...will add exactly fifteen millions of dollars annually to the amount of revenue; yet we are told by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Committee of Ways and Means, that inasmuch as the duties now derived from the importation of the abovementioned articles amount...

...the detail. The very moment the bill made its appearance in the House, after having been examined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Committee of Ways and Means had spent a fortnight, those who before were its warmest friends abandoned it as radically bad ; they...

...sufficient to refer to estimates and report" made by the sec-rettry of the treasury and the committee nt ways and means, and to the body of resolutions passed in March but, in th*1 house of n'preu*ntaiivei. It would hesomereJK-fiuour unxiety, if amends were likely to...

...the detail. The very moment the bill made its appearance in the House, after having been examined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Committee of Ways and Means had spent a fortnight, those who before were its warmest friends abandoned it as radically bad; they...

...refer to the gentleman's own book, (which, however he had not read, but meant to read,) and because the Secretary of the Treasury and the Committee of Ways and Means had recommended a direct tax as the only source which could be depended upon for a permanent revenue....

...substance to escape them ; lor what is their relative position? M — Continued. are estimated, by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Committee of Ways and Means, at $27,000,000. Every one must concede that duties to an amount of $20,000,000, judiciously distributed,...

...encouraging and protecting manufacttires." Its primary purpose, however, was revenue. It was arranged by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Committee of Ways and Means of the time being, with that particular view. Many of the duties which have been most commonly carped...

...protecting manufac- . . j ^ tares." i \( Its primary purpose, however, was revenue. It was arranged by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Committee of Ways and Means of the time being, with that particular view. Many of the duties which have been most commonly carped...

...encouraging and protecting manufactnres." Its primary purpose, however, was revenue. It was arranged by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Committee of Ways and Means of the time being, with that particular view. Many of the duties which have been most commonly carped...

...bill, but would be injurious toit. The proposition to extend the subscription had been considered by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Committee of Ways and Means, and was deemed unadvisable after deliberation. The probability that the other holders of stock would subscribe...