Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)United States. Congress
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)
United States. Congress
Law -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
NAYS.--Isaac Anderson, John Archer, Simeon Baldwin, David Bard,
Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, Joseph Bryan, William Chamberlin,
Clifton Claggett, Matthew Clay, Frederick Conrad, Ebenezer
Elmer, John W. Eppes, William Findlay, James Gillespie,
Peterson Goodwyn, Gaylord Griswold, John A. Hanna, William
Helms, William Hoge, David Holmes, David Hough, John G.
Jackson, Walter Jones, William Kennedy, Nehemiah Knight, Joseph
Lewis, jr., Henry W. Livingston, John B. C. Lucas, William
McCreery, Samuel L. Mitchill, Nicholas R. Moore, Jeremiah
Morrow, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jr., Gideon Olin, Beriah
Palmer, Thomas M. Randolph, Jacob Richards, Cæsar A. Rodney,
Erastus Root, Thomas Sammons, Ebenezer Seaver, James Sloan,
John Smilie, John Smith of New York, John Smith of Virginia,
Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, John Stewart,
Samuel Taggart, Philip R. Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg,
Philip Van Cortlandt, Isaac Van Hornee, Joseph B. Varnum, Peleg
Wadsworth, Matthew Walton, Marmaduke Williams, and Joseph
Winston.
And then the main question being taken that the House do agree to the
said resolution, as amended to read as follows:
_Resolved_, That a tax of ten dollars be imposed on every slave
imported into any part of the United States:
It was resolved in the affirmative--yeas 71.
_Ordered_, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the said
resolution; and that the Committee of Ways and Means do prepare and
bring in the same.
FRIDAY, February 17.
_Importation of Slaves._
The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of
yesterday, viz: “What day should be made the order to the Committee of
the Whole to consider the bill laying a tax of ten dollars upon every
slave imported into the United States.”
Mr. LOWNDES moved that the further consideration of the bill should be
postponed till the first Monday in December.
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