Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-12-07
NEW REGIME.

oil nj
have p,s,el 10 tn statute book The new Tariff has
b.,n a week in operation. We should, perhaps, speak
more correctly say that the ideal of free trade
b,. b.en apprpximatodfjr whilst the party has raised
,..,nof trump at tn cst1hlsnea Of their prJfss,d
principles oftree trade. and Mr.. McDurf,r-wlose
" ,haraw, from tn, Senate sincerely regret makes
j, the occasion d singing bis dimis, it is Obvious
that III ,agh revenue the cs,cnsle olect. Incidental
rr)te,ons constantly afforded 10 greater or less dc
gTsc
But did not take mp cur pen To analyze the charao
Ter Of the Revenue 50 calod.) TarnBl of the last
session the law Of the land and has nov gouc in
effect, We think arguments in tie abstract, upon tie
pncpc of prDe ,ou out Of place at tn p.cs,ut mcren'
By no possibility Any thing new be sad the sub
ie,t-,,umn after column may he written, and speech
after speech delivered. and the whole Of the arguments
md illustrations be but the rcpr dueors f,h,sc of for
NOR css,yists and Let there tie cesSati, of
controversy about princip,s-et tie working If tie
new Tariff be i,std by inc. The law tf 1912 though
in many respects dc eoi,e. ard III ne objectionable
WIS wo sincerity believed highly saluary
which restored public and private cr dit, and rcviv-
fed the nation in all the rmiiicaons oi business and
finance Ii should have been amended. not substituted
BY one based upon principles hitherto unhnswn 10
legislation. ButthG decd has been DONE and feel Dis
p,ssd avail; the disc time, the great tech
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Meanwhile let us hold the mics of protection 10
Of the assertions. which have been ma nalned for years
with pornncity and zeal which WOULD incline lis to ls=
cyc they The oAsprng Of conviction. year two
vii suffice to show whether the present law has the pow
or to remedy the evils, or TO produce the coed. conf
dentl, ascrlbod in advance The country, with he
exccponofa brief disastrous and dissraccu period has
maintained protective system. or less stringent.
FOR thirty years during which it continued flourish and
incfease in wealth. population ard ati,na groamtss, in
ratio never before known in the history Of mankind
change radical aud sudden that effected in a s,s-
ten sowell tried by he law G last session. should have
been justified by something tangible in the saIe
oarguncnt than the abstract doctrines puco
ica writers, and more respectable in authority than tic
bcess Of irresponsible party convention. But party
necessity knows no law-and new order q things OBJ
talns
We shall hill the friends Of the present tariff Their
repeated and oi la Declarations that it will produccnot
only as much. but--more rcv.nue lian the Tariff Il
1912
We shall hold them to the assertion-so often made
and strongly insisted upon have cen sed the
dignity ofan axom-that duly ssQriiy increases price
to the full amount levied. The truth. CT iaschood, Il
months viii suffice The duties upon many articles are
now less, ly fay per cent than they month ago.
According the axiom recir,d to, tl,sc goods should
Immediately he aff rled at prices from twenty-five
thirty per less than they have ever yet leen. The
purchaser of coata llankct-a ton cf iron Of coal
apcn kuile-5r a carpet--wl have CHIT, il there
be truth in democratic ogc. to get thCm-say thee
months hence-at very perccpuhly less rces than he
has been in the ub Of paving for them hcrttf FIRE
We beg men of all parties matter Of curiosity
10 give attention totc rriccs which they are called uppn
10 Fay for the ensuing year and compare them with the
past. An opportunity IS AFT rled If lrrqirg to the
tst OF experience long mt otcd POINTS t., po cal ccono
my II any Of our democratic friends will furnish Us
with well established tac's which goto prove that the
ductlon OF price has been rop1rtienae to the reduction Of
duty we promise to give hom ace in cur columns
The mass Of mankind neither understands for
abstract rcas5ningtul all compftkcud the rra, teal
augmentation facts.
We shall also held them the assertion. that the
duellon ofduty will increase the demand fer and raise
the price Our great staples Though the irty hale the
CRY of Mr. Med, fiji Las teen cNplcdod. and It's disn
gnished author world venture sscrt il in all its
eompehensiycncss, yet il has been rtruc NY and pert
rac.usy insisted tia, H.. vice Ct ,u grpt f;Ilos IVES
npresscd pro toto by the high duties levied upon those
Articles which oil CT Iaeis strd laNn,nt Il cci,r
year or two ago, tie ssity Ct csS mig IL. cost
the material to her own raiui;ctLrtrs. IN order To
enable them to ceulcte with in tic markets Ct the
world, induced England TO remove altogether the small
duty, which loreoire Lad Leon levied urn American
cotton. This Il c succofstfc- ninuactul6s ad cytG
boon for tie SoRh which had tctn denied to dipl
ey In the sainc way, the necessity Of clCapcninT the
nesna Ct SUI ssonce 10 her arzans generally in rider
mat they might work still cheaper and illus successfully
compete with Brother jonathan, the least of the
ieasons which rought about the al andonmcn Of the
laws OF course, do not ascbe the reIoa to this pol
Icy aoneothor considerations united tiftct the
huminaitn But justified. ir,m full survey of
all the ground, in saying la to tic prcgrss and
I" American manufactures is ii owing, ina very high de
gree that great siavlc and all read sls and
provislons are now relieved from duty in the British
ports
but, however this may be, if there lie any force in the
argument Of the advocates free trade that high duties
upon Imports necessarily lessen the Price of the staples
sent IN exchange for them then must. under the nfu
shce OF the new Tariff oAeri,nce grateful advance IN
'ne price OF cotton, tobacco grain and provisions. This
hafuesen which GENES home the experience Of eve
)! man IN the community, and readily and speedily
"@Sed We shall, In similar sp.rt Of fairness, give
iace 10 authenticated facts which 90 to join cause
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