Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-02-26

ties between this country and the United Stats
will be carried 10 an extent, and will be mun,.
ally productive ofadvantages .greater--soouote
not irreverently, the words Of the sacred VOL
ume--ssthan the eye hath yet seen, or the hear
hath conceived" The new scheme embraces
with full sense Of their importance, the prin,
ciples Of Neutrality-suspicious. all protection
for commerce, manufactures, and agriculture
admits corn, duty free, a, the end of three years
with scale, in the the interim, which viii
probably oscillatc between four and six shlinps
per quarter, and at once admits Indian corn
and buckwheai free Of all duty whatever To
the details OF this great measure we earnestly
enucat the attention of our commercial readers
We beg 10 refer them TO the speech itself, and
to our remarks upon it Great Britain. at the
present moment, is in blaze Of excitement:
men talk and think Of nothing else they have
set their hearts upon securing the great fiscal
scheme, for the regeneration Of the country.
which the Premier has laid before Parlimen,.
and they desire 10 curtail the period fixed for
the total extinction of the Corn-laws. The
friends OF peace and progression, on this side of
the water, hope-earnesty and sincerely hope
that the new policy win bind America 10
us BY the ties Of amity, brotherhood, and inter
n
barren waste will give way 10 more liberal
civilized and comprehensive views.
| The immediate effects OF the new tariff ON
the most prominent ARTICLES Of American ex
ports we have noticed elsewhere. Altogether
the subject, in its various phases, is the most
important that ever crossed the Atlantic since
the introduction OF ocean navigation and all
that is now wanting is for the Government
and people of the United States to meet us in
kindred spirit, and in the true spirit Of CON-
merce and Of friendship forget the past, and
run generous race Of mutual happiness and
prosperity for the future.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 4.--The commercial In
telhgence which goes OUT by this packet is ne
cessarily of meagre and unsatisfactory kind
A state ofuanstion is, of all others the most un.
favorable for the regular requirements of
trade; for the uncertainty which precedes the
change unhinges the operation alike of buyer
and seller, Of exporter and importer
The new policy Of the United States, as in
dicated in the report OF the American Secretary
of State, has commanded much attention in the
British Parliament Sir Robert Peel spoke
highly OF the report in the great speech in
which he introduced the new Tariff and sub
sequenty, at the request of Lord Monteagle,
the Government consented to reprint the docu.
ment, and place il 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 to make our future re-
lations with the United States as amicable and
business-Gke as possible.
The markets, as we before stated, are all,
more or less, affectedby the Premier's financial
expose; and business can hardly be expected
to resume its healthiul tone until it is known
whether the measure will pass or be rejected
whether there will be dissolution Of Par
lament this year or next.
The intelligence which has come to hand
from the U. s. shows the angry discussions
which have taken place in Congress; but the
Cotton market has not been touched by it,
Pacific people here, connected by business re-
latlons with America, express wonder that MIR.
John Quincy Adams, the steady and consis-
tent friend Of peace, should have shown the ef-
fects of age, on an otherwise vigorous intel.
lect, by pandering to the prejudices and policy
of the war party. Notwithstanding the blus-
ter which is uttered in Congress, people here
cannot bring themselves seriously to con,em-
plate war about the Oregon; it appears too
absurd for serious attention. Nevertheless, il
is in the power of hasty and Incorporate peo-
pie TO precipitate matters beyond the possibili-
ty ofredemption. The mention of the Oregon
dispute in the British Parliament contrasts
strikingly the wordy warfare of American Sen
ators and members of the House of Represen-
tators. Sturdy Republicans might take, in
this respect, an example of forbearance and
gendemanly department from the speeches of
Mr. Hume, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord John
Russell, on the second night of the session.
Affiliations OF DUTIES ON AMERICAN
PRoDUcE.-The British Ministry propose to
make important reductions on many of the ar
ticles exported from America to England We
hope to see similar spirit manifested by the
Cabinet at Washington. The alterations COM