Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-02-11

VI oduudfy I'D lit ulStOTy O Inc couutfy DuG lHe rev
under the existing tariff will not be large enough
even if the imports to keep up at their highest
point; at least so says the Uion in a semoficial arti
ce The average of duties derived from goods sub
ject to duties is nineteen per cent under the Tariff Of
1857 and this rate would have only realized average
amount of Il little over forty millions annually from the
enormous imports OF the last six years. Therefore the
Union contends that the tariff must be modified. Per-
haps the Union may be right, but we cannot see that
any extensive change is necessary. very slight in
of rates upon dutabe goods and the inclusion in
the dutypayng schedules of certain classes of articles
the free list will meet and dispose of the whole
difficulty The swelling of the free list under the tariff
of 1857 was and u.s. the real difficulty with it, and obec-
ton to it. This was an injustice at any rate because
we think that exemption from common burdens is too
much of favor for any class of people to ask for
ceve upon the things peculiarly required in their BUSH
ness while others enjoy such exemption in regard to
articles used in theirs.
A of the Democratic members of the House OF
Representatives was held On Saturday evening last
The Pennsyvanians would not attend, but got away in
another and pretended to sustain the President by
endorsing those portions of his message which lean,
appear to lean to protection. Now, for part,
we believe in the principles of party than in
any nominal obtainabe by their sacrifice. We
do not care to be any longer hewers of wood and draw
ers of water to the ronmasters of Pennsylvania and
the assistance and vote of Pennsylvania cannot be
cured to the Democratic party any other conditions
than those of submission to their demands we for
Selves consider their conditions nadmissble and their
dictation intoerabe
But if the Baltimore Suns correspondent represents
fairly the rctrenchmen programme of MIR. Crawford of
Georgia. we augur little of solid advantage from it, from
the fact that it mot begin to be carried out Or at
least, parts of it, without serious injury.
The first item is said to be proposition to render the
lighthouse system sefsusainng by means of tax upon
commerce. Wedonot sufficiently understand this matter
to speak much of it way the other believe how
ever that it has the sanction of English example, light
house dues being there payable to and forming the
nue. of the Trinity House Company corporation, which
has sort of prescriptive charge of lights. Whether
dues are levied and collected equally upon British and
foreign shipping we do not know
| The second item is - withhold appropriations from
the Congressional Globe. Now, the Congressional
Globe is about one of the few merorous pieces of pub
lie printing that we know Of 1t is the best official re-
port Of Legislative action in the world. 1t won't do to
cut that eff The next item or proposition is to cut
down the appropriations TO Navy Yards to onehrd of
the present amount That proposition won't do Much
waste may Ing stopped, but the national demand is for
better sho" ing upon the sea--not for worse one.
1t is proposed to make the Post Office department
seEs,6talnns, to limit the ranking privilege; to make
the mail service self sustaining, giving it the post
ages All these last things may be closely approximated,
and ought to he The proposition to discontinue the
coast survey will not do That is money well bestowed.
Its results arc alike useful and honorable to the country
Again. it is proposed TO discontinue work upon ortf-
cations and all public edi6Ces and to reduce the cost of
collecting the public Now, the Notifications
are in completion carrying out OF plan long since
adopted-no doubt scientific one-sad, by competent
authority bt good opt-they have never been much
hurried and need not he now unless too much loss might
accrue from leaving them in their present condition
As for public tdces. suppose those atout Washing
ton will be finished and the jobs in the way of custom
houses, will he obbed at any rate As for
, reducing the cost of collecting the revenue
we rather think that few here, at all fit to fill any
custom house positton could be obtained under the
conditions of the bill from which recently Published
an extract, showing its operation in North Carolina
Vows made in pain violent and void as satan
said when he felt uncomfortable. All the panic efforts
at retrenchmet in the wrong direction, must ai Any
tariff revision so made VIII be revised before it has been
fairly tried.
, Difficulty of Retrenchment.
1t easy to beg expenses but almost impossible tC
get rid of them. When the revenue and expend
lures of country have, from any cause however acct
dental in appearance, become swollen i'll amount it may
almost certainly be assumed that they will continue
even after their apparent has ceased to operate
It is Just like habits of expense, when introduced
into the economy of domestic management 1t is hare
to return to the pristine simplicity from which have
once departed, and hardly do voluntarily
submit to necessity without reluctance and discomfort
Let any person look at the history of the Treasury
connected with apparently temporary expenses, and
if these expenses have not generally become permanent
Utah and Kansas swelled military and civil expenditure
Il for the last year two. They accounted for many
D things They may very slightly affect this year and
at all the coming year OF 1860 Yet, the scale of ex
pendures once sweed these accounts cannot agair
) be made to draw in within its former limits The itch
ing desire to make territories-to push few hand
fuls of vagahond traders, land mining spectators,
escaped desperadocs away out into the midst of Indians
mountains, bears, etc. to furnish them with army t
protect them against the vengeance of the Indians which
81 their own injustice has provoked and staff of civi
e officers to be magned if honest and to share the plum
der if dishonest but at any rate to entail expens
10 upon the United States, has had great deal to d.
10 with this permanently increased expense.
~, The crop of Territories is most expensive crop in
10 deed costing millions every year, and, BESIDES precipa
ting upon the discussion of most dangerous questions
without any respect to the truthful maxim which eache