The Arkansas banner., 1845-04-23
Prom NLe ALcmnLis .Appeal.
NEW BRITISH TARIFF.

From he Memphis Appeal.
 NEW BRITISH TARIFF.
 The duties levied on articles of American product, which are designed to be repealed by the new British tariff. are as follows:
 "Ashes, pearl or pot, Cd per cwt Bark, for dying or tanning, 3d.; becswax, g.; cot ton, g. Id; elephants teeth, Is; hides, dry, 5d; do wet, 3d; do tanned or other wise dressed, 2s per lb.; lard, 2s. per cwt.; do oil, 20 per cent; rosm, 2s. per cwt.; slaves, not over 72 inches in length, 28s. per 90 cubic feet; do. 7 in breadth, do.; do. g m thickness, do,; tar, g. per l2 bbIs turpen- tine, new, Id. per cwt.; turtle shell, Id. per pound.
 Above will be found most of the articles of American productions, on which the En- glish propose to reduce their tariff. Though we see that the article of sugar, upan which a considerable reduction is contemplated to be made, Is not therein enumerated. We hail this move on the part of Sir Robert Peel, as an earnest that the doctrines of unrestric- ted trade, so far ouly as revenue is concerned, is on the onward march, England by her enormous duties on articles of foreign im- port, her corn laws, and her miscalled pro- tecivc system, has protected her citizens un- til she has brought millions 10 the point of starvation, for the want of a bare crust of bread. The policy then has been by her corn laws, to protect the land-holders-to keep up, by the exclusion of foreign grain, the rent-rol of the nobility, and thus sustain what Is called in sscourt parlance" the upper ,fs Cl, OI f Il icy until she has converted her islaud into one vast pauper house, where men may be said to breathe but not live But better day Is dawnng upon her starving millions; and we esteem this move of Sir Robert Peel, as the entering wedge that will ultimately rive and splinter her whole protective system, as now existing. We look too upon this move as complimentary to the advocates of unre- strieted trade in the United States. A close correspondence has been kept up between the advocates of unrestricted trade, on this and the other side of the Atlantic The ar guments of Hume and Boebuck, in the House ot Lords, have for years been attentiyely read and studied by the American statesmen; and we doubt not the speeches of Calhoun, Woodbury and AlcDutlie, have been lamps to guide the feet of the English statesmen, in their new path of free trade. The result of this move in the English parliament, we believe will be sgnally beneficial to the valley of the Mississippi The demand for our meats and breadstulls will be enormous, and ouriortile lands and enterprising cti- zens will be equal to the demand. Should the United States, under the administration of Mr. Polk, succeed Gas we doubt not they will de,1 ill fair, adequate and just reduc- ton of the tariff to the lowest revenue point, we have every reason to believe that they will be met in spirit of full reciprocity. not only by England, but by the whole civ ilized world. The Germanic states have al- ready signlfed their desire to make fair ad- iustment (upon terms of reciprocity of their tariffs with us; and had it not have been for the rejection of the Zol Yerien treaty by the Senate, we might now have practical de- monstration of the fact
 By the way, what now is 10 become of the supporters of the high tariff of lSi2?- It strikes us that in the silent operation of time and the practical experience of mankind that some ot their main arguments in sup port of that tariff have failed, or ceased to be any arguments at all. If we remember Us right, the advocates of that tariff said that 1t would cause the precious metals to flow into the country. Has such been the fact The statistics of the country tell different tale, and despite their arguments, upwards of Sll,000,000 of gold and silver have been exported since the passage of that famous act. Another argument, if we mistake not, was, that tho British laid enormous duties on our productions, and therefore we should realiate on them. We'll, here we find that the British are relaxing their duties, and thus falls another of their arguments. Thanks, then, to the laws of trade, that have demon- strated the utter fallacy of their notions about the influx of specie consequent on the tariff of 1872; and thanks to the reduction of the English tariff, which has destroyed the strength of the idea If strength 1t ever had of retaliatory duties.