New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-12
The Times.


However We may differ concerning the causes,
there seems no longer any doubt Of the t"ef that
the times are gradually, steadily improving Inc
trade Of our CITY, especially IN Groceries ana al
sni,staotias. has been better this Sprng than iof
ec,eral years before. Our Canals are passing
,,ore boats and receiving more tolls then are usual
a. this season. The Exchanges between the dIi-
4ergot sections Of the Country have been manly
eouslized, through the satisfaction Of indebted
ness. and the approximation Of the payments 10
The purchases Of the Country from the Cities
New branches OF BUSINESS arc starting up IN every
quarter. and manufactures long silent are made
vocal with thu cheerful din Of industry
The promise Of the Nhcat-crop, 50 far as can yc
be indeed, ia generally good. There Is moro
euDloyment for Labor than there has been, though
,ees vct than there should be. We have accounts
~ strikes, for wages from different quarters ,
yrh;ch. however well or Ill advised, evidence a
better demand for labor than hitherto Even the
Sailors, who were frightened into the loco-foco
caoD last Fa)l by clamor that the larii would
destroy Commerce and Navigation dcPnying
them of employment and wages, no" sec the iai-
lacv of these croakings for Their business is
brisk as ever, and they have jnst effected sue
cessful strike for S;l5a month--a higher price,
considering the value OF money and what II VIII
buy, than they received during the palmlcst era
OF Free Trade
still. the times are hard for some classes OF
our ci,izens-lor those who have bought property
when the currency was Two Hundred Millions
of Dollars, and are called on to pay when 1t IS
radnccd to half that amount To these wc can
oalv counsel resignation to their fate, though 1t
be bankruptcy; for there is no prospect OF such
change as would bring them through In safety.
While the Currency remains as contracted az
now. all property, products, and wages generally,
mus, submit to a corresponding reduction. IL
would be annoying. were ii not Tor the melan-
cboly lack of discernmcnt implied on The part OF
ito dupes, to see those who have strcnuously, and
BY the aid of treachery successfully, resisted al
efforts to secure such Currency us would Keep
,gaces M to the standardo of l830-34, now raising
an on,cry Of No Reduction Of Wages II Is
sad 20 reflect that they deceive many, who, never
considering that the nominal rate OF wages must
necessarily be greatly affected by the volume Of
the Currency, will consider only The amount OF
money paid and not the quantity OF the neccs'a-
ncs OF lie which the years wages will buy II
tho effect Of the New Tariff had not been coull-
terac,cd by the contraction OF the Currency,
there would have been n decided advance OF
WAGES generally since lS4l. But what do the
bar.room politicians who gain office by exciting
jealousy and hatred between employer and en-
poyed care for this They have only to clamor
for hiuh wares and oxecratc tyrant and
robber of the poor every employer who does NOT
pay them though all the time these champions OF
The working man are dong their utmost 10 over.
throw The Protective Policy and reduce the Cur
ycncy to Hard Money standard, undermining
IN every way the ability OF the cmploycr--ihus
eonGemnei TO make brick without straw--to pay
good wages, or any wages ii all,
PIT v.hutcycr arts may be cXcrtcd to blind u
norton Of the People TO their true interests, II Is
evident that the Country is on the march 10 fFoS
perity, and that the New Tariff has done mu'i
10 mpc tina, march, BIZ disconraglng the import
alton of FOREIGN fabrics, and thus turning ih'
balance of trade IN our favor, correcting The tN
chances, filing the Country with specie. anc
giving encouragement and support TO our Home
Industry, New establishments for The Prosccn
ton of Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts axe
opening daily especially IN those portions oi 'h'
Country hitherto most destitute OF lhcm' an,
every one Of these opens new market Tor th'
p.oduce of the Farmer and gives promise oil be'
Ter prices. One thousand additional men engaged
N Manufactures west o! the Ohio will DO NOR,
y /, l,D ri tor t,raIT
OF The Great West than the opening OF the ports
of many European Kingdom. Let our People
but take care that the Tariff Is sustained as II Is
and. though retarded hy the absence OF q Ma
tional Currency the growih of Prosperity through
out the land viii be steady and certain.
~ CALrR GUSHING has accepted the office oil
Commissioners to China and drawn from the
Treasury $4,000 outfit and one years salary,
20 begin with, Considering that he was recently
thrice rejected by The Senate, when nominated fol
a less important Stauon-ihat the act creating
this post says expressly that no Commissioner
shall be sent oat ,c050at the assent Of tie Sen.
ate-and that TO law ,iNes the salary and outfit al
the highest rate paid to Minister Plcnipoten.
,sary-wc must say ,ha. this thyr>ting both arms
into the Treasury up TO the shoulder The FIRST mo,
mcnt after qaasi appointment strikes US as
grossly indelicste 10 say the least.
n john TYLER has gone home to Virginia TO
ryyali5c mouth, having accomplished the diff
cut task of getting rid of Mr.. Webster. lie has
paid oil his debts and bought an estate for SEQ 900
with the savings nom two years, salary as Press.
dent. This IS dong very well. In June he
makes his grand electioneering progress through
the Middle and Northern States TO Boston, and
attends the celebration OF the completion OF Bun