The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-24

permit ~ to enlarge on the subject aud We shall
simply sdd, that the only tangible argument axAios.
bankrupt law the facilities /. afords for the com
mission Of hsuds--may be advanced with equsl
weight against houses Of refuge, hospitals, all
charitable institutions, and, indeed, against every
Invention or discovery which, in Increasing the pow
ers Of man. have enlarged his sphere Of evil rs well
- Of usefulness.
The country is entitled to expect from the ne '
administration revision Of the tariff 1t may be,
and in certain sense it is, matter OF coog'asu'a
ton, that while almost every government Of
Europe is In tho hands Of the stock brokers aud
bankers, our treasury contains several millions
Of mensy, which we do not know Whist TO do
With bat tho feelings Of prids and joy aroused
by . superficial contemplation Of the fact,
quickly charge into sorrow and shame whom we
venture on , closer inspection Of iss charsctsr
These fifteen twenty millions Of dollars Of which
We boast have been wruDg from the people; they
have been extorted in the shape Of customs duties,
from the farmer and the mechanic and tho store
keeper and the laborcr, whose poor earnipgs have
been taxed 90 much in order that = vast heap Of
dollars should be placed ut tho disposal Of tho poli
ti,ans at Washipg.0n. E.ch man among NJ hos
paid in HE quosa; our food, oar clothes, our psa
surss. have cost us this much than they ought
10 have done and while No, forsoo.h toll sorely TO
Grl modest subsistence, Congress 10 positively be
wdersd at tho epletion Of its treasury, and, like
the heir vho has just como Toto his estate 10 dis.
trncted by the necessity Of selecting between tho
various modes Of extrsyagance which are placed
within Its grasp Ooe man is for throwing up his
hat. and votir all she public lands to tho people
Another rather enjoys the abstract idea Of n
surplus, and his greed increasing with his gains,
demands still further augwensation Of our bur
thens. A third, whose philosophy reninds US
of the astronomy of Molly Bawn's lover, al
vo,ates war with somebody or other, because
we've nothing else to do with our money. Gen
PisToe's administration will make short work Of
these quack politicians; and, diseosing Of the sur
plus we shall show presently, will at CISCO pro-
coed to prevent recurrence Of q similar evil by
reducing tho tariff duties Ho is to lighsencdto
art the basis of the protective principle, unless,
perhaps, it be in the case of iron, which, out Of
compassion for the infancy of tho manufacture, may
pos IDLY be allowed to remain at the present rate
But on all other commol ities which enter tho ,me
Of the poor man or the mechanic or the farmer,
whether produced here as we'll as abroad, or pro
duced abroad only, the duties mast be oSered. The
must not be taxed mill more than is absolutely
necessary to carry on the government. The admin
istration may reduce if the revenue will permit it,
the duties on the rich mans Injuries; but these
NUT not DO touched until the poor mans necessities
have been admitted free. This ia what We expect
from General Pierce. This is what the country re-
quires, both as measure of relief to the people,
and as solid guarantee against the danger of an
overlooking treasury for the future. That our ex-
pectations will be realized we have every cons-
dence, from the aRgsciy of the President elect, aud
the upmisahesbs verdict of tho people on pro ;oc-
tion in Noven Der last.
A. the came time that VIC would reduce the reve
nue. from the customs duties to the lowest point
compatible with the mainGonanco of the State, We
trust the President will set his face resolutely
sgainIt the communist faction whs would place the
public lAnds the footing Of common property. IL
VIC had passsd through period Of frghtiai distress
if we had n. our doors thousands OF able led
men who could neither find work afford to bay
land, and were sn incubus on the community
there might be excuse for Kidding Ourselves Of
the burthen, and charitab.y providing them with
nesns OF subsistence, which they could not other
wisc procure, by granting them free lands. If We
may be permitted the 6gure, shoold the leak Of pau
porsm ever mako its appearance in tho ship Of
State, the public land, might be bene6ciay used as
aplug. But till then-and we see no sign of the
calsmity-we see no reason whatever for despoiling
the ate, and squandering its resources simply with
a view of putting money into the pockets of people
who do not want it Irdisoriminate wholesale char
ity of this description is we'll known to be equally
ruinous to the donor and the recipient.
We must continue to sell the public lands as hare
tolore. This viii enable us to cut down our tariff
which is, in truth, mean, shutting mode Of tarstion
unworthy Of q republic-and will provide fund fos
internal improvements. For We hold that certain
proportion Of the publis revenue should be nppro-
plieted each year for this object. Pfofase expsndi
ture in canals and railroads, and bridges, and pgb
lie buildings Is invariably accompanied by sastefdt
ness, and leads to nnum srabe frauds bu; the OWL
which aTks the excess ought not TO prevent mods
rate exercise of surplus in contributing 30
the general Advancement Of the country, and toe
couIsgtmsnt of trade No government is more
despotc than one which nterferos with les i'm ito
private enterprise and into competition with
its subjects; but, at the time there a-e mtpy
public enterprises which it is pro perry tho province
Of the State to undertake, AMI which, while they
rebound to its credit, in way prejudice the rights,
citigons
A matter Of no small importance Is the state Of
the printing department at Washington, and the re
lstions exciting between the government and she
various nowsps pers printed in the csptal. The net
results Of past experience Of the present system
may be thus briefly rummcd up: the public printing
executed in G style which would disgracc village
newspaper, ard at an expense far exceeding the
mos. exorbitant rates paid by individuals the news-
paper press Of Washington degraded to the rank Of
sarish tools Of the cabinet, neither daring to e1
press an independent opinion, nor rscoliDg from the
apology Of the most inasfensi5lo measured, and
sustained in this contemplate course by oorrup.
jobs and public pap. To remedy these tremendous
evils, very simple plan may be adopted. An on
cial Newspaper, like the 1ionieur, ought to be es
tahlish d. and made tho exclusive channel Of COM