Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-24

l Treasury. SO f,s as revenue was wanted Just
much OF duty was now collected IS they would &c
i by any bill they would pass here. lie su.pecte'
his friends from the South would be rather Tor re
| trenehing and cutting down that which now existe'
/ than for adding any thing tot. All the proposi
tons m,de in this House at tho time for slter,n!
the tariff included the exemption OF tea and c. e
/ from the articles on which the duty was to be le
We'd and his colleague mir Cushirgl had Just pup
lishei speech in which he placed distribution yer
| sus revenue, in which he had asked the ques'ioI
of the people, whether they shouIi nave 'ne' ee
and coffee free or not. This might DO very we'
for Lowell bu, how was It for the county OF Aioe
marie mr. for Colleop district lie confessed he had
been little amused, az well as surptzed, when nc
had seen the votes Of Southern gentlemen mere TO-
day and Yesterday, TO find them favorins the sirik
ing out of tea and fec from the list OF dutiaolc
the more thoy took out from any blu OF duties on
tea and coffee, the more they made II protective
aud the less a revenue bill. That was truism
Duties tea and coffee could be levied for no other
purpose than for bringing money INTO the treasury
there was no counter interest to be projected, but
they collected very high duties on wool, iron, and
such articles, and struck out the duty on tea and
coffee, they made the bill thorough going protec'
tive bill and took away its revenue character alto,
gether. The proposition now before them would
make protective tsriil If they struck out tea ant
coffee nothing was len but protection.
IL was most thoroughly protective bill. MIR
begged not to be understood as having any oblec
ton TO striking out tea and coffee so far rs 1t ope
rated on the protective principle.
He would take this occasion to remark that IN
number of communications the President OF thu
United States had protested most soenin'y ogains
protection per Sc; he had said he would be extreme
ly liberal the manufacturing interests IN any thing
that could be done by incidental protection. M
A. took il for granted that great number oil I'M
Presidents especial friends and favorites were gon
to vote for this bill Before the question was taker
he wanted 10 recur TO a resolution OF this House
splemny recorded by yeas and nays within the las
three or four years. On the 18th OF September
1888, a series OF resolutions were adopted by thi
House, respecting the powers of Congress, one o
which was in these words
"Resoired, That Congress has no right to do tina
Indirectly which il cannot DO directly"
And now Mr Tyler was telling the whole work
that though Congress could not directly pass pro
teciive BILL yet that indirectly Incidentally the,
| could give protection TO any extent Laughter.
| He f-lt some curiosity to compare the yeas anC
nays on this resolution with the votes on this Incl
| dentally protection tariff.
Another objection to this bill. This bill, h
understood. gave up the contest with respect 10 th
public lands; II annulled the provision by whiel
they we've now distributed, and he wished to TURF
the attention Of his colleague, (Mr Cushing)
in his speech recently published, had pat n sort o
anti protective title of distribution versus revenue
aud in which a very large portion Of the argumen
was, that the lands were oil no value and therefor
tilt lneN were nOt worm COntcnuin1 TOTO rCSO
utions OF The Legislature Of Massachusetts, passel
not long since. One of Mr. As objection 10 thi
bill, or to any which included the surrender OF the
land distribution, was that it oush. not to be sur
rendered, that it was giving away the property o
Others. The proceeds Of the public lands, so IA
as related TO Massachusetts, were the property o
Massachusetts, and they had no more right to TAXI
them than they had the property OF individuals
But he was going TO remind his colleague that TIT
estimate placed by the Legislature OF Massachu
-. -
the estimate which his colleague had placed on them
He asked the attention Of the House, and plrticu
lary OF his colleague, TO these resolutions, passeC
ns late as 1910.
MIR A. sen, TO the Clerk, by whom they wer,
read, the resolutions OF the Legislature OF Masss'
chusetts in favor Of ds,ribution.l
In the second resolution, (said MIR AZ not on'y
the right OF the States and the People TO the pro
ceeds OF the public lands set forth, but it wa
declared that it was the duty OF Congress immed!
of distributing them. That was the opinion OF IN
Legislature Of the Commonwealth OF Massachu
se;is, for aughi he knew, unanimous-at least ther
was nc counter manifestation at that time.
MIR A. concluded BY saying that he opposed tn
bill in all its rars chiefly because il was an pos
faetO penal law, as he thought he hid proved, boil
as respected the President OF the United States anC
every officer acting under him, and every importer
BE hoped, therefore, that uether the bill DOR amend
meni Wouli pass.
Mr. CUSHING spoke for his hour
| MIR CUSHlNGiS remarks called up MIR GRAN
| GER, Of New York, in reply. Mr. q. WAS hu
injurious and severe, and more so IN the brief decll
ration, that 'the gentleman from Nj ssschusetts ha
voted for every bill which the Pre- sdent had vetoe
! and supported every veto Of the President upon n
| those measures!"
MIR GRANGER defended the majority in Cor
gress from the imPutaiions which had been pat
upon them by the gentleman from Massaehuseu
| mir Cushng.)
MIR MARSHALL, Of kentucky, followed up II
speech made two days since, with another now
favor Of striking the 9th section OF the vetoG
bill. He was for giving up the lands, and for pa
revenue bill without them. IL he was to bc req
OF ne @if S "sad rom The strongest
tons of duty. and ready for the consequence:
Nc THOMPSON, of Indiana, replied and wit
great ability, answering both the gentleman from
! Massachusetts (Nr Gushing and MIR Mirshall)
MIR MckENNAN then, after some prelimiDar.
remarks moved as an amendment 10 the amendmen
proposed by Mr. Ingersoll, and as a sJbstituts 70
his bill, the bill which had been sent 10 the Presi
dent and returned striking out the land clause, nnC
exempilng from duty tea imported in American
vessels from beyond The Cape, and Coffee.
The CHAIR pronounced the motion 10 be no
now in order.
MIR NEHEMIAH, though not satisfied with th
correctness Of the decision, submitted to IT, and CAV
notice that at proper time lie would make the mo
ton. lie accompanied this notice with some
marks explanatory of the reasons which led him I,
the course he had adopted.
I'VE seldom saw the House more proiundly 81
lent and attentive Than during this brief address
MIR Nick. concluded by motion that the com
mittee rise; which, however he withdrew at the re
quest Of
Mr. FILLMORE, who urged the House to ris
and take up the Senatss amendments to the Contin
gent Appropriation bill. lie moved that the com
mite rise.
! Which motion prevailing, the committee lat
quarter past o'clock rose and reported.
TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Correspondence II the American.