Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-08-06
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nypackcr, RuSk Scmplc, Sewer ,Spc..n
Iurncy NcSlcott, lulcc-27.
The Wee President made The y.,.
twcuiy-cght, and dccicod the auc,,o,
lhc Senate then Concurrcd m the mn.
cndulcnt and the bill was reported =,
the Senate and the amcndmcll, srrc,l
| to.
The Bill was then read ,hi,d ,r..
and ordered To bc cugro,scd hv The fl.
vote as before, q to- p.
Mr. Niles moved To postpone the lr
to the next session of Congress. ami
appealed To- his northern friends 10 ,,
for ms motion. He wanted these me-,
to state sincerely whether ,hry da,,
follow IN support OF tins free trade
Was not tins measure pressed forward
and carried through III measure II,
consistent with all proper rules Of lc
! lSIationl Neither II majority of III.
States, nor majority OF the pcor',
were IN favor of this law. You dom
SIR, not of the States, but elected by r.
/ extraordinary power. II was hg
without force without validity. 49,.
our moral power, an act distulhu.
the labor of the country, and the we.
fare OF the country. The qucstlo.
would soon be- presented to the poop
whether they would adopt the plum.
miserable, speculative, humbuggnr
thcor cs of rcc-tradc, or rcpudlntc thcm
altogether.
MIR Cameron rose and said that iron.
tins day forth would be heard the cr.
of "EUrrAL." The agent or sublccto.
any foreign power could not ha,
framed bill more hostile to the into.
cStS of the country than this measure
An officer Of Great Britain could Il.
have p epnrcd II more British act
Mr. J. NJ Clayton desired Mr. Dali,
TO vote orpoStponcmcnt,and address
n powerful appeal to him to do
should there be tie vote. lie STATE.
to him. the Vice Presidents that T.
Delaware, and in Maryland, in Pcm
sylvNnia, and III New York, IN Ne.
Jersey, and all around him ,ho wastoI
that the Vice President wasand would
be the unninching friend of the Tau
of 1912.
Mr. McDuAic, with great warmth
MIR Sewer, with great good natur.
Mr. .Bagby, with flashing eyes aul
Mr. Allen, with lear and laying
down-ot the law manner-al caIlcdto
order.
Mr. Bcrrlon suggested that 1t wa.
hardly fair to addrcssan unanswcrallr
argument TO the Vice President From
all that had gone before it had certain
, ly shown itself TO be very much on,
7 OF place to expect reasons, justice, N
, consistency, from the presiding c1.
Ger.
The postponcmcnt was lost, % o
q Mr. JarnagIn voting against it.
Then come the tug OF war, uponrh ,
r question Of passing the bill.
Mr. Webster rose and addressed Il
Senate for few momcuts,.w NOR
, potency, if possible than before. II.
, spoke again of the wicked effects 9th
, bill upon the labor of the comlry,ml
tod the Senators from the South tl'
they did not know the people Of d..
: North. daughter upon the Admins
tratlon side of the chaInbc) Gentle
men, said Mr. Webster, who lauglmow
may laugh at the other side Of ii
mouth before December next lie.
/ gentlemen from the South that they d.
not know the Nonh.Thcy do not know
the North from Maryland to Nam
either in their pursuits, their polite
or their public spirit. ! tell you th''
five days afcl'lhis law shall have con.
into operation, and Oh the fast MondaY
of December next, you will be CALI.
upon to revise your own law. lh'
will be the first act Of the next So
sion.
Mr. Evans suggested that the FIR.
act would be to borrow money.
Mr. Webster. This, then will sue
coed it or accompany it. Gcntlcmo
who thought that the bill was to r.
main the law of Congress were mI''o
ken. The laborlng men OF the Nor'.
without regard to party, would nscup
in opposition to this act-to your 'I
valorem duties toyour Discriminate
against protection, and III favor OF for
cign fabrcks. They would comic'
you to revise your own acts. 1t WIS
! impossible that men should aclucrs
| in such a measure; and, IN rcyl,ID5
your advalorcm scale of duties, Moy
would do something else, and l'Un
hereafter to take geniIemen's political
professions according to their ad va.o
rem value? Long laughtcr.) lntcai
said Mr. Webster, no iactious oppo.
ton in this act, but do intend toai
que it fairlyan freely-to expose 1t
and 70 hold il ND 10 the publlc nd