The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-19

nom II country which was in the habit of taking
much of our agricultural productions.
Mr. KING was in favor Of including those 0rll-
Clcs among free articles, If the land fund We're res
tored to the treasury.
Mr. ALLEN said he was aware that the amend
men, offered by the Senator from Alabama would
be proposed; yet he had no hope that it would be
adopled-nonG whatever Let the character Of
the bill be what il might-howeyer monstrous-it
was ordained that it should pass, and without CIV
ing any reasons. lie had risen 10 mark the cir-
cumsancc which had given rise 10 the bill, and
which went 10 establish principle more daring
than any which were embodied in it. lie would
not ascribo 10 the bill The origin of the paclcc by
whicl, il was passed, That practice originated with
another bill which came here fom the House and
was passed without consideration, and against the
Judgment of the Senate, He referred 10 the APP
poronmcn, bill, which came to the Senate with
lis second section inserted by carefully drilled
party vote. In tins body, it was referred 10 one of
the standing commilccs-a committee selected Tor
lis wisdom and its knowledge Of matters aPpcr,an-
ing 10 the judicihry-a committee composed OF Il
ma orty of the triumphant party IN The Senate and
the House, and constituted for the express purpose
Of representing the will of that majority. Alter
full considerations that comnilicc-acting upon
their oa,hS -rrpur,cd back the hill with amend
mcn,s VIVA, did the Senate do' 1t refused to
vote amendments Other amendments were pro-
posed but they fell us with the fatality Of an ON
niJcionl docrco.
No, one of that patty forming the majority in
the two Houses Of Congress voted Tor these amend
mems; and why Was it that they were not ne
ccssary OF proper? Was il that it would be I'M
wise to amend the bill? No, sir; but as aNowcd
by the Senator from |ouisiana-ii You amend Il
- ,ft ia il. in
uncertain in another quarter. The Senate, then,
refuses To exercise lis solemn legislative faculties,
susprnds its constitutional attributes, and declares
lis want Of confidence in the stability of The House,
and It's unwii'ingncss 10 lrus; the House with the
revision of It's own dOings. What (said Mr. Allcn)
is the character of the hill which it is not permit
ted the Senate 10 amend! 1t is Il bill imposing Il
llX of Sf21 COO, 900 on The people Of this country;
Il bill ON subject 50 sacred, rs to be required to
originate only in that Honsc which is supposed 10
represent the embodied will of the people; II bill,
which must be considered in Committee Of the
Whole To take it out of the reach Of the previous
question; such II bill as this, coming from the
| Housc with all the marks Of haste, incomplete,
monslrouS in all It's lincamcntS, recommended hy
committee which speaks Of the will Of the mnlorl-
" in both Houses, referred 10 the committee on
Finance, and reported 10 the Senate by that COM
mittoc with various amendments, What does the
Senate Go' Tho bill is called up; but, instead OF
examining the prOprlcly Of these amendments, the
patty which compose the MINORITY of that very
committeeman panty whirh compose the nalori-
ty of the Senate and the HouSc--but the party
which represents but one third Of the American
people, il we are To take as Il standard the express
sion of popular will that we have recently had -
by that patty these amendments are, in their order
| 4 dot al
prsSing the bill as it is.
las the Senate of the United States any right Ia
say that it will not exercise lis legitimate functions
aud make Itself II mere mindless mass, ready Ia
receive Whatever may be brought 10 it from the
| Uuusc, without thought or considerations II is u
bill TO impose ON NOUr constituents sir, taN the
most odouS and oppressive that has ever been I'M
posed since the last war The universal cry oi the
nation is relief, instead Of burdens nnd yet you are
required To vote for this bill, 10 tax your conSll'u-
cnls 10 the amount of twenty millions of dol
lars, wilhuut cNcrling your faculty Of reason, lest
the hl should 90 back TO The House And why
not let it 90 back to the House' Why, because
the bill came here by a majority of but two OF
lhcc, and Il ma jorily not exclusively patty ma
lolily--a tax Of iwcny-scycn millions Of dollars
10 be imposed wilhou thought or consideration
under the spur of the gng in the Housr, and wnl
untitled mouths and tied hands in the SUnaic, io
NE reason that the publ, calanucs are crying a
loud in our cars. 'i'h- tax l. To be imposed by
Congress condemned aud casucrcd by the people
thus is the sort Of Congress, and these are the
mcans by which bill Of this species is TO he pas
>cd--and that, too, sir, in the eighth month of til,
session, when wan, of time is made an additional
protest for Fastening the adoption Of IN mporan
ill of this Kind, without consideration and wlhou
r, tIip on "A! uuU !, nm
House and IN the other under the operation Of
stern, icvocuhc, ndomilablc decree. II This
The way in which laws are 10 BIZ passed, i, is tim
The people should know II. The people Of hi
county. are speaking, Il hearing, aud thinkin
people; aud they will not fail TO mark those wh
endcavor 10 procure the passage OF an cnormous Ia
in this manner.
There is not Senator on the other sihc--iakc
] separately aud detached from his pariy--wh
. would not he disposed 10 amend the bill; yet, it
T. Iatrd 10 pa,S, with all i,l impcrlrcions on lis hca
II bin which continues the distribution Of the pre-
cccds of the public lands, and imposes taxes on ii
j very slomaclis OF the people, 10 make up the
: mount thus distracted.
/ lie (Nlr A. hoped such amendments as migl
Q be deemed wise and proper would yet be movcc
without regard 10 time or any other circumstance
Z aud that upon every such amendment the yeas AZ
II nays would bc taken, so That tile country ihig
Z mark the Of Senators by their acts and til
II when we come 10 review the bill as revised, III,
might sec at once who were in favor Of this enc
n nous mass of taxation. lie (Nlr Az would n
vote TO tax the people one dollar beyond the
:. mount required by the stcrncst and most indi>pe
t, sible necessity.
:, The question was then taken on the FIRST bran
Of the amendment, (tca,) and rejected: yeas .
|, nays 81, as follows:
y YEAS-Acssrs. Allen, Eaghy, ncnion, Eucha
D, an, Calhoun, Culhbcri, Fulton, King, Linn, Nj,
l. Roberts, Sewer, Smith of Connecticut, S,urgco
ID 7appan, Walker, WILCOX, Williams, Uoodbur
fright, and iounS-2O
&c NAYS-NIcssrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates, Ba
nc ard Choatc, Clayton, Conrad, Crgtis, Cri,lcndr
t. Dayton Evans, Huntington, Kerr, Nangum, Nc
rick, Miller, Morehcad, Phelps, Porter, Presto
c. Riycs, Simmons, Smith of Indiana, Spraguc, r.,
n. nndne, Jj'hiic, and U'oodbrihrc--27