The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-16

REMARKS OF SENATORS GREENE AND AUSTIN.

REMARKS OF SENATORS GREENE AND AUSTIN.
In the Senate of Virginia, on Wednesday
last, Senator r. G. Greene, of Petersburg, of
fered the following:
"Whercli, the present dnty coal affords yalua-
bic protection to the miners of Virginia, and the
rep. Il of such duty will be fa injury to strug.
Cling, yet highly important, State inerest 1nere.
fore, be 1t
Resolved (tho House of Delegates ,ncurring),
That our Senato-J in Congress be instructed and
our Represen' stv requeltsd, :, oppose the repeal
OF the duty on bituminous coal"
On this preamble and resolution Mr.. Greene
spoke as follows:
Mr.. PRFs'pENT-I do not offer this re Ioution for
the considera on of this nas 81 patty mss Ture.
But desire . Sc protection to our own local
interes. ia this Stt1, in which we are ALL without
regard 10 political distinctions, deeply iutarc ted
Virginia h; &C ), nteregt of VI t extent, accessi-
bic through both her constructed and prcjec ed lines
of int rnal improvement to the ,eaboard. SO that,
not only he the I'M t3ror of our $50, where our
vet mining lands lie undevelopc ], only partially
deyelope' but onr commercial cities on the se.-
board are deeply interested.
With the pie7ent duty of 81 so per the miners
OF virS "a can op,n new yeir = and extend +he'-
works flready begun.
move it, nd even the old and strong com, mics
of Maryland and PenI lylsania will suffer- aud the
newer and weaker enterp. ses Of own State will
be seriously injured, If not totally destroyed.
T1c7e ehor'l to repeal ths duty come from sp.
2sises on jide of the Ur ted Sat, or of New York
and Boston, who have t.ken their capt., to Nova
scotia and Invested it in the largo col lands of
foreign country; aud havir .caped tho yment of
the informal revenue tax necessary to support our
COVER nent, now ask the mode3t eratuity of 81 so
per IN IRON the Anne coal miners TO swell their
profits, and Il thor to ir1at, their alrc ly blosted
stock.
Democrats and Republicans alike oppose it ia Con-
gr IS from tho 20 having coal mining in. ,resss
Mr.. Taylor, of Norfolk (interrupting).-W the
senato rom Petersburg allow me to ray = him,
that he Republicans ,om Virginia in the House of
P1presenA tves vo solid agfinst the repeal, whro
t le Consel yasives vot d solid for the rops i.
NJ. Greene.-Well, il. reply to that / car only say
that regret excee 5pgly that portion of our del
cation in the lower House of Congress are SO tho
roughly under the influence Of the paTty whip,
welded by Cox and Wood of New York city, /, /, to
DO entirely oblsy-ous to the ma al in 81 sts of
their cons .ituen.1.
san lbservency on the fe ,r Of this Senate.
desire to say trt the i'd of cheapenipg c. i. for
tho poor is the me- pre- anse CT the attention
of this body to the act that anthracite oil is not
affected by this proposed repeal Anthracite coal is
now, and has bS for many years, .ree. And it is
the anthracite coal that is used by the poor whilo
the oitfminous coal is ed by wealthy COZ oiporatons
such g. compapie,, mannif tii.s at: amsI 'p
companies. etc.
The pre- ent high price of anthracite coal is the
result Of r.se in freight tariffs and failure o. coal
dealers to lay in sufficient ock of anthrs te COIL
Now, L would appeal to those members of this
Sena- who clamor louc'y as 'rst out -ide capi-
-, 70 come forward and SUI port th,' resolut,
which looks . tle salvation of our beloved S .ete
from the influences of "oreign capital not
only to our State, but 2 our whole country--that
see to build it7ef up at the expense of lie mate
rial interests of the s. te of Virginia.
appeal - that Estate p-ide", 60 o.tsn ventilated
on this floor, or the suprem of local intere5ts
over party politics. appeal on behalf of the own
ers of the We It coal lands all this great Stse
whose VT interests are much at stake in this
matter of repeal of the duty on bituminous coal.
Senator Austin, of Lunenburg, supported
the resolution in remarks in subs ,nce as FOL-
lows:
consider this proposition 70 repe; the duty on
coal an Indirect propo.ton - reduce the value of
Virginia coal in the markets of New York and Boz
ton, rge capt sists of those cities have investe
in coal ian6s of Nova ,ta and SIX the duty taken
off ivance the price of their &C 1 > the depre-
citation OF ours The repeal of this duty, which has
been imroed for over twenty ye RS, WI. gr- stly in
jure Virs Mas interests 1t will cut off one oT our
large re-ources, by which we have che ck the
s. mt flow of money =, the Northern cities . enrich
them upon our money with me ms Of secu. ing
return. Bees -pg, as do, that the interes.S of
Virginia will be greatly injured by such repeal
vote "Eo".
The resolution YVES Violently opposed by
Senator Snowden, of Alexandria, who made a
motion to lay the preamble end resolution W
on the table, with view to kill it.
The vote to lay on the 'able resulted es fol
lows-a strict party votes
AYE--Senators Abner Anderson, Wiiam A An
derson, Beazey, Dsy Fitzpatrick, French Greever,
Grimsley lie. ldop, Johnson, Kond-ick, atham,
Lewis Pendleton, Poller, Snoxden, Thomas Tay
lor, Walter Taylor, Terry, Waddel--''.
Noe BRA ,rs Austin, Gre sne, Hamlet, athrop,
Me lsey Mooeley, Moss, Amber Smith, Normand
Smith, Teamoh-1e
ABSENT --senatr.J CAmrI ~, Carr, ourtney, Har-
ris. Martin, Owen, Patterson, Perm Penn, Robin
son, William D. smith--ll.