The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-04-18

MONDAY, APRIL II. 1s4s.
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HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
| The journal having been read
SCOTT CORRESPONDENTS.
| Mr.. CLiNGMAN moved suspension OF the rules to
enable him to offer resolutions to the following effect.
which were iead for information, to wit:
That the President be requested Qfnol, in his opinion in
compatible with the public ineresr) to furnish this House
copies the correspondence between Major General Vim
October and November of the year 1886 and especially
copies Of any letters dispatches Of Gsnsra scott bearing
vcmbcr detailing the plan of operations TO be formed and
tie mode Of conducting the war with Mexico both with
the Rio Grande And also of any correspondence between
General Scott and the Secretary OF War with reference to
all other letters received from General Scott either directly
from him. Of transmitted by any other dated prior
mand OF the army in the vicinity of Mexico.
| Mr.. PALFREY was about to speak on this motion,
The SPEAKER informed the gentleman that motion
to suspend the rules was not detachable.
MIR. PALFREY appealed from the judgment, OF the
CHAIR but after some explanations, withdrew the ap
The House then reed to suspend the rules, and the
resolutions after verbal amendments to include the
replies OF the Secretary OF War; and all the unpub-
lished correspondence OF Gen. Scott, were adopted
REDUCTION OF DUTIES OF FRENCH MANUFACTURES
| Mr.. c. J. lNGERSOLL desired suspension OF the
rules enable him to offer resolution Of inquiry which
was read for informatlon as follows to wit:
Resolved That the Committee of Ways and Means
tain, by consultation with the Secretary OF the Treasury
and otherwise and report this House wheher the imme
date reduction OF fifteen of the thirty per ad pao
rem now imposed duties French productions import.
ed into the United States will not this crisis in the French
essed industry Of that country to which this is so much
indebted and ALSO be without disadvantage, not bene
cia revenues commerce, and general welfare OF the
United States.
And the rules being suspended accordingly
Mr. VlNION moved TO amend by striking out all after
the word House," and inserting the words what mod
icatons may be necessary to make in the tariff act of
1916"
Mr. McLANE proposed to amend the amendment, by
striking out all after the word resolved and inserting
the following, to wit:
That the Committee Ways and Means inquire into the
expedency of adopting the following join, resolution;
the lth day July, 1913, all duties levied by existing laws
upon articles imported from the republic OF France the
States America be, and the same hereby, repealed
Prordd That all duties now eyed by the laws OF said re-
United States mported into said republic OF France,
shall be repealed on before the aforesaid 4b day Of July
Which amendment the SPEAKER ruled to be out of
order until the amendment by Mr. VINToN should be dis
Mr.. HOLMES, OF South Carolina, said, if there be a
sympathy in this country for the French people now
shown than by an overt act He commended the House
the example of the charitable Frenchman before
pany of sorowing witnesses OF the object OF their charity
who took out his money and said ne was sorry twenty
dollars" LETTERS he sad had been received from France,
representing the greatest financial endorsements in the
affairs OF that government and if could now reduce
only important relief towards people to whom we
much but it would encourage the government OF
that republic, and confirm their good feeling toward US,
that, after its organization, among the first acts OF the
government would be to remit the duties now
imposed by France our tobacco cotton and provisions
Such course OF policy would be like bread cast upon
the waters" II would return TO us many fold
Mr.. j. Il. INGERSOLL rose to order, and stated his
impression that there a resolution now on the
calendar covering the same ground with that under con-
Mr. C. j. INGERSOLL That resolution must lie
over one day-and that's for ever.
The SPEAKER said, the resolutions were not iden
cal The present was but resolution OF inquiry.
Mr.. HUDSON had no disposition, generally speaking,
to oppose resolution OF inquiry; and ne consider
ed the present resolution to Dc OF very m , c
have detained the House for single moment But as
some debate had arisen, he desired TO state one
Or two things which he considered applicable; plea t to
ence The tariff of 1872 the principal objection to it
before the people was, that the tax it imposed upon uxu
es was generally too low i wa? urged r sden at al
and wines were especially mentioned among the thou
sand other descriptions Of Injuries silks, and gewgaws
furnished by the commerce with France.
Mr.. c. J. lNGERSOLL (inteuuptingl said wines were
not comprehended in the resolution The resolution re-
erred to productions which pay duty of thirty per cent,
while the present duty on French wines was forty per
Mr.. HUDSON. The gentleman. then, had changed his
mind with reference to this article; Tor ne remembered
resolution BY the gentleman from Pennsyvana f9r the
glad to it left out AT all events the reso-
luton relates to the thousand and one OF those luxurious
gewgaws, whose names uniDtellgible to him; and
the inquiry was, whether now, during the time OF the
provisional government should at once proceed to
modify tariff that may receive these Injuries
and gewgaws free of duty, byway OF encouragement to
them in their glorious undertaking. We had already
expressed sympathy with these people in their strug
gle and at the proper time. But whether this
proper time TO modify revenue laws, was quite anoh
matter II it the proper time for such work. he
would say let take up the whole subject Let wines
have their proper share OF aenhon and let the great
iron interest OF the genemans own State have also its
proper share of consideration.
Mr. H. cared very little whether the resolutions were
adopted rejected He wished the gentleman to under
stand that he wholly to touching the reve
laws, though he considered this was not the proper
time manner for proposing the modification 1t was a
subject which deserved the gravest consideration he
would much rather take up the great iron interest OF
Pennsylvania than TO begin upon such trlfes
Mr. INGERSOLL, in reply, merely desired to say that
the proposition he moved was mere resolution OF inqn-
ry and il was impossible that it could work any MIS-
chief, because it to be submitted to committee OF
which the honorable gentleman from Ohio, Mr. VIM
and the honorable gentleman from Massachusetts
| Mr.. HUDsoN,l were members, and IN the maJonv
He would put into their hands, to do with 1t whatever
they might think proper With reference to the iron
interest," he desired to say that was exactly what ne mad
view by offering this resolution He wanted to enable
France TO pay for iron, which he persuaded she
could not do unless would consent to take some OF
her gewgaws He could not suppose that his friend
from Massachusetts considers liberty gewgaw
Mr. HUDSON would ask the gentleman whether his