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Day
5
Month
September
Year
1842
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In a debate in the Senate, Ang, 2, Mr. Tappan, ofOhio, offeredthe following resolution: ilAnd hc il further enacted, That whpnevOr the President of the United States 6hall receive satisfnctory evidence that the dor, flour, and salted provisión?, exportcd from tne United State?, are admitted free of duty int o the severalports of any Europenn 6tate or kingdom, he shall make proclamnlion thereof to the people of the United States, and thtreupon after the expiration of three months after Uiedate of such proclamution, the diïties imposed by this act upon all articles t he jrrowth or manufacture of such state orkingdom admitting suchcnrn, flour or salted provisionsfreo of dnty, sofaras the same excecd fwenty percent, ad valor em shall he thenceforth chnrgeable with a duty of UVenty per Cent. ad valorem. Messrs. Tappan and Walker advocated the oroendment, and Messrs. Evans and Merrick opposed it. Mr. Pappan, in a cíear and concise speech, explained the effect which the adoption of this propdsitioh would hnve on the great interests of the country. To give to tlie farmers of the United Si ates permission to feed the starving millions of the old wo-ld would cover our land with rich harvests, the husbandman no longer fearing that his crops will rot in his yerd. Commerce will aeain resume its true character, as an exchnnge of the pro ducts of our own country for tliose of foreign lands, to the enrichment of bolh. The Northern and Middle States wculd són vie with the planting States iñ the value of their exportsj and the am'ount of tha whole would be three fold what it now is, while the halfetarved population of Europe would rejoice in an abundauce of food. The tribe of speculators would either go to the plough or furn eommercial men, and a broad and deep current of pröspérty would flow over both hemispheres in all thèir ihterestf. The arnend ment was afnended by including tobáceo, and was lost - 26 against 16--Mr. Porter vóting agai-sï it, and Mr. Woodbridge ábeent. In vol ing as he dïd. in onr opinión, Mr. Porter "voted against the trüe mterests of his State. Michnan ïs eminently an agricul. tural State; and the great desiderátum with óur farmers is an adequate remunera' Ory ni'arket. This was a fair propositioh for securing such a market, without jeopardizingothèr inieresle.' Contrary to expec'tatiori wïiéh wè ïssüed ótir last paper, the tariffbill once more carne üp bi;fore the House with the Distributïon and thé duties on tea and coflee stricken out, and paeséd by the eloeè vote of 105 to 103. The Detroit Times says, "Of the 10& vvho votéd fot the p'nssnge of the tafiff 82 were whige and L0 Democrnts. Of the ÏOS who voted ín' ihe negative, 65 weVe democrats nnd 8b whigsv We have looked fur the name of our but have not b een ?.ble to find ït, eithér with the yeas or nays." The hard struggles made to' secure the passage of á Tariff bill thróufrh th'e House, nftay be'inferred from the following paragraph in the Intel ligencer. "We do not tt?member ever to have Witnessed. during thirty-five rears' attendance óii the House of Representntíves, a more exciting ecene, a severer cuntest, a greater earñestness and self devotion.than cliaractererized the proceedings and vote of yesterday." The bill to repeal the 20 per cant. provisión of the land bilí has passed the House ano íieen sent to the Senate with a fair prospect óf its' passing that body. The revenu ë bill, it is now thought will pass both Houees. Mr. Fillmore, from the Ways nnd Means, report ed a bill proposing the sale of the government slock at par and the issue of Trea8ury notes at par. The bill was read twice and referred to the Commïttee of the Whle. The arabunl of treasury notes to be issued are not to exceed $6,000,000.

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