New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-29


! ina 50, ,UUU JON be sprcHr. Ih- firm at du.--
! equally Over the wnoe 100 900 900. or that II h.
dfn~n irnm some 50n00, ,rG0 or more OF th- imports
leaving The resi- tree Of duty In poift o fact such
hss been The tor several wears l. not a ooui
;'en>a,on found Tor III duty pad upon artiri-.
| hy the Exemption rom duty o; anoth.r aitic .
/ lake III "-rriuC apparel Of sinsI- individual
snd sUp.oSe yn4 Easr- dur. o a. tn raise upon II
= Il of an, consequence 10 iim whether you ies,
t!- whole g upon al parts Of his wearing apparel
equnlis. or lew il exclusively upon his coat snd
/ hls shirt, leaving tIi- other articles free Aud it.
| ~ such Determinations have described. WITH
oat prejudice 10 the consumer, you can raise ui'
Cherish and sustain domestic manufactures, ncIeas-
ing the wealth and prosperity, end encouraging the
laoor q: the nation ought II NOT 10 &c done
We invited, by tie parr.zons OF the doctrine o
! Free radr. 10 Initiate the liberal example OF some
of the great European powers. England, we arc told
Is abandoning her restrictive policy. a9l adopurs
that OF Fse- Trade. Eng!a adopting the pnncl
| PIES ot Free Trade WHY. where are her Corn Law 81
Those laws which exclude article oi prime neces-
| -itv-tie yerv bread which su>iains human iIfe-in
order 10 afford Protection 10 English Agriculture
And, on he sng le article oi American Tobacco,
| England evirs annually an amonnt "i revenue rqual
10 i.i- Whole aInuun, ot dur-s. levied annuai!y bt
the Unit-d States upnn all the article. OF sort from
ali The Foreign Nations OF the world, including Eng
and. That is her Free. Trade! And as iur France.
have lately seen St1le paper from Que of her
high unctionar-s. compIai. Jog IN bitter terms Of the
! American Tariff of lcl2. and ending with formal,
announcing 10 the world thai France steadily adher-
I'd 'h- system OF projecting French industry
But f-lInw-ciizens, have already detained you
too long this interesting topic, and YET have
-car:el, touched it,. For near thuty Years II has
| asiIaied the Nation. The sutJsct has been argued
and debated thousand Times, every conceirah
form. il il time thar the policy ibc country should
become settled and fixed. ANY stable jusiient O'
| hat. ma l,, will he Itr mrs IL bile
pctual vascaton. When once determined, labor,
| sn,erprizc an commerce Can accommodate them
selves accordingly But in finally settling Ii, ,hr
interests ui the whole Union, we'll ms all lis pats
| should he dull weighed and considered, in pater
nal aud t-,nal spirit. The COn'edcracy CONSISTS
IS States, besides territories embracing every va
rirV of pursuit, every branch OF human industry
There NAV be an apparent, there is no real confc'
between these diversified Interests. No one Stat
no section, rea-oaabl, expect or desire lha'
| he common government ut the whole should be nd
ministersd, exclus.elv according TO It's own peculiar
! o1inl0n as 10 advance only It's particular H.
err>ts without regard 10 tie opinion nr he ineests
of all other parts. In respect 10 the Tariff there art
TWO schonls holding opposite and extreme doctrines
| According 10 one, perfect freedom IN our ior-igI
trade with no. low duties, ought 10 prevail
According the other the restrictive policy ought
On many articles 10 be pushed, by high and exor-
| oamt Tariff, 10 the point OF absolute prohIbnOD.-
|
dard Of right and wisdom. Fallibility ia the lot Of
| all men, and the wisrst know how itle they d.,
know. The doctrine of free trade is concession IL
Foreign powers. without an equivalent, In the pre-.
| ludce of native industry. Not only without equiva
leni bur in The face OF their high duties, restrictions
and prohibitions applied 10 American products, by
Foreign Powers, cur rivals jealous of our growth
md anxious 10 imprde our onward progress En-
couragement of domestic industry is ssiOn Il
| nur own trowcltiZens, 10 those whose ancestor
shared in common With our ancestors, IN the tolls I"
the revolution. tn those who have sharrd with us II
he tolls aud suh rings o our day 10 those who's
po-ieriIy are destined 10 share with our Iosteru u
me trials, in the iriump5s and the glorcs that avail
hem. IL is "a concession 10 those who are bone &
pnr bone and ll-sh of our q --h, and whn III snut
other beneficial i"rm do make aud are r-a',y 10 m"s'
,nui alrnI concrssiou ~ Ii Is still more; il is 8
| unceSson by The whole 10 the whor; Tor ever
| ,.rt of tl,c county Possesses caphciy 10 MA
| nuiacture, and every part nt the country more a.
| ess does manufacture. Some part- have "dvanc-
farther than Others but the progress Of nj is urmur
| nh onwa'd
Again. ak whnt is To he done in this cnnhict =
| opinion b-rwpen The Two extremes whi"h In,
| -arcd Each believes With quite as mach cont
| i-nce as the other, that the policy which he
ppnses is the best for the country. N-ither has
right 10 d. mand thai his Judgment -hal e-clns'el
| pFevnil. What again. AK, l. lp he done l. con
| promise or reconciliation impossible Is this eloI
| nriS Union 10 be hruk-n up nnd di1>ol.cd md IT,.
! hopes of ih- world, Which concentrated III IL,
iafs Ia be bIasref and destroyed forever? No. Il
| nw.citzens, no! The Unon must !'. preserved
| In the name Of the prope OF this noble Old >tsti.
the first announce The Independence oi Tho nit
| Stairs by the msmurabe dcciar zion OF ,lecklen
| nurr and which has ever slLce been amOmg ih'
most devoted and faithful Ia The preservation Oi h
Union; III the uame oi tn peopi oI my nwn cal'nn
Sat-; and IN ihe name Of the mole people al tn,
United States, | feel authorized 10 saw hat h
Union will not. must nor, shal. not be dis Owed
How then can lhs unhappy conflict at npinion b.
| -micnbIy adjusted and accommodated Extremes
ielIow -citiz-ns. ever wrong Truth and justice
! sound policy and WISDOM always abide 10 the md
| die around aiways To be found in The Just
| ,uHitu Uirraism is ever baneiul, and, il followed
| never fails 10 lead 10 fatal consequences. We mus
reiecr holm The doctrines OF Free Trade and Of ahigl
and exorbitant Tariff. The partzans OF each mus
make some sacrifices Of their peculiar opmion-.-
They must find some common ground on whci
both can stand, and reflect that, II nether has ob
rained all that il desires, il has secured something
and what it does not retain has been gotten by IT.
friends and country smen. There are very few wh'
dissent from the opinion that, in time OF peace th
| Federal Revenue ought 10 he drawn from iorrIgi
imports without resoTtlng 10 internal taxation Her
Is n basis for accommodation and mutual satistac
ton Let the amounr, which n requisite Tor al eco
nomical administration of the Government, whei
|
foreign Imports, and in adjusting Tariff for tha
purpose let such Determinations be made as vii
foster and encourage our own Domestic Industry
| Ali parties ought be satisfied with Tariff TO
revenue and determinations for projections. In thu
settling this great and disturbing question IN spin
of mutnac oncession and oil amlcabe cnmprom
| se we do but follow the nobr example oil our Illus
rrious ancestors in the formation and adoption u
our resent happy Constitutions. twas thar be
nisu spirit that presided all their deliberations
and il has been in The spirit that all the threat
ening crises thar have arisen during the progress
The administration of the Constitution have beer
happily quiered and accommodated.
Next, if not superior in importance TO The question
of encouraging the national industry, is that OF Ih'
national currency. do not purpose TO discuss th'
point. whether paper representative o;he preciou
metals. in the form OF bank notes, or IN other forms
convertible INTO those metals. on demand, at the vii
ot ;h holder be or BE- not desirable and expedieni-
believe il could he easily shown, that in The acrua
.,ate of the commercial world, and considering IN,
amount and distribution OF the precious metals
throughout the world, such convertible paper il
indispensaby necessary. But that is not an opeI
question. lfr were desirable that no such pape
should exist, il is not in the power OF the Genera