The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-02
Hev0iuttOn in Commercial AffalsS-The
United States and France

AIMING tue important RESULTS Wncn WAL spring
out of the establishment of republic in France,
and the spread of democratic principles over the
whole OF the continent OF Europe, which, sooner or
later, must be the case, either by force of arms,
and by blood and carnage, or through the moral
influence which both France and the United States
Will exercise over the minds of the million, not the
least will the increase of commerce. This will be
one OF the numerous advantages which will grow
out OF the overthrow of monarchy and its ex-
penses, and the establishment of democracy or
republicanism, and its economy, in Europe.
The commerce between this country and France,
considering the position of the two countries, and
the advantages they possess for mutual exchange
of the commodities of nature and of art, which
they respectively produce, has never been near so
large or extensive as it ought to have been. The
immense expenses attendant upon the support and
extravaganza of the monarchy, with the other ex-
penses which such form Of government, entail
upon all countries, must be provided, either by
direct or indirect taxation, or both, as is most ge-
morally the case. The direct taxes are laid on
the lands, persons and property Of the citizens, and
the indirect commerce, affecting that branch of
human industry not only to the detriment ofthe coun
try directly interested, but indirectly the whole
civilized world proportionaby TO their amount and
the magnitude of the tariff under which they are
imposed France has now relieved herself of her
monarchy, and of its attendant expenses; and here
after her government will be carried on as econo
mcally, and with as little injury to commerce and
the industry of the people, as the government Of
this country has been conducted ever since the
time when it thought proper to its political
connection with Great Britain. This happy result
cannot in the nature of things, be achieved in day.
but 1t will be done before very long time. AS
soon as it shall take place, the government and
people of that country will naturally direct their at
tention to the United States; and it will be the
policy and advantage of both to enter into treaties,
based the principles of mutual reciprocity, to as
great extent as possible, for the mutual ex-
change of their productions. The articles which
France produces, and which we do not, we can
permit the importation of into the United States
under duty nominal, or not far from it; and vice
versa, what we produce and France does not she
can permit the importation of under like nominal
tariff Both countries will be in position to make
such treaties The expenses of the government of
each will be trihing, and moderate tariff will be
abundantly sufficient for them.
This state of things is very likely to grow out of
the establishment of republic in France, and it
needs no argument to prove the immense benefits
which it would be to both France and the United
States. With her thirty-five millions of inhabi-
tants and our twenty millions, the two greatest
countries in the world, with fify-fve or sixty mil
lions of people, with treaty existing between
them of this character, would control and re-
gulate the commerce of the whole world,
ala nth fo1lo IN thair
wake not only in the reduction of its tariff, but
in the establishment of similar form of econo-
mical government While il would foster and
promote industry of every kind among the people
of the two countries, it would complete the shock
which England and other monarchical countries
sustained by the dethronement of Louis Philippe,
if that or any other monarchy should chance to be
in existence at the time, which is matter of ex-
IRENE doubt and prepare the way for universal de-
mocracy over the whole civilized world
The country which it would at first affect would
be England, because she has, at present. the great
est commerce She cannot lessen very much the
expense of the monarchy, as long as that mo-
narchy is i'll existence. If she were to attempt
reduction IN her tariff of duties on COM
merce, the deficiency should be made up in
some other form and the only way in which
it could be done, would be by taxation at home.
That remedy is out of the question. She has
gone so far in that, that she dare not move
single step further Indeed, so oppressive hav
the taxes become, that curses loud and deep are
daily uttered by millions against their authors, and
the objects for which they are designed; and an
attempt to increase the income tax was abandoned
by the government lest, in the present state of the
world, when kings and ministers are flying before
their liberated subjects, it might lead to revolu-
! ton Notwithstanding this, Great Britain would
| be compelled by the stimulus given to commerce
| by such treaty as we have named between
the United States and France, to do either the one
| thing or the other. She would be obliged to re-
duce her tariff but she could not make up the de-
ficency by taxation, for her people would
not submit to it. She would be compelled.
the refore, to reduce the expenses of her govern
ment, and the nearer she approached in that re-
spect the economy of that Of either France or the
| United States, the happier it would be for her peo-
pie, and the faster it would promote a radical
change in her government.
These great changes in the domestic policy of
England may, and, in all probability, will be, to
certain extent, effected by the reform confederacy.
when mas been recently formed there under the
auspices Of Golden, Hume, and others, before the
results we are speaking of as likely to occur by
the establishment of treaties of commerce between
France and the United States, but only to certain
extent. The work which this confederacy has
nJertaken, will be finished by the United States
and France; and when that time will have arrived,
England will be either republic, or monarchy
only in name.
1t will be seen, therefore, that the work of I'M
provement which the United States were the first
country TO commence, and the example of which
has been followed by France, and her example
again being followed by other countries in Europe,
is not destined to end in elcvatng mankind to the
standing offreenian in political point of view only,
but WILL through the influence of commerce, pene-
trate all the channels of society," and confer on our