ABSTRACT
Mr. Stewart said, he regretted that the motion now submitted, to reduce the proposed duty on iron, compelled him to depart from the determination he had formed, not to trouble the House with any remarks of his, upon this subject. But when he saw, in this motion, a blow aimed at the vital interests of those whom he had the honor to represent upon this floor, it would be a culpable dereliction of public duty in him to remain silent. He did not intend, however, he said, to enter upon the discussion of the general principles of the bill, further than was necessary to meet and obviate the arguments which had been employed by gentlemen who had supported the proposition now under consideration.
