The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-24

reecgnffon Of those principles Of intercoxrss
soW and relwctant trxHph. We all remember the pecu
ar didculues with which free trade had to contend ID
Of which the mode In which we.
defended % part Of Institutions Tho Radical ident
ned i with Toryism; the leveer with the pssrsgs
remnant Of fesdalism--sn sppausge of the Crown =
The est of the popular, distinguished from the com
artocrats the aristocats as tvrsns The
people e. slaves This was, perhaps q CONSEQUENCE in
separsole from all popular circumstances Revolutions
are never made with The voice of the peo
pie not STILL small voice. The gentle accents of theo
~ and abstraction prsoede the loud tempest of Indignant
vehemence and impatient passion But tho nature Of the
assault may sometimes ssrte oven the assalapts MANY
who were friendly to free trade looked with suspicion
its champions sai horror on is taccs They who had
died the subject a. science shrank back when they
found themselves mixed up with comrades who sneersd
at tho church and acclaimed against the peers Men
selves 10 the noise and the glare OF theatrical display
this was the only way Of forcing momentous question
into poctcs In smscs ters great sosscs an
sacies to its success but the other hand
none Of these excitemens to stimulate it, progress
There wero no institutions to attack by side.
arlsocrus to deDounce the selfish
protectors Of foolish policy; church to revls with
deliberate nvective deride with ponderous jocose
ness The policy monopoly the same there as here
But the supporters and the opponents OF the monopoly
were far different there from what they were here II
England it was the manufacturing industry and CONNER
cia energy against the sluggish tenaciy Of the land
America the old andholder Of the SOUTH or the unstable
R',t = wss a. % lne ress OF sne
people cried out for free the people also
him to buy his wooiisns ana h;s co,on a. .h ss
market, was level with him who asked the State 10
tax his felow-citizens for his profit. They were
and privilege The stris thars Srs Usown
deed from the arena Of petty passions and selfish inter
natonaI institutions IL was fournt on o.
and as as much spite, much igno-
as many faIss facts 4msr;c si :; Propn'cnes
the resultthou~hs LONG donhtSr.. ~ Ing nu
nations And nov that the people Of the United states
what do thsv hoiS th;nk az 81 ~ sno,pstGo ''uae
If the ;rsrs.ts wh;c cs;.S Numbered IN tner ears
the monopoly which was clsimsS r;oh; ~
In England even the srrcuiturai mn% IL s,hsan int
rcnose Condw ooJ Il MT 10 c;saS 80 - e'unS INV
20 Tarchcstsr av v ns al pepper.c9rn rent
worth are not roin~ 30 h" MT , :. s S1a mas
nia;nt nfsrndd d a.sa oos quarter Ihe com
Int No. tharssora r, u one as we tnnx
be inuniaied with corn hut thst NV" h ~. s We 81 =;
Another year may witness deputatious solictng An
impost on the expectation of British grain C,entiemen
buying land actually as a safe Investment Rents
are no; falling leases not repudiaed When the land
holder is % little dissatisfied it is needless say that the
merchant and manufacturer not grumbe at the result
And what Is the sentiment prevalent in America Do
longer taxed hyfour millions Of dollars for the pro.
teouon Of the eastern manufacturer Do they complain
snat the poorest among them have no longer to pay IRON
800 to 500 per cent articles Of dolly Let the
address OF the citizens of Warrington Mr. Dallas give
the answer: MIR Dallas was yice.Presdsnt Of the So.
nate when the new tariff came under discussion. He
represented the State of Pennsy lvania-a manufac
turing, and therefore monopolist State. His con-
sutuents were violently opposed to it but he
voted for It. This was not all The contest long,
angry, and doubtful. Tho votes on the division were
equal Mr. Dallas gave the casting VOTE and returned
nome TO receive the approval Of his own heart
execrations Of his constituency He was burnt in efgy
OF course-reved, illuminated and lynched in print,
oy the excellent drab" men Of that fraternal commu
good his country Her citizens have now begun to
generous humane dismsres'od and philosophical can
not have been unpstrioiic They pay homsCe 10 "a.
Of future produce which would be muetsd Of half rs
wealth, and diverted from is evident purpose by the
the psy ntsrsss q wn,cn sss oGa ~
the expense the RAIDS who thronr to her soil They
With him the mission Of aerican hus5andyy and nc
great future Of .daercan commerce. and seeing these
they DO AonsEe vho Aas devoted vote poice and
place to the vndication of great democracy from ths
rrro,, ~. -. s...ss-s n "'"''''s'
The American papers received bv the britannia tall
that the United ststss army in Mex;co he. sonnd con
venien. to come to halt The interruption Of the
paign is sscribed by journals to want Of money
This may be the case and the halt has been come 10
earlier than expected. sup ose 1t is Sooner or
tho better for the invaders The battle of
is "never until it has been lost" The history OF
WAT %nMI,m ~ TINS rsspeSt-wnstever the ultimate
the first instance. The late Mr. Mill a. we remember
has eloquent chapter of his history of British India
explaining the causes of this no uniform phenomenon
the principal of these causss will however, occur 10
most readers The invader has reason 10 fancy bims
the stronger, or he would not invade He makes his
preparations leisure chooses his own time end place
for attack proceeds with settled plan and an unity Of
purpose pervading his whole scheme Of opersions-ai
these advantages are wanting to the invaded But when
the has made some progress, when each is in the
face Of the other and can choose time and place Of at
tack when the preparstons of the invader have been
and his plans are broken or derapeed bv The
events of war; and when they who are defending their
strict a. that Of their encmies then the sdve,sres are
placed equal terms and the advantage indeed
with the Irresistible spirit Of patriotism are nearer 10
their supplies Of provisons and of men, and car choose
OF pleasure the most promising points Of defence Thus
invasion becomes protraced affair; and protraced
invasion In nine cases out of ten ends in the inter
of the invaders; which will we have not the Syht,st
DOUBT To tho termination Of the war in Mcxico n onIv
northern republicans do not manage 10 nut an
have created and orrspized bostiI: power ar.;ns,
that will be an occsson NJ Ynoass.sio sJ