Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-12

-, cn,,s u IN, has ,een the amount of the expenditure,
ard also of receipts during tie first half Of The present d st
Of ON mo,;on Of Sir CALHOUN the Senate
10 ,lr consideration of the adverse report OF Tue oo
m,,,cc on Revolutionary Claims, on liic o'ii w 's
! lief nf Ike heirs Of John DE 1reviile.
j RI, seems the committee reported against the aiio"
snee Of this claim, the ground that Inc lno'r
under whom the heirs claimed was prisoner "a w.
during the Revolution. IA
conclusions of the committee. He deemed their oecl
SION under the resolution governing the case
fi. maintained that the circumstance OF ~ -
aud Gallant soldier being prisoner OF war, shou'u &c
- lar n his obtaining the bounty which he claineo:
II Mr.. BERRIEN took the same slde' ana W..
PHELPS defended the conclusions OF the comnil'ec'
i The question was put, however, ana 'he oeha'e NV"
concurred with the committee. ~,
M CaIHOIrN thcn made motion TO go into The
Of the bill in this case; but, al inc soc
,n,on of Mr. LINN, who wished TO examine lhe m"'
Ter being apprebcnsive that 1t involved ne" ci1'' -
pensioners on The Government, lie oo MOI Pies' ''@
On motion of Mr. MERRICK, the Senate proceeded
- III. consideration of Executive business; and alier
some time spent therein adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr. WIN. COST JOHNSON asked leave TO offer
nrcamble and resolution amounting TO an assumption oil
The State debts. r.
OBJECTION being made by several TO the reception oil
the resolution -, g. ,,a
MIR. JOHNSON moved TO suspend the rules Tor the
purpose of receiving IT,
NJ KENNEDY of Indiana called for the yeas and
which being ordered resulted in yeas nays 10.
So the rules not suspended :,
i A messape was received from the Senate, by MI
Dckns their Secretary, stating tnat they hau Passta
hin entitled Gan act providing further remedial JUS,
t;ce in The courts ofthe u. and in which they asked
The concurrence ofthe House
ON motion by Mr. BARNARD, the bill was then
taken up read twice. and referred To the Committee on
On notion Of Mr. FILLMORE the House resolved
,elr INTO Committee Of the Whole the state OF the
Union (hIr McKennan of Pennsy lVanla IN The Chalr
and resumed the consideration OF the Dill 10 PROVIDE
reyenne from imports, and TO modify tie se'eai uG's
imsosinp duties mportstbe question being on Tue
mo ION OF Mr. Saltonsta to amend the hill, by snbsu
tutmr for il the Tariff bill reported by the Committee
2 OIL Manufactures
, Mr. SUMMERS, who was entitled to the floor, ad
dressed the committee hours speech, IN support
Of the policy of laying discriminating duties and IN
that way, giving incidental protection 10 domestic ma
D nuactures
lr. SMITH of Virginia then obtained the floor, and
addressed the committee during The hour. lie COM
menced by saying that there were Tour moaes Oh COZ
lcctinr revenue for the Government hrs by impos's
on articles none of which made III this country;
secondly ly imposts alike all articles entering our
pots-a horizontal tariff; thirdly, by imposs upon ar,i
Giles manufactured in the country, with view TO poIec-
r ton and fourllly by system oinerna taxes speak
that he believed that system OF internal taxes was
the true and proper policy of this country and would
ouerae more equally than any other upon every Sec
tion Of the Union. The system OF protection ne re-
porded as system of plumber When he spoke OF pro-
lection to the industry of the country, he meant The
manufacturing industry TO the mannIactu-
rers Theirs was the least interest of the country Yet
such was the zeal Of their advocates, that The people
were made TO believe that the welfare OF the nation de-
pended upon their prosperity or adversely. The com
mercia interests Of the country were more Important
and had more capital invested in them Agriculture
however The great interest on which all DINERS rest
ed for support. 1t an interest in which seven
times much capital was invested as lIele "us !" una
nuiactures and commerce.
The question before the committee, and when ne
should discuss, the amendment to the OIL oieteu
by the chairman OF the Committee on Manufactures,
rM Saitonstail He regarded il, then, as question
involving the protection of the manufacturing ne-
rests for the subject would not have been referred 10
the Committee on Manufactures, had it not been with
:. a view 10 give protection. What, he asked, was The
principle Of projection, but direct attempt TO levy
on the other branches of industry: The great inle.
rests of agriculture and commerce, which constituted
the great body of the wealth of The country were 10
be taxed for the benefit of manufacturing industry
One interest came forward and said 1t was anguish
: ing, and must be revived by ieglsa've enacss
This interest conlessedly could not subsst without
aid from the Government. The remaining great IN
eresis of the country must be taxed for It's support
What the the manufactures couio moi ,nrVe
without this invdious distinction IN their favor: ram
" because labor and capital employed IN other avoca-
tons were more profitable and attended with richer re-
l wards It would be, he maintained, species oil Inc
most extreme folly for Congress, by its Legislation, TO
take away labor and capital from agriculture anu turn
) it 10 the less profitable business OF manufacturing
Would such policy be wise. Should Congress in
ererc with the pursuits Of life, TO diminish the agri-
cultural wealth Of the country?
lie replied 10 the views of his colleague, (slr Stu
art) who had said that, If the consumer paid The duty
Tho 1m0
were placed EXPORTS that the consumer OF those es
norris would also pay at and had hence argued that
England would have to pay any tax that our uoVeih .
nent might impose upon its exports to her lie replica
To This position by saying thnt if England were obliged
to buy exports she would OF course pay any tax We
might impose upon them. But England was not compel
led TO take the productions of the u S. She might look
10 other countries and thence receive her supplies 10
prove that il true that the consumer PAD lhe lax
mposed on imports he would quote cn the language
of one who was good authority in certain quarters oil
, the House lie quoted from the speech OF Henry Clay
+ passage in which it was insisted atlat tile tonsunp-
ton of on article in proportion TO ITS price, &c
This was the opinion Of the father of the American sys
y tcm spoken in debate upon the Compromise bill
But, If il was not true, that the amount of duty I'M
posed entered into the price Of the article, and was
pad by the consumer, why did the manufacturing IN
eres, wish the tariff increased: Why was high
Tariff so s,renuously advocated and many petitions
sent here from the manufacturers u over the country
in lis favor if the effect would be increase oil prices
i The object was plain. II was 10 raise the prices Of
their goods, and add 10 their profit But gentlemen
i had said, that this bounty paid to the manufacturers,
went towards the benefit Of the consumers Let them
. take England, and view her pauper population. There
, was an evidence of the benefit of the Protective Sys
TEN Her population, generally, living upon the lowest
pi,,ance and her operatives reduced to state Of beg
gary The bounlies afforded The manufacturers bad
forced them into the markets of the world, and had
compelled them to sell ct the lowest rates. He point
cd empha,cally to England, for an example OF the
{ Bounty System. What more extraordinary and
more obnoxious the farmers of the country, who raised
millions Of bushels of wheat had TO pay those bountlcs
for the benefit Of The manufacturers.
He replied 10 the arguments of his colleague from
the Kanawha dislrc, MR. Summers in favor Of duty
on salt, His colleague had complained of the reduc
ton in the price of that article; but did not that reduc
ton result from the breaking up Of an odons salt mo-