New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-24
Hrce Trnde nnd Direct Taxation.

SYRACUSE n. Y, Monday, Dec 90. 1sJ2.
~ ,a< Edffor Of The ~ J. Tribune.
II is claimed that the election of General
reree has decided that "the principle of Protection
cah: TO be abandoned This is wha, the wise m Of
Washington say and what they say IT, Of course 10 be
dpended upon think we ought 20 acquiesce in this
especial dispensstion for the following reasons:
let Engsnd is likely to outstrip us by her liberal
commercial policy and il would be an outrageous dis
sce TO be outstrpped in anything by the Britisher,
We can order goods from her easier than we can m
Gem, and then, If il be inconvenien, to pay can
postpone, rcpuda,e burst Nothing easier than to beat
the execution. II shows that we are smart.
3D. The South, which holds two-,hirds Of the officers
b the General Government and is decidedly hostile TO
Protection in everything except nggers evidently wants
the said niggers taxed that she may pay her just pro-
portion Of the expenses of,he said Government instead
of paying little or nothing as she now does. |
think she ought to be accommodated.
Sd. The ofice-seekers, little and great, and par
fcularly all those looking to the Custom Houses
s'so equally sincere and anxious to carry into effect
this great principle, which they havesat an immense
lcss Of wind and liquor at the late election helped to
established They, too, ought 10 be accommodated
Ana now what Is there to prevent speedy, Immediate
seton for Free Trade and Direct Taxatoni We are
told that the South wants IT, Douglas Co of the West
want II, Dallas Co Of Pennsylvania want it, Captain
a. 20 want u, ana no persons but lew
sehsh manufacturers oppose IT, And yet fear shall
not have IT. for the that the leaders and
gers do not mean what they say They want Free Trade
ultimately" and that in their vocabulary aeuer
OF all miquitous and dishonest plans for supporting
Government that OF Tariff solely for Yerenue is the
most unfair and unjust By il industrial interest of
the country Is benefited, and the poorer classes-the
men who produce the wealth but who do not own it
are made 10 protect the property If Tariff system be
not good for Protection ia simply good for nothing
worse than nothng-ior it harbors aset Of political rats
which. under almost any circunstances il would be
blessing 10 destroy. Besides few persons even dream
that we can have anything Ike IAN economical admnisra
ton OF the Federal Government supported by a system
o. duties: Meet the expenses by Direct Tax and mil
hons OF dollars that pay annually for objects
worse than useless would be saved and thousands of
persons would be compelled they ought 70 be TO
seek some other employment than that of feeding from
the public crib.
and prosper under bad system Of legislation they
here at the North in the New gland States in New
York and in Pennsylvania Possessing degree Of
ergy and spirit of enterprise that are not exceled they
need no action Of the Federal Government which Is
even supposed to benefit them at the expense of any
other portion OF their country the present majority
are for Free Trade let us have IL fairly and openly.
elose your Custom Houses and let in British vessels 10
do our coasng trade. II British Iron can come in free
why not British vesselsl And since Louisiana and Mis-
fsspp must have negroes TO grow rice and cotton
why give any longer Virginia the almost exclusive right
to supply those markets. Away with all restrictions,
30 that all persons may fully understand that the object
Of this Government is encourage not 10 foster
rot TO aid not to protect any degree but simply do
nothing concern, taxing Fifty Millions annually,
under the preteDse of governing us wisely and well
Most wise people! most wonderful Government MP
~ We have no objection to trying the
experiment. of absolute Free Trade, if our
new rulers say SO; and We concur in much
that our correspondent urges respecting the
unfairness of Duties for Revenue alone but
there is no greater mistake than that of suppos-
ing that real Free Trade would reduce the
number Of Tax-gatherers and Tax consumers.
We believe that it would largely increase
them-that for every custom-house post
abolished, there would be two or three new
functionaries, riding leisurcly over the country
and taking a census of every mans pigs and
chickens for taxable purposes. But go ahead
Ed.