Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-03-06

laboraie view Of the i-cal condition OF the
country, and announced the reduction Ui
duty on numuet OF articles which presses
uloa lhe COMMERCIAL and agricultural M
tertsl-. lie impressed upon the m1nuiac-
turer, The necessity o. preparing Toe the
advent OF free tu9r, ~ giving mp "a hat
ever limited amount Of rroIectua ih'y
now euioy from lreign competition in the
shape OF pruhiui,oTy dutits; and the Gu-
lies 30 imposed be announced his iutrn-
ton Of reducing 70 a nominal amount.
In, this appeal to the manufacturers is
useless; thty have long since puthtly re-.
pudiaied lhe benefits OF all prOtt cung du-
ties; have declared that they SEEK for 10
aid beyond free scope Tor TIE exercise Of
their talents in the open markets OF the
world; and have often said in substance
to the agrcu.turdljst, "dO thou likewise
The timber dules are to undergo revi-
sion. hut into ,he details ot the change be
did not enter, reserving it tor another day.
For the reductions on iallow, on paper
hangings, on soap and candles, on boots
and shnes, on foreign spirits, on clover
on other seeds, on provisions (Ircsh and
sllted,) on vegetables, on foreign made
carriages, we must refer to our ample re-
por, OF the speech ilsell in another column.
We can do little more lhan indicate in this
place, cUTreHie cdia8i0, the primary heads
Of the scheme. Sugar, that great article
ofcolonial produce, which next to The corn
laws, has been most virulenlly as>alrd on
account OF the teraciiy with which the
Minister has clung in screening it from
competition, is still to Ge more or less pro-
lected. Slave-grOwn sugar hestill regard
ed rs an abomnauou; tut the duty on
foreign itee-lator sugar is 10 lie reduced IS
Cd. per cent. The corn laws he proposes
to abolish totally ard Internationally, on
the first of February l349, and IN the
mean time a modified sliding scale Is 10 be
substituted for the one at present IN eXlS-
tence. For instance, when the price OF
corn is under 3&s. the duty will be los;
when alove 3Gs and under 40s.; and 80
on, the duty declining Is. with rise in
the price oil l.. until the price reaches 55@,
when permanent duty oi4s. is to take
place. In order to propjtiute the landlord
class, sums Of money are to be advance d
by Government lor the improvement OF ag-
ricu,ure. The law Of settlement Is to hc
altered, so that, after Il servitude or resi-
drnce OF five years in a manufacturing
strict, the peasant who has left the plough
Tor the factory must receive parOchaI aid,
i he require it., from the place Of his adoP-
ton, not the place OF his nativity; the
same with regard to his children and his
widow. Moreover, the highway rates are
tI 4 i,ll l.. IN n
tug at the agricultural purse; and various
oItpr charges, hitherto paid out OF conn |
ty rates, such as the expenses OF convict |
ed prisoners, OF prosecutions at sessions, !
the education of the workhOuse children, |
&c. are to be paid in future by the State. |
In word, the new schfme is as ucaran
approximation 10 the principles OF free trade !
as can be safely consistent with the policy |
Ola country which has its creditto support !
and the interest Of an overwhelming ma !
tionaI debt to pay. Sir Robert Peel has
ACKNOWLEDGED the principle that duues !
ought to be levied for revenue and not for |
protection, and his future policy, it Is clear |
will be directed TO that end. But it would |
be too much to assume that he can carry |
out the new course Of acton on which he |
has now entered without struggle, ard |
IA desperate Struggle, too, with the power
lul interests which believe themselves to
be ieoparded. The protectonists are boil
ing with fury, and the language recently !
held in the House OF Lords hy the Dukes |
Of Richmond and Buckingham indicate the
fierce passions which sway the breasts OF
British landlords towards the most clear
headed practical statesman of the age.
Agriculture, they say, cannot exist without
protection; but Peel says it must exist with
out it AT the end Of three years.
UNITED STATES & GREAT BRITAIN.
The European Times of the 4th instant
says: "Ihe commercial intelligence which |
goes out by this packet is necessarily OF |
meagre and unsatisfactory kind. A state
OF transition is, OF all others. the most-nn- !
favorable for the requirements OF trade,
for the unCcrAinty winch precedcs the
change uuhiuges the operations alike OF
luyer and seller, of exporter and impor-
ter.
The new policy of the United States,
as indicated in the report Of the American |
Secretary OF the Treasury, has command
ed much attention in the British Pallia. |
ment. Sir Robert Peel spoke highly Of the
report in the great speech in which he in
troduced the new tariff; and subsequent |
ly, at the request Of Lord Monteagle, the |
Government consented to reprint the doc
ument, and place it on the tables of both
Houses OF parliament--an honor which
was probably never awarded to any similar
document before. All these facts prove
the desire which the British Government
has 10 make our future relations with the
United States as anlicabIe and as business
like as possible.
Markets, as we before stated, are all
more or less affected by the Premier's fnan-
cIal expose; and business can hardly he
expected to resume its healthy tone until
il is known whether the measure will
pass or be eiecled--whethel there will be