The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-03
The New American Tariff.

co1pot ts suffered 10 blockade our Hcg out Of the southern
ports he latter D. stimulated any partisan advocacy Of
IogtTn ambition
The New American Tariff.
from the london Times, March Is.
The American tariff is q topic much discussed among
commercial at Newcastle No complete copy OF it, as
amended by the Senate has to hand but its purpos
is oleraby well understood The chemical trade the ma
nufacture Of aka in especial will suffer the most on the
Tyne very large quantity OF akal made on the Tyne
has been exported the United States 1t has been sent
by steamer TO London aud thence ranshpped on board
chemicals under the tariff will be equal TO the price
Of the articles here, and will be very not abso-
utey prohbcy The duty on Goals !, heretofore has
about Is. 3d. per ton on ordinary gas coal II is
in future to be dollar per ton, which viii RAISE
1ls per ton clear Of freight. This is about prohbtory.
As al goods shipped before April Is will be charged at
the old rates The eight market for New York IL show
ing more activity than at any time since the misunder
standing between the North and South but after that
date it s feared that IL will entirely collapse AS the
larger portion Of the Goals and goods sent from this part
Of the country went ont in American bottoms the ship
onneys of Nec FORK and the No ern Stats gu Be ssrsre
oes II that the coal shippers Of Liverpool will
not suffer in any degree by the new arh Inc clnnei
coal OF lancashire the price of which in the Mersey
1es to 1913 per ton has hitherto under the old tar cost
higher under the tariff as the specific duty Of dol
lar will about balance the charge OF Is per cent.
from the London News, March IS
We have referred to a few Of the more encouraging
features which have arisen during the last few days On
The adverse side there is probably no event which has
the Northern American Union Of the Morrill, tar II
seems really astonishing that, at time when the preu
dices of France are being rresstby worn away when
Russia Is entering upon a path Of free commercial de-
velopement, when Spain awakening from the rpor OF
ages, and when regons-lke Japan and Chna-hitherto
sealed up, being opened to nero lntile enterprise
AMERICA whose boast il has been thai she is the pioneer
OF enlightened Improvement, falls back upon q policy
OF restriction and iniberality such would
imagine to be a relic of the past century. When
We see how completely American legislation APP
pears to be based upon mere local or personal
rhap In in hqof w
which the moment the restraining presence Of the repre-
seDtatves of the Southern States removed the North
Framed In their interest, ond certain 10 widen Tie
Jreaeh Jetpsen the dispuing sections IF the nasio The
0. sr s sens 0 tends to tSe sery
regIefu remark, uttered before now by American ps
that there no statesmen in America none who are
capable Of forgetting faction and class interests IN the
grand OF the country at large i Is disgraceu in
The present OF American affairs for these
politicians to be driving in the wedge OF disunion with
fiscal Legislation must inevitably be to rendec a
rccor citation between the North aud south mpuss BILE
The enactment OF the Morrill, tariff, the moment the
Southern representatives. had Withdrawn, is a sell
h defiance cast by the North at the South President
Buchanan Pennsy vaDia man, and II Is said has been
willing 10 curry faycr with his native iron interest even
at the ces, Of hs country 1t Is noe rs II the tariff
only moderately resricve it is IN many respects,
paetcsliy prchbnory. What else be the effect Of
rsisrr the duty foreign iron Fl six to sixteen dol
Ass IA ol.rsS But, besides being most oppressive the
reg u.stons are vexatous and mpracticabe in the
extreme. They seem 10 have been aud probably were,
frsmed with a view to keep ont foreign products We
know q old how damaging policy OF this kind Away 9
proves in the long un and TO more much az to the
ton which endeayors TO exempt itself from the healthful
influence or foreign competition. But shall suffer also.
our trade will he diverted from America into other
outlets We have very little faith IN the devcopemeut
Of he smuggling stem which OF contemporaries
appears to contemplate with much interest. We have
never heard Of large, remunerative really valuable
trade beng carried through the agency of despera
dos 50 OF this class One of the dscouragug features
is that as The Congress- which enacted the tar
stitutnay expired the 4th inst there appears to be
hope OF the obnoxious legislation beng revoked
amended until next session. which will not
mence until December. There l. thus ground TO fear
that trade with America Will retain the sided
character lately acquired by IT, for II that country
declines TO take commodities upon the former terms
of rec interchange, shall still continue to take her
cotton, breadstus and provisions as long rs che supplies
them more cheaply than we can get them elsewhere.
lTrom The Ion5on Globe March 20
II cannot but be aimi ted that the hurry ing into law
in tie abseIce Of the Southern members. Of crude,
sectional ard selfish measure IKE the Morrill, Tariff BILL
goes tar 10 justify any new revival u the oil nufca-
ton doctrno-a scandal In its fret aupouncement-but
success u section (such as the Pennsyvaniaa)
sell its vote in Pre- sideLtia election at The price OF
onopolse how 1t he expected that other
sectoDs-sbamesst SLY sacraced by the bsrgan-should
fail to raise the standard or nui caton whatever
other watchwod may ess their separate resolution
not 10 he sold IN the bargain by which the monopost
sections bought? If the Of the outgoing
President Ieay to place the South in the rght-se
Far as shabby specimen of Northern scGshness ,uld
do it. ard to Illustrate beforehand by deeds the fair ap
peal in Of tie incoming President 10 his "dssats-
fed fellow cnunJymen,p Mr. BlchaDans Parthiar shot
may be considered well aimed one.