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sense Of the Inequality of the tax, which was
unanimously adonted.

sense Of the inequality of the tax, which was
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Bya recent amendment Of Congress
to the Exdee Law. manufacturers, in addition to
the 1d r0lort7n and specific duties before imposed.
azerequirtd to pay further tax Of from three to
five per cent. on the prodta Of manufacture: and
WHEREAS. THERE'S reason to believe this amend
ment was the rcsnlt OF accident, aud that it was
not the intention OF Congress to impose unequal
apd oppressive burdens apoumanutacturers, there
fore
Resele<d. That the manufacturers respectfully.
but petition the Secretary OF the Treasu-
=; Or the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, to
delay the execution OF this clause of the Excise
Law Law nntt! the assembling Of Congress-, to the end
dinaEy and unequal Imposition OF tax upon sin
gle Glass Of citizens.
Reso1ced, That while we shall at all times res
pond cheesfully to the demands Of the general
Government, ior the means necessary to caf1y-on
the war against the rebellion, We cannot bntregard
the Income Ta1, as 1t now stands, as discriminate
vent tho profitable use Of capt11 and to check the
enterprise 20 necessary to the deyclopement Of the
the resources Of the country. and the increase Of
hr. 8. a. Rogers, of Bntfalo. NJ r, report
ing himself as the amanuensIs Of his friend
behind him, reported the following resolu-
don:
ResolFed, That It be recommended to the manu-
facturers Of the United States to meet In Conven-
ton, IN the city OF Bufa!o, y. T., on the second
Tuesday Of July next, to further consider the mat-
ters expressed in the resolutions which this Con-
ve4t1on have unanimously adopted
Exceptions were taken to the p1ace INJECT
ing by delegate from Pittsburgh: WIN
thought Pittshnrph The nonra nrone- ,,1.ca
Another fhoruhte eNo,v vo.1- * r. tSN t.Ss
a1;n;h1o a,sn,Eas ~ n AofA ivy y4,,s ine Mpte
ehgloies another uctrolt, ana still another
proposed Pekin, on the illinois Riuer, as in
Gompafa6ly me pest: 4 stormy debate fol.
loMeo, all claiming Tor their place the most
advantages, untu the subject having about
exhausted itseii, was pot 10 vote by tho Chair,
Wien fesnNeq IN stIk'ng out buffalo ah1 in
scLl1ts NeW 1orh CITY.
The questionlwas then raised rs to the time,
September being in the opinion OF nearly all
more proper time than July This was also
In debatc far somc time until t3,e Chair re.
m1nt1inrr tI,e dcfccotca thot 1ie t;ma wna 10
inc conSrmcd hrorrl+ II H. - rota Srhtab ~
" c9laa1Gu olouEnI ~ 10 Fnte, "nlce re-
enNed IN etf1klnE out Joiy anu inserting Sep
San.i sSnne h1 80 enat lne resolntioh, walen was
aaop1ea ~ more tnan q at#o'thrds sote' reads
rs 1onoWs
f,ctnsc.s " tba M,ite ~ ssnt,,l - 70 rue ann
ton. IN III etr of Me,r TnTis o~ tc secnnI T,ra.
DAY Of September ncxt, to further conrisisr The
matters expressed in the resolutions which this
eonsehtien nave Unanimously adopted.
Nas a!sp aaI1Eef f---.,-
1tetttfta, tnat tne convention alpoint delega-
tha M3da - FL ue s @ Fo,, NeW ono ron
With power Of snhstitnting) to visit Washington
~ onee ~ w Gnu tnat tntf MAY induce the sec
fetaf{ O. inc treasury OF me Commissioner ot lu-
come Ts1 flom mann fctnrera unt;I ,a,, "
time for Cougrees 10 correct what ia halirrcd tn