Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-02-12

Mr. vnton took the floor and said that prior to the a.,
lS4g the income only into the Treasury bur H.
that ort the from customs and lands
nec 10 be paid into tho Treasury The Post Office Der,
mcnt prior 10 go similar footing but that law 81.
red the whole gross amour. VI postage INTO The Treasury
Hence in both these cases estimaes and appropriations
mo s,al way had to be made. He argued against tho NJ
CIV of fixing any definite amount as maximum to appsd
~ the collection of the revenues of tne reason that the in
,a,ons arc mostly tending to an Increase. He cited y.
,,nrs NJ Secretary Walker, in S46, IN which he ra
snded tina, the expenses of revenue be limited
md estimated for and appropriated ont of the essp
the usual way. ... c.
his nromse instead of reducing the expenses had after no
Recommendation increased the expenses over the precn
.,r sT0 00u He went TO show by reference 10 ha S
ons If the Treasury under Mr. Walker tina, the ,t e
secretary could bring down the expenditures for coIs,
@ ,hr revenue To less than 80 100000 and he had no &
he did his best reduce II to the amount promised Hs
mod in favor of making California and Oregon an ey,c
io the present system OF revenue and in favor Of kec
,bosr remote regions without the operation Of tho lag
Imitinu the expenses OF collections from customs a,I =
favor OF returning 10 the old SYSTEM for the last hall Of ill.,
Hc maintained thar if notdo n9e coycrnm...
would lose in the port Of New York alone more ~,
II O0 900 hy smuggling. That the present limited io wan
va una. 10 detect and prevent il. That the force w.
no, sufficient even make the proper examination al -,
nockagcs &C. but that they had TO rely upon the invoice
~ an evidence of what they contained He said such wou
| bc the effect also in the port OF Boston
Mr Jones of Tennessee, then took the floor and nah,
speech in favor of reducing the expenses for Collecting c
toms.
Mr Winthrop then took the floor, and entered Al lar,, II
- ,hc revenue, SYSTEM by which he said the fearful am, ~
$40 900 O0O under the present tariff he was informed would
he collected
H. said il was a fearful amount, because he did NOT knov
how il was going effect the currency, and the nianuiac
turinp and other interests oi the country The plan OF linn
ration he maintained subjected The commerce the coun
trv To many yexations and would lead 10 immense fraud.
mon the revenue He deprecated such system of econo
N.Y. which, for the purpose OF saving rev hundred Thousand
d5liars would leopard the whole forty millions Of dollars
r., sad that the law OF 549 although II intended for
oood proosc WAS likely 10 secure good results He de-
pccatcd the policy OF appropratlng III Tile lamp auy
branch of the public service IA was proposed by this law
He looked upon il nnwsc as II would be 10 appropriate
in The lump for the army and navy
He then advcrcd the present tariff system OF al yao
rom duts which h. said had driven all the honest mpoc.
from the market had broken down the iron Interests and
.oparled all the manufacturing interests OF the county Il
w,s not he said because the duties were not high enough
but because the system afforded nm opportunity through
,Ise invoices for fraud upon the revenue, and for injury
the honest importer. He advcrtcd 10 the argument OF NJ
g,yly IN favor bringing down the salaries of csomhor
cheers and differed with him 10 tie proprcy ot low sa
lies there He was in favor Of such salaries a. would secure
honest ninns of the revenue lawsto take away
n nucrment bribery. He hoped the snn asked by The
= .cre,ary would he allowed 10 him.
Mr. Toombs advertcd the past operation OF the Custom
system with view show that greater amount 81 y
nue. had collected in lel5 for less than was COW proposed
Tho eynenses he maintained greater now IN the port
Ny ork than they for collecting the thirty millions OF
c,nc in Is for the whole union Mr. Walker, he said had
reduced the expense of collection more than halt Million
s would be seen bv reference 10 his report IN l Mr. T.
ryd paus the incrca OF the appropriation accorn.
M ndaion Of the Secretary OF the Treasury AMI
favor Of adcring the limit recommended III the amend
mcnt reported Us the Chairman Of the committee Of Ways
and Means
The committee then rose and The House al ~: O'Clock ad
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