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

all the great interests Of the country that il be
altered entirely before could receive the least appreciation
from him. II he should set out to amend il, there
thing amend by He called upon by the friends of the
bill what guards he would propose place round the
collection OF the duties here specified That task
which pertained to the authors of the BILL Mr. g. OPP
posing It ms whole he fell little interest in its details, in
the fate Of the pending amendment To test the Of
the Senate the merits Of the bill, he would offer
| amendment
To commit the bill the Committee Finances with
rucons to restore the specific duties prescribed by the Of
the S0th of August, 1S42."
II this first should fall he should then offer the following
s'That the bill be committed the Committee Finance,
with to the duties by said bill
in all where any foreign material taxed the pre-
higher duty shall be collected any such material than
provided BY the act Of Soh August s4a And further to
regulate all the duties imposed by this bill
| sufficient for the exigences Of the country"
Mr. G. said he had been attentive listener during this
whole debatea debate which had now, he believed been
continued fora week, and had turned chiefly the question
OF substituting general ad vaorem principle for the specific
duties in the present law He well satisfied the
gumen on that subject which had been made by his friends
He SHOULD not undertake to add to il but willing
the On those arguments Before he said word about
minor alterations in the BILL he must know the of the
Senate on both the motions he had prepared for be
evident that either Of them should be adopted the whole char
of the measure must be changed When that question
settled he should then decide whether worth while
to take any interest in the details of the BILL He concluded
by asking that the question might be taken by yeas and nays
The first resolution having been read
Mr. JA AGlN produced and read the instructions OF the
Legislature of Tennessee under which he felt bound
and the terms of this resolution directly concted with those
instructions, he should be constrained to vote against it.
/ Mr.. CALHOUN said he very glad the Senator from
Delaware had made this motion it perfectly fair one
and brought up the question whether the tariff of 1912
should should not stand The great objection that tariff
was directed against the minmums and the specific duties
Should the motion Of the honorable Senator succeed its effect
must be to leave the present law untouched.
Mr.. JARNAGIN took the floor and went into speech
which he delivered from very full notes. and in which he dis
cussed length his objections the BILL and urged strenuous
the duty of changing many of its provisions In confmi
y his instructions he should for ad vaorem Duties and
against both mnmums and specific duties but while he held
himself bound go thus far in obedience his Legislature
he considered himself at full liberty his exerons
to get the bill amended render little injurious
possible the business and the country He should
feel himself obliged in the end to for the principle advo
Gated by the friends of the bill but he therefore
der obligation to vote for and every bill which contained
those principles He contended that there ample time to
make many important amendments The bill stood
ed nobody its friends admitted it to be very defective
Why not then amend An attempt TO amend would
hazard the safety of the bills for all who would for it
would vote for it in amended shape especially the amend
ments would proceed from committee in which there
majority of the friends Of the bill.
long coloquy here took place between Messrs. TURNEY
and JARNAGIN to the true meaning Of the instructions
they had both received from their Legsaure-Mr TURsEr
insisting that private conversations they had agreed that the
bill stood confomed to those instructions and that
they had agreed to vote for Mr. JAnSAGN insisting that
his instructions only the principle of ad vaoems and
against mnlmums and specifics, and left him full liberty,
in all other respects to object to the features Of the BILL and
get them amended if he could These explanations of
personal nature, and involved references the state of policy
in Tennessee, and the protracon Of them strongly OBJ
ected to from various quarters being wholly irregular and
out Of order.
which whispered in the Senate that intended by
the opponents of the bill proract the debate until the
cancy created by the resignation OF Mr. HArwooD should be
filled.
Mr.. MANGUM in his place and denied that there
any truth in such There such purpose
eaned any quarters and, there had been, the thing
mpractcabe The Governor Of North Carolina absent
from the seat Of Government He must return and
his council before he could ill the vacancy and to do this and
to bring the representative here would occupy least twenty
days. long before which time the fate OF the bill would have
been decided in the Senate.
The question was here taken Mr. CLArroNs first
luton, in these words
"To commit The bill the Committee Finance with in
sucons he specific duties prescribed by the
of the Soth Of August .s42."
| And it was rejected-ayes &c, noes 49,
And the second resolution having been read follows:
That the bill be committed the Commute Finance
with the duties imposed by said bill
all where any foreign material taxed the
udce OF mechanic manufacturer that other
higher y shall collected ON any than is
provided by the act Of 3oth of August s42 And further so to
regulate the duties imposed by this bill as to raise
sufficient for the exigencies OF the country"
Mr. SEWER inquired from Mr. CLAYTON further informa-
ton as the meaning and effect of the resolution
Mr. CLAYTON briefly explained after which
Mr. r. JOHNSON called for a division of the question:
and divided accordingly as TO be put first on that
part Of the resolution which read as follows:
"Thal the bill be committed the Committee Finance
with Instructions duties imposed by said bill
in all where foreign material is taxed to the
udce Of mechanic manufacturer that other
higher shall be collected such material than is
provided by the act Of the soh of August, 1s42;"
and then the residue Of the resolution and II d.
vded accordingly and the question being the first part of
the resolution
/ Mr. CRITTENDEN said he not positive whether he
should should vote for the present resolution after the
Senate had rejected the former which Of much greater
importance The present resolution would operate class
Of articles which comparatively Of little consequence He
felt reluctance Tor this after the Senate had rejected
the other because he against the bill altogether IL was
such bill that amendment its details would his
appreciation favor Instead voting any amendment he
preferred that the friends and opponents Of the bill should
at once up face face and front front Srong
pressons appreciation the Democratic side Of the chamber
Mr. g. said he did want make the bill any better
he opposed to altogetheropposed to il on the prin-
cpe because refused the labor Of the country that
lection which il fairly and wisely entitled. He
going befiend the bill by making il little better and
little better; he for bringing AT TO judgment with
all it's sins upon its head and let receive that condgn doom
which il richly mented. Mr. C.s conviction that the bill
ought pass clear and decided that forced
him believe that the bill would Much laughter He
did to be sure, exactly how to be defeated
yet in a fragrant he trusted that Providence would
furnish way. He did adopt the Of sitting
the bill the committee If they sent there, would como
back upon them with all speed perhaps in specious
FORM but the less deadly. To whom were they to
send To the very committee who mad brought this mea-