Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-08-15
From the National 9nteltige9cer.
DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL POSI-
1l0NS OF THE UNITED STATES
AND GREAT BRITAIN.

The oppouents.of the tariff, "here an
elsewhere" confidently present, asan ez
ample to<the United States, the course &
the British Ministry in its late reduction,C
duties on certain articles OF fimport, and tn
abohtion-of themnpon others. The ''CoH
stltutlon," one of,the administration paper
in this city, in a.late number, rejoces il
"the rapid progress which the principles o
freetrade are making amongst the mon0p
'ol y.ridden and overtaxed people of TIN
British nation;" exuIts especially in the op
eeratoHs of"'the Leagne," a iree-trade as
sociation in that country; and eXhausts it
sell in admiration of the argument of il.
Ora'ors in favor Of the principles OF free
trade, $50 demonstrdtive of the injustice 0
a protective system" &c. This, which We
believe to be the honest conviction of.tht
conductors Of the press in which we find it
is the language held nearly universally b,
the Administration presses, many Of them
undoubtedly with sincerity and in good
faith with their.readers, but by some oupC
policy and out Of subservience tolWhat is
supposed to be the, party law. q
from the free trade policy Of sir Robert Peel
the eXpediencycf throwing openthe ports
sof .his country TO the free admission of all
foreign products and manulactures-in 9th
er words. the abolition Of the tariIT--con-
sists in their not taking into consideration
the dlleren. circumstances Of the actual
commercial positions of Great Britain and
the United States. The Argument would
identified to very serious consideration
were the condition Of the two countries
the same; but that poIicy-which may prove
to be OF the mOstVital importance to Eng
land giving empoymentG and fustenGnce to
additional thoQsandsof her artisans, ,ecoud
produce dtu0e'ricalb opposite effects hore
In this approach to free trade in England,
which is called the riumphof Il great prn-
',cpIe, there is no great priacipLe, in any
general sense Of the word, involved 1t Is
merely the application Of good useful COM
mon senSe, Oh the part Of sir Robert Peel
to the existing circumstances Of his coun-
try. But the course which he has pursued
as adapted to the rircumstances,of his own
country, rs one when, we venture to.Gay,
that enlightened statesman himself Would
noHracommend to adoption by the United
States. That he wouId not, is evident
from the difference Of his policy in lG42
from that pursued in l845. In the former
year, GreduCtionof thedulies on sugar was
postponed until the result of pending nego-
tiaIlons with Brazil lora modification OF du-
tles on imports oil British goods was obtain
ca; ont ID lo49' ho'WI outstanding we have
increased our import duties upon British
goods ne takes oil 'he duties upon four
il''is'oI our exports without requiring any
reciprocal ACTON on our part. The infer
ence 49, that winch required OF Brazil in
Io4@ W9s reasonable, ana not PTinia .JGc'G
lhopporIIloh TO TIE interests OF That coun-
Ary'ahd therefore he asked 1t. But he ask
'eu hoIhll@ oI ne Cnlird States OF q STINT
lar kIhd IN l815, berd,Be it would -haye
DeenNhrea5onabIe to expect .hatWe should
40 lnal Which would nave proved 50 man
IIe5t'y injurious toes. England has not
aoahoohPa the pHnclPIe'CI negotiating Tor
the reduction ol bnrlhrns on theciiIzen5 Of
HoIher countries, because they are about to
remove hurthens on their own, says lea.
ullg EngIIsL Journal She never adopted
such principle because HurH PrInclplc
II not io"hae4 on the general commercial
IeioI'oNs o' tl'e world, nor IN the nutUreoi
'nlhgs.. ier conduct IN l9l2 towards Bra
z''' ana towards 'hlS country during the
present yepr, prove That she has, INNER late
acloh' appI'ed no generaLruie' bat merely
made sucll lnodilicaIons OF .her own tarIII
az e''ted her own purposes wl'Iireierence
70 tne peculiar positions OF the countries to
wnch these notifications applied. And
ths rs Ihe proper way OF -treailnBa all gene
Iul principles, adapting them 10 tue crcum-
etancescl Ihh case towlnch they are aPpI-
'ed-lhe principles remaining TIE sameun-
deralI circumstances the question to ueFet-
-'lcd beng the extent OF their applicability.
Perhaps there are no two countries on the
iaoooI the earth whose commercial 'condl-
ftlone ore so Numerically opposed to each
other as the United States and Great Brit
ain. The former has apGrso population;
the latter redundant one. The former
has hundreds of millions of acres of land
nI In. an I,l T.