The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-12

i co on ue subject OF nnanoe In this House, aud esp
caly IN reference TO the impost the income tAx-it
seemed to impossible that could shrink from
{. cm,ng our opnons upon the question the pre- eet
No doubt, when dealing With scheme complicated
and comprehensive that or the government mgat
have sezed OCCASION and have awaited ourselves OF a-
icuar points 10 IT, when by Joining with nleres. AZ
eced or being me naced We mgbtn all probability nave
government (aear, hear.) But we though. that the
conrte Of great party this believed tnat the
nent we're erroneous, was II not duty 20 TX upon
some broad, distinct and Straightforward basis ana upon
mat TO take the opinion OF the Houses lhear, near
An that unanimous opinion. was not IN our
minds becoming Il US t. join ourselves with tho dscon
tented wine merchants, with any paper msnIscturers
with there public whose complaints VIC nave been
listening this evening, with the many bodies or
interests who believe that they are menaoed by the
propositions of the government; but, oa the contra
ry, sir, II was opinion that an issue
should be joined similar 70 tina. proposed BY
uron The clear dtuct straightforward judgment Of
House Iear Hear. have made these observations
man. net introduce the slightest controversy
his its merits bat 70 explain TO the House
conclusion will not Disguise from the House was 70 US
matter Of great regret that we we're obliged TO precpi
important public business this has placed be-
fore US by the government We were obliged, Isay, to
nss ought have been postponed until the preliminary.
discussions upon several topics had taken place
lesr hear) And in the cou Of this discussion proba
bly, many circumstances would have been changed aud
alterations would have occurred which would have mod
fed many respects the conclusion arrived at and the
expression OF opinion 10 which have referred. But
when the great haste with which those important
,ubecs have been brought under the consider Of
the House, theD almost nexuicable confusion with
| which matters and measures that have Deces
say ction with each other have been mixed up,
the great difficulty which attended hurried consideration
Of affairs complicated felt that such state Of
things rendered really impossible for 10 any
Other than that indicated by the proposed
ton Of my honorable friend the member for Essex (Hear
hear) Now cir that being the way in which the impor
measures which the government have brought for
ward have been introduced to the House II seems i'm
possible this issue 70 be raised that II could be post
Chair to 60 into committee on the Customs Acts. 1Hesr
hear) And although we deprecate and deporo the In
convenience and as we believe the great injury Of the
which would have arsen to the conclusion upon
the whole financial scheme Of the government stll
had been arranged by the Ministry. (Hear, hear Well
that being the state Of the case there accidentally
the subject the French treaty Of commerce Towards
the conclusion Of roee and inquired Of her MAes
times referred to in very perplcxing form. asked
in what manner the government intended INTRODUCES
Of the House. say that the ans yer Of the
government on that &C ;ason was 30 ambiguous, hest
course Of the evening appeared 70 me to be 60
ticabe that felt TO be my duty, though with great
on spe Of III
and cheers) So little had that amend my part
character OF party motion that had not fromhe sta.e
gentlemen with whom am in the habi. Of acting, except
with my honorable and learned friend the member for
Belfast (hear) and should most willingly have the
task undertaken by some independent member OF the
House; but time was urgent the subject pressng
and SO has devoved upon me to call the serious asen
ton Of the House 70 what believe the unprecedented
and peculiar position in which it is now placed-one
which, think will be found ON calm discussion, TO
be position by favorable the privileges
OF this House, and 70 that freedom Of discussion
which We are accustomed 10 view with such pride
and jealousy (Cheers) Probably there have been few
sessions OF parliament In which measures Of such great
importance las been introduced 10 the notice Of the House
OF Commons the vet the this
important business by the governmentnadver tently,
have before most important propositions
we are called upon to consider some OF the most consider
able questions that can be raised n DC bound 70 pro
discussion been ob7idged and limited. Hear hear)
think shall further shoac thai inpotdn portion Of
hGe topics not only they been micd, but absolutely
s,perseded (Cheers) Believing that this has been
Intentional and inadvertent the part Of the govern
meIt but feeling that il has not only placed the House In
| very inconvenent position, but may lead to conse-
qusnoes very injurious to the public service, have
thought II my duty, by the motion which have placed
on the table, to give the House opportunity ofin
terfernG remeoying that which, reflection think
1e eT o. no sss maspas s on
tnea and ayaied himself Of views wbnh have
always peen accepted by the individuals in position
and recognised by this Hocse What Is the language OF
The noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs this
subject Why IN his despatch TO the Regulators OF this
treaty, what the noble lord there says Stand with
respect to all these articles which be set from
duty ard removed altogether from the tariff those articles
shall become free on the day succeeding that on which
the resolutions of the Committee Of the House OF Cam
Pioporh
shall be reported and agreed TO by the House." No
doubt the noble lord perfectly justified in giving
case, what opportunity would We have in Committee
the Customs Acts, to consider this treaty. (HeM,
hear) All those who had voted for the reduction
or remission of duty committee would scarcely op-
pose which carried their reductions effect
the muority-nust in their opposition in committee on
the Cusoms acts be confined merely TO subjects which
tanned IN the Customs acts Therefore, II the Gus
toms acts were passed at ALL the assent Of Parliament
which provided for IN the Goth article OF the treaty
s sss % sanooss Ss s1 %
atty requires the eancton, the honorable member
SG Gals oo n Of the , House Of
the constitution to sanction raty treaties il her
Majesty exercises her preToea've subject in any parcu
II the House fulhs hote engagements the treaty becomes
complete treaty, and there h no doubt would be
cepted as complete treaty by the Power with which
has been go much adverted 70 in his House,
| position in which she is not aoIc to fuinl
her engagements with the foreign Power with
case, and the only mode in ach the treaty can be
brought before the House by the or reduction
Of Customs duties in committee, and Afterwards BY the
passing Of the Customs acts ask the House, are We
to deal with these considerable questions which arise
with the or reduction Of e. e 40
toms duties (Cheen) would refer again 10 the
eleventh article Of The treaty sa xbcn great: Interest,".
which refers to the prohibition Of the expectation Of
coal in which the Queen engages mot 70 prohibit the
portAton Of coal There has been great deal OF dscus
and excitement in various places this subject Blu,
the question was never, in my mind completely and
clearly put before the country TIL eated Friday
night by my honorable and learned friend the member for
Belfast With regard 70 what said noble eecreo-
~ opposite coud not infer from his observations that he
fairly Understood the question: because noble Secretary
referred 10 treaty with Russia which had been neeoa.
ted by Lord Mamesbury and the noble lord Lord Rus
sel seemed conclude that the Of that treaty was
identical with that Of the before But the treaty 70
which the noble secretary referred contained only en-
gsgement the part Of her Majesty not 10 enforce
against the other, sganstihe Emperor Of Rassiaany
bibtcn Of importation or exportatcn which shall
the time be applicable to all other nations That
the which the 18th article Of the present treaty
deals with Nothing prove that more clearly than
that the negotiations In article 10 Of the treaty OF
Inserted provho which clearly shows the contn
gercy contemplated by the 1lth article, which alarms