New-York tribune., 1871-12-26

have REQUIRED lcss for the prrpoa" o' on s
the oxlsnc TARIFF than to insure % tnf. t
cIara,ons T y" adr IN the Custom Houses, the tariffs ao
reduced from to ana cvsn % per cent nnv ~ hsw" ihc real
eject of rendering correct tho application OF the tarhs
Of 1850 such has S rSsn p"ES Enyan% a%d Spy %e yroaT
s'FSsDn as we have SAID denuncIation Of the Treaty
Of , sse a o of relations But
with the utmost good feeling for cordial relations we
SonsSn, @ that such situation tend 10 KIN
our principal industries Our manner OF opening neso
nr!t hInsh only favorable reception may also say
that the first negotiations OF the MINISTERS OF Eng t
ho,h IN Paris and in London enabled us I" obtain not
would he accepted Little BY little. meanwhile the cr
cunsnces have shown themselves less favorable. ana
nearly year has passed without thou a,toss,hsS sIhisS
SO sIt the MS "s sd OF .h.
abrogate the treaty Of 1850 In the month OF February
cHnr ns MS rsS wS" for % IS at should eapse
between the snuncation and the abolition OF tne treaty
For the reason that We have given we have io ABOUT ~
have expressed the formal wish to repeal the treaty 1t
has been to lose Whole year before
There has been opposed I" " not question OF dd tarih t
% hit s % @ always we ensed S
this negotiation that England. in sccedng to our de-
nS S would lend " to Ss1 ep on
the part Of the chief industrial nation of the continent
This reasoning has not convinced us. IT, at bottom,
the treaty had been only injurious one coui have
oned after this fash on but such an objection when
in question: when iron and its products ol chemical pro
aus Is, and the greater part OF the matters composing
of Exchange UNDERGO alteration, such an Objectonis
altogether at issue with the condition Of affairs lei
then, without object that 10 bad been determined,
after existence Of ton years the question OF the raty
should be cOusdcrcdl Was II without an object that ar
tlcc Il OF the treaty had stipulated hat after ten years.
the tariffs should be roviSedi 1t Is pretended that
tine treaty should always rem lin untouched but hen the
stipulated Cserva0is would have been vainy inserted
We must remember that employ our incontestaDo
night and that we IT moderately in demanding that
the treaty Of 1863 should be- not abandoned but merely
modified Here, then, il the point to winch we nave
been actually hrought which comprised ~ our owrt
to egotte but which will he altered II YOU DO not
approve tit is to dcnouuce the treaty. while
cunsentug to negotiate on" whole wear sun
in such d manner that the notice VIII take
date from to-day. both that the time to nc lost
during these negotiations shall not nc lost lot us
alo - and that It taken during HE pending year. that
the treaty shall in acton after our notice mus
the question still OF the abrOcat or tie simple
modification Of the treaty Oar political relations with
England will he also ancable in the past aud our
tariffs will remain precisely they were except upon
the points which have been on ol pdr macra of ohcc-
| Certainly may SAY no negotiation coiiu nave
| been conducted with more modcfnon. more love OF
peace ana impartial judge o. Europe. even IN En-
gland, will lHd ii possible 10 condemn our conduct.