New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-09

the Msxicans, very good; they VIII need 90 mucn
less from our own People Ifthey have any idea
OF raising Forty Millions from oar present 7 arif and
the and Sales Of next year, good again-Ws have
then Forty FIVE or Fifty Millions. Then let them
say defnitvely how much more they will want, and
let Congress call on the States 70 contribute their
several quotas-snd pay it. lfthey choose to tax
Tea and Coffee they can do 50 ia the hands Of their
merchants and dealers, which would be far jastsr
than to allow the immense amount Of these articles
already In the country TO escape the tai and profit
by the rise in price which must result from il
The States can levy the Taxes as they think best
30 ss TO adjust them TO their peculiar eircuns'an-
ces and render them less onerous than they would
be We can see 10 resson-ve trust Congress
will imagine none-against the prompt imposition
Of Direct Tax sufficient TO keep the National
Debt within its present very respectable oimen
sions.
Mr.. Polk repeats Mr.. Walkers juggle with re-
gard to the increase Of the Debt, asserting ins'
ia amount when be came into ONCE was over
Seventeen Millions bat taking no account OF the
Millions then lying IN the Treasury de cans io'
new loans for the balance Of this year and Tor the
ne1tto the enormous amount Of Thirty five Millions
or thereabouts He boasts OF the tourishing STATE
of the Country and attributes 1t 70 the Tsri oil -
say, that our Agricultural Staples are finding new
and profitable markets and that the wages Of
Labor in all departments have been augmented
The cotton planters and still more the iaoorers
for wages will be very glad to hear all THIS II any
BODY will but prove it. Last year Mr.. Polk told
them that Labor in all its departments was fully
rewarded and now he says the reward issugment-
ed-so that the Laborer must be getting something
more than he fairly earns. We trust he will regard
with generous sympathy the hsPless martyrs to
patriotic duty who are compelled 70 toll, alter
fashion in the public service. for nothing but
beggsrly SO per day and so up to $4,000 year
Can't they do something for these 10 the way Of
penny subscription
Mr.. Polk tells US that Manufactures flourish ana
expand under the present Tariff and that the incl
dental protection it affords has proved abundant
Now this is quite true Of certain articles which have
thirty per cent or so in their favor but not true Of
those which have FIVE to ten per cent discrmina-
ton against them and in favor Of the foreign Produ-
Ger under this Tariff 1.-THE President will careful
~ inquire. he will find that while certain branches
Of manufacture are doing well there are others
completely stsgnated and parSyzed, while still
others maintain a precarious and gloomy struggle
for existence and that the reasons for this dstrc
ton are marked in the Tariff he 50 eulogizes He
can easily learn, If he will that our manufactures
Of Linens and Silks for example though older than
those Of Cottons and Woolens, do not this day sui
fee for hundredth part Of our consumption and
are scarcely increasing; while the history Of our
National legislation as affecting these diverse
branches OF manufacture affords the reason there
for But his purpose is better subseryed by igno-
rance OF the essential facts in the case.
So of his Constitutional Treasury If the
Government will call in its Treasury Notes and
really collect, keep aud disburse the Revenue IN
gold and silver we shall be able 20 see how II
works but thus far the Government has been the
chief shin plaster manufacturer in the country, and
the assertion Of the President that "the public
moneys have been collected, kept and disbursed in
gold and silver is simply audacious
As to the Public Lands, we trust Congress will
adopt better system than the Presidents Gradu'
ation-no worse for the Revenue and much better
for the Settlers We will speak of this again.
As to the Mint, we shall gladly see it removed to
New-York where it ought to be but to keep up
two Mint establishments within five hours ride
would be wanton waste of Money.
Mr. Polk oosesby iudicious exhortation 70 Con
gre.s to avoid all agitsting sectional topics, when
in the middle Of the same document he has insert.
ed an urgent recommendation that this same Con
gress shall appropriate money 70 pay for the Amis
tad negroes lie well knows that no such apPro
priation can pass and that any serious attempt to
carry it will shake the Union TO its center. How
can he act with studied such Inconsistency Those
negroes rescued themselves from lawess and inhu
man bondage the law Of the land and the Law OF
Nstions declared them free why should We pay
for them He has thrown a fire. brand into Con
eress but We trust it will be allowed to shoulder
to ashes untouched and unnoticed. Let those who
censure Wilmot for the introduction OF his famous
Proviso mete out at least equal measure OF re-
proach to the author Of this most untimely and pre-
posterous recommendation.
~ The packet-.hip Stephen Whitney which
our telegraph dispatch announces as having been
lost off the Coast Of ireland. was We understand,
owned by Messrs Grinnell Minturn Il Co and was
ireighted principally with -four
Mr.. AMOS Kendall AND THE TELEcRAPH.-
That the charges BY the paieuees Of the Electric Iee
graph bear heavy on the Pres, especially on news
papers Ia large stiles. We have good cause TO know
That its operation IL exceedingly favorable TO the clrcu
ston of country papers snd proporhonsy Injurious 10
the Press Of the larger sespors must be apparent to all
We hail its advent however. likely 20 prove pro
pi,ous TO society. But society must take good care
that NE fec DO not monopolize la benefits We are in
debied TO Mr.. wenms6 Of the Assembly fsr copy Of
the bill allowing competition In TelegrsPhng through
out this State and II ia very good one. But In whose
hands IL III Why is It not passed and sent TO the
senste 10 not the session near its eose Ia not every
Editor N the State interested 10 establishing free com
petition check upon the inhrmiues Of human ma
tursi Who doubts ~ Mr. Kendall, II will be seen 10
keenly alive 70 interests OF bis patrons and partners
He looks sharp for the firm. Not content with the
anor,ous and lucrative profits Of the old tariff be hss