The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-01

| tungeHord James b. Hunt James IL. Johnson, Daniel
Clean, Mcclelsnd, MeCrate Mckay, Barclay Martin
Miller Morris Morse, Moulton Owed. Parish, Perill
Rockwell, sawyer, scsmnon' Leonard H. Sims. simpson
Truman smith Albert smith Caleb b, smith, stanton
liams, and Young-T4
30 the resolution was not laid on the table.
THE wAREHoUsNG SYSTEM.
The question recurring on the adoption of the res.
olution of Mr.. McCLELLASD,
| Mr. ASHMuN called for its reading
And The resolution having been again read,
| Mr. ASHMUN moved 10 amend il by providing,
that the further consideration Of the bin should be
| postponed until the House should be informed
whether or not the President approved the river and
The SPEAKER said the motion was not in or
| der.
Mr. RATHBUN moved to amend the resolution
80 as to substitute the hour Of hsslps for one.
The amendment was agreed 10.
| Mr. IlBBATTS desired to move an amendment
providing for the termination of debate on the
| French spoliation BILL
| The amendment was not in order.
The resolution, as amended, then adopted
On motion Of Mr., MoCLELLAND, the House
resolved itself into COMMITTEES of the Whole on the
state OF the Union, (Mr. HoPKRs, of Virginia, in
the ehalr and resumed the consideration of the bill
to amend an act entitled San act TO provide revenue
| from imports and TO change and modify existing
laws imposing Suues on imports and for other pur-
poses"
Mr. " CHAPMAN was entitled to the floor,
and went into speech N vindcatioh Of the tariff Of
le42, and OF the protective system generally. He
denied that the eyd results attributed TO that law by
| Its opponents had been realized, that there was
any evidence OF a desire the part of the people
OF the United States for a change in that law. In
the course OF his remarks, he alluded to the part
which this absorbing question had been made to play
lad tha ia noft hs
present Executive Mag istrate and especially TO the
false impressions that had been made the people
OF Pennsyyanla by the cry Of "Polk, Dallas, and
| the tariff Of l642."
Mr.. MeCLRLLAND occupied the portion of the
hour remaining for debate in reply to the obec-
lions Of MIR. sMrH, of Connecticut, TO the ware
! housing system, and IN defence Of its provisions
generality tof whose remarks full report is course
| Of preparation, and will appear hereafter
The hour OF IL having arrived, the committee
proceeded 10 vote.
Mr.. billiard withdrew his motion to amend
Amendments were further offered by Messrs
MCLEAN, TlBBATTS, FOSTER, STEWART,
HUNGERFoRD, BARRlNGER, WINTHROP,
SEAMAN, and J. A. ROCKWELL; all OF which
were re- ected by very heavy votes.
Mr.. WINTHROP offered the following amend
menr which was rejected:
4nd Be further ted, That much OF the 10Th sec
ton OF the act Of Goth August Isil and much
10th section Of the 81 March si as provides that
u per cent ell drawbacks shall be retained for use
OF the government be- the same hereby repealed
Mr. McCI Fan offered the f,IIou,ing snandooen,.
which rejected:
..Tha, from ana or,.r ~. f., H., -, n..,, ,s,s T..
lieu Of the duties now imposed bV law on bs sTcs, Sera
mater mentioned there shall levied collected and paid
The following dnue' upon imports, that is to say;
mr. other far No, ' uo,1 pig fou' ssps
az Ta SGs provided for duty Of 10 per
ION castings manufactures Of iron or Of which iron is
material oil chiet value duty OF IS per cen
on coal coke and culm of coal duty of one hundred
per centum sd vslOrem.
and on hats boots shoes caps ana ali Other ar
tcles worn by men women or chidren, made wholly or
n rtpp,rrS 80,
Mr' lIbbAIlS offered the following amend
"rb,, N, anti, ~ coal ,r. -. III .,,,.... r
iron or hemp and on ON sa;,nO and al
.sme =. those ssbshss s Ss sc Of s ana rsmsn me
he sis act oS and during
s an Ssi %s an % 20
sng asTsn or another act contained to the
-, ,r.
Amongst the amendments was one, by Mr.. ASH
by ayes q, noes ss, was re;se..d WHICH a"'"'"'"'
viding that from and after the LIST of December
fees a duty of twenty per cent The amendnent bv
ayes noes no was ,,;sc,,J ~
On motion OF Mr.. SIMS, of South Carolina, the
committee then rose and reported the bill to the
uouse u,i,bout ,,,endn,ent
And the question b,;ng IN ordsr;,o !, 70 . third
reading,
Mr.. McCLELLAND demanded the previous
one.t;on. which ,y.s secondeJ
ga ~. ",";a a"ao,;~s
ana the main question was ordered to be now ia
Mr. JAMES THOMPSON o,L.d tho ,s.s ,od
navs which we're ordered. and he;na t.k.n rsamit
al a. folInws. e '' ''
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Bavly senton RlacE RoIin Rnva ' RO
erioh, Brockenbro1gh, william O. Brown, BURT vii.
liam W, Campbell Cathcart, Augustus A. Chapman
hsuoen chapman; Ihasei Clsrke' Cooo, Collin, Gull
Ellsworth Farm Fickiin Fries Garyin C,Tes GondvaaPP
Gordon G rinnel Grover Hamlin Harrison Hair
manson Henley, Hoge, Isaac f. Holmes HOPKINS
sr J s%ss na Hnr Edmund hnSad Hun
| seph johnson, Andrew Johnson George W. Jones
Kaufman, Preston King Thomas Butler King, Lawrence
Leake La sere. Lyon Lnmpkln Maclsy McClelland
lanes mcpoweil McKay LAIN MosP pn nGDowt Ven
tin MILLER Morris Morse Mouton Niven, Norris, Owen