The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-19
Peace or War.

Under this head the Baltimore San exhibits
the dilemma in which the Black Republican
administration is placed. II, says the Sun,
il adopts /" peace policy" which is in con-
formity with the earnest desire of the great
mass of the people it will necessarily confirm
the nationality Of the Confederate States
and MORALLY offend the party from whom 1t
has existence. But this is not all. 1t will as
certainly establish q superior nation in the
South, ard cripple and dwarf the enterprise
and Importance OF the North 1t is in this
singular complication of circums tances It's
policy-almost vital TO its existence-is that of
war. Yet il ii would-that is, if it should
select that policy-it is At once deprived Of
the means of carrying IL into execution
= On the other hand, if it should select I.
a peace policy II immedia tely contributes
10 the stability, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and possible
superiority of the southern Republic. Thus
the false. nefarious Black Republicanism Of
the North will, in any case, prove TO have
been the author only of the national ruin, and
OF its own everlasting infamy.
BY way OF illustrating tie effect OF the
peace policy" we copy the following sig
nificant paragraph from the PHILADELPHIA let
ger:
1.-THE RBvENrE AND It's COLLECTIos.-The last
act of the United States Congress Was to largely
Increase the rates of duties upon imrortations
the FIRST act Of the secession Confederation was 70
reduce them The natu raj effect Of these two di-
ametricaly opposite policies is to drive importa
iions away from Northern ports and TO send them
To Southern ports, to avoid the duties There be-
Ing no Interior custom houses, no collectors at the
another. or upon the great rivers which sweep
through Southern and Northern States there is
nothing to prevent these Expectations into South
ern ports from being sent to every Northern city.
and foreign articles may be introduced, and sold
protected by high tariff to the exclusion of the
home production. The Government can only pre-
vent this by, collecting duties at the mouth of
ternal custom houses all along the line which
s.epsrates the United States from the seeding
States. The latsr there is authority for ill
Congress sha anth orize aud the expense would
be enormous The former is attended with diff
entities which are almost insurmouutable 1t
might be an easy matter to station national YES
sells al the mouth of the Mississippi, or at the en-
frances to Savannah and Charleston but the col
lection districts are numerous that all the I'M
employed vessels in the American Navy would be
required t" guard them. How the difficulty is to
ne got over Is not 80 clear, though the consequence
- Northern commerce of allowing goods TO enter
Southern ports under low duties, or none at all,
with, the only way To preserve the commerce
Of the North will bet9 open our ports free Of du-
of successful revolution in the South, and the
fact has got Ito be faced squarely.'
But meet it squarely, or in n round about
way, the result is still the same. The ex-
psnse Of collecting the revenue will ca it up
To make the ii oRgiLL tariff meet this expense
Of collection, war and the support of the
Government, it will be prohibtory. And
then comes losses, direct taxation and rebel
lion. As TO opening the Northern ports free
OF duties, imagine the howl that will greet
such proposition from the manufacturing
districts Of Pennsylvania and New England !,
'1on," the intelligent Washington CORES
pondent of the Baltimore Sun, justly says:
'If II had been "A stratagem of the secessionists
10 deprive the Lincoln Government of all sources
OF revenue, aud 10 enrich the exchequer Of the
very admirable stroke of policy. But 1t OBJ
tanned no votes from that class Of politicians The
Southern Confederate States have. however.
awaited themselves of the act, and have been
enabled by ito establish higher and more pro-
dnctlye tariff than they would otherwise have
DONE but one hat is 90 much more favorable to
Importers and consumers of foreign dutiable
goods, that the country will necessarily be in a
great measure supplied through Southern ports at
the lower rates OF duties.
The question which the Lincoln government
has TO meet is not whether 1t collie duties in
ports of the COnfede rate states 1t Is whether it
The whole Northwest aud the entire Southland
why not New York itself?-will be supplied with
foreign imports, through railroads aud other
channels of interior communication, which have
paid duty in ports Of the G. s. A.
The Southern Confederacy is mas ter of the
situation.