New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-09-17
Rr,,,.n Money in our Elections.


The Evening Post recently affected to disbe-
heve that British Money is now freely disbursed
in this country aid the election of Polk Tor the
make of over throwing our Protective Tariff. Hon
H. C. Murphy Of Brooklyn recently edlhed
Loco.Foco Ward Meeting in that City with his
reasons for believing that British Gold was EN-
ployed in this canvass to help the Wings but
though we have several times called for those
reasons we have never been able to get them into
print. We shall try yet to smoke them out.
We do feel moral certainty, however, that
money is employed in this country to elect Folk
and thus break down the Protective pohcy'
is done because it is clearly the interest OF the
British manufacturers and their agents here to
effect this at any cost. II Ten Millions of Dol
lars would suffice to break down the Tariff, they
would make money by 80 expending 1t. Many
Of their products, which formerly found great
and lucrative sale here, cannot now be sold al
all; many others they are selling at twenty-five
fo sixtv per cent lower than they did. 81 sup
pose.n said an American ship-owner to the head
of an English iron house in this City, =" that you
can't sell me anchors Sc cheap as you could be
fore the present Tariff was put on" Yes 1
will, quite as cheap" How you have to pay
twice az much duty. -" Yes, but zoe are obliged
to sell at smaller proft."-So 1t IS with hun
dred things. Figured Horn Buttons (black) for
oyercoats, sc. ware imported last year this time
at$l 10 WHOLESALE cost per dozen but Yam
kee establishment set to making them In the
winter, and the Foreigner promptly reduced the
price to SI 1871 The Yankee, however, makes
the same article now at Is CENTS and AIDED py
tho Tariff, doiics all Foreign competition. bu'
he never could have made them so cheap, and
never would have attempted to make them at all,
but for the Protection afforded him by the Tariff;
and he is now supplying the market far cheaper
than it ever would have been supplied but Tor the
Tariff Just such is the fact with regard to Pins,
and hundred other articles.
That the English manufacturers and their al
lies will pour out their money like water to break
down the Tariff, of which such is the effect. Is
inevitable We do not bawe 49,, ."',
p-...,,,. -,so WIN DC in fault If they succeed
They are looking out for themselves; let us be
equally faithful to our own. Happily, we have
the decision of the question in our own hands
and it will be our fault if their money, their 50
phistry, or their fasehoods shall succeed in break
inc down the Protection of our Industry.
That British money is profusely poured out IN
this contest, to open market for British fabrics
ia not a matter of inference merely, though that
would be irresistible. But we have more posi-
tive proof Months ago London journal Jour
contemporaries say The Times, but we are mol
certain it was The Times, though we know i,
was one of tho leading British journals) casually
stated that
"a subscription Recently opened TO funds TO crcu
fe Free 1rlie Tract, Foreign Countne 3bosttv hun
dred aad fffy dcrs su9Scrthe6 Some OF
tAsse Trdcts be yrtEtd .Neo fork FOX uRcuLA
TIoa TIE UhITkn STATE
So in Manchester, great meeting was he'd'
ostensiby we believe to aid the Anti-corn Law
agitation, but tina, was always blind-a hope
less wild. goose chase--thc real object being, a.
was broadly avowcd, "to propagate Free Trade
doctrines throughout the soortd." AT this meet
ing, and thereabouts. subscriptions were taken uP
to the amount of some 100000. a Manches
Ter journal, giving an account OF its proceedings
says
Mt Murray read following list OF subscriptions alread,
the OF the respective sums oeing re-
eeiy.d with loud aud hearty cheering by the audience
tl.,n that .nrdP