Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-08-06

| friends to 90 FOR his motion. lie wanledtheso mon
to state sincerely whether they dare follow in sup
port Of this lree-trade. WAS not this measure
pressed forward, and carried through in measure
inconsistent with all proper rules OF legslatiou?-
! Neither m5iorily of the States nor q majority OF
the people were in favor of this law You do it,
SIR you not Of the States, but elected by an extra
ordinary power 1t was law without force, with
out moral powor-un act disturbing the labor Of tde
country, and the welfare Of the country. The ques-
ton would soon be presented to the people, wheth-
or they would adopt the pliiul, miserable spocula
live, humbuggng theories of Free Trade, or ropu-
! dato them altogether.
Mr. Cameron rose and said that from this day
forth would be heard the cry of REPEAL" The
agent or subject of any foogn power could not
have framed bill more hostile to the interests OF
the country than this measure. Nm officer Of Great
Britain could not have prepareda more British act
! MIR J, NJ. Clayton desired Mr. Dallas to vote Tor
Ipostponement, and addressed powerful appeal TO
him to do SO should there be tie vote. lie stated
to him, the Vice President that in Delaware, in
Maryland, in Pcnusy vanio in N. York; in N. Jersey,
and all around him, he was told that the Vice Pres
ident was and would be the unninchng friend OF
the tariff Of 1912,
Nil McDufle, with great warmth-Mr Sevier,
with great good noturo--Nlr Bagby, with flashing
eycsGand AIr Allen, with lear and lay down
o-tho law manner-all called to order.
Mr. Bonlcn suggested that it was hardly fair to
address unanswerable argument TO the Vice
President. From all that had gone before it had
shown itself to be very much out Of place to expect
reason, justice, or consistency, from the presiding
officer.
The postponement was lost, % to 27-Mr Jar
nagin voting against it.
Then came the tug of war, upon the question Of
passing the bill.
MIR Webster arose and addressed the Senate for
with if ppcsibp than
before. lie spoke again of the wicked effects Of
the bill upon the labor OF the country, and told the
Senators from the South that they did not know the
people of the North. daughter upon the Admin
lsration side of the Chamber) Gentlemen, said
! Mr. Webster, who laugh now, may laugh the other
side of the mouth before December next. tell
gentlemen from the South that they do not know
the North. They do not know that the North,
! from Maryland TO Maine, either in their pursuits
their politics, or their public spirit tell you that
five days after this law shall have gone into opera
ton, and on the first Monday in December next,
you will be called upon to revise your own law
This will be the first act of the next session.
! Mr. Evans suggested that the first act would be
to borrow money
! Mr. Webser-.This, then will succeed it or ac-
company it. Gentlemen who thought that this bill
was to remain the law of Congress were mistaken.
The laboring men OF the North, without regard to
party, would rise up IN opposition to this act-to
your uu NdlOTClIl uullcS-LO your discrimination Il
gdiRSt protection and in favor of foreign fabrics
! they would compel you to revise your own acts
1t was impossible that men should acquiesce in
such measures and in revising your ad valorem
scale Of duties, they would do something else and
learn hereafter to take gentemen's political profess
sons according to their ad valorem value Loud
laughter. / intend, said Mr. Webster no factious
opposition 10 this act, but do intend to argue it
fairly and freely-to expose it-and oppose it-and
TO hold it up to the public judgment--hat they
may see what this Democratic Congress has done
against the masses which they profess to love so
well.
MIR Davis, in few words, argued with great
force against the bill, aud showed its effects upon
the trade and business Of the country
Mr. Huntington earnestly and eloquently protest
ed with his colleague against the measure
MIR Simmons closed the debate in few words
against the measure.
The question was then taken and the bill pass.
ed, 26 10 81, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs Allen. Ashley, Atchison, Ather-
ton, Bagby, Benton Breese, Bright, Calhoun, Cass,
Chalmers, Coquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Han
negan, Houston, JarnGgin, Lewis, McDutfie, Pen
nybacker, Rusk, Sewer, Sempe, Spoight, Turney,
Westcou Yulee-2S. lone whig
NAys-Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Berrien, CAM
eron Cilley J. NJ. Clayton, Thomas Clayton, Cor
win, Crttendcn Davis, Dayton, Evans, Greene,
Huntington, johnson, of Md, Johnson, of La,
Mangum, Miller, Morchead, Niles, Pearce Phelps,
Simmons, Sturgeon, Upham, Webster, Woodbridge
az. Three occs.
WEDNESDAY, July 20.
SENATE. Mr. Mangum moved to postpone the
prior orders and take up the bill granting site for
the Washington monument. Agreed to.
| Mr. Benton urged that the morning business had
not been disposed of, and moved to lay the Monu-
ment Bill on the table. Carried 24 to 20.
Mr. Lewis then called up the SubTreasury Bill
and the various amendments reported by he Com
mttoe were agreed to. A motion was made 10
amend by establishing branch mint at Detroit
which was rejected. Yeas 10, Nays 70.
4 Several other amendments reported from the
Finance Committee were agreed to without debate
An amendment to the 2lst section, the object OF
i which was to authorize the issue of paper money
by the Government ,cithom limit, IN the shape OF
Treasury drafts in sums of fifty dollars, one hun
dred dollars, and five hundred dollars, was strongly
opposed by Mr.. Benton, as changing the whole
principle OF the BILL and making the Subj Treasury
nothing more than mammoth bank Of issue.
Mr. Lewis defended the amendment, which was
offered upon the recommendation Of the Secretary
of the Treasury, and said that without it the bill
would not be carried out.
After some further debate by Messrs Allen
Benton, Calhoun, DAVIS and Others without taking
any question: the Senate adjourned.
House.. The Speaker announced the Ware
housing Bill as the special order of the day.
l., The bill to reduce the Tariff was received from
the Senate.
+, Mr.. Boyd of Ky. moved to proceed to its consid
, Grafton.
Mr.. Brodhead OF Pa. demanded the yeas ant
: nays
= Mr.. Mckay, of N. C. moved call of the House
: which was agreed TO. The roll was called an,
;, 1919 members answered. The absentees were mex
called, and IL answered, making 81 present. Tn
d motion TO suspend further proceedings under Tn
c call was carried, l42 to So. The motion to post
: pone the order of the day until tomorrow, in orde
to take up the Bill from the Senate, was agreed tc
It Yeas llS, Nays 100.
d The Speaker announced a message from tn
: Senate.
o Mr.. Winthrop, of Mass, insisted it could not b
9 taken up but by two-thirds vote.
d The Speaker said the question had been put t
e postpone the regular order and take up the tar
bill, and no division of the question having bee
= demanded, the majority vote was sufficient.