, 1861-03-27

The Revolutionary Government, at. Mont
gomery hos assumed to enact certain laws in
direct conflict with those of the United Stasea.
i, under these enactments Of the Confederate
S.ates. as they call themselves, the ports Of
Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, Mobile.
and others within their limits, a.s per,nitiea
70 remain open, with custom houses reco6uiz..
ing the authority Of those States only. The fact
Will De taktR advantage Ct By the traders Of
all nations, Including oar own, to Introduce,
goods free Of duty, md IN entire dl=r=nara Of
The Federal tariff Tue result will be asystem
OF wholesale smuggling. over the border, and
the country will bs t1ooded with merchaudIse.
against which the regular trader, Who has phid
duties On his impor. .a:Ions at Northern pur.e.
vii struggle in vain. It Is hardly worth while
TO ssy that such system, II Permitted, must
bs deatrnctive to the Federal revenue, a5 well
as to the import trade Of the>North. Must tro
. Taera are two alternatives In such an emer.
gency; either the Independence Of the Con.
1ederate States must be acknowledged. and
the difficulty se tlad By treaty, Or else the rev
enue laws OF the Federal Government be en-
forced, and stop put to illega: importation.
me nat measure IL not yet even proposed,
and the lime, therefore, hos net coma for,its
discussion; and That being the case, the oniy
question remaining is, how can the laws Be
enforced and stop put to Smuggling 10
establish Gordon OF custou- houses and nj,
army OF custom. house officers oil along a Dor.
der OF thousands Of mites, much Of t q vii.
dernees, wo4l1 be a clumsy aud expensive NJ.
tempt to suppress such Illicit trade. and onf,
Of very little Efficiency when established.
Smuggling, when reduced to o system. en-.
genders hardy and desperate racn of InfT
which ths love Of gain and the love nfairen.
ture combined perpetuate, and render nnfit
fur the pursuits Of peaceful Industry tho Al.
tempt to arrest fmuggltnr, where Inc nrotit
would be so great and the risk 90 snail
would end only in failure, tending to consrorr
collisions and occasional border Wara, IYhefh-
er these difficulties would not follow even a
peaceful separation Of the States, and tha at:
tempt to regulate the commercial relations of
the Two contedeTacses By treaty, Is on rstion
but certainly, 60 tar as this question IS CON
cerned, such separation would be the Lesser
evil Of the two. -
How, then, is the difficulty to be met :.
Clearly BY the enforcement of the laws as thsy
are, in and under the Uaicn,
II the ports OF entry in the rebellious Sfntea
are phut up, there would bc, compared to ;ha
border, but q email extent Of sea coast to mt
IN stata Of blockade 1t Is an easy matttr
TO stop chip with thousand or two cases al
merchandise, when 1t would be impossible ID
follow the separate cases nfter they were eaFe]Y
landed and scattered over wide ext.nt OF
country. A small squadron on the COAST. If
put h1uat IN season, would check in the verv
beginning system which, If 1t once cot font.
hold on lana, it would be almost impossib1a
to exterminate, Energetic prevention Wpuli
be speedy process, whilo an attempted cure
wo1id be only IN aggravatfon.-N 2. Lqde.
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