Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-13

Hence, he argued that the reverse would ne tENso
here according as duties were ad on IN support 0Ne
protective 50 sem. NJ
BY TINS protective system, the consumer is donbN
taxed hrst, on what he CONSUMES and next, Oh whatN
he sells Tor II ~ the SANE whether he is taxed ~ "ta.
lie 81 ls, or forced by legislation to sell his pros io
less thar ie cond OBTAIN, but for that egsla,iGM i0
the exH"ftS at the Country were one hundred nxl& III
and, by ihe Imposition vi duty imports the eXkrN$
got back III return for his products much less MN
n sent, by the amount Of duty, Say twenty mll'ionS
was 1t not he had 10 pay all the duty. because ne dr
not get back within twenty millions OF what he export
Ell The gentleman says he may get money Tor his
Exports. True-but what he 10 Go with his money
only Ia purchase what h. wants; and If he goes inio
The market al home 10 buy the goods he might haze
imported III exchange for his exports eqnn terms
vii he not find that he has pay 80 peg ccEt more TOT
th.r home manufactured good, qnence Of the
protective duty aud IL not that the 20 hm as II
his exports had been taxed 30 per cant: Again, Tia,
Senator says, you have home market raised up Tor
ynu as good as, ii not better tan tle Foreign mart"
Here another id!iacy or least de'nsioa
10 great The home manufacturers st present
consume about 100000 bales of cotton out Of the usE
n! anuuo crop ot 800 COOS this year perhaps $40 utd
that is one-sixlh. u ha, has teea the increase ~
England during the las year, her consumption OF
raw cotton Irrespective Of her manuact sent re-
Considerably more than the whole quantity consumed
by the manufacturers OF tla United St'a- all pat t.
gether. The plan. Eaelind maou'a--
lures lor all part. o. The world this ccanry chiefly Tor
lis consumption And were the cotton growers Of
his ceurtry 10 be 'd that they should give up snch
ma rkrt Eag'and ir ,!e sake 81 budrg Up for item
selves inconsids rlbe market ~ hcGie Bat
ports Of cotton to France "efy afss-nextto Eng
land larger than Ia any her country Were Ia give
up that market too and all the other markets OF Europe
and orsgo tire increasing advantages of the increased
demand al the world as wei. at home IN Their
dominIons for thrr manufactured iabEIcs, ana
quen:iy for the matefia! of which those iabrcs
were made No@ i, was somewhat remarkable that
foreign countries those of Enrope!a all ileir hes
w duties articles of luxury, ard put their light.
est duties articles OF genera! consumption.
thereby reaching, at once, The true revenue point.
vet TIE very opposite was The policy pursued -
We las The heay,e,t lax ARTICLES Of general cor
sumption, and rrohh!.ery duties those which or
ter competition with cnr manufactures. But
if tie material ior manufacture is imported, We put
light duty 10 favor the manufacturer We make
show of great mrartalty, too, by putting very hgh
duties on the agIcuuai products OF uiisr countries,
thai they dream of Sending here duty or no dn
": hu. want IN shn@ the farmers how careful Ne
are 10 protect them well manufacturers, by eN-
GLIDING foreign but r. potatoes, cheese, beef, pork.
&c, from coming ia competition with The products ot
our own soil !, ray be SAID EGglaad taxes our otar
excessively, and also spirIlnons liquors but these
articles Of luxury, no, of necessity; aud are egti
mate sources Of taxation 10 high point they wI
bear Tobacco even q, the high dnty al England, IS
found there 10 be of revenue and that alone
the object for hca it tayed for has ne tobacco
of is own growth with which our tobacco can come n
competition She taxes these things 20. revenue not
for protection
The usual honr OF ad ournment having arrived, aud
Mr. w not heginp got through his argument
On notion of Mr.. McDUFFlE, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The SPEAKER announced the first business in order
10 he the
REPORT or THE COMMITTEE on ELECTIONS
Mr. ELMER took the floor, and finished his argu-
ment commenced yesterday, denying the constitution
ny Of The law commanding the states 10 district, de
clarng that law vnd and inogerativP lie said he
opposed 10 the dstrcng OF the Stites because he
had previously advocated that mode Of election IN the
Legislature Of New Jersey; but he opposed TO Il
from conscientious conviction Of lis unconsttntion
al,ty and because IL conicted with The rights Of the
States virtually repeating the laws OF 'e States, which
power Congress cannot exercise.
Mr.. BELSER SAID, this was great Constitutional
question, aud he asked gent!emcn, %. both poi'tical
parties to consider rs pnpe! ght, Tor IT IS to
operate for future ayes. lie sad, that he occupied
position OF tie question: different from The party whch
il was his pride and pleasure 10 act when he conic d"
consistently; but IN the beginning O. the SESSION, ho
had voted a,anst the spreading 0: the Protest ot tie
minority upon the Journal because he @as opposed To
the arbitrary decision Of thu Clerk IN tina, matter The
gentleman from New York, OR. Barnard,) had sad,
That the members claiming herr seat- aa ta h'or, had
no more right 10 those seats than 80 many men ~ The
gallery which he did not subscribe, because those
members claiming seats, here wh the broad seal
OF their States, winch prtwG t0cc evidence To
them and emitted To vote upon all questions, na-
al The question had been adindicaied by t.s House,
who SHALL according In the Constitution, be- the Jncges
of tie qualifications of its own members lie, however,
said that the llw was not nut'y, n oontendvd by
the report of the majority aud ~ent INTO long con
stitulional argument referring to various authorizes
in support of his position.
"A message from the senate, informing the House
that the Senate had passed the House bill making Ger
tain transfers Of nava! appropriations
MIR. DILLINGHAM; sad, that Congress has the
power TO prescribe the number OF representatives, ana
there the power Of Congress ends nad then commen-
ces the OF the States; but the clause Of the Cor
stuon, which says that Congress may alter or abolish
III. manner and mode Of eectng Representatives 10
Congress, only intended by the trainers OF tie
Constitution, II prevent The States from beng pnrepI-
sented IN case eny Of them should ia u send their
Representatives Bu, the trainers Of the Constitution
never intended to give TO Congress the right OF making
up tbs motley mixture OF Po"ers-toogress furnishing
the red patch and the States the rtte but 1t was ~
tended for Congress 10 apportion the S4ios, and then
II deyolyed upon the States II district the nGnnef ct
Re pre- - natives to which they are entitled. Nhen
Mr. Madison was asked relation 10 tI,s dangerous
power he replied, it not intended t'I CongieS"
should exercise this high duy, eScef; 10 cases Of e1
,reme emergencies bat that he dd ia! believe mat
there would be found oon.;ess no "oud oe :"
lost to self-respect, as 10 eiH;m me e%eicse =" us
no wer except in extreme cases. which ~ l' arse !f''
an invading army, who might drive tl+ ;'d9e lfgNi--
lures from their of Government not giving iLen,
an opportunity prescribe lie place, manner, ani
mode Of electing their frscntai'es. THIS was the
contingency v CHI the Constitution intended to rene
dy bu, 1t vas never attended that he General Govern
ment should furnish the PtpPD, ard the STATES The
,at to season their broth The a'r act OF Congress
only declared that The States should elect Their Repre-
seniaves by districts, bat that act od mol prescribe
The manner the mode, the tmc, and ice oil holding
such elections, according 10 The powers under when
they claim TO exercise this right, but t was mandate
10 The States perform That whch II had not exercised
itself II Congress possessed the power to say 'hat
the States should be represented by di9'cts 1t mad me
power to take the who'll subject on. OF the taods OF the
State Legislatures, thus virtually ob.t'nci,ng ana II"
srictng their authority; bat he denied lhs power III
toto Bot, as the of Congress was purely 'nahoa
,ory IL was, in his opinion, unconsut"I"""'' "'t
which The trainers Of The Constitution neVes heh's"
should be exercised by Congress
Mr. WOODWARD then took the loos, ana SPOKE
earnestly aqainst the constitutional power OF Congress
10 district the States except IN cases .; exlfems enc
ercv and cited various authorities; among them ihat
# Mr. Nicholas, N III. Virginia Convention IN li.d--
ration Of his argument He said that CoGgres7 docs
nt possess the power Of controlling the elective iran
cbse: that belongs to the people ct South t-roi't'
ard the othe, States Congress create W 'Hict'
brt the reop- the officer ne an nLeIei'
,oht The power, under the Constitution, IS gwen
10 the people of the States TO eject their
Conert claims the power, however, to district M
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