Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-09-05

IN lreving tbe country with none and expressed J
preference himself for twenty per cent duty
before my other ... =,
which the country was placed, he let It his duty,
netting under responsibility TO his constituents
and to the whole country, TO endeavor, II possible,
TO relieve the Government and the country from
lis present cnharrassmentS lie had felt, III COM
mon he believed with the whole country, the sen
timent which had first arisen in almost every mans
mind at the coming in of the veto, that II WINS ther
duty to relire-to 20 back to the People ana take
their Judgment on the question but when he look
ed at the state of the country-at the intense SUI
ferng which WINS now pervadng every section OF
the country and at the situation Of the Govern |
ment, he felt it his duty, if possible to relieve the
Government aud The People from their present
enbartassmcnls. In doing this, it was not his in
tenion to separate the Government from the Peo-
pie. He had no idea of passing bill merely for
the relief OF the Government, unless he could eX
tend that relief to the People his object to
relieve both. II the Only question wns to he OH
the passage of the bill reported by The gentleman
from New York, Mr. Banard)- If no other bill
proilered, he should vote against it, Ii might
in some manner relieve the Government, but It
would not relieve the People. They had made
various attempts to ascertain what was the seuti-
ment of majority of this House hitherto they
had been unsuccessful he hoped however, that
further time aud reflection would induce them TO
come together some proposition. The other
day he had offered Il resolution declaring that, in
the present eXigency, he deemed 1t egpedent that
the bill he then offered should he passed. That
exigency was, hst they had had n bill returned
from The President with his objections: they had
had vote taken TO ascertain whether there was
majority in favor of again sending him the same
bill with certain notifications md n majority was
rot Obtained for it, L was not because he thought
that the best bill that he had offered it, but because
he had moved it the best bill, as it srHck him,
that in this exlgency they could get
The same proposition which he had offered had
been made by the gentleman trom Pennsylvania
mir G. j. lngersolU with two alterations. One
difference that all specific duties Mr. E's
bill was placed on the average OF 1889, while the
bill of the gentleman from Pennsylvania was
the average of 1910. This alone would not in
duce Mr. f.. to withhold his support from that
bill but there was II clause in that bill which, as
at present advised, would induce him to vote u
ganst it. That was its limitation to tive years.
Ar. {. j. lngersoll here explained that he had
Withdrawn the Limitation of two years.
MIR. Everett Ii that the case aud this
was the only proposition submitted 10 the House,
he should vote for it. This was not the PROPOSE
ton he would prefer and he could not for it
until they found it 10 he the dernier resort. He
was wiling TO let Il have fair chance, but there
had been q proposition indicated by the gentle
man from Pennsylvania MIR. Mex enuanl which
ne would prefer, and for which he should reserve
himself 1t might be that in the last resort he
should come back to the proposition Of the gen
temun from Pcnnsy Ivana, Mr. Ingersol,) but UNI
Ill that he should not vote tor it.
Mr.. Gordon addressed The Chairman but the
point being raised that he had once spoken on The
question
The Chairman gave the floor 10 Mr. Ward.
now wanted but fifteen minutes OF II O'Clock,
when the debate was to tel inmate
Mr.. Barnard appealed to his colleague, (Mr.
Ward,A whose courtesy was proverbia as n mat
ter of courtesy and ol justice TO himself (Mr b.
as the organ Of the committee who had introduced
the bill, and 10 the committee itself, to give him
opportunity TO make some expana lions OF the bill
after the remarks from various quarters, aud os.
peciaIly from the gentleman from Massachusetts
Mr.. Adums)
Mr.. Ward declined to yield the floor, and was
about to proceed, when
Mr.. Gordon renewed his claim for the floor
and, it appearing that his speech had been made
oil the remedial justice bill instead of this, his righ
TO the floor confirmed.
MIR. Barnard again appealed to Mr.. G. to allow
him an explanation but
Mr.. Gordon declined to comply with the re.
quest, and proceeded in his remarks (ior which
have not room, and which were terminated by
the hour of tNelve.)
Mr.. Barnard appealed 10 the committee to ex
tend to him, as the organ orthe Committee on til,
Judiciary and ms the reporter Of this bill few
moments of explanation.
Cries from various parls ofthe ball Of mo, nc"
ACTION
The hour Of ~ having arrived, the Committee
in pursuance Of the order Of the House OF thin
morning. proceeded to vote.
The question was taken first on The amcndmen
Of Mr.. Barnard, and it was rejected
Mr.. Barnard offered several amendments, wlcl
were agreed to.
Mr.. b. also offered the following amendments
Which mere agreed To-;
"SEc. 4. IND be ii further enacied That from
and after The passage of this act, all duties irnpos
ed by this act on imports shall be paid in cash, AM
no credits shall he allowed and such duties shall
he assessed upon the value of such imports at thu
port where tile same shall be entered, to be asLcr
tanned and estimated IN the following manner, tina
is TO say; To the foreign value thereof appraised
estimated, and ascertained in the manner pres
crbed by laws existing aud in force on the iirl
day of June last, there shall he added in eyer
case twenty per centum, and The value thus ioun
shall be taken and deemed TO be the value of sue
goods, wares, and merchandise at the port wher
the same shall be entered, and upon which the du
ties imposed npOn this act shall be assessed.
e SIC. 5. and be ii further enacted That the pro
VISIONS of the sixth section Of the act Of July j
1862, entitled AN act TO alter aud amend the sew
eral acts imposing duties on Imports shall be TAX
en- and deemed 10 be- and is hereby, re-enacte
anu extended, so ms TO give TO the importers of u
goods, wares and merchandise the option an
privilege therein granted under all the provision
therein stated and specified"
Mr.. Bolts moved to strike out portion of tn
first section of the bill, 10 strike out It's retro
speclive provisions
Amendments were also offered To tho hill h
Messrs. John Campbell, Roosevelt and w. {
Johnson, all OF which were rejected.
Inc question then required on the motion {
Mr.. c. J. lngcrsoll, (Which he had again modife
so as 10 let his proposition stand ms a motion
strike out all after The enacling clause of the bi
and to insert the bill published in this paper on Il
2eth Aug)
The vote stood, by teIors ayes 80, noes n
counted.
SO the amendment was rejecied.
Mr.. Mckennan (Whig) then offered as a subsl
tue Tor the bill under consideration the bill yetoe
10y The President striking out the clause in relt
tion 10 lhe distribution, and so modifying the b
as TO admit tea imported in American vessels fro
beyond the Cape Of Good Hope free of duty,