The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-18

and iis physical inability to do 80; the want Of
ether courage, or . oonciliatory spirit, which
has characterized lis measures, In the affair Of
Fort Sumter, will have created sufficient con-
tempt for it, In Europe. But the monstrous
copglomeration Of absurdities of the Morrill,
tariff, will have proved, more than anything
else, to both England and France, that while
the South have but little to fear from the
enmity of the Washington administration, they
themselves have everything to dread, and
nothing to hope from Its friendship. Indeed,
the rivalry between the tariffs, hat were almost
simultaneously adopted at Montgomery and
the rational capital, will, probably, decide the
question of acknowledging separate nation
alities, North and South, in the minds of the
statesmen of Great Britain and France. The
former has been framed with care and dis
crimination, upon the model OF that which will
expire in the Northern States, on the lat Of
next month. The duties 1t imposes are reason
able; il is free from Objectionable features; and
1t is evident from tho spirit in which II was
adopted, that legislators of the Southern repub-
Lie are willing to modify its provisions, and agree
to discriminating imposts, In the interest OF
such foreign Powers as shall enter into alliance
with them. The prevalent Southern feeling is
in favor of free trade, and the only exclusive
tariff legislation that Is to be looked for, will
be against the manufactures of the North.
Northern merchants are, already, making ar
rangements to import goods into Charleston,
Savannah, and New Orleans, in order to avoid
the duties of the Morrill, tariff. A few corrupt
and depraved politicians concocted it, with the
double intent Of increasing the revenue and
patronage Of the present administration and of
beneftting the manufacturing and iron in
terests of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
the New England States. 1t is disgrace to
every one concerned in it. Its authors will
be disappointed in their expectations. The
fact il, that the superior advantages offered
by the South, and the certainty that i'm
ported merchandise can be transmitted,
by rivers and railroad, to any part of the
Northwest, and the States south Of Mason
and Dixons line, at tho lower rates OF duty of
the Montgomery tariff will divert importations
from New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachu-
sets, to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
and Louisiana, and blow will be struck ut
the local prosperity of the former States, the
effects of which it is impossible accurately to
calculate. It has been repeatedly demon
strated, that every effort Of the Washington
government to prevent the free ingress Of mer-
chandise into the Southern ports, must prove
abortive. The united navies of England
and France, could scarcely guard such
an immense line Of coast Thus, able
as the South will be to import goods,
and, after they are landed to forward
them to all parts Of the continent, they will
practically collect duties for the whole Union.
1t h simply absurd to suppose that any Euro
pean nation would neglect the advantages
which it might derive from commercial treaty
with Power having so extended commerce
within its grasp.
Messrs. Ysncey, Rost, and Mann will, proba-
bly,, have secured the recognition Of the indie
pendence, by England and France, of the South
ern confederacy, before the middle Of this year;
and the accompaniment will be such CONNER
cial treaties as shall frustrate forever, the In
sane, c0ercive policy which republican leaders
haro HattrIcd themselves tney could with i'm
punity carry out What will then become Of
the North! Where will the importers of the
central States be, and what will be the fate Of
our manufacturers No calculation can be
made Of the prodigious and lasting damage
their interests will receive The evil will, also,
be without remedy. Our Southern brethren
possess shrewdness enough to retain the van
tage ground they will have secured. Neither
can any system of border inspection shut out
goods from the Northern States, that have once
been brought into the South.
The Commissioners from the South 60 abroad
under the most favorable auspices. Meanwhile,
the conservative masses of the people, look
with indignation upon the course which Mr..
Lincoln and his Cabinet are pursuing. And
the time is not far distant when the North will
hold them to a bitter responsibility for the
shameful imbecility and fanaticism with which
they are betraying the interests Of the country.
MILITARY MAxris Coon FOR POLITICIANS
The most important man in the country just
row is General Scott. Old as no is, he has