Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-12-26
NEW PRESIDENTIAL MOVE.

The New York Tribune Of Yesterday, has a
leading article in which is developed a grand
scheme for the election OF Presidential csnd'-
date who shall be pledged to take and hold the
most ultra Free Trade gloand. Ia the cny Of
| New York FREQ Trade associslion las been
formed by twenty or thirty politici.ns, poets and
traders OF that ciy, most o! them connected with
the Evening Post, heisld. Mirror or Merchants
Magazine. The avowed object Of this nucleus
Was Nalion1l agitation Tor tie A0ulrIon OF any
Tariff o. DuIie. on Imports whatever, tie total
dI-contInuance ri Custom Hnuses, aud the es
tablishDent .fa5solute iIesooa Of importation,
without any cheek impo3t or l.nItati n whatev-
er. We quoe from he Tribune:
" Ano her and more formidable movems nt we
| understand has recenily been Ensnerced IN a
more private way, when has leading tendencies
IA common with the ioegong,bu which b IS rati,-
er mre prsctical aims, Oh IS probably destined
to become inime.'ilteiy aud paipaty potential.
IL is IN effect Il secret organization OF the Free
Trade Importers. Shippers, agents OF Foreign
Manuiac tuners, &c, la city 10 accomplish til
noiination OF iion. Robert J. Walker of Miss
i-ssIppi, Mr. Piss secIetlry Of the Treasury.
and the uisln archteci OF the present Tarif.) a,
the next Democratic CANDIDATE for Presi tent,
at the same time placing the party on dlsiinc,
and unequiyocsl Free Trade grounds and then
securing is tsiua,ph in the election OF 1852
" This movems ut has been backed BY a sub
scr,plon OF over S2C0, OC0, payable halt on de-
'nand aud the bilauce il SIX months, which can
easiiy be raised here and in great Commercial
ports the other side OF Inc Atlantic, to plump
million. Should that amount be promptly made
up and judiciously used, we think the success of
the project 50 tar as the Nomination is concern
ed, misht be anticipated ~llh confidence"
Tue Tribune then safes tia. in connection
WIN this is a scheme TO purchase certain press
es, and TO bring their interests to bear upon the
grand scheme OF eieciing an out-andout Free
rrader to The Presidency. The names of the
presses are not given. The President of the
United States, IN his late message, has planted
himself upon The true Wing platform of protec-
ton TO the iaoor o. the country, aud 10 project
by specific duties the Aaerican importing mier
Gao nj from 'he ruinous Composition with nnp,ri-
ing houses who scuple not to avail themselves
OF duplicate INVOICES, one Of which Is u-ed to
swear the 20 ds through the Custom houses un-
der a false uanoa, and the other 10 buy and
sell by; and we believe the people will sand BY
hun. The adsalorem system has operated bad
iy, and has driven the foreign trade into lew
chsnnels. TIE rePort OF the Secretary of the
Treasury, which We were in hopes u lay before
gu. readers this morning. If we mistake lot. will
disclose system Of fraud pr-cIised under the
advalorem system, which will aItrac, the s,ien-
ton not only of Congress, but OF the whole c1un
try.
We shall await the Development, of the now
Presidential move now broiched hy the Tribune,
with interest. As the Case stands, 1t assumes all
Important character Boston Illus, 18th.