The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-02-23
S0,ac Iseaslt Of the War.


Ono OF the sets that vii, be al,aucd b. tue will
he tho "drcc; ;rac" .il,cn has baen
peope ami which has been often defeated by the
n.ercsts that The Yankees have haa In keeping she South
b'unn to them through protective iaia ana the IN
limited credits which hsve had among them. We
how futile Efforts accomplish this disect trade
have been. The Yankee with his cheap had shc
pF,ya o; entering our markets free Tse indosiy
other countries mot at the gates OF ports by
duties which naM dozen greater than
Ordinary resntiie profits W. had two .bs tac.s "
c.nena with the cheap OF o,thern arethren,
waC could 10 Sod for "amOsi nothing I" and tho heavy
d9scs which kept better 90 DIS away But even with
both these obsiacicB, direct traao nigh. have boea
established II I. had me- been for the easy and familiar
wro.,s hcia at the North 10y our chanta AID the
Efforts directly aud Indirectly Of No thern manufactures
una ivb5ers to crush out the southern cvrt trade with
europe, uur purpse ia;cd. Wo heid conventions, and
groaie and threatened AMI wrggled like frog under
gaivsnic battery; kot uotlug the result except
des sif OF reaching the Object. We tied neck and
heeis 10 the interests OF the North and wisesl
oaad tho folly OF struggling and 80 they were ready to
submit The caught in this condition; and that
has solved the dic Ivy al We shall DO free TO
trade rs xe please just as shall have Conquered
peace.
Assuming that we have got rid Of this difficulty ,he
subject OF free trade and lri beginning inooted
tie G niedcrate papers What shalt be the plicy of
suver,.nert in this respect tarn will be
ssry the extingushment OF debt. No direct
tin equal this purpose would be tolerated Tho diect
II tree trade IN the fact that ii makes too sensiby
ice and the mode Of raising money for the Of the
government. Ahsracty, 1t 49, perhaps, the jstest aud
cheapest mode, but iguo auce H. bliss IA the man who
pays. We boar burdens every day with equanmlty be-
Taxation Is altogether another thing whom
every mans door the hands OF collector.
We shall ave, ~ all probability, two taxes ne Of i'm
lsir and Huoiher o, export, the latter 10 BE- pad by
foreign governments. The Yankee mill owner viii lud
the cotton he consumes That viii give him
proper OF the weight he has helped put upon
Bat Gnper thing. II IL feared that after the
sha; return again to tie old trade with tho North
that tho past vii! he forgotten AMI thai shall be-
ready TO meet the fankcc dc .ers with compla-
cency, II he cntcrs markets like the rest
the world. and that through his deulpgs with
us shall presently cans 10 look IN him .sman
and brother, and perhaps, ultimately patch az
alliance lecons.ruciion which NH again iasten
10 hun in trade.
We have apprehension OF this. He "a bound 10 the
necessity Of high import tariffs. tie buys little
sbioi AMI mai IS everything Tor sale He has nothing
~ ut duty Our condition will he just the
OF this We find two great Of rove
nue., ard on the orc that OF impoTtawc can put tax
which VII ho comparatively small. How thus VIII work
easy % be Tho South Will twice much
IS necessary Tor It's consumption and the Plus will
end wrg the border iato the Northern States
Ihc whole Ygake, nation will be unable 10 stop SNUG.
eing. II vii! make that nation slbscryen. 10 wo
have pesa g. it. IL vii! not only be obliged 70 ray
expert duty cottca but aiso the taxes half the
foreign ols which clter ports. Thus Justice which
1ccps. viii return to enemy tho bitter cup Of
WHICH long drunk.
In tile respect OF these and similar advantages, the
south wi occupy position uneximpled the history of
rii irai'isn i wisdom u tbnsc who make our laws.