The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-23
The New Tariff Bill Before Congress--Its
Revolutionary Effects In Europe.

The New Tariff Bill Before C0ngress-Its
Revolutionary Effects in Europe.
new protective1 and almost prohibitory
Tariff bill has just been introduced into Con-
gress. We hope it will pass. Its schedule Of
duties is from ten to one hundred per cent higher
than that of tho Morrill, tariff, the passage Of
which was considered equiv lent to an ex-
olusion Of all foreign importations. Still we
hope it will pass. Its effect will be to deprive
Europe Of the American market, result more
disastrous to England and France than
thousand blockades of cotton ports. We
hope it will pass. We have had revolution
that We had revolution in manufactures.
We hope this new Tariff BILL our latest declara-
ton Of our independence of Europe, will soon
become q law.
four civil war has taught us nothing else it
has revealed to Us our own resources, our own
strength, our own importance and our own
power We have received no foreign aid OF
any kind in our efforts to crush out rebellion
Of such gigantic proportions that it 'outrivals
any international war in history. We needed
men, and we obtained them from our teem-
ing population, and employed no hireling sol
diery-as England has employed the Hessians
and France the Swiss--to assist our forces.
We needed arms, and have manufactured them
for ourselves, or purchased them for cash at
fair market price, since Europe has supplied
arms gratuitously only to the rebels. We
needed ships-of-war, and we have bnilt them,
leaving England to present her vessels 10 the
Confederate traitors We needed money, and we
were our own bankers, since the money marts Of
England and France we're closed against us in
advance, and open only to the bankrupt
rebellion. Our only regret d that we ever
asked the English people for sympathy, or that
Congress ever thought OF appealing to the Eng
lish bankers for funds. We did not know our
own resources then; but we understand our
selves better now. We havo learned the grea.
lesson Of selfreliance during this war. Is Eu-
rope 50 unwise a to suppose that we shall! un-
learn this hard lesson, and relapse into our
former dependent ignorance when the war is
over
II, with all the hard necessities and trying
times Of need which this war has brought upon
IA, we have ooea able to sustain ourselves, il
would bs tho EXTREMIST folly for us TO ask
sustensncs from Europe when peace brings us
plenty. IL q man receives no help from his
neighbors while he Is poor aud In trouble, he is
very unlikely TO beg assistance when ke be-
comes rich, comfortable aud independent. Eng
land and France have refused to supply Us
with what We considered nccsssares, aud we
will hardly get down upon our knecs TO beg
them for luxur;es. The recognition OF the
rebels a. q belIigcrcDt Power slammed the door
or Europe In our face, AMI LEFT as by ourselves
In tho cold. The passage % this prohibitory
Tariff bill will be our courteous and deserved
retaliation Tor this afront. The scarcity oil
cotton has been The bugbear Of Europe since
our war hogan, but i. need distress our trans
atlantic neghbcrs no longer. Th;s new tariff,
which shuts them eli from their MAJ Yet, in effect
relieves tie blockade, upon tho principle that
two negatives make an affirmative. Why should
Europe trouble itsclf about cotton when Ii can
no losger sell the goods which il manu-
factares from cottong The new Iadsn and
African plantations will supply cotton enough
for The manufacture Of all the goods which
Europe itself consumes. We shall need on,
own cotton for our own manufactures, since We
are to supply ourselves with goods
Thus IL will be seen that the new Tariff bill