Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-27

tine IA sections of the Senate-were in conformity
either 10 the letter or spirit of the compromise act, let
tho world decide. Will the gentleman from North "a
ol;nn MIR Sanly) say these sections were III accof"
ance with the compromise acH No. AND yet we were
then told the same thing-thal hooooy ues"eu ~ u'
Ill .. Ar Stanly rose and said she had objection
% a., ,b,t those sections were in accordance with the
compromise. -
Mr WISE Then the gentleman understanding OF
the compromise is wholly different from mhe. "hn'
= Tho cnn,nrom;s,s That no article either before or
.s, tho 5,h of June 1872 shall be taxed more than
20 per cent. What were the provisions :" these sec,
t;ons, That silk and norssd goods and bieaehrn aho
unbleached liacns should be taxed IRON 10 -, a"u
even Us high, in some instances as ~ per eenl'
the gentleman deny this; know the act was eAceeu
inry complex; il named duty: It employed, ingeh'
onsv enonob great deal of circumocuton; but nave
expostons of its mode Of operation, both from Tue mos
enlightened merchants and from the Compfoier u Inc
Treasury Gentlemen aud I-all say, they mean 10
carry out the compromise but, SIR, ace una'Sia"" :.
diTcrcntly-t there is the rub Gentlemen ahu 10 "o'
mean the same thing For example, Sir, that bill con-
tanned direct protection OF Kentucky cotton bdg2ing-
protect ton which aimed at III lc32, and withdrawn
BY the act of 1885, and yet It was inserted III these
sections Us perfectly consistent with the compromise
refer gentlemen the same speech OF alr Clay, ID
1882
"The success of the American manufacture of cotton
bagsing has been such that by furnishing better
cheaper article, the bagging OF Inverness and Dun
dee has been almost excluded from the consumption OF
the State. bordering The Mississippi and It's trbnta'
rcs There has yet been sufficient time TO abricate
and transport the article necessary quantities from the
Western States 10 the Southern Atlantic States, which,
therefore, have been almost exclusively supplied from
the Scottish manufactures The payment Of the duties
is eyacd by the Introduction of the foreign fabric, I'M
der the name obnrlaps some other mercantile phrase,
and instead Of paying five cents the square yard il Is
ertcred with duty Of only fifteen per cent nd raiorem.
That this practice prevails, is demonstrated By the
Treasury report Of the duties cotton bagghg Tor the
years lo2S, S29 and leo. During the first year, the
amount was Sl37, 5G6; the second SlCG,C6s; and the
third, it sunk down to Sill,
So, Sir, my friend from South Carolina (Mr. Thomp-
sony can here see that it is idea to exclude
bleaced and unb!eached lintnS in order to afford pro-
lection to the agricultural products Of either cotton
hemp, by increasing the consumption OF the fabrics OF
either The same idea was faithfully pressed by the
protective party in 1882; aud it is the protecrc
idea STILL whether applied to hemp Of Kentucky cot
ton of South Carolina
mir Thompson replied lie had said that he had no
doubt that the prohibition Of foreign linen would in
crease the consumption of cotton fabrics which would
be substituted, but that he would neither vote for
prohbitory protective duty upon linens first, he
would because he believed il unconstitutional, and
he would not vote for measure which ne thought
iitutionnl, for any pcltry benefit to his
tion would he for any present benefit 10 his own
particular staple recognise the protective principle
which, in lis general opcra,ion would infinitely coun-
teryail the benefit of a small increase of consumption
Of cotton.
Mr. WISE. | understood the gentleman not 10 in
tend TO vote for protection 10 cotton this sense, but
could not well understand why the idea was so
elaborated By him, and why cotton fabrics were praised
as so much 'sprtuisr" than silks. give this principle
OF pro.econ-this provision or the fourteen sections
passed in the Senate last session to tax beached and
unbeached linens Of Russia and Scotland in order 10
exclude "buriGps, &c, from competition with Amc-
rcaa hemp-.h!s old and not odd idea Of lS:2 again
revived at this time, when the cry is 0aty 10 tar
luzurics-as 'Tampe merely ri the understanding q
gentlemen n holc The compromise act is 10 he cur
red oRG Sir, 1t only shows that tins thing OF carrying
out this act is complex and Intricate queslon-it is
edged tool, and OF the minority trcadng upon
burning ploughshares every step take in tarin. un
urics This mode of carrying out the compromise OF
not disturbing The compromise has made HE dlstusttu
and disncned to touch the subject Of the tariff at all
has determined Inc TO meet the attempt at the thrcsh
hold, 10 "take the ball at the first hop
Besides, Sir, the compromise act provides expressly
what articles the duties shall be laid prior TO June,
1872 in of excess or deficiency of revenue What
are they: See section 9th Of the act, which provides
that, Tin the contingency either ofexcess deficiency
OF revenue, may be passed prior 10 The 3O,h day
Of June, ls42, catering the rates of duties articles
which, by the &C: Of 1882 su6ec; TO less rate of
duty than 90 per centum I'D vaorem, in such manner
not 10 exceed that rate and $50 to adjust the
nue. to either of the said con,in gences.'
By the report Of the Secretary already quoted-page
second-we also that the second limitation Of the
compromise is tina, there shall be alteration of du
ties prior 10 June 1872 except upon the articles named
in this seconto wit, the articles subject BY the act
Of le32 10 less rate of duty than - per centum ad
valorem.
What those articles, See the act of 1882. The
list too long TO quote, but many of these articles
of the protected class and touch silks and wines,
what is TO prevent increase of duties not exceeding
20 per nd yalorem the whole Of these pro-
teced articles Did not the resolution of inquiry
proposed by the gentleman frsn Vermont (Alr. Eve
retD point directly to that feared it did, Sir, and
therefore, objected to its reception.
Again The duties proposed even upon rincs and
silks and bleached and unbleachcd linens, &c involve
protection and the whole subject of counterraing du
hss, and violate the compromise act
The 9TH section OF the act provides expressly that
blcached and unblcached linens, table linen, linen
napkins, and linen cambrcs and wors,ed stuff goods,
shawls and other manufactures Of silk and worsted,
manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be the
component material of chief value, coming from this
side of the Cape of Good Hope, except sewing silk,
shall, until the 3Oth June ls42, be admitted 10 entry
free from duty Yet the act of last session proposed
to tax Of these very articles high %, and
even % per cent!
Speech 10 Je continued