Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-11-07
REHABILITATION.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

The Elections and Next Presidential
COntest--ExtraOTdina RePu can. Pro
Change i'm the TaFiff--OuF Exports and
Revenue.
lion" writes to the Baltimore Sun, under date
of the ID inst, as follows:
It is understood that the contest for the next
Presidency will begin in as the cleo
tions Of this day are over, whatever may be their
result In New York and Illinois, just put forth by
significant political manifestoes, are Mr.. Seward
and Mr.. Lincoln. The Republican chiefs of the
| East and West have concerted and promulgated new
and extraordinary issues for the Presidential con
test Of 1861 Their positions sre-lst, that all the
slaveholding States shall become non-slaveholding
States upon the pretense that uniformity in this re-
spect is necessary to the existence of the Union; ID
that the United States Supreme Court should be re-
organized so to represent the views Of the anti
slavery party; and Sd, that all cOlors and races
should be admitted to social and civil equality Such
are the positions simultaneously taken by the Re.
publicsns in the Northwest and the Northeast upon
the eve of a remarkable political crisis.
If Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Lincoln be sustained in
the new issues which they have made for the Re,
publican party by the result of the elections in their
respective States they will become the prominent
candidates Of their party for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency in 1860. This is generally under
stood among their political friends, as well as their
opponents. Of course they do not expect an cleo
tOral vote from any of the slsvehOlding States
Their new issues are probably founded upon their
knowledge Of Northern sentiment They have evi-
IDENTIFY come to the conclusion that the Kansas issue
is used up. But their new doctrines cannot be en-
braced by a majority, and acted upon by Them with
out producing a civil convulsion in the country.
Upon the elections of this day also depends the
political character of the House in the next Con-
gress, and possibly the choice of President, which
may fall upon the House.
There signs that not only the present oppo-
sitiOn, but considerable portion Of the Democrats
will demand from Congress such change of the
tariff will protect American labor. All that has
been gained by the friends of free trade is likely to
be abandoned in moment of industrial depression
and panic.
1t is not believed that the President will recon-
mend an increase Of duties, or a change from ad |
Uaiorsn to specific duties, as has been rumored. |
either upon iron any other article. The Score |
tary of the Treasury, is sad will represent in his
report points going to show that the present tariff
will produce revenue enough for the proper expen
diture Of the government upon the restoration of
the ordinary condition Of trade.
We shall have for export this year cotton to the
amount of one hundred and sixty five millions of
dollars, deducing six hundred thousand bales for
home consumption. Gold, bresdstuffs sc will
amount to some two hundred millions more. If our
exports amount to three hundred and fifty millions
he imports will amount to the same sum- aud if the
luties average twenty per cent, will give US reve-
lue Of seventy millions