The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-01-08
From the London Times, Nov IS.
The Speech of Ex-secretary Walker il
England

Among the straws caught by some drown
ing politicians in this country. has been
lurking hope that America, growing sick of
free trade, and ambitious of an absolute COM
mcrcial independence, was about to screw up
her tariff to its former malignity. SO SPLEEN
did an example, it was supposed, could not
be without effect on this side the Atlantic,
and either from simple revenge, or as the
natural way of meeting such movement
England was to close her larders against A
meriean bread, meat, cheese and butter
At one time Polk was the man, then Taylor,
then Fillmore, who was to lead the game of
mutual exclusions. This very year mares
nest, for we cannot call it any thing else, of
most singular character, possessed the i'm
agination of lively contemporary, and ne
were told that the free trade tariff of 1916
had been virtually condemned at Wishing
ton, and was in the actof being repealed. -
! Exclusive information was boasted for the
fact, and the information, strange to say, has
remained exclusive to this very hour. The
/ American tariff of l846remains without al
teration. But, if hope still fingers, and if
anybody really thinks that the United States
are about to commence a retrograde career
in finance, Mr.. Walkers speech at the Liy-
,1erpool dinner ought entirely to dispel that
{ delnsion Putting aside It's ability and elo-
quence, which speak for themselves, the
mere statements in bis addresses feof such
gravity and force as to assure us that the
: question is as settled on the other side of the
Atlantic as on this, and that New York viii
never again set up her back at her sister or
: the Mersey The brief history of American
f finance and Its results, from 1912 to Sep
7|tember 50, 1851 may be. confidently set a
oains al the worslv aansense snolen snF
written On the other side of the question, i
this o. any other country; and were it no
for bad governments, corrupt ministers, am
: interested classes, would BE enough to con
{ vert al the world 70 commercial freedom.
Referring the reader to the speech itsol
for The figures Of the case, NC need onll
state here tic general effect Of coniparisoi
instituted by AIr. Walker, between tie ops
ration of the American tariff Of 1872 an
8 that Of 1916 liz the latter vas tried til
bold experiment d educing the duties O
imports to abon half what they had been j
q the former From whatever reason apo
+ OF course i must be admitted, from mn
titnde ID reasons has come TO pass, thai
Is under tie late tariff the gate revenue
y HE ems upon imports the Is
ports theshipping an az tie excrnal SIN
+ of prosperity have increased "a nue
greater amour and 81 much higher rat
; than under the former And # 1t BE replie
HAT ery likely Che foreign trade, aud VIVA
3 axeI depends upon Is have improved und'
free trade tariff, but that tie domestic j
a- dustry may, neyertheless. not have nlpro
Y ed 1lr y ebster points OH that he improy
y mont Ct home has been great, if not gre
e ter, than thatof l foreign trade; that pc
p niahon, railways. and every gu q mere
p ing employpen comfort, and wealth. la
&c advanced Fltl giant steps and that lie