Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-09-14

The dolt Of the sentinel Is at,emnifnr 10 max
ms readers believe that the proposed tax on tea am
coffee, for the purpose Of raising revenue : a WIN
measure. This is hot so.--Joaraai
The Journal. with It's natural instinct. reteratea
the faIschood of the Richmond wing. tia, the pro
posed tax on tea, coffee. lsat. sugar, rnolasses) Il
not wing measure. We sly it is. and pr ,ance m,
record to prove II. 1t summed up 5y the ltor o
the Globe from the proceedings o. the House o: Rep
resenta;iyes
l. The Secretary Of the Treasury, in his repor
to the extra session OF Congress recommended n,
upon tea and coffee
, The Committee Of Ways and Means repor,e,
bil TO tax those articles twenty per cent.
3. The Chairman OF tie Committee Of WAYS an,
Means, Mr.. Fillmore in opening his bud ret n
the House. advocated TN, tax on the ground that
they were Injuries. and no. necessar,cS
1. When the OIL WIS broagat under the raie o
slence, ana amendments we're be- voted ueo,
without debate. iIr. lawrence of Pcnasylgania. a
wing ata formerly Speaker Of the House Of Repre-
-eaisvcs OF MS State moved To strike out tea and
coffee, and thu, leave them free Of duty
,. Mr. Clifford moved to amend Mr.. lawrence :,
motion, by adding 10 u. ''nula,se sugar ard salt
Icllers were demanded. and there were 10 yeas
and Il nays. - the amendment 10 the amend
ment adopted.
g. Upon taking the question on the amendment
q.
yeas 10. nays 80.
!. Dir. Williams of Maryland now moved 70 amend
the bill. By striking out sah alone; and though a
question OF order was raised as the committee had
Just refused to strike out salt, Sir. Cushing OF Mass
achusetts "a whg) he chairman Of the committee
oveFruled the question oi order. and the question
was taken upon sal o50Hc, and lost.
:. NIthstandinr the decision OF the Chair. and
notwithstanding the parliamentary knowledge 81
Mr.. Lawrence. the rg.nal mover. and OF many 9TH
ers OF hls party wing attempted 20 get vote t.
exempt tea anu coffee separately from ;he operations
OF the bill.
9. When nc tariff bl came into The House, the
wings called the previous quest oa thus cutting oil
all amendments; and, upon the demand ''Saai the
previous question be now pat - every democrat
IN the House voted n The neg rive.
10. hen Mr Plclii oI inai4ua eompa.rad b =
cause the gay was persisted ln, at the expense 90
those vital amendments. Alr. Stanly OF \. Carolina
ayowed that the responsibility belonged 70 the WIN
party, and spoke OF the -rlendid eptapns winch "a
grateful people wou.d u~cr1e upon Their toab-
stune- Tor natlu- served In tIiis Congress.
IA. Aner tne oiil had passed. ana W.uie ,ac title
was under consideration. SAT. Dawson al G-,r-.
coia. 4sn,enteu tae to.lnefn tnd S3utaerit vs. i.t
v.iuutsrAy 'otns against ;aer feelings AHA q.
interests oa tle "a - 90 lhe u.
~ uat noU o-c0iues ID tn- a.-. sounding charges
%. t4e CORES au4ent 81 tAe Ing
iae tar.A sai @ts passed 81 i.teen u,s ,or.fg =
tne t.au~e Bad Georgia v.fad N4tl t.e nat-.
would Il Hat la.e oetu ~ }sAn. .hsa. put ID AK
OF - per cent upon tea and cu..ce Let ,you
be Governor of Georgia answer.
Mr. I..l0Ia. IS a. proper regard tor tae c.44
mere al interests 90 h- oNn state, tttn. aif ,ti
sends 8at .lnoes al al. SORTS az te West .nl 49, -
sugar. nal.-ses, ans sait. aud IS IA .eN fo ga
Isi3s.rr cIa=et- c.eIy where, pr posed tle cX 19
ton ui tuose nccesearles oi lie. toge her tne
le q anu co.Ii's. pr posed by air. Lawrence. \
portion ot tn cacrpi ma 'rty, on lie first n use,
united wuh the democrats setting free from dui y
what constitutes great portion q tue food o. the
" noe people Oh tAis country, AMI not coasd' ring
sugar and salt and nolasses as les necrs7ares man
tea and coffee, voted 10 embrace them IN ar. i.n-
renee clause OF exemption. Al these articles, q
which the poor consume more than the ricn, BECAUSE
the poor. who work, require more To support them
than the rc, and because the laoorlng class ate as
an hundred to one oi the INDECENT wealthy - were
then together IN the amendment, the whole
amendment was ected By caucus-rall cd forces 81
federalism, who, by taat vote, put twenty per
cent. tax on tea, cgVcc sugar, sal gad rsotacscS-
And now the prcteXt to cover tA- tax, winch taxes
for the Government one-iiih Of TIE price o. all thcs
ncccssarcs oi life. Is, that the attempt - relieve su
car. salt ana moiasses, prevented TIE federal tax
layers from taking the burden from ten and coffee
And how The letter .<ic.lln md intiaates thet
no question could be had lea aid coffee Paratc
Is from sat. sugar, aud m0!a-ses, after they were
un.ted ~ the sane clause The following certt.ieu
statement trou. journal by the CeFk, shows that
subs quently to iAe rel scton OF the am ndEeat O
Sir. Lawrence exemptng tea and coffee, on winch
sugar. silt, &c were sdded 0y Air Clifford, a vote
was taken on one OF tn articles, salt. separately
and this shows it III gilt have oecn on tea and coffee
also:
AT subsequent STAGE of the procred.ugs in .ie
C am ttce "a. sad 0ul, on Tire s,ue cay,
MIR. james -. i, li!.t,ns moved to amend lne
same by inserting the following As the second sc
ton thereof,
aud be Il f.irfbcr caacted. That tie article o.
sat shall be admitted free oi duty.
~ hich amendment WAS rejected.
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