The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-28

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Imbecile and Sui
cidal Policy.
We publish in another column an article
from the Liverpool Mercury in which the
writer justly declares that "the new Tariff bill
just passed by the Senate at Washington, is
the most retrograde piece of legislation that
any country, either in the Old or New
World, has seen of late years." and that tits
object appears to be to reduce to minimum
the foreign trade of the Northern Union" A
retrospect Of the events Of the last few weeks,
must, in fact convince every disinterested
observer, that the republican government, at
Washington, not contented with having effected
dissolution Of the Union, is equally bent upon
destroying the commerce and trade of the
country. The result Of perpetual agitation of
the slavery question, was to bring about an
alliance, fifteen years ago, between the spOils
hunting section of the old wing party and
abolitionists, and, later, Of Van Buren, and his
followers with the same faction, until the
avowed object Of o powerful minority in the
North, became to overthrow the constitution,
as ga league with hell and q covenant with
DEATH" and to regard any calamities that
might flow from the destruction of the COME
deracy, as cause for triumph and rejoicing.
The election of Mr.. Lincoln to the Presidency
was the consequence of the active system Of
propagandism which they inaugurated, and the
withdrawal of eight States from the Union,
with the prospect that seven more win soon
follow, is attributable to their efforts. They
have done their utmost to bring about civil
war, and it is frightful to perceive that the
greater number of those who surround the
President, and by whose counsels he is guided,
are disappointed and deem it necessary to
apologize TO their misguided constituents, for
The delay of an internecine conflict and its
attendant horrors which they believe would
stereotype anti-slavery supremacy in the
North. The republic is Remembered, and
they cry out with Wendell Phillips, "Dsunion
is honor, disunion is gain;' but not conten.ed
with the mischief already done, they endorse
the wish expressed by the same apostle of
fanaticism, that four out Of FIVE" Of cur
Northern merchants may be involved in bank
ruptcy.
The Powers of Europe have, for four months,
been contemplating, with that anxious concern
which only selfinterest can inspire, the affairs
of he United States and, now, at the very
moment when the efficiency and diplomatic
acuteness of the South, stand forth in the bold
est relief from the degradation to which cor
ruption, allied to bigotry, has reduced the DOM
inant party in the North, England and France
are called on to recognise the independence Of
the Gulf States. There is no longer any doubt,
as is abundantly indicated by the course of
the representatives Of those governments ct
Washington, and the quasi-oficial declara-
tons Of London and Paris journals, that they
will decide to do so, and they will be abund.
antly justified in adopting such policy. Aside
from considerations Of commerce, the fear of
the reopeniDg Of the African slave trade was
the solitary objection offered to friendly rela
tons with the Confederate States, when the
subject was recently discussed in the British
Parliament, and that has been amply provided
for By an article in the Montgomery constitu-
ton. The people Of France, are more than dis
posed to welcome the new confederacy into the
coniraternity Of nations. The Moniteur, the
official journal of The imperial government, has
expressed the deepest indignation at the IN
crease Of duties imposed by the Northern States
upon French productions" and the Paws has
loudly exclaimed" Let the independence OF
the South be recognized. In the hands Of
Northern men, the edtfice, which was raised
with 20 much care and labor by their prede-
cessors, comes crashing down threatening to
carry with it, in its fall the Industrial future OF
every other nation" The London Times, rs
we had occasion to show, yesterday, openly
advocates the regime III Montgomery; lauds
the government Ct Mr.. Jefferson Davis; and
avows its belief that the commerce Of the North
will be destroyed By the Morrill, tariff. Foreign
ministers, at Washington, do not hesitate to
observe, that the courts they represent, cannot
refuse TO re ogrise an independence, which the
Lincoln administration has itself acknowledged,
by the very act of abandoning Fort Sumter
To such depth Of misery has republican rule
already reduced us.
The utter corruption Of republican leaders
Is, however, most plainly visible il the mon
strous coDglomeratior Of absurdities of the
Morrill, tariff. A few corrupt and deprsved
politicians concocted it, with the sole intent OF
benefittiDg the iron interests of New Jersey and
Pennsy lvania, and certain manufacturing mono
poles Of Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. II
Is Disgrace 10 every one concerned in 1t
The proceedings Of the Senate Committee Of
Five, consisting Of Messrs. Collsmer, Simmons,
Bieler, Gwin and Hunter, which virtually Jug
gled through the entire fraud upon the public,
we're 90 conducted, that the two latter gentle.
men were compelled to decline taking any
part In them Mr.. Bigler acted under insxuc-