New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-26
coNGRcssioNAL PRoCEEelNGs,
BY THE REPORTER OF the sEw-YoaK TRIBUNE
?os:a Se. &c.

NAsuISGTOS. '. etneSlHy, April ~.
In SENATE, petitions against The Annexation oi
Texas were presented by Messrs. urliAM, TALL
M.DGs. CnrrENuEN and T,rrAN from their re-
spertve States; and by MessrS. UFHAM and b.
cHA>Ax against Tariff.
Mr. francis presented the protest OF the X.
Island Legislature agalns; the interference OF
Congress with the internal attairs OF that State.
In reply 10 an inquiry Of Mr.. ALLEN ne SAID nc
proposed no acrion Of the Senate on 1t.
The Post Office Bill was further discussed dur
ing the day. Mr.. ARcHEK's amendment to al
low franks of o. letters to members of Congress
during the recess OF Congress, was rejected
Yeas =. Nays 26. Various other amendments
were rejected The bll-having received but
few amendments from the form IN which 1t was
reported-was ordered cngrossed. The pEoba-
biity Of its becoming law small
The Senate adjourned
In the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, to-day,
Mr.. WHITE raised question OF privilege with
reference TO the garbcd and falselycolored
statement Of the Globe concerning the rencontrc
between himself and Mr.. Rathbun, a statement
grossly sanderous Of Mr.. White, protesting to
give the exact words that passed between these
gentlemen al thei- seats immediately previous to
the colsion-the imposslblity, from the nature
of the case, Of the Editors having heard which
is but demonstrated by his own confession there
Of. This Democratic House, true to It's own
consistency, refused further explanation.
The Tariff bill was again taken up in Com
mittce of the Whole on the Union. Mr.. BRIS
KERHoFF Of Ohio, loco argued against and con-
demned in toto the existing Tariff as system Of
fitch and robbery Of the agrculturlsts of The West
in favor Of the manufacturing interests.
~ Ia aot.
cal and forciblc speech based upon details and
facts, in defence Of the existing Tariff and the
Protective System as calculated not for the e1
elusive advantage of any particular class but iol
the direct and positive benefit of all portions oil
community. He examined the generally impor
tant reductions in duty OF the bill; exposed iti
inconsistency in still retaining protective duty
on iron, COAL sugar, spirits IN order to conclIiate
to its support the louisiana and Pa. delegations
replied to Mcssrs. WRIGHT and OWEN Of Ia. ant
to Mr. BRINkERHoFF, particularly and conclu
sively TO the inquiry how an increase Of duty fo
protection could reduce the prices OF the articles
consumed, referring to the unanswerablc jGc
that it is so as seen ID the reduced prices within
few years oil shlrting, OF calico, broadcloth
hats, boots, &c. and then to the welknown the
Dry of it, stating that the great benefit OF the
Protective System was that 1t ensured to the
manufacturer market Tor his goods, and enabled
him 10 keep running all his machinery and EN-
ployed all his hands continually, which with TIT
sale at the reduced prices was much more prohta
BILE than precarious fuctuatlng market, with
higher prices. On the point that protection die
not confne It's benefits to the manufacturer, he
showed from statistical tables that out of every
800 of woollen manufactures SIS went int
the hands Of the farmer, and similar facts with
reference to other manufactures. He mentioned
that not a single petition had been presented II
the House in favor OF this bill, while enough
against ii and against a modification Of the PIE
sent law had been, il laid together on the Speak
er's table, entirely 10 hide him from the sight o
the House; that The petition favor OF protection
from 5000 voters OF Baltimore, presented by hi:
colleague, Mr.. Kennedy, at the last session, wa:
signed by erery Merchant OF Baltimore except
Que; and he estimated that nine-tenths OF the mer
chants OF New York were also in favor OF TN.
system. He 4skcd the attention OF the people Il
the fact that the democracy" who PROGRESSED 81
much regard for their interests, by this Bntisi
bill were breaking down directly the barricFstha
-eparated and protected American Labor from The
pauper labor uf Europe. &c. sc.
Mr. KENNEDY OF Md. made one of his happy
speeches against The bill. Exposing and com
mennng upon, as one Of the signs OF the tlmes