Washington telegraph., 1859-03-23

la late debate in the Scnas upon the
Tariff, Senator Hunter, Of fieinia. made
u vcry important admission. hat will be
, very likely to upen the eyes the peuric
of the United States. He is opposed to
, protection, bat admits that d clfest Of it
is 10 r-'fEc- he price of ecry article If
manufacture. lie is tlus reloItcd.
"Lr. Hunter S1it Licf hsdid not BE-
iisre that pgoieciioa Jr,s,i'. erea hgss
Interests l-h.eh IL sesks n aia,.icers q for
no othrr reason than Gias Z mdgcrs cDm-
IPei'fina aud brings dyRs the ieEsi ct
prizes.
"Mr. Hunter concluded /, saying that
tho Senator from Rhode lslaid las made
no appeal ia the name of tie American
l.bUrer. When lac does SO le Is eloquent
aud earnest, aud, said Mr.. LunteF, touch
es my heart, If not my head lie, tou,
had 1t heart the interest Of tGe AmrrieIu
laborcr. lie would cheaper tie TX with
which the lab,rCr opeus his vgy in the
forest, the hoe with which be w!ags i-1m
the reiuctapt earth subsisiuicc tor lis
wife aud cLiluren, the coat uat cJycr,
him from the summers heat sid winters
Hgys. lie would cAeapes tis bolt that
secures the sailors slip. the ord re that
keeps MS spaE IA thcis piacs, aud be
would o!ca by every Unstable meaus
every pov eu every sea 10 his commerce.
Z lie would cheaPCg % the EHuu.as;u.,F y
his .Oud u raiu.eut. aud the cost oi ihp
sugar tLat swegtcns the cup that cheers,
bat not iaebF.atas. lie would che. pet
Z fHil .
which the miilIous speed thif way, IN
I day and night, IN their pUfs:it vi pleas
uto Ur busiulss. in s,.-ft he wou.d open
wide the door fer sell-Gew.oplIeut ]!
American industry, aud ,or himself, Le
Tas wiling 10 ab.ds tic rc-u...'
Tie Aew Goih Courier. iu commenting
upon the foregoing extracts saws Dir
Hunter comedies that &c lssH,liOa iTtlr,-
6 rus.g r''i.osl. aad igiays d3r. die hras
'y Fs.s,s.' lu ths la4c o. ro.aulou
slEse, tLer, asks that paper, riy docs by
oppose protectioa, 81 d. saline iias that
hc paints, ln such glowing cciurs the ben
et.s TO be derived. hy every vla,s, lu.a
iuw prices His theory, as 60 tac u.tu-
T.l sla !aet table consequence o. pGo,Dc-
tt"a ic uHaHssrrahss. ~ sr.-asz.- -.-.. i.
= u
y aud Independence ct every country. it
furnishes home market Tor t.e a-rieuI-
turists. Iaa basis CT all naliuual pas
Ferity IS agriculture Ii i folly iur ;.C
merchant 90 import. aud isr the mauui.c
;u1cT o. cJe.jc, u th, g,,lt eUusumina
interests uu~l.c ~ pay. Hence Dgr ,m.
.srraS-mrut II tbs Jsy. Cur F,pIl-
have le,n l.vcu uu; ui our Wufisaor+
aUd mpglet tn become poy.iucrrs %.
rgicu.'uFal products, instead uf ryAsua
cys. Consequently 'Lc.. + Do hume ul.r
kct fur cur euotmuus sulplus productions
The agricultural interest. therefore, IL
without means to bay aud I-y Cor the iui-
pu.ia'ious of cur merchants; aud the
whole country j. depressed. Rely urJu
ii. 1t is very foolish tor the merchant M
import aud sell goods 60 thuse who cauaut
ply ior them and il i cgu...y ccgtaiu.
that without home market there gau bp
no general prosperity. One fas'--rd d
seri Us fut II i>--is worth al tie thca-
rlcS that the free trader eau invent. PIT
ur 10 1871, the ygaruf thc famine i iIe-
EUi, the li,tlc manufacturing State at
Massachusetts,, purchased more barrels vi
auur Ia eaeh AID every year, from her IL.
ter States, than were every exported from
tie Whole United States 70 al tie Ports of
iac world In amy %, year.
let tie honest legislator au6 tue s.il-
inteued citizens p-usa, and re3cc: urya
this Isolated fact +; aud then lci him con-
meet it Wi;h Mr.. Hunters ad.,is s;or mat
"f'ro'=c'ioH is.Hr-s COR ti6.a, a.1
t.'ays dotra he 'erei ~ pie" Next,
Jet HIM try so realizc ,-f.et would ID tLr
effect upon pr:ecs If t..ese were manaiac-
tories IN every county ia the Tuilu and
hY" r-uch ilg agricullaIis: would be ben
.Eted by selliDs lis products IT bis door TO
iced tie PERSONS employed iH mauutlciu-
res instead II sending hi. cereals thus
auJs IL miles fos a market, the cost of
transportation ON which leaves him uu rc-
;ufh tor his Lb.r. Give Us protection
and yuu giyc Us home iaarke; for our
produce, and manufacturers 10 consume
II; AID ia It's traiu, according 10 MT.
Hunter. cones competition, aud lOE
prices ;or Ill manufactured articles. a
prosperous, Aoarisaing people is the nee
cssary consequence, aud such population
insure to Commerce s rich aud bourteous
reward ior lis enterprise
TuE OLDEST Damascus ia the
Oldest city in the world. Balhee is ruin,
Palmyra is buried in the sands Of the
desert; Niuoyeh and Babylon have dis
appeared from the Trsris and Euphrates
Damascus rcinains what it was before the
days Of Abraham centre Of trade and
trase.-an island Of yerdure ia desert
ia predestinated capital" with which
martial and sacred associations extend
through more than thirty centuries. II
was near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus
saw the light from heaven above the
brightness OF the sun; the stree; which
is called Strait, in which it was sail be
prayed, still runs through the city Tie
caravan comes and goes as it did u thous.
aud wears ago: there are still the shiek