The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-12-28

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ing duties, Messrs Wise, Extra Billy Smith, OF
Va, Fillmore, Briggs, Foster, Rheu and Irwin,
joined in The debate, and the House adjourned
without taking tho question
In the Senate ,norhing of much consequence was
transacted. Several petitions, memorials, rosolu.
tons and hills were successvcly introduced and
referred
Mr. Evans moved that so much of the Presidents
Message relates to the subject OF Finance, be re-
ferred to the Committee OF Finance, leaving it o.
pen to the Senate to separate that part relating to
new Fiscal Agent and refer il TO Select Commit
tee.
Linn, OF Mo , gave notice that he should intro
duce bill to repeal the Distribution Act. Tho
Senate then adjourned over to Monday next
BY some strange and let me add it with regret,
with an nexcusable and culpabl 10 neglect the
part Of the Speaker, the Committee OF Ways and
Means has been so constituted that while il con-
tains two out OF nine from Virginia, il has not
single one from .Nep England encept this same
Charles G. .4he,ton-this haitor to .Neao England
interests, and her aooaoed and bitter enemy He it
is tina; is selected by the enemies of our domestic
industry to give this indirect but not the less dan
gerous blow a, rights and interests, and claims
70. his Committee The consideration of that which
the ground that the Tariff was one exclusively of
revenue, and that the subject Of protection had
nothing to do with it, and that therefore, the Com,
mttee on Manufactures had no cognizance OF it.
The iusidiousness of this blow at the domestic
labor of the country will be better understood
" hen it is remembered that The Committee of
Ways and Means has no cogn izance OF the subject
of protection, and by giving to that Committee ex
clusiveTy the Tariff portion Of the Message, it can
only be considered in reference to the purpose OF
revenue.
The motion Of Anterior was sustained by Wise
-who in his opposition 10 protecting American
labor, has, at least, the singular merit of consisten
cy--on the ground that the Presidents Message
did not recognize protection any thing more
than mere incident of raising the necessary rev,
enue.
Mr. Tinghast opposed the motion OF Mr. Ather
ton, and insisted that that portion of the message
which referred discrimination for the protection
of manufactures could ofright go to no other Com
nttee than that of Manufactures
He was followed bv Rhe,t of South Carolina,
the great champion of notification, whose speech
was little else than repetition Of the article in the
Globe about week since, and turned upon the
absurd and exploded idea that revenue and protoc.
ton were Incompatible that precisely where The
one began to exist, the other began TO
Mr. Fillmore showed in reply, that the Commit
tee Manufactures had been in existence ever
since 1919; and that during the twenty years of
its existence, its specific duties has been assigned
by usage. He contended thut the sensibility dis.
played was without just cause-lhat The object of
the Committee an Manufactures was to divide The
duty with that on Ways and Means--that if the
subject under consideration was not given TO
the former, the latter would have duties than
il could we'll perform, bile the former would hay
nothing 10 do. He insisted that tho ground now
taken, that Committee on Manufactures un.
constitutional, rather singular one TO take
after it had been IN existence for more than TWEEN
ty years
Mr. Briggs contended that the advocates of Ath- |
erton's motion urging false issue; that the
question not of protection, but of discrimna- !
ton. That had been distinctly recognized by the |
message and belonged the Committee of Manufac-
lures.
The question was not whether Congress should |
protect, but whether it should discriminate, and
upon this issue he ready tho question. |
Mr. Irwin Of Pennsy vania, made admirable |
rejoinder to the speeches Of Rhet, Foster and
Profit, and urged in a strong manner, the original
motion of Mr.. Fillmore. He asked whether the
dmocrats OF Pennsylvania were willing TO avow
The sentiments proclaimed by the Globe and Mr.
Rhett, Of discriminating against the interests of A
merican industry, and asked where could the sub
ect of just discrimination go if not to the Commit
tee on Manufactures, unless refuse recognize
that right.
The subject resumed in the House to- day
by Jones of Virginia, another Loco Foco momber
of the Ways and Means Committee, who made a
long rigmarole speech.
Mr. Jones followed by Messss Hunt of New
York, and Randolph of New Jersey, who urged,
with much force and ability, the proprety OF refer
ring the matter to the Committee on Manufactures.
They were followed by Hon. Joseph R. Inger-
soil, the new member from Philadelphia and I'll e
worthy successor of Mr. Sergeant
Although in i'll health, and so much exhausted
by the effort to be unable to finish his remarks
he delighted and fascinated the whole House by
the beauty and brancy of his eloquence. 1t was
aoge Their the finest effort that has been made this
session, and its cogency and force must have cars