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^^ ati mai Nomination.
At « meeting or the Democratic Mom-
hers of Congress, in the Chamber of the
House.of Representatives of the United
States, February M, 1.824, the following
resolutions-were unanimously adopted-
liesolv.d, As the sense of this meeting,
that
W.M. VI. CRAWFORD,
.Of Georgia, be recommended to the people’
of the UniteifrSta cs as a proper Candidate
for the office of President, and
JU.BF.UT GALV.ATUV,
of Pennsylvania, for tlie offee of Vice Pre
scient, of the United States, for four years
froth the 4th of March, 1825.
Fit!DAY BVl.NINU, V-*38. IW4
. ( st «»tt by the hyl to the farmer and manufac
Anniversary of Independence. tuierbe analized with a simplicity, that
a ». . r will render it intelligttile toe*«ry. bodv- I
A Meeting of the Citizens- de.rous of hupe l0 be ext;used for producing Mt;
Celebrating the approaching anniversary or Speaker in a dialogue, with the farmer,
our National' Independence, is requested respecting the encouragements held out'to
at the Exchange TO-MORROW EVE- !V. m ! t0 l’ ro,nole hi> industry—and Mr.
v , Chatman in a dialogue with the manulactur.
NINO, at 8 o dock, for the purpose of mak» er, as to the encouragements held out to
ing arrangements. him to promot his industry. This will be
• ‘ . “2* done with due respect to each of these gen-
ADJOURNMknT V • ONGltESS. Women: and is aduptecfmerCly for the sake
of simplicity in the developemenl, and to
K» ONGltESS.
Yesterday, in pursuance of a joint re-o'ution of
both Houses, Congtcrs adjourned woe die, after a
Session of ccar'y tix mnn Us.
From the ItuhU.nd Enquirer,
' No.? '
Political schemers—hard times.
• ' Tariff" JpU—Pfot, and Counter-Plot
All national c nsiderations a,iati, I con
ne ; ve the Tariff bill to be‘;imp!y a plot .for
takhtg money tut of thC pocket of the farm
er and putting it into the pocket of the man
ufacturer.—I take these two descriptions
ai persuns only, for the sake of greater sin.
plic’ty in the intended illustration—T)>
tame reasoning will apply to every othe
descriptiop of contributors.—If such shout-
be the object of the plot, I presume, al
mankind would admit,, even the Tariff
Schemers themselves*, that it would becomi
Hot only the right, but the duty, of the farm-
er to prevent the plunder by all means in
bis power, coercive, or otherwise; but most
cet tainiy, by a civil, simple counterplot.
This counteraction, could with certainty
hr. effected through the exertion of slate
T' Ms. by the respective state governments.
L cannot be conjectured* how far the state
g- vernmenfs, are to be stripped of state
rights; but I presume, it will not, at fire wu
th denied, that when persons, or things be'
Cmne domiciliated, within the geographical
lin i»s of individual states, they aro both,
in all respects, subject to the jurisdictions
of such states respectively Upon this
principle, there would not be any difficulty
on the nart/)f the oppressed, and insulted
states.* in doing themselves justice, or at
lr*«, in counteracting, in a great- degree,
the injuftice of the U S This would be
effected, by laying an excise duty, upon all
domestic manufactured goods, correspond
rng with the impost duties laid by the U.
S., upon foreign imported goods of the
same descriptions respectively—There
might also be added, as a mark ol odium,
countervailing the insult ii>the*ase, a cap-
katiJh tax up'.n the vendor, of the domes
tic goods—Upon all horses, cattle, hogs,
&c. brought within the limits of each state,
on excise duty according to the value of the
descriptions of the animals respectively;
ftmJ a capitation tax upon the drovers—
One of two effects, would necessarily re-
suit from this counter plot—Either the
domestic goods would come into market,
upon, terms of fair competition with foreign
goods, or they would be excluded from the
market altOgethei—In the first case, the
cop mtinoand excuse, would relieve the
farmer from a correspondent amount of his
knd tax now paid into the state treasury —
in the.other case the domestic manufactur
.en would be made to feel the cvil 3 of their
pvvn cupidity, and injustice—|f the States
of Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alaba
Tna, Tennessee, Genrgia, S6uth Carolina,
iiorth Carolina, and- Virginia, would co op
evnte in municipal regulations oftbis char
acter, where would the manufacturing states
fif'd a market for their domestic goods?
\V here would the western states find a mar
Set for their animate on foot? The only
sacrifice, that the exclusion ofthese domes*
sic articles would impose upon the exclu
di. g states, would be; tbatthey would have
to pay the unjust and exorbitant duties im
posed upon imported goods: but then, they
Would have the satisfaction . of knowing :
that these unjust, coercive contributions
Would go into the treasury of the U. S.and
not into the pockets of the legalized plun
dering manufacturers. Brides, I believe,
in the endj.tho farmer wopld not lose any
thing by this operation; because the domes
tic goods, are "so very inferior, to the 'im* ”°.'“'" n l a j ie me P H y double price vfor every
ported goods of the. same kind, both in their l; ing , „ uy : and ^ are f- in e. t0 deprive
materials, and workmanship, that the dif- S' 6 , pr, P e . for 1 P ave to sell
ferenoe in the prices, would be more than 1
i, compensated tor. by the diflir'ence in the VC " ,, ^P eaker ~-B'it I will remember
O', a lities of the goods, - As to the r-mifat; F oa M)- ' A,/
Ution-upon,drovers, and'excise uprili ani . ^f r S l teafier .P r ?y—Fc >y, Mr Farmer,
m^s on foot,I presume, the Tariff Schem dont L &' *"W'y You don’t know how
ers,-.would recommend both, uoon their "’ uch K°< )d this scheme will do you. I is
own ynh ? ipletn They would doubtless!* ra9 r mUch tor y°« r ow " 8"°d as for the man-
recommend the 9an ,e policy to the individ ufacturers = a " d a ver y dee P °" e |t i», I as-
JwwlMSfj.. Pefhap. one, Bun
Aot eU.« th t. encouragement oftLV died years deep. Now if you will only
ta.-mnl as. ® " IflF f%nk nau fin thft nrlr ihfina u —
-fbb western
original one,
But f consider it, perfectly right, and ahao
Mi ly necessary, as u counter plot. I hope
>nd trust, that the members of ybttftrm
'rom the oppressed, aud insulted states, will
take this subject into their most serious
consideration bofore thev separate.—Per
haps a better plan of counteraction may be
devised: but I hope, and trust, that some
plan of counteraction will be devised, and
agreed upon, before a separation shall lake
place—O! its beneficial effects in bringing
the domestic manufacturers to a due sense,
of their true interests, there cannot be a
doubt: and might thereby afford the best,
and sped.icst relief against the destructive
effects of the Tariff bill. 1
But at-other protest of a national charac
tet, is set up in justification of this extra
ordinary plot.—That it will promote na
tional industry —This effect is perempto
rily denied.—It is denied that the bill has
any tendency towards prddneing industry
of any kind. On the contrary* it is assert
ed: that all its tendencies, are to produce
individual, discouragement^ idleness, and
extravagance, according to its operations
upon different descriptions oi individuate.
It is also asserted: that the present exorbi
tant Tariff, has heretofore, produced j and
always will produce, all these effects. The
present Tat iff flight to be greatly reduced
Let the respective encouragements hold
shew the peculiar relations, in which, both
oi those gentlemen stand towards the peo
ple of the U S.
Mr S/ieaker. I am extremely desirous,
Mr. Farmer, to encourage national Indus
y: now if you will bo very industrious, mid
isc a greud deal of wheat, you shall he at
Jiberty to dispose of one the residue
the sales, alter paying all public contri-
•utions, but I will take the other half to
ive to the manufacturer, because, I have
iken .a notion into my head, that this ope-
anon will encourage national industry.
Mr, Parmer. Why Mr# Speaker,' this
^pp. ara to mo abominably arbitraly, and
injust Because my God gave tnc on in*
herent right, to dispose of of? the proceeds
I my labor, aft?!-paying the .public contri.
'tti iiis, and you have no right to take one
halt from me for any fanciful notion <•*'
.' tii s—and what right in justice has the
nanufactur r, to one half ot the proceeds
of my labor? Why not let him labor fot
himself? Poor encouragement for me t.
be industrioQs. Mr Speaker—uoor encour
agement to raise wheat, Mr Speaker—ye-
member, Mr. Speaker, there are mort
farmers than manufacturers—where then is
the encouragement to to national industry
to come from? Great discouragement it*
us farmers, Mr Speaker to be treated s'
unjustly. Now say in your own conscience,
Mr Speaker, whether my God, who gave
me a right to the whole proceeds of my
labor, does not .hold out to me a greate
encouragement to industry than you do,
who propose to take halt the proceeds
from mo?
Mr Speaker. O pray dont get angry,
Mr Farmer, you don’t seem to und rstand
me, Mr Farmer. When .you go to buy a
■nair of shoes, I don't intend to send the
marshal,nor hts deputy with you; and.wheh
you have paid one dollar, as th ajTair iff full
price of the shoes, to the vendor,to require
the public officer, to put his hand into your
pocket to take out another dollar, and put
into the pocket < f the ventfor, as ineourage-
ment to the shoemaker,—O 1 No, Mr Far*
meri.I know a trick worth two of that, I
intend to make the vendor, collector him
self; and he will belend the price of the
encouragement, with the price qf the shoes \
and I have already blended the character
of the collector, with Iba charact er of the
vendor', so that you will never kir w any
thing at all about the matter. But pray,
Mr Farmer, dont’ get offended. It is all for
your own good. Have you not seen Mr
Farmer,'what I myself said in three or four
of my speeches this Congress about the.** fie
culiar relation" in which I stand towards
the people ofthe U. S? I would hot off nd
you for the world i am tr>ing my best to
please every body. Remember, Mr Far
mer, what the immortal Shakespeare says.
“ He that is robbed, not 1 wanting what is
stolen, let him not know it, and he is not
robbed at all.”
Mr Farmer ’ Fore God, and man, Mr
Speaker, .thjs makes the. mat'er worse.
There is cunning in this as well as wropg.
Who is Mr Immortal Shakespeare? He is
no acquaintance of mine.' I never heard ol
the gentleman before. But I .think he
must be a strange sort of a felfow if that is
his way of thinking. We plain farmers,
Mr Speaker, think it wrotig to rob at all—
known, or unknown—Besides, JPI did not
heretofore know I was .rebbed, I felt the
effects of the robbery. I felt ‘‘ hard times;”
but I did not betore. know where they cattid
from. You have opened my eyes. You
Mr Farmer, don't gtomble—duti’, get an* cltteens victims of s despotism, unequalled at this ronaWcration, and j>9ked th* I
**-»«**' •&; <*" ttkwrajmi
5 * *clopement of th« avowal principle^ upon whic! iiiiuse. . ^ W |
^ , ..vno —- “ Mr. Taylor, explained Urn course
f Commute of Confefenrp
. ill snwg the manufacturers. tl
Mr. Former. Why rcaly, Mr.Speaker— _
This is all Greek to me. I believe, you \.,mls;iore<ldiityimpos»
have heard something of the Greeks. We
farmers would have a very good market
now, if you schemers, had let it alone, But
, * ■. r - tnc cttiz&Tiwof'tM !/• • lo 8 permanent muniitac*
you ad rise, nay you force us farmers to pqv Purina tlespctisaii If this coonternctiop should
.1 ...kl. ^ f. I I.—.I J . . . 1 r, .... .
double (*rit4Hfi for a whole -hundred years-1>
come, to get a good home market then—
Why, Mr..Speaker,I shall be dead and
gone; atitl all my children in the bargain,
before that time. Hard' bargain, liad
bargain for, us farmers, Mr. Speakef; far
mere are fools, if they submit to it: Farmers
are fools if they don’t.
Mr. Efieaker. But; Mr. Farnpcr, you
understand me. ff lam not mistaken,
you may get a good home market beldfc
that time. Perhaps tu half that time or
even less. But, Mr Farmer, you know it
is not worth while to get angry about the
matter. Y»u know we.all’mean to do the
best we can.. You know, Mr. Farmer, I
intend all for your own good.
d/r. Parmer. Why, Mr. Speaker, you
know, that \ye plain farmers, are, or ought
to be, plain spoken peopjfe: and to tv.II you
the plain truth', I think, you arc nothing
hut mistakes, and yo.qr friend, Mr Immbr
tal Shakespeare, is no better; and if these
aie your and hfx notions, you are not men
of my kidney. * I assure y>.u and may the
D—I catch me, if ever I vote for you, or
your friend Mr. Immortal Shakespeare
for President, or lor -any thing Hsu, until
you change your notions.
Mr. Chuirmana'iid Mr.Manufacturer.
Mr. Chairman. 1 am extremely desirdus,
Mr. Manufacturer, to promote “ national
industiy:” arid I ha v c g >t a'notidh into my
head, that, ifl were to make al-o larinyr
pay you double price. for your goods, it
would be * great encouragement lo you m
be industrious.
Mr. Maniifoctutetf. Must certainly it
wpttld, Mr.' Chnimiao. Nothing plainer,
l'rue as the holy gospel.
Mr. Chairman. Verywcll, Mr. Manu
t'ar.turer,now if j'dtt will ptomise tu bo very
industrious, I will lay such high duties upon
imported goods, as : to cxclufdc them from
the market. This will take away all com
petition by means of foreign goods: and
you may get double the actual value ol your
goods* liy means of the. monopoly,
Mr Manufacturer. You are very good,
Mr. Chairman: much better, than 1, or ahy
reasonable man, nad any right to expect:
■»ut you don't seem to bo sensible of the
whhie extent of your goodness to me.
Mr. Chairman. W.,atdoyou mean, My.
Manufacturer?
Mr Manufacturer. Why, although double pri-
*-e» ho'ld out great eoroumgemttnt* to industry,
they also hold >nt strong tempts'ions to idlenvssi
and, m, like other folk 1 -, 1 am very lond of my own
.L.... Ik. -P I _ 1
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Mr Chairman Why really; ! never thol’ oi
thsti but Hr Hsnttfieturrr, 1 would advise you
a* a friend to'be orator mum, up m this occasion
Believe me t this is s case, in which,“the least said
istni'pest mend.-d ”
Mr. Manufacturer Why, 'bis ts all truo as you
say, Mr 011airman: Hut there is no harm in
speaking plain amongsrfrietitls. There is another
thing, I think it my duty-to tell you. • I am very
fond, ike other folks, of looking big nod fine* 1
now ride in a gig; but I will immediately net n
chariot, and the nexi year, n coach. 1 will get a
wonderful deal of finery for my daughters; and
shining turniture for my house.
Mr. Chairman Vyhy, Mr: Manufacturer.—I
candidly acknowledge, inever thought of all this
but, as n friend, I would advise you to be very
cautious how you H ' '
the cursed farmers wv ,„ ..... fvu
spending their money that way ins’eadof promnl
ing national industry, they will blow us all up
You must never let tuem' know how their money
comes, or goes. '
Mr. Manufacturer Let me alone for that. Du,
this monopoly is better yet It will enable me it*
get the cheanest msterials, and slight my work iii
ihe bargain; so that I «osv be lazy; and yet rich
notwithstanding. As you are not in the trade,
Mr Chairman, I suppose you never thought ot
that. .•
Mr. Chairman Really, Mr. Manufacturer, I be
gin to tlunk, bis scheme, tylll have some effect
I never thought of before.' But do you keep all
that under the ro3e. Don’t say any thing about
it* , » t' , j r •
Mr. Manufacturer Thero is only one thing in
the world, Mr. Chairman, I could have the con
science »o nsk you to do more for mr;
Mr Chairman. What la that. Mr. Manufacturer?
My uiil i-go'iii I ssure you.
Mr. Manufacturer. Why simply to pass a law,
to enable me io keep down, my fourneymen’s wa
ges. These fellows somriimetffun a little rusty;
and I should like to have them under my thumb
too
Mr Chairman Be Content, Mr. Manufacturer.
1 think you have got enough. That would b,
rather a dangerous law; and I know you can
manage tile journeymen better without it. You
know what devtjr of fellows (hese, journeymen are
t<> voie '
Mr. Manufacturer. Vmi are right, Mr Chair
roan—I wid not raisd their day wages a cent; und
when they buy their, own work from roe, I will
charge them the monufoly price. So that they
shall get nothing by this bles.ed monopoly.—
Hurra, Mr Chahoian, l can now be Dzy, and fet---
truvugant, and get rich in the bargiim, What a
good man you are, Mr. Chairman!'and what a
ilessed thing is a monopoly Count most certain
ly upon my vote, at the next eiccuon, and the
votesof the whole nVmufacturing fraternity, and
all our journeymen to boov
These de*elopemenifl, are not only conforms
ble to the common impulses, which govern human
actions j^but to the practical effects of the exist
ing Tariff; and of every other monopoly. The
domestic gtwris in general, told in this.pattof the
country, as far as oy limited observation extends,
are of the cheapest materials; and slighted’in the
workmanship. Yet they are acid at nearly double
the Utr prices of well wrought goods There
evils of the existing Tariff calf most. Ibudte for a
remedy. This can only consist in a great reduc
(inn rr ill#* nppotinf ha
is bottom- d. TliVfe never was a more Urge d
,.ids;icred duty impos-d upon any government
There never cun be a more just mid riglucoii
cause, than the countrncuon of a most thought,
less, visionary, sml prufligate Scheme, to subject
the Citizen* of the IT. S, to a permanent manufac
tuke place; and I trust in Gud it may; I presume
the Tariff schemers will themselves admit; they
did nnl foresee, that all ihq present unholy gains,
and all the dreams of further unholy gains to come,
of the legalized plundering manufacturers wbuld
so soon become dissolved into thin air; and that
solid justice would be restored once more to the
oppressed contributors They must also admit
that they did not foresee, nor could they have
foreseen, nor can they now foresee, all the conse
quences of the destructive “Tariff Bill.”
■ - wm H. nn es,
Wigwam, Amelia Cotintu, Fo
April 25; 1824. ; / } * / ■
•V Upon this principle there would not be any
difficulty on the part ofthe oppressed and insulted
Hates, in doing themselves justice”—T I- .uh.
je- t i-as been artificially made a question between
stoles.— Whereas it is really and solely a #1- stiou
hetusren the individuals of dfferent occupations in
the 'U S. This has arisen 4t"iin the greater ine.
qualities in the proportion of the manufacturers
in anme states, over ihose of other states. This
delusive am) artificial mode of examining the sub
ject has been attended with the most unfortunate
effects to Ihe cause of truthrby exciting state feel-
inga and combinations. The effects of the Tariff
bill, would be injurious to <he aggregate popula
tion of every Mate in the Union. Because there
is not a state In the Unt. n—Rhode Island, for ex-
ample—in which the manufacturers do not form
but a small proportion to the rest ofthe aggregate
population. In caso ofthe adoption of the sug-
argument of Mr Csmbreleng, and addn l
calctil^tions tb shew that the increase pf
re venue \Hiich its effect would produce
tween the manullir.turcrs, and the rest ofthe pop
ulation of those states respectively—which would
necessarily be ittended with the best effects.—
I’lje true character of the Tariff schemers in its
tfieets upon tho dillerent occupations in society
would fo that case be completely developed; and
all it a hideous features exposed to pu
and detestation.
view,
Eighteenth Congress,
‘V. IN SENATE. " r .)'*
, Mat 19.
Mr. Lloyd, of Mass, from the commiti -«-.ppoip
ted tu confer with a committee on the pari ofthe
Hhusq of.Representatives, onAhe subject of the
disagreement ofthe t.vo Houses, in relation to
« o amendments to the blit “to amend the several
.<ct« for imposing duties on imports,” submitted
a report, in which ia recommended the adbption
of the following propositions«' ’
I That the Unu'e of Representatives do recede
fromita ditngre menl to the third amendment of
the Senate, and do agree to the same with the
following amendment; alter the word ••wootp
where it first occurs in the proviso, strike out the
words, “or of which wool shall be b component Part"
and insert"except flannels and bases. ”
i-s sixteenth amendment, in reference to the spe
cific duty on Cotton Bagging, as is disagreed to
- n ,...» , v,.... 7 the Representative'; and that, the
ease, they afford me the option of being Isty; -nd c ’. !iuse modified* so ss to read, “on cotton bag-
they will enable me to follow my natural propen- F ln S, three cents and three fourths of d cent per
-ities. < sguarsyard» »•
i hts r port was accepted by the Senate,' with
tijn division. By the first proposition the provi
so in question ia left as follows t Provided, That
on ail manufactures of wool, except flannels and
liaises, the actual value of which, at the place
► .ence imported, shall not exceed thirty-three
nd d third cents per square yard, shall be ch.trg
<1 with a duty of twenty .five per centum adva
'.'irem. Articles of which wool is a component
part, together wi h ft. nnela and baizes, nre thus
nade subject to thiasme duties as are imposed by
the bill on other manufacture - of wool. . By the
lecond proposition the specific duty of four and a
half cents p-r square yard on cotton bnccimr. as
it originally stoodin the bill, U reduced to ft.
cents aiul three fourths of a cent
„„ ( The resolutio i Submitted on Monday last, by
igure away in high style. If Mass * “ re{ l ,ie *fing the President of
should find out, that you art 0 Mt^o a report from the Secreta
aey that way ins' ead of promol i r Jf ( ^ c 1 reasur T M be laid before, the Senate,
- ' ~ ' at the commencement ofthe next session ofcon.
>y the Commute of Conference intM 0 *
'rd the repurt as accomplishing ,
would be attained under existin ’ ■ *1
stances -and he uiged a ConcuriL^'H
result—since the two branches ,r
gislaturc had got so nearly to one 1 • H
to bo -vltliin half a ccm, „ °’
of each other’s measures. B e
Mr. Trimble expressed a hone .u
friends of the bill would adhere
other* and not losox measure ft i- l S
had been struggling fo,- ycars b ^ h 4
amount of one contested dmv 8 Se 'H
cent below the point th cy wi / h !' ,aIf l
made a few observattons on the «t
favo. .dispensed by the bill to .ken,.It
the West—and, though not ann Ji- C ^. ar
just or Sufficient, was yet wil{iL°g ,n ' l >
csce, and Imped other member/, 8C H
West would do so too. I,, , h * r ' ,ni ">4
remarks, Mr T. incidentally uf H
Ited eulogium on the cliaractei a "! et *
of the late Gen. Wuyne, to wl.osSsoT?
ttng near him, he was willing to atCli
an umpire between himself and tiiKLl
man from Georgia* 6 mi! |
Mr Catnbieleng contended that the hi
was now wholly a revenue bill—he d.*l
upon the large amount it would add to J
burdens of the country, the noedlessnll
sqck an increase, fcc, 111
MrVlcLcan, of Del spoke in support J
the view given by the gentleman fr?K
Yotk,(Mr r«yfoi’).—advocated the h)ll
opportune to the state or the finances
would enable the nation to redeem thos
pef cents, and extinguish the nstionai dc*
by the year 1834 “ CW 1
Mr Chambreleng 'spoke i n t9ply insUli
on The view lie had before given; »nd then.
l,he question on Hidcfiiute nbstponcmcnt
was taken, by Yeas and Nays,and decided!
as follows— Yivs 7o, N^ys 120. |
Mr 'Forayt.li objected to the principle A
taxing the Southern states, in the article of I
Colton bogging,to however small an amouaj
for the benefit of a particular district of the!
Union, and he gave notice that, should the I
mmion of concurrence with the commutctl
of conference be rejected, he should subn.itl
a motion, that this House recede from iyl
disagreement to the Senate’s amendment. I
After a few remarks from Mr TriniNs I
in reply to those of Mr Forsyth, tho ^uei-l
--- ■—rw——‘« — tton was taken on concuring with the fcboitl
,rom so much of ofthe Committee of Conference, and deci-1
ded by. Yeas and Nays, as follows—Y«i I
126. Nays 66 |
So the report of the Committee of Gan* I
terence was agreed to. ' 1
cress,shewing the aibount of duties which sHui 1
have accrued op importations into the U. 8tafr,*
for the threa quarters of a year, ending June 3o,
I82i; alio the amount of duties which would have
accrued on the sape imputations at such higher
rates of duty as may be imposed by any act of the
present session of Congress,” was again rend for
consideration. Mr. U very briefly explained his
view?, in its introduction; and th^ resolution
was agreed to, by the Senate.
, The bill from the Ifouae of Representatives,
“to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mis
stssippt Rivers,” wa* taken up for consideration,
in committee of the whole, reported tpiheSennte,
as amendment, and afterwards passed to i
reading -rYea> 35, Naya 2u.
adjournment of congress.
On motion of Mr Macon, the resolution, as it
Of Representatives, fixing
tfo 27th inst. for the adjournment of the present
reasion of Congress, was taken up for considera
tion, and concurred in by the Sedate. .
And then the 9enate adjourned,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Poinsett, frotp the Committee on Foreign
Aftaira, made a report on so much of the Presi
dent a message as relates to piracies committed on
the commerce ofthe U. 8. in the neighborhood
ot the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico; which was
lata,on the table.
. Mr Taylor,from the committee of conference on
the disagreeing vote ofthe two Houses upon the
amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled “an
act to amend the several acts imposing duties on
imports, made a report thereon, a copy of which
thte da <0Und m the P rocee(lin fc» Senate of
M£ T°d moved for a'call ofthe House previous
to taking a vote on this report. The motion was
not agreed to. ^ “•
' : aSS , K3t?.Ste 8, ' w,ra '
positively iriclchendLiti T ^ T** > our ll d « llars > that, ifl utn
s—The jvrinciple S " ot wtll there by get a home
.. - - ink, detestable—and never J 8 -® '- h ^‘ >n ® ,,Undre . d *****5 and
< mW/*ecornmen«Ut,aa an original then ma y 3hocs at a ,a * r l>'ice,ac.
^ ; A >• an original plot, 'cording to their actual worth- But pray,
.»■».* iu 4u imp, { hopo anu
trust, the individual states will exert their powers
for the protection ol their citizens, against The ef
tecta ot there gross, and unjust impositions. Be
side*, I think the time is arrived for the state co
veromenta to take a decisive sund for the protec
tion of state rights; or to abandon them sltngcth
-rr , and to proclaim their own dissolutions as po
Utieal corporations, in our excellent system ol
government, the state governments,, have been
8enl,nt ,B » j° gurid their citizens against
all arbitrary encroachments upon their rights by
the government of tbo S. The state govern
mems are now, most sblemnly called upon to per
form this high and aocred duty, They are now L uuiJ w vauonn'on the char-
&T2S& suffering, * n d acle ‘ : of -\hu. bill,^which he maintained was
ihrciitened ciiizcno, |o prov^ fuiihful Bentinolsi SfnBirdfid. nr» inhnh» lmi 'j: ■ *
to prove the wisdom and efficacy- of tills great
principle in our constitution, and pot to leave tt/eir
ol the Waters of the U S. shall be granted ahy
b °n Q A V *T' he ***fter built and moved or prl'
ftr r,1n b n y ”” pr 8, f a,n » the principle of con-
Mruction commonly called‘liigh pressure-,” nor
ornronJtf t l 0 h Ve «? 3e,heretOfpre b,ji,t and moved
i ” by fire ar *‘eam, that shall hereafter
w proytded with any engine or other
maebjnq intended to move or propel such boat or
vead upon the principle of construction'aforq-'
The resolution was adopted.
„„ 1 TARIFF BILL. ,
I lie report of the Committee of Confer
ence in relation to amendments to the Tariff
Sme W d a ay. rCa4 M rCp6rted ' ta the Senate the
. Mr; Taylor, moved that the House concur
* h 0,o reportof ,h.fc„mmiuc, ffiggS
wt 9“ “, n r wh>;which were ordered,
hiitrf" ^ ora y Ul made a motion, prefaced
pb8 w vat I^a'on the char
as amenjlctl, no longor a 1 bill to
.. mv, 8\££?Z
htr iftv_e^tie,J to fteMpune redeffnifr.ly.Rs.^ji^
WASHINGTON, MAT 20.
The bill fora revision ofthe Tariff ol Du.
tics on Imports has, at length, .passedbade I
Houses of Congress, and wants onlj tho
signature oi the President to become nlaw.
Tliat signature, there is i.o reason to doubt,
it will receive, and it may be spoken of, by
anticipation, as the tew ofthe land.
Upon the passage of this act we have little
rporn lor comment. It is n<>t the bill 4ng'*
•pally reported, its very nature being rs'en*
tially changed by the amendments which,o
as progress to maturity, it has undergo
in both houses, and particularly in the St# .
ate. As it now qtahds, it has some -goad
features, and-few objectionable ones. It
augments the duties on many articles, but
not to &uch eri amount as to make then
prohibitory, or oppressive in their operation.
The objection to the principle ofthe billio
the Sputhern country and some of the com*
merciul districts, will still have their origin
al forcesbtu those which are foundMon
apprehensions of its practical operation will
not, we think, be realized.,,.
As the duties are not so far inereaieds*
to amount to a prohibition, the effect of the
bill will be, after this year, to add to the re
venue an amount, variously stated, oifrom
one to four millions of dollars. We do not
much want the revenue; but, by this addr
tion, the government will be abl> so much
more rapidly to reduce the nations' dr.bty
and thus to prepare the natibn more firmly
to bear tip against adverse circumstances;
should jthave sgatn-to enepynter them, as
it had done heretofore.
By thn passage of this. act,..we shall bft-
gtuatVy disappointed if one important go o
has not been accomplished, viz the satisfy
ing the petitions and wishes ojf a large por»
tion of our follow citizens, who have been
induced, by a reasoning • which we never
could follow, to believe that such a measure
as the adoption of a new Tariff was insepa
rably connected with our national independ-
a i ,ce H. ^ be ^irly presumed, now, that
the. Tariff is settled formally years, and it
is a subject of congrotuJa,tjfoh, that, being
settled, the revision has approached so near
ly to .the beau ideal of a “ judiclous’^ane.
t flTal. Int.
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