, 1877-08-23

ahtp-huifdcrs against them. Where he came
from-thc hanks Of ttc Dclawarc-tfley were
the Resolutions did anything tla:y struck at the
throat OF that tninstry-wnuld drsvc s1tfltcd
!abor back to England, and make thc market
fur Milwaukee wheat 900 miles away instead
iron' Hand md coal mines Of 'Pennsv1vania ani Ohio
an! cripple MI branches Of iuiusttv engaged d.
rcesly or Indirectly In shio-butft1sng.
MIR. JOHNSTON
thtul'i bc amEttc,l upon the pa ynent of the rcr.
ular duties, and prnhfbita ship, which was man.
u!acturc'i nrtlclc, frosn being honght hy nm
American etttzc.,. TIC cause OF Idle furnaces
peal. Tint wa. at tic bottom, Of al! the staxna-
t4on. Alter putting q tariff On nails. and sails,
athl lumber, md everything that entered into
the construction Of a ship, 50 tnat no
prohibiting Tic bu{ing ship a'road, and wns it
any wonder that The hh'prinr Interests were no
where! II men were not allowed t., tul!h ships,
they tte, ought not to Is Trohi'ttc'l from buying
thing abroad II tic American citizen thought It
wRs to his interest to gct It.
NH. HATES, Or DETROIT,
said they must look at this Ii Il matter OF enp-
Ry and dsman II they soud e. abroad t.
ns well do 80 fur the purchase Of
lskc vessels. 1twas nut three n,pl,ths ago that
nn iIlan wis 40 pt,or Aa the owner OF luke scs-
scl, and he found Il impossible to raise money
on such security. The income RESULTING frosi
vcsscls sailing lroul Milwaukee has increased
a0 tIcr rent In tho past Elk weeks, aud he did
not want to sec the slp-iniI.lfnE industry Ut
tetly destroyed, JIG would, therefore, vote
Mr. MONTGOMERY, or roHTLAHn, OI.E.,
said he represented u town where they l,al re-
GENTLY commenced building shIps, aiu1 although
they ha1 to fay high prices t"r lan'r. the bust.
ness ha,! increased. lie hoi'ea that none Of tlc
cxissnE restrictions would be removed, and
spoke tn tayor of buJsitlirs.
A1s. v. 4. EGAN, or CHICAGO.
said that, ut tml,af bt the body whom lie rep
rcsentetl, he should vUtc for the resolutions.
AN AMENDMENT OFFERED.
Mr. Buchanan offered tho following as an
amendment:
Rtsoirfd. That the Navigation laws should 10 80
6uilt abroad and owurd BY eitisens Of thc rntcd
states Upon the payment of tho proper tariff du'
lies thereon.
Ti'It, said Mr. Buchanan, brought tho matter,
strongly. urged. mud ltsestcI It entirely Of airy
frcc-trade Or tariff odor.
Lost.
The amendment WIS voted down-yeas 1G,
mays 18, as follows:
Ganu, Dams; Davla, Hancock. Allen luf philadcI-
ph!a,, Wcthesetl. Holman. Nahum, Bakcr, La.
ehsnaa Eston; a1S %,,a m, n,,-
Alien tof MfiwAukec>, lah,NtoD, 1iay. struuahah,
Miller, SNOW, Barron. Win.or.
THE MAIN QUESTION.
The question then rccuEred On tho adoption
Of the resolutions, and tleY were roncursc,l III,
a twntI!rds vote being feauIrcd--yeas ~,
nnrs y, as follows:
ltas-bnya.d, Wtllinr. Ropes. I'LL. Ucna!ey,
Ega,l, OiIctanaw, Couhsemn.,, Dickinson. Tsy-
lof. t;anu, Dana. Dat1.. Kaymond. chAmnctlatia.
Hancock, NcI>arcn. Allen tot MtIwaukrel. John.
sim. ltAy. StsAnAhan, Miller, Snow, Barron. io.
MAst. baker.
Naus-purE, Allen {of Pb!lade1phla}. w!n.or,
WeihcrrIl, Malone, buchanan, Extou. Moutgon,.
CRY.
Tic announcement Of their adoption was rc-
cctycd with applause.