New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-25
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The sailor who at the conjuror's exhibition
hammered to be blown up by an unlucky explosion
Of ire.works. and, on coming down again and
rubbing his eyes, wonderingIy asked "h@t ''e
funny feow would do next , was very much III
tho nredicament OF the American People win
regard to the DeplorabIe Accident at the head 'i
their Political affairs. Hardly 90 they recover
from the surprise incident to one discovery ..
ne,v mischief devised by their casual Executive
than they are electrified by the revelation oil
sno,bsr. We certainly thought this eSas eh-
b,o;lment both at home and abroad, was enough
ior orc season, but behold there comes IN '1e
m;ds, Of II the tidings that Nh Wheaton mas ne
ro,;sted ut the command of Tyler, CONNER
c;a Treaty with the GcTmanc States ioF 'ie
.,,,rors;on Of our Tariff. Surely. tbs would be
r,d;cro,s If il were not fraught with National
disaster
The best feature Of this wretched Treaty ope-
rs,;on is It's extreme badness. 1t is 50 glarihgIy
sided, 80 clearly ruinous TO US that II does not
obtain good word from any body unless The
John Jonah appreciation (per order be held to
constitute an exception. The Journal Of Cam.
,perce preserves All ominous silence; while the
Herald was at first open in It's condemnation.
Those who would sell the Industry OF the Coun-
try for considerations or even give 1t away i"r
no consideration, are disincined 10 an appearance
of selling. in which we give all and get nothing.
They are not ambitious Of making our Country
the laughing.stock of the civilized world. Unless
it can be made TO wear party aspect as an midi
rect mode Of accomplishing the destruction ofthe
Tariff, We are confident that this Treaty cannot
obtain five votes in the Senate.
For do but look at its conditions: Germany
agrees to reduce her impost on American Tobac-
co from l20 to 10 or S0per cent. on Lard Slight
ly; and not 10 increase her duty on Rice (Which
she has no motive for, no idea Of doing j and far
these considerations our Government covenants
TO cut down our duties on her Silks Linens, Toys,
Sc. TO barely tlrenty per cent. Germany re-
duces her duties on one article, produced by
very small section Of our Country, and which
cannot be forced into much more general use
in Germany by lower duties, to serenity per cent,
and on another litlle for which we reduce on
nearly erery thing she wishes TO sell us 10 t1enfp
per cent.--thereby al least trcbng her entire en-
ports TO this Country. We obtain reduction on
barely two staples, of necessarily limited coa-
sumption any where, and which do not compete
with any German product; for (which we concede
to her reduction to the lowest Revenue point OF
our duties on the vast aggregate OF Silks, Hoslc-
ry, Fancy Goods, Toys, sc. which Germany
manufactures There is certain ruin 10 great
Industrial interests here involved in this, while
Germany sacrifices nothing. We do not turn
German laborer out Of employment by her con-
cessions, while she will undermine hundred
thousand OF our workmen by ours. Was there
ever such Trcaty-makcT as John Tyler?
Be it observed that Mr.. Wheaton is not at all
responsible for this He had no discretion. lie
was pcremptory ordered 10 conclude Com
mercial Treaty on the best terms he could get,
and have it completed before the assembling OF
the Baltimore Conventions. He of course com
mcnccd his approaches in regular form; but the
wary Prussan Minister, Bulow, who acts Tor
the German League, manifested 10 correspond
ing eagcncss. He saw no necessity for Treaty
declined to negotiate any except on his own
terms-and he obtained his own terms, of course.
And such terms. Surely, John Tyler must feel a
suffrson of shame as he communicates them TO
the Senate.
If this Treaty could be confirmed, it would
involve us in perplexing difficulties with Foreign
States. England, France, and other Manulac
turing Nations, would protest against this low
admission of German goods as violation of the
spirit of our engagements TO place their Trade on
the footing of that Of the most favored Nations
They would rightlully treat the pretended equlva-
lent as a mere bnd-a sham too glaringly made
ouatc to constitute the real consideration. They
would insist that their Products be placed on an
equally favorable footing IN our markets, and on
terms as little burthensomc 10 them as those we
imposed ON Germany. The result would be, as
was doubtless intended, general break down 81
the Tariff And it mig ht as well be broken down
altogether as evaded and lis vitality destroyed IN
the manner proposed by this Treaty.
The only paation that can be suggested for
the course OF Mr.. Tyler in this matter imports
that he supposed, when he instructed Mr.. Whoa
ton, that the Loco Focos would have majority
in both branches Of this Congress, and would
break down the Tariff any how; 50 he might as
we'll get something for q part of IT as Aolhing.-
But since TENNESSEE and MARYLAND have upset
his calculations, ii will be his wisest course to re-
lcct the Treaty at once, without sending 1t to the
Senate.
CoxNEcrIcUr--The Hartford Journal of Tues
day evening gives the Official Vote for Senators
throughout the State, from which we learn that
the Wings have fifteen of the twenty-one Sena
tors, as at first stated having carried the doubt
full District l4th) by one vote. Here are the ag-