The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-05

The city Of Liverpool, England, owes
its prosperity in q great measure to its
commerce with the United States. Yet,
without the slightest ~pretensions to
gratitude, during the rebellion it exhib-
tied, st aIl times, an u~nmistaksble de-
sire TO sid in the permanent disruption
Of the Union. The merchants Of Liy-
erpool were our bitterest and most
persistent enemies They contributed
their money TO bolster up the rebel
cluse by thousands. They helped to
build, equip, arm, and clsndestinely
send out on the great ocean, piratical
vessels to prey upon our commerce
Their Mayor and chief men engaged in
blockade running. They elected the
builder Of the Alabama to Parliament,
and have since chosen two of the worst
tories-our enemies--to the House Of
Commons. Their organ is the Mercury,
which never lost a chance to put in q
plea for the rebels, and abuse the
national cause. Yet after all, the Mer
cury has the effrOntery to sneak as
follows
There is no town or port in the United
Kingdom that hes gained so much as Live
pool from the adoption Of The free-trsde
rineip es, and there is no place in the
kingdom that has 60 gfeatan interest Liv
ernoal IN theexieosion Of those principles TO
All the counties OF the world. So far as
4 Gland ia c ncerned, the Liberal parry,
hc.udine The ndherents % the iate Sir Rob
art Pee has 60 completely established the
. tendency Of those prime pes as 70
eve little. ifanythiug, 10 be done by sue-
coed ug Miuisiers aDd Par isments. But
this is lot the case with foreign nations,
lev of ah CD have adopted those principles
even 10 q moderate estent. and none ofthem
completely. So long ss ia 8 continues TO be
the csie The beDeG softhat admirable system
Of COMMERCIAL ptlicy Nil be only psrtislly
{. owed eyeni IN this country 'or although we
have = isely opened our ports a. Wild IS posi-
lie % The products oithe whole world, Il will
still require many neutrality-suspicious. on the
nsrt of ahe fritsh Government 20 open the
ports Il the whole wor d Us widely 10 our
manu- aetursrs. Indetd, SINE Of The great
est c numerical rtaione, both of Europe AID
America, slii cling closely TO the worss de
lusicns of the protective system. This is
sspecisllv The csfe IN the United States Of
America in which country the protective
system j, 81 pre- ent 20 completely establish
ed as 10 threaten the most serious injury TO
the great trade between England and Amer
ics. which has long formed the principal
e.ment In the commercial Rieatoess OF the
q of live pool. A. is Il the utmost con
sequence 20 tie future progress Of Liverpool
that every effort should be made by cur own
Government 10 urge on f'reigu countries,
end especially IN the United States, an en-
tire change IA their p,csent restrictive and
exclusive policy, and The adoption, at the
~sarlie-t possible period, Of the free and en-
tighten d commercial principles which
have proved Of so much aivsutage in this
country"
Could impudence go further2
We hope the time will never come
sgain when the people Of Liverpool
shall reap fortunes from their trade
with the United States The war, which
they did so much 10 foster, has made a
-high tariff necessary. Protection
must continue to be our policy. Fur
thermore, the Federal Constitution
should be so amended as to authorize
the levying CT = duty upon exports
This would further cripple British COM
merce and manufactures, and build up
ours