Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-08-01


Of the United States should or should not be
by The VIII OF whom OF one of its committees No
but by the will OF simple majority of that committee Tha
was the posture IN which the Senate Stood and he wished thu
Tact 10 go TO the people and to the country II admitted
IN all quarters, by gentlemen both Sides that the bill as
stood was emnenty detective And yet the Senate
90 dseh oy majority OF committee upon the question whe
he should pass IN this form pass at ALL This
an issue not made by the Senate The Senate had drectct
Inherent issue, yet seemed to be thing determined tina
lher votes should go TO the country upon good BILL but
upon one which all admitted to be bad
The cry for the question here renewed and the yeas
ana nays on relieving the Committee Finance from the in
structions were now taken and resulted as follows
fEAS-Messrs Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Anterior, Bag
by, Benton Brsese Bright, Calhoun, Cass Chalmers Col
quit Dickinson Dix, Fairfield Hannegan, Houston, Jaa
GIN Lewis, MeDuffe Pennybacker, Ruk, Semple Sewer
Speght, Turney, Wesicott, and Yuee--2s.
NAlS-Messrs Archer, Barrow, Berrien, Cameron, Gil
ley John NJ Clayton, Thomas Clayton Corwn Crttenden
Davis Dayton Evans, Greene, Huntington, Johnson
sana Johnson Of Maryland, Mangum, Miller, Morehead
Miles, Pearce, Phelps Simmons, Sturgeon Upham, Web
ster, and Woodbridge-27.
So the Committee Finance discharged from the fur
Their consideration of the bill
Mr. WEBSTER here renewed the motion he had formerly
made to amend the bill in the 9th MISUNDERSTANDING his mo-
on however, to strike the whole Of that section from
the BILL (ere being existing law punish frauds the
revenue.) The section is as follows
Sec .and6e further enacted That il, upon the exami-
nation OF parcel package, quantity of goods OF which
entry has been made the appraisers Of the United States shall
be OF the opinion that the undealued by the
the revenue ofthe United States shall be lawful for the coec
tor within whose district the same may be entered, the
sanction OF the Secretary of the Treasury first being
taned # in sopnion, the shall be advisable,
take such goods for the of the United States And
such collector shall such goods to be sold public
auction within twenty days from the time of taking the
same in the prescribed by law for the sale of unca-
cd and the proceeds Of such sale shall be placed forth
with into the Treasury of the United States such coec-
tor hereby authorized pay of the accrung
the owner Importer consgnee of the goods taken
the value declared in the entry and five per centum
The
shall render the Secretary of the Treasury with his
OF the customs, statement showing the Of money
paid the amount OF duties chargeabc the goods TAKEN
and the amount OF proceeds paid into The Treasury this
section shall be in force until the of July 1s4s
wise directed by Congress {"
Mr. w. said he should make remarks but woud content
himself with asking the yeas and nays the motion he had
made The and nays were odered and being taken
suited follows:
YEAs-Messrs Archer, Barrow, Benton, Berren, Came
ron, Cley, John NJ Clayton Thomas Clayton, Corwin,
Crenden, Davis Dayton Evans Greene Huntington John
SON. of Louisiana johnson, of Maryland Mangum, Miller,
ham, Webster and Woodbridge-as.
NAis-Messrs Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Anterior, Bag
knson Dix, Fairfield flanagan, Houston Lewis, Ms6nfe
Pennybaeker Rusk Semple, SEWER Spegh Turney, West
colt, and Yulee-26.
So the ninth section stricken out.
Mr.. R. JOHNSON then offered the following resolution
ssThat the bill be committed to Special Committee with
instructions the duties imposed by said bill
all where foreign material taxed to the preu
higher duty shall be collected such material than is
provided by the act of 3oth August, 1872
The resolution having been read, Mr. said that the
resolution moved yesterday by the Senator from Delaware
Mr. j. NJ CLAYTON proposed to recommt the bill to the
Committee Finance with instructions to amend it in two
respects The first the which the bill pro-
posed to impose material formerly Free and to reduce
the where they imposed the standard of the
law of 1912 The other distribute the duties in such
manner should raise amount Of sufficient to
meet the exgences of the country He understood the chair
nf that,
committee discharge their duty, and the Senator from
Mississippi had placed himself the ground Of inability from
want of time to comply with the second branch of the nstruc
tons To the necessity for making that effort, Mr..
j. had prepared the present resolution.
Mr. McDUFFIE suggested that the resolution not in
order.
Mr. JOHNSON said that this resolution did contain
word about the but only dealt with duties imposed
materials and he had been induced offer it, because
the bill as ii stood Disseminated against American industry
and in favor of the industry Of foreign countries.
Mr.. LEWIS considered the resolution substantially the
with that offered yesterday from which the Committee
on Finance had just been discharged
Mr.. HUNTINGTON said ii referred to different subject
The resolution of yesterday referred graduating duties
to produce given amount Of This resolution said
a word about revenue.
Mr. COLQUITT suggested that the resolution of yeser-
day had been divided and that though part oft referred
revenue, the other had respect to MATERIAL and was
identical with that offered.
Mr. JOHNSON said that this resolution differed from the
other in this The other directed to the Committee
Finance this proposed the raising Of Special Committee
Mr. LEWIS hoped the question would not be taken, as
one Of their friends absent. laugh, and cries Of
"question," "quesion.
Mr. LEWIS. move a call Of the House.
Mr. WEBSTER. No such motion is known to rules.
Mr. LEWIS. II does not require rule
Mr. HANNEGAN. a call of the House.
Several Senators here said that the rules Of the Senate did
not recognise the right in any member to have the Senate
called.
Mr. CALHOUN said there had been several instances in
which such a call had been ordered
Mr. McDUFFE said that il there had been any, the
power inherent in the body TO regulate at any time the
mode of its proceeding.
Mr. LEWIS renewed his motion that there be call Of the
House.
The VICE PRESIDENT thereupon put the question
whether there should be CALL and decided in the
gatve.
The question then put adopting the resolution NOV
ed by Mr. X JOHNSON, and itswas decided follows
YEAS-Mesrs Archer, Barrow, Berrien, Cameron, Gil
lev John M Clayton, Thomas Clayton Corwn Crenden,
Davis Dayton Evans Greene Huntingdon johnson, OF Lou
isiana johnson, of Maryland, Mangum Miller Morehead,
Miles, Pearce, Phelps Simmons Sturgeon Upham, Webster
| and Woodbrdge-H
NAYS-Messrs Allen, Ashley Atchison, Athcrton, Bag
Benton Breese, Bright Calhoun, Cass, Chalmers, Col
quit Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Hannegan, Houson Lewis
McDue Penny backer Rusk Semple Sewer, Speght Tur-
| ney Westcot, aud Yulee-27.
| The VICE PRESIDENT said that the Chair had been
taken by SURPRISE not having expected tie vote, except
the issue which had been promised by the Senator from Ten
nessce, (Mr. JARNAGS As he could not now give his
son on that ISSUE he should abstain, for the present and in
/ the mean whle should So the resolution Of Mr..
/ JOHNSON was rejected.
The question recurring the concurrence by the SEN
the amendment adopted in Committee OF the Whole
viz. strike out the ninth section