New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-07


country and hardly within it why, II not because
we have for many years strlngenty protected our
Cotton Manufactures but not those OF Six or Linen
And can any doubt that we are now richer and
more prosperous people than we would De
with our Cotton Manufactures where our SIX and
! Linen are
Again Europe for many centuries imported hef
Silks across the Indus and the Euphrates from
Hindostan and China, at an average cost oil Pound
for pound in Gold when Gold was relatively TO most
things more valuable than at present over scorch
ing deserts through swarms OF robbers, the nchly
laden caravans from the spicy asst made their way
annually to Alexandria, Rome CoDstantinople'
thence 10 be diifused throughout the Empire and
Chris,endom, at an enormous cost oil lie auu
treasure. until the sands Of Arabia and Persia
cleaned more ghasty white with the bones oil the
traders and their servants. and Europe, graduahy
drained Of the precious metals by this pernlclous
traffic sank into the barbarlsm OF the Middle Ages
Surely. We can all SEQ n0C that II would have been
an Unreasonable blessing to Christendom II the
Silk culture and manufacture had been established
aud difused this side of the Bosphorus fifteen cen
turies sooner than 1t was. NoW we know that LON
hardy and Southern France are as genial to the
Silk.worm as the distant L asst: why did not the
natural perspicacity OF capitalists discern this In
the days Of Cbarlemagne or Cesar Very likely,
the perspicncious capitalists who should have un
dertaken to grow aud fashion Silk twenty centuries
ago would have been ruined by the natural hostility
Of these equally perspicacioOs capitalists engaged
in the overland importation OF this staple from the
East and whose perspicacity would have been
lightly taxed to discern the influence OF the success
of the new enterprise upon theirs. But suppose
some Traian or Antoninus had seen proper to en-
courage the Home production of Silk, and had &C
cordinely instituted liberal premiums through
term of years for the best lot which might be pro
duced IN Europe, with all lmpost OF thirty or forty
per cent on the introduction Of the rival products oil
the Indian LOOM can it be seriously doubted that the
result would have been widely and astingy beneh-
cent? And if so, why does not the principle apply
to the production of Silk in America in the year Of
grace ls4ol
The Chronotype asserts that there are some
articles which nation like cannot produce. as
| if we had ever denied it. Yet 1t must on rehec-
ton. admit that this is raising false issue We
have a thousand times proclaimed that there are
sucb and that these should be subjected to imposts
for Revenue only. or still better. not at all. What
we assert that such articles as can be produced
at home as well as elsewhere-those which Nature
has not forbidden producing-shall' as rapidly
as may be- be grown or fabricated on our own soil
although the immediate money cost of such pro-
duction may be greater than that required TO i'm
port them. This is the position which The Chrome
type controvers-let it not be misunderstood.
VIReISIA-Sofar as We have them by Telegraph,
the returns of the Special Election held 10 the lid
District on Thursday for Member of Congress in
place of Hon Geo c. Dromgoole, Loco are as fol-
lows
Cos az. BOLLNo MzADx. "a. CLAY. POLK.
Petersburg .l07 maj 40 maj
Dinwi Idle 49,. 81 1e
Prince Geo. Z H. IA " NWnole Io) -
Greensvile..-. os oJ
SO far.....-.l5s 90
Polk had SPA majority in the District Every
County in the District Loco but Petersburg. Rich
ard K Meade Loco. is said to be now elected by
some 200 majority over Geo. w. Boiling, Wing.
who came near beating Gen. Dromgooe In April
because OF the general repugnance excited by the
deplorable in6rmity of Gen D. since deceased
, Van Buren, beat Harrison 2lO in the District in
1870 but the usual Loco Foco majority ranges from
4 to coo
Mr. Meade the new Member elect, turned against
Jackson ON the Removal Of the Deposits, opposed
Van Buren, throughout. supporting White and then
Harrison. He went back to Loco Focoism on the
nomination Of Polk and the Texas issue then made
up. though he stood pledged to support Clay 10
, preference TO Van Buren, He is q man Of talent
ultra Southern in his notions and will probably be
heard from IN Congress
4 -" The Erenng Post tacity admits the IN
fairness OF its former contrast Of seven months
b Corporation Tea Room expenses in ls47 with
those of 1896 as II the former ehseAee in bulk
10 tine Wig rnsJorily but that the heavy
sums spent the fore part OF May were for suPpers fur
nishsd TO Wing Members of the new Council who were
holding esucuses in ihe Cry Hal during that time. If
there he any truth in this although will no, exeu.-
pate the Wig Aldermen We contend that The sxirsvs
sanee Is Justly and wholly ehsrgesOs TO their predeces
sors The new Council was not Office. bad shadow
OF al. to order meal or expend dollar on the eredi,
the City and II such suPpers xs provided II mus,
have been by the Loco Foco funcnonAes OF last year
the approval not by the express direction OF The
old Loco.Foco Council. The new Aldermen were sim
ply private citizens up 10 the llth Of May they could
legally incur expense and surely the Controller paid
no bills on lIs order. We insist therefore that the
Posts estimate that 81 900 paid for Whig suPpers
before the Wings came into power viii not answer.
The Post now falls OF upon Carriage Hire and Coz
tngeu, Expenses. Which i; makes hesver under the
{ whigs than their predecessors But We remsmoer
similar charge Of excessive Wing eArrissehire in ISIS
which We y1ea at the time, and found that most Of
II mad been isorred By meabers efle Loco Foeo minority
These had been riding al the City az The public
expense and then charging their own bills to the seeouni
of Wig extravaganza Very likely IL Is 90 now AT
ssvenls we shall most glsdy eo1Peraie in any move
nent 70 abolish all such allowances. pay Aldermen
moderately for their time and no extras any how
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