Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-09


,; luton. he considered u most exiTaordnsy Tn
e President, by a practice CO eval almost with IN
b GovenmenL received 1--WE copies OF every dccumen
B. printed 10y order If Congress. IL was no, nrnDc
" therefore, 10 send h'm document which was nov
r before him. II was hardly treating HIM with pro
per rcspsc', and he was surprised the source iron
e whence this mo'k Of disresgeci originated.
Il Gentlemen upon the other side had taken the Elk
ccutNe eSpccolly under their charge aud guardian
ship Had they got tired OF their change Tn
d; reason the Lands surveyed had not been sold tn
i present yc'r II was Obvious, originated with th
= wish Of the Pre- empioniStS who desired TO kee,
] them out oi the hands Of the SPECTATORS
4 The debate was continued for some time wheI
: the Resolution was land the table and thus dis
q REVENUEBltL.
: The Revenue Bill WAS called up as the Srccia
{ order OF the day The amendment under cons,d,r "a
ton was TO pace SAT- among the free articles, ant
Z Toe anendment o. Ma. Walker TO the amendment
OF Mr. Allen, to place Gunny Gags among the frcs
{ arucleS. MIR. WALKER withdrew his amend.
ment. Nc ALLEN then proposed modification
to the eec that salt should not be made free before
July, iSl2.
Mr HUNTINGTON gave several reasons why
the motion should not be adopted. Firs., because !,
was violation of The Compromise Act-seccndlv.
because was necessary 10 protect American manu-.
laciurcS-1nd finally, because the admitting Of the
Sruce tree from taA would have the effect to give
foreigners the monopoly OF the article
Ms CALHOUN wodli not vote for the amend
ment inr the reason that Il ncTicrcd with the Com
ought NOT To- Cc taken from the article nj once II
the Compromise Act could be pre- served he should
I've glad.
MIR WALKER was ~ilin. to regard the Com.
promise Ac', bot he thought the salt tax should DC
| an exception.
/ Mo LINN wished to know whether the Sal, duty
/ tquaU,d the Drawaac
Me- CLAY announced Ihl; the duty was about
ssSCS N0C peg onnGm, ANA the drawback about
Mr. BENTON cited a, length the Parliamentary
evidence IN reference 10 salt.
! The question had here been called for seycra,
times, but the opposition Senators determined 10
discuss Tie question.
MIR CLAY, bc,ravins some vcxat.on at the De.
Jay, SAID that lie WISHED he Question 10 be taken
WAS earnest 20 have % Iahcn-out lac could not con-
sent 10 hear an argument all upon the one side.
MIR Cay salJ, IN opposition TO the Senator upSn
| the other SIDE, lac would express his opinion that
the tax vas the most last AMI proper tax ever I'm.
posed. Its universe. consumption the arsu-
men' IN favor ct the tax. Would gentlemen have
| the po5r pay no taTeS}
VINO the poor and v no the rich in this coun-
I try, was Cououu. question. We were all poor
and a.. rich. y tax upon article like this was
an e4aa tax. The rich and the poor paid accord
.nc 20 the con. ImpIOn, and the tax was so small
;aa; no one felt II.
Toe debate was continued by Mr. WALKER.
Mr. CALHOUN, MIR BENTON, and Others. The
amendment was y; CnSih forced 10 4 vote, ana the
proposition lost - to -.
MIR WALKER renewed his amendment 10 place
sunny bags among he free articles. The prcJosl.
ton was promptly voroI DOWNS to 10.
pintT amendments 10 lowed, winch led TO a zen.
era discussion Ct the merits ct the bill ami the
Compromse Ac.. Mr. CALHOUN argued IN "a.
your OF The 'ccl. construction OF the Act of Com
promise.
Mr. CLAY was content with the sput OF the act
lie would maintain that as coSe.y as any Senator
/. the views OF the Senator should ue carried ont
the tiigcs would be 10 cut Of al, revenue under the
proposed .cJ. The ull instead OF yIedin, $40 .
100000, would not yield $500 uUU more than was
yle .LeI ~ existing avs.
To effect th.s OBJECT, Mr. CALHOUN novel 10
sluAe out the Tree articles, and 20 make item I'd.
pay duty OF - per cent. THIS would be- Mr.
"a Houn 81 j., the liberal Interpretation Of tie Ac':
and although he did not fe. himself bound by tins
Compromise Ac;, lie would try 10 see II man.
tanned.
MIR CLAY, IN arguing the question. con,ended
that the sp.ug OF the Compromise AcJ was not IN
'ur-et upon uy the admission OF some articles free
from duty. Inc mere imposition OF duties was es-
Seutb.y necessary 10 the protection Of important
interests, and 10 save the country from having I'M
po-hnt interests mOnOpO.izcd 10y foreigners.
Mr. PRES fON replied 10 Mr. CALHOUN and
made very able speech. lie placed his co league
before his constituents IN the course OF his remarhs
by showing that his co que admitted tina, he was
disposed % favor the fee States and cmbarrass the
slave States. Tea and Coffee were used Uy fec
auoreTs, but the slaves did not consume these art
c.es.
amendment was voted down. and another one pro-
posed and Withdrawn.
The Ra Roid Iron amendment was then voted
upon IN the following form: That Rail Road lion
be admitted tree from duty for all the Public Roads
which nave been commenced since the passage of
the Act OF 1856. Upon ali lion imported for new
works, here Is duty OF 20 per cent to Oe paid.
ms amendment ~ regard TO Iron VAS argued I.
briefly ~ Mr. CALHOUN; the two Senators iiom .
George; Mr KING OF Aisuan-; Mr. NlERRICE I
4 4 ~ l.
league. The Pennsylvania Seniors cantenred /
That kill Road !5on could now lie manufactured F.
at home cheaper ih1n the foreign article and OF a
qIt.ly quite rs good.
The tax upon Rail Road Iron, Mr. CALHOUN /
conceived, would InIgre the South IL the end a
:omgIonlse vas accepted by Mr. BERRlEN and
mf bCCliANAN, which resulted 10 the adoption
OF the amendment have named.
Nj. WOODBURY. proposed an amendment. TO /
place coarse woods among the imported agic Is COM
pei Ing them 10 pay ~ per cent.
NJ Clay Of Kentucky, Mr. HUNTINGTON, !
and Mr.. KALAMAZOO, opposed the ame ndment,
winch was defended by the Senator from y. Il. Il /
was shown by Senator'S that the imposition Of du.
ties would toe destructive 10 our CARPET and other
minl'ac.orcs, and ~ no way benefit the farmers /
tor the reason that the coarse WOODS imported into
the country were OF quality inferior to any raised
by an American Farmer.
The amendment of III Woodbury. Ms proro-c3 I
was rejected, hui on motion Of Mr. Woodbury. all !
WOO over The value Of cents are to pay q duty
OF ~ per cent.
It was proposed also to admit rre7se among the
free articles. The motion, however, was r,Js::ed-
p 20 -
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Areso1ton from the committee on expenditures
was npopied, hat SAID committee report nj the mex,
session. An amendment was added recurring The
postmaster Of he House To keen an account of the
stationary used by each member.
CONTESTED ELECTION ~ FLORIDA.
The resolution Of the Committee on Election, in
reference TO Mr. Levy, the Delegate from Florida.
was taken up as loiIows:-
Rrscired, That David Levy, Esq. Is not q citizen
Of ihe UIted States n pursuance Of any low or
tea'y thereof, and that Therefore the sid David
Levy not cnit cd 90 seat IN the House ufI;sprr.
aenntlvss az Delegate from the Territory OF + a.
H-a 10 the twenty. seventh Congress.
The resolution was debated by Mossrs. LEVY.
Halls lEAD, GAMBLE and WISE. but the
House adjourned ut an early hour without any az.
ton on the resolution.
Ma. JEFFERSON AND HIS OPINIONS.
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