The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-21

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iron; then it brought forty dollars eighty dollars
ton in consequence many Of the Stale and pvss con
panies commenced with sufficient capital bat owing to
the great rise they find difficult impossible 20
on he understood the money not needsd at this
bill proposes to give credit Of four years IN all probs
o at the expiration OF that time government will nsei
the money - the present funds may be sshaus.s He
than the plan proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury
Tor the latter cannot 80 into operation before January
Mr.. sKnToN, (dsm.) of N. Y, asked Why not intro
dues bill posPoning the duties to be paid BY the
chants ?
Mr.. CLNGMAS replied-For two reasous-nrst because
goods have not undergone any rse within ths last egh
een months and secondly the mportations goods are
for private purposes while railroads made by Sasa
and companies for the benefit of farmers No doubt the
latter their taxes when does not reed the
money. There was . certain interest in this House,
known as the iron interest," represented with sdeit with
q God deal OF lobby influence
Mr. SKILToN begged to cay be not representative
OF the iron interest," he derired equal laws for
mon country.
Mr., CINGMAN resumed-Tbe iron interest claim pro
scrpvs right to have the the country taxed for tner
benefit hence when proposition OF this kind intro
ducsd, obstacles are thrown In the way.
Nh. HOUSTON (dem Of Ala suggested an anne dment
There were railroads in AabamA which have been i'm
porting iron aud paying dutos within tHs twelve
months and he wanted them relieved.
Mr. CLNGaAN replied-Tbere were railroad. In North
Carolina in similar condition, but the bill covered all
cases where the duties were not paid
Mr. JONES Of Team, moved t, the bill the table,
being opposed to the credit ystem This motioa lost
Mr.. CoBb, (dem.) Of Ala, !, proposed an amendment,
provided. in all cases OF extension Of duties six per c,n
Mr.. JONES Of Tenn, moved t, lay the bill and the
amendment on the table. Lost-ye, So; nays, s5; IS
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On molten Of Mr. WALSH the bill referred to the
The House then went into Committee of the Whole
TIE State Of the Union, Mr. ORR, (Aem of 5. c. in the
rHx PRESIDENTS MsAGE-spxxcu or aERRrr SMITH ON rHs
| KoszrA AFFAIR SLAVERY ETC
MI HOUSTON submitted resolution referring the vari
oEs branches OF the Presidents annual message TO the
/ appropriate committees.
Mr. GERRr SMITH laboltion) Of N. Y, said, this
him to confess In advance He in the habit Of i'm
putting errors to men very freely Perhaps on this
habit hut Il net copn arnoas to th. hpbt ~ M
bad one, that he claimed exception fro him
seif He sbounded in them, sno willing gentlemen
should make reprisals upon him. He hoped that while
h held his seat here he wculo be in teachabs posture
The Presidents message fully and warmly endorsed the
conduct of the Administration in ths matter OF Martin
| kosztA Now he was prepared to bestow unqualified
praise In that particular He not ready accord
geit credit 10 Capt lasraham for his lust determination
to rescue koszta, and yet he would that had
gone one step forther-hs wcnla that Isgrsham had
insted on kosztas being set At absolute bsrty-hs
would hav. lst nothing at that point to the dsre Of
France the French Consc to the discretion of any
| ether government. He would have had him hold no
terms enter IL 70 any treaty with kdnsppers. Koszta
wss . kdnap ped American citizen AS sach the Ameri
can government bound TO set hn absolutely free
but Capt Ipgraham reprss ented the American govern
ment the oGcaoa and for that aion he Wa ths
American government. Perpaps what he said might be
Inconsistent with the views of his peace loving friends
IIerabam b. lie, ed in the prop iety of naoOaI armed
police, and believed here occAgion for the of
such police-but that was not war. Capt Ingrahsm
not ready to mske Austrs and did threat
en- ber with Capt IngrAham properly had nothi,
10 do with Austria, nor with the Austrian Consul.
1t would have been insult to Austria and authority
| had he charged her with kidnapping He had only to
DO with kidnsppers who restrained kosztsf liberty All
he had to was to set him rcor ditionsy free and
compel them to make unconditional surrender of their
| prey He knew that Koszta not American ct
Zep bur the Secretary OF State argued oonclusvsy
right Of intern atonai law that he lie wished Mr.
Marcy had gone further and sad Kosza WAS by the
Of reason ard right, AN American citizen 1t is high
time We base our justification somsthng sub
stanal and certain tha and the
eaten codes OF Europe It is high time it was placed
Captain ngraham invaded the rights of neutral state
bur he always regretted tbs Secretary of state did
positively deny this. The denial not needful for his
argument; yetit would have done good Ca plain Ingra
ham did not violate the rights of Turkey Austria did
not charge but Turkey violated the rghta of Amer
cans because she did afford Koszta the protection due
to him. She was chargeabe with letting him be kid
Mapped Turkey had nc right to be invaded. He held
mat when neutral State .nsi ,sroesr to 90 JUSTICE to
might be sshed whether he would have had Captain In
graham fire into the Austrian ship2 He answered, he
he would bsstow unq liaed praise on our govern
mtnt for the Kosza affair. In of the pa@agss in
the letter OF Mr. Marcy Mr. Hulsemann rheto.
rica beauty he ventures to nsinuate the dsspotsm OF
Austria He would not this hypo srisy
but 1t was in bad tasts for America is lar aud
guiltier oppressor Austrian desposn compared with
ours which compares TO cha ttes the little finger
to the lons Secretary Marcy menonsin his Justification
Capt lngraham the Divine law "Do unto others
would have them do usto U.S." Was not this the very
acme of presumption, for American Secretary uote
this while the nation Is trampng under n.ilons
its inhabanttP Did Mr. Marcy su pposs Mr. Hulssmann
stone blind and had lived in Washington long,
to see the buying and selling Of men, women, and chill
dren going continually And did Mr. Marcy suppose
Mr. HusenAnn ignorant Of the fact that this
the great savecateher for the saveholders2 Did he
suppose Mr. Husemann did not know that the slave trade
fnos In the American government its greatest patronp
that not only undsr general regulation but
Hulsemann ignorant Of the that this admnstra
tion surpases all its predecessors in shameless pledges
and devotion TO the slave powerp The Secretary exats
the wisdom Of man above the wisdom Of God when he
says Christianity requires to do unto others
would have others do unto except when acting under
legal restraints This latter u sheer ints OF hs
Secretary The administration is guilty, at this point OF
aen ptrg to corrupt Chi stianity In the sacred and
thentlc record The Bbls command is absolute. He
aware that had the administration put the justification
OF Capt. Ingraham's conduct simple Bible truth 1t
would have opened the door for the of every As
Of At R,g-
ton and the celebrated rescue in his mr. Smith) neigh
borhood-the jerry rescue at Syracuse and justified the
shedding OF blood at Christians and justified the deliver
every slave in this land He supposed the adm
nisAon had sold itself In advance to the slave power
This adm ntraton has right to give up Christianity
for slavery Having further owet this point he said
After ALL the administration has done good service
in attempting to qualify the Divine command "Do unto
others you would have others do unto US" For the
sake Of saving slavery mre MS to obey tho commands
Of the Bbe TO let the oppressed 90 free He glad
the administration had identified itself with abolionism