Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-02

Our Washington papers ae s,iIi about a week behind the
lime, though We have the Globe Of April cd. On that date
the Texastroaiy had been sen; to he Senate, and was con-
sideTed, in secret session. from half past IL 10 near 4 o'clock
in The afternoon. In the House. he reform iaIiG bin was
taken up. For particulars we avail ourselves Of tie cones
pondencc Of the Ohio Staiesnant
Mr.. Mckay movei in pursuance e notice given last week.
that the House resolve itself into committee Of The whole on
the state Of The Union. and take W The bill to rodify and a.
ter the Tariff act Of 1912. There was an unusually fniI at
tendance in the House, for all were apprised % ihc purpose 4
me 90 'ha'ihan; yer III. HIeh'y; ~ "isea 70 .aFe
as fall a vote as possible, moved a call u NE House. Tho
call was had, and there were 1911 members answering 10
her names. tahseniees . The d'ais weie closed The
absences were being called. and MessIs. HARRISON, q Ca
Dillingham; Of VI. and Others were excused when
On motion Of VI. Dromgoole, who suggested thai, all that
could attend were present, further proceedings in the call
were suspended and the question on taking up the bill
for modifying the TariT act Of isi2, was decided IN the
afhTmative-ayes i0f, noes 81.
Mr.. Hopkins q Va, was called to the Chair. With the
general principles Of the bill. your readers ale well apari.-
"a. 1t PROPOSES 10 reduce the seaie Of suucs Of The f,,ig
Of -, which rnse finn 30 70 200 per cent. ad valoIeln.
10 an average IT 20 per cent. iIom aai after The lrst day
Of September. isfl
when the Law shall z, into operation from september next,
10 January Is. $50. Losi-s4 TO %.
Mr.. Seym7ur, Of y. Y. moved TO amend the section. BY
augnsntins The duty upon coarse raw VOL, f.om - to 30
rcr cent. al vaioTem.
Mr.. Owen, of Ind took this occasion to give his
views upon the general pernicious tendencies or The svs-
ten Of Protective Revenue Laws. As alordng the most
awful and heart-rendIng example Of the wlckcdness of a
government IN projecting one class of Iis people ~ the
tNptU-f VI TIC 0IufE tlt~-. ~ several li>>f~. owen
detailed many of the horsid effects Of the Protective Corn
Laws of England, where agriculture l. the pet inter cst Of
the government, rs II j. sought 10 make Manmfict urers
with US. lie conducted Us to the cellars If Briiain's
manufacturing cities, " here thousands are dt ing Of star
vatfor, and If disease and wretchedness generated from
the puirid dens IN which they are crowded together. He
exh,bl.ed 10 US the undisguised starvation and berrary
tina, was abroad IN the sirects-he expaiiated upon the
r,,t, n vh,, y ~ii'nndfeds upon hundreds of poor girls are
driven cr breaJ AID all this was occurring and lncreas-
inc. while the pamper.i landlords protected by corn
laws (corn in England si-nin.s all soItso gram OF which
bread is madc) were rolf % IN we'll, and Inxurions idle
ness. Mr. Owen applied these facts 10 L." pnncipie OF n
protective tariff To manufacturers. and ~exhI.I'rh ITS OPP
pressive bearing, Of necessity. upon The flrmIpg anc Ia
boring people. with the simple yet powerful process q:
reasoning from analogy
Mr.. Atkinson. Of Va, and Mr.. RatLbun, of n. Y, fol.
lowed in the discussion, when "A motion was made that
when the House adjourn it ADJOURN to meet at 10 o'clock.
Not carried. And the House adjourned To meet AT ii in
the morning The tariff, for n couple of weeks, may mo-
nopolize the deiiberaiiou of the House in committee, un-
less debate i earlier cut short by the +. q Before the
expiration Of that time, however, the bill might be dis
posed Of, if the plan of the wings at the extra session Is
applied To themselves as the minority. II expcdleni we
found eapedient for the execution of the annual civil and
diplomatic aPprop iarIon bill, and other bills yet 10 be
considered With the lights before Us. we cannot pre-
dict either The time, or the manner 81 the disposition of
the tariff bill. We shall keep YOU advised of the pro-
gress of amendment and of The drift of the discussion. pro
and ron. Doubtless ii will lead In the inrerminable
theme OF party men, and party politics, If a resolution
he not adopted specifying an early day for taking the
bill out of the committee The House should do ITS
duly in this matter. The burden If the present tariff
rests upon the shouiders Of the farmers and the work
incmen. The bill now before the House proposes iC
eqnalize this burden-to take a portion from the farm
crs back and put il on the shoulders Of the manuiac
turer. The Farmers have tn provide for themselves and
all the rest OF the community, and i, Is unjust that the,
should have to support the government besides, by paw
ing Tie mass Of the revenues upon cloths, silks, coiions
hardware, glassware, &c.