Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-12-05
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day launch upon the OF Free Trsde-wih calm
and deep favorable winds good harbors and open
markets. The commercial millennium that paper thinks,
Ia. dswned upon the world; and under its benign auspices,
there be mofe suggishncss and CONFUSION the
OF trade, storms and wrecks, and no
more financial ruvulsions. Consumers untaxed buy
slow prices, and farmers unrestricted and uneercd.
10 sell at high prices Wealth flow in upon US from al
quarters Of the world and uninterrupted prosperity will
the labOrs OF the people. Such the promisewe
shall soon have opportunity OF testing it For
par shall heartily rejoice if the change
commercial policy shall bring upon the land the bless
ings which its authors confidently predict shall
be reluctant embrace creed which pours these golden
hsves the laps Of the people. But very serious
ly spprehend. confess, that the promise will be
fudlcd-ha the vs ons Of prosperity and wealth which
float before the eyes Of the friends of the system
of the stuff that dreams made oi"-nnd that, this
new upon which we have been launched, so far
from presenting the eye cain and tranquil surface, will
be aRaed by tempests than any have hereto
fore experienced; that the fine harbors will be surrounded
by rocks and shoals aud that the open markets Of the
world will be less profitable than those have heretofore
enjoyed ut home. "Frec Trade" and Direct Taxation
which later be Of fruits may be
found to be less advantageous than well regulated fnan
c system, such that which has been superseded
der which diversified national interests have been
cherished and protected against foreign competition while
adequate FOR the has been secured
without oppression Inconvenience the taxpayers. II
will be time enough Tor the friends Of the Tariff
oIult when they point to its beneficial results
Let not him who Putteh on the harness bOas; lie
who putie,h it off,"
But have indeed embarked, the Journal OF Com
merce asserts, upon the of free trado"7 Arc
there feet features the tariff Of 1876
duties discriminating against and for poiec-
ton In other words the PrEeple OF protection re-
nounced and repud aed BY the tariff Of &c If it be-
we have not read it Alright. From beginning end ii
un9uesuonaby recognizes this principe-emasculanr H.
we admit and thereby rendering il great nuea.
tory, but nevertheless adherng those who de-
nounced equally hostile the spirit the constitu ton
TO the interests OF the people, and sound Of po-
lca economy were nevertheless destitute Of the nerve
eradicate it from their system Need we in corrcbo.
ration OF this assertion, point the duties upon cos iron
salt and which, inadequate they were never
heess subjected duty three OF them to the higher
while and coffee admitted duty free L. tina, a
free trade" measure which imposes duty upon the four
great NECESSARIES OF LIFE, while comparative
Injuries. such and coffee, permitted to enter our
ports without the payment Of farming the custom
house Who does knows any advocate OF the
tariff OF I6 bold enough deny-ihat this DISCRIMI-
NATION made expressly for the purpose OF PRO
TECTING the articles upoa which the duty was
Can any be assigned for the imposition Of duty
upon sugar salt, coal iron oil Of which enter into
universal consumption, and with which il is utterly impos-
sible to dispense while and coffee which, although Of
ted duy free ohor than his-ihat we produce the frs
named articles ourselves and therefore ought to
ihen while the latter exclusively the products OF To-
reign cimes. and therefore, not coming into competition
with sny domestic interest, need protection This
unquesonsbly the eason-and the only rras1n-ihat
induced the trainers OF the tariff Of 1916 TO LEVY Pro
upon the articles referred TO- while they
denounced and protested repudate the rRSorLE o.
PROTECTION, equally abhorrcnt the genius Of our in
sunons and all sound doctrines Of political economy
We might refer likewise 20 other duties. equally pro.
tecive levied by the tariff; but the foregoing will
suffice for the purpose Of verifying the position have
tskenhat the cry OF free rude" is absolutely and IN
quaIiedly false aud deceptive. Nor is it less so On
the other side Of the Atlantic than upon this for although
the duty upon food has been reduced by British Par
lament under the influence Of memorable necessity
which seemed TO leave alternate need ask the in
tegent reader what Of freedom Of trade that which
burihens tobacco with duty OF ouiaHd per cent
The upoogis Of this exorbnt upon the free
dom Of trade may indeed tell that tobacco is luxury
and that the duty levied il is designed for pro-
lection, but for II is not less restrictive on that
And besides It that be indisputabe ax ON
OF the free trade school, why do It's dJcpes on the
eide Of the Atlantic and coffee, which, compared
with ron coal sal, end sugar. also lu1urss and ih.
duty upon which like thst eKsced by Great Braan from
tobacco, vo. also be for alone and pro
tecuonl Why DO hear them, even now attempt 70
aneIpste the public eOnasmnstiJn which they dread o.
e. I.
recommend ~ representing u merely "a duty," 20
b. tskea II TIE heavy expenditures occaJued
by ne e5lisz, with Mckee shall terminate When pr their
pr-e 5=s BE syaad s8d heir theory true, these articles
81 others should be yEEslNESIlY TATE5 in order
that We ,y Be the better enabled 70 abolish protective
dguee st5gsiaefl Why d. they. ike Juggling feEJ.r
fuI pstsf with toe people in double sense By inc1Bo
rating 10 her lsws principle which they dsno.nee O..
ths ysrF Of oil that hsreeal principle with
oil hliis unJII; and oppressive prbcucs7 Do they SUP
pose tie people, for whose intelligence and Judgment
they profess to have much respect, are 20 inefTl
bly, sopd, that they detect the open and sp
parent eobierfugel Or do they rely upon the suoi-
,ing influence Of party feeling and the stringent, effect
oi party discipline. to keep the rank and Gle in sub
lection the leaders, who thus eXto system which ,ey
lack the courage adopt, while they deuounce another
the vial principle Of which they shamelc'sly embody In
their own As the New York Tribune well remarks the
tariff Of 1886 Is heterogeneous mixture Of p1,c
tive and protective provsions Z" oordng on some M
tces abundant protection, giving lito or none q, ma
NY, and discriminating against few. IL is medley OF
anonymous and conf citing clemens like the plrty winch
cnaeod it; and hazard nothing in predicting thai, bs
hybrid system w be speedily swept from the ststute-b,oE
aud authors from power, by tc people, whom thew frat
deceived, and have since betrayed.
We cannot more appropriately conclude our remarks ON
this subject than by copying the suboinod paragraph ON
another branch Of the subject from on c,t,e
pora, 60 which we often indebted Tor STATISTICAL fclg
tuons OF the dogmas OF the nee uaus' school.
Fom rs N.B York ErJyes,. Dee l.
To day the new "ffec Trade" TauT gJ.s into
n credit the Free Traders ore 90 zee our r
mrs nud our merchants grow wealthy moro r1p5ly then
For long limo, have been told that the TarH
Of 1876, (now uoi lcing i1 work has made Tho lr
men richer BY extending bis markets where he sells aud
10y opening mokois who're ho buy better advantage
thanhe now con Of Die 7cgbbor', who make manufactured
suods such az Do vents. Tic eject of the Tariff uD,1
che articles hc 5uyr sha uat ~ runc here. trt we ss
loos little Of these famous stories about extended m,r.
ksu, improved ruec-. &c.
Tic following table shows the price Of ceraa arie,-
upon 'h' day the aud o 1916 goes in, operation. ,.d dc
Prices ihc f'mo articles odd Tor one ago. under hs
'Ilgh TarU" ct 1872.