New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-21

Andn,st those very powers which now invoke IN the
name of the Union and TO the end that pretenslons ~
tic ten name q state tights may be overthiown.
have already presented picture ofthesc ntolerapIe
pretensons. But they must be examined more mi
nutey They may be seen first, In their character US
monopoy and secondly in their character as usurpa
ton under the Constitution Of the United States .s
need not say that IN each they are equally ndeensloe
II Won 20 back 10 the earliest days Of English history
you will find that monopoIcs have from the begihhinE
been odious as contrary la the ancient and fdndaIen
laws Of the realm. writer, who Is often qioted IN
the courts says: Monopolies by common Law are vGu,
rs being against the freedom Of trade and diseouTaPins
labor od Industry and putting Ia tue power OF par
tcuar persons set what prices they please on com
modityh lUawkiDss Pleas OF Crown. vol. ]. p =.
But without claiming that tie present monopoly Is yOiu
AT common law Il is enough to show Its siency
with the Constitution. And here l borrow MI. Weo
ster's language in his famous argument against thc
monopoly Of steam navigation granted by the STATE VI
III very a.onale to say tina. ne ,asu'ion
,,, INTENDED 20 l,re nh the State tie porer ~ granHg
y, opoies either Of trade OF Davisnon aud i,e.'e
that Is 70 this. the commercial Is exclusively m Coz"
Then again he says. A.,
it brt The nature II the and Of the power DID
require such important authority az ha OF
rang pole, OF trade aud isaon should mol ee 60"
,ideycd as f;M retain d BY ne Stdfe'" ,.,,., ,,
And then again. lie adduces an authority ~ncn "ut ~
10 Lo conclusive on the present occasion IL Is tlat o
New Jerscy ut an earlier Day; A.. r,r.,,,r,,o,
81 the United staie complain that the resals,h ~
within the pow er OF the everal States wiin hri ,pI
ate irrdiction TO such degree TO involve many dnss
lie. and and they express an eafrt opni2
that The soieond eJeusire pouer " regulating nase o"y "
| nth tOngren" IT,. o ,,ro -,
gigantic monopoly orgnnizodly NewJersey composed
Of several confederate corporations, whose caps 1
ynasscd together is said toomount 10 more tan ~
ella CAPITAL not mich inferior to that OF thc .bifu
STATE. Rank which once seemed 10 hold " dlNlutu
empire with the national Government ltself D,isun.
imreriun cum Jore Cesar haba And this trahse.uen.
MONOPOLY thus vast 10 undertakes 20 ie'y
q the passengers, wy
troops of the Union III their transit between Two e'
cities both Of Which outside Of New-JriSey. ~
H. attitude and IN ITS pretcrson the grphg monop
DIV is not unlike Apolyon in Pilgrims Progress "ho''
usurpation u thus described: c,.,
but in il, Valley Of Humiliation poor sn,, y,
was hard put f.; for be lad gone bu! lite way Vroo M
espisd ioa fend coming oyer ths hra go -, be arid
IN LIS mind whether to 90 oaeN OF 70 ' "'
the monster was bideou, to behold he was cothed
Lie dngon fe.t Ike bear, and out Of bic belly ea's nie
10 ~ to Chrsti'n. lie beheld BIN WIN d'1Nn'u
comicuaace. aud thus began to question him; ,, - -
"AFoLLYoS-W hence come you, and whittier are you
|CTn,srrax-I nh come from the City of Destruction
which Ia tie place Of sll evil, and am gong 70 'e wy
ApoIros-Py th. perceive ,ba, thou .rt ore Of my
sujscss a. that county is n'ne ard am '"e prince s'
New jersey is tie Valley of Humiliation throagt
which all travellers North and South must psss; ant
the monopoly Ike poIyon, cl0nls them all us tuO
lccts" saving for MI That county Is mine, and ell
The prince and god oft" Il.
Tie enoiriiy Of this usnrpaion may be seen In Ia
natural consequences NeWJeTsey claims The rlth' u
levy for State revenue passengers and reg
in transit her territory from state 10 otnle "a
other words. 10 levy a tax on commerce ainons NV
several States" Of the TiSM 10 Tar IS he rSM y
prohibit. Tie same power which can exact Ten cent
from every passenger according " the cry oil INC Gam
den and Amboy Railroad by the voice OF rs counsel
may exact dollars any other sum- ana thus enees
. lveIy close this great avenue o. communication.
Bat II Nsw-Jorscy play successfully this game o
taxation, and compel tribute ron the domestic COM
Of the Union IL trHverses ben territory on w
WAY fom State STATE then may ever! other STATE on
: likewise. York. With her central power. ma.
build up oyershsdcwing monopoly ara bouha.es
revenue while all the products and population Oh Ia
Wes tfaversing her territory an their way 20 the "a
and all the products end population OF The last WI
tie contributions Of oreisn commerce tra'e.slna u.
territory their way 10 the West, arc competed
' lay tribute Ponnsy lvaDia holding ono Of tho gTea
Highway. Of the Un.oni Maryland constituting al IS
. genital Ink In tho chain OF communication Win W
1, NatlonaI capital: Ohio spanning from lake 10 riyci
and forming q mighty hganent of States, East an
west Indiana enjoying the same unsurpassed oyp"i
tuues; Illinois yirdlcd by States with all Of wHlch
i. doyoiAicd by railroads east and west norIl an
!. souih; kcntuoky. guarding the gates OF tie h,fii
West; and finally. any ore Of the States o. Tue Vn
= liIo ~ The Pacific Railroad may enter upon shJh
career OF unscrnpaous eyactcn until anarchy ats 81
irene and there many different tributes as ther
are states. II the Union should continne 70 CAST,
= would DO oay Aaine. 1be nAisoAa unity WOW"
destroyed.
Of blood q Wild beast. Guekening and inaddchlht u
tho, deaf 10 all suggestion
9 ~ Injustice and the difficulties mast increas" whei
this Taxation II enforced by FAR reaching mOnopo.
The State tasting this blood, sees only an ohs
was ~ Obtaining the means desires and other Stat
= win Yield t. The saue temptation. The poet after p
u turing vice rs a monster VI hi.btui mi,D tsls Us
? iAIilsf words
. "Y., too OF. familiar With lcr face.
We hr.i endure then pity. then ~Jbrscc"
= A profitable usurpaiion. hike that Of New Jersel
would b. tempting example TO other states. "n =,
sanctioned BY Congress. and you hand tho dOn.c
tic conmercc ~ the Union to succcssion Of local In
POSTS Each State viii be tax gethcrer at the
N of the Union. Each State viii play the part Of Do
Quirotc and the Union viii lie sanclo Panza. con
PEELED 10 receive ON his bare back the ases which
tie penance OF bis master. therc be any single fru
Of our national unity. II there be any single element
tie Unioa If there any single triumph Of tho Cons
tution which may be placed above all others, u IS ~
Il eedom 81 commerce among the states under whc
that FREE r.dc. which the aspiration OF phios"pher
assured o. al citizens II the Union az they circuai
through whole broad country, without Lindoranc
from any State But this vital principle Is now !
q Jeopardy.
DO not FORGET TIA. II Is tho tar imposed
between New,York and Philadelphia two cities ontsd
Of he State q New-Jersey, which ldenonnce hav
n denounced IL as hostile to tho Union. denounoe
i also es hostile 20 the spirit " tie age. which
, everywhere overtarning the brricp OF commerce.
q The obier caetles which ompellcd the plymen
= Of toll the Rhine wero long ago dismanted an
exist only monuments VI pictir csque beauty
. Kindred pretcI'ioDs In other places have been ovci
thrown or tr1lnpled ont. The duties levied BY Den
mark on all vessels passing through tho Sound and th
Belts; the duties levied by Hanover the goods Of a
nations at Stadc On the Ebc; the tolls eIaced "a
Danube in its protracicd course the tolls oiacted
h Holland the busy waters Of the .Schedt. aud a.
transit imposts within the great Zoll Vercn Of Ger
isny have all been abolished and In this work ~ IN
Establishment the Government Of the United Srtes lc
tLe way, insisting in the vofda OF President Pierce II
hi al nusl message, ION the right Of free raHsn int
Il and from the Baltic- But the right OF free transi
acY, ~ The States Of the Union assaled Strong
In. In