Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-04-18
The Northern Tariff.

The following is from an English paper,
 and shows to which side England and
 France will lean when the conflict comes:
 A ScATFENG REVIEW OF THE MoRRrLr. T.n -Tbe last news from America is
 fnllv as important as any which has reached
 ns since the election of Mr. Lincoln to the
 presidential chair of the United Statcs.- | The legislature at Washington was engaged | in the construction of a tarlti most ihimical | to the interests of ali the non-mah"iac'oT- ing States, and not less so to the interests of this country. Such Q tariff must widen | the breach between the North and Soutn' and must enlist the sympathies ot the whole commercial world on the side oi the latter. It plainly demonstrates that the question of slavery, aS domestic institution, IS nor
 the only one which renders roconcllation impossible between North and South Their material nterests-property m slaves
 not included-lie wide as the poles asonder. And if protecton-rampa pant protectIon-be
 held to be the true interests ot the Northern
 States, then there can be no community ot
 interests between them and q country like
 Great Britain, on whose banners are ln-
 scribed :. Tree trade with all the word.'
 But with the Southern Confederacy, whose
 interest is to sell us the raw material of
 their industry and to buy our manufactured
 goods, there must spring spontaneously
 such a close alliance with Great Britain as
 will render the grasping seltishneSs of the protectionst States hurtful 10 no one but themselves Can we hesitate for moment I T ,l, t,,tn ,t,1. ,In fD throw the weight of onr moral support?- On one scale. upheld by President Lincoln, i. engraved, Protection to native indus tryat whatever cost, although by its means we may increase a hundred fold to our own people the cost of many of the prime n.ceS- sagies of life" On the other scale, uplifted by President Davis, is engraved, Free Trade-no duties except for the purpose of revenue; full supply of cotton for the mills of Lancashire, and an open market for the product of it's looms" This suicidal tariff will effectually isolate the North, and seal l it against the commoIce of the world, and | the very attempt to introduce such q mea- sure, demonstrates the necessity of a separa ton between the Northern and Southern | States. Such an outrageously extravagant | system of protection as 1t embodies, furn ishes tho South with q sufficient justiica- ton for it's firm resolve never to re-enter union so destructive in its operation to their most vital interests. The Southern States | know well that the commercial intercourse between them and the manufacturing coun- tries of tho old world, especially Great Britain, cannot be too untrammellcd by l.; l tariffs of the North are hateful in their eyes
 What interests have they in the Iron foun- dries of Pennsylvania, or the Cotton fac tories of Lowell? They care not to protect the shipping of the North. Their object is our object, only more naturally theirs than ours, '' to sell in the dearest and buy in the cheapest markets of the world.''
 We therefore confidently assert that the question of slavery is not the real bone of contention between the northern and south ern States. The question at issue is that of free trade, or protection so unsuitable in its demands and 50 selfish in its exclusiveness as to impose prohibitory duty on articles in the production of which it cannot hope to compete with those who possess infinite ly superior facilities for the work. One policy of free trade-whatever difference of opinion once existed on the subject-is now
 rreversible; and while we extend the right hand of fellowship to those who embrace it, we will turn the cold shoulder to those who give us stones for our bread, and scorpions for our tshes-who would sell us all the products of their industry but receive none of ours in return. We cannot find language sufficiently strong to express our detestation of scale of duties which is intended to ex- clude from the4Glarkets of America the pro ducts of England of Germany, and of France; and we must wish Go d-speed to the new Republic of the South, which must triumph in its contest with the North-be- cause its might is in its right. It is lamen- table 10 thnk-we write more h sorrow than in anger-that great people like the Americans should so far lag behind the age, so misunderstood the epoch in which they live, and so blindly rush on their own des- truction, as to adopt policy so suicidal to themselves, so uncommercial, so indicative of narrow, selfish, unenlightened spirit as that which is embodied in the so-called Merrill tariff.-Ligerpool Advertiser.