shipment to Europe, showing the whole amount
inspected, and putting in separate columns the
amount which came from Ohio alone. It showed
that nearly one-third of the tobacco in some years
was Ohio tobacco, of course not raised in the
tobacco counties of this State. In the very last
year the whole amount inspected was 409,097 lbs.
of which 139,065 was Ohio tobacco, in another
column, which was not Ohio tobacco, was in-
cluded Virginia and Kentucky tobacco. The
statement was at the service of any gentleman
who desired to examine it.
Mr. BOWIE said:
That the shippers could come to a great vari-
ety of places, as they did prior to 1825. They
could come to ports of entry on the Potomac and
Patuxent, and carried tobacco right off to Liver-
pool, Germany, and other places,
Prior to 1825 the planters sold to the shippers,
who came down among them, and went into their
warehouses, and made their bargains as best they
could. This was the system then. But unfor-
tunately in 1825, they adopted a system by
which was built up these grand warehouses,
which had broken up the tobacco warehouses
now in the counties, and concentrated the whole
trade in Baltimore, by means of which, these
buyers, these speculators got the entire control
of the market, and the planters never could re-
cover it, unless the Convention would bring the
the trade back to them by adopting the proposi-
tion which he had submitted.
Mr. BLAKISTONE was inclined to think that his
constituency would be opposed to this principle.
He was opposed to it for the reason that they had
gone to considerable expense to erect these warehouses
in the city of Baltimore, and there was
good reason why this was done.
Originally they had inspections in the country,
and the tenants who rented land had to pay rent in
tobacco. The consequence was that the tobacco
had to be inspected at home, and then the buyers
would not receive it unless it was carried to Bal-
timore and inspected there, and thus the tenant
had to pay two prices. They changed that sys-
tem and established another, by which inspec-
tions of tobacco were free of charge. The only
expense now paid, was the outage on tobacco,
which was enough to pay for the inspection, and
which was paid by the purchaser. They had
now established warehouses and paid the whole
expense themselves, and it had not cost the State
a dollar, and he did not wish the State to take
charge of the matter,
Mr. STEWART, of Baltimore city, moved the
previous question,
Which was seconded,
And, the main question ordered, viz:
On the adoption of the proposition of Mr.
BOWIE;
Mr. BRENT, of Baltimore city, demanded the
yeas and nays;
Which were ordered,
And being taken,
Resulted as follows:
Affirmative—Messrs. Chapman, Pres't, Lee,
Wells, Randall, Kent, John Dennis, Hicks,
107 |
Eccleston, Phelps, Bowie, McCubbin, Hearn,
Jacobs, Fiery, Neill aid Michael Newcomer—
16.
Negative—Messrs. Blakistone, Dent, Donald-
son, Sellman, Buchanan, Bell, Welch, Lloyd,
Sherwood of Talbot, Colston, McLane, Spencer,
George, Thomas, Shriver, Johnson, Gaither,
Annan, Sappington, Stephenson, McHenry, Ma-
graw, Hardcastle, Gwinn, Stewart of Baltimore
city, Brent of Baltimore city, Sherwood of Balti-
more city, Ware, Schley, John Newcomer, Har-
bine, Brewer, Waters, Anderson, Weber, Holly-
day, Fitzpatrick, Smith, Parke, Shower, Cockey
and Brown— 42.
So the amendment was rejected.
The report having been read through and
adopted.
Mr, THOMAS moved the Convention take up
for consideration the report of the committee on
the legislative department.
Mr. HICKS moved that the Convention do now
adjourn;
Which motion was disagreed to.
The question was then taken on the motion of
Mr. THOMAS;
And it was agreed to.
The Convention accordingly proceeded to con-
sider the report on the legislative department.
On motion of Mr. HICKS,
A call of the House was ordered.
Mr. DENT moved that the Convention ad-
journ;
Mr. ECCLESTON moved that the question be
taken by yeas and nays ;
Which motion was not sustained.
The question was then put on the motion of
Mr. DENT, to adjourn; and
It was determined in the negative.
On motion of Mr. SPENCER,
The Convention resolved to proceed with the
ordinary business of the session during the ab-
sence of the doorkeeper.
Mr. SPENCER then moved to take up the mo-
tion previously made by him to reconsider the
vote of the Convention on the twenty-first section -
of the judiciary report, in relation to the rates of
fees of clerks of courts, and registers of wills.
Mr. SPENCER made some remarks, which will.
be published hereafter.
Mr. JACOBS gave notice that he should move
to reconsider the first proviso offered by the gen-
tleman from Kent, (Mr. Ricaud,) to the amend-
ment of the gentleman from Charles, (Mr. Mer-
rick,) for the purpose of moving an amendment.
He coincided with the gentleman from Queen
Anne's in his views, and should vote for the mo-
tion to reconsider.
Mr. PHELPS was opposed to the motion to re-
consider, and thought that if they should go on
reconsidering, they would sit here twelve
mouths. He moved to lay the motion to recon-
sider on the table.
Mr. SPENCER demanded the yeas and nays on
the motion,
Which being ordered,
And were taken,
Resulted as follows: |
