The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-17

Congress he rinoipls Of proseetse, ou,bt J, :.
dGned and the duties mpors ought 70 be laid sor n
eoe purpose OF raiug reverue and shat the said cor
mtee be ins to conaidor 20 much ar tSs d..
DENTS Message as sha b resrred to them with vis,
the modhoaticn Of the existing tariff on the princos
herein expressed" Mr. aiiyer raid it was lust la ~
country in this civilized ege Of the world that ths nri
cpes OF protectiop ought to be abandoned and he h
vocates o protection and tariff for revenue oniv
vote on hs proposition admitted Of evasion or odr
Mr. HousTOS (dsm. Of Ala said he va. o,v,soa "a
t0e smencment and the whole proceeding
Mr. HilJsr's amendment was adopted, by ayes s5 :
MIR. THOMAS NJ HowE, (whig) OF Pa, offered further
amenomene ilstiuctpg SAID committee to rapport bill
to the prevention fraud ON the by undcr
ston ana ut the same tme Of protection 60 far as speci
ncs IN place OF aduaores v protect the industrial in
teress OF our country He eaid large mairity OF his
constituents think the whole duty Of this
mot performed whom s has provided revenue merely 10
keep the wheels OF In motion aud to nav tina
salaries OF few pensioners upon the government Thay
think al legitimate are establishcd for the
~ me governed and that when
OF inc true interests Of the people they lose sight
great interests for which the bscn
Mr.. srArLY (whg) Of N said he wa, oppossd to .,.
amendment. He was. however, thorough pIotsctiye
man for the sake VI without the humbuggery
inssasntM matters He did NOT want to ascertain the
disposition Of the House S76t s the position OF the
democratic party Go to soms,of iron men Of Penn
syvania snd they out 6erod Herod when compared TO
you rd the oppositemsn who SPEAK aSout thu oSous
whig tariff OF lS42 As general rule the wings are in
favor Of protection de disspproved Of the whole move
IL would only mako bupcombe at home As fixing the
views OF tne wings they got In fix last November, and
therefore he hoped his friends would mot try to Ok any
thing more upon them (Lauahter)
MIR. Howe's amendment was rejected.
DIT CARTIER, (dem) of Ohio. offered amendment to
add TO bir. Hllyer amendUsnt the words with yea
ultimately to flee trade and direct taxation He thought
they might well look the subject square in the face
The history Of tariffs how they reliable for any
given amount of revenue He had offered his amenI
mcn hac. uofth tha
tom houses He believed 1t was important political
sanitary measure to purify as OK tho duties
which have become the body Of the repub
lie He was for saving the three mii. Of money nov
annually squandeied on worthless persons giving them
trna 10 corrupt and eat out the purity Of ahe He
Deeved that direct tax .tion more lust to eyeSS s
tion than the present mode Of collecting revenue
MI BRooxs said in September there wa, iu the New
six and three quarters millions doars
WHICH then created uneasness in the money market On
the ISL OF July there Deary fifteen millions surplus
Io depiete the treasury and stop he made
especially On raw materials Commerce has been dis
turbed by supusses and to bs rid Of them disbursno
Sere permitted 70 The treasury
wsJs TO free tself Om treasury
and the sub treasury Law stretched to is utost in
oIoer 10 relieve commerce and trade No government
should collect more than II needs The admiuis
taticn bad paid nearly twelve millions the wear bsfore
The was they should keep on taxes to buy At
that which was created about mar or l. snr
pusses lead to wild expenditures The fact of great sur
plus exravsgsnt appropriations Congress know
ing otne would spend there would be general
II.
talked Of war True surplus revenue war
Does the incoming administration intend war II Con-
mulaion it would not do it for TWO wears ~ come h.
cause the rext Congress conld put new tari law in
ope1 alton before year from next December Meanwhile
men we're ceItan to waste the surplus In exravagaut an
propatons He discharged hs duty in asking Congres
% stop raising unnecessary taxes But if the msorty
hey would vote him down That was the dsoosit;on u
he majority, ana hence this effort to override him with
u vas useless to say the incoming ad
,ov had large majoes In both houses and tvs years
Foud capss before il could act if it did act nov
MI CaItters amendment was adopted
MIR LocKHART. tdem Of Is, offered a substitute for
ar Brooks proposition as amended, nstruo.ng said
he tariff to Z revenue standard
MI BRooxs proposed amend this by instructing the
lticIes. and ,enderns the duty On such artole, Of
creign growth producticn do not come in compe
itcu with the agriculture manufactures OF our coun
ry He gave his reasons for Offering the amendment
Mr.. swEErssR (dem Of Ohio replied and accused
The present administration OF extIavsgance.
Mr. BaooKs replied In defence of the sdmnistraton
Both the substitute and amendment were reie cted
The question then REQUIRED adopting Mr.. Brooks
,rieps amendment fer the appointue OF select com
rittee AS had been smended the motion Of Mesrs
Jones Of Tenn Hillyer and Cartier.
No quorum voted the yeas being only eighteen ana
The question was again taken when twenty four voted
N tie affirmative noes not counted, the contest oens
So Mr. Brooks proposition to refer the subject Of the
tariff to select committee was rejected
Mr. CLIveMAr (wng n. Y. oue1eu an anien.aoas
to abolish the duty railroad iron, as means OF get
ting rid Of the surplus revenue
MIR. CHANDLER, (whig) OF Pa, opposed tne amend
Pending tho consideration Of the subject, the com
uttse rose and the House adjouIned.
(There was during the day curious voting on Mr.
Brookss resolution. Mr. Jones' Of Tennessee put an Gd
rsortm rider to kill It, The House at first refused the
rider the vote being tied but re count enid much
exoem Mt the rider carriedS4 to so This was the
test of the whole proceedings for IL Mr. Jonessrder had
been defeated Mr. Brooks proposition for select COM
mittee would have prevailed. The concluding voting
was in the main but FORM the House hers show
inc its determination to take action at ell
From the Mexican Boundary Commission.
THE PARTY ATTACKED BY INDIANs-oNE MAN
KILLED
PRnylnrNcF. Dec l6, 1852.