, 1861-03-06
THE >MQNTGomERY: MACHINE.
: Il Enrefaata or, tie lIifIenIuul,

- from the New Orleaus True De1ta.l = ~
Our citizens are now beginning to expert.
ence the henehcent effects Of the provisional 4
government which Irresponsible bodies, elect !!
Of another irresponsible, body, a1e construct
iug*for their. advantage. The distinguished !
political nsse1nhiage :et- Montgomery haye, by.
nkase, just prGclaimed the old tariff Of the !
United states as the provisional arrangement
Of the provisional body to raise the Ta5s and
,perpetuate the machine called government:
1llat they, Frankenstein like, have animated
into existence. -. ~:
Practically, perhaps, it is Of very email con-
sequence to the great body Of the people, who
Tier the unjust and stupid, ,eonglomeration Of
ted States tariiE be adopted by the Montgorne-
ry Conyentionists or hot; for, as n1l T4dc ts
paralyzed; as imporsations from Europe are
oyer the Eesson, and, from the North, can
only be made by those who are able. to pay,
and then only. in s1nnll orders to complete
pcr cent. or one hundred be imposed, save for
: the pretext it affords to multiply enor-
p.oufIy the locusts OF office, is OF thei
smallest consequence. Had any man; .cF
business knowledge Of Of practical famill.
arIly with the. suijsctss Of trade and finance,
lad o yflce or en- influence In shaping
the determination Of the selfelected ProVi-
sional Government at Montgomery, Of course
he would have pointed out the monshous abb
eurdityt Of what they haye done, which, e4-
cept in the irritation it will produce in the
States upon our great river aad its fruitful
valley, and. the ruin it viii assured1y effect
among the smaller classes of the hus;;ncea peg
pic of this place, among those who capupt pnr-
chase largely. at any one time, and who are
mainly dependent upon Eastern credit and In
upon the country. Mary stores will be closed
in this place, complete prostitution of small
t traders In the Interior will follow, until at
length the bulk OF. the people, peFpiexed by,
perpetual changes, and hatassed and tortured
By multiplied fiscal eKaetfons, will either seek
bread and tranquility elsewhere, Or place IN
the ranks Of the encrmons army Of place-hold.
ers which the policy OF provisional authority,
or its reckless and ignorant disregard Of con
sequences. will call Into activity. For estab-
/ Ishments like our Owl, which give steady and
! well paid employ lnent TO d large body Of men,
Tho Iew impoatlons will be insupportably
| burdensome, Upon the article Of paper alone,
whic84Rll newspapers tnke as they require from
| the manufacturer or his agents, the enhanced
cost by the Montgomery act will be about
twelve thousand dollars per annun, while for
au other paper and dHtiable articles we,Eill
footing up sum Of say twenty thousand dol
| lalH per year. for our share alone This is
! the feast Of free trade to which we were to be
1t my be iii vrfy well aud profoundly con-
| sistent and pulidcto take the whisky, the alco-
f ho1 and other such things from: the West
Mt thirty per cent the people there, according
to TINT great authority, 10 Lane, Into Of Oregon,
are our enemies, and we should consequently
make them friends by pillng on all kinds Of
small difference tothem in the end rs cons1im-
] ,ers must certainly foot the bills In like man
I uer the twenty -four. per cent. upon coal and
onerous burdens upon raw uate1ial for manu-