Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-01-02
CONGRESSIONAL.

pondeDce OF the Ohio Statesman, dated
Tuesday, Dec. 10, lS43.
The Senate to day, went again into exr
ecutive session, after half hours sitting
with open doors. During THAT hall hour,
however, after the presentation Of peli-
tons, MIR. McDufie offs. c., introduced
his bill TO repeal the tariff act Of AZ, and
to substitute the 20 per cent. standard of
the compromise act, and advocated the
bill in shorI speech setting forth the
oppressive inequality of the existing tariff
law, its inc fficiency for revenue purposes,
and The justice and expedency Of tho
modification Of the tariff TO 90 per cent.
Thcbll may elicit another long discussion
Of the larff question ;but there is reason 10
expect its passage through the Senate,
however we'll convinced the majority may
he Of the prohbitory and Invidious imposi :
tionot the existing law.Mr .McDufie's Till
provides:
That Ia all cases in which tho existing
duties exceed 80 per cent. on the value
Of the'goOds, such duties shall be reduced
to 30 der cent. advaIOrum.
That from, aud after the SOfh Dec. next
all duties upon foreign imports shall Be-
reduCed.to 25 per cent, and after the
3lst Dee, 1874. 10 20 per cent adva-
lorum.
The bill was referred to The committee
on Finance.
In Executive Session, the late Clerk
of the House, Mr.. Clair Clarke. has
been confirmed in bis appointment as The
Auditor for the p 0. Department(Gh
AudltO) for democratic President; this
is remarkably unique appointment, Mr.,
Clarke being one Of the most stringent
federalss of the federal city Some mighty
magic, or abstruse conluration must have
been employed in convincing the Execu.
tive OF the orthodoxy of Mr.. Clarke. Or,
it may bo, 'thBt the administration has rec.
omended this appointment as an Offset to
the election by the democrats Of the
House, Of Blair & RiVes TO the printing
against the sOlemnly reiterated protesta-
tion oftho administration. Mr.. Tyler will
insist and persist in his effort to mix oil
with vinegar, to coRglomerate the two par.
ties into brand new democratic party,
and the presumption is that he believes
il can yet be done, rendering him inde.
pendent ofthe Baltimore Convention, or
or any other Convention. Mr. Tyler was
certainly not born in the full OF the moon,
ifsuch Utopian or windmill schoms iS
really calculated to be pfactible in any Q.
mergency whatsoever.
In THE HOUSE, TO day, MI. Wise sue.
ceeded in sUspshiiOn Of the rul es, in
order that, the House 90 ints committee
of the Who'll Q on the State Of the Union,
in the reference Of the several subjects
embraced in the Presidents Message 70
the appropriate standing committees. Mr.
Hopkins, Of Va was called TO the ch air.
The Presidents official suggestion re-
specting our Foreign Rslstions, the
Treasury, the Army and Navy, and Man
ufactures, were appropriately referred,
when Mr., Wise moved that 50 much Of
the message as related 10 the improve.
ment Of the western lakes and waters,
be referred 10 the committee OH Com.
merce. Upon this motion general and
debate spFunR up, in
which the western members arose in their
strength 10 enlightsp the understandings
Of the eastern men, as to the magnitude
Of the Mississippi Valley, its products
an ! resources, and the Importance of A
safe navigation Of its migaiy rivers; the
reasonable demand they should peTseS
we're in for appropriations for the sea.
board, as Arguments in support Of some
appropriations for the benefit Of the vest.
In this debate, Messrs. Wise, Barnard,
Holmes Of s. @. (who dipped into The
Iariff) Beardsly ofN. y, Kennedy Of Is..
SteenrOd OfVa., Mr. Hardin Of Il., Who
laid that he would propose an indepsnd-
'll standing cOmmiiteson this subject Of
internal navigation, Mr. Bowlin /, Of Ma.
tnd others entertaining the House, pro-
nd eoRs on the subject Ofreisrelce.
The western men opposed The rsfss.