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Congress of tha United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Friday, Dec. 28.
Mr. Verptanck, from tfie Committee
of Ways and Means, made the following
report, in reference to the bill reported
by that committee yesterday, to reduce,
and otherwise alter the duties on imports:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
The Committee of Woys and Means,
in obedience to the order of the House,
have had under consideration so much of
the Message of the President of the Uni
ted Staiesnderred to tlnim as relates to
“such further reduction in the revenue
as may not bo reqoircd for objects of gen
eral welfaro and public defence authoriz
ed by die Constitution,” and now submit
the following Report:
The whole of the debt of the nation
remaining unpaid at the expiration of the
present vear, amounts onfy to seven mil
lions sixteen thousand dollars, a sum less
than the maiket value of the slock of the
Bank of the United Slates owned by Go
vernment. The application ol this fund
alone, (independently of the other stocks
in incorporated companies subscribed for
and helJ by Government, and amounting
at its origiual >r par value to the further
sum of 1,880,000) may make the com
mencement of the next year the epoch of
that “ happy and memorable event,” on
the near approach of which the President
has justly congratulated Congress and his
follow-citizens, “ the extinction of the
public debt of a great and free nation.”
Tbo time and the occasion,, whilst they
are fitted to awaken the noblest toolings
of the patriot, and to givo confidence
and ardour to the principles anti b»pes of
every friend of republican institutions,
call also upon us with equal force to dis
charge thi se weighty and honorable and
practical duties to which we have been
cordially invited by our Chief Magistrate.
Tbs removal of tiioso financial “burthens
which may be found to fall unequally up
on any,” and the reduction of the reve
nue to such a limit as “ shall bo consis
tent with the simplicity of an economical
Government, and necessary to an efficient
public set vice.”
T.‘io examination of the general ac
counts i>f the receipts and expenditures of
the United S aies for the last six years
presents the following rosuhs : The ag
gregate expenditure for the six years end
ing with the Slst of December, 1832,
(including the estimated expenditure of
the present month,) amounts to 162,400,
000 dollars.
During the samo period that expendi
ture has been supplied by an aggregate
amount of revenue from various source?,
but chiefly from the customs, of 157,690.-
000, in addition to an unexpended bal
ance in the Treasury at tiio commence
ment of that term, of 6,358,686 dollars,
about one-sixth of which consisting of tho
paper of broken banks, and similar funds,
has remained unavailable in the Treasury
Deducting from these receipts and ex
penduuie* the amount received and ;«aid
out on account of claims of our citizens
against foreign Governments, of which
th« Treasury was merely the channel of
Receipt and payment there will result an
nnnual average of twenty-six millions of
dollars of annual income, and au annual
avoi igo expenditure absorbing this a
mouut together with the balance in the
Treasury at the end of 1826, amounting
to nearly twenty-»eveu miliums ofdollais
a year.
During 'he same period 80 178,000 dol
lars of public deb ! was paid off, leaving
an average annual amount of expendi
ture for all other purposes, of something
less than thirteen millions five hundred
thousand dollars.
Tne->e amounts are stated in round
numbers, as thev are sufficiently accurate
fo' all the purposes of this report, and
present the views of the Committee un
embarrassed with minute detail, in a ini"
uute perspicuous manner.
In the gross sum upon which this avo
rage annual expenditure is calculated were
included the payments for the settlement
of the claims of Massachusetts, Vitgioia,
&. S outh'Carolina, the large expenditure
consequent on'lie emigration of die li*
rliun Tribes, and the extinguishment of
Ind-tn titles, all made during the last
three years. Making allowance for these
extraordinary expenses, the income ne
cessary for the ordinary operation of Go
vernment, providing liborallv fur an effi
cient civil, uiillitary, and naval service,
need not amount »o more 'ban thirteen
millions of dollars annually, including the
Pension system of former years. Tins
calculation, deduced by the Comtjiiuee
from lie Treasurer’s accounts from 1827
to 1832 inclusive, corresponds in its re
suit very nearly with one furnished by he
Trerso v Department, founded uu sosne
what different data, bv which tilt* average
Vxoandi'iire of mx years, from 1826 to
331 inclusive, for all ordinary and fixed
lu uses, together with those .»f a less
exp l ''bot character, but g:owmg (lU i „f
poruia*- Sr and long eon’tuued policy of
tha ••-gal- Vilj fortifications, navy
ou' Urgtsl 4,l ny S es,<fee. is stated at 13,-
-mds, light tu
148,000 dollars. To this sum the act at
(lie las session extending the sys em ot
revolutionaly pensions wilt require lm
somo years an additional sum, wbi< b
not ye: Duly ascertained, but is certain V
m»i loss than one million of dollars,
anothei annua! million be added to tte
enlarged expenses of our present Indian
nolie , for the erection of cusiom houses
and public stores, f-r future and unfnre
seen contingencies of all sorts, including
( | llise 0 f temporary collisions with foreign
p.overs or thp Indian tribes, the clear re
venue of fifteen millions seems to cover
all that can be required for national ex
penditures in ordinary times. This sum,
it will be remarked, is that estimated as
the proper permanent revenue of the
Nation by the Sectetary of the Treasury
in his report of the last and present year.
But in making this estimate this sum is
assumed by the Committee, not absolute
iy necessary for the support of Govern
ment, hut as being liberal and abundant.
Looking mainly to the providing a safe;
permanent, and honorablo revenue; not to
the extreme possible limit of expense, they
have not sought to find the lowest sum to
which a rigidlv economical administration,
seconded by a legislation of Congress e
qnally vigilant over the Treasury, could
reduce national expenditure, but have
wished to secure a regular income, amply
sufficient, not only for providing on a lib
eral scale for every object within ilie just
limits of federal legislation, that can ad
vance the honor or prosperity of a nation
loving peace, yet prepaied for war, but
moreover to leave such a balance, after de
fraying the ordinary charges of Govern
ment, as may meet any unusual and unex
pected demands, other than those which
would arise from a state of regular and
long continued warfare.. The chance,
too, of an accidental and temporary di
minution of revenue for a year nr two.aris
ing from the fluctuations of trade, or the
political changes of foreign nations, pie
sents also another strong argument tor
assuming a liberal scale of revenue.
To this annual amount, however, of
fifteen millions , the revenue must bo re
duced. All beyond this must be a Iveed
less burden upon the people—a tax falling,
directly or indirectly, upon the land a id
labor, of the country, certainly injurious in
its effects, and probably unequal, enabling
tho Treasury only to divide and distract
our public councils by tempting ' * «xpen
ditures either of doubtful constitutional
right, or inconsistent wall the simplicity
of republican institutions staining their
purity, and hazarding their permanence
The aci of 1832 has made a partial re
duction towards this point.' Bm under
this act the revenue from tiie customs for
the next year is calculated in the Report
of the Secretaiy of the Treasury at about
eighteen millions. This is made upon an
e«:imat« founded on the average import
ation of tlie Inst six years. The proba
ble average of the nex- six years, for rea
sons which will be hereafter stated, will
exceed that estimate. If to this sum be
added ho income from ‘he public lands,
'be Treasury would receive, under tha>
act, a revenue, for some yedrs he>eafter,
of loss than twenty millions and a ball,
and probably of more than 'wenty-five
millions, exhibiting an annual excess of
from five to nine millions over the just
nses of tho Government, taxing every
family in the United States to its snare, or
more than jts share, of that uncalled for
oxcess.
This excess, in the opinion of the Com
mittee, should bo reduced by 'he presem
Congress, and at tho present time. Trie
extinguishment of tbo debt, and the com
mencement of the new Presidential term
mark this a fit season for permanent fiscal
regulations. It is vitally imp-iitan*, toe,
to all engaged in any of those numerous
commercial,manufacturing, or agricultural
enterprises, which are affected by changes
in the rates of import, and are more ex
posed to suffer from uncertainty than eve*,
from error in legislation, now to know the
the intention and policy of this govern
mont in regard to their -levoral interests.
The occasion, too, of economical reduc
tion affords a propiiious opportunity to
tuuko such a re adjustment of tho rates of
impost as may distribute and equalize,
amongst all, those bur;hens which “ may
he found to fall unequally upon any”—-
whether pressing with peculiar hard
ship upon any class of tho community, any
species of labor in any section of tbo
country.
Deeply impressed by these considera
tions, the Committee have prepared a bill
for reducing, and otherwise altering tho
rates of duties upon foieign merchandize,
which, should it mee> with the apprnb i
lion of Congress, may serve as a basis for
our financial system for many years.
Throwing oo‘- of view for the present
1 lie progressive reduction that expedierr
cy and even justice may require, they
have fixed the revenue to be ultimately
iaisedat a sum 1 not exceeding fifioen
millions. The stocks owned by Gov
ernment, they regard solely as an offset
to ihe remaining debt,
Neii her justice, uor any principle of
liberal policy’ can permit, without urgent ,
necessity, that the Post office should be
made a source of revenue. It should bear
its own expense and no more Its w hole
piofi’S should be applied as they have
heretofore been, to improvement and ex
tension of the system, giviug the greatest
possible facilities at the least possible
privae charge to the diffusion of intelli
gence and he interchange of correspon
dence.
The only source of revenua on which
ill C ninmtee propose to rely are the
Public Lands and the Customs.
The Public Lands, at the then present
system of sale, may now safely be calcu
lated asp; oducing an annual income of
two millions and a half.
ft true «na> vai i »us plans for dispo
sing «>f these lands in such a manner as to
Withdraw the proceeds from tlie general
funds of »he Treasury, have been propos
ed by the highest authority. The Com
oiiftee do not propose to enter into any
discussion of the merit of these proposi- j
uoi s. Until it be altered by legislation,;
tiey onusi regaid 'be actual system as the j
settled poliev of the Government. They j
must, however, observe, that should tha
policy be changed, such alteration would
not of necessity overthrow or disarrange
the plan of finance now proposed.
Throwing out of account altogether the
large sums expended in former years by
the United States in acquiring this terri
tory, either by arms or by purchase, to
gether with the past expenses of our land
system, as yet unliquidated by the pro
ceeds of the sales, there are other current
expenses now defrayed from the general
funds of the Treasury which might be
justly chargeable upon the income from
the lands, should that be made a distinct
fund, &. which,if paid from tlienco,would
thus far diminish the amount of revenue
necessary to be drawn from other s oirees
are, Ist, The expenses of the
hand System itself —about $250,000 an
nually.
2d, The expences of Indian Annuities ,
Education other stipulations arising un
der the treaties by which we have obtained
posession of these lands. These wholly
exclusive of the charge of Indian emigra
tion, amount at present to 392,700 a year,
and will probably bo much increased oe
fore the final extinguishment of the Indian
title.
3d. Revolutionary Pensions. The o
rigtnal title of a great part of these lauds
arose from the grant* and releases of the
States to the Confederacy for the pur
pose of common defence and general wel
fare, during the war of the Revolution,
and they have been again and again so
lemly pledged for the debts,of the nation.
The Pensions now received by the sur
viving soldieis of the Revolution were
at first grained under the harsh and nti
just ijjnin of national bounty. But the
act of 1828 and that of 1832, have now
placed ihem on the mere sound as well as
more constitutional ground of payment of
Revolutionary deb', and an equitable,
though uot literal fulfilment of long neg
lected and violated contracts.
The pensions for the next two years
will probably be (fur as vc the exact a
m -unt cannot be ascertained) about two
millions a year But 'his sum depending
upon the lives of old men, all above 70
years of age inns’ rapidly dec ease, a.id
in a very few years cease entirely. Should
these pensions be considered for the pre
sent as a charge upon the lands, it would
be temporary only. Within four or five
years the greater part of the income &, io
a few yea s mo eth* whole, would be lib
erated, and ai either period the surplus
from this source might he applied as the
wisdom of Congress may dime', leaving
the revenue from die custom* sufficient for
all other heads of public expenditure.
There then remains to be raised bv tho
imposts oh foreign merchandize to meet
all other charges and contingencies, than
those just recapitulated, tlie sum of twelve
millions and a half
The average value of all the imparts
f inn 1827 t«> 1832 inclusive, is 86,200,-
000 dollars a year. The average of the
so - oars immediately preceding was 80
900,000 dollars, showing an average in
c. ease of 5,300 000 dollars in six years,
or about six and a half per cent. This
augmentation aroso solelv from the natu
ral increase of population and of domes
tic products suited for export. There can
be therefore little d<«ubt that without any
change in the existing tariff the same rate
of increase would go on—not regularly,
but holding good as to any average of a
succession of peaceful yens.
On this principle <>f calculation alone
the average *»fthe next period of years
would be ninety-two millions. But be op
oration of tbs revenue system now pro
posed, as compared with those of 1824
and 1828, would relievo the consumers
of imported goods 6' in a tax «>f twelve
millions a year. These twelve millions
heretofore paid'.b'y the American people
to their Government, and by that Gov
eminent principally to the oublic cred
itors abroad, will remain in the powor of
the consumer, o bo applied g m
to his wants, hahus, and tastes in procur
ing an equal value of the other aecers lives
coafor's. or luxuries f life, p.. babiy jp
a great degree in an encma-ed cansuinp
tion, or in tlie use >f a higher quality of
the go-.ds he had beeu accustomed o
purchase. From tlie operation f this
and other obvious causes, springing from
a more rpodera e ia§ ,ff -m foreign man
ufactures, the average imports.hm of the
next six yea. s may he safely c mpu od
at a further addition of at leas l eighi per
haps twelve million's, making a gross im
portation of above one m dred millions
in value, and not much v><yiug in tlie
Targe importation of 1831 and 1832.
Judging from the experience of fir
mer years, one sixth in value of the a
mount imported will he >e exported in
our foreign exchanges, and about one
fifth of tho fross revenue received from
dunes will be absorbed in expences of
collection, <>r repaid iu drawback upon
re-expot tation.
Twelve millions and a half of revenue
is then to bo raised upon about eighty
four millions* of imports, used or consum
ed in the United Stales; or deducting
therefrom the imports of Spec.e, -.erf of
many o her articles, which public policy
the security of the revenue, and various
other motives, have wade free, of doty
upon between sixty-five and seventy
millions of dutiable commodites, accor
ding as the list of free goods is made more
or less extensive.
The Committee, in the bill herewith
reported by them, have endeavored to
arrange the duties with reference to this
principle, at of from ten o twentv
per cent, va vine from them chiefly in
those instances where national indepen
dence in time of war seemed to demand
some sacrifice io peace, (as in regard to
iron and lead.jwheie it was thought that
a higher or lower rate of duty would be of
advantage to the icvenue, without any
individual injury, (as in the case of spir
its,)or where some branch of industry
might be materially benefited by low im
posts on some of raw materials. On ma
ny articles, such as wines, spoils', irou,
&c. experience has shown that fraud can
only be prevented by specific duties on
weight or measure; and as the rates must
be graduated on the mean value of com
modities of (he same class or name, they
may sometimes fall heavily on particular
kinds or qualities of them.
In adjusting the several duties, they
have conformed, unless some strong rea
son for a different rate was perceived, to
those of the Tariff act of 1816, with its
short suDplemcntary act of 1818. The
act of 1816 was framed with great cate
and deliberation by some of our ablest
statesmen, looking at the same time to the
revenue then particularly, so pattjcularly
necessary for (he dischrage of our large
wardebt;&tp (he preservation during a
violent transition from war to peace,of the
numerous manufactutes that had grovyn
up under the double duties, and the prac
tical prohibition of 'he embargo, the non
intercourse and the war with Great Bri
tain. The vast increase of .manufactures
of all sorts in the United States during
the eight years between 1816 and 1824
proves that the framets of that tariff, m
providing revenue, had not only given am
ple; incidental security to existing manu
factures, but even induced new invest
ments of capital. So well does it appear
to have been adjusted in regard to wool
lens, that the manufacturers of these
goods, examined by the Committee on
Manufactures of the House, in 1828, gen
erally agreed, that their business was in a
more flourishing state under the tariff of
1816 than under the higher protection of
1824.
1 1 has, however, been the wish of the
Committee to guard against a sodden fluc
tuation of the price of goods, whether in
the hands of the merchant, the retailer,
or manufacturer.
With tint view they have made the re
duction upon the more important protect
ed articles, gradual and pmgrossivo.—
The higher rate of duties for the next
year, which result from this principle, if
calculated upon tho amount of importa
tion assumed as a probable basis for the
estima'es of future years, would piodu're
a revenue fur the year 1834 unnecessari
ly large.
Bm commercial experience has repea
tedlv shewn, that with the prospect of an
early and large reduction of import, im
portation ia generally closely limited to
tho immediate consumption of the country'
and the certain demands of Foreign trade,
and that, therefore, times* 'his law is dis
turbed by some other powerful counter
acting cutiso. it is Dot probably that »ho
aggregate importation of that year will fall
short of tho average value assumed, and
the revenue will not much exceed that
estimated for the permanent income of
the Treasury, Should it prove otherwise
from any cause which cannot now ba an
ticipated, ihe unexpended surplus will re
main as a balance in tho Treasury to meet
the contingencies of future years. *
Tho Committee, perceiving no suffi
cient reason why tho consumer of foieign
luxuries should not pay a share of the
burthens, propose to raise the rates of du
ties' upon silks nearer to the average rate
of duties imposed bv the bill than they are
under the act of 1832. They also pro
pose to fix a moderate specific duty, equal
to about 20 percent, on the value upon
teas, which were made wholly fee by the
act of the last summer. This has boon
added from a motive of financial pru
dence, lest the revenue fi ; otn the cusioms
should, from any modification of the bill
or otherwise fall short of the estimate, or
the proceeds of the Public Lands should
be in pan diverted to some other source,
in whirl) case an incteased revenue would
be derived from its source of about 700,
000 dollars, calculated on the rather short
importation of teas in ilie* last year. Sliouid
;his sum not be needed f r the public set
vice, it may be repealed without affecting
the other parts of the system.
A. deta led statement of ’be operation
of the bill has been prepared, calculated
upon the actual imports of 1831, a year
of larger importation--than any foimer
year, bu' which will, it is thought; n. t
exceed 'ho average of future years, under
tiie operation of a tariff such as that now
proposed.
The report, as above, was ordered to
be printed.
JLOOK AHEAD!
The reader has bet’nro him the bill and
die Report of the Committee of Wavs
and Means. He will see that they have
jiiinr ipally taken for their basis the bill of
1816 —vvit It some m dificaiions. it is a
libe.»l attempt to reduce every thing as
far <md as fast as possible to the revenue
&iaudard. Woollens, cottons, &,c. are to
be gradual!)' cut and vvn—the great mass of
woollens to Como down, by degrees, to
S2O lor every SIOO value, by 2d March,
1885 worsted staffgoods to 10 for every
100—cottons to 20, &c. &c. We trust
tiia it may be pressed with zeal and pass
ed by die patriotism of Congress, ft is
due to justice, and due to the Union*
Bu> already we begin to bear of murmurs
uttered at the city, that men are legisla
ting under the men. ce of South Carolina.
This is idle and mischievous cant. We
ought to do justice, and save the country,
apart from all such slang as tins.
It is unnecessary to say, that many an
eye is now fixed on Henry Clay. He
has the power to do his country much ser
vice at this crisis. Rut will he 1 Yet if
he should again mistake his true interest
and glory, we still hope and believe that
we can save the Union without him.
Richmond Eng. Ist. inst.
From the Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 1.
The Legislature have been two days in
Committee of : lie Whole on the Report
of the Committee of 21. Oo successive
motions from Mr. Brodnax,it has received
several imp - tant amendments. It is now
stronger aud more direct against Nullifi
cation (calling it by its name—a spade,
a spade.) Its expressions are softened
in relation to the Proclamation. The
doctrine of secession is either passed over,'
or slightly glanced at. There is no vote
yet to asceitain the precise course of the
Legislature. There is a substitute before
the Committee —which is also ordered
to be printed, with the amended Report.
But whatever may be the course which
the Legislature may ultimately .take, one
thing we undertake to say is, that Nullifi
cation will meet no ; Countenance—-all
hands seem to be raised against that hor
sey. It is possible, that Virginia will of-
fer her mediation to S. G.
,\Vha* .shall we think of persons, who
are attempting to account fur the votes of
the Legislature on party principles? VVho
try to rpise the hue cry of Van Bun flism.'
Such a little idea suits exactly the mind
which entertain it. No generous orloiiy
sentiments can proceed from the intellect
which would conceive so low a conceit
Van Burenism! VVho dreams of Van Bu
ren at such a great crisis as this? What
patriot spirit can stoop to serve the views
of any candidate, at a moment like this—«•
when every heart should be devoted to
the great object of saving the Constitution
and preserving the Union?
We are informed by a gentleman who
assisted in loading the vessel, that a
schooner left the Frankford arsenal [near
Philadelphia] on Friday the 7th inst. with
five thousand five hundred muskets, and
some three or four hundred rifles, with
accoutrements for Charleston Harbor.-
That the Artificers at the same place, are
engaged, night and day, in packing up
drag ropes, cartoucb boxes, and other
implements of war. lie .dso states,that a
bout a fortnight since twenty-eight 44
poundeiswore forwarded to the same do.*
tination, and that a number of saddles
are now being made in Philadelphia.—
We also learn that all the disposable fnrer
in the eastern and middle states is order
ed to Charleston.-- The I* ottrlo-
- ■:* i
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 1833
COT PON.—The receipts continue
to be moderate, and tbo stock in the
Warehouses daily lessening.
Transactions are mostly from wagons
at 9J a 10J corns, some inferiors are sold
lower. Real prime,if to be had, would
command 10§ all. We notice,the qual
ity, lately brought in, is ordinary and in
ferior.
Freights to Savannah 50 cts. per hale.
We forgot to say our Superior Couri
commenced its session on Monday last,
Judge Holt presiding.
Judge Dougherty of the Wes'ern Cir
cuit is at present in our city.
We havo dates from Parts to the 15th
Nov. The Freuch army had entered
Belgium. There is nothing else of in
terest.
At the Election for Directors of the
Mechanics Bank, on Monday last, the fol
lowing gentlemen were chosen :—Ruben
M’Donald, F.. Webster, A. Cummiog,
Win. A. Mitchell, Geo R. Rountree. E.
Bustrn. J. P. Greiner,* F. Bradford, T.
G. Casey,
At a meeting of the Directors on the
same evening, Fielding Bradford, Esq.
was chosen President.
* Di*cliu?| lerving.
At tho election for County officers on
Monday Lst, the following is the result.
Justice s of the Inferior Court.
Valentine Walker,
Wm. Shannon,
Edward Thomas,
Green B. Marshall,
Absalom Rhodes.
Oliver Reed, Receiver Tax Returns,
Michi, F. Buisclair, Tax Collector.
B. M’Kinne Clerk of the Court of Or
clinai ty.
CELEORATION OF THE
EIGHTH OF JANUARY.
The anniversary of the Battle of New
Orleans was suitably remembered. Tbo
Morning was waked by a salute.an stver
ing,.in number of guns, to each State of
this glorious Confedetacy. It souoded
in our ears like an enquiry from Heaven,
Are you all in your places ? And when
in imagination, we heaid each answer,
//ere, our heart swelled with gladness.
During the dav our only organized volun
teer corps, the Richmond ffussars, hon
ored the occasion by a full parade, and the
evening was closed by a brilliant Ball and
Supper. The Masonic Hall resounded
through all its recesses with the step of
Valor, and its bright saloon sparkled' with
the light of Beauty. The supper was
sumptuous, and its beautiful decorations
betrayed the tasteful hand of Mrs. Suan
non, to which, in the same place, we
have before owed so many of our a
greabie arrangements. Amidst this gay
scene, and in this vortex of personal en
joyments, when the head was giddy with
the dance, and the heart glad with joy and
wine, our country was not forgotten—it
shared a large portion of our thoughts, Si
many a patriotic wish was breathed for
her continuance in the path of her glori
ous destiny. Her peril on the day, whose
tesult we worn celebrating, was biougl
vividly to recollection and the imprefl
sion deepened into enthusiasm on remerß
boring the prophetic denial of the prediß
ted fate of New-Orleans by our Ministß
in Europe, who sternly answered, JaCm
s n will be there! What, though now n
gain the horizon lowers, and the rauttel
ing of the tempest is heard at our doorsl
The same pilot is at the helm. Our veJ
sol “ carries Ctosar." Let the storm com!
—strong arms and brave hearts can steil
its fury. But no ; it shall not come. Till
star that illuminated our destiny on thl
plains of the Mississippi, is still in the zel
mill. |
• A down tk t sky 1
The da*kning slorm and thunder cloud may fly. l
But they shall pass. And the blue Heaven again
With golden clouds and sunshine in Us Irain
Companioned icilh soft winds 8f blushing flow'rs
And minstrel warbling* from our swumtr hew'rs;
Shall glance, in beauty, the glad Landscape o'ei
As bright in smiles, as deep in shade before.
The idea of a call of an extra session
of the next Congress at an eatly peii-l
od, if tho present duties are not reduced!
during ibis session to a satisfactory pointJ
loses its probability from the fact,that sevi
eral of the States do not choose members]
tijflaie in the year. Among these is S.
Caiolina, who has postponed her Con
gressional election till September. In
deed, the Glube says, it has good reason
to believe that President has no de
sign to make spcl? a call.
We heard a friend use tho following
comparison, (he other day, in relation to
the disputes, which now involve this coun
try in such angry conflict. He said it was
like several mechanics had made an ele
gant machine, which perfectly answered j
'he purpose for which it was constructed ; j
but they sat to quarrelling about die quan
tity and cost of the oil, that was necessa -
ry to give it the requisite facility of mo
tion, and swore they would break it to
pieces.
Mr. Webster, who, it was supposed,
would not take his seat, this session, ap
peared in his place on tho 31st ult.
Propositions have been made in both
branches of the National Legislature for
reducing tho rates of postage —also to re
duce and graduate the* price of the Pub
lic Lands. ~
We have not the slightest doubt, at
least the only thing that makes us doubt
is (he conduct of South-Carolina —that
the Tariff duties will be reduced litis ses
sion several millions of dollars. That
Congress should feel a little dogged under
the blustering of that State, particularly
when she has so little reason for such be
haviour, is nothing but human nature. —
You have done some person wrong—yen
are conscioi)3„of it, and would make the
necessary acknowledgement to nSlecenf
request for an expiatin'inn. But suppose
he should cumo to you in u furious
sion and raise his stick over your head,
and demand satisfaction in language of
fensive to a gentleman ; uhat would yeti
do ? We need not answer. Even man’s
nature will tell him. It would have been
less matter in the case of South- Carolina,
if they had not distinctly seen and known,
that, from the very nature of things',
duties complained of must ho soon bro’t
down nearer to tho wants of the Govern J
inep*. Every thing and every body was.
looking that way, with scarcely an obsta-”
cle to its gradual accomplishment. Yet,,
in tho face of all tho President’s recom
mendations, and at the last session tho
reduction of nine millions, South-Caroli
na, or rather n dominant faction there
flies ont into the most intemperate swag
gering and ihrea'ens to involve the whole
country in ruin, if what she dictates is net
done. It is impossible for any man, with
a sound head and unconiaminated heart,
not to doubt these politicians’ honesty of
purpose. God forgive us, if we do them
injustice.
Had it not been for a correspondent we
should have forgotten the Theatre—that
would have been most unpardonable—as
it is Miss Clifton’s Benefit. That cor
respondent suggests a different price be
tween the pit and boxes, which, as the
House is constructed, would be impracti
cable. We are all so republican here, that
every one will contend he has as much
right to pay his dollar as any body else.—
If, however, we understand our corres
pondent, it is not against the right he pro
tests, but the occasional inconvenience
of its exercise.
The eotertainmeut at the Theatre, to
night, is not only Agreeable, but niost of it
novel here'. Being for the benefit of MiSs
Clifton , who has sustained all the char
acters, in which she has appeared, with
great spirit, we are sure they will not be
the least interesting to a public, so able to
appreciate true merit in every walk f life.
We bespeak for her a bumper, and should
be pleased to say, the new House was first
filled by Miss Clifton’s Benefit.
The Chronicle of this morning says, “ a
large and respectable number of the young
men” asscm&M ®lobo Hotel V*