charge commerce md
| manufactures; and thjt il so continued ull 1919
when the subjects were separated, and the Commit.