New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-15
Tariff Principles.

rags ready and eager 10 act fully up 10 our ortn-
ciptes, uhtle oar opponents never are. We com
mend Protection AID enact a Protective Tariff and
stand by it they eulogize Free Trade 10 words but
their acts never come within gunshot Of it Their
bill is a medly of Protection, Free Trade, half and
half and nothing a, all I, passes the wit Of man to
write 40 article or make speech which shall really
and truly advocate and justify tina, bill Whatever
palia,es part Of its provisions condemns Others
and no argument be framed to favor any part Of
the measure which does not deuoosh other paris
Nearly every assertion made in its behalf 10 imPu
IDENTIFY forgetfu Of the contents oil ibe DILL IL
taxes the luxuries OF the Rich and e1emPts Inc DC
oessaries Of the Poor says The Union and It's
echoes In cool defiance Of the fact that Sflks are
mainly admitted by it at Is per cent ard The BAL
spce n, 90 10 IS, with Linens al 20, while most
Woolens are taxed 30-that Sugar and Iron are
taxed 80 per cent. while Fars, Diamonds and Gems
unset Music. Watches, &c are admitted al 10 and
Gold or iSiluer Leaf q, Is. The bill is mass Of
condensed fallacies and ACCOMMODATIONS.
II the arguments adduced in opposition 10 the
Tariff OF 40 prove any thing, they prove that there
should be no Tariff at all, but that whatever Reeve
nue. Is needed for the Government should be levied
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man OF the Ono Hundred and Seventy Loco + ocos
now in Congress has ventured to urge any such
change of policy. No, even Walker in his bill is
any where near the doctrines OF Walker in bis Re-
port. If that Report be sound, the Government,
should be supported by Direct Taxation' but 1t
there be not nerve enough in the Free Traders Tor
that. 1t should at least be supported by moderate du
ties Oh such articles no: rvaled in this Coun
try, Otherwise (Mr. Walker and his followers cor
recily argue from their premses) for every dolisr
paid into the Treasury two are paid into the pock'
cts OF the incidentally protected classes WHO
could imagine that the man who &c reasons should
kick II all over when he comes 10 draw BILL BY
actually proposing higher duties on Clothing than
on Tea and Coffee His followers in Congress
hosh the job by Increasing the duties on Woolens
and letting Tea and Coffee in free How can
these men ask as TO adopt principles which they
never put in praclicel
Now, while we have never contended that the
present Tariff is perfect, do we expect 10 see
one Of nearly thousand items made 80 unless by
gradual corrections of details as experience ahall
show defects we do cay that no former Tariff ever
enacted was over so well devised and benehcent.
Il has immensely invigorn;cd our previously faint
Jag, psraly zed' Manufactures, and every Home IN
terest every section, has proied thereby. Al
ready many important classes of wares and fabrics
are produced among us cheaper than they ever
were imported. We have given the evidence OF
this over and again; it cannot be reasonably dis
puted. Other classes are rapidly advancing 10 The
same desirable state. No man can give reason
why Iron, Steel Silks, Cutlery, &c. &C. should not
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Pins, Nails, Drillings, Edge Tools, Castings, and
hundreds of other articles have already been. Our
idea of 'judicous Tariff is that 1t is one whtch
nil Secure the production on our soil Of erery ar
tiele phich Nature docs not deny rs The means Of
producing as adoantageoasiyd as it can he produced
s1scwhere. So far we would have Protection go
no farther. If Tea aad Coffee could be grown here
as well as esewhere-,hat is. il our climate and
coil were favorable TO their producton-we would
cay at once, Levy Protective Duties upon them ;
grant that we shall pay more for few years, we
shall obtain them essentially cheaper so In the long
run So we say n Iron, of Cotton and Wooden
fabrics; go of Hardware aud Cutlery. So we say
Of Sugar, in the belief that We have district fully
adequate TO the production Of MI the Sugar We need
with as little labor would be required to grow 1t
elsewhere. Sugar aud Silk are as yet more dis
putabe subjects Of Protection because The former is
grown only in corner of the Union (which has just
been greatly enlarged. however, while our capaoi'
~ to produce the latter advantaeeousy is not so alb
solutely demon sra,cd as 1t will be. We, however,
believe 1t good policy to protect both; and we could
wish tho duty on raw Silk were TO be increased ten
cents pound per annum and on Silk Manufactures
twenty until each should be double wha, ii now is
We believe such duty, firmly established would
give us Silks cheaper and cheaper annually.
The Erening Post battles for ad valoren
against specific duties with keen anti Protective
Instinct. and mistakenly asserts that oil duties OF
woolers are nor ad valoteu,. tSee the duties OF
Flannels, Carpe,s, &c The fact is tina, the presen
Tariff was made specific just so far as Ii could be
where it could not I'D valorems were necessaril,
reso.ted TO- McKays bill aboli'he' every 'pecih
duty. That is the difference.
~ The Morning Cour,er-th the Native Organ
at Louisville, Ky.-copics and endorses the mob
inci,ips attack upon The Tribune by its namesak'
In this City. and adds:
"Ths editor appears know the locality he has chosen
and to be Of the liberty and license he may take
Mhe lived In the West and dared 10 utter ssch sentiment
such vile treasonas his sheet daily abounds with. BIZ
oahohsnmeut Wcuc DC ich6 III ie'ci WIN
ground"
No doubt of it! The Tribune is quite awase, o
the sort of liberty of The Press which prevails in
Kentucky; and knows the locality it has chosen
TO the hundseth par, OF degree. The only blundei
In the premises is that made by the Courers crony
here, which seems TO consider itself denizen Of
Charleston or New. Orleans. The sir of Free
State suits Us very well. Those among US who like
the atmosphere of Slavery better should pull stakes
a, once and strike bee line for the o,hsr side Of
Macon L Dxons
Nsw HAMrsatRE,-Thc Legislature Of this State
adjourned at o'clock on ishc ic,b, having been in
session over hvs week. which Is longer than pre-
vious Legislature for many years and having passed
leo acts and resolutions Among the Acts are those
ehar,erins the Stafford Bank. State Bank Bank o.
Lebanon, Great Falls Bank, clsremon, Bank and
Belknap County Bank, Manchester Savings Bank