The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-07
From the N. Y. Erening Post.
SMUGGLING.
accuracies.

II is intimated in the newspapers that some OF the
most violent advocates of protective tariff are en-
gagged in the arrangements for smuggling, which have
been made so extensively the northern frontier.
We know nothing of the fact, but shall not be
surprised if it turns out to be so. We have often
wondered to what to attribute the fiery zeal
of certain of that class, which deDominated
"Home Leaguers." If, however, it should be made
to appear that there has been a conspiracy, on
their part, to cut up all fair legal commerce BY
the roots, in order to enable them to make their
fortunes, by contraband trade, the mystery will be
,plained.
High duties, as we have more than once shown
are a bounty smuggling. Who are more likely to
ask for such bounty than they who expect to profit
| y IL Who would naturally besiese Congress with
applications for premium of two dollars and fifty
cents upon every pound Of silk fairies Struggled into
the country of forty per cent upon all woollens and
of hundred per cent. upon various necessary arti
cles manufactured of from Who would be clamo
rous for depressing the fair trader by exacting cash
duties, without at the same time, allowing him the
relief of the warehouse SYSTEM Who but the rival
of the fair trader, who but the smuggler, the contra
bandst who stands ready to take the premium upon
smuggled silks, struggled oollens, struggled brandy,
and struggled hardwaiei The plan is an ingenious
one and all who have witnessed the perverse dexer-
ty of which certain portion of the commercial class
give us daily examples, will agree with that it is
quite possible that il has been acted upon.
Let us not be misunderstood. There is large
class who for prohbitory tariff in order TO
able them grow rich by the business of manufactu-
ring These avow their real motivesselfsh as it is,
their object is honestly avowed. There is anoth' r
class still larger, who call for protective duties with
political object, the advancement of their own par
ty by the hslp of the manufacturers, who remark
ably active and skilful election agents. There is
third class, who, bewildered and dizzicd by the
clamor Of these two, actually believe that probbi-
tory tariff is necessary to the welfare Of the country.
Neither of these classes desire to encourage SNUG
Cling; they would be glad to put an end to foreign
trade, both legal and illegal But there is yet a
fourth class jealous advocates of American industry
without any apparent motive, men who have travel
led the country emssaries, getting up tariff meet
ings, establishing home leagues circulating tariff pc
titlons blowing the bellows here, putting on fuel
there, aud stirring the embers yonder, with
ing eagerness and activity. These may well have
been the agents Of men who expected to make their
fortunes by smuggling, as soon as a prohibitory
tariff shall have driven the fair trader from the
| field.
| The people Of New York are to settle the question
in few days, whether they will be represented in
Congress by persons who, from whatever motive,
are in favor of measures which ruin the fair trader
and enrich the smugger 1t is for them TO say whe-
Their the Of this great of the western world
stall be given for against the repeal of the boun-
ties on smuggling.