The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-07
THE DAILY UNION.


From the London Times.
THE AMERICAN TARIFF IN ENGLAND.
The American news brought by the steamship /
Cambria is of considerable importance. The bat |
lie Of protection has been lost simultaneously in the
eastern aad western hemispheres. While the last
wall over a departed corn-aw was resoundlng in
our House of Peers, the accordant eegy over de-
feated tariff was chanted in the American Senate.
Whilst here Lord Stanley was making decOrous
show OF resistance in hopeless cause, bets were
laid with difficulty in New York TO the diyison in |
the Senate There the cause of protection was more
obstnatey defended and more hopefully wagered
on. There no illustrous general brought the infu-
ence Of time-honored name and highly valued SER
vices TO COW the expression OF private feeling or
thwart the advocacy Of particular interests There
fore the senator's spoke and voted according TO their
eonseienees or their interests. And so equally |
balanced were the chances Of free trade and protec
uon, that even after the votes on distinct divisions
were known, the final result could not be safely |
prophesed. A majority Of % to "a eventually de-
cided measure Of consummate importance TO all
engaged in commercial transactions with America,
which means to every nation Of Europe. Hence
forth the principle of duties for proectioa must be
considered as abandoned in the United States. The
duties which remain, insufficient TO compass the OBJ
ects Of protection, are quite high enough 10 insure
revenue 10 the state, ranging, as they do, from
20 TO ~ per cent on their value. ...
ThsAteration in the American tariff cannot but be
TtkhTucu as great Buiucu ny inc
Of free trade With US, various other considerations
were imported into discussion which ought to have
teen purely economical. Passions were excited on
a subject which ought to have been decided by rea-
soning alone; and the interests Of individuals were
enlisted in cause which ought TO have regarded
only the interest Of the public. IL was made
question between town and country-between the
landed gentry and the mercantile class-nay, even
between the peerage and the people. Everything
that could stimulate the spirit Of craftsmanship or
whet the appetite for innovation, pressed into
the service OF doctrines, whose native truth and
excellence in the end INDICATED themselves. But
in America Il has been otherwise. A new
country presents fewer materials for civil dissen-
sions than an old one. Glasses are less distinct
ly markedi caste has fewer external symbols,
whatever may be its esoteric signs in a re-
public like the States But, besides this, every
new state inherits the commercial doctrines Of the
older kingdoms Of Europe. They all have inherited
some portion or another of the Commercial Eys-
TEN" which Spain first employed, and afterwards
impaired 70 England and France. This hereditary
prejudice is confirmed by spontaneous impulse. A
false knowledge Is pressed into the service ola natu
raj ambition. Each new State desires to produce
everything independently Of all other nations II
wishes to anticipate the fruits Of many generations
IL is ambitious Of becoming at once an agricultural
mercantile, and a manufacturing country. Fol-
lowing the lights transmitted 90 IL from former
days, il imSgines that such results be attained
by restricted statutes and high customs duties.
Ii thus creates artificial branch Of home manu-
features; but It does so at vast expense. While il
dyerts small labor OF its citizens from its natural
channels il imposes heavy burden upon the rest
Il in the first place induces many to transfer their
industry and their capital from natural and obvious
sources Of wealth, and then il forces the others TO
remunerate unnatural employment by an unnatu-
raj sacrifice. IL imposes a tax upon every consul
mer in the state on purpose to repay the cost Of
| an artificial production. With the hope Of encour-
aging industry, it fosters monopoly; and profess
sing to extend commerce. it strikes it with fatal
blow.
An error of this kind must, sooner or later, be
found out. The benefit of few will not conceal or
psIiate the loss and the injury Of the many. There
has long been in the United States a party anxious
realize the doctrines Of free trade. Their efforts
have been resisted by the indifference of one class
and the selhshness Of another. But when the first
commercial people in the world flung away the
| tethers Of an obsolete prejudice and courted the
| competition of rival industry, then the friends OF
free trade in every quarter Of the globe gained conf
dence and hope. A new movement began; its first
| fruit is the modification Of the American tariff.
| The principle which most peculiarly marks the
new act is good one. Whilst it reduces articles
OF necessity 1t in instances raises, and in other
leaves untouched, those on Injuries II thus gives
to the poor man the opportunity of exchanging his
labor the best terms HIMSELF whilst IL compels
| the rich man to purchase terms most profitable
to the state. II destroys a miscalled projections ii
continues productive impost.
PUNCH BY THE BRITANSIA-The most interest.
| ing paper Of all files is Punch, and we there
| fore vary the usual complexion of our matter by
| giving an abstract of his amusing contents.
| most humorous but lengthy account Of Prince
Albert's visit to Liverpool is given the course OF
| which account Punch says of the procession, "sev-
eral trades were followed by the Trowel and the
Prince"
| "HARp OF HEARNe."-A night or two since
Lord Brougham declared that che had heard no.
thing of the potato disease !" Mr.. Curtis, the au,
rist, waited upon his lordship the next morning
and has from that time been engaged upon his
lordshps ears, with, it is feared, but very little
hopes of opening them-to the misfortunes Of
others
| 1t is stated that a River Jordan company has
been established for the purpose of furnishing per
sons in high life with water from that river for chris
tening purposes.
| The PEOPLE AND THE PARKs.-Mere mechanics
| have of late, been excluded from the parks. The
vulgar creatures, absolutely working, and, in this
weather. perspiring for their daily bread have been
thought unfit to mingle with the gentee middle
classes, that sit at desks keep shops, or travel with
samples ofther goods The matter has been taken
up, and the gate-keepers-"the misbegotter
knaves in Lincoln green''--are now ordered to dc
their "spirting' very gently. They are to view
the buttons on mechanical coats in a benevolent
light, and not to refuse admittance to the
ifthe said coats have button or two missing They
are moreover directed to let all pass who have only
washed themselves with common yellow soap-tht
previous order compelling them to turn all away
who were not scented with real Windsor.
j The "Kilkenny cats, or Old and Young IRELAND
coming to the Scratch is the title of engraving
which represents O'Connell and O'Brien as cats
with backs up, ready for desperate encounter
10 leave them alone,
They'll fight to the bone,
| And leave nought but their tails behind EN-
The following is Punchs copy Of the Prussai
constitution:
We have been favored with the following oun,
of the constitution the King of Prussia has prom
ised to give his subjects the Sd of this month
We must say we doubt if it will be by any means 81
good
/ /. The tax is to be taken off beer.
n g. Every Prussian is to have full liberty to smok
In the street, the theatre or the Senate, or wher
ever he pleases.
3. The taverns are to be kept open till twelve o.