New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-15


,b, department shall not exceed its revenue.
shdrH ,eJuce our total expenditures to fifty-six
nE.s ~ .onld Give a surplus OF thirteen millions to
Nav of the Liabilities OF the Government Next ne
Tccseded TO demonstrate that the estimates OF the
revenue for the fiscal year are not exaggerated oa'
.ssh;,ies The customs receipts for ten years
a,der the Tariff Of 1916 increased ten per cent per
srnum. Bot suppose them TO Increase no more than
Sxa NJ cent gold is being produced more pentifuuy,
tohscoo and other staples are disposable at good
prioee, and employ more hands and although cereals
are under temporary depression, the difference Is
more than compensated by the increased product. lie
had heard it estimated by competent authority OF
New-Yolk that the year will show revenue OF sxiy 70
iItythree millions; but without accepting that ngh
figure he willing TO take the responsibility OF eg
ilating on the assumption that the Secretary gu
mates win be rather over than under Hence, IN MS
opinion il would be uuwse and inexpedient 10 toucn
the Tariff Of 1857. IL, on the meenpS Oh lne next
session of Congress- 1t be found insuficlent every
body might come TO some agreement LOT us alnsnd-
ment Mr.. Hunter proceeded TO argue deliberately
fbe Advantage of al vaorem over specific duties AID
showed that the effect of specific imposts is TO make
the consumer pay more when no could least afford 1t,
and less when be was best able. The value can be
easily ascertsned. We have the pnces current from
abroad, and the consular certificates, and
the Government will appoint faithful appraisers,
ard not net on the rotation system, we
will have an honest, faithful valuation In ad-
dressing himself TO the protection arguments OF MIR.
Beler Mr.. Hunter sail, that he did not believe that
protection benefits those interests which seeks
10 aid were it for other reason than that it induces
competition and brings down the level OF proots. Inc
depression Of the iron interest in this country, as in
England was from the Tevulsion Of the credit system
aad il was Revision common TO all branches OF In
dustry. The production of gold IN California and Aus
traa s doirg more to protect the iron INTEREST," all
the Customs acts that could be passed into law. 1t
has been proved tat iron can be produced IN America
rs ohesply as in Europe for advantages of cheap
or ore and coal exceed their advantages OF cheaper
capital and labor. After expressing his belief that the
American iron interest has nothing TO fear from com
petition that it is inexpedient TO touch the tsrlf
and that the only way to get along with safety 10 TO
reduce the expenditure, Mr.. Hunter concluded by
saying that the Senator from Rhode Island has made
an appeal in the name OF the American lab0rer
When he does So he is eloquent and earnest, and
(said Mr.. Hunter touches my heart If not my head.
He too, had at heart the interest OF the American
lsborer. He would cheaper the AK with waicn tne
Isborer opens his way the forest the hoe with which
he VIKINGS from the reluctant earth subsistence Tor
his wife and children, the coat that covers him from
the Summers heat and Winters rgor; he wonld
cheaper the bolt that secures the sailors chip, the
oordsge that keeps his spars in their places,
and he would open, by every Unstable means,
every port, on eveY sea, 10 ms commerce;
He would cheaper to the manufacturer his food and
rament and the cost of the sugar that sweetens the
cup tn at cheers but not nebriates lie would cheaper
the IRON and thus extend the track which the mil
lions speed their way by day and night in their pur-
sut of pleasure or business In snort, ne would open
industry; and for himself he was Wiling to bde the
result lie did not doubt the capacity Of his country
men to comp etc with the world The young giant OF
the West has not yet attained his fnll stature IL ID
idle 10 seek TO bind him. He will go forth in his path
of enterprise and of empire. He will not set up his
pillars by smooth and tdeess sea, or pause at the
first outlook upon wide and stormy ocean, but VIII
meet its pillows and buffet with its storms,
leaving, wherever he may go, monuments of
his progress and power enduring as the rock.
OF this there can be no doubt. Would II were as
sure be would be the minister OF mercy as 1t IL that
he will be of power. But the very Suggestion OF ter-
ritory changes his whole nature. Territory awakens
in him the luat of acquisition like the PbGncan who
surrounded the lands with strips of his bulhte shield,
or like that old Saxon Viking, from whom he is per-
hsps descended who sowed the lapull Of earth over
whole feds to be held by such tenure as the strong
impose on the weak. But, while Mr.. Hunter repro
bated the universal lust of dominion that would bring
from the ends Of the earth the handful OF SOIL or the
branch Of the tree embems Of hs seizure, and OF
his title to possessions that may be useless when o6.
tanned stil there acquisitions which he should
use al honorable means 10 secure. There ID Cuba,
the crib taken in his sleep from his site, male and
female created he them" With some further re-
marks Mr.. Hunter concluded amid hum OF applause.
The subject was then postponed.
Mr. Crittenden did not speak on the Cuba bill, as it
was expected he would.
The case of the Indiana Senators then came mp, and
was debated for several hours, the debate being man
Iy confined to the lawyers in the Senate. II was hgh
" interesting but turned much on the legal and
const;tntional points involved that il is impossible,
within the limits of this dispatch, to convey even an
outline of it. - ,,,,,,>,nr>,
HARLAN, COLLAMER, and others spoke on tle
Republican side. and Messrs. BAYARD, GREEN,
BENJAMIN, PUGH, and others against the contest
ants Messrs. Lane and Mccarthy.
Mr. SEWARD referred TO Mr.. Benton's e1punging
resolution and said as the resolution to-day would GER
tainly be carried he would move every year while IN
Congress and perhaps some one Will move wneh ne Is
gone till il be carried that the resolution OF june II,
1858, be in the year Eighteen Hundred and - ex-
plunged from the records of the Senate.
Mr. HARLAN moved as an amendment, that the
Indiana CASE with all the papers connected with H. be
reoommtted to the Judiciary Committee to inquire II
Messrs Bright ard Fitch have been elected In accord
anoe with the Constitution of Indiana, and that the
contestants be allowed TO appear at the bar OF the
Senate aud argue their right to seats.
Mr. pUGH moved so to amend that the report OF
the Judiciary Committee, declaring Messrs. bright
and Fitch Senators, be sustained and that the vote
be final in the
Mr.. Harlan motion was lost, and Mr.. Pugh's
adopted. ,
The Committees Judiciary report was sustained,
and the Committee discharged from all further con-
alteration by votes ne specvely Of % against Ia and
30 against l6, and % against 10 and 80 against To-
On one side were: -, c,..
nut Clay Cinrmsn DAVIS, Green, Gwin Houston, Hunter,
Iverson Andrew johnson Robert w johnson, Jones' Men
s ssd L ss.h n' Smith sSs Tocms w%d Yas
And on the other side,
Ne.srs Broierick Cameron, Chandler CNk C'laue Doc
Htiie Douglas Fes.endep, Foot Hsmn, Harlan King Sew
DIXON ts'Ied oil with Mr. Wright Mr. Durtes with Mr..
ssbu.isn Nj Hse With Mr. Thompson IN NJ simmons mons
with Mr. Allen Mr. Wade with Mr.. f1ee, Dir. roster WIN
M. Pearcs, and MI B.lwith Mr.. Han nond
Mr. Bright and MIR. Fitch did not vote. Adjourned