New-York tribune., 1842-01-05
THE I R B U N & !.
Ezorizoatul Duty"


cd Il was framed in haste and under intense ex.
ci,emen,-a law 10 ward off impending evil It's
now believed on al! hands TO require es,enta!
amendments. The Home Valuation Of imported
articles requires some further provision Of iaw,
or uniformity in the amount of duties ,,iil be de-
stroyed
Again: some articles ac,ualIy require little Or
no protection from their bulkiness-lheir periea-
bic nature, &c.-but BY the law all are, tA,
30,h OF June, to be placed Oh the sam" footing
all except those exempted from duties entirely,
viii BE- required 10 pay 20 cent
II is the policy of some foreign countries 10 al
low bontes on exported commodities pfodncedh by
their own Industry. These bounties, in many In
stances will amount 10 more than 20 per cent. on
their cost@Laber in these countries Is not
,hrd the price Of fARlericanlabor is, therefore,
evident that our citizens wh' produce similar
,cles will be compelled to reduce thri: wage, v,f
labor even lower than those -f the miserable, de
graded paupers OF Europe who work for bare
existence-who intact, In many cases. cannot even
earn oipuR III ~ SuDoiSl 1ie= our CIllIttS, our
aborers willing to submit to this degradation
The different classes of our producers are no,
aware of the consequences. The Iron and the Pa
per Manufacturers have, 10 be sure, met and dis
c,lssed the subjec, and unless The last reduction
of duties under the existing law is modified, the
consequences they know are deporable. The man
utact,llers Of Leather are in no better situation
How will il aticc, our Glass Manufacturer.
Manufacturers OF Clothing, and fifty other things
which rnnv be named 1t Will be proclaimed
throughou the world that the ports Of America
are open, and the accumulated heaps OF refuse
goods of all countries, where the workingmen are
glad 10 obtain sxpence day and sustain life on
few roots, will be poured in upon us-cheap-
yes dog cheaP--and our poor laborers then
tuy cheap coat; but when they count the days
works which ale required, they will find that the
means OF paying must be taken iato the account to
determine what is heap.
Our costly manufacturing establishments will be
rendered useless for ii is vain to believe that
f,ec-born citizens will labor at the reduced prices
which 8 competition wthforeign pauPers will pro-
dnce. VYhat, then will become of the vast amount
of articles that cannot, at any rate, be sent abroad
10 luy cheap '--pershub!e articles of Pra
vision, oi=vegetables which our manufacturers will
gladly receive tor coats, or for any other clothing
Yes, millions on millions of dollars value, which
cannot be sent over the ocean. are every year eN.
changed at home for our substantial goods, and
,hus our population are comfortably clothed AID
fed VIII Free Traders still PORT to the Western
wds, to our cheap lands Do they think there
are no difficulties in our tens OF thousands OF me-
chanics and wokingmeu, with slender means,
leaving their accustomed employments, and, with
their families locating in the woods, with no other
protection from the inclenencics OF our climate but
u log hut, procure their sus,enunce by an occu,
patton il, which they have experience, aud
which they know nothing about twas stated
AT the Convention of Paper.Nlakers, held in his
city. that there are in tho town OF Leeds, Mass.
about 900 inhabitants, and that they are, directly
or indirectly, nearly every individual, comfortably
supported from the Paper Factories located in tie
Town which are=six,e in number. l. ii desirable
10 scatter this hourishing population, and compel
them TO seek Il precarous subsistence IN new
country III a distance from schools, churches und
civilization
The Compromise Act cannot BE carried out
without, n rcvolution-a revolution in the industry
ol our country. Oar monetary system must be
completely broken up. The. constant drain for
specie would pu, an en-: to all our banking opera
tons, and throw on, exchanges into utter contn-
sion, bankrapt. ,hree tonrths OF the ,sason, and
render immensely rich few already rich ones
whose ready ,ncans would enable them TO buy sac
ritice,l property a,ther own prices. We SAY, Go
TO the Home League, form suNiliaries ali over
,h. country. arouse the people. ana let them press
on their representations IN Congress TO avett=the
irl5ending rum -etore il i, TOO late. The League
,aeet at the Repository this evening, al O'Clock
II Tie New Era says ne have attributed the
authorship OF the Glentworth pamphlet TO AieSa'-
der Hamilton This is mistake. We have sup
posed i, the production Of John w. Edmonds and
J. d. Stevenson, but SAID nothing on the SUBJECT.
BY the way: since The Era seems TO be at
home in this bu4ness, will ii be good as 10 IN
form us whether the penite,.ce and amendment e'
ITS witness, Gen,wor,h, which led him 10 make his
vcraccus disclosures, dates before OF. after the
turnins Of The last NatoRoi Theatre z A has,y
glance a, tie pamphlet does no, furnish answer
10 this question, which OF considerable inter
est about town.
GyJonS 5. PESDuxroS, ESQ, OF Virginia, l.
S. Charge d'Aaairs to the Republic OF Chill, ar.
rived al Norfolk on Monday evening in the Rich.