Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-07-20
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE,

mas refreshed III thc puDllc recollection the fol-
lowing important facts connected with the pas.
sage of the Tariff Bill of 1912 We commend
them TO the candid consideration of reAectine
men of all parties
On the passage of the present Tariff Bill, in
the House Of Representatives, August 22d, 1912,
the vote stood,
For the Bill 1Oi
Against the Bill, lOl
The Speaker announced the vote as above, and
poted himself in The Negative.
So the Bill rejected by that pote
The wings who voted against the Bill were the
following
JoHN QUiScY ADAMS, of Massachusetts,
Messrs. Andrews, Green, OusLEY, Thompson,
Trpett, Underwood, White (Speaker1 of Ken
lucky.
Messrs. Arnold, Brown, w B. Campbell, T.
J. Campbell Caruthers, Gentry, Williams of
Tennessee
Messrs. Boris, Goggin, Mallory, Summers,
Wise, of Va.
Mr. Casey oflllinois.
Messrs CRAvENs, Lane and Thompson, of In
diana.
Messrs. Deberry. Graham, Mitchell, Rayner,
Sheppered, Washington, of North Carolina
Mr. Foster, of South Carolina
Messrs. Foster and Linn, of New York
Messrs Gamble Habersham, King. Warren,
! of Georgia
! Mr. W. CoST JouNsox, of Maryland
Mr. Mathiot of Ohio
| Besides these wings who voted against the
! Bill there were whig dodgers who did not vote,
sir'cen-making in all GftyJfrc wings cho did not
rote for The bill.
! After the above vote, reconsideration was
carried and a second trial had when it appeared
/ the vote stood
Ayes, l03
Nays, 1902
Whereupon Mr. Clay's Kentucky Wing
Speaker, Mr.. White,) again roted NO, ma
king tie VOTE and thus defeating the Bill
second time. At this luncture, two whig mem
bers who had lodged the vote, now voted for
the Bill, and thus it was carried.
During all this time, TWENrY.ONE DE-
MOCRATIC MEMBERS VOTED STEA.
Oily FOR THE BILL, though in several of
its details not agreeable to them.
On the last vote another of Mr.. Cay's Ken
tuckv Wing friends, (Mr. Sprigg,) voted
against the Bill, making out of the eiepen whig
member from that State, eight who voted
gaind the Bill. Of the remaining three who
voted for it, tpO of them, Gov. PORE and Tho
mas +. MARSHALL are now in favor of the cleo
ton of Polk and DALLAS.
The Bill, after it had escaped from the House
by the skin of lis teeth, came up in the Senate
for final vote on the 9th August, 1872, and
I the vote stood,
Yeas, 2t
; Nays -23
a The Wings who voted against it we're,
. Messrs. Archer, Berrien, CLAYTON, Graham,
? Henderson, MANouM, (President,) Merrick,
I Preston, Rves-nine. One absent
o Before tho vote was taken, Mr. White,
t Whig Senator from Indiana, said
c "Without the votes of the opposition, Con.
d gress uOuld hare 10 adjourn uithom giuing a.
n ny rcrenue to ihe Government" For this aid
II he thanked them.
l. The Democratic party has always advocated
l. and supported just and equitable discriminating
II duties, sufficiently high to raise revenue, and
'' protect the industrial pursuits Of the country.
, Often for the last forty years or MORE has this
- whole subject been entrusted to the democratic
=, party, and the whole country has prospered un.
der their administration. 1t will be equally
- safe in their hands again, and far safer than 1t
- will be in the hands of the whig party, who
>, will destroy the beneficial effects of all Tariffs
r by the establishment of national BANK.
IT LATEST FROM NExIco.-The Mexican Com
gress have refused to grant Santa Anna The addI-
er tional thirty thousand men and -four millions of
= dollars which he required for the invasion OF
I'd Texas Mexico, il is stated, has now force oi
a thirty-six thousand men Congress has lntlmat-
G. ed TO the President that ne can take from this
m body the number asked for, provided he calls IN
ct TO active service corresponding number OF the
ii. national militia and that it will allow him one
of million of dollars if he can raise that amount OF
be money ,Uithom forcing a loan. This proposition
III does not suit the views of Santa Anna and unless
he can carry out his original plan, the invasion OF
~ Texas, it is thought will be abandoned--at least
e. for the present,
+ The Mexican Government had not paid the
May instalment of the indemnity due the United
It's States II amounts 10 $4,000
L. SPECIAL Bril- AGAINST PRAYER NEETINGs-