Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-16

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WI M B"e o G5ssn w. Ta'n%s, ca@bf
a"v casey Chapman, rhiendrn, John =. Ch rs C,e,
cass clsn,,au Car Garrett Davis Dawson Edwards John
- Edwards Eshed, Fessenden, Fillmore nGn'aI
an iIavs Hopkins iimston Howard HUBBARD iind,%n'
, MsnasSy Le Mallory Alfred 1 MaIsa
yh;", Mathews saoeks, MAXWELL Moor mofean' sLhow'
9M.sy f RsnJor Rdsway Rodney Rogers William Russell
SaInnsa Sanders Shields William S',' sns,i sum"
Richard rInshns Sn"S Ed
ard D. White Joseph L. White, Christopher H. "'a'' anu
''hn vi MORE then submitted resolution to ter.
;n,te debate in Committee Of the Whole on the bli
making appropriations for certain iorthcaohs' aver
ha same shall have been further considered one hout
| RI oud cries Of Oh! oh! OIL ,,.
Mr. PROFIT suggested that one minute siou'o "e
~. FILLMORE said it would be recoected that the
LII had been discussed one day, and, as there were
thery TO be acted upon it was necessary 10 dispose
il al once ,Lo
Tic ,rsv ious question was then sustained by the
Hon se The yeas and nays were ordered on Tue euoP
ton of the resolution, and resulted thus-yeas o<' nays
MIR. FILLMORE moved that the House resolve itself
;to Committee of the Whole which was agreed 10;
n
| (and Mr. Hopkins took the chair)
Tho commiitee resumed the consideration oil the
/ fortication bill !.
rho floor from Yesterday and lie resumed the debate
Of last night, and proceeded to address the commit
tee in justification Of the Presidents difference o
opinion with the House constitutional r'ghtm
4 [Ie then rave his views Distribution and arm,
and appealed 10 the Wing majority to strike lines
from The vetoed bill, Uhe Distribution clause') bring
into the House again. and 1t should have ms Vo'e
Much as it grieved him 10 lose Distribution, small
as was the amount, he would vote lor the on III II
Tint shane rather than lose Distribution ana lafiH
bo,h tCries of "Would the President sign IT,
The gentlemen, he snld had the Presidents mes
snge by which to jud ge as well as himself bu. let
them try him and they could pass the bill through
both Houses IN two days Lausn,ef, anu enes a., u
"Whut! apply the gag;'l Yes apply the gag; and,
under such circumstances, they should have his vote
TO impose the gag 1t they lost bill, he entreat
' ed them not to abandon the country bu 10 Try ano'
Their and try, and try again. unt .hey suceeecen III
ATTAINING one He was grieved TO hear such Ian
:, guape us he yesterday heard from The chairman oil
y The Committee of Ways and Means, by which he
was satisfied that further attempt was to be made
= lie hoped that gentleman Mr. FlllmoreJ would not
lear the laurels from his brow which he had alrea
- DIV gained by pursuing such course; Tor such would
, he The result for the fault would be his
II Mr. WISE next addressed the committee I'D reply 10
Mr. Fillmore. In the course Of his remarks, he saIu
THAT it was distinctly announced by The gentleman rom
eNos~''l -
the manufacturing interest not to have protection
alone without the distribution OF the proceeds OF the
public lands. He did not then apprehend That ,h's
warning or threat of his friend from Kentucky mao so
extensive meaning as he had since louho u. ~
row seemed that not only the pecunnry interests Of
e the manufacture, real magna were 10 be sacrl'
feed while this qua OF one man was persist
cd in; but the solid stone foundations OF the Govern
IS rent be shattered. Not only manufactures ou'
tle navy was 10 he sacrificed and the forlcat'ohs
Ito rnth han uIy q
L t,bution If there term more than another
thu, had powerful effect in the last Presidents con-
tes it was the term "desructves, as applied by one
n pary 10 the other The Locofocos were denounced
;! Throughout the campaign as destrucliVes; ana lie
!. thouqht they were of their doctrines out
he must say before God, that their destructveness
Is was nothing in comparison to what lie hao hea'o
ayowed on that floor. Had il come TO this that the
peo,le of the United States TO wait and starve,
las had been said by the gentleman from New fork')
1t unit another Congress was elected
81 The gentleman from Maine had given notice that
the naval supplies TO be voted down, unless Inc
e distribution principle should be carried into effect That
the Notifications were 10 be left TO dapldaton and de-
cav that The manufactures TO be left with silent
and still, spindes; that the Government was to be lett
dshonoTed and d Sa political ob6yye rms
what he called destructveness with vengeance;
re and than any desructiveness ever attributed to
:. the Locofocos. The gentleman from New York said
d that he wanted 10 separate distribution from the tariff
IL "
dent who desired 10 repeal their work? it their
desire to repeal the of 1871: You yourselves sad
II Mr. w desire 10 repeal your own act IN order that
= observation-disclosures ta1aton-may 60 on while you
proceeds of the public lands; and yet you
say that you wanted Ia separate taxation from disrbu
ton TIE people could believe this contradiction
+. The President has merely said, Abide by your own
e measure. He merely said that, so far as he was
called on TO ac he, in his department, will abide by
the act he has approved Of That act was the oil.
r hr,ip Hrpd he
e which distribution was to cease, when the tariff rose
above % per cent and he having sanctioned il, now
says that he will abide by it, MIR. w after some fur.
!. ther remarks said that there more avoa-
II BILE moment, ESQ far the South concerned,
than the present. for giving ample protection to
nufactures No believed that less revenue than
e from twenty 10 twenty millions would be re.
CURED and duties be laid provide that amount,
IS which could hardly be done without giving abundant
d protection 10 manufactures. Give him tariff bill to-
day and he could adjust the duties 10 be sasfac.
tory both 10 the North and the South lie would not
debate the question of projections il was not necessary
that he should do for every anti tariff man admit.
ted that revenue enough must be raised to give oil
i the protection that the manufacturers want. What,
o then, they dispuiing about? lie would answer
,, that question 1t political game that GER
tain gentlemen playing, for the purpose Of max ing
: President. 1t not business queston-it was not
one that looked the interests Of the people, but it
was question which looked 10 the interests fone man
in reference 10 the Presidency. The friends OF that
man had discovered that if they could leave this
riff question open at the end Of the session, and throw
n the responsibility the Administration, it would
turn out for their benefit They knew that, in three
8 large States of The Unon-New York, Pennsylvania,
: and Ohio-the tariff interest was increasing and they
ina gined that if they could only convince these States
that Henry Clay the friend Of protective Tariff,
and that protective Tariff had been defeated by John
Tyler it would make for the former many friends who
Otherwise never would go for him. Gentlemen, how
ever would find themselves mistaken when they went,
home 10 their constituents. The people would say TO
Y them We care nothing about dstributon-a We want
is such tariff viii give protection, while it pro-
vides for the support of the Government; and if you
could not get without giving up your favorite scheme
8 of distribution, it was your duty TO give it up
| After some further remarks from Mr.. W.,
The question taken MIR. Grahum's motion
Tho ,ifIee the hill 10 unuse