Frnm thn New.York Courier.
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| Sugar Trade.-A great and increasing n-

 terest see ns to prevail n several large cltles

 in favour of reducing the duty on Sugar; and journals known to be devotedto the Tariff, frankly admit. u at the tax upon this article

 should be reduced or repealed. We are n3t

 surprised at this. The people begin to loola

 nto the necessity which imposes those bur dens falling so occult rly heavy uponan artl. le | of necessity, and they are met at once, not only | by a full treasury, but by questions as to the distribution of the surplus revenue upon the payment of the national debt. No people on | earth are mo;e willing to sustain the govern

 ment in times of exigency than the citzcns or

 this country. They cheerfully paid every di-

 rect tax required to carry on the late war, and

 ill the same ratio that this patriotic spirit pre- | vails should the measures of Congress be di- rected to relieve them from unnecessary lm-

 posts or extravagant taxation because, where reliefcan be aff 1rded withoutinjury to the pub | lie good, it should be tendered uncalled for-- as all paternal governments consider it flrs

 duty to relieve the subject or citizen from the payment of taxes not demanded by the pres sure of the times.

 What is the tax on sngar9 And how does | the question stand ?

 It is calculated, from correct sources, that

 the consumption Of sugar in the United States amounts to 140, 100000 pounds, and that 60, ,000,000 of this are imported on the a.

 mount imported a duty of three cents per

 pound is paid. We manufacture in this coun-

 try about 80, O00,O 900 pounds of sugar, which sells in the market for the same sum that the imported sugars bring, including the duty; the

 three cents therefore paid for the imported su-

 gars from this equality of price go into the pockets of the nianufacturer-that is to say, while the three cents duty goesinto the Trea-

 sury, three cents also go to the manufacturer, whose prices are the same as those ct the im- porter. The manufacturer, therefore, taxes

 the American people on 8o.000, 900 Of pounds which they produce, the sum of S2, 400, 000,

 and on our whole consumption S4,200, 900 This is an enormous amount of tax upon an

 article of necessity, which twenty states m the

 union pay, to benefit the remaining four in

 which sugar is manufactured; :; nay, not four,

 because Georgia and Mississippi were in ia

 vorof repeating the duty. It may be said therefore, that, in effect, the American peo-

 pie pay for the benefit of Lousina and Alaba- ma alone, a tax on sugar equal to four million of dollars annually! Under these circum- stances it is natural enough that these states

 may desire to continue that tax, but it is very

 unreasonable that other states shculd consent

 to it.

 The lmerican System and high Tariff

 have for their avowed objects the protection of

 American industry that is to say, protection

 against foreign manufactures but what kind of protection are we to consider the high duty on sugar, which taxes twenty-two states in the Union, for the benefit of the remaining two? At this rate, one class of citizens will be compelled to apply for protection against the onerous exactiens of another class Let us go little further into our calculations on this interesting subject A good quality of

 Matanzas sugar may be obtained at that place

 for S2 g, per 100 lbs. an inferior quality at

 S1 25, or one and a quatcr cents per pound. If we take the highest of the two prices, and add the cost to boxes, the sugar may be had at little less than three cents perlb.-the

 amount we pay in duty alone ;whatthen is the

 actual cost to our consumers ? Add duty, freight, commission. transportation, profits,

 6Sc. it amounts to S7 75 per 100 lb., which 1 the consumer pays--whereas for corporations