New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-29


ss fruits Of sne American Houses Of Congress
n'any yae,ubers of the two HOUSES ,ad Oo;oritv
% 90 nsty a sron the North an undlsPu1ea niaJo!3
hst sousol.; 80 They have not been how W 1S az
sp " ~ IN the utmost OF TINS sovau6S9' ~
~ indeed, done noting apprecsose Tqbav bsys
~ Ionnds of their distracted country: lucy n",o
tsS ;SeS measure either OF cenelllatlon OF CO.
hk s ~ TSa South has been allowed 10 mature 1s
o,,;ons 10 sieEe the Federal arsehas anu Ioito,
IT, organize new Government, whn0ct ever all
sno az nroest from the Legislature az Washington
., nos rnacn excuse for this. The PeTlod between
- iction of the new President and the surrender o.
efoe by The old is sor. Of interregnum, In whien
nav he sid all legislative and executive ACTIVITY
osrsyzed. Bot, though unable TO 90 any thg lot 'no
.nse " the Union the Senate and the Congress nave
snpIo, ed the interregnum 70 strike second blow AZ
tbe commerce the finance, and the general property
Of the country infinitely more fatal than any aosEla
ton Of territory or diminuuon OF PopuiaIi9n'. ny
smolDyed the lait weeks Of what 10 probably tue hs
.esion of the last Congress Of tie United Sa'es VI
America In undoing al the progress that mas osen Ge
IN the direction OF free-trade, and III MANAGING tlen
.on,trg once more in the letters OF protecuon
amounting 10 prohibition. We fear that the bill has
Iav rec yed toe assent of the President, and that
Al the present moment the twenty millions OF exports
which England cent last year to the United states
have ne far ms laws and regulations can effect II, been
virtually excluded. II Americans wish to know win
sI,at feelings this measure bas been regarded IN
England they have only 70 turn to the Trade Reports
Of Tae Tunes, and their curiosity VIII he gfalheu
cutlery trade of E3 900 is looked upon as worth
lees South Safiordslire Is IN dismay. Inc eonuuc'
Of Congress on the Tariff bill has mnch changed .he
tore If public feeling with relation 10 .pe
ybose ryu,patLies are with the Northern
States, attempt TO juatiy the course wien Ie r!o
tecsionists in Congress have pursued In hanciestr
the proposed increase Of duties on COTTON g'oIs ~ e
U,sted states il causing great attention In New
4le il Is considered that II Will be lupOssloie 10 40
busines with TIE United States on The terms set ont u
the t.r willie the business with the Southern States
Il described as satisfactory. In Shelheld considerable
.porbenson n slt as TO the effect Of the new tariff ON
the STEEL trade IL WolverbamptOn the anticipation
that the tariff has become law dsrkens the already
gloomy prospects Of the iron trade. When II ls re-
Tnsmbered that all this Ilwl aid disruption oil Inter
ea1ioual ties and sympatlies, which were becoming
closer every day and which America never ueeded
Oe tLan now, Is ~ be effected Tor no cetter oDec'
than that m protracng the sickiy existence OF an ar
fcs manufacturing system rsed and nurtured al the
ex oe,ae az tie ship1ng and trade Of the country, and
by levyng an odOuf tribute from sil classes not con-
ccrue3 IN manufactures We cannot but wonder al the
sdDess OF democracy and it's utter iDS6lly 70 appfe
bend and retain the most obvious principles OF eco"
pOrrical science. Protection wes quite hs much
cause of The disruption Of the Union as Slavery In
g. At r,spec it has done ice worst, but 1t IL desned
v intake not 70 he the fruitful mother OF other dis
rupsions What interest have toe great agricultural
Wtser States for instance in being made tributaries
~ toe ironmHsters of Pennsylvania, or the cotton
stiuuers u Lowell They viii desire, as the South
hNNa "a. "A
% oil ar position of Canada, with its faciiies Of com
mn ieati II by lake, nver, snd railway, Will show
thun the ades, Of obtaining direct trade by
fresh selaruion-possibly by an amAlgamatlon with
cor own colonies
Tese topics are 90 obvious that we forbear to insist
upo them but we beg 10 point out, for the comfort OF
on, own eoantrymen and the warning OF the Severn
ent o. the United Sites, that In attempting 10 eX-
eiucs al one blow twenty millions Of exp IT'S from
ther t.rriLory they have undertaken task quite be-
You'd their power. They may, indeed, destroy their
owR Custom revenue; they may give ADDITIONAL
strength 10 those vested interests which claim pre-
tcEptlye rsht TO live the vals of the community
they may ruin the shipping and cripple the commerce
Of Ihe towns on the Atlantic seaboard but they can
prevent Eoghsh manufactures IRON permeailng the
United States rom end 10 the other. glance at
the ID AZ il suifcient 30 chow this. TIE Southern Con-
fsdrey will of course desire no better than 70 make
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New-OTieans, de-
pts of h. gs1 manufacture, TO be smuggied across
tue cong eud imercep tibe frontier wbicn separates
them rUm the Uni.ed States Nay, N lie quite possible
L at the sreat Ciiy of New-York may prefer TO de-
clare set free port and 10 become the depot Of an
aQous illicit traffic, rather than see Its wharfs rot
ill., it's streets deserted aud its harhor empty, because
Q suicidal folly has driven commerce 10 the INFERIOR
bsrSors Of the South. The indented coasts OF the
Northern STATES give ample opportunity for sinuggg
aud whist Ia sill more important the frontier between
Cslada aud the Union is virtually traced by tie stream
Of the St. Lawrence and the center CT the great Lakes
Ontario, Enc, and Huron. 1t is region which
ricaI have baen created for the express purpose 0f
pansbn < the presumptuous folly OF seekDg 70 erect
he barrier Of Prohibition between nations which have
long eployed the mutual benefits Of commercial inter
eour.e The smugger will redress the errors OF TIE
<ate man, ne has % often done before. lie chsIEe
may aston delay loss and Inconvenience bit the
ssream is mighty 70 be cboked, and no sooner VIII
The old channel been stopped than new one VIII
Be forced.