The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-05
House OF Representatives.

motion TO adjourn.
House OF Representatives.
MoNpAY, Jan. ).
Mn. RUSSELL, successor to Mr. Black, deceased, was
qualified and ,ook his seat
ELEVENTH DAVIS DEBATE THE TARrFr-TRuMpH
THE PRoTscrIoNIsrs.
Mr. w. Cosr JOHNSON resumed the debate and said he
would vote for the reference If this subject to the Com
mi,tee of Ways and Means because he considered that
the appropriate committee, whether the subject matter
to be REFERRED the exigencies Of the country
taken into consideration. He would not 60 into gene
raj discussion of the various topics introduced into the
debate while the question had been pending but briefly
ne gained the floor days since when he had made
effort to 10 he would have occupied the attention Of
the House but few minutes Tor he then that false
issues We're being made. having relevancy to the
question before them. He would for the reference
to the Committee Ways and Means for which
had been given by other gentlemen who had preceded
him in the debate, and il they had assigned other
which he intended to bring to their notice. he
would not have felt called upon to tay word
He ascerained by the report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, that the deficiency in the revenue
would reach fourteen millions Of dollars but he verify
believed that it would not only reach fourteen mil
lions bat twenty millions. Then the ground Of
revenue alone-and here was member here either
from the extreme Nortn orthe extreme South, who
opposed tariff for The tariff would have to be
raised high would give incidentally abundant pro
lection to manufactures The genius of institutions
opposed to direct taxes excuses, and hence the
power delegated to the General levy
imposts and to borrow money in of essy
And in every instance in which the Government has
been compelled to resort to excses it has met with the
warmest opposition, and in to rebellion
against its authority Looking at the genius Of ns
tu,ions and the tone and temper OF people who
always opposed to direct ayaon there little TO sp.
preh that any effort would be made raise the
Of defraying the expenses Of the Government in hst
mode The ergencies the Government would, in his
opinion he had before stated compel them to increase
the tariff such height would afford ample protec.
ton, incidentally, to their domestic manufactures One
word those no. in the debate had referred to the Dis
ribuon law Of the last session as unwisc and ncon
siderate of Legislation. II was coniem.
plated by the trainers Of this Governmn mt that the pro-
ceeds of the sales OF the public lands to form por
ton Of the permanent of the General Govern.
ment This was first suggested by Alexander Hamil
ing nnS aa."mpon Of ths debts Of the states bv me e
neral Government and proposed to place the Of
the public lands in the national cors Then il there
any party of the present day, who wished to make
these proceeds part othe Federal they should
follow out the proposition Of Hamilton
to Is an" nS,nnns mem on the subject Now
especially in the embarrassed condition of the States
tn should have the OF all the funds which properly
belonged to them He would vote for the references to
the Ways aud Means, because, from that COMMITTEES is.
the navy, for fortiEcations for civil and diploma c
pensos. These appropriations would have to be met
by the means provided by the revenue bill aud they
would be graduated accordingly II the reference was
m ade to the Committee Manufactures that commit
would only take into its peculiar inte
est, and the bill they would report might produce
sufficient for the purposes of the
they might deem it their policy 20 impose such dstips
as woRld produce entirely too much revenue He
thought therefore, The committee on ways ana Means
the proper reference in that body calm unpre.
JUDGED philosophical and understanding view Of the
whole subject of revenue and expenditures would be
had. He anxious that this subject should be acted
AZ early day He at first disposed TO give the
priority in porancet to the financial question hut this
he now thought was equally important as by il they
would have graduate all their appropriations Ifsui
fcient revenue were not provided, he would he very
cautious how he voted appropriations for the army the
navy, Notifications. There axother rea on " y
he should vote for the the committee on WAYS
and Means Though he wished to see Manufactures
flourish, he not willing to make all the other inter
ests Of the country subservient TO it, There anoh
interest entitled to still greater weight on that floor
the CREST consuming interest, comprising four fifth of
the population OF this country. The great gc ura
la crest ad claims taBce as il
duty 10 lrgslae for particular interests rather than
general good of the whole community By placing the
subject in charge Of the Commitre Msnufactures il
would invite to a recurrence Of the system which 10
duced the tariff OF 1915 l5.a and 1928 and finally
the compromise act OF 1892 The honorable member
from Massac husetts MIR Adsmsl who was then Presi
dent Of the United States through his section Of the
country embraced most of the manufacturing interest
was himself opposed to the high tariff Of 1925 and only
signed the bill because Congress had and he
unwilling to interrupt the course Of legislation on
question Of mere expediency (Some members express
ing surprise at this remark he proceeded He had of en-
heprd the honorable mem Der from Massachusetts
this declaration, and frequently that floor By leris.
ting for the wants OF the Treasury and the general in
teress Of the country they would agsins, 10 NJ en-
Jar interest By legissting for interest they would
excite hostility in the rest By taksg into your espe.
cis care for instance the interest OF commerce they
would excite towards il the hostility the nufac.ur
ing and interests and of either of tho
others-tnis war between the extreme North and the
extrome South carried entirely too fsr-hs ar be-
the cotton gins Of tho South and cotton jinneys of
the Worthwhile they were both sustained by u Draw.
ny shoulders OF the middle interest He FOR sustain
ing this interest, which, by being sustained would be
able sustain the Others by widening the ba Of con
taioing it by counteivaling duties England which
was the greatest manufacturing country in the world
almost totally excluded by her prohibiting tariffs the
products of great agricultural interest The amount
derived
lions was about twenty-five millions of pounds sterling
while her tariff for protection produced
half Million showing that the duties for protection
were nearly rrohibory. The duty wheat amounted
to total prohibition except when the country W as in
state of sarv alton and rebellion The present time
above all Others the best to coun.eract the prob
tory palsy Of England, by countervang duties and il
the agricultural interest Of this country only true
10 itself he would venture 10 stake anything but his
eternal welfare that tho premier Of Great Britain would
the oftwo years recommend the repeal of tho
earn laws, it he did not, his successors would BE-
ministry could sustain themselves against the
effects rroduc by realisory duties by this country on
British manufactures. Unless this Congress would
adopt system Of counervsiling duties which would
p-otec, grain growing interest the tobacco planter
the beef and pc Cd icer ne would vote for ny
revenue bill that might be submitted to him. The popu
iaon OF Great Britain was ssout twenty five millions
end Il estimated that each average consumed
one hundred pounds Of beef sanuaiy and that the corn
Tvs enhanced the value TWO peaco per pound Tnerc
IA augmentation in price Of the whole quantity cen
sane1 OF ,wsnty millions pounds sterling. Itw also
asSea ny one Of the estimates that the enhanced
ioe 81 ine wheat consuned was enhanced by the corn
hve millions Of pounds sterling per ennum
a. Ivy a"o.ntr es'ma,e made i ninety millions. Taking
as the enhanced price Of beef it would amount TO one
hnndred and ten millions, while all tho revenue direct
and indirect, only amounts TO about fifty millions thua
dem onsrsng that they too have pay on account Of
the COZ laws more than twice the amount of revenue
TO support their expensive system Of govern
ment No wonder the people OF England were discon.
tented and bordering rebellion while such co.di
ton oil things was permttedio exist This Congress had
we pGw.r 10 r.peai corn laws more eaectusy than
Tue Ministry Of Engisn hemselves II the great con
.umrg Interests were true to themselves the corn laws
could no stand Against our legislation and the Ministry
would ne compeledto go for cir repeal within wear
pr be themselves over,hrown The sysem of counter
Vasiing duties az no novelty In our Legislation Twas