Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-12
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GRAND RESULT OF NINE MONTHS LEGISLATION.
"the Federal minority, after CESSATION OF nine
moniks, delivered at last of s-norn Iarit. Inc
coroner should have inquest III for there IS Tea-
SIN to believe, that The parents of this banng con.
lYed Should perish seeing the light, and by the
s3iae nos'rum that despatched the little Tariff The
q'esion Tor tie inquest 20 decide will be,-wheher
o'e no, II the Extra Session, provided that no lart
bn evyng duties above 30 per cent should co.exIst
~h Distribution, destroyed their little and big Tariff
"ls ~h Distributions; the President, who SIMPLY
eA!orces their law, and the compact TO which he
was himself party:
at is generally understood, that the President i'll
administer The law laid down in the Compromise
and Distribution acts, in the of the big Tariff as
ne dd IN the little. There is not, IN principle par.
uce {" difference between them The majority IN Con
sfess have only made the twenty per cent
"hch called down the veto the little Tatt b,.l,)
iun mp h:ty, and, in some cases, hundred per cent
higher IN the case of the big Tariff They have, there
''e, only provoked, by greater violence to the two
COMPROMISES IN the Tariff and Distribution acts, the
spP'cauon Of the Executive negative, which primer
pie cx.orts
"lt rs evident them that the whole labor of Federal
n has been for veto on lcyisationnot for legsla'
N9a aud II confidently stated that 1t has been resov
co. IN caucus, by the absolute party, that Congress
shall adjourn Monday week, that no legislation
Vlh te accomplished.
Mr. Adams proposes $50 says rumor) to bring for
ward resolution declaring that the Senate and House
al The tsresses Of the country, and TO provide for the
wants Of the Government; and that everything has
oren marred by the Presidents veioes. And then
''arpIot Federalism is to go TO the country, and ask
UNIVERSAL approving acclama:ons from the people for
eIr peculiar fidelity 10 The public duties and to de-
-N a" u",verSa! condemnation of the President for
wy al Their wcltmeant endeavors. In leaving
~. .Ie"s"'y unr5osd d-the public credit destroyed
anu sne government IN ali its departments state
o' ussoiuto''-uiey hope 10 raise storm around all
VINO have resisted IN the mode pointed out by the Con
shutiOn, their arbitrary and unj JUS, proceedings.
1--WE understand, that the Democrats in Congress are
prepared at once Of their opponents viii stand bv The
conditions of the Distribution law, passed bv ,hem
selves at the Extra SESSION. 10 vote the tariff ~ stood
IN lsi0 when it furnished means sufficient. tooe,her
with the land fund, according The estimates of The
,hen Secretary Of the Treasury for all the wants Of
lie Government We understand, that the Democratic
SIDE IN Congress is not only willing 10 give them The
au'es of the tariff i; stood in 1870 ranging from
80 10 81 per cent. nd valorem; but the increased duties
o. :he law Of the Extra Session, which adds upwards
I'VE millions OF TO the receipts they stood
a'fing the last years of Mr.. Van Bu.en's Admnistra
Noh- There is doubt that this would meet all the
s'gencies Of the Government; and if Wbiggery in