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ny agrees to reduce her impost on American
Tobacco from 100 TO 20 or 80 per cent.
on Lard slightly; and not to increase her du-
~ on Rice (which she has no motive for, no
idea Of doing y and for these considerations
our Government covenants 10 cut down our
duties on her Silks, Linens, Toys, &c. to
barely tpenty per cent! Germany reduces
her duties on one article, produced by very
small section of our Country, and which can.
not be forced into much more general use
in Germany by lower duties, to seventy per
cent. and on another little, for which we
reduce on nearly every thing she wishes to
sell us to t,oemty per cent.-thereby at least
trebling her entire exports TO this Country.
We obtain a reduction on barely two sta
piles, of necessarily limited consumption any
where, and which do not compete with any
German product; for which we concede TO
her reduction 10 the lowest Revenue point
of our duties on the vast aggregate Of Silks,
Hosiery, Fancy Goods, Toys, SC. which
Germany manufactures. There Is certain
ruin to great Industrial interests here involv-
ed in this, while Germany sacrifices nothing.
We do not turn German laborer out of EN-.
ploymcnt by her concessions, while she will
undermine a hundred thousand of our work.
men by ours. Was there ever such II Trea-
,y-maker as John Tylcrl
Be il observed that Mr.. Wheaton is no,
at all responsible for this. he had no dis.
erection. lie was pcremptoriIy ordered tr
conclude Commercial Treaty on the hes
terms he could get, and have it completed
before the assembling Of the Baltimore Con
vcniiOns. He of Course commenced his APP
proa,hcs in regular form but the war,
Prussian Minister, Bulow, who acts for tn,
German League, manifested no correspon
ding eagerness. lie saw no necessity Tor
Trca,y-declined to negotiate any excep
on his own terms, Of course. And sue
terms! Surely, John Tyler must feel SUI
fusion Of shame as he communicates them t
the Senate.
If,his Treaty could be confirmed, it woul
involve us in perplexing difficulties with for
eign States. England, France, and othe
: Manufacturing Nations, would protest again'
this low admission of German goods as a vic
la,ion fthe spirit of our engagements I
place their Trade on the footing Of that {
: the most favored Nations. They woul
righlfully treat the pretended equivalent as
: mere blind-a sham too glaring'y inadequa'
: to constitute the real consideration. The
p. would insist that their Products be placed q
an equally favorable footing in our market
IS and on terms as little burthensome to them
i those we imposed on Germany. The RI
" suit would be, as was doubtless intended,
q general breakdown Of the Tariff. And
!" might as well be broken domn altogether
evaded and its vitality destroyed in the ma
ner proposed by this Treaty.
The only pa|Iiation that can be suggest'
g for the course of Mr.. Tyler IN this matt,
'g imports that lie supposed, when he INSTRUCT
er Mr.. Wheaton, that the Loco-Focos won
<, have majority in both branches Of this Go
v grcss, and would break down the Tariff al
'g how; so he might as well get something
A. a part of it as nothing. But since TENNt
,g SEE and MARYLAND have upset his calcul
tons, i, will be his wsesl course to reject
a Treaty at once, without sending it 10
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