New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-07

oy.rlspd 70 Ssu Fr.pcisco, and We viii les the
residue take care Of themsei'e'
A, tn the cot Of Public Documents and the
ipiouitous FrsnLipg Privilege, they stand or fsl
together. Aboi,h FrsokDg-abOiish it utterly.
irretrevsby-sbd the printing OF Public Doca'
uetts will sink to minimum. They are ordered
b, tup, because they can be franked-soo oold not BE-
prr ted but for this facility. Up to this hour, the
trap,portation 6f frankeS documents to Utah has
cost the Government mote than all the reseoue
derived from that Territory. Not one in ten OF
tbeee documents would ever have been required or
sent bad tberr been no FrspkBg Privilege. But
Dir. Gsmett's tuooupce dodge will never do. 1t
would only substitute an extra storm Of little
documents for an svnl.Dcbe Of larger Abos
Eraukins uttery-let every man pay postage 90
whatever be mails or Jeceives-jass az the Qasen
of EDg sbd aid Der Prime Minister now do-snd
eayieg of Mhops would result.
We enirest the frerds in Congress Of genuine
retreucbn ent to lock TO this matter. There is at
least one bill already reported which pretends to
abolish Frankir 2, aud therein is brazen LIE, for
it does nothing Of the sort. II It were passed,
Presidents, Postu and Others would still bs
entitled to frsuk. Bot just establish the honest
rule that whoever uses the Post Office shall pay for
such use-p,y equally, pay surely sod as lightly a.
possibe-apd oil viii be just ngbt. We ask
DO exception in favor Of Newspapers: let them pay
postsge On every exchange, just s If they we're
subscribers. Let US have the bG,reas done 70 that
il Will stay done, while We are about it. Great
Britain has sboSn Us how to tx postage rates and
manage poet Offices; let Us profit by the lesson.
The potion OF making Lighthouses sc f.sustaiu-
ing BY means Of Tunosge Dutie, is most fallacous
Here is no taving, but simply more expense aud
bother in establishing and uptoldiog new 8! stem
Of TAX, ,tioD. Tue Light Houses would cost Just
what they DO nov; but the collection of the reve-
nue. which sustslns them would cOst FIVE times as
much ss pow. The suggestion Is absurd.
Nr Gsrnett ssys nothing Of the exorbitant CON-
ptns.tion Of CO0g gress-gresterw We believe, than
that Of any other leg ssuve body on earth except
Lou, NapoleOn's tso battalIoos Of dumb efiigies;
nothing OF the UBIQUITOUS Milesge; nothing OF the
cott of our ridiculous Diplomacy; nothing OF the
cCst Of our Federal judiciary, especially Of the
heavy cum, pocke,ed in fees BY tbs Marsbals aud
Clerks. While intent on Reirenchment, why had
he Do word for these abuses
But does any uan imagine that any Retreuch-
Dent will be effected curing the remaining sands
of this Congress ~hch will render an Increase Of
revenue necessary We do not; nor does ihe
President, nor hi, Secretary Of the Treasury; no
more, we think. does Mr. Gsrnett. If real re-
treuchment is to be made, a Select Commit
tee should be raised, aud should devote at least 80
months to careful scrutioy Of the Public Expend-
lures in every department. Merely to cut down
Appropriations arbitrarily, and have to pass DE.
fciepcy bill bext December, will serve no good
purpose whatever.
We come back, thep, to the point from which
We ststted-.bere must be more Revenue; for
real RetreDcsmept is work Of time, and the
Country refuses to plunge deeper into debt. Then
Why not take the Presidents suggestions in his
Abnual Message 80 basis, and revise the Tariff at
once If the National Democracy were q mi
nOrity in Congress, they might pretend to favor
Direct Taxation; being in power, that trick will
not snswer. Their Chief calls for more Revenue;
the Treasury Notes are soon to fall due; the
Treasury hu just filled up its last Loan. 1t has
borrowed Twenty Millions within syear, has some
Fifteen Millions in hand and ought TO pay of the
Treasury Notes before next January. The
Country would like to be done with the Tariff
controversy, ard now is the favorable copjuncture.
Give effect TO the Presidents suggestions; give US
d reasonable and moderate scale of Daties-Spe-
cfc, SO far as praciicable-aud the Nation will
bound forward in s career Of vigorous in
dusty and general prosperity, while the
Government will have all its legitimate
wants amply supplied. The fatal vice Of the
presens (and of any Ad Valorem) Tariff is that it
is highest wien it should bs lowest, and lowest
when i. should be highest. Iron, for example,
was dull Of sale and very cheap las; year; hence,
the duty was at the minimum. Nov Iron il 10
good demand and considerably higher on both aides
Of the Atlantic; heuce the duty per tun is consid
ersbly greater than 10 ISIS. Thus, whenever the
needs Of the Government and Of our Iron makers
are greatest, the DUTY on Iron is lowest, and ree
rrsa. TIE Pre,ident says this ought to be
char ged; the Opposition generally agree with him.
No one asks for proboiiory or eIOrbit.ut duties;
DO one presses extreme vnws. The moment has
arrived for . settlement Of the Tariff question
on medium bssis-a settlement which may last
for generation, securing steady work aud wages
to Labor, fair returns for Capital and Skull, and
ample resources to the Treasury. Who is it,
rhat is it, that prevents 80 desirable consumms-
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