New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-10

the who Wished 10 P"ie"'7' - "-@ "'N
the means with which to pay for ito the aon-
worker at the cost Of the worker. Ihs'' however
ia The tendency Of the Sham Democracy OF our da!
which follows the lead Of Calhoun, MEDIUMS "
Co and regards the opening Of Kansas and NEBRASKA
to Slavery as the only true and proper mod, OF ese
fishing the principles Of "self-gcsernmenf' lac
whole political economy Of this school is Drawn ''o"
the books Of the men who look to buiiing UP 'Ho
sLopkeepers of England at the cost OF the rum Oh 'c
nj tople of Ireland India and other countries OF 'i
world. and whose end is more and more alta NED as
the world is more aud more divided into the two
GREAT classes masters the hand and slaves on
the other Hence it is that British free trade jour-
mails are so nearly unanimous in advocating Pro-
Slavery doctrines.
That the increased the supply Of gold tended to the
rurv of the drones in the hive and to the benefit of
the working bees was clearly in several of the
countries of Europe, and hence 1t is that we have
seen in those in which the nonworkers had the great
est influence disposition to keep our thecnesp sou'
end retain the dearer silver as the sole currency
The debt of Holland requires for the payment OIL
its interest the enormous sum OF SIX dollars per neaa
end that too in country in which labor Is 10" III
price. As gold diminished in its power to purchase
labor there great alarm among the dividend
receivers, and they determined at once to sell the
stock Of gold that had been accumulated and limit the
circulation to the dearer silver in order topreven -
tax payers from participating in the advantages result
ing TO the rest of the world from the discovery OF the
Californian mines. So too,in France, where the dyl-
dend receivers and the employees with fixed salaries are
immensely numerous. There the question of the de-
monetisatiCn Of gold has been most vigorously dis
cused the dividend receivers insisting that the silver
franc is the standard money of the country and tnat
to attempt 10 make them receive the gold piece oil
FIVE, ten twenty francs nothing short OF robbery
Fortunately, however, the interests Of the Govern
ment and those of the peopeare in this case the same
Tie Emperor needs large revenue, and if by reeev-
ing gold be swell the receipts without swelling in
Il corresponding degree the demands upon the Treas
ury. the balance is all clear profit to him. and the
dividend receivers may grumbe as they will. Gold
WILL therefore, continue to be the currency of France
so long as it shall continue to be obtained with more
facility than silver.
Such bayiug been tie course of things abroad. we
may now look at home, to what have been the ell
fects of the increased productveness of labor applied
to the mining of gold. BY the arstocra'ie tariff Of
1872 the work of Federal Whg" politicians, the
dues payable to the Government upon the import OF
cargo of sugar, iron or cloth were fixed and deter
mined. The duties were specific, and the Treasury
was therefore, to considerable extent, in the posi-
ton of the receiver of dividends. With the increased
abundance of gold the taxes would become lighter aud
more easily paid; but BY the democratic tariff of
1876 with its ad raiOremS the duty rises in amount
precisely as the prices OF foreign commodities rise
with the growth of the supply of gold;-and hence it
is first, that the protection to the domestic manufac-
turer has increased; second. that the country has
continued prosper GUS; and, third that we have sur
plus revenue.
In 1s46 when the present tariff was enacted, tun of
railroad ron paid duty to the amount of about fifteen
dollars; but the domestic production then rapidly
oveIthhiDg consumption, and the day was then at
hand when low prices at home would have put stop
to Importation and when consequently, the Treasury
would have ceased to derive any revenue from that
commodity. -Four years after the price was SO low
that the duty had fallen to half Of what it had been in
le46 and large portion of our furnaces had been sold
out By the sheriff Californian and Australian gold then
came in to raise the wages of English coal and iron
miners and this, combined with tde great dminution
of our domestic productions, carried up the price and
tLen the duty went up again to the point of protec-
tion and hence it has been that Ourmanuacures have
grown in amount steadily for two years past. But for
the gold discoveries, all that had been predicted Of
the tariff of 1916 by its opponents would have been
realized and unless the Pro-Slavery feetraders
prove that they anticipated the discovery that was
made, to the surprise of all the rest Of the world in
lcie, they must plead guilty to having been disap-
pointed in well cacula ed effort to bring free labor
down to level with slave labor, by reducing the free
labOrer, to again the words of Mr.. Buchanan,
down to twenty-five cents day.