Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-04-01


y o'clock. Thereon is sufficiently large
to accommodate a considerable crowd.
and it is hoped the meeting will be well
attended.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Sun writes:-
1.-The tariff is momentarily III allegiance.
The basis ofthe new arrangement pro-
posed by Senator James of Rhode Island.
was to be the admission of railroad iron
for number of years free of duty. and a
duty of 40 per cent ad raiorem on all 9TH
er species ofiron. Home valuations were
10 be generally introduced, and the duty
on articles of ordinary consumption d.
mnished. and the duty on all higher
priced articles was to he increased, thus
increasing the tax on the rich, and dimin-
ishing the tax on the poor"
We know nothing of the correctness of
these statements, nor do we design dis
cussing the wisdom and policy of the sys-
TEN here shadowed forth. We introduce
the extract for the purpose of making a
few remarks, upon a subject which has
ceased to attract that public observation.
to which it is entitled
One of the most noticeable diversties
between the two prominent parties of the
country is. that while each claims to be
national, that which styles iselfthe Dem
cratic party, is composed Of a number Of
factions, each adhering TO some distinct
political theory as its bond of faith. while
the Wing party, though to some extent
divided in opinion, has ever evinced will
lingness TO compromise mere differences
of policy and unite upon that system OF
measures, which seemed calculated to Sc
cure the greatest amount OF good to the
country at large. To be convinced OF
this, we have only to recollect, that in re-
gard to the tariff, the most opposite and
conflicting views are entertained by the
Northern and Southern factions of the
party. In Pennsylvania, protection is
cardinal feature in the democratic policy;
in Virginia and other of the slaveholding
States, such policy is abhorrent TO de-
mocracy.
1t might easily be shown that in regard
to other essential measures of government
tai management there is as great con-
trariety of belief in our opponents, as this;
and that in fact there is no common CEN
ire ofpolltical philosophy and action with
them, except spirit of intense opposition
to every thing sanctioned by the Wings.
We prefer combining ourselves to the sub
lect with which we Set out, and We assert
that there is no party in the country ex-
cep. the Wing. that holds fixed and
coarmon opinion concerning the tariff
Whatever may be the conclusion Of par
ticular individuals or sections as to the
operation ola system of discrimina'ivc
duties, the Wing party, accommodating
this as all other questions to their funda
mental principle of national good, have
shown disposition in all sections of the
country to unite upon lt,as settled tenet
in their creed.
They have not been entrapped by that
cunningly imagined theory. which teaches
that because England can manufacture
more cheaply than we, while we can pro-
duce more abundantly than she. that it
is, therefore, natural and polite. we
should devote ourselves to production,
and she to manufacture. They do not as
sent to the justice and wisdom of such
scheme, because they find in it nothing
mutually binding and profitable. IfEng.
land would always buy as much of our
produce. as VIC might choose to send her,
at remunerative prices, then there might
be reason, why we should be nation Of
agrlculturisis.
But England will do no such thing: no,
one dollar beyond the demands of inevi-
table necessity, will she expend with us,
for the surplus productions of our soil;
and every year is she striving more and
more to guard against the occasional and
accidental necessitics,th that sometimes make
her our customer. She has already
ceased to look to us for sugar Her de-
mands for rice are annually decreasing
India is producing more and more colt on
every year. while the most assiduous ef-
forts are made to increase its growth in
that region. The Baltic and the Black
Sea are pouring into her granaries their
countless cargoes Of wheat; and the de-
mand for beef and pork is contingent and
insignificant. Were we to listen 10 the
counsels of Free trade politicians. We
would do nothing to foster and strength
ell our manufactures. and yet, we see that
England is doing every thing in her pow
CT 10 add to her agricultural and produc-
tive stores. The only plausible support
for the policy is reciprocity. and we be-
hold England striving to destroy that, by
producing as well as manufacturing every
thing necessary to the support and enjoy
ment of her citizens.
We hear much Of the successful opera
ton Of the tariff of 1916. We ask any rea.
sonabe man to say,.if that measure has
yet been tried upon its merits. unaided by
adventurous events, most powerfully at.