New-York tribune., 1842-02-05
BY THIS MORNINGS MAIL.
Correspondence o! The Se,S-Yock Tribune.


| Mr.. CALHous moved 10 refer the commune
ton OF the President relative TO the case Of the
Creo. to the Committee Foreign A:airS with
reques, TO its Chairman 10 report Immediately on
tho subject He regarded thi. - an important
subject, Il was seen thai the Bahama Islands in
stead of being under the protection OF Great Bri-
tain were brt a nest of pirates AZ slaves by the
laws OF ina, countrv were not regarded as property
they might 90 4 step farther and refuse 70 give UP
cotton. &c. the productiono of .lave labor.
After f,ss remarks by Mr. Preston to the
dclicacy=and importance OF the subject. and the
necessity for immediate action. Mr.. CalhounS
motion was carried.
Mr.. SIMMONS. Chairman o; the Committee
Manufactures moved that that committee be autho-
risc&-to employ clerk.
Mr. King wanted to know whether the clerk wa,
10 be employed to write ali over the country TO
obtain one sided information il not and il clerk
wax necessary he would not object
Mr. SIMMONS said the President Message had
referred to the subject of home valuation ana it
was the object OF the committee 10 obtain such in
formation Is would enable them 20 carry out the
existing law and also 10 :scc-tain the views OF
Manufacturers. and information as 10 the opera
rion OF the present Tariff Laws.
Mr.WoopuR1 said this was question Of finance
and bclengcd 10 that Committee.
Mr.CIAY said, gentlemen on one side opposed
alv tariff for protection and on the other favored
Incidental projections In ascertailling the home
valuation u clerk was necessary, and after inc ne
cessary information obtained they would be
free to act on any measure brought before them.
Tie fears OF high tariff might be rcpre<>cd; he
knew no who desired it.
Mr.. C,LHouy said the only way in which rhe
ho,,,e-valua,ion could be Obtained ,vas to add the
foreign invoice price TO the expense of importation;
he trusted that all who were opposed the scheme
of homc-valuaton proposed. would place on i, their
scnl OF condemnation. The highest ar:ount of an
nual mportatons was not 30 millions this
atthc rnte Of twantv per cent, would not give
tIan twenty millions and was high rate. How
then could they lnuintain their annual expenses at
twenty-five millions.
Mr.. Clay differed with tho Senator as to twenty
or even thirty per cent. being an eXtravagant duty.
Was she Senator opposed to a duty on imports
to supply the wants Of the Treasury The great
staple of South Carolina a lower price than
it had been since the war with Great Britain and
this the result of the free trade policy Of the
Senator.
Mr. C,LHouS saitl if the duties were increased
next year there would be an,thcr increase. He
farther maintained that the free trade system BEN
efttcd the cotton interest, and tho ntcrcst cf all
who trade on their own capital and was demand
en- by the experience of the age.
Mr. WRIGHT should vote for, and Mr.. BucHAS-
AS against, the propositions
Mr.. CLAY expressed his intention of offering Il
series of resolutions TO the general end fcconomy,
of which he should first submit proposition to
reduce the expenses of Congress by tln. reduction
Of the mileage of its members, &c.
Mr.. SIMMONS farther contcndrd that investiga-
ton was necessary fix true homo valuation and
avoid frauds on the rcvrnuc,-
The debate was farther continued at some
length by Mc,srs. LtsS, SEVER, HrSrISGroS.
BUCHANAN, and WOODBURY., on the subject of
economy in the expenses of Governments after
which the motion of Mr. SIMMONS was carried
Yeas %, Nays H.
In the House, Mr.. GlLMER continued his re-
marks from Yesterday in advocacy of the resolu-
tons of censure of Mr.. Adams. He commenced
by proposing to Mr.. A. to withdraw his PROPOSE
ton On which all were basced if Mr.. A. woul!. with
draw the petition. Mr.. A. declining TO do this.
stating thnt nc had presented it under solemn
sense of duty, and was net at liberty to withdraw
it, Mr.. G. spoke for about ,ul hour and half in
Support more particularly of h- simple resolution
TO ccnsurc Mr. A. EIc dwclt upon the sacrcdness
of the Union, the value of which should not be
brought into calculation. wonld be the caseI if
the petition were received and a report however
able is made by the gentleman from Nlassachu-
sets. he wanted no agreement to preserve this
Union. Seventeen millions of people rcposcd in
peace and perfect content u,dcr it, except the 46
citizens OF Haverllill, signers of the petition. |,
would be a better and more economical way to
send Mr.. Adams an Envoy Extraordinary to
them, than to stir up the whole country with a re-
port this subject
Mr.. ADAMS spoke of die inconsistency of the
charges made upon him bv gentlemen who ut one
moment agreed with the mock petition from Gcor-
gia, that he wa= monomaniac, and the next,
charged him with crime. Was it customary to
charge an INSANE man with crime! He referred 10
the declaration made by VIM c. Johnson, that
this petition was written on Congressional pupcr,
and It's signatures were in the >lme handwriting,
intima,ing that the gentleman acquainted with
ii. origin.
Mr.. Jonssos denied any knowledge Of tic pcti-
tion until Mr.. a, presented it.
Mr.. ADAMS. in further rcularking, said that Mr.