New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-21
A WORD IN REPLY.

A WORD IN REPLY.
In our paper OF Friday last we exposed the
manner in which The Journal Of Commerce is ac-
cussomed to manufacture false tables, and begged
its conductors 70 afford to it's readers so op-
portuniry to read what we had then to say, in re-
turn for our courtesy in afOrdiag to Its article
place in our columns; but il tas not compiled
with our request. 1t suits It's purpose better to
permit its readers TO see Only the British Free
Trade side Of any question.
While declining to comply with our request, it
has give an atice Of its own which We also re-
print, and to which we invite the attention OF our
readers, as presenting fair specimen OF the
lodging propensites Of these fsbricatOrs of free
trade facts In the article to which We last re-
phed il was asserted that, in two OF the yesrs oil
the Tariff Of les. there had been an excess Of
specie exports, and that, in the whole period, the
excess Of imports was only 50, 235 226. 10 our
reply, was shown that the only manner In which
two such years could be found. was by Including
the wear l527-2S, which had had bu few days
10 live VII en- ths act Of l,2o became the law of
the land-and that, if we omitted even tina.
year, the excess Was double what bal been
stated; but that the attempt to pass of that year
q, part Of The y stem Of - was fraud worthy
only Il the systematic constructors Of the false
tables ususlly published in The JOurna! q Com
moe,.
Here were TIVE gross untru!hs aud as they
were In perfect accordance with all other OF TAe
Journals tables We had no hesitation in saying
that its statements were Manufactured for the
purpose Of proving that to be true which its con-
ductors knew to be false; and now, after having
read its reply, we reitera.e ths. assertion. In
that reply an explanation is attempted, but it il
given in note that is sat in It's smallest type. 50 az
not to Be read and il consists in assuring its read
ers that the figures are "a typographical error, "
and that they had included the year ending Sep
TENDER 80, ISIS, because chat vas the term We
"sUvposed THE TRIBUNE intended" Now, our
article OF Dec. 2, Il Us referred 10, does not con-
tain word tia could be 30 construed; and We
now challenge tn. Journal to produce from it any
passsge thai could warrant him in putting such
construction upon our meaning. Next we chal
lepge him to produce q single table constructed
BY himself with view 10 show the working OF
cur several tariffs, in which We cannot eIhibi.
the same exact sPseies Of fraud that he here en- eav-
ors to apologize for, BY help of the smallest and
least readable type to be found in lis st;ce. II
lie cannot produce table otherwise constructed
and If be IL thus forced to admit the steady
practice OF the same frsud-then III he be forced
10 admit that be has steadily endeavored to prove
that to be true which be now admits 10 be false.
We are invited to show that the excess import !
Of stece under tie tariff Of l325" va.
SIS, OOO. Goo and ave promised thstw We shall
DO 30, The Journal viii lay the reply before it.
readers Tte triek here is precisely WORTHY Of its
source, and tbs. our readers may fully IN ierstaud
it, We vii now offer them few fscts relative 20
the tariffs and public debt Of the period from l-2i
to l-35.
1T the date Of the passage Of the act OF l32i,
the public debt vas large, and 20 small was the
revenue tia, il the five years previous We had |
paid Of little, il, indeed, any OF the principal.
Tie export Of coin had been largely in eIcesI Of !
tie imports, and there reigned throuahoa. the
country much Of the distress that appeared again
in l-i2 The manufactures tia: had grown up
during tie latter had all disappeared then. a.
they are Low disappearing, under the British |
free-trsce system. With TIE passage of .h.. ac,,
however, there came CREST change; and, from
LEA to l-29- the payments on sccoun, Of thu,
debt rose 30 rapidly A. to have averaged twelve F.
millions year, or s.Iiy millions in al. In the
four following years, ending Sept. 30, l.52, the
payments were still larger, averaging nearly Of.
teen nilions and making almost one hundred |
and twenty millions paid in niae years, and ,ery
msfA gIf0rsig~ dth. In thi, way WA absorbed
TIE nsss Of tie balance Of our trade With for. !
eisn nations; and yet, Notwithstanding these i'm
mense payments, the eIeess i~pes Of specie in
this period VA twenty millions; whereas, in the
period preceding the tariff Of ls24-darns which
We paid 81 little sr ~ asbt-.ss excess e1ps1 |