New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-17
The Evening Post and the Tariff.


ers. 1t is difficult to decide whether most to won
der at lis audac.ous assumption CT facts, or rs
oert;aacious adherence To positions which have
been again and again cisproved and demolished.
Amongst othe; absu,dIties, il attributes the pre-
sent low price OF Cotton 10 the operation OF the
Tariff! 1t says, in late paper, the Laws
which slu. out from our pots the cheap cotton
flbfics of other nations. tend to discourage the
consumption, (of Co:ton,) generally narrow the
market Of the Planters, and bring them !nto
fatal competition with each other"
Absurd as is this assertion, the idea s con-
stanty repeated in variety OF forms a belief
in its correctness could only arse from such
total ignorance Of The facts in the case, taai
honestly in The opinion cculd only be claimed by
an admitted qualification.
Nothing is more notorious than the fact, that
in all the manufactures of Cotton in most CON-
mon use-such as Shiriings, Shee'lngs, Drngs'
Bed-ticks, Dcnms, Osnaburgs, Flannels, low
priced Prints, &c. &c.-the articles manulac-
tured 10 the United States, are furnished intrtHs'
cally cheaper than By any other country what
ever.
This enumeration does not include the finer
fabrics, but ii includes those which, being stout
ndheavy, absorb the greatest amount OF the raw
material. In fact, most Of these commodities are
originally Of American origin, and although I'M.
tatcd in large quantities in England, they have
by no means been superseded.
The introduction of this class Of heavy manu-
features has immensely increased the consumP-
ton of Cotton-an increa:e for which tse PAN
tiers ale indebted directly TO the establishment Of
tho manufacture in the United States.
Does the Evening Post pretend to be Ignorant
of these facts, which have been notorious and
accommodating during the last fifteen years is
the Evening Post ignorant, that upwards OF
twenty thousand packages Of these goods have
been shipped from New York, end an equal guam
tity from Boston during The pastyear, for foreign
markets, where they come in direct competition
with the English7 and which they could not do
unless they were at least as cheap.
Is The Evening Post ignorant, that, at meet.
ine of the Manchester Chamber Of Commerce on
the 18th November last, it was admitted as
well established fact, that the Americans had pos
session of the China market for these coarser
manufactures of Cotton and that the repeal OF
the duty now subsisting on Cotton was urged
solely ON that ground
The Evening Post is continually harping upon
the great profits of the manufacturers. 1t is true,
the business is nov in a state of peculiar prospcrl-
ty. But is the Evening Post ignorant that this
is owing, beside the general change throughout
the commercial world from state Of extreme dc
preston to one of universal prosperity, in an
especial manner to the opening to this trade of
the whole empire of China :!
Is the Evening Post ignorant that the most
profitable branch of the Cotton Manufacture at
this time, as well as during the past year, has
been that devoted 10 the production OF goods for
the China and other foreign markets =? and can
any thing be clearer, than that the Cotton Goods
shipped from this country 10 China, ale substi-
tuition Of Cotton Of American growth il the place
Of that of India which has heretofore supplied
the China market
Finally, is the Evening Post ignorant that
similar advance in the price OF goods, and the
profits of manufacturers, has taken place IN Eng.
land and in some leading articles in still higher
degree than here
To have been ignorant OF all these facts would
imply that the Evening Post has been saying a
great deal upon a subject on which it knew little
or nothing II is more credible tina. It's whole
endeavor has been an imposition ON It's readers,
to make the worse appear the better cause.
Whatever else may be said of the Tariff, ii is
palpable to common sense that the establishment
of the Cotton Manufacture in the United States
has immensely increased the consumption of
American Cotton, and that the interests Of the
Cotton Planter and the Cotton Manufacturer are
Identical The delusion of the forty-bale theory
carried away the South for time, but truth and
common sense are recovering their natural as.
tendency.
The reduction Of the duty on Cotton in Eng
land in 1919 is directly traceabe to the progress
of the American Manufacture. Its repeal in
1S45 will result Immediately from the same cause.
The true interest of the South is as intimately
bound up in Protective Tariff as that of
BOSTON.
LouIsnNA.-i}oih branches Of the Legislature
assembled on the 9th instant. 4 quorum was pre-
sent in each. The Senate organized by the elec-
ton of the Hon. FELIX GARCIA, President, end Ho-
RATIO DAVIS. Esq. Secretary. In the House, Hon
ANTOINE BoUpoNsquIE, wv Esq. was elected
Clerk.
The Message OF Governor Mouton is to be CON-
menjed for its brevi;y, as il does no; occupy
thaa Iwo-thirds of column in the New Orleans
Bee. The Message considers that, IL view OF
Convention 10 amend the present Constitution, sub
jects connected win general Legislation will DOT
probably be acted on in The Legislature. The
venue o, the State has been promptly collected and
paid into The Treasury, and Jbat branch Of The pub
lie service is in the prosperous state The pub
lie works have advanced much as could be ex-
pected. The sale of the Nashville Railroad has
been effected. In respect 10 the Annexation o,
Texas, the Governor considers that the majority OF
the people IRE satisfied. not only of the proprieiy,
bat OF the necessity of the measure and although
that portion Of the country engaged in Manufac-
tures and Commerce will be chiefly benefited by