Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-02-28

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Thu matter which occupies 80 large space in
COR esl4mns to-day i Of 50 much interest that we
dses 6omsding that we had to say in reply 10 Ger
tain hts publications in the government paper, 10
wtieh ~ may perhaps recur when the excitement
ccsasionsd BY the late News from abroad shall have
subeided 70 as TO permit orr readers 10 give any
pan a their attention to things al comparatively
inferior interest,"
The !" Union is, we observe, in aspsroxysm Of
delight = the idea that the recommendation Of the
SscBetasy Of the Treasury 70 Congress . repeal
cur protective Tariff may have aeeslsratsd the re-
pal Of the protective corn-law dstiss Of England
Hostile = the Exclusive Depsrtas1st Of our Gov
sspssrt "a ~ mgza ayowediy6re t0thA Tarif,
md anxiom - they are for lis repeal with Or with
ont my concession from En9land, the eradication
expressed BY the \ Union u pesfscsiy naaaral
Lstps say, hOwswer, 70 that journal and to each
md ~ of it, thirty-six fathers" that whenever il
ever. that scheme shah be consummated, poor and
most inadequate will prove their Wanted English
equivalent and stern win be the reckoning that viii
follow. The pressure Of foreign intelligence, alluded
tOsabove, precmdes for to-day any extended reAec-
tions on the jnbilant raptnres Of the Union on the
occasion Of the honors paid by the British Parlia
ment 70 our Secretarys declaration Of war against
the Tariff raptures which may be compared to
dose Of childhood at the sight Of devourng con-
Haeraton. But we cannot refrain from warning the
Administration and its friends, in brie: word, how
bitsr be the reverse Of their present exaltation
when shall be accomplished the demolition Of the
wise and happy system Of policy under which our
country 20 greatly prospers when our ports shall
Be thrown open to foreign competition, the country
flooded with the productions Of foreign labor, and
the edi6ce Of domestic industry, reared at the
cost Of 80 much toll and treasure and afording so
bouussous result Of national prosperity, shall be
laid low. When the architects Of ruin shall have
achieved al this, the Union" will see what sort
Of eqoivalcnt for it will be the advantage to us
Of The English people being allowed to consume
our surplus agricultural products without paying
tax on them to their own Government Yet even this
advuatase, partial as it would be here, viii prove
dsasivs. Were therepeal of the English corn duties
70 give 70 our produce an absolute monopoly Of the
market Of dtat country. it might be some compen-
saticn for the destruction Of our manufacturing and
mechanical industry men might sdll plant, though
~ other branches Of empl0ymeHt were cnt or Bur,
where shall we stand when, after our factories and
workshops are PROSTATE, the accumulated wealth
Of years Of labor scattered, and the industry Of
he country stricken down, we see the promised
good for which bartered all this elndc our grasp,
and the glorious boon of corn-law repeal prove for
~ bat an unsubstantisl shadow! Do the sages of
the Union " not know that in.one year from the
opesing Of the English ports to foreign grain, the
tesming plains and peasant labor Of continental Eu-
rope from the Baltic TO the Black Sea- and from the
Danube TO Cape FinisteTe, would send more corn
. England than all her hungry millions could eat
and at prices below those at which we could deliver
il u our barn doors Has not Germany, out Of her
ordinary production, undersold in our own ports
And what chance shall we stand against her and
the other nations Of the Continent with their ener-
GIGS employed in common rivalry for the British
MARKET
We have no intention, however, TO enter
thus unceremoniously upon the discussion of a
topic 80 grave and SO comprehensive. We will
only Il present remark, in addition, ihat the gene
ri effect Of the reduction of British duties on the
importation of breadstus and provisions viii be to
cheapen the cost Of them TO her own consumers !;
m effect st which all the friends Of humanity will
rejoice But it will not add SO much to the present
amount Of their consumption as materially to in
cresss the demand for food from the United States
We learn from the /" Union . that the tables and
sstimafes which have been in course Of prepara-
tion In The Treasury Department concerning the
proposed new Tariff are now completed and win
soon be sent 70 the Committee of Ways and Means.
We shah not fail TO scrutnize them when they
make thor appearance. Butwe should like to be
inSotmed, meanwhile, when we may expect from
NJ honorable Secretary aschedule Of the direct and
internal taxes (Excises) which win be inevitably
nscsssary, and which il must certainly be intended
% lay, 70 supply the dsscif Of from We to ten mil
lions Of dollars of revenue, which will be caused by
the proposed reduction Of the duties upon foreign
manufactures. The two measures should be pre-
scented simultaneously and travel through Congress
hand in hand.
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