Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-31
Enplund and Amorion.

Agrccahy to II resolution of tho House Of Re-
personalities. our Minister at tho Court of ST.
james mny bo required to call on tho Enr Of
Mamcsbury 10 solicit reduction of duty on
United Stu'os tobacco. OF course. it will be done
in graceful manner by the venerable gentleman
who gave the castin" vote against tho tnrih of
lSldl But may not II hard question be put to
the applicant hy the Eul. The Enr ill no
doubt say TINT the subject shall DO considered by
the British tio,crnmcnt hut ho will hr ant to ask
the reasons which induced the request. or course
on, Minister will answer thnt the high tariff On
tobacco is the cause of the low prices IN England
and that if the tariff or duty on it he reduced
prices will advance in the same ratio. That ia
obviously the meaning Of thu request and there.
eora our Minister cannot take other ground Tho
Earl, who no doubt reads newspapers, will proba-
bly, nsk Mr. pallns il tariff. do not have II similar
effect in this country or whether high duties in
Tia" Vnitcd Stutes render prices of tho imported
article lower?
Strange and inconsistent doctrine indeed, that
high duties in England should render prices lower,
whilst high duties on this side of the Atlantic
should render prices higher. But Congress should
know what 1t is about. and not render us (the
pc"plc) ridiculous in Europe 1t H. however, fair
/" say that the duty iubncco in England, three
shlll'ngs is quite too high, and ought to le l>Ncr
but she mny plead In csru.c tho laW prohibiting
its cultivation on its soil Ba.ac- sha lust now is
like ourselves in want of fluids, nnd cannot we'll
pc.along without tho twenty million dollars per
annum duties levied chiefly nm article grown
in about one fourth of the States Of tho Union
This iuct isn commentary On late irce-trado
speeches in Congress. Frrc.trndc would lie
good thing Tor this country if the residue Of tho
world be lice trade, too hut it is. FREQ trudo 10
n deluson.
No On" wants high tariff; that is now an OBJ
so"tc idea but we wnni business tariil--not
political, President, making onc--which will meet
the current expenditures Of the Government, ntfur-
ding mt the same time issiidental. modernte pro-
lection to grent and useful interest If the coun-
try, in which the writer has not dollar Invested
nor has l,e any intercourse whatever with tho
manufacturers, his business being commercial.
The foreign mnnma 'turcrs, knowing full we'll
that If the present Congress increase the rate of
duties the Tux will fall on them. prcpar-
ing large shipments to arrive before n bill will
be in operation. These imports will temporarily
relieve the Treasury but without additional du
ties the renewal of the Treasury notes will DO in
adequate TO meet the wants # the Government.
1t is high time that we should lcsslntc for our
own people. md not tho manufacturers of Europe.
All we want is II moderately protective permanent
tariff, which would not only put end to borrow
ing money, but rcanmatc all branches of business,
let loose the nnny ships now moored in our docks,
and again render the country prosperous and
happy. COMMERCE..
Nd. M