Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-04-13
FREE TEA AND COFFEE.

REMARKS OF Hon. SIMON CAMERON IN THE UNI
TED STATES SENATE, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, IN
FAVOR OF REPEALINa THE DUTIES ON TEA AND
COFFEE.
Mr.. Cameron. 1 voted for the exonera-
ton Of tea and coffee from duty, because l
believe that measure to be right. There
is no house in the whole United States 80
humble that its inmates do not use either
tea or coffee. No family is 80 poor that 1t
does not sometimes use one or the other.
1 have always acted ON my votes on such
questions upon the ground that 1t was my
duty as representative of the people, the
lowly as well as the high, to take care of
the humble who cannot take care of them
selves. When Mr.. Polk was President of
the United States, he sent in special mes
sage asking Congress to put duty on tea
and coffee, and it was made a party ques-
ton. belonged to his party then, but l
refused to vote for it and whenever have
had an opportunity to vote on that subject,
lave voted to make these articles of prime
necessity in the houses of the poor free.
Ny course through life has always been,
if wanted to succeed, to do one thing at
time. 1t is an old maxim, believe, that
if you do but one thing at n time, you will
be likely to do IL with better execution. 1
trust, therefore, that the gentlemen who
W., "anv 'a aotcaa S;ii 10 J;snosod ofhv ;tseif
'ea r anu Sonee u' g., ~ tyor,iond 7 th;nl
- no o;,,s. ,,rotao,ion 70 avervtb;ng ex,
80 aO1 si w., s;r tho noonle ot Penn.
~ ~. o5 Nv, ,,nr,,oo,;op tp tho;r coal
They have special article of coal that no
other part of the world produces, and it
can take care of itself. / vote for duty
on coal, however, because it is my desire
to take care Of West Virginia and Mary
iahu n., % Oo, 5anror of So;n1 useless
W. miiIu Ill, "io ,,1ase i, ,no,, haSe sono nrotecton
Thn;r nj ranroSortat;ycs tnow that hut do
,,at -, 20 o,,nroo;,t 10 thot tbo;r states and
IL. ,,nr,;o,I df ,his co,,ntrv have interests
thnt ,bou met nrotoc, If ,Iev exnect helm
G., ,,s TSho noonIo Of Illinois have nj.
,.,oat - ,,,,ot, ;rtarast in cool a Q tho neonle
nf Was, V;ra;n;a PRESENTLY when coal
e., Nv Sent;" comes IN he lakes and
nnn,,nd to CL;oo,o frea oF dutv the coal
owners of Illinois will beoin TO COMPLAIN.
w., bo va ,,,ore cool in IIlino;s than there
;s IN onv other mart of the world in the
60 mo extent of territory. and they have in
Ind;ona not onlv ON immense onantitv of
anoI h,,t be,tor coal for certain snecific
',,',,,o.os ovoont thot cool in Ponnavjvonio
,u i,,a,pl n%ore "a in ony other mart of The world
'''%I ar. ~ Tn,,,,1h,,,I Tharo is nothing obout
Mt, :, tLusnOu,;, .,;s u,;o i"''o 's ""s "O"'
'o,i A. ~ ron,arom tro r lro,v thore ia notb;nc
ohont ooaI a IN his ,nnt;on bnt Won cannot
go, tha nnoi io he tatan care of If those
.H,ip" 49, .n0 ;,,t"nosto5 ~ onoI 40 NOT boIn
IL - IT, go of the;r ;ntores,s I
~ ~ s,ooi,;nC Of io1'roll;no INT am
.an.;n n,m mUr % sans;S,o n,og os 5c,;ove in n
soms;bIe >yav and 7 tell them tbev cannot
senelo,o "aI 49, H., hal,, otbor nonn,..
W ~ ba pa aV go oora of 'f
" s sneot .% now in favor of the moor. The
ranIS, 'ran,o, i, tho world vents her ton
PoII'CsU a. T., a,,. 'onr housos oImost