The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-15

makeIS geneIaI dteta3e oi 81 per cent; ana ne
would ask the House if his fact, indtbehdent 81
all other considerations, did not furnish suffic1enl
evidence of the fact that the tariff act of ls42 was
necessarily highly restrictive Why, could it Be
expected if the doctrine which had been hroachsd
here was true, that the fpreigO preddcer and no,
the consumer, paidihe duties on imports, thatihe
foreign producer would consent to be taxedsat
something like fhe rate OF 81 per cent Gould
it be expected that they. would send as many
goods here as they would ifthe duties were more
mederate2 s
But, 10 addition, this law had been operation,
when the Committee q Ways and, Means were
called uphn to act, bns from the IsL.of SepaernE,
1872 they had been furnished With returns IA
deri:s operation but for nine months; and the ta-
bIes which the gfntlemaR from New York TMr.
BarnardJ bad FefeEred tom his speech, had been
furnished subsequently,, and bad not been seen by
the Conrmittee OF Ways and Means. when he
made its reports But the tables which he furnish
ed with his report showing lhe;inports from the
IS. October, lS42, to lhe Both June, 1843, were
befofe him and what did they showF Why,a
very great falling off oeduties paid INTO thetr
ry Of the country. The duties had faflerf down
to $2e, 100000. True, the free goods were up
wards of IS ,oo0o0o. But how was ftthat there
rsas a>fafiing off of tbe impoff duties2 Ee
EvoRff not gointo details to show the eftect prp
det that for themselves If they dserne6 IT. ~ 81
ta<SEss.s -
Mr-Mcfzay refertedte the sautbofaS-of Mr..
Ewing as one that -ougkt 70 'bare great weight
with tnAny 10 that Ho0sSs Ht- the ensa session,
Mr.: Ewing, in bis rePoE 10 Congress; estlmated
{ he amcnnt of imports into the couRtry raot for
ene, nor twe. fer three days, bur for seFics of
years, at oDS hundred and forty niffions; and
deductins &raHEthis only fourteen millions 6F.fee
artietes, be lett an anour&' 6f one handred. and
twenty-five nriliqns-ef auaable ARTICLES, On which
would pFoauee twenty-five millions Of dollars.
Mr.. Nick. then quetea several tables in the re-
pors OF the Treasury Department, shswingthat
he ameuat OF eEPorts was always greater dufing
the existence of IoR DUTIES than In the years when
the dotieswere bigh.I'Mr Nick. then referredto.
the argument of Mr.. -WfRlhrop that high tariff
w0Hd produce ap IhfAx xof specie into the conn-
Fya aad referred theAsahles Of tfeQsuryrcpoEs TO
shgw that the contrary was the fact al 6rst, (he
said, 4 big ktarff was hvorable4e imPoftatiens
Of Specie, but Ultimately it kept specie 1FSm com
ing m.
Here theSpasker's ka9mes fell announcing
hat MT. Nc Kay's hour had expired.
The question being on cpRcurring in the reAoft
made in COMMITTEES Of the Whole
-B1r. Csiioth demanded the PfeSious qaeSiod
= ME. G. IohHson moved call Of the House.
Mr. Petit eatfeffer tbs yeas and nays, which
being ordehed. tins s4aestion was taken, resuling-
yeas l09, mays 81
So cal lof the House vas ordereA
The Clerk PROCEEDED to cali the roll, and 200
members ans&eFed to theiT haSees
Mr. NelIes moved that all faEther pnOcerdlRs
underthe eall he suspended -
The motion was agreed to-ayeS 81 nays &c.
The question then recRErsd on secoHdmg the
inu1a Ad Tor. the 11feSfIonL
The effect of this nlotin would be to cut of
III aE6adnents to the biL, and brine the kiDBse
o direct vote upou the aneDdmeGis adopted IN
he Commistee Of tbe Whole, and aPan the bill
Mr.. O. Ibbeser called for .etters, ana Mevsts.
1LiuieH and G. JohnsoA were.eppofnssd; and
hey repoctd 93 10 the~afhrmasiTei and 6a in the
negative.
So there was a spcond The main question
ras also etdrrsd to be Dszr pot. 4
The Speaker the~ auuosdced fhs Question te be
N Soncurrns iss-the ameudmens ef the Com !
nittee oE the Whole on the state Of the4Bpidr.
Mr. Elner said be believed il gas now IN order
. move 70 lay This bin on che 1aBtp.
Ms G. Johnson called fbr the yeas ana ma ":
, Mr.. Hardin aa1ed he.genIlma1.f fou1 n Jereey +
A4r EImerl II it Yas iptendef hereaGer. to cab
p this bill ifthat sentlemaae motion to lay It en-
he tabEeashoufd pFepaa, sx;was itto te consider
q FSL F0te~ tkOdd cI1tS 1d3tS VI
1ouse, ''Yess test yote"1 They Hrere:thsa. dis
pc4y to underSeand that II sVassa test voteF -.
4Loud c+ies eft' Yes; esttEose. u
The Speaker fnterPesed aud said all dehats was11
ut of order. II
The yeas and nays werD fhen otdered and re- 9
los, nays SO, eENhiss in it1Isrs(
YEAs-MsssFs. .a66ol, .adanS, .ashe Baksys BRr1h-
e, Barnard, BiAlack, Jas Black, Breg RnfAheads
EfOt BrOECn, jeremiah Broom, Burlington Z. Cary,
ayr0H, Catin, Causi1l. Chiit011S Gt1t CIh1gg1an1
eILannes, Croaston, DANA DduREh> Garrett DG1is<1
D. Davis, DebeTry Dellet, DicAe5, L6ekt'ts0n, Dill
Dgham. Ellis, Elmer, Farlee, Fish. EIO1lce. Foot,
risssaeH Grider, Hardin, Hupee4 HubbeAs .H8Rson,
,. s0af C. J. Ilgersoll, r. bagevs0XL kvtH,>k
B. Johnson, J. p. Kennedy, D0siel p King. Kirk 6
trick .eIfuale, Marsh, lSdSSdndL J. MOTris, Aorse
osGEeus Nes 1Yescton1, ParmenteE. FafeTs0z. Peyt0
Lpnir Pollock, E R. Potter, Preston, Ramsey, Ray.
T. Ritter, Rockwell, Rogers, Russell, SGDpIe, SenkT
rkesck, Severance, D. L. Seymour, SiInons, -65beTtI
satR / 2. Smith, CAB Smith, Spence. Stephens.
etsoa. yGndrsU EtesOGrt, Summers. Sykes qasnas'
ii. WAeaioa. tSaksst, Efialsnsy WS0threp1 HilSGDf
fright, and YQst-lO5.
Anderson, Atkinson, Bayley. Belser.
zptonS James A. Back, Blaekmells. Bower, Bowlins3
,rd W J. Blown, Buxke, Burt, Caldwell, Campbell. =
Gary Reuben ChapmaB, Au9ustnS A. Chapmafd
happeH Clinton, Cobb, Coles. Cross Chlen DaHlel,
IN w Davis. Dawson, Dean, Douglass DTomEoole1
ancao, Dunlap Ffchlins Hale. Ham1in, Halamensl
aralson. HenIeY, HerFcks, Holmes, Hogs. Hepkins.4
custom, Huhard. Hughes, HnngeFfor& James B., Hent.
I'VE Johnson A. johnson, @. W. Jones, AndTedk Ken
dv Preston King LnhraAche, Leonard Lucas, Lump
n Lyon M cCaGIslen, Maclay, McClel McClern-l
r MrT.onnaH Mcdowell, McKay. Mathews, JoseBh