New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-08
PROTECTION FOR THE SOUTH
WITH EXTENSION OF TRADE wrTHssIsTER
REPUBLICS.

ExcoNTEDERATys REALIZING THAT Thhf
WERE BEATEN BECAUSE CALHOUN TAUGHT
FREE TRADE BEFon HE TAUGHT
SECESSION.
70 tie bdftor OF Ths Trioans.
Sir: Attempts have been made 10 turn recsnt
letter OF mine upon South American rado into frec
trade argument. I am not willing to he misroi-
resented, And, II you Will give me brief space, Will
state my whole conclusion.
We at the South aro building for home markets. and
the tariff Is important u.s. because In peculiar
poril Of low ocean frcizhts al all cotton ports.
from Norfolk to Galveston, TO not of which ca.
we get as cheap carriage from our works England
finds In ballast In certain lines We produce beyond
local demands and must srck Northern Sou heru
market and naturally to Mexico, Cuba, Central
and south America We believe that tho ports SHOULD
be closed against the influx OF cheap foreign manu-
features aud the paupcr labor of Europe and China,
and at the same time that they should be open to
The South Our homo market Is the best In the world
II Is better than all the markets OF the world to-
scther but need not therefore confine ourselves
to II. Reciprocity is not FREQ trade. An agreement
that We shall maintain our tariff against Europe upon
condition that Mexico maintain Night Arin anu
that there should he free interchange on this condition
II everything grown forged, or woven Is not frr;
trade I'm the generally accepted any more than
Is the commerce between our States. II iathor
extends the tariff wall.
The mary ellous energies and appliances Of our work
men will create a dangerous surplus
than that in tho Treasury, and our reHei
does not lie destroying the dams or dikes to the
East, but rather In opening the miDraces to tho
South
Free Trade England has only escaped utter over
throw BY the most aggressive policy OF the ages.
With unrcsting search she has hunted TOT lie"
purchasers. she has crippled the rising Industries
Of great communities TO make way for her surplus
she has whlcned every with subsidized shps'
she has taught tribes in huts to build houses naked
tribes 10 wear clothes: and upon the whole shc ha'
beitered the condition of the world. But she hao
never shrnk from injustice cruelty. PreIuhceS,
TREATIES. religions have not been alowrd to stand III
her way Her outside market is greater than That
OF all other nations Of tie world, ana all this nos
come not from hareI or pride, or military spirit
hu, frm n,cct sny 10 prosperity and peace
at homo Why then should our workmen stand Idle
20 baye no rIruoSo TO invade England's rghtnl
canaan her the hundred millions Of subject peoples
may still pay her tribute. But there lie at our door
sister republics with which We arr and shall rehah
At pcaCa. We may treat with them to mutual al
vantage We may in tho most neighoory spFt tt
move the dividing fences and Keep our outside FENCES
sakci and rid"red.7
II W. Of tn" south faEc mon Hhvahc'n F'o'"t
on thosr south American trade questions than you Oh
the North charge # TO our location. 'uoa' hcA'"
and Central America have excited the allDl"o' s"
desire OF genera ions herr. We turn pa'uraS J" '
direction: the southwark movement OF our "d"
f,ct1lr,s is ~ imperial that OF the Mississippi VIZ
4, M, LcItcv, that the Almighty intended that tho
Rio Grand, should remain forever an nnor"iEeu river
or tho Gull Of Mexico untnrow"d sea. We sen
, WAY NJ oreninp the doors 10 comIsrcia fr'"nuN
=, thc south without opening to our cOmmaclai io
| the Fast. ..o,,
ant nm, editor complains that make It q scenona
ouespn II Is better IN the end thai every e'a'o S
secr,n and neIglbOrhOod give h?St hech '" i's P'u
ua, wants and 70 when they come together ne gen
eral good will be bcet discovered. can uioFs'"'u
how our cotton districts, With constant inae' ~.
,ho,r s,ono pnnluct can desire the free trade thS
may ,edyce the price Of everything from bacon I"
bunting that they may buy. can uhder7Is"" H"'
the imporurs and Exchange brokers OF Now iorN
could prefer a policy that would magnify mr. 'ou
mcrcc for to produce IN America and 'ure IA
England brinss Ncw-York advantages But cannon
90 bou, N. farmer of Dakota could wish To snnd
hushcl Of wheat To Sheffield To buy ischNhe' IN
another and peculiar way this question becomes sec
uoul Th- men with whom ! act have tasea a., ~
bitterness The va alag ~ a. sS,ns o"Hr why the
caI.c If cixt millions % d.vo ana Ce'rSaI , W.
l~.P~ went down In nnPar.T ,ar, drr. trsIc be-
20 he taught se",-~Spu-: or perhaps b"caNe n
,.rn., .o,l went 10 war without savings bank or
80 - sbccp within II, borders" He VIII perhaps
Sav We ,onId nor marutact ug-' a wagon or gun
r1rT1ac or "A percussion cap. We c"ut' nD 'ahht
wis, or a telegraph lUc until We had Dnlh "GFFS
Aud n an w. v"Iy compelled to take AL cNeupiph'
NJ NV Yurk Arm Of Libby Prison ana ior'" mn
yub ,brrnt 81 drath icarA a class OF men;, ny
rhrt Of The Confdorate Telegraph service viii fru
Won tha he sent his laS' metsas' 10 ffe"urh ~
DAVIS on tho aid Of bnttornl!K AM
a.. Inuhterate solder and h" VIII say beVS''c VIC
-. harnso,t waiting for Engl!Sh shoes and "eiS
frycn waiting for Eng,'sl blankets ana our sfS
a,J ry1IId,d died waiting for English tentS a''u
anu Her, YOU may learn the weakness In
- H., cannes ~ an agricultural people. 49,.
Tvoths II all or Southern districts 'lhs c t
aud ul, ca Districts pre!"r t~e trade as hhe WSoI
q, Inc North prafer protection. But there IS ~ s''i
r,asnr ,yly In" remaining Onrhlru should r'Itrh ~
,he tc,cLirrs and traditions that once Destroyer
TrnTtou, where a majority StandS alrady plodg'I
IN contest IN which they have nothing 10 gAh OIL"
The Philadelphia Record rfers to me az on"
vJo In. ii,t au0Ec frum long sleep ard secs ~"
,.Lstas hcf,rr him We d, sometimes turn our 'N'N
r. IN thrss, rantral mountains Ia IA" SCUM, hd SOM,
,'.,ns tn th. North We Charleston. with IT, "U'
49,, sLrs H. cXClus.v" c-S. It's arr game" ara w.
f,mlaut but in ~ st'""tS ~ lind uhr-coGIJminu
Iat,1r and ur~andinC u n desert We sec fI!io
hIrr where the Northern SIX. IS HghId Tvs Slostahua
st-rir,,,rr> and awazIng gpUt w. 1rer IprdiFH W
sayinls banks that could almost buN q H'nInrrn
state ~ churches that a." re 10 all; us lapr
mi wyiES rI"ct It's surrounding gardens thu produce
more than Tho Who'll" stat Ut Suth trOlua ann
wr conclude that the policy thai buim' pr.nT
,,an ouc that DESTROYS Aud We fNDnh our manu-,
~ tho iron xo-SIeI> who have nulc nora our
dreams and discussions. but who heV" eStaoiishsI
tIm,rIon before uhtch nn our dynases wtthcr int"
dust. n u i'f''o