The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-20

yet forbear to quote all the answer it can
make 10 argument that its theory of protection would
extngush our internal well as our external COM
merce. II says:
'He (he editor of the Union) thinks the demonstration
that Tree trade between England and this country disad
vantageous and the laborng class generally proves
as well that free trade between Boston and New Orleans
also penicous Here he fails observe the vital dsnc
ton between exchange of the products of different eli
mates and zones naturally producing very different staples
and exchanges between the people Of different continents
living IN essentially the attitudes. New England by
decree Of Nature can supply New Orleans with large classes
OF products cheaper e. O., with less labo than they
can be produced in New Orleans and the is
true the other side. There is nothing therefore, the
freedom trade betoee these oo cities Inconsistent oh the
protective policy All, them the Union What you
think of free trade between Massachusetts and Illinois
Why sirs, believe the people of Illinois would be ben
Gifted this day, and the prosperity of their State advanced
by some arrangement whereby the home production of
boots and Shoes hats plain and wooen fabrics &c
should gradually supplant their enormous purchases OF
these articles from the East"
| Free trade between New Orleans and Boston, then,
is good thing; but free trade between Chicago and
New York, and between New York and San Francisco
is bad, and might very advantageously be protected
of existence! The protective system is to along
parallels OF latitude, at least to hug the isotherma
lines and in determining whether will have foreign
port open to us, whether we will go to work
far north or south it may be Well, here is neag
rule for commercial policy, at any rate Pray
then, what does the Tribune think of the British
legislation which has opened Liverpool and Lon
don to our beadsufs at nominal duty or of the COM
merca treaties which have removed many of the embar-
easements TO commerce with Germany' These we
suppose it regards bad things The exchangers" hve
too far apart TO suit its notions But if latitude is to
| hat Tho
trade between Nec Orleans and Liverpool, or Amster
dam Copenhagen? We understand that the Tribune
regards high tariff quite necessary to stop ette
| commercial intercourse between New York and these
places, because they are all in somewhere near the
same latitude But how is it with southern cities !?
They, the latitude principle, need be quite much
protected, and may take cargo of cotton rice
occasionally Liverpool without being quite so heavily
taxed. Again. trade may run free among ourselves
from North to South, and back again, and its free
dom shall be great good but the moment it starts
eastward and westward it is bad thing, and ought
forthwith TO be discouraged or, if possible, stopped
Now, submit that this is fair and just statement of
the Tnbune's position and submit also to any candid
mind whether it ought not to be rdicued rather than re-
futed Is there spark, will not say of wise
mercal policy and forecast, but of practical good
|
theory and apply the question, the Tribune
is forced wholly to misate the facts 1t not true that
the articles of New England production which go to
New Orleans (as the Tribune says, benefcialy) are
articles which the laws of forbid New Orleans
make for herself New England sends thther very lit
tie that she gros-vey little that her soil and climate
have much do with. She nds for the most part,
what she makcswhat, in the Tribunes language, she
| and and md hamm and
there is clearly law Of nature to forbid all this
to be done at New Orleans What does forbid it,
them Why, the law of commerce, which makes men
buy where they buy cheapest and the law of ndi
vdual freedom, which makes plant instead of
making hats shoes, where planting is profitable.
These the great laws which demand liberal CONNER
cia policy and they will ultimately have it. They demand
that Congress shall not undertake polec
ton, to tax the people into engaging branches of in
dusy, which if left to themselves they would engage
| in being already more proftahy employed And these
demands Congress will in the end comply with against
all theories of substantial extinguishmen of commerce
by protection whether that protection shall shall not
stulhy itself in vain attempts TO stop trade goes East
and West parallels of latitude, WHILE respecting the
claws of nature, it leaves the trade free in its pas
sage from North to South
Again, look the Tbunes beautiful consistency, It'll
has made great poher about internal improvements L,
would have railroads and canals through the land
from east TO west in order interchange products and
fabrics And it tells that, in its Judgment, this
interchange is bad thing for the West and that if Hi
nois only knew her own business well they know
it in the Tribune office, she would plant and SOW less and
take TO building cotton mills Upon that theory
surely, the Erie canal that Isl and the Erie railroad
that is to be, ought to be abated nusances. By
making it easy TO send goods inland from the seaboard
they stand right in the way of this plan OF bring
ing the erchangerS close together in the same State or
county-rght in the way OF making Illinois do her own
hating and weaving, and boot making Indeed, if it be
good policy to make Illinois pay swinging price for
what she buys from New York city or from Liverpool,
in order that she may be protected into making the ar
ces herself at higher price, until their importation into
her borders is fairly ertHgutshed then surely the canals
courses, which facilitate and invite such importation
stand directly in the path OF her prosperity, and she
ought to dread them In fact, high freight upon
articles of is very substantial protection
against them And why does the Tribune go for
system of internal Improvement to bring down
freight and then turn right round and saddle protect
iue iares till Importation and of expectation be
substantially exnguished' Again why does the Tribune
take the Boston, New York. and Chicago parallel of la
tide and wish Drofecfpp and