New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-20
,Ir. Webs.er's Speech.

MANY of It's views and valuable as IS the INFORM
alton therein presented-we must dissent entirely
from It's tenor and evident purpose. Mr.. Webster
argues against his own facts He shows clearly
that we have blundered or been duped In our Re
cjprocity Treaties, so called--that have lost
by them. and damaged our Navigating interest
very seriously; and then he. undertakes TO per-
slade uS to involve ourselves far more seriously
after the same fashion. 1t is as though Joker
should say to srnpleton, My clever fellow,
you have put your hand in the lions cage and
had couple of fingers bitten off: suppose you
snow try the experiment OF putting your head m
Il should Mt wonder if you made good spec. Of
sit.' 1t strikes us that the experimenter, if not
too grea. u simpleton, would answer, No,
thank ye sir; 1 have got enough Of that IN
perfectly satisfied"
What do we eoont of England What we
to gam by what Mr.. Webster calls an arrange
meut with her that is, Diplomatic and CabI-
net understanding, to be ratified by Congress and
Parliament that we will reduce our duties so
much if she will SO much The answer is, sub
ytantialIy, that we shall sell more Gram and 9TH
or Agricultural Staples to Great Britain, and buy
more Manufactures in return, thereby charging
our Foreign Trade But at what an expense must
this be done. We arc to send our Gram 5000
miles farther than we now do to exchange 1t for
Goods. 1t must cost great deal more to effect
the exchange than now and for whose benefit
The merchant may make little more than now,
Though this is doubtful J but at cost of ten
times as much to the Producers of Wealth. Eve
nv bushel OF Grain sent to England must be taxed
at least twenty-five cents for transportation and
charges, and when there, 1t will afford no more
sustenance than here, while the manufacturer can
make no more goods there than here. Where is
the gain We speak not of the gain to this or
that country--that lisa secondary consideration
but what has been gained at all What has La
boz, what has the world gained Nothing.
But the case is eten worse than is here implied
Mr.. Webster intimates-doubtless on good lnfor-
mation-that Great Britain will not admit our
Wheat at any moderate duty, but will take In
dian Corn-an article of still greater bulk III pro-
portion TO its value. Now Corn cannot be trans
ported to England from our great grain-growlns
repion-the valleys of the Ohio, Wabash, Illinois,
Actor less than fifty cents a bushcl-really not
less than sixty, but we will say fifty. Now at the
present British prices of Gram, Indian Corn is not
worth over seventy-fve cents at Liverpool, and
we must learn the English to eat it at that while
our appetite for British fabrics has already become
chronic--inveteratc. Tomakc England the ulti
mate market for our Corn, at the same time diml-
nishing our Home Market for it by increasing our
al.
Manufactures, is TO insure reduction in the
age price of Grainin this country equal TO twenty
FIVE per cent. And for what
MIR. Webster magniiies the Foreign Market to
be purchased for our Corn, and ghdcs over the IN
svitablc sacrifice of the Domestic Market. But
this cannot be overlooked. Every additional
Millions worth of Foreign Goods import
must turn out of work al least two thousand me
CHANCES and manufacturing laborcrs herc--must
throw them out OF the ranks OF noN-produclng
consumers and compel them TO become pro.
ducers OF Gram. The result viii exhibit itself
in giutted markets and ruinously depressed prices
Mr.. Webster is emintntly night in SAYING that
The Country ought to settle upon some clearly de.
fined Commercial Policy, ana stick Ia a.
Why does he not respect has own convection :
We have an admirable Tariff now-adluSted with
great anxiety and care, after months of earnest
scrutiny and dehheration by III able Secretary II
the Treasury, and three OF the best Committees
ever formed IN Congress Every Home Interest
was regarded and cherished IN It's formation Il
Is working well, raising the Country from the
depths of bankruptcy and depression filing the
land with the Specie IT 10 greatly needed and
paying off our Foreign Indebtedness BY millions
per month, Why not stuck TO II Why put,
every thing al sea AGAIN Why "unnervc every
wcrkingman's arm by ramors OF changes and
revolutions 10 be effected by arrangement ~
Especially since, as Mr.. Webster tells us Great
Bnss,n is SO hard nj bargan that Brazil. and
Porsugal-so long subserient to her pollcy--hayc
resolved that they can stand II no longer, why
shall we try how near we can come 10 burning
our fingers and miss II What nation under
heaven ever made any thing BY thus arranging
with her Must II not ''unnervc the workingman'S
arm" in many branches OF business 10 see an ar.
rangement' OF this sort pressed. portending revo-
luton to some departments OF our lndus,ry-pro-
baby change to all VIII not the anticipation
probably exceed the reality Shall we not have
Industry and Thrift arrested by doub, and ankle
ty--by fear of change perplcSing nations -
And when we have arranged with Great Bri-
tain, and Congress has ratified thelA bargain,
member that we cannot back out if we find the
arrangement, a bad one. as We can If We make
bad Tariff by ourselves. or introduce an mud
cious clause in one. We protest, then, agains,
this arrangement be It's terms what they may.
Woeoald not make an arrangement Tor more
extensive trade with Great Britain which would