The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-24
NEW YORK. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER "a, 1916

cultivation OF her sugar colonies must They can.
not do what they will breast up against the unequal
compsthon to which they are subject But great as will
be the loss the propretors Of SOIL the injury will
be scarcely less serious to Great Britain II she carries
out her policy tsiryif she gives the advantages,
jects the injurious effects ofree trade the other
tell the British people that long Jamoics at least
eomm.res ~ii BE- confined sseis..siy to the
Utsd States; and his must De- let the tscy Of her psc
pie be nsver 80 strong II we must have direct competi
ton with Cuba and can only import our sugars into
England ct an equal duty with the slave produce
Of that island, il follows that our sugars must
ban sugars do at Havana, or they must be excluded
from consumption. Whenever this event occurs
cess The cost Of free prediction can be reduced to level
with the labor Of slavebut whenever It does occur
England will cease to be the market to which West In
dian sugars will be consigned II will never be worth
the while of jamaica planter to send his sugar the
English market when the net proceeds will be scarcely
worth the discount which he will have to lose his
bils 1As United States 0 be neeessdrity ma, k0
Sr rent q 'Sp' Al the PIsv1ons consumed IL the
British America ana our only means Of purchasing them
will be by Of such produce may be enabled
to manufacture. Our commsrce with England will al
most At present IL confined alm0st exclusively
to linen aud cotton manufacturer, and Birmingham and
Sheffield hardwsres. America will probably compete
decrease, and their quantity diminish in tho same
greater proportion will the remaining export trade of
E04mnQ 70 kno9o oolonloe We D0llovo mat the
people Of England have no just concepton and the
the difficulties with which the planter has contend in
the production of the staples Of SOIL and his utter in
ability TO produce suger at the same cost - the slave
holder We believe this ignorance he the Of
our Industry which must paralyss and destroy. and
which must at the time snnihate the trade both In
long Afforded the mother country II may Be diacuit to
recede in the steps which government has taken this
question: but justice and policy may yet dictate the
of RI uA
retention Of commerce with the mother country In
1851 in the present be allowed to it's
free man viii meet on even terms Ali sugars viii
enter at lis per cwt. Why should we pay this duty
bis sn q msrs. free Of dutywSen the srmn4
ham and Manchester manufacturers bear such tax
their capital 10 this free trade free trade to
or 10 free trade to the British people Ish fair appl
cation OF great principle to us, when industry (ss
much British industry that of the Manchester milo
crat is subjected to duty Of from so to 100 per cent
whilst the British manufacturer and the British farmer
pay no such tax 10 tia fair application Of the principle
a. regard, the who has been fought tho les
to have free trade let rs have altogether II
to meet the stakeholder equal terms let meet him
principles which ministers maintain to be the true
Of national wealth and popular hsppine II minister.
Indian colonies, they will take early steps to abolsh all
duties on their produce
Iron tn. Hamilton (Canada) Spectator, Doc. 1911
MIR. Polk 10 certainly not Numbering bed OF
at the present time The anti war party and the abo.
tionss are hard at work. and the {" plot thckens"
diately. In the House of Representatives, ON the 9th
instant, Mr. Davis Of Kentucky moved for copies Of all
orders to generals commanders relative to the estab
lshment Of civil governments In territories conquered
during the war with Mexico-an amendment was at
tempted, but e was no 60" The debate this
BY our last advce: Tn. snd. WERE doing
all they could to defend him. but the opposition very
"se M
was freely spoken Of the course of the debate and
from the present aspect Of things we have doubt but
that will be carried into effect The opposition
tend that the President has usurped power which the
constitution of the United States does not confer-that
the law Of nations does not authorize the establishing
civil governments in possessions held only by right Of
conquest and they challenge him to produce single
M sIsE.y ~ wscn n wa, 70 declare New
Of the United States; having each governor and an
organised civil government Our opinion is that Mr.
which his 6%n Ingenuity sDd that H. out
hardly be sufficient to extrcste him.
From the Montreal Herald, Dec. III
The Message of the American President reminds us of
the conclusion OF most eventful year At the
Hiencement OF new one We may fairly congratulate
fellow countrymsn. well the inhabitants Of the
neighbs ring republic, upon the improved relations Of
the two mighty powers to whose government they
pss,sly belong Oregon and war Tor Oregon wa, s.
the subject excited thrill of breaihless expectation.
To-day war actually exists on this continents; but
portenteus chapter of which Oregon was the
text last December, has therefore dwindled on
| OCC0SlOn dimensions poroRropn
not surprised to find Mr. Folks on this
head in very condensed form. The field which
his influence extends narrow indeed, when compared
to that vast territory which he 80 arrogautly and 20
loudly claimed. Instead therefore, Of the display Of Ro
man resolution, which formerly prompted the determih
ed demand for all none, have now only quiet
commentator to Congress to take care Of its half
But IL cause for wariike clamor has been happily
removed another has arisen, which amry supplies its
place. Oregon being held by too strong hand, Mexi
can feeble ness has offered ready qualification for
american appetite Florida andsrexss yet scarcely
tad Tn A1pi lie md Mo ~ nd
piece meal to the ending repast and the land p
rates Of the South s unsatsfed Like the blest in
" Inhia ntes semper ednnt ct sdenfes inhiant"
But they lions ravsh the prey the strong
they forced to content themselves with jackals
feast on the carbon exuemities Of moribund empire
(FrOm the Toronto Canada, Examiner.l
The commercial world tss every thing to fear from
The present administration 10 disposed TO JOIN hands with
England in the glorious march Of free trade Daniel
Webster is the leader Of the wings and with him II is all
protection monopoly He recently made great speech
at Philadelphia denouneng the whole course OF the sd
minstraon, and especially what he regards as the aban
donment of protection. But no does not and csnnot
raj Jackson infsllible standard and denounccs
everything that deviates from that standard The wings
ginning mscres In several Of State sgslauss
and this revves their hopes Of being able to carry out
their suicidal tariff policy.
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Varieties.
Hon. Samuel B. Moore, formerly Governor Of Ala
bama, died at Carrolton. last week.
The Virginia Legislature takes ofthres weeks
during the holidays
chsel Grace from FrankfoId, Maine was shot by some
person unknown. He 10 not expected to recover
Tine Constitutional Cow snton Wisconsin, have pass
cd negro suffrage resolutions by . vote Of % to 49,