The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-22
THE REPU BL1C.
# Mr.. TAYLOR was rejected =

The amendment of Mr.. TAYLOR was rejected
ayes 10. noes 81.
Mr.. DUNCAN offered an amendment instruct
ing the Committee of Ways and Means To report a
bill reducing the duty on coarse wool from thirty
TO ten per cent, and exempting from duty certain
articles which enter into tho composition OF manu-
features. He briefly advocated the proposition.
Mr.. EWING declared himself in favor of admit :
ting railroad iron free of duty, and opposed the
pending amendments as impracticable in them
selves.
Mr.. DUNoAN's amendment was rejected. .
Mr., MEADE offered substitute for that of Mr..
WAsHBURs, to the effect: That said committee be
instructed to report bill reducing the duty on
railroad iron at the point to secure SO much reve-
nue., and no more, was collected during the last
fiscal year. The increased price on railroad iron
throughout the world, he said, would increase
the amount of duty during the next year
Mr.. SHELTON was in favor OF lessening the
taxes. Equality OF laws ia the motto which should
govern every party, and for this he was
opposed to discrimination in favor Of railroad iron
When the national debt shall have been paid, and
the accounts still show surplus revenue on hand
the Government.
Mr.. MEADEs amendment was disagreed to.
MIR FlCKLIN offered one, instructing the Com
mittee Of Ways and Means to inquire into the e1-
pedency Of reporting bill reducing the tai es pro
rata, in order to equalize the burdens OF the Gov
eminent, adhering to the ad ualorem principle and
avoiding every thing like partial legislation. He
said that all tariffs should have an eye exclusively
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| tempt ID made to favor any particular class or
interest, there is departure from the spirit of the
| Constitution. He wanted less annual revenue
| from tie to twenty millions of dollars, and was for
reducing the expenditures from forty-six or fifty
| millions 50 "a not to exceed thirty millions per
| annum
Mr.. HOUSTON briefly gave his reasons agains,
any interference with the tariff at this time
when
| The Question taken, and Mr. FIcKLIN's
amendment rejected
| The amendments of Mr.. WAsHBuRN and Mr.
CLINdMAN were severaly disagreed to; and the
original resolution, heretofore introduced re-
| ierring so much Of the message relates to the
tariff and revenues from customs to the Committee
| vi Ways and Means adopted.
The remainder OF the resolutions having been
| acted upon. the committee rose, and they re
ported to the House. ~
Pending the question concurring in an
amendment to refer both the subjects of rivers and
| har bors to the Committee on Commerce
The House adjourned.
| BY Mr.. CLEMENS: The petition of Peter Var
nall and ninety nine other citizens of Wheeling
10 favor of bill to authorize the Secretary of the
| Treasury to deposit with the several States the
fourth instaIment of the deposits OF the public
money directed to be made with said States by the
| act approved June %, 1886.
By MIR. SCUDDER: The petition Of Selma c.
Sumner, wife of Captain Thomas II. Sumner, who
| Is now insane, asking pecuniary aid for him and
tbs family as reward for his scientific discovery
| ny WI Gu pup D position AT sea may De ascer-
tanned when no observation of the sun ca n be had
Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
| Also, the petition of George Marston and seventy
others, for beacon to be erected on the "Deel
| Hole Rock" in the Vineyard Sound, Massac hu
setts. Referred to the Committee Commerce
BY MIR IVES: The petition of the President and
Secretary of the Wntertown and Rome Railroad
Company, for the construction of breakwaters al
| Cape Vincent harbor, New York.
| BY Mr.. BERNHISEL The petition of the Leg
| relative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, asking
Congress for an appropriation of five thousand dol
| lars to compensate the code commissioners. Re-
| ierred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
| BY Mr.. CHANDLER: The petition of Henry
Seedle, and other citizens of Philadelphia county
asking Congress to modify the Bounty Land &C
passed September, 1850, 30 as to give each person
to be benefited by said act and the seamen anc
marines who served in the late wars, one hundred
and sixty acres of land.