The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-19

tariff Ia, as IL always lhas been, for protection
az well a. for revenue. Customs duties were kept
up long after they were wanted aud when would have
been very easy 70 raise the small required oy some
inland revenue. An appeal 70 Amsncsn patriotism
come tar, or sufficient system Of stamp dutisa But
protection was maintained In reality an engine q
az aanes @ r.. y L. ..sSsd WITH
finance. commercial tyranny was sol up against the
SUI .rior political and military genius Of the South and
The needlessly high tariff simply black mail sub
United 10 by the Southern and Western states The
spirit OF those older tariffs survives and scale OF duties
far beyond all American antiopatons 10 wantonly,
maliciousy aggravated for the protection OF American
industry. Tho result IL that American indusry sinks
under the load Of protection Our correspondent pointed
out the facts and the obvious inferences
New York journal undertakes TO reply, and does so
unhappy disageeabe the condition OF this country,
and by asserting that free trade cannot DO carried ous
Iaborers work like slaves for piitancs,
women and children mako horseshoe nails or traverse
the country In gangs such as would disgrace me KING
dom OF Dahomey. Our shipyards are Idle, our work.
houses full and the most repuleve and incesssnt toll
receives wages Just above starvation point The English
sbore pines proleclon the Irish peasant for any pos
sbls escape from the and laws that keep him
poor and degraded Meanwhile when the pinch comes.
wc give up free trade. Ar 10 free frade, the
es no know eaot IS and probably does not eareto
ksow It Is tra..e emancpals from all restrictions
and burdens which not in the inre,-st OF All tns
parties concerned; that Is. which for one psson
against another class against another one nation
against another Az IL in the interest Of common hui
mainly that Is OF ali tho world-that the destitute.
sick and aged should DO left PERISH that children
shoud not be worked above their strength or left with
on, educstion that women and girls should not DO made
nero beasts OF burden reduced to eavagery-theso
not questions Of Trade at ALL free not free. Little
as "Aonadnock seenas 10 DO aware he himself inter-
ested In the maintenance OF human nature ~ it's
highest possible elevation oil over the vond. AZ
all events, he must allow Engiishmen TO indulge
tho asntinents OF bsnevoleucs without having II
imputed TO them that they do 1t protective-.has
Is, sensh-principes, and, in 10 doing, are offending
against the great doctrine OF free trade But Is
free trade that has produced the scandals which protec-
ton this writer says Ia invoked In vain TO mitigatef
They all existed, far worse in the days OF protection.
They are the evils Of crowded country. The popula.
ton OF these isles has doubled since the beginning OF the
century but ID impossible to from the
surrounding seas except generally at extravagant
cost or even to reclaim without risk OF loss.
The land won't employ all, and the surplus must do
what they can America, on the contrary has millions
upon millions OF the best land In tho world to draw upon
fast she wants them. She has all the charm OF
novelty, as well a. Its more solid advantages Till her
citizens fell out with one another In the mere excess OF
youthful energy and the more exuberauce OF wealth
and power, they had need OF army TO
call an army or OF feet to call feet IL Is folly,
II not mockery TO compare such country With Eng
land, As II the circumstances were equal and laws re-
sponsible for the difference septuagenarian may be
healthy and strong for his years. his activity Of mind
and body speak well for the moderation Of his diet
the regularity q hs habits and the calmness Of his
temper What would Be thought Of young man Ct
twenty, OF remarkable strength and stature, who
sack OF corn, TO throw cricket bali hundred yards to
run mile in five minutes, to leap his height,
TO walk twenty miles IN dav, TO eat dish Of fruit
or quart OF oats without ndigesonS should the old
that would be dsparsgsment Of she habits and plan
OF life which have made him what he is-hoalthy tor
his time OF life, strong for his physical frame, with
good heart and with duly cultivated mental powers.