Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-08


conSo,,meop the completion, The passing Of tie act,
with the proy sion Incorporated W 10 lie views taken
by the President ct tie United STATES, or 'he course
he cho,, 10 aiept relation 10 the retos they were
no, matters un the control Of Senators on THIS slde
and vet the gentlemen opposite by impl'cat'on cast
uoou them on>'blity of leaving the country IN
the sad pfeGicaneni Of having TO revenue law. lney
certainly could not properly he charsea'e lhey haa
CHANGED no ground 1t the President had vetoed the
DISTRIBUTION ay-, he had, by dong SO, SIMPLY voice
with The Democratic party; and he would be sUs'a,so
hv them on tins occasion, as matter ol co"fSe' ie
had been induced 10 make these REMARKS sMPiy ~
SHOW where the true responsibility res'eu, auu ~ ""
rate himself and his friends upon thus SIDE rom 'e '
mutations which were attempted To be cast upon them
Mr. CRITTENDEN SAID the motive and the obJec'
of the Senator from New Hampshire was, IN ms Judg
nent commendable They were placed III
mos, anomalous aud extraordinary condition. resulting
from the, fact tina, II exceedingly doubtful, taxing
the opinions oi every gentle man who iae siCHen o
a subject Whether there existed any !aw by hen We
revenue Oh the country could be collected Inc o'Jec'
or the gentleman from New HAMPSHIRE vas TO remove
,bl 50 Goua,s lie fMr c. vas ore Of those who en-
,crained very doubts rs 10 whether 'e SENATE
was capable o. originating oiii such as Had nee" lo
posed by the honorable gentleman, aud lie iop'o Tue
honor Bile gentleman would have objection 10 per-
nm The subject TO lie over for one day at least, that
gentlemen might nave opportunity OF thinking upon
The subject, and making up their opinions. lif' y
addressed the Senate at great length)
Nj WALKER observ ed that the Senate was now
,olJ tina, TO-DAY the country is without any revenue
and without any laws by Which IL can bc raised he
consequence OF such state oil things was not cohiea
the Government alone, for the manufacturing iihf
ss were nov made that, instead OF the Fr'''c
ton which they might derive from The - PEI
,u,ies o. the COMPROMISE act, they were 10 H",e 40
protection a, all! 1t is in fact, decafa''' 20 ''e"'
Ina, the immense capital al European c"i''eu '!
lac embarked in iuAo::Gons 10 Gene INTO tlS country,
and ;pund,.e II IN month with foreign manufactured
,ods duty free enough TO las, ITS consumption !of
ucfiod as long tina: O. the siege OF Troy Du'' III
though II was confidently asserted on Tue o'e soe
that no duties could he collected unGer eNIslh9 laws
me Mr. ~ y was not OF tina, opinion lie con
t,sseJ however that until he had coa,ed the laws OF
i-32 1888, and l-ll, and considered them as oooy
Of enacments decaratory the SUBJECT ne, 100 mao
had ms doubts bot thorough examination OF l'ese
laws had satisfied HIM that taken 'ogr'"er' 'hey lsi.
no possibility of shadow Of doubt that the ~ per
cent TO which the duties are limited m the ComPro
IN SO act can be collected The law OF 49, restricted
hv the Law of -. the amount OF per centase on
imports 10 be assessed for revenue not teHg fea'
b. The restriction, continues ~ force, IN conformity
With the COMPROMISE act as recognized by the de-
caratory acts up 10 the act OF ISL HE Iater SHOWS
comcusvely that IT'S efficacy IS law, depends Oh
the restriction of the act of lc33 being carried out :
wE:ch restriction is, that the revenue collected ny VIZ
tue of the law OF l-}2 shall not, alter The GUN OF
.dnc, lo42, exceed 20 per cent
Here Mr. w. met the arguments on the opPosile
side OF the question: grounded on celaih sections ~
the several laws referred 10, by winch 1t was assumed
and showed that these passages d'd not bear Inc con
Ntrucon put upon them. And he coniended mat even
if the argument good the clause III the SohPto'
mise act If vat, would repeal the machinery ol the
law cf l,;2 depending The al caiorem Prnc'Pe; IL
would be set aside OH the ground that the home vaiua
ton principle was not valid, beng UNDERSTANDINGS
and, therefore, that clause @! Tie Ia" oil 10 ""s q
nullty, and could not repeal o;n'r law NAT ''e
home valuation, as no" centtn ceG iCf, coc'u "c "
constitutional, he would prove from the provisions OF
The Constitutions and # he showed that, lere was an
end 10 the argument that the machinery OF The Ia" o.
1872 was repealed By the act 81 ls'',
Mr. W then read from the 9Th section OF tie ist ar
ticle Of the Constitutions the provision that "A! du
,cs imnosls and excises skaN be uniform throughout
The e. s ; and he conended that It would ne utterly
impossible 10 duties on the home valuation prh
cp!e without pa!pable violation Of this provision oil
the Constitution. 80 much, therefore, of any act as
violates the Constitution, invalid, and The supreme
Court had long since decided that portion OF an act
may be nN aid ,vi;Eou destroying the efficacy OF ether
horizons One clause .ay be nuliiy, and the rest
stand GOOD and DO Of full cisc; Now, this home va.
luaon IS ilgrant violation of no less than eS-
press provisions o: the Constitution
He had read one Of these provisions, and would now
read .he other II was IN Tic n,nth section OF the
first article Of the Constitution. The fifth paragraph
expressly saws $50 preference shall be gwen, by any
regulation Of commerce revenue 10 the ports OF ny
onc State those Of another Bot how vas this
home valuation principle 10 Work Look 20 It's 'ne'i'
fable effects on the two po'is-New l"'k a"d Ne"
Orleans Suppose tS*" caT@'oa 81 io'e'2" SIMS vi
equal qualities and foreign value, imPoTted-o"e ho
New Vol: and he other INTO New Orleans now - 'he
home value 10 make the cut'es uniform; 10 ,c"oei
the values u"ornl, after payment OF tne GUY - pei
cent must be coIcc'e" >" ''' one az" 30 s'i
in the otherhr the rates OF freight insurance. a"D
charges, are P'''' .'''S'e"'' "''' $50 ~,
ultimate Ha!"e equal unequal ei'cS must 'r c9'r co.
ed, IN direct vocation "i Tue tI'''s,o" ~ No. 49,
read from tee Con>un'on-ahu ~ 10 a'o'e '''@'' ''e
dates are made RnJoTm-that ~ i'e sam" III Wv
York as IN New oFfans-the seco"u p'o.!s' 81 'ne
Constitution must be Pa'Pa'!y ''oo'euioi :. .'' pe
giving an advantage 81 rom ".t 70 'e"
OF these ports over Inc o'her'hal iS 'Ne sant
be levied on The slks, ACCORDING To 'he hoe 'SIe "
New YORK, inc ind'ng cost, ifeleh'' insurance ''a
and duty the home price WA oe iron, "N' ~ ".' r.
cent. less than, by Tie same process Tue P'c % ,'e
goods would lie ~ New ot!eahs-t"us Pa'i'"'!
giving preference or advantage a. rom h:e 10 'ei
per GO al to New i'rS oyer NV o.it"'s +" r"ee,
F'',a'o" o. We 81 m', ;ncted wcud Iay,
P':'' "on' ''.''' 10 . c o,he- rn,,s q, =,
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