Mr. FESSENDEN. Yes, it might be put in a separate bill. There are other business sections that also require immediate attention, and there are some matters now in the hands of. the ComFinance which I had designed and hoped to put on this bill as amendments, which I also thought to be necessar. IFith regard to my own individual opinions upon the general subject, I believe they are perfectly understood, and it is not necessary that I should say anything about them. I am, within all the limits allowed by the Constitution, what is called a protective tariff man. have always been so since my entrance into public life, and I shall probably adhere to my opinions on that subject. As to the vote that has been given in tcHoRep, I have nothing to say about it. I agree with my friendfrom Massachusetts who stated his views the other day, in one particular, and that is that this can by no means be considered a bill got up in the interest of NewEngland, although I notice that some of the western gapers take great pains to suggest that idea. otwithstanding that, the vote of NewEng‘ land was pretty much solid for the bill; and Imention it not as proving in my judgment that it was peculiarly applicable to NewEng land interests, but as proving the loyalty of NewEngland and their disinterestedness q their loyalty to their belief, and to the system which they have always advocated. If they need these things now less than other sections of the country, it does not follow that it is part of the character of NewEngland to shrink from what they deem necessary to be done for the good of the whole country. The gentle' men of the other House from different sections of the country are, however, responsible for their own votes, and they must consider what it is best for them to do. The result, what they have done, is before us. They have sent this bill to us; and yet it is for us now to consider whether we shall proceed to complete the work which they have begun, revise it if necessary, and make the necessary changes, or whether we shall direct, so far as we are concerned, that the matter shall not be considered at the present session. On that point I do not intend to offer any remarks whatever. It isnot for me to settle. All that I have to do is to exress in own read iness to enter upon the wor if such is the de' sire of the Senate, and to express my wish that it should be entered upon, believing that a revision of the tariff is necessary; but every member of the Senate as well able to judge of that necessity as I am. If that necessity has been brought about, I think iihas been brought about by action for which ain not responsible, and more by th action of members of both Houses from other sections of the country than my own, in their opposition to what 1 conceived to be a very necessary reduction of the currency, which, in reality, is creating, in my judgment, a great part of the difficulty that we are now laboring under. Whether this is necessary in order to meet the difficulties thus occasioned, and whether we should act imme diately on the subject, Senators will consider. It has been before them a long time. This bill was under debate in the other House for several weeks. Senators all know the result. They have all been thinkin of it. They know their own position. I sha I not undertake at present, in this suzge of the bill, on a motion to refer it to the comFinance, of which I happen to be chairman, to discuss the general question. I resume, from what has been passing in this Cliamber for the last 3 or 4 days, the mind of every Senator is made up on the point whether we are to enter upon the examination of the subject at the present session or not. Whatever the Senate does I shall endeavor to be satisfied with, and if any other duty is imposed upon me or the committee of which I am a member at the preSent session, I can only repeat that we are perfectly ready to enter upon it and discharge it to the best of our ability.