The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-02


About the time we received the Presidents mes
sge and the report Of the Secretary Of the Treasury
he understood that il was contemplated that thu
Committee Of Ways and Means, when they report
ed bill TO amend the present tariff law, intended u
have in IL provisional clause 10 tax tea and cohe'
in case the wants Of the treasury should require Il
From that time 10 this, wherever or whenever thu
subject mentioned Of taxing these articles, b.
had explicitly objected TO il. He had taken th'
position before his constituents, when the whigl
here, In l84l attempted 10 TAX them In their larif
bill. IL no thought Of his, and had not orig
mated, as had been insinuated, In the disappoint
ment of the Ohio delegation, as 10 the manner ~
which the Oregon question had been settled No
he held TO principles. Whatever objection he had tc
the settlement Of that question originated in princi
pie: such principle as should characterize the con
Duct of an American citizen and representative o.
the people. He was no toady, to prance around
the feet of executive power. No jaekal to minister
10 the appetite of the lion. Nor was he a tail Il
any comet. He was an American citizen; born free
raised free, and should claim the liberty Of speech
and action here and elsewhere, and condemn wha
he disliked come from what source il might His col
league Mr. BREKERHoFFl took the liberty Of making
short speech the other day. and in announcing his
views took occasion to say that his colleagues
would take certain position. What was itl Tha
they could never sustain any bill whatever that pro
posed 10 tax the stomachs of their constituents and
unless tea and coffee stricken from the
dutiabe articles in the bill Of the Committee Of
Ways and Means, and they were satisfied the pro
visions Of the bill would raise a sufficieney Of rev.
enue, "a revenue tariff men, they could not sup
port it, but would take in preference, the substitute
of Mr.. HusoERFoRp. They had authorized Mr.
BRMKERHoFF 10 make that statement, and that wai
their position. They authorized nothing further
He wished now TO read the remarks Of the "Union'
Of last night in which the editor says, in speaking
Of MIR. BRRKERHoFF:
80 much for his financial views. But what t.
think Of Of the people who, alter PROCESSING
to be anntarin man Is willing 10 incur the danget
defeating great reform because he has been DISAPPOINTED
pointed in the search Of once Judge Wick has so seath
ngy exposed these appeals IN his speech Of this day ha
scarcely necessary for to expose them 10 the public
indignation With what scorn did the member from ndi
lash this disgraceul attempt Of trucking and bargain
ing with the administration for little treasury psp-thu
bargain away votes which the interests OF the country
required TO be given The Judge repTobsted such
which God himself hates which the wings despe. and nj
honest man can respect"
Trucking and bargaining with the administra
ton for little treasury pap Thus TO bargain
away yotes, &c. He knew not what was the in
tenton Of the writer Of the article but if he intends
TO insinuste that his colleague Mr.. BRNKrRnoFFl
had the power Of moving him on the chess-board
to accomplish his purpose, or TO wreak his indigna.
ton the Presldent-i he repeated, the remark wai
so intended, which he hoped il was not, he threw
back the insinuation with the contempt which il de
served and branded il false, and worthy alone Of
the mind which could conceive IT, He hoped
however, this was not the intention Of the editor
ofthe paper. Such must be the inference on read
ing the article il seemed TO him, and he clear
his skirts. III such charge was designed, il came
with bad grace frome one who now lives in part
on the patronage Of this House. He was not pres
ent Yesterday 10 witness the display made before
this House by the gentleman from Indiana, [Mr
WIok,l who undertook to lecture Ohio, Pennsylva.
mia, and New York. The "castigation" given
seems to apply to his colleague. When the gentle
mans speech was published, he would cast his
eyes over it, and Judge Of the Severity Of the casti-
CATION" II the gentleman took the liberty Of as
crbng TO him any bargaining" motives, he would
reply TO him. He would give him lecture on his
rights, and desire no interference with them from
him. When the gentleman wishes to demonstrate
his admiration for the administration, and advocate
its principles, he should do it in a different way,
effect his object. He would take notice Of him
at the proper time; and if his course toward him
required it, he would take the veil of of the gen.
tleman, and let the world know who he was
Mr.. JAMES McDOWE ELL moved that the rules
be suspended to enable him TO offer the folio wing
resouton-viz:
Resoir,d That when the general debate upon the bin
before the Committee Of the whole the state OF the
Union shall terminate at two O'Clock to-day the bill with
its and the thereto which have
or may be offered shan be put vote ii shall be in
oEds, to discuss said propositions or amendments pro
committee shall not exceed hiteen minutes.
The said resolution was read.
And the question being put, "Shall the rules be
suspended"
1t appeared there was not quorum of members
present, when
Mr. BARRINGER moved there be a call of the
House.
And the question being put, it was decided in the
negative.
So call of the House was refused.
The question then required on the motion to sus-
pend the rules for the purpose Of receiving the res
oution above mentioned.
And two-thirds not voting in the affirmative the
rules were not suspended, and the resolution was
not received.
THE TARIFF.
On motion of Mr. G. s. HOUSTON, the House
resolved itself into Committee Of the Whole on the
state of the Union, (Mr CoBB, of Georgia, in the
chair) and resumed the consideration of the bill to
reduce the duty on imports, and for other purposes
Mr. GENTRY was entitled to the floor, and ad-
dressed the committee in remarks generally in favor
fhe protective policy but mainly in exposition of
what he denominated the great, damnable, and in
which the people OF the State of Pennsylvania had
been defrauded out of their votes and by which the
men who had perpetraed il had, 10 violation of ev-
cry principle Of democracy, reached the station they
now occupied. These men were James X. Polk
and James Buchanan.
Mr.. ASHMUN obtained the floor.
Mr.. RATHBUN contested his right to it,
After some conversation,
MIR. ASaMUN rather The sad) than give rise to
any difficulty between the Chair and the gentleman
from New York, [Mr. RAfHBus,l abandoned his
right to speak.
Mr.. RATHBUN was in favor of modifying the
tariff Of lS42-not of destroying-not of repeating.
When the cry came up from the Richmond Enquir-
er, "rcpeal the tariff of 1642," II answered from
New York with one universal burst, almost without
Of "no repeal" They were for correct
Ing, not destroying for equalizing, not abandoning
and overthrowing. He could not, as a representa-.
live Of the people, in time Of war, agree 10 sys
tenn that would greatly reduce the revenue The
tariff we now have, with all its defects, with all its
provisions against revenue, produces in the gross
about sc, 900 900; by some notifications, by lay
ing their hands on some free articles and making an
increase on some few articles which would admit of
i, they could bring up the Of this govern.
mont to from S35 100000 to $38, 900 0OO He stood
on the same ground with the gentleman from Ohio,
Mr.. BRNKERHorF, j who Che said) had been much
in his opposition to the bill of the
Committee Of Wavs and Means Mr. n w;uh,a