Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-09


,o-o IN favor or this enormous Of taxation. tie
MIR A would not vote 10 tax the people dollar
beyond the required by the sernest and m0s'
indispensable necessity. !,
The question then taken on The hrst branch "
the nmendinen (ca,) and rejected yeas 90, nays ~
as follows:
rep,Messrs. Allen, Darhy, Benton Buchanan ca nr
cuihbcrt, Fulton King Linn. Mei".s ry,s s Waai
T WrsSi, and ' vpaa..ao ""'Ne' '.'
Nsn,SMessrs Archer Barrow, rai-s Bayar Chcae CLAY,
Inn y;onr,d craft. Crenden DAYTON, Evans, Iuntineir
Kerr Mansum Mrrriok AGer Moreiead' Phelps r"rrr re,
tom Rives SIMMONS smith Of Ia sfrague, Tallnadse, WINE
and Woodbdse-a7.
The question was then taken the second branch,
(cofire and resulted also in the negative yeas 20 nay
| %, us follows
Mcssrs Allen Baghy Benton, Buchanan, Calhoun Cnih
bert Fulton King Linn. Mcob,rs Sewer Smith Of Connect
cu, sturgeon, Tapan, Waaer "leoS' "hllan Woodbury.
Nag.-MrssI. Archer Barrow Bates Bayard, choa,r Clay
Inn Conrad Crafts Criitcnde, Dayton, Evans, Huntingdon
Kerr Manrun Merrlck Miller. Moreead, Phelps Porter Pies
ton Rves simmons Smith Of Ia sprague, Tallmadsr, Wh'e'
MIR. BENTON moved to strike out from the middle
| of the l04ih line, section GIh page 49, the following
passage:
ianins netting, knitting and all other KIND oil needles uuH
of per cent al vaorem."
! Nj b. observed that his motion to strike out the
duties on pins, solid headed pins, needless knitting
needles and darnng needless and sad that here was
lax upon articles OF universal use, and tor The purpose
of protecting two little pin factories in the U. S.-one
in Connecticut, at Derby; The other IN New York, al
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tina, he knew Of in the U. States and they could not be
called domestic manufactures, for they only worked up
foreign wire made of foreign metal Out oil tins foreign
wire they made club headed PIN, like our club-head'
NALL which rough, aud tore the clothes The round
headed pin was not made by hem yet all round head
ed pins must be taxed in order TO pnmper two little
factories which employ themselves IN cutting up To-
reign wire, and sharpening one end OF u while olock.
ing head upon the other. Thus universal taxation oil
pins take place in these United States; and tins IS
IL, IL, Lat 'ha
people were promised changes and they were getting
them and getting them with vengeance. Under Mr.
Van Buren's administration, there were seventy-iour
millions Of dollars worth of free goodsgoods entering
into the daily consumption OF the people. Now, all
is taxed except what the manufacturers use. Here IS
bill of fifty four pages of taxes, and in reading over,
il seemed that every thing that entered into human
consumption was taxed and for fear anything might be
forgotten there was resrrve-a precautionary section
"a sort of net 10 catch all that floating by--and
which placed duty Of 90 per centum on all the ar
cles which not named in the bill 1t seemed to
be to catch all that forgotten; so that if he sue.
ceeded in his motion, these pins and needles would still
be taxed; they would fall into the net But he would
make motion place them in the free list, if success
full in striking them of the bill He would try and
| fish them out Of the net.
Mr. B. said he was born since the Revolutionary war,
but enough after II 10 hear mothers OF families
talking about the piivations OF the war; and especially
the want Of pins and the necessity oil using thorns 10
fas,en their clothes He had therefore, great antpa
thy TO taxing pins an article which everybody must
use lie had heard the late MIR. John Randolph say
that while dollar bank note disgusting thing in
| his eyes, which he would not touch yet brass pm
was respectable object, which he took care OIL This
arose from his revolutionary feelings, when he was
cus,omeG to see n fine lady using thorns IN place OF
pins, and rewardng kiss TO the child that should find
a real pin and bring i, to her
Mr. g. said he did wish TO people sent back to
horns again as a substitute for pins He then took
up needles He said that needles were used by seam.
! stresscs-by white women sho sewed tor Their living
and who of all the descriptions of laborers IN our
country, the most poorly paid. lie believed HAT
the white woman in the u. who scwed for her Nv
np rot the poorest pay which the labor of the country
exhiblted ye, here was proposition to make 1t still
poorer. The Federal Government ponnces down upon
them; and taxes the instrument OF their labor IL taxes
the needle in their hands SO that they shall not sew
a stitch without paying tax TO the Governmen-an1
that to help 10 make up for the loss of the land reve
nue. Mr. g. believed if this tax needles was cor
tinued, the Wing party would be sewed up. Mr. b..
then took up the article of knitting needles, and SAID
was hard to tax the old ladies VINO still followed tfe
laudable custom of knitting their own stockings Bad
as this was he saw still worse to folow-that ct
taxing darning needes-so that the frugal mother coul1
no longer darn the heel and toe of her children stock
irgs without paying tax to this splendid Federal ID
, yernment under lis magniiicen nj Wing rule.
He called for the yeas and nays, which were ordef-
ed ard resulted in the negatve-yeas 10, nays %, is
, follows:
res-Messs Alien, Barby Benton Buchanan ca ~ ~,
Tappan, Walker Wilcox Williams, Woodbury., Wright, ant
Nays-Mcssrs. Archer Barrow Bates Bayard Choae, Clay
ton, Conrad, Crafts Crtenden DAYTON Evans nnnrton
Smith Of Ia sprague Talmadge, White and woodbridge
The CHAIR The motion does not prevail.
MIR. BENTON. Sewed up, Sir. "a augh)
! Mr.. WRIGHT proposed 10 amend the third section
By fixing the duty all manufactures of silks not other
wise specified except boiling cloths, al thirty per cent
nd vaorem per pound of sixteen ounces, instead OF twe
dollars and fifty cents, ms contemplated by the bill.
The amendment was, after brief debate, rejected
yeas ~, nays %
Mr.. RIVES moved an amendment to reduce the duty
on French wines casks from twelve to SIX cents pei
= gallon.
The question decided in the negatve-yeas IA
nays 90.
Mr. RIVES said that he had Intended to offer severa
other amendments; but he WAS much discouraged
by the vote jus. taken, that he would refrain iron
doing
. Mr. PRESTON proposed to strike out "forty' in the
following part of the bill and insert "fve, viz "nno
editions of works in the Greek, Latin, Hebrew, or Eng
lish language, which have been printed forty year:
prior the date OF mporation shall pay duty oil hVe
cents per volume
The amendment rejected.
MIR. WOODBURY. moved 10 place books upon Inc
list of free articles; but the motion did not prevail
f Mr.. WRIGHT proposed 10 impose duty oil thirty
three end third per cent ad valorem on glassware IN
stead of specific duties, designed by The pii ana
The amendment rejected by yeas ~ nays "a.
Mr. BENTON moved TO strike out the following pro
viso from the eighth section, VIZ:
ssd pr0rdd rar, That when wines are imported Ia no,
lies the bottles shall separate duty according " TIE f e'
tabli>hed by this act"
The question was taken and The amendment rejected
Mr. BENTON said that he had several motions L
make-one of them to remove the tax on salt II Una
should fall he had another amendment and yet another
and upon all OF these questions he wished 10 say some
thing lie npprchenGcd tina; it would take long time to
night get through with them; and therefore he would
!, ask adjournment
And the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. EDWARDS, Of Missouri, addressed the com
mittee briefly the bill; and after conversational dis
cusson on points of order the vote taken by teller
f on the amendment Of Mr. Mason, of Ohio, which pro
poses to disband The regiment of Dragons authorized
by the act cf 1886 The vote stoodGs in the airma
tive, and 81 in the negative
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