Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-13


,,hs sub,sct of the Tart We lay before our read
stsacu ey,racts-an and do not despair that the II
of Rsor.sent .t,ves I'VE mean the Democratic he"oei
W. t,r, he " J. Journal Of Commerce, II 7acsdayl
Tar TARirr.-Some OIL t.e ewsraper editors ana
,,n thos. Of The National ln,c!gencer, put down the
I,,e votes in the House OF Representatives Rejecting
Tho ,.o,osons OF certain free tracesmen as conciu-
Sye ey d nee that the Democrats wu mol 'oucn 'ne
Taft NJ The present session. We do not 50 view the
,,ai,4r @, the contrary the best niormaon we have
i ,b,, preDara,ions are making Tor an intelligent re
vision OF this most IT. ur'ous law we nave feaso" -
believe that The Committee OF Ways and Means con-
sdsr ,wenty-:hree IN lions of dollars as the necessary
revenue The country, and that they niend 10 asos
the Tariff II that end, and ve'y Likely wh'n' meoai'"S
with tea and coffee. II is obvious 'htt - produce
AS revenue. the prohibiioTy estafes OF '"T present.
law must be removed. We know ''al 'h'o MAUI"
collecting extensively by iesd'ng men, ana we pre-
nme ,bay mson t, use il. In fact, the Democratic
marry would be guilty of the grossest treachery 10 eir
own nro,ises vel rs the grossest blindness to Their
own ,!.ica interests II they were TO omit thorough
rev;son sad modification of tho Tariff. MIR. Wright
cs,.sinIy would poorly his high a,lon It,
inter- VIVA: he sad before voting Tor the present law as
he DID, n seems ve:y injndicionSy) he were 10
Gu effort 10 put 1t INTO proper shape we nave
NJ doub, that we'll authenticated staements "a 10 the
onera, 90 of the present law would BE- thankfully re-
ceived by him from any The following extract
OF letter from Washington we have reason 10 be !ieve
contains a correct statement OF The case:
"WAsHiSGToS, Jan oh.
s.De assured het tie votes in question are no test.
Many who voted asains. the motions, influenced
b. tae consideration that the instructions would tram
mel me Committee oi Ways and VI ans, who fully
empowered, already, 10 act Oh the subject Besides
ts how could il be expected that the Tariff question,
ngolyius many considerations, could be disposed OF
b s%eepinG vote, general instruction, under the
ErtriOuS question, without word OF debate The
tnlua IS preposerous Moreover, I hare means IF
tqoa-ias that the subject has been pressed in The
mure and that there It has been settled, matter of
course that The committee first attend to the ap.
p,oprlaon bills. They required, by law, to report
atS bills within 30 days after the appointment of the
comsrt-e. They obliged, therefore, to occupy all
Their in the examination oil es,imates, DC. When
Inc bills ready, the committee will take the subject
OF tae Tariff, With determination u revise it tho
roughly, TO reduce i, in some particulars, and in such
manue, as increase the revenue. Their project will
pass the House.
The New York Express, true t. its vocation OF
h., dsco;d, and throwing ebrands into our camp,
Comments "'cn the preceding articles from The Jour
nal of Commerce., admits that IT'S "p'ydte advnes as
I, iha action cf she Committee of Ways and Means,
correspond with those of The Journal of Commerce
and says that .sthe Vaa Buren, intend, doubt, 10
int70duc- ,n,uG repor, against the Ia:iif, and they
wall probably pass bill repeelng the get, with full
knowledge ,tat IT cannot pass the Senate, and with
foil understanding, that If any Of the Southern Wings
should be induced 10 vote for the repeal, that it shall
b. saved By the vet. Of some Van Bu.ea opponent -
Bat this will not deceive the Ca!hpan men, DC &c.
We M make Z fair harcain WITH The New York Ex-
press Manage ynur Wing members, and we viii man
nge Van Barren Get your Wings tn vote for il,
aud wr undertlke 20 answer far The Van Buren,
here The fact will turn out 10 be, that will do du
y; and attempt, 10 relieve suffering people and starv-
ng Treasury from the oppression ofyour Proerttr: anti,
KseeEpe law Gts true charucter)-but the Wings in
the Senate Will thwart the Republicans. Ii the re
lief bill be lost, it your Wings in the Senate who
w,l do ,t-much more probable than the Van Duren
men IN he Il Of X. !