The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-03-05
Col, Wentworth ana .isc 'Unsom.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

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eminent for the year ending June
30, lS4S, was taken up for consid
Grafton.
Mr.. WentW0HM moved to amend
the bill by striking out the 2Sth anC
Goth lines, viz. "For compensation
of the President of the United States
$50, 600"
Mr.. WentWoyM made a speech
which seemed to have unusual in
terest for both sides of the House
IN which he complained vehement,
that he was to be read out of tn,
Democratic party because he woulc
not vote for tax on tea and coffee
and yet to oppose it had once beer
test Of Democracy, and to advo.
cate it was cast on the Wings as one
oi the strongest proofs Of ultra Fed
eralism. He quoted Mr.. Walker
Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.. Clifford, Mr.. C.,
johnson, and Mr.. Polk, as all HAVING
taken this ground. He adyerted to
the tax having been stricken out Of
the bill at the last session on motion
of the chairman of the Committee OF
Ways and Means himself, and com
planned that trick was attempted
to be played on those who had voted
for the bill, because of that move
ment, by reinserting the tax at the
present session. The tax would
cause his State TO pay more than
they would had the tariff of lS4l
been continued in force. He went
for taxation to pay the State debts.
but never would consent that the
General Government should tax his
old women and old maids for their
tea and coffee, while it refused to
tax the rich men on their gold and
silver ware, their watches, pleasure
carriages, &c. The Secretary him
self had told Congress that the tax
would be useless unless laid before
the lst of January. That day is
now past. The Hobbies and gale
ries were fall of men urging the tax.
and why? Because they had stores
full o: tea and coffee, and the mo-
nent the tax was laid prices would
so up, and they would make their
fortunes. II the Government could
not stand this war without resortine
to such a tax on the comforts of the
poor, what should we have done had
the President stuck to 5lo 40 in our
controversy with Great Britain 1t
had been taken off till the Oregon
and Texas questions were settled !:
but now it was the new fashioned
Democracy to put it on again, and
whoever opposed this must be read
out of the Democratic party. We
had a Southern President, a South
ern chairman Of the Committee of
Ways and Means, and a Southern
Organ, and they and all the South
were for the tax, because it pressed
unequally on the North. They were
helped by the Wings, and then out
came the Organ, and was in exulta-
ton that there had been a majority
OF Only four against it. SO it seem
ed that all the Wings were cone
over to the Administration. Mr..
W. would not, however, abuse the
Wings, because lie meant to make a
good use of them yet, He meant to
use them to drive up the Democrats
to the yeas and nays on the three
million loan bill, with the Wilmot
provlso tackled to it. The motto
was then to be ''no lodgings" and
so he hoped the Southern Demo.
Gratis would in like manner drive M
the wings to the yeas and nays.
Mr.. SeabOrn James here asked
Mr.. w. if he had voted for the yeas
and nays on the tariff bill.
Mr., Went,c0rM said he had not
because his son Gall the child he had)
was dead, and he went home. Cen
tlemen might make all out of that
which they thought they were able.
Mr.. ". denied that his course
was actuated by resentment for the
Executive veto of the river and har-
Dor bill. lie had been accused by
some Democrats of going over to the
Wings because he could not co for
the tea and coffee tax. But when
he lost one of the points of the Dem
ocratlc creed, he did bet cling the
more closely to those which were
lett. Those who made the CHARGE
knew it to be false. Let him that
was without spot in opposing Dem
ocratic measures cast the first stone.
How many had gone for 54o 40 sun
posing 1t TO be Democratic; yet they
found that the true Democracy was
a90;' Much laughter.1 Let them
hold their peace. Let the whole
delegation from Pennsylvania be
quiet, for they had all gone against
the tariff of 1916. Let those who
had voted for the French spoliation
bill hold their peace in like manner
so most all who voted against the
lieutenant general-all who voted