Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-21

and asserted that the entire South
would never rise up against the
negro as the entire West had risen
up against the Chinaman.
In conclusion, Mr.. Speer said: 81
maintain that it is the duty OF the
American Congress to protect the
home life of the American laboring
men of our country. They are
found one of our society. What
matters it to us if we gather large
stores of treasures, and become as
sealthy as Crmsus, if the mass of
the people are miserably unhappy
and ground down by competition
with Chinese labor. In the Ian
guage of Oliver Goldsmith
ell fares the land to Fastening ills prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay !;
Princes and lords may flourish or may fade;
A breath may make them as a breath has
made,
But bold peasantry, their country's pride,
When once destroyed can never be sup
piled"
Applause.
Messrs. Deuster, Quenther, Berry,
Brumm and Flower spoke in favor of
the bill, and Messrs. Moore, Carpen>
ter, Williams and Stone, against it,
and at $40, the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Mr. His
cock, of New York, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, res
ported back Senate bill making fur
ther appropriations for the relief of
the sufferers from the overflow of
the Mississippi river and it's tribu>
taries. The report of the committee
recommends that the House recede
from it's amendment authorizing the
expenditure of portion of the ap>
preparation in strengthening the
levees. After brief speech by Mr..
Robertson, of Louisiana, in opposi>
ton to receding from the amend
ment, the report of the committee
was agreed to.
Under the call of States, bills were
introduced as follows;
By Mr.. King. of Louisiana: Ap-
propriating $4,000 for the relief of
the sufferers from the overflow of the
Mississippi River, and its tributaries
By. Mr.. Hubbell, of Michigan: To
reduce the internal revenue. 1t
abolishes the tax on bank checks
and deposits, and large number of
manufactured articles, and reduces
the tax on cigars and cigarettes.
By MIR. Tucker, of Virginia: To
incorporate the Atlantic and Miss
issippi River Canal Company.
The district of Columbia taxation
bill was then discussed over two
hours on motion to suspend the
rules and pass it, but the motion was
finally droped. The principal OBJ
lection to the bill itself being against
the section taxing commercial
boarders.
Mr.. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, under
instructions from the committee on
ways and means, moved to suspend the
rules, and adopt the resolution maxi
ing the tariff commission bill special
order, when the House shall next go
into committee of the whole on
States, or remain and continue as
such special order until disposed of I;
not to antagonize the appropriation
bills. After some discussion, the
motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution was agreed
to, yeas, 1852, and nays, Sc.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, under in-
structions from the committee on
Judiciary, moved to suspend the rules
and adopt resolution making the
Geneva award a special order for the
fourth Tuesday in March. A num>
Der of Democrats were opposed to
this motion, and manifested ther op-
position, and used up mich time by
making several motions to adjourn,
which were voted down by the Re,
pubhcans.
The House was still in session at
$50 p. m, calling the roll on dila-
tory motions, with no clear prospect
of either adjournment or transaction
of business.