Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-02
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


on their raw material. We publish it because
it seems to illustrate, with striking force, the
selfshness Of the proposition to discriminate in
favor of the capitalists owning stock in WOODEN
factories, at the expense of the great mass Of
the community; of those who wear WOODEN
goods, who are to be taxed, according to the
plans of the manufacturers, by keeping the
tariff on manufactures Of wool as high as pos
sible, and the sheep raisers of the country, BY
reducing the tariff on manufactured wool as
low as possible
The intelligent reader cannot peruse this
communication without realizing that the
woollen manufacturers comprehend thorough
ly the effect of duties on imports That is;
that to lessen the duties is to decrease the
prices at which the respective articles-foreign
and domestic-sell, and rice rersa.
If it is 90 terrible q thing-so unjust to the
consuming and manufacturing public-to levy
tariff on raw wool, ia it not equally unjust
to levy tariff on iron, salt, woollcns, cottons,
and thousand other articles, which, enter
ing into the necessary consumption Of our fell
low citizens generally, are practically raw
materials, absolutely necessary for the trans.
action Of their business, if not to their very e1-
istence, as mans necessary wants are now
supplied in this country But to the letter,
which is as follows:
FREE Wool AND WARN CLorH1Sa FOR TIE
MILLION Your correspondent Humanity"
In this days Journal, may make his mind easy
about WOODEN goods. Give US Free .coof, and
the goods will speedily take care of the tnseves,
for our native enterprise will be on the gAi-
rtre within "a hours after tie passage of bill
repeating the wool duty, to start new mills and
machinery, 70 sapply the demand for numer.
Gus woolien fabrics now wholly imported from
abroad, and when they are fully under way,
they will supply our market so abundantly,
that all duties on WOODEN goods. whether 5, or
500 per cent, sill be just as imperative,
practically, as duty Of a dollar per dozen,
upon foreign eggs, would be at this moment.
II il tho und )u bted right of our millions 10
have all tie comforts that abundant and cheap
WOODEN clothing for their bodies can slons fur.
nish, 10 our severe and bitter climate to
shut cut the prime raw material, as we have
done, is virtually to condemn large portion
OF our population TO an artificial priyaton of
some Of the primest neeessariss Of life, and for
what end,
To give to small farmers who own a few
sheep, beggarly sum Of a few dollars on
their wool in addition to its natural value, or
to give to wealthy farmers with larger 1ocks
small additional per centage on the capital
they employ in that branch Of culture alone
And Tor these comparatively Insignificant ends
even If our policy accomplished them,-which
Is does not, our suffering millions in our care
tic" climate are to be curtailed Of clothing
for their bodies ard beds,
Talk Of selfshness Of tho land owners of
Britain in taxing food az they once did
whilst We virtually deprive our masses Of
clothing suitable and indispensable to our
climate; and for the paltry, unworthy object,
OF putting few extra dollars into the pockets
OF some 100000 Of our wealthy lords of the
Soil, who own few sheep more or less" and
whose Interests are more stable and indepen.
dent than those Of any other classes Of the
CON- munity
1t is unworthy, unmanIy, and pitiful, for
aLy of cur farmers, with millions Of acres Of
cheap virgin lands inviting their industry, to
ask for protection" on On article like wool,
which is in demand at high prices all the
world over, and it is derogatory to the wisdom
OF any statesman or legislator, in such a coun-
try as ours, to advocate 30 impOlitic, so narrow,
so unjust, ard go cruet a measurement only to
the manufacturing interest, but to the con-
Stunning millions of our population, now shir
erihS and suffering IN b0d,es, with the Their
m0meter below ZERO
NEW YORK, Jan Is, 1857.
The Damphools We think this interest
ing ard numerous family deserves to have a
special historiographsr, such as royal families
in the Old World have sometimes possessed.
Diligsnt reading of the newspapers of the day
would afford many contributions to the collec.
ton. Thus We have by the telegraph this
item:
"Com. Rowan has been dismissed from the
navy, not cashiered. The latter would have
forbid his restoration to the service
Aha, old Trucpenny, are you there7 We
have an idea that this supposed distinction
between casbisring and dismissing is alto
gether imaginary. But if, in spite of all the
discussions Of the las: two years about the re-
form Of the navy, officers dismissed on the
sentence Of a court martial for such causes Al.
Com. Rowans was, are to be restored, Con.
gress might az we'll abolish the navy at once,
and the sooner the better.
Another. Ex-Commercial Agent Fillibuster
Fabcns, being arrested on a criminal charge
at New York, maGnanimously refuses to give
bail, aud goes to prison to a..crt HE right to
commit what the laws IF this country rega rds
as crimes, with IMMUNITY, " inasmu,h as no is
citizen Of Nicaragua" Is not that funny =!
citizen Of the United States has only to turn
fllibuster, and then he is not only privileged
to commit murder, robbery, arson, and all
other crimes in Nicaragua, but if ne finds the
thing drug there, be may mako occasional
visits to New York for the sake Of violating
the laws in his native county, under privilege
as citizen Of Nicaragua,
Gov. n Y Johuson's Let.er.-We greatly
regret that want Of space prevents US from
publishing the elaborate letter from this dis
tinguished statesman to the committee Of in.
vita'ion fer the dinner not long since given to
Gov. Willard Of Indiana, and Col Richardson
of Hi. II is replete with wisdom, patriotism,
and true conciliatory spirit, and embraces
throughout its length views as to the future Of
tbs Democratic party which must strike all