Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-01

THE TARIFF-DIsTRIBUTIoN following attempt at fraudulent legislation is perfectly charac- teristic of the politicians who now control both houses of the Congress of the U. s. We must con- fess as badly as think of some of the federal sen ators, we surprised, that in that body so bold an attempt at legislative legerdeman and cheating would be made. So ingenious the plan to de- ceiye (lesying out the simple word "any') that the fraud was very nigh being consummated.
 The South is indebted to the acuteness of Mir Rises for it's detection. He rose and expressed il at the moment the vote was to be taken.
 WAsHINGros, Aug. 21.
 SENATE.-The Distribution bill resumed.
 Mr. Berrien brought up what he protessed to con- sider the amendment as that offered by Mir. King, the fate of which noticed yesterday in our analysis. Mir. Kings proposition (yoted down yes terday) was intended to the action of the dis tribution measure, whenever higher duty than twenty per cent. ad valorem, more than one fifty of the value of any artcle imposed by Congress- This was to make the continuation of the land dis tribution depend upon the strict observance of the compromise law. That law says, duty beyond 20 per shall be levied on imports after the year 1922 Mr. Berrien, protesting to renew Mir. King 's rejected amendment, and maintain the compromise by holding up the withdrawal of the land distribution, proposed the following:
 .sProvided also, That if the rate of duty on impor rcd articles shall be regulated by law after the 2Oth of June lS42, to increase said rate of duty be- yond 20 per cent ad valorem, he computed accord ing to the provisions of the 2d March, 1895, the distribution of the proceedings of the public lands proyided for by this shall during the exis ience of such rate of duty, and shall be renewed whenever such rate of duty shall be reduced 10 20 pl unless prohibited by the other provisions of thls act"
 Mir. Benton objected to thls on various grounds, which will be hereafter given.
 Mir. Klng could supportit, if was to be understood as covering the object aimed at by his amendment.
 Mir. Mangum (who yesterday denounced Mr. King 8 amendment as going defeat the bilD came forward in support of Mr. Berien's revised edition of it; saying that he dd consider it as of much impor- tance one way the other and would therefore vote for it now, although he had opposed it yesterday.
 Mir. Morehead, of Kentucky, ase stated that he would vote for the amendment he had opposed yes- ierday. With this impression of the amendment given out by Messrs. Berrien, Mangum and More head the vote about to be taken, when Mr.Rives rose and said he did not understand the amendment of Mir. Berrien being at all the that pro- posed by Mir. King of Alabama. Mir. Berrien's pro- position he showed, provided that if by law, in- crease of s'duty beyond 20 per cent. ad vaorem," should be imposed on "imported articles" then the land distribution should be arrested, But, accord- ing to the proposition of Mir. King, which followed the compromise act, when, "the increase beyond 20 per cent. ad Vafole, on any imported artice sDouiu be imposed, the distribution to be arrested, Mr. Rives explained, that under Mir, Berrien's a. amendment protective tariff might be levied greatly beyond 20 per cent. ad yalorem
 Mr. Berrien's proposition only guarded against raising tariff, on all imported articles in the aggre gate, beyond twenty per cent ad yaIorem. The com- promise act and Alr. Kings amendment, intended 10 guard against putting duty beyond tweRty per cent on any imported articles
 Mir. Berrien professed that he did not design his amendment to attain this end.
 Mir. Rives tested it, by rendering the following amendment to Mir. Berrea's proposition.
 Strike out all after the word provided, to 1858, inclusive, and insert 'Ihat if higher duty than 20 per cent, as established by the act of the 2d March,