The New York herald., 1862-01-08
NEW PAPER CCOUNTS.
THE SOUTHERN TArIFF A MYTH.
THE REELS ACKNOWLEDGES THE FEDERAL lBLoCKADE
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frron the cirhnDnd "llIv Exnminer. Dac


from the Richmond ally Examiner, Dec 3ol
TIE id q S9asrn ta,G on iHsporid,ic'e is time
that has Ia ely ofsscted ne Southern train Tue boy who
put stone in end OF his bag and the corn ia The
other 70 go 70 mill AMI could give no bettr for
the pracce than that daddy had done before him. IS
t1,e ,s o te southern stdtsn,su co uci NE plan
Of iplIas sing brTiT tva q ibcdiod commerce. and whose
best reason rths inca urc Is the fact tn; masters
at the North have always 10, el tariffs bcfcte us.
The only ciossocdfon II cs'adi that nc pstifc enep'y
hare y tcieldcd dcoilt IS e r.dpoa cf t,kdde anil
far neither houBe eEUilg sfrtsBst,gp prde
has pyvr'ied ssge D'due for Us coas,. tion. Nay
the South has not content with n stoli inactivity
the subject. fhe has been guilty Of the weak
Of aiding the blockade by tarn vhith brings
revenue which produces good effect and which puts
the enemy in enforcing that beyond
peradvCntrIc. II tic wsost Of the wont had been
called upon 90 nameEhe most injurious moaase OF com
mercia policy which tho south could adopt during the
progress Of the ave would have esiclf tariff upon
blockaded inn otatios Tor tho cfecga bOL ldng " a
extensive coast being extremely d'cut II required but
tirir and custom house ysicm 10 enier that
thoroughly cecite The world uoss sed ut the
that the Northern government Ind ia sed their
tarn TO high protective ngucs u was amazed and cha
gruod to hesr that the SOUTH from mare hdbd Qf fiad
ton had committed the eoly OF lay ing tarurtn bloca-
dcd mporatioRs Tho o'st Of insurance against loss IN
conducting cgntraband commerce would not bc half
Paid By repeating the tariff Thst insurance, even
han eIuiysA hs h protective tariff wHTg oxace% i' by
the North The higher prices obtained for imporations
Rt the South han nj the North do not much than
make up this difcra ncc OF insurance.
The tlocede tgjrr rs IN sloIe ,cays Gn one osd no
sho1ld bs t7ti 10 JyeGk u don. II not merely
raises all prices and produces general scarcity IL the
South but IL nourislcs most extensiss aygtern Of
smuggling ocress our Northern frontier Every dolla's
worth Of goods gg et from thc North into the Sorh
hrst thirty forty cents ~ duty into the public
treasury Of the eEemy AMI then pays as large profit
She Northern vendar " the smugged goods Smuggling
supports the Northern treasury and tDrches the North
cr people AMI every Southern man egaged in the bust
ought be arrested AM hanged as worse esan
fpy
IT, on the contrary goods aro imported directly frcm
foreign countries tho merchants and sear'n making the
venture reap the whole proai and arc strengthened and
tempted 10 further trials n fact by direct importa
tions, arc enTcng our friends; sbereas, by SNUG
frr rampcring enemies prbiic ami private.
Smuggling cTha SIS US Of our specie. while n brisk trade
N foreign rado would result only IN enabling vs. TO sell
our cotton.
u would have required many ncrsuasons to induce the
MIL boy 10 leave tho stone at home and to divide his
corn between tho two ends OF his bag tho oct would
nave mpcachcd The wisdom Of daddy. and suppose
4de enhhty udt ne present n0rts made up of qf
u~ lyH wiH consent 70 part gth hcr dtFiny Ja bdJrn
try a month or two moro. however end wo shall