Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-06-25
POLITICAL.


AoRlcoLA.-We have on hand very interest
inq series of Letters from our intelligent European
correspondent They she'd great deal OF light
nnon our commercial relations with Europe, as
well as upon our own protective Tariff They
abound in very useful facts. and they VIII pe 80
far useful, Notwithstanding we may mol assent TO
all his conclusions Two or three OF these letters
are in opposition 10 the Commercial Treaty winch
our minister at Berlin has lately made with the
German Customs Union. This Treaty has not
been ratified by the Sena;e-but we are disposed
10 disagree essentially, both with our corfeSpoii-
dent and the Senate, in relation to the polcy OF
the measure. WeconleSs we are much disposed,
on the first blush OF the subject, TO agree With the
Washington Spectator, OF the 4th June, and the
New York Republic, of the 2Sth May, to which
we are indebted for the opposite view OF this sub
iect. The Senate have not ratified the treaty, I'M
der the influence We fear, OF the manufacturing
capitalists ofthe NoIth-but let the door be now
oDened 10 discussion-both sides fairly examined,
and the truth will ultimately be discovered.
Treaty WITH TIE ZoLL VEREIN.-lt is rumor
ed that the treaty lately concluded between the
United States and the German customs Union
is to be rejected BY the Senate. This treaty, we
collect from the debates in The British Parliament
ministry. 1t provides Tor the admission al very
low rates, of tobacco, rice, cotton, and hemp into
the German Confederation and the United States,
on their part, receive, al moderate fixed rates oil
duty the linens and cutlery ofGermany III return.
Il is impossible, so far as the South and South
west is concerned, that treaty could be more
lust and advantageous: and il the Government
was administered al all with view 10 their in
teress and welfare, it would undoubtedly pass the
Senate.
The manufacturers have all along been de-
claiming against free trade, as they called II on
our side only Let the nations of Europe put our
exports on 4 low footing OF taxation, and then
il will be Just TO remit ours; but not before. Well
here is the very arrangement. they desired. There
is mutual remission OF duties between the U.
States and thirty millions Of people in Europe
Will they consent! They will not. The truth
is, all their talk OF the duties OF foreign nations on
American productions, was mere pretext 10 ope-
rate on the tobacco planter and grain grower
10 hitch them 10 their nefariouS policy. The to-
bacco planters had special agencies appointed
and sent out 10 Europe 10 obtain the remis-
sion Of duties on their product, on the part
Of foreign nations and 10 enforce The prnci-
pie Of reciprocal tree trade. They succeed
The duties are RENTED ard an immense market
for their staple is thrown open but The rnanuiac-
turers and agents oil the manufacturers in the
Senate step forward and say, this won't do. We
are sorry you are such guils as 10 believe us
We will not for your tobacco or any thing else,
allow anv competition with our manufactures.
We make no linens, IL Is true, but we make cot
tons and linens might be used instead OF cotons
LIE, the six hundred or ten thousand per cent be
KEEP, on vour tobacco: that is your loss. We
intend TO lose nothing and 10 risk nothing for YOU.
Don't YOU 20 for the protection of manufactures!
If you can't sell il abroad, why, So much the
better; home marker, you know-eat it yourself
The truth is, and it is useless to attempt to
disguise il, neither BY treaties abroad, nor by
laws within, are the South any thing bu, colo
MES. Their interests are controlled, like that of
all colonies, BY the interests OF the North; and
10 be plundered abroad and at home, seems 10 be
The fate Of the whole agricultural region of the
country.
This treaty has not been published By the Sc
nate. 1t is kept dark. The manufacturers in.
tend if possible, 10 murder il in silence Bn,
murder will out and so will this treaty; and twill
be another ingredient in the Presidential caul.
dron, which will add We trust, 10 the fierce inds
nation Of an oppressed and suffering people
Washington Spectator.
The treaty Of Berlin, now before the Senate for
ratification, as far its provisions have W, been
made known, is highly advantageous 10 the inter-
es!s Of the United States Ii provides, generally
that Prussia on behalf of the Germanic league
shall admit certain productions of the U. S. on
terms calculated 10 extend their CONSUMPTION in
Germany on condition that certain German nro
ducts are similarly dealt with By the Government
Of the United States the object being to extend
the commercial intercourse between the two conn
tries on basis of reciprocity The announce
ment OF the signing Of this treaty in the British
Parliament was accompanied by pretty distinct
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ding the treaty, il ratified from going into opera
ton unless the goods of England shall uncondi-
tionally be admitted into the U. 5. on the same
terms. The ground for this position on the part
Of England, is as we stated in recent article the
favored nation clause inserted in the treaty with
that power. The discussion of the meaning of
that clause is likely to lead to great results That
The new German treaty should he ratified is beyond
all question The interests Of the United States
imperatively demand ii. The spirit of the favor
ed nation clause in the treaty with England could
never have been supposed TO imply that by it the
United States were forever debarrrcd from MAX
ing any conditional arrangements with other pow
crS to which England should not be an u,,coadt-
tiona, partner Such supposion would take
from us our rank of independence, and place us
in the first class of England's vassals There is
no doubt, however, but that England will set up
the plea; and, if So it is readily rcbutted by the
terms OF the Ashburton treaty. 10 that docu-
ment we recently alluded in relation TO the inter
est the Northern powers Of Europe have in its
application. 1t carries with it, however, far
more important bearing as respects the United
States. The third clause of the treaty OF Wash
ington admits the produce of the State OF Maine
Zone section of the u States) into New Bruins
wick, 10 be consumed in England as colonial pro-
duce. Now, If the favored nation clause has
any meaning at all, it surely means that if the
produce OF one section Of the United States NAV
be admitted on the terms OF the "most favored
nation" the produce Of all sections of thai com
try may be admitted on the same terms. II
Great Britain has pledged herself that she will
admit the produce of the United States on the
terms Of the most favored nation" and subSe-
qucnily admit the produce Of one State free, BY
what rule is the produce Of the other States made
10 pay exorbitant duties2 If the State of Maine
is the "mos favored nation" then, the other States
with whom treaty exists 10 the effect ,ha, their
produce shall be admitted on the same footing,
have clearly right to the same terms. The case
then stands thus: England and the United States
entered into treaty, each 10 adm, the others
produce on terms as favorable as those enioyed
BIZ any other country Subsequently, England
entered into another treaty, admitting The produce
of Maine free on certain conditions, and noeSaRse
was inserted in this new treaty, to the effect that
the terms allowed Maine were az exception TO
The existing treaty, for special causes. The trea-
" simply made Maine the most favored nation
leaving the others to claim their rights. The Q.
states have now made treaty, making, on their