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

The politicians Of what were lately tho United States
Southern secession finds fitting match in Northern pro
tecto ISM and between the two appears not improba
ber cd among the worlds great Powers If the e,o 7lG
bill just passed by the Sena.e ~ Washington has been
correctly described, is about the most rtrorad: piece Of
te0saton that any country, either in the Old or the eO
World has Of late tears Its object appears to be to
reduce to minimum the foreign trade OF the Northern
Union, and to compel the whole community Of consum
pay any price for the most necessary articles of
civilized existence which otgarchy Of manufacturing
capitalists may think proper 70 exact Inc duties hence
tant branches OF manufacture Me stated to be
absolutely prohibory in amount besides being intoera
bly, complex and intricate In the mode In which they
levied. We told tbatsthe increase the existing
mposts laid the various descriptions Of cutlery goods
ranges from so to 2aO per cent ON cotton and wooen
goods there are ad vaiorem dutesnd specific duties
ties levied weight and duties levied measurement
so curiousy mixed or aternated that 1t will be sort of
scientific problem for the importing merchant to calcu
late what he will have to pay,on consignment from
Lancashire Yorkshire The republican party achiIe ii
strongly claims SynpaDs all ESSENTIAL point, is
comiied the nao,oea do9mas of false and exploded
political economy and Mr. Lincoln himself in Late speech
at hsourg Pa has shewn that ne entirely accepts the
for producers The President Ii distinctly Of opinion
that is grand point Of national policy 70 buy in the
erfa BY paying for all the comforts and necessares
Of life than they worth in the market OF the world
We have suppose that he end the majority
which returned him will tail TO carry out convictions
which they doubtless hold with perfect sincerity and II
the tariff should not be found sufficiently stringent
doubtless be made in future sessions We afraid
take for granted that for some time to come the
fiscal legislation OF the Northern Union will be largely in
nuenced by anti-commerca fAllaces which have been
obsolete in this country for dozen yeafA past Ni
fortunate for the North that the advocacy IF sound eoOnomi
cat PRINCIPLES should be almost euclucly confined to slave
ounes and Meir syrnpdkAisrs, and that ar. jefferson
Darts should tax lie aGtenan and man Of sense
subject on olch Mr. Lncols dicourses Ike an ESSEX squire
of the Corn ldw and top boot epoch.
1t would be well for Northern statesmen, If they wish
TO keep together what remains Of the Union heed the
warning uttered thirty years by Of the very best
and wisest Of American citizens In essay " the
Union TO which the events now passing before have
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be thought that the power given foe the general veal
through intrigue and selfish combinations, perverted TO
build portion of the conederacy Of the expense OF
the rest He especially applied this principle TO fiscal
legislation. GA restrictive tariff is necessarily source
odscord TO some portions Of the country must be an
oy nor viii they suffer patiently" This il "a kind OF
legislation which, II persisted IN, viii almost certainly
rupture Of the Union has been mainly broush.
about hv causes unconnected With false and sell
fish commercial legislation, yet thsre can be no
the South to rsk the experiment of separate national
existence Thirty years ago IL was restrictive tariff
which led South Carolina 70 utter the first menaces OF
the disupon which has been accomplished and the
secessons manfeetoes OF Of the macontent
sates-Georga more especially-place the commercial
grievance in the front OF their reaeons for breaking
the Union. pr3econtst tariffs which tax the industry
and obstruct the Of the whole federal community for
the supposed benefit OF particular classes in particular
States constitute real reason-we do not say ade-
quate onefor dssolving unequal partnership; and
is impossible I, say how far the new southernonfe
deiaton may find unfottered commerce with Europe
q compensat FOR the financial Inconvenience and bur
dens OF separation Be this may. the North will do
wisely TO abstain from measures which may perhaps
get other States calculating whether the benefits
derived from the federal government equivalent
for the daily and hourly tribute exacted by New England
cotton spinnere and iron masters
rash take for granted that the Pacific States and the
Northwestern States will always be contented TO pay
taxes not to the federal treasury, but TO certain prvi
legged Glasses in the Atlantic and Eastern states As yet
these things little Understood In America and does
not appear that California, Indiana or Michigan OBJ
ecs to give for hardware and cotton goods than
they are worth. But the day must come when these
things viii be understood and whenever that day arrives
II is csynin Nat either pvoeowfa tariffs the federal
Union uu hapv 10 v nay Considering how loosely the
federal fabric ID cemented, and how easily II may be
riven asunder, marvels At the holiness OF those
Nor,ierp poiH icians who think the present moment
good one for sowing the seeds OF sectional quarres