The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-22
Our New Commercial Policy.


ent session of Congress
Our New Commercial Policy.
1t is not often that we have opportunity OF quoting
from the Leading Journal" OF Great Britain reflections
iudicous upon Amencan Politics those put forth in the
following article OF the London Times, upon the great
triumph which the League in England, and the Democ-
racy in this country, have lately gained the
spirit of monopoly on both sides Of the Atlantic.
The just tribute paid by the Times to the frmness and
fahfulness of Vice President Dallas, in the csss OF the
new Tariff law will be emphatcaly responded to and
approved by the Democratic party throughout the coun
try:
at is now our duty to congratulate both countries
alike the general recognition OF those principles OF
commercial intercourse which, with the one no less than
with the other, achieved slow and reluctant triumph.
We all remember the peculiar difficulties with which free
trade had to contend in Observation-Disclosures OF which
the mode in which IL was advocated was not the least
Monopoly was assailed and defended part of our in
sttutions The Radical identified il with toryism the
leyeler with the peerage 1t was decred as function
OF rank-a privilege OF class remnant OF ieudal-
ism-an appanage OF the The gist OF the pop
ular as distinguished from the commercial agitation OF
the question to represent the landowners as aris-
tocrats the aTsocats tyrants the people as slaves
This was, perhaps, consequence lnseparaoe from all
popular circumstances. Revolutions never made
with rosewater The voice Of the people is not still,
Small voice. The gentle accents OF theory and absrac
ton precede the loud tempest of indignant yehemence
ana impatient passion Dul une ldtuIc vi lc doSauh
may sometimes starte the ASSISTANTS. Many who
were friendly to free trade looked with suspicion on its
champions and horror on its tactics They who had
studied the subject pure science shrank back when
they found themselves mixed up with comrades who
sneered the church, and acclaimed against the peers
Men of sudous and thoughtful minds could hardly
once themselves to the noise and the glare OF heatr-
cal display >.ut this the only way OF forcing mo-
mentous question into public notice. and OF carrying
great abstract truth into practice In America there were
of these obstacles to It's but on the other
hand, there OF these eXcitements to stimulate
its progress There institutions to attack by
side blow no astocrats denounce the pensioners
of selfish, the protectors OF foolish policy; no
church reve with deliberate nvective, deride with
ponderous jocoseness. The policy monopoly was the
nents OF the monopoly were far different there from what
they here. In England it the. manufacturing
industry and the commercial energy against the sluggish
tenacity of the land in America the old landholder of
the south or the unstable emgrant of the west against
the artificial interests of the east But it also the
people against the people, The people cried out for free
ed against the tariff that forbade him to buy his oens
and his cottons in the cheapest market was on level
with the who asked the state to tax his fell wc
zens for his own profit They were both equal as cl
zens, equal haters of church, crown, and privilege
The strife there withd rawn-not, indeed from the
of petty passions and selfish interests but from the
atmosphere of class distinctions and national institutions
Ii was fought strenuously and obstlnateywith
much spite much ignorance, many mvecyes, as
many random prophecies as many false 'iaftsln Amer
lea as in England But the result though long doubtful
was the in both nations. And now that the people
of the United States and the United Kingdom enjoy
emancpated trade what do they both think of the poph
ecies and the nvectves which Numbered in their
ears of the interests which cried out for protection OF the
monopoly which was claimed a right
"In England the agricultural mind is subsiding
into repose. Goo1wood is not demised at pepper
rent to Manchester emigrant. Bevoir, HATFIELD and
Chatsworh not going to be put up to auction heat
has not fallen the ated and fatal 36s quarter The
COMPLAINANT unfounded and unreasonable one, we
think but not therefore unpopularnow is, not that we
shall be inundated with corn, but that we have not
enough of it. Another year may witness Populations
soliciting impost the expectation of British grain
Gentlemen ard buying land actually safe Investment
Rents not falling leases not repudiated When the
andhoder is little dissatisfied it is needless to say that
the merchant and manufacturer do not grumbe at the
result And what is the sentiment prevalent in Amer-
ca' Do the citizens of the United States murmur that
they longer taxed ityfour mill of dollars for
the protection of the western manufacturer! DO they
complain that the poorest among them have no longer to
pay from 300 to 500 per cent on ARTICLES OF daily use
Let the address of the citizens OF Washington to Mr.
Dallas give the answer We publish it, with his reply
elsewhere.
the new tariff under discussion He represented the
State of Pennsy lvanlaa manufacturing, and therefore
monopest, State His constituents violently OPP
to but he voted for It Th was not oa a hs
division were equal Mr. Dallas gave the casting VOTE
andeturned home to receive the approval OF his own heart
and the excavations of his constituency He burnt
in egy of coursereviled, illuminated and lynched in
print by the excellent drab men OF that ratena COM
munity He had contracted their profits he had stood
against tnelf luea
good on his country. Her citizens have now begun to
feel this They acknowledge that vote which was gen.
erous humane, dsnerested, and philosophical cannot
have been unpariotic They pay homage to a sagacity
which regards America vast and unred field of fu
ture produce, which would be muctel OF half its wealth.
and diverted from its evident purpose by the sunted and
t-sghted policy which tries to build up the petty in
teress of few craftsmen and capitalists at the expense
OF the myrads who throng to her soil. They with him,
the mission of American husbandry and the great fu
ture of American commerce; and seeing these they do
homage TO man who has devoted vote, voice, and place
the vindicaton of great democracy from the despot
ism OF capital and the encroachhents of monopoly"
French IRoN MINES Beds of iron known to
exist in France, extending from Luxembourg to the
mountains of the Vosges, and within the past three
months extensive works have been opened from the vii
age of Mouns along the valley of Nance, the banks
factre of rails and giving employment TO large mum.
Der of the people The furnaces used in this department
produce upwards of ~ tons Of metal per day 81 fur
naces will in a short time, be in blast, which in five
years will furnish at least Al 600 tons of cast metal