The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-09-25
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Our Tariff continues to- vex the opinions of
tie politically wise as much as ever, though
they appear to have fallen somewhat in their
tone. They begin to think that it will not be
good policy to tax our cOttons any. farther
A writer in the London Morning Chronicle,
says:
1.-The only article of any value which Eng
land takes from America is cOttOn.-
If the United States only grew a minor
instead of a ma Or quantity of cotton consul
med by Europe, then indeed, England would
punish, through this article, as it will b.
shown she does through all ether American
articles, any want of subserviency to her in
terest; but upon American cotton our prln-
clpal manufacture depends we cannot fore
go its use, nor dare we tax it for our own
sake. The foolery of suppanting America
by growing cotton in the East Indies is not
worthy of notice. Had it been possible to
convert the cotton of Bombay and Bengal in
to the American qualities of cotton, such an
Improvement would have long since taken
place but was it otherwise the mere exper-
iment of the means by which such CONVEX
sion is proposed to be brought about would
hand over the cotton manufacture of England
to France and the Netherlands.
"The other articles of produce which Eng
land takes from America are of little value ;
but not beng to be procured elsewhere, and
being convenient framework for raising a rev.
enue, they are admitted at duties of from 80
to 1900 per cent. on their value, viz:
Value IN America. Duty in England.
Tobacco Sd. per Id. pays IS. Cd.
Iurpentlne Is Is. I'D.
Rlce l3s l5s. Cd.
Ashes lbs IS. Cd.
Timber 15s SOS. Sd.
"The ect ofthis moderate scale of du-
ties is to exclude from British markets every
article the produce of the land or industry of
those States, in which reside nine-tenths of
the consumers of English manufactures. Is it
for the imposers Ofsuch duties to rail at Am
erica for not continuing to receive our goods
at Is per cent? Let us try them with Is pr
cent. upon tobacco, instead of IS. per h.. be-
fore we charge them as wanting in reciprocal
liberality."
The Courier adds:
We agree with this writer as to the impoli-
cy Ofimposing a tax on American cotton, but
we do not find in the other duties which he
enumerates, any justification for the Amerc-
an Tariff. 1t is well known that the tax on
tobacco, SO far from being imposed for the
purpose of discouraging American produce.
has been accompanied by an actual prohibi-
ton flor the sake of the revenue,) on the
growth oftObaccO here. The amount of the
duty on wheat, however objectionable in it.
self, is practically no Inconvenience to the A
merlcans as very moderate tax would ex-
cude their wheat-Which is sufficiently evid-
ent by the fact that very small importations
reach England through Canada. The other
articles being of little importance, the state of
the case comes to this of the two great av-
aiabe articles of export from America, one
is almost untaxed,and the other though high
y taxed for purposes of revenue, is actually
favored by a prohibition of our own domestic
rr"duce-and, by the way by higher duty
imposed on the tobacco of the Spanish colo
MES.
The great objection to the American Tariff,
on the score of justice, is to be found. how
ever, in the small majority by which, after all
sorts of compromises, it has been carried and
by the extreme dissatisfaction which it has
created in those parts of the Union on whose
prosperity the experiment is to be made by
Others. AS far as the interests of the world
are concerned it is to be lamented as another
addition to those restraints on the CONNER
cial intercourse of nations which have contrib
uted SO much in modern times to iealousies,
national prejudices, and war. 1t is lamented
as bad example given by a nation which
has risen, and is rising not by restrictions, but
on account of the absence of restrictions.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
The Russian arms have done nothing Of a
ny moment since our last adviccs.
The Berlin papers to the 9th inst. contain
the Tenth Bulletin of the Russian army, by
which it appears, that the Emperor left Kou-
rassOu on the 5th uIt. and no resistance being
made, the Russians entered Bazardjid. with
0nt opposition, the inhabitants abandoning it
as the Russians advanced. After the advan-
ced guard had passed Bazardpk, they met
with body of Turkish horse commanded by
Hussein Pacha who had been sent from Chon-
la to reconnoitre. There was but a slight
skirmish, for Hussein had been sent merely
on recommending expedition. The advance
guard of the Russians was, on the 18th, at
kOsiandja.
Ii is in line with Chocmla. From Kos
landa and Choumla there are two hig hways,
which meet at Pravantho. kovarna, on the
left of the Russians leaving ChOumla on their
right will take the eastern road by the sea-
coast to the Balkan. 1t seems more probably
however that Choumla will be attacked.
Bucharest, July Is.
The plague appears to relax in its ravages.
In the last three days only ten persons have
died of it. The cOntagion has manifested it.