The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-11-21

he most stringent that ever protect
ID domestic industry from the posi-
,iIity Of foreign competition, gave to
England the command Of the ocean;
'incc England never consciously on.
iored into any treaty or arrangement
which gave to foreign nations an in-
iustrial advantage in mechanics or
over her own people,
if Il were in her power to prevent II,
as the lato treaty with France conclu.
sively shows.
Amer sho had driven the Flemings
from the ocean, aud Genoa aud the
free towns of Holland had been com.
PEELED TO surrender their advantages |
to the superior skill and hardihood Of
the fishermen Of tho Lowlands--after
Van Tromp had lowered his naughty |
Gag aud no longer threatened TO
sweep the ocean with broom, this
Navigation act Of the Com.
mouwcalth Of England was iutroduo.
cd, aud prevails in many OF its fea.
tnres to the present day. While
other nations had more numerous
harbors and ports, England, sur
rounding the world from drum beat
to drum beat. stood sentinel to pro.
tect her own people against the en-.
eroaching industry of other nations
so that her sontinels. could call out
almost audibly to each other; Watch.
man, what Of tho uight1 All this was
produced by hes protection Of the in.
dustry OF the couNtry wherever she
could protect IL without interfering
with some othor Of her own interests.
That which other nations called a.
mastcrly stroke of liberality aud Svec
trade, in that treaty with France, was
nothing moro or less than most Gun
ring contrivaucc TO protect the mo.
chanical industry Of tho looms Of
Lyons aud the spindles of Marscillos'
aud Roucn, by allowing the silk spin.
ners and wcavors Of France to use up
what was before taken to England,
aud therO converted into thread and
woof Before, that was done by
France sending her coccoas across
the channel, to be spun by English
spinncrs and woven by English
weavers, after il had been half
wrought on its native stem. and then
sending il back to be skillnlly mani.
pulated by the cunning fingers which,
near the spot Of its production, twirl.
cd the flying spindlcs. O..
by that single provision in the
treaty, which took third Of the cx.
port duty from tho English tariff On
bituminous coal. French operators
saved their millions of dollars in the
cost of fuel alone, with which to drive
their motive power. You are aware
that all that power is produced by bi.
luminous coal, which England fur
nished in ample quantities, Of the
best quality, aud at the cheapest
price, and France produced only an
inferior quality, aud at an expensive
rate. That single article in the Cob.
den treaty relatively protected both
France and England, whilst it
left other nations precisely as they
then stood with reference to them.
b J thai article l doubt not that Eng
lish operations saved more aud i'm
| posed in the aggregate heavier duty
than any American tariff ever levied
upon the importations OF England
How cunning are American econo-
mists to shout pGaas to the free trad'
of England aud France, and exhor
us to follow their noble example
Will one never be obliged or allowed
to cease their marvelling at the shall
low examination of the teachers Of
political economy in this country
the misleadcrs of the Valley of the
Mississippi-nay, Of the whole couu
tryp Although not strictly connect
cd with what We are considering,
do not know whether this is not I
proper place to consult my coustitu
onts upon a question that has Away
puzzled and somewhat amazed ne
That question regards the conduct
not of our Executive, but Legislatiy
branch Of the Government upon tn
subject of protection. by our Con
stitntion all export duties arc prohib
ited. That Constitution was mad
before either cotton or tobacco wer
articles Of any account in our foreigl
trade, aud was evidently intended L
prevent the power of checking tn
exports Of grain, tempted by wha
were then tho Corn laws OF England
which laid a heavy duty upon the i'm
portation Of all grain. But there /
now no danger of an excessive oxpor
tation nor of an excessive prohibition
by any duty upon any Of the agricul
, tural products of this country; an
the ouly question for US is, can we b
T export duties increase our revenue
encourage domestic manufactures an
: our foreign trade? admit that
with the exception of the two article
mentioned, cotton and tobacco, the
, would never be resorted to, for
would increase tho prosperity of n
, part Of the country. The great man
ufactuting prosperity of England, a
we'll as many other countries of Eu
rope, is dependent solely upon tn
cotton of America. II was believe
before, and is now clearly provc
since the war, that other countrie
cannot, or will not, produce II Of
, suitable kind. even at cost Of tw
or three times that at which il /
produced by us. Hence it follow
, that an additional burden Of one
half the present native price Of cottc
could be imposed without eheckin
the export Of pound, II wo the
were to impose an nexport duty OF on
two or three centsper pound, II woul
! be just so much tax upon the foreig
merchant aud manufacturer, and 5
, much Of a clear revenue put into ID
Golfers Of the United States. Ho'
much that would produce, with th