The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-03


not be so far blinded by prejudice to refuse to do
what hs judgment and his conscience dictated. Cen
temen had said that they could not vote for the re-
peal of the proviso in the Distribution law, because
they would not submit to the dictaton of the Execu-
| i've. lie thought that they had had enough OF die
atton III another quarter, and therefore they dd wen
| to avoid it, 1t was sufficient for him to know that
| Mr. Tyler was President of the United States
hen ne (the Presidency did right, he would be bound
by sacred obligations to support him bat, In saying
TINS he did not wish it TO be understood that he was
turning Wing, or an advocate of Mr.. Tyler. Far
rom H. Without intending any irreverence for the
deadi he would remark, that the w igs In loio
thought that they would find General Harrison to be
what MIR. Tyler was not-"Clay in the hands Of the
potter or, he might the expression, and say
the potter in the hands Of Clay. And because Mr..
Tyler had acted for himself and made the Consiilu-
tion The chart OF his government all the wing ana
themas were applied to him and showered on his de-
ienceess head, la alludlng TO
MIR ARCHER, he gave way to that gentleman for
| the purpose of explanation
Mr. BAGBf asked whether he correct IN I'M
derstandlng the Senator to say that he was not gov
erned IN ms course by any value which he attached TO
the public lands, but that he would not vote for the
amendment, because by doing so, (ln his own Ian
guage,) he would be succumbing to Executive die
tation
Mr. ARCHER 1t is fairly stated
Mr. BAGBY. The statement, then, amounts to
this. The Senator will not do that which he be-
leves to be right because the President requires him
to do il.
Mr. b. then addressed the Senate for nearly two
hours.
Mr. BERRIEN said that it was admitted on all
hands that the Treasury must be supplied One
side would vote for this bill if the lands
retained-the other side would not,
though these several determinations would endan-
ger the bill. 1t was, therefore, obvious, that
one or the other party must yield, or the admit
ted and imperative obligation to supply the Trea-
suIy could not be fulfilled nder these circumstances
it had occurred to him to that by postponing this land
question until another Congress, until 1874 neither
party would surrender any principle, and in the mean
tlme the revenue from the public domain could go IN
to the Treasury, But from the lection of all the
amendmentsiwhlch had been proposed 10y the Com
mittee on Finance having beeh voted down, and
dsp sltion manifested to adhere to the bill II came
from the House, he must admit that his hope of
compromise had departed. Should this bill receive
the sanction Of the Senate and be dsapproved by the
President, he trusted that Congress would remember
that they had duty TO perform before they returned
to their homes, and that would bring forward some
measure to supply the Treasury with ample means to
meet the necessities of the Government.
Mr., WOODBURY. observed that this (Democralic)
side would abide by the old Distribution law (Which
would be suspended should the duties go above TWEEN
ty per cent y but the pioviso in this bill made new
distribution, and insisted on by those upon the
other side. And this was what likely to defeat
the bill
After some explanations by Messrs. CRITTEN-
DEN and BERRIEN-
Mr. WRIGHT said that the success of this bill
rested on the motion to strike out the provso-and
single vote might determine the question in the Sc
nate.
The question then taken on striking out the
proyiso, and it was decided in the negatve-yeas 3D.
nays 26 as follows
YEAS.-Messrs Allen, Bagby, Benton, Buchanan,
Calhoun, ,Cuthbert, Fulton King, Linn, McRoberts,
Preston Rives SEWER Smith of Connecticut, Stur-
geon, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Williams Woodbu-
ry, Wright, Young-22
Nays.-Mcssrs Archer Barrow Bates Bayard
Choate, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Dayton,
Evans, Graham, Huntington, Kerr, Mangum, Mer
rick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Simmons,
Smith of Indiana, Sprague Tatmadge, White,
Woodbridge-26
Mr.. Berren did not vote Mr.. Henderson is alb
sent from the city. With these exceptions there
was a full Senate.
So the motion to strike out the proviso did not
prevail.
Mr.. TAPPAN then submitted the following
amendment viz
dent of the United States shall receive satisfactory
evidence that the corn, flour, and sailed provisions
exported from the United States in vessels owned Dy
| citizens of the L. S, or admitted free of duty into
the several ports of any European State or Kingdom,
he shall make proc amaton thereof to the people of
the United States and thereupon, after the expira
ton of three months after the date of such proclama
ton, the duties imposed by this act upon all articles
| the growth manufacture of such State or King
dom admitting such corn, flour or sailed provisions
free of duty, far the same exceeded twenty per
cent ad valorem shall be thenceforh chargeable with
a duty of twenty per cent al valorem, and no more
| Mr.. NlERRICk moved to amend the amendment
| by adding, 'and manufactured tobacco"
Mr.. WALKER moved to include ''cotton."
Mr. TAPPAN advocated his amendment, and en-
deavored to show the advantages which would enure
to this as well as other countries by its adoption.
| Mr. EVANS opposed the amendment, and con-
| tended, for reasons which he assigned, that the
amendment would not have the effect desired
Mr.. MERRiCk stated the motives which induced
| him to submit his amendment.
| Mr.. WALKER expressed his opinion that the mo-
| difcation of the Senator from Maryland would de-
sroy the amendment Of the Senator from Ohio
| Mr. MERRICk called for the yeas and nays on
his amendment to the amendment, and, pelng taken,
| resulted-Yeas 81, nays 13.
| Mr. MERRICk moved further to amend the
amendment by striking out the words 'free of duty
and inserting the words Eat rate of duty not exceed
ing twenty per cent ad rdorem . and he called lor
the yeas and nays which were ordered, adnthe ques-
ton was decided in the negatve-leas l6, nays p
The question was then taken on the amendment of
Mr. Tappan as amended, and 1t was decided IN the
negative-yeas It, nays 26, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs Allen Bagby, Benton, Calhoun,
Cuthbert Fulton, King, Linn, McRoberts Sewer,
Smith of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan Walker,
Wilcox, and Young-l6
NAYS-Nessrs Archer Barrow, Bates, Bayard,
Choate. CLAYTON Conrad, Crafts, Crtenden, Dayton,
Evans. Graham, Huntington, Kerr, Mangum, Mer-
rick Morehead Miller, Phelps, Porter, Preston,
Simmons, Smith, of Indiana, Sprague, Tamadge,
and White-26
Mr. BENTON then proposed an amendment Zone
of the several hundred which he had prepared) to
the first section of the BILL to reduce the dut ON wool
from seven 10 FIVE cents, But before the question
was taken,
The Senate adjourned,
In the House the following bills were read twice
and referred;
An act to authorize the construction of depot
for charts and instruments of the navy
An act for the relief of William De Boys, post
master al New Orleans
An act to regulate enlistments in the army, navy,
and marine corps