The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-05-25
Correspondence Of The Courier.
: WASHINGTON, MAY 1O

ariff,.comlnunlcated TO the l1ouse III ~"
WH1thsa resolution of the 29th March last: =,
ssThe Secretary was called onto give ms pau
for raising the necessary amount OF revenue ~.
defraying the expenses of the government ny an
Increase of duties on importatlons; or oy auolon
duties on goods imported or other"ise' als1 nn'
nlan in rala,ionto a warehouse system, Vaiua-
ton, and cash duties. c.,.,
A, to auction duties, the Secretary llol"
gant Of information, can, he says, give no op'ii-
ion. :,o,;co-
4 The "home valuation" he says, is impractlca.
hie. He submits the plan Of the department
for raising revenue by increase OF aa''es' III "
Bill. ,h;s
The object primarily regarded in framing thls
hill was. hc saws, to supply an amount OF reven-
ne commensurate with the probable wants oi1he
government in future years.
A secondary, but important ohJect III we"
was to afford some relief and encouragement 10
the mechanical trades Of the country, which are
languishng ,o;a ,o,, 5
The expenditures for the year 1912, 1913, and
1914, he estimates at $99,242,9o3. Inc re-
ceipts, under his plan, for the same period, nclu,
dino land fund, at $0S,3S9,3G0. But this fund
will, he says, be restored to the Treasury, py inc
passage of his bill, as many of the articles are
charyed at a higher rate OF duty than twenty
He proposes duty on tea and coffee, but lin
its if to three wears. The other duties vary
from twenty to forty per cent. He says the
principle on which the duties on wool, cotton,
hemp. iron and leather, and the manufactures
from them are fixed in this-that they are re,
garded as objects of great national concern, and
their permanent supply at home essential to our
real independence. The duties on these artl-
clcs are, in some cases, specific, and range from
thirty to forty per cent ad valoren. SPECIFIC du-
ties on woolens and other articles when practical
bic are proposed, in order to avoid the frauds
which are practised under foreign valuation
system:
lie adheres to the system of cash duties-con-
sdering custom house credits as extremely mis-
chevous, in many respects; but the home valua-
ton principle, on which he saysthe compromise
act was based, must be considered as being aban-
doned.
A warehouse system, if adopted, must, he
saws, under the constituted requisltion OF uni
formity, be universal. 1t will cost good deal
to establish it universally. He forms no oPln-
ion on its expediency.
In the Senate, to-day, there was little to at
tract attention, except capital speech from MI
Choatc, in support ofthc bill providing for fur
ther remedial Justice in the U. 5. Courts. Ihls
bill, as you know, was recommended by the
President, ard is urged for the purpose OF pre-
venting collisions with other countries, without
the assent of the Government ofsthes Union. 1t
would seem to most persons thai, II the Constltu-
tion had any purpose, it was to present a common
front against foreign aggressions. The purpose
was to make peace and war national affair, ana
not to leave it to the caprice or the interest OF
nl,a q
mower, or waGc war on her own hook. How
ever, in such times as these, 1t would be unsafe
to say that we have general government, or
to any s9HGGH@sat
and diplomatic appropriation bill, returned IRON
the Senate with amendments.
WASHINGTON, MAY 10.
tits generally believed, to-day, that Mr.. STAN
ly will challenge Mr.. Wise. 1t appears that
Mr.. S., with view to avoid the penalties OF the
duel law, went last evening to Maryland, for the
purpose of making the preliminary arrangements.
Mr.. S was not in the House to-day. MIR. Wise
ings. The Circuit Court has issued warrant
to arrest the parties, but do not know whether
it has been yet served on either party. AS late
as three o'clock to-day, it is certain Mr. Wise
had received no communication from Mr.. Stanly.
If any thing is to be done it will probably be to-
morrow.
The Madisonian of this morning contains an,
authentic account of the collision which toook
place, on Saturday, between Mr.. Wise and Mr..
Stanly in returning from the race ground.
mentioned that Mr. Forwards proposed du-
ties ranged between twenty-five and forty per
cent. This is the case generally; but some OF
the specific duties proposed are equal to more
than an hundred per cent ad valorem.
am still of the opinion, after conversation
with many persons interested in the subject,
that Congress will not undertake to pass on the
details OF complete revenue system, at this ses-
sion Whatever they do must be done by the
3Oth of June, when the last portion of the excess
of duties above twenty per cent goes off. twill
be utterly impossible to 60 into the details of a
plan like Mr.. Forwards by that time. Some
revenue law must be passed by that time, else
the importers willtake advantage Oft, and stock
the country with manufactures in anticipation OF
an increase of duty, thereby defeating the pur-
poses OF the law, at least for time. think they
will be obliged to adopt bill, laying uniform
duties of twenty-five or thirty per cent on foreign
valuation, including Tea and Coffee. They can
take measures then to collect information for use
at the next session, when they can sadopt per-
manent system. r s(F
The Senate was chiefly engaged to-day, on
bill to refund to Gen. Andrew Jackson the
amountpf the fine, with interest and costs, i'm
posed on him by the Louisiana Circuit Court, in
JS1S Cor ronto1nDt of COurt and maid into the