Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-08-05
buy LESS, AND SELL MORE"

way 10 balance trade" Tie point OF difference be-
tween US is this that paper thinks tina, this beside
rayq,p can be brough, abou, without the in,even-
,iSd government" while afii nm that il anno,.
And We ihiuk We are supported in this assum p,on
BY the existing condition Of the ON mercia relations
between France aud the United States. Why is i,
that we buy much more than sell TO that oun
Try, requiring an annual expectation of many mil
lions Of specie TO ad ust the balance Of rade-or in
other words. TO pay the debt thereby contracted
Do not Luy much, because France is permitted TO
pour into GU, ports The products Of her indus,,
most OF them dnfy jrte, aud with barely nominal
duty the remalnderl And do we not stU huie.
because by her governmental regulations the con
sumption Of our productions Is restricted to the
smallest possible amount! Ifmewoud buy less ~
we mus, impose duty on the imported ar,ieles-,i
we would "sell n ore,"we NUS, by ar..on TO re-
ialiacry duties, compel the Fiench government TO
modify her monopoly, and 10 leave tie FreLch
markets as open 10 the American producer the
American markets are to the French. 1t is veiy ca
sy to exclam, buy les, and sell more, Just as
easy as say 10 the btggar, "be ye fed and be We
clot ed !" but, in tie former, in he latter case
there is magic in The annunciaion Of the injunc-
ton. 1t must be followed up by active efors TO
secure ITS fulfmen'. How will you compel The A
merican dealer TO buy ss,"-how force the French
dealer to buy more,"-uness the Injunction
be succeeded by the "ntervenllon Of eovernn emf
unless metell the French government, that if she
will permit her citizens to buy more" hy IA
relaxation OF her tax upon our products shall be
constrained TO adopt su, h counte,va'Ilng II gulaous
a~ill render II advisable in her American custom
ers to buy less 7"
But we ale told that Frenchmen pay the tax up
on our Tobacco; aud the inference OF oou,se is
that We have therefore Of con plant The
fact is true but The inference is not leg climate If
the conclusion be sound il strange thai Mr.. fer
did not ind j, while lie urging the modif-
cation ofthe French lax, and in default thereof re-
commenting the adoption by goverumen,
ofretal'a'ory duties on French products; aud that
Messrs. Ryes, Livingston and Cass. tone tf them
under specific instructions from Mr.. Van Buteu.)
during their respective missions to PARIS, abored so
indetatig by TO pr cue an Abatement Of the tax up
on our Tobacco. If it be sound WY have We
been, for some years past, ehdeayoling 10 effect a
modification OF the duties on Tobacco IN q ea Brl-
tam, and the German States as well as in France
Surely, if zoe sustain no it jury by these ,xorbaaut
dutu the game worth The candle Now we
admit tina, The specific tax imposed upon our Tobac-
CO is paid by the is there not anolh-
ervery obvious mode IN winch its injurious ei-
fec's reach he American plane,! Does il not lead
necessar. ~ to an immense dininuIion OF consump-
ton aud is not the dmnu, t consumption
tax upon the producer, to the precise extent Of that
dminu,ion! l. the French ports were thrown Omen
TO our tob. eco as our ports are thrown open TO her
silks aud wines, does not every iran see that the
eonsun pon OF America tobacco would be vastly
Increased, and that the increased demand thereby
created would auemen, the profits Of the American
pan'er' even while it diminished the cost to the
french consumer! 10 This way the + fenoh mono
poly operates rs tax on both sides of tie Atlantic
u'ec''y uIon the French people indirectly, but
even m"re severely, upon us.
we do not tesire TO a war of commercial
restrictions commenced and perpelualed betv cen the
onNed ) ates and France or any other European
power We are not the advocates II retaio,ory du-
ties for any such purpose; sustain this policy, as
Tho friends Of free trade, and Of "equal rights"
we 60 for it, not 10 bui'd up arest,ic,we CONNER
policy on this side Of the Atlantic, but to break
"Npwn on the other side. We go for it, f.r the
purpose Of placing the American producer on
~ ""''' P"'ioihl WIN the IenCn producer
Wego for il, with view of enabling US TO "SELL
Nuke BY the abolition abatement of that mo-
nopo'y, which, as long as it exists unmodlfed alb
so'ute'y forbids all hope Of doing so and in the
event OF failing in hat to induce our cirizens TO
"BUY LESS" by meeting the French exporter.
when he lands shores, with the same inter-
d'ctory statute which rrpulses the American pro-
Queer from the ports Of France. We are for "lree
trade on both sdes-not for freeA IN on one side,
anu shackles on the ether. This is the only mole
ny which the economical adage, "buy more and sell
1885, can be compiled wl-and the only mode
consequently, by which the balance of t,ade can be
s"Justed,wltliout The expectation Of specie.
1t be true, as is alleged. lha, the impositio of IA
oo'y on French wines and 81 KS will be exclusively "A
TAX upon The American consumer, why are the
''ench producers SO sensitive uIon the subject,
ana why does the French eovernme mt ma nif, 81 sue
hostility to It's imposition Why they know. that
a'hough the duty will be paid by the consumer,
Tue imposition OF lha, duty will necessarily lead to
diminished consumption, and that. in that way the
ID" VIII TALL more heavily upon them Than upon US
ne rule works alike in both countres-and itwould
'eem' therefore, that The rule should be alike in
WI" countries. Yet, in point Of fact, no one axis
'ot This No one asks thai French wines and silks
'"'' De taxed Ten times the amount Of their first
o''' as they tax our tobacco hut IL is asked that
:" return Tor i'm position of duty of 500 ne e nj