The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-18

mouse peteVe that the committee will not abuse
theIr powers the resolution ought to be passed.
Ni' EnNARDs was opposed to the resolution, and
to the nbJ+ct for which the committee was raised.
II """'u oe Deter to wait until some authentic or
responsible charges were made before such in
qufi@S shnptn be made. TheV should no, act on
me vague Suggestions that possibly something NAV
be wrong, especially at a tim4 when it was nee
sAFy |" exert all the energies of the Government
to put down the rebellion Besides there was an
nnS '2hd'ng committee on expenditures in the Var
louged. FS "0-
Mr.. kELLoGG, of Illinois, again urged his obiac-
| t'oh TO the resolutions, the ground that there
were no specific charges
Mr.. VAN WICK said that there were sDacifc
cnGrges OF fraud by contractors He understood
nlu"ut u"0ot, mat within two short months there
mas oFen system of plunder which for and ,ci,y
ana "ickedneSs, had never been surpassed In his
connection he referred to the excess of nav for haac
rats etc. He charged no Department With COM
pS'S' o"t ne old say there were men who had
t&ken advantage Of the necessities of the .ina. a
plundered the treasury. Take m. 20 ";lu "a
stedmooat Cataline, not worth more than five or
zen thousand dollars, yet she was chartered for ten
,u"asalu E uoHaFs month, and fifty thousand dol
afs were to be paid in the event oc her dastrnctn
he would tell the House and the country tbot ~
affair." " eNa'iu"''oh lhto thIs
Mr.. KELLOGG moved +o lor A. ,. ,
table. " LAY 'ne resolution on thc
n
'oI, n, were gwen as follOws-yeas 81; nays IT,
lne question then recurring upon the ORIGINAL
resolution, several points of order were raised
SS"tps' us reception, and which being overruIed
oy tue ohalF, the main question was nut and the
resolution ad0pted-veas 81: navs ~ ' VIZ
nir. ELIOT, of massachusetts, reported back the
oi l'o'lo'hg i"T the compensation of the officers
"i ,he revenue marine, and which was passed
va ma.'h OF Mr. THADDEus STEVENS, the House
tS"''eu ltStll into Coma of the Whole on tha
Htate OF the Union, Mr.. Campbell of Psnnsylya.
MA, IN the Cnalr, when the bill to provide in
creased revenue from imports tn paw interest on
up. FF' ""' t""sH
mr. FALLANDlGHAM, Of Ohio, proposed as sub
!'u'e 'or the bill to restore the tariff act of 1871
witn 'he Imposition of duty of ten percent upon
ne 'te ISt, with the exception of tea, coffee su-
gar aud salt, which were be said necass.r;es nf
iitr, and therefore should be EXEMPTED from taxa
uoh' Let the additional duty required be imposed
upon "naC may be termed the luxuries of life the
lhH would then lal upon those better able TO bear
-. ie"aS c"hVloced that the proposed duty upon
suSar would result in no increase of revenue to
the Government.
''r' NTEVENS, OF Pennsy ylvania, opposed the sub
senpts. 1t Ia well known that the tariff of lS47
mn1ch G the gentleman proposed to revive failed to
ue'ray, even in time of profound peaca tho ordi
nary expenses of the Government
me committee did not expect to realize from tba
""'y on sugar much revenue during the present
quarter; tneY knew the present stock on hand to
N-'o''' DGt W ieu tndJ was exhausted the
BILE. '" t"eh oe ooSefVa-
Mr. stevens entered into brief calculation of
'ne expected benefits from the duty on the nrinci
pal articles. wa 'N0 - HUI
II ne was right in these estimates then the tariff
would Yield an increased revenue of S25 500 0OO
ou' even this sum would be insufficient to meet the
necesSaFy expenditures of the Government and
u.'uer' ana perhaps more direct me hods of taxa
'ip! "11d nave to be resorted to for that purpose
hf. ' atLiNDIGTAM said thar.
pies OF duties or imports-una so low as to WILD
nothing, and the other so high as to nrohihit inn
Pnrtatl"nS. The tariff of 1857 yielded S56 600 OOO
while that of 1861 had prodncad far ISs nn
true policy, he contended, was to reduce ratbar
tman increase the duties on imports H.. asked tho
CnalfmSn OF the Committee OF Wavs and Means
lowered. VA '''" "a" no'
MIR. STEVENS warmly denied that the dptv m iron
was "neT"us. and said the cost of that article wae
~" H'y per cent. lower than it had ever baen-so
stroyed. ''"" ue-
-, Mr.. CovoDE, of Pennsylvania, strongly opposed
me enormous duty on sugar and cof.t and s.;d
'he effect OF this bill would be to enrich f4w
ui'tnfs 10 the stock on hand, the most of whom
were Foreigners, and to crush under an onnrnns
ing our battles. '"' "e'e nSh'-
Mr. FRED. CoNKLlNG, of New York, advocated the
tax as recommended by the bill
Inc House dividing upon Mr.. Covode's motion
S9n"ed 81 members in favor of the reductinn
whlch not being majority of a Quorum the ma
t0n was lost. ' 'He ni"
Mr.. Cox, of Ohio said the result of the non-oo-
tiHn "f TINS body at tn. last session had haan not
my ~ P'u"Se tne countrylntO war, and to burden
IL Win vast aFiales, tut also to Asten upon it vast
ha'iohal aeot, which would probably never ne
shaken oil. He would not vote to tax the nerassa-
rles OF HE, unless the advocates of this bill will
consent to lessen the nnerous taxes which had baen
imposed ~, upon the agricultural interests of the
' e "a iron int - 10
lie pronounced it the grasping, gripin~ svsten oF
N Eagiand a"d of PENNSYLVANIA
,Ii rn.ILL, OF yer mont, said in crisis like
'uis every one should sacrifice soma nortion of ri
Vnte opInion to the public necessities
Mr.. CURTIS, Of Iowa, opposed the imnosition of
any duties upon sugar and cnff.e
ar. WRIGHT, OF Pennsylvania, said the expenses
OF the Government must either be paid nv n tariff
OF duties upon imports, or BY direct taxstion and
ne preferred the former. Ii G incurred Of MIR Sta
Vens whether the duties on liquors had been in
creased? ~ "
Mr.. STEvENs-I am happy to inform the Gentle
man and his friends that there there has haen M
increase on the duty upon liquors GLauubter7
MT. MRIGHr-Will the gentleman tell US whetb
er he classes liquors among the necessaries or the
luxurieS OF life? N
Mr.. STEyENS-I knew that if ve toucbed Ii,,,o.
the bill would be lost. [Laught4r.7
Mr.. FoUEE, of Illinois, opposed the bill.
Mr.. BURNETT, of Kentucky, expressed surprise
.naS gentlemen VINO mad shown so much willing
=, 80. w o'' 'oi every measure recommended by the
which squaDdered millions
upon millions of the public money and wonId
squander thousands of valuable lives; measures
which would entail upon the country an enormous
oeot, should now shrink from carrying ont the ogi
cal sequence Of these rneasures-the taxing of the
necessaries of life, To that end it must come
Mr.. STEvENS said the House was running rank
INTO buncomoe, and so moved that the Committee
rise IN order to terminate the debate; which being
agreed to, he moved that the II ouse 90 back into
Committee of the Whole, and that the debate be
restricted TO half minute. Agreed to-
MIR. ARNOLD, Of Illinois, moved to reduce the du
ty on coffee from fix to three cents which, to the
surprise OF the advocates Of the bill was adopted
division was called for with his result: AYES
o+; nays 81, so the motion was agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS said it was evident that the bill
cou!dn't go through without some amendment, aud
that perhaps on the morrow the House would vote
Tor direct taxation; he, therefore, moved an ad.
Journment, nhich agreed to.