Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-04-20
The Revenue Law.

Va
the Standard for analysis of the votes upon the
Revenue Law of the last session of State Legsla
ture, from which we CLEAN the following facts:
The Bill originally one of the revised statutes, was,
at an early period of the session, taken from the
committee on that subject and referred TO the joint
Finance Committee consisting of Messrs. Bower,
Bovd, Wilder, Walker, Gilmer, Clark, Rayner and
Cherry on the part of the Senate, and Messrs Shep.
herd, Mehane, Cansler, Steele, Patterson, White of
BIadcn, Smith and Long, on the part Of the House.
The BILL after discussion and amendment in the COM
mittee, was reported to the House of Commons by
Mr.. Shepherd and after having been debated at
much length altered and amended in many respects,
was finally passed on the 29th of January, by the
following vote:
Those who voted fer the bill, Messrs Amis Badham
Barringer Baxter Black Blow. Boyle, Bryson, Bullock
Gansier, Garmchsel chadwick, Cook, Craven, Dargan
Dortch, Dunn, Fynt. Fur, Gsrland Gentry GOETel. o.
MsDue Martin Msa5 Me6sne MeEds
Parks Patterson, Patton Phillips Regan, Roland Russe
Selby, Settle, Sharpe, Shaw, Shepherd, Sheriff. Ship
Tancs Wangh W6sfer l. Withheld
;: Whitfield, Whitloek, wilkins, B. F. Williams, c. W.
Those who voted against the BILL are, Messrs A. Barnes
Bryant, Gotten, Daniel Daughtry, Davenport Eure, VI
MILAN Mann, Rose, Stubs, Tomlnson, Watts G. M,
White J. H. White T. H. Williams, Winston and wright
pa.
Forty three Democrats and thirty-nine Wings IN
the affirmative, and fifteen Democrats and nine Wings
in the negative.
The bill was then sent to the Senate and debated
and amended at length, but on the 18th OF Feb
ruary but six days before the adjournment, the ma
iority of the Senators, fearing that the whole bill
might be lost by the of the House in
the Senate's amendments, receded from them, and
greed to the bill precisely it from the House.
A supplemental Bill introduced into the Senate by
Mr.. Haughton embodyng these amendments was
passed by the Senate, but failed to be reached in
the House.
The following is the vote of the Senate, Saturday,
February TO- on the final passage of the bill through
that body:
Those who voted for the BILL Messrs. Biggs Bower
Boyd, Christian Coleman, Collins, Cunningham, Davis
Eaton Fisher Freeman Gilmer, Graham Graves, Haugh
loe' Thomas of D., Thomas of j.. Walker and Wood26.
Those who voted against the BILL Messrs Ashe Brog
den Clark Eborn Fason, Fonville, Herring McCleese
Mcdowell Martin, Person. Rayner, Sanders Speght, and
Willey-l5.
Fifteen Democrats and eleven Wings in the af-
frmative, and ten Democrats and five Wings in the
negative.
On Friday, the 9Th, on motion to strike out of the
bill so much of the section imposes tax on dstil-
lers of turpentne, the vote was as follows:
Those who voed in the affirmative are Messrs Speaker
Ashe Bggs Boyd Brogden Cherry Christians Clark Davis
Eborn Fagon Fenne Fisher Fonvie 6 aagghtoB Her
Rayner Sanders Speight Tayloe Walker, Wilder, Wig
gins, and Wood-3O.
Those who voted the negative are Messrs Cole
man. Collins Cunning CHAM, Eaton, Freeman, Gmer, Ora
ham, Graves Lane, Martin, Mitchell, Taylor Thomas of
j., and Willey-15.
Several Senators voted against The bill because the
Senate had receded from It's amendments, and had
taken the bill as it came from the Commons.
1t will be thus seen that the law passed by very
large majorities in both Houses, and that, from
analysis of the vote, party capital can be made
nor any party character given 10 the Revenue Legs
laton of the last General Assembly.
AS we have remarked before, the bill, it now
stands differs very materially from that reported by
Mr. She pherd, and jusce to that gentleman demands
that this fact should be borne in mind For instance
the tax on Turpentine Disteries, about which a
good deal is said, was an amendment made in the
House. 1t is also proper to remark that the fact of
any gentleman having voted for the law, its final
passage, dos by no means, imply approval of all
its features AS in the Senate, amendments were re-
coded from and embodied in a supplementary bill.
rather than the risk of losing the whole bill and
leaving provision sustain the credit and provide
for the exigencies of the State, in the House,
gentlemen, unable to defeat obnoxious features in the
bill, amendments engrafted upon it, preferred to
swallow the bill with all its faults, to mourning the
responsibility of making provision.
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