The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-26

per cent. duties, as contemplated in the compro.
mise act: yet he was willing to carry out II higher
rate, such existed previous to the 3Oth of June.
With that view, he had offered bill to meet the
evil. II was not an er post Gcto measure 10 rem
der lawful duties which had been paid; bnt mea-
sure introduced in time 10 have met and prevented
the contingency that occurred on the 30h June.
This BILL, like that of his friend from Ohio, was al
so objected to; and motion to suspend the rules,
in order TO receive it, voted down by the minority.
Thus the same men WIN were insisting that the
country would be ruined for want of legislation,
voted in solid column against even considering any
proposition whatever, Tho minority did the best
they could. On two several occasions they endea-
vored to get measures before the House--nneasures
which would have been open to amendments and
which the majority would have been under no OBJ
legation to pass ms presented. The majority, how
ever, declared they would not even hear to any
proposition which was presented They refused
TO permit any bill to be announced; yet the minor
ity were to be told, and the country to be inform
ed, that the distress now prevailing was occasioned
by them! For his own part, his conscience was
clear! lie claimed no right Gas they would say in
New Engand) 10 any portion of the censurc.
had the majority yoed' When proposition was
made by his friend from PENNSYLVANIA [Mr C.
Brown] to instruct the Committee of the Whole
to report the bill introduced by the judiciary Com
m:tlee, and which provided revenue. and removed
the difficulties attending lis collection, the motion
could not be carried; for the simple reason that
there were not votes enough. Laughter Here
then, was proposition, reasonable in lis character
not at all restrictive, and which would not have
prevented the majority from offering amendments
1t really seemed to be resolved that nothing should
be done, except it were determined on in caucus
at the other end of the Capitol. The party, il
seemed, had applied the iron rule TO themselves
After all their talk, in former days, about collar.
men, and all their dread of that instrument they
had now put the collar around THEN own necks.--
lie hoped they would no, blame others, whilst the,
were content to wear it,
Can any thing set the conduc, Of the democrats
in purer aud better, and that of the wings in
worse Light The democrats although minorit,
and according to no parliamentary rule bound O.
expected to assume the responsibility Of the major
ity, voluntarily coming forward with resolution
embracing the subject Of Tariff, disseced ofall ca
traneous matters and offering to support it and be
ing voted down by the whigs--and the wings trick
ing, turning this and running that way and dodgn.
the other--and finally when brought to the mari
boldly and openly voting against their owl
proposition, and charging its defeat upon the dem
ocrats' Isn't that beautiful craftsmanship beau
tiiul consistency business, any way
All this sham business on the part of the whig
ID TO delta, the passage of a Tariff Bill The dem
ocrats have done all they could, being minority
to bring about the passage ola clean land proper bill
and have been voted down five times by tn,
wings. Let the wings f they can, dodge the res
possibility Of their acts before the tribunal Of al
enlightened people