Mr. HENDERSON. I desire to say once for all that if Senators understood me as imputing anything wrong to the Senfrom Maine, they are very much mistaken. I have altogether a different opinion of that Senator. I apprehend that the Senfrom Maine desired to protect the interests of his own State, as I desire to protect the interests of mine. I do not blame him for that. if I were to blame him for it I should blame materially the Senator who has just taken his seat. I apprehend that that Senator has on several occasions offered amendments proposing increased duties looking directly to the protection of the manufactures of his own State. I do not blame him for that, because it really seems to me that there has been a desire from the beginning among Senators to offer amendments looking to the protection of the interests of their own States. I do not think the Senfrom Maine has been so eager about it as various other Senators. I only complained and if I manifested any excitement about it it grew out of that fact that when I offered amendments looking to the protection of the interests of my State, as I conceived, they were not regarded at all, but were cast aside coolly, and sometimes I thought rather contemptuously. The Senfrom NewJersey, who has just taken his seat, I apprehend has had interests in his State protected over and above the duties proposed by the ComFinance in this bill as they reported it to the Senate. If I do not mistake there is an interest protected in this bill to the extent of 4 dollars per ton upon the stone of NewJersey, and if I am not incorrectly informed upon the subject, really as good stone to build houses can be brought into the city of Portland for 3 dollars a ton, making a duty of more than 100%. I was surprised at the coolness with which the Senfrom Maine accepted that proposition, or rather suffered it to): SS. I There are other interests protected here that I might allude t;o but the Senator will not understand that I blame him for looking to the interests of his own people. He was sent here for that purpose; not to look after their interests alone. It is true, he is a Senator of the U.S.; but it is not to be expected that Senators will wholly disregard the interests of their own constituents. have no complaint to make of it. I do not complain even of the Senfrom Maryland, who looks to the protection of the shipping interest upon the waters of Maryland. But, sir, the Senfrom Oregon says that the shipping interest will die, unless this protection is given. Why, sir, what was the effect of the lowest duties ever known in this country, those under the tariff of 1846, upon ton nage? In 1846 we had 188, 203 tons of tonnage; in 1847, 243, 732; in 1848, 318,000; in 1849, 256,000; in 1850, 272,000; in 1851, 298,000; in 1852, 357,000; in 1853, 425,000; in 1854, 535,000, and in 1856, 583,000 tons a grad ual, constant increase in the amount of ton nage built in this country, and yet we are told it cannot be built here now. If it could be built under the tariff of 1846, why can it not be built under the Present rates without giving a drawback of every dollar that goes into it in iron, cordage, canvas, &c. 7Iask for the yeas&nays. The yeas&nays were ordered.