Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-26

chan Use imported might be divided into four classes
! !. That on which there an al raloTcm duty
| oftwenly per cent. ,. That on which there was
| specific duty over 20 per cent. On these two class
| IS the rcduc NJ process OF the act operated.
| The excepted free articles. And !. y lieles OF
which duty Of less than twenty per cent
| Ga these the reduction dad not operate. Now,
the gentleman looked at the language of the act, h,
would pe-ccve that ii declared that, from and Ofe'
the 18th June, 1912, these four classes of merch1n
disc shall be subject such duties rs shall be provd
ed 10y law. And what duties were thesel Clearly
such duties as had by previous legislation
been provided that period ofiime; else there
would be then no duties OF any kind. The nct
m1niieSty prcsuppoSed that legislation would o
necessity have taken place.
MIR WISE here inierpoScd, and wanted to ex-
pain; but MIR CUSHING wished him to defer hi,
reply.
Mr. c. was going on to argue tina; thct, must Of
course DC re arrangement OF duties, when
Mr. WISE again interposed. lie cared not n cent
whether the Encouragement was obligatory or only
peTmissiVe under the act. The important point
was, that the act made prmlucnt provision that gu.
ties levied should not exceed twenty per cent. Now,
did not the resolution and report from the Commt-
tee on Commerce 90 on the suppositiou that, after
1872, The duties might be over twenty per eeU;. ?
Would the gentleman consent to append a condition
that the revision of the tariff should interfere with
the compromise uct2
Mr.. CUSHING said he should not blink the
question. The time had come when gentlemen of
opposite views mlsht understand each o.her, and he
should evlde no part OF the question. Admitting
for q moment that the duties must not exceed the
nominal minimum OF twenty per cent, would that
be, in truth, the true max mum rate OF dutyl Was
not the appraisment, after that, 10 6e made on 4
home va,ualIonl And would not the duty be,
though Indirectly, yet really, augmented by that
circumstance
The gentleman from Virginia wa, usually very
precise in his Language; yet On this subject he talk
ed loosely about she "IarIf''-'Ihe tariff partly
AgUNa "a
meant Did he mean to dsnouuce the rais,n: Of
by duties and Implsts, and advocate direct
taXolion7
MIR Wise shook his head
Well then, # there were 10 bc duties under
twenty per cent. as tie gentleman maintained. would
the gentleman select the ar,lcS on which they
were TO lie Iiil Would he discriminate, and take
the ground occupied IN 1852 0y Mr HSyne2 or, II
he woG'G not 30 that, would he Iay duties alike on
protected and unrEoise &c articles Or, would he
impose them on protected articles on'y2 \ tauE, Il
laii tor revenue on any article, constitutional.
Ms WISE mere exp aimed.
Mr. CUSHING resumed He understood IN,
gentleman 10 ssy aha. be would ! scrtniua;e, buiIn
sense l-ve-ss O. ctr,s.0 cNs ing Interests IN The
CuEec S.-ss- Ii II ;Nys iha; Escln5. he would
:9-1s ;as a-yasatss 81 isess Interests INTO false
osl-c-, cor-rSry % .stlr WISHES. sCi cou0e' them
- lsst al a-Vs-Ss 0Ns ro-. ~ ;asns one extreme,
- Wol0- c5z9s .--- % tEe he opposite sI-
t-s-rE- Irt cU-s 'g-r-- ASKED = drew would stand
- Nt -'~'' - '-.' :
UE--e- Z ggu u-s' NJ. C.'s .aswC- was his:
LIS. s--tt E----- 10 - re- va: :as bargain -
acw {: -'-s sans b. 81 rs yc. c.tfss sn.,ns
vc--ss YES as --s- ~sw .= yos whether we
-. s;f-- 90 G.. y ~ how wCl.1 the gentleman
"o7 NasrE tIs:-.s - 7l-sa.n' lie admitted
s-l; - = -=----s --;y syl-l 4 hons valuation
mss; 1s; e. --; --ss-s =, and he anticipated
:rc1i IA! re-v -. 80 Advantage - the South; and
ss re Cess. .-..-- riga. &C a. ,sTss 70 be equa.
tie asT--.-Es ~ol.- - oy.lin=i - the expense Of
TIE ccrs.-=-1,--
NJ c 5e:s ws-; in;o -1rther remarks Gearec At
inc ne 1855 crcs O; extreme opinions on both sides
AMI expressed ais hoFe that the whole question
nigh; be settled - question OF business. lie
vas conh5en; L nigh: he so se.,led TO the sasiac
ton o. every portion Of the Union. There seemed
% be general disposition TO conine the revenue to
hc actual wants OF the Government, and profession
might be confined within those limits within which
i would be legitimate.
1t was absurd to deny, and a mistake 10 lament,
the diversity OF interests in the Union: they did not
lead TO COLLISION: their true tendency was 10 union
and harmony. Mr. Z. went on 10 illustrate this lea
10y showing now the consumption OF one portion OF
the country met the production Of another and mu-
tually bound them to each other. He was reiolced
10 nnd that some Southern gentlemen were in fiyor
Of taxing up and treating the tariff as . question Of
business. lie deprecated the idea that the Atlantic
5 aIes should be perpetua.y set IN opposition as
North and SJUtE; they forgot who would come IN
within ten yens 10 decide their controversies: they
remember the great and growing popu.ailou Of the
West And when gentlemen from tue South At
lantIc States come 70 him with the dosnias Of free
irade-such free trade no civilized nation ever
seriously thought Of, or ever would carry nio prac
ucc he SAID 10 them, let be content 10 APPROX.
mate free trade: let us compromise our differences Of
opinion and consent 10 a middle course; hut # they
refused this, then lie was prepared to throw himself
into the arms of the gTga: West. There thew knew
ro:hIng Of coSmas: they were governed oy the
F.If an MIR m Of
tcrests OF his State lud other way lie protect.
ed from prOs;raton and ruin; II he must choose be-
twe-n the mercy Of the South and the mercy of The
Wcs', he was Ter the West They wee for no
u!trasm IN Massachussts-lheir views had been
well expressed by his colleague (Nr WInthrbpl iu
his speech upon the land bill; AMI he desired. In
stead OF ngItiung abstract doctrines and learned
theories, they would take MEASURES 10 get 4 know
ledge Of facts: would be time enough 10 determine
what use they should make Of the facts when they
had gotten them.
MIR NlSBET now rose in reply TO Mr. WIS.,.
lie had not expected, when he presented his views
IN relation TO the pending resolution day Or two
since, - bring down upon his head the wratLlul ar.
gument and NOISY dguJnciltion of the gent Iemau
from Virginia. IL was no part Of Mr. Ms policy to
measure weapons with that gentleman, because he
knew ihnt be should suffer iu the comparison but
ne should not retreat from his attack ]; was alien
from Ds nature, and would he dishouoraJIe 10 his
S-S-1. lie wOu not say 10 the gent eman, "Cor1s
on .hACHuH bul ne would at least not stop fight
lng al. he had got enough" lie had listened o.'-
ly to the gentemlu's denuncIalion and TO his
presentation OF what Mr. n. had said: and II sem,
cd from these TO he the gen.amnns design 20 place
him and his colleagues IN 4 false position; Mr. y
was therefore bound 10 do battle in their defence
ana his own. The gentleman had said they rep-e.
senied d State not ike himself; and il was true
for she made no Jngs. The gentleman talked in
a very confident strain Of his own district and H.,
opinions but when Mr. N.tOld that gentleman that
he ana his colleagues represented sovereignty he
trusted the gentleman would see IT, .f he did not IN
due time feel J., 10 be true she was not accustomed
to be led she knew nothing of following as he tl
OF any man. They were born frecmgn, nor had
they sucked the pap OffIeIity 10 any State. There
had been time when Georgia looked with brgb
unI reyerentlai feelings Of regard toward the An.
cIcnt Dominion; they sill homo ell the ancestors Of
the gentleman, and honored his State as the tenn
ing mother Of States and Of distractions; vet truth
required him N ado, with an Abatement. Ue was
sorry Tor ihaj but the arguments the gentleman had
this d1y emp Dyed compelled Mr. ~ 10 Weld some.
thing Of that gh and reyercntial regard heb,dIeco
accustomed 70 cherish towards that tccmfng mother.
who seemed almost Likely 20 die IN the distractions
10 winch aHc bod given birth. The ggn,.emIn had
sNl Mr. y. should not speak for him he should
not attempt ., he had never INDUCED so pfesunn,u.
Gus purpose as 20 speak for virginia lar less for
Aceomnc. There was 90 need Of 0, the gen,Iernln
was always quite ready enough 10 speak for bifo.
SELL % would be lndeUcle, besides Tor Mr. n 10
speak Tor the gentleman be spoke for Gcorgia and
| her representatives when be was rse,or5,f.r M
Mr. w. then loo hm denounce him, but not uIl men
"here was the necessity 70 the purposes or this de-
| bale Tor arrtlE1Ing the COndust Of GcorgiaY
/ Mf WISE hero nterpOsej, and saidb had not
done Sol nI. he hlI said had been merely IN rss.rs
TO what had been said by the genlcmln from Gsgr.