The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-23

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though they had been repealed Before the rspef
of those laws te advocates of our protective policy con-
beadsniIs and provisions we should receive abcs
exchange Now her markets arc thus opened 70 'hese pro-
their former position, Would sl arrest " high duties The
exchange OF English fabrics for brcadstu and provis
as to permit reciprocal interchange Of Gym moli!ie The
foreign market now opened tor onr bread ah pross
ions, must be maintained" "a
Well spoken and TRUE to the letter; and how 9 the adj
vocates Of our protective policy can consistently With
hold their assent the modification al our tarih, after
England has repealed her corn laws, we really canpot
comprehend measure based 30 obviously as it Is
sound policy and fraught with many benecen results
ought at to have obtained their cordial assent is
ed far the liberal which England has pursued
larger adysaes. viii s. sssds toward perfectly free
pssSl ss g &. q: sksSossr 4
quss''cn OF y. greatest good g .e sst
and brons Of the loom may be- assured that the people
arW demand that that which has been begun must be
completed The duties are even now too high on many ar
ticles, and smerey question of time with many when
further reduction be made in our tariff We cannot
stem the spirit OF the age with reslstess force IN
favor OF free and unshackled commerce. and strongly
counter to the spirit OF monopoly.
To the following extract from Mr.. Websters unan
swered and unswerable speech OF 1920 we earnestly
attention. The stale and out argument which
the manufacturers pressing relative to their
hand,ert standing as guaranty for our Independence
is well met by Mr. Webster, and its sophisry happily
exposed and rldicued:
" 1t had been said are independent so long
see the force of this appeal He did not perceive how the
and equally advantageous rendered dependent the
other any derogotary to its interest dignity A
vduas well nations. Indeed the whole fabric of
civilization, all the Improvements which distinguished Gull
tvated society from savage life rest on dependence of
kind He thought the argument drawn from the necessity of
providing of defence had been pressed quite
such means when occasion should call The reasoning as
that, in of defence annoyance can
be probably obtained, without great difficulty, ex
cept from materials manufactures. He doubt
ed whether there much ground for that assumption
Nations had hitherto obtained military means, in the midst
of war, from commerce. But, at any rate, it
knowedged all hands that the country possessed the
he id not see why the necessity of making
it should be antcipated-why should now change our
daily habits and occupations with great loss and nconve
nence merely because it is possible change
hereafter necessary We should equally wise
quite WE'LL and with very good appecs, yet
possible we might day be sick, we would, therefore,
Reasoning with all the force and power of acknowl-
edged authorty-wh all the earnest eloquence of
whose heart was in the matter-with the nerve OF
whose every thought and warmest impulses unre-
uctanty given to the defence of that interest which he
had so beautifully alluded to the "RIGHT
NATIoN"-the commerce of country-he proved the
necessity Of vigorously sustaining this interest if we
wished to cherish and maintain naval power al a
great and independent nation. Nothing that we Sy
can add the force of Mr. Websters language this
point, and if his reasoning then was wel-tmed, how
much more SO is it noiC But read: a 2
" There was, however, Mr. w observed, one part OF
national defence. which fhe Advocates OF the measures
appeared to have quite overlooked forgotten He
the navy. Ifhc commerce OF the country shod the
navy with it. This he thought plain TO be
questioned country with powerful navy, and little or
commerce, would be anomaly in history The great
object aimed seemed to be, either to annihate great
ly diminish foreign trade. Where then,
men from for the navy BY reference to the amount
of American tonnage in 1870 the when its
greatest it will be seen that there We're employed IN the for
egn trade, $4,000 the coastng trade 81 900 The
OF seaInen tonnage, OF the
larger vessels that probably three ouhs OF the
of the United States were employed in the foreign
diminished by the curtalment of the foreign trade;
and if it should afcrward revive, and be increas-
ed and extended, there reason to suppose that
/ would supply seamen, in sufficient numbers, for
coastng trade, class OF seamen the most fitfor
naval service In this trade, the voyages Short the
number of hands smallnot always exclusively
There the habits of subordmaton, the attention
sefpresevaton the exposure danger and hardship,
which form the value otle character of good seamen No
procured as good seamen Yet without hem all attempts
towards establishing commanding naval power en-
rey van as the history OF more than one modern nation
has shown.
''Let those, them who would abdge commerce, the
ground of more independent provision for national de-
fence, declare whether they be among
means of defence Iftley do their argument may be
consistent if they do, it is allacy."
How Mr. Webster could, after all his labored and able
advocacy of the rights of commerce, navigation, and
agriculture, wheel round and zealously support
featuring policy, of the most stringent character too,
perfectly inexpicabe. Happily for the reputation
of our distinguished men such cases rare such Incl
dents invariably furnish much for the tongue of
so astounding leap the Massachusetts senator did, to
be better prepared than he was to give satisfactory
feat was a splendid effort of ground and lofty tumbling
ANTI-TARlFF.
Communicated
Religious Aspect of Defensive War-Of this war or
this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF Its two Condemned Adj
vocates.
No "