Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-12-18
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

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House Of Representatives:
There shall be appointed standing committee of the
House of Representatives. to consist of fifteen members
be called the General Committee Claims whose duty IL
shall be to report bill each session of Congress making
appropriations for the payment Of private claimants 1t shall
be the duty of the other committees of the House when they
report In favor OF claim transmit their report
with the evidence which it is based said General
mittee Claims and if said committee after due exanina
on shall concur in said report they shall insert
the payment of said claim in the bill payment of pri-
waite claimants and thereupon submit the House the
port and evidence aforesaid to be printed otherwise dis
posed Oh as the House may direct And the demand
any member vote shall be had the sections of said
bill separately notwithstanding the previous question may
| have been moved and seconded.
Objection made and therefore the resolution was
| not received
Mr.. HAVEN, from the Committee on Printing reported
joint resolution authorizing the employment of clerks
and messenger in the office of the Superintendent of
| the Public Printing; which read twice
Mr. H. proposing to put the resolution its passage
| it was read in full as follows:
Resooed de- That the Superintendent of the Public Print
be and he hereby authorized and 10 employ
In his office two clerks at the annual compensation
EACH and messenger three dollars per day. being the
same annual compensation and per diem allowed the clerks
and messengers in the office Of the Secretary the Senate
and in the office of the Clerk of the House Of Representatives
and that the pay of the clerks employed the
first day of December, 1852.
| After short debate between Messrs HAVEN RICH
| ARDSON GORMAN, STANTON, of Kentucky, and
CARTIER the further consideration of the subject was
postponed until this day week
THE PRESIDENTS MEssAGE-THE TARIFF.
On motion of Mr. HOUSTON, the House then went into
Committee of the Whole the of the Union Mr.
STUART Of Michigan in the chair and resumed the con-
sideration Of the Presidents annual message the ques
ton being the resolutions proposing refer the various
subjects embraced in the message appropriate COM
mittees and the amendments heretofore offered thereto
| as follows
Mr.. Brooks had moved amend the second resolution
(which proposes TO refer muck message relates
to the tariff and the from to the Commit
tee of Ways and Means) follows:
Except much Of the message rs relates to the tariff
and revenue from customs which shall be referred select
committee Of with power witnesses and col
ect testimony here and elsewhere and with instructions
by bill otherwise, before the 25h January
next"
Mr.. HILLYER moved the following:
esord, That in the adjustment of the ar by the Ameri
Congress the principle of ought be abandon
ed and duties imports ought be laid for the sole
Of raising revenues and that said committee be instructed
nsder 50 much of the Presidents message is referred
them, with view modification existing tariff upon
the principle herein expressed.
Mr. ii said that his purpose in Offering this amend
ment to elicit the vote Of the committee
i political question They had already determined that
the tariff should be adjusted upon ad valorem basis
but the resolution which he had submitted was step
furtherthat was that the tariff should be adjusted upon
the principle Of free trade far compatible with
our system By the adoption of his amendment
the committee would declare that the principle of proec
| ton should be abandoned This in his estimation was
just Ii due to the country in the present age Of
commercial intercourse between the nations of the world
IL TO the civilized world that they should announce
that this principle Of protection had been abandoned by
the American Congress. He proposed by his amendment
to lay down the line straight and clearly Marked be-
tween the advocates of protection and the advocates Of
tariff for only. vote upon il would admit of
evasion those who favored tariff for protection must
vote way those who favored tariff for revenue must
vote another way. This plain dealing; it fair
just, and honest and he trusted that his proposition
would be adopted
/ Mr. HOUSTON said that he had mt time N civ tho
reasons why he opposed to the proposition Of the
gentleman from Georgia, well to this whole pro-
ceeding He was opposed to it, however, and to
| time he would say more.
i The amendment of Mr.. HuLYKR was then agreed TO
i Ayes IS, noes Al.
Mr. T. NJ. HOWE moved to add the following:
Re'o,ccd, That said committee be instructed report bin
proposing specific duties whenever practicable with view
the prevention Of fraud upon the by undervaluo
and at the same time protect far specific in the place of
ad vaorem duties will allow the industrial interests our
country against the competition Of foreign cheap labor
and the auctuating prices Of foreign markets.
Mr. H. said thath he offered this amendment for the pur
pose If possible, Of elicng vote which should show
to the country the position Of the American Congress
upon theiquestion Of protection He had offered il in
good faith He belonged that school Of politicians al
though comparatively young man. denominated by the
gentleman from Illinois the other day antiquarians
his constituents or at least q large majority Of them
thought the whole duty Of this Government per-
formed when It had provided merely keep the
wheels Of Government in motion. They thought that all
Of the governed and that when Governments lost sight
Of the true interests Of the people, they sight Of the
great interests for which Governments were instituted
They thought that Of the highest duties Of Govern
ment was to protect the industrial interests Of this
try against foreign competition and cheap labor As he
bad stated he was anxious to elicit vote the propo-
son-not such vote as had just taken place for he
thought he proeconts voting for the propo-
son Of the gentleman from Georgia, MIR HLLYER)-so
to bring the question before the House in order that
the yeas and nays might be called He anxious to
have vote to show where parties stood
Mr.. STANLY opposed the amendment Of the gentle
from Pennsylvania, because he objected to any
Of the principles he advanced He heartily copcurred in
all Of them, for he was thorough going protective tariff
man going fer protection for the sake Of protection
without any humbugging incidental" matters Of rove
nue. He opposed the amendment Of the gentleman be-
cause he wanted impossiblity He wanted to FIX the
position Of the House upon the tariff. WHY who on
earth could do that What the position Of their
friends of the Democratic party upon the tariff? Go 10
Of the the iron in Pennsylvania and hear what
they said about it. Why they out Heroded Herod and
beat him all hollow. Let them ask Southern man abou,
the tariff and it the most formidable thing in exist
Why in some parts Of the Southern country they
sent down the militia and stationed them at bridges to
keep the tariff Of 1912 from overrunning the country
daughter How they going to tx the Wbc party
upon that subject? They we're I" fixed already They
were in "bad FIX" IL there any life in the party
he thought his friend from New York would have TO blow
pretty hard to make il show itself laughter How
was his friend from Pennsylvania going to FIX their
position upon II r what good was he going to do by it,
As general thing, the Wings in favor of protec-
ton That Of the things fixed upon them by the
constitution Of the country They could not get rid OF
it IL they desired He therefore opposed the gentle
mans effort fix IL upon them When the Kane letter
went TO Pennsylvania, which showed thatames K Polk
was better tariff than Henry Clay the Democratic
party in that State fixed protection upon themselves but
now they were rather inclined 10 be free Traders IN