New-York daily tribune., 1843-05-25

with what skill and pe!tlnaclty 'he 10"' ""t :
Commerce lodges the great fact which, neTer'hs-
less it is forced to admit. that nnder the e1iS''"
Pyotectire Tariff. and in spite OF what The Jou.-
nal itself predicted would be It's natural erect
American manufacturers are able to compete sue
cessfully with those Of Europe Inc 'o''i-"'
knows. lor NAV learn from It's own Pr1ce current
,b.t this aerer was the case while Free lrade was
practically the policy OF the land Foreigners 'hen
sold their manufactured goods far cheaper than
a,v of o,r manufacturers could possibly 90 our
,,.rte,s we're flooded with their goods-the bal
ance of trade was ruinously against u.s. alo the
only way which the Free Traders saw whereby
se might hope to compete with them on anything
Ike eou4I terms, was, By the introduction OF
metallic currency toadvancc the wages of labor to
j, metallic standard 4 Tariff for Protection they
declared. would be CERTAIN rsin. The Prsce ot tae
qrticIe rouid ineeito6iy be increased by precise
Ia tie amount Of tie duty; this was the aey-note
OF al! their organs-the cardinal principle winch
none Of them ever dreamed OF doubling.
But Congress ventured to think differently ana
passed Protective Tariff And now within the
first three years OF It's operation we find the Free
Trade Journal Of Commerce even ooasting: that
at the present timc swc do rn.1utact1Te as
cheapy as the paupcr laborcrs OF EuroPe-and yet
our Iaborers are not made paupers.;' The fact ls
urdoubtcd, is most cheerfuIy and exultnsIy ac-
snowledged by the friends OF Protection. 1t es-
tabishes beyond cavli the utter gFoundessness Oh
the Free Trade apprehension that the prcc OF the
article would inevitably DC enhanced by the Il a.
riff. From this ground they are driven, and when
the question is put, Why is 1t that we can n9r
manufacture as cheaply as Europe 7" the JourHGi
responds. 'Oh because VIC are d5ie - satis-
factory-surcly What has made US able And
why were we not thus able when VIC had no FRO
tcc,ive Tariff These queries the journal makes
no attempt to answer 1t contents itself with
avoiding argument III the belief that 1t VIII 90 no
GOOD for it adds, g. when subject has been so
long ag;tatcd as this has been both sides get fur
nished with answers to evcrvthing." Begging
your pardon, NIessrs Free Traders, our side has
never got furnished with answers, direct and ex-
plicit, upon these points You cannot deny that
the Tariff now in operation is Protective: that II
has some decided effect upon American Industry
and American Manufactures. And now we
should be glad to know precisely what IN your
opinion that effect has been. You predicted RUN
from ii, and large increase of prices: yet we sec
springng up under it prosperity such as before we
have not witnessed for years, and, as yourselves
confess, we can nO,o do what we could never do
before, make cotton goods at Lowell cheaper than
they can be made at Manchester. and pay nothing
for transportation besides. Please explain us this
riddle-it is quite too deep for US.
T.. THE NEw-YoRK ANNUAL CONFERENCE of
the Methodist Episcopal Church commenced its
session in this city on the | 9Th inst. Bishop HE'D
DING presdcs and is assisted by Bishop MoRRls.
The business Of the Conference thus far has been
transacted with unusual harmony. The most inn
portant question which has come up before 1t was
the subject of division of the Conference. After
considerable discussion, resolution passed by
large majority that ii was l"erpcdieat to divide
The election for Delegates to the General Con-
ference, which holds It's sessions once in four
years, and meets next May in this, took place yes
tcrday, and resulted in the election of the follow
ing gentlemen DR.. n. Bangs, President Olln,
Dr. Peck, Rev. p. Rice, Rev. p l.. Sanford, Rev.
J. B. Strat,on Rev. c. w. Carpenter, Rev. 5.
Marlindalc Rev. VI. Richardson, Rev. S. d. Fer
guson and Rev. F. Reed.
The whole number OF Preachers belonging to
this Conference is upwards OF two hundred, most
of whom are IN attendance
II The CoxNEcr1cuT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
held its annual meeting at Hartford on Wednes
day last. Hon Thomas Day was chosen Prcsl-
dent for the ensuing year In the evening a very
able discourse was delivered by Rev. LEONARD
BACON D. D., on the early history of the constl-
tuition and government OF Connecticut, embracing
The period between the first settlement of the ter
rtory and the charter Of Charles ID. The pro-
positions mainly insisted on stated IN the Cou-
rant, were, lst, That the government. during
this period, was an independent one, and 2ndly.
That the principles of that government have
been essentially the same from 1859 TO 1913, ha-
wing been sanctioned b. the charter OF 1862. and
embodied ii the constitution OF isis, These
propositions were ably, and very satisfactorily
sustained.
EScArE OF ONE OF TIE CANADIAN PArRloTs
FROM Nsw-SouTH-W WALrs.-Mr Louis BougDoN,
who was one of the Canadian Patriots OF 1889,
sent into exile in Ncw-Soutll- Wales, made his
escape from that place, and arrived IN this city
on Monday by the brig Russian, from Rio Jene
70, He declines TO state the manner OF his es
cape, as j. might possibly mplicate other persons
concerned, Daring the first two years OF his
exile he acted in the capacity OF clerk to the
Government, closely confined, however; but at
,hc end OF that tilue ne was permitted TO ENJOY