Smuggling.
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The Free Trade journals are calling for a re-
duction of the Tariff on the ground of the ten
dency of high duties to encourage Smuggling.
They seem to forget that in the most considerable
instance of Smuggling detected this winter the
article smuggled was quantity of Watches, on
which the duty is barely seucn and a half per
cent If men will smugge under such duty,
what use in reducing the Tariff to prevent Snug
Cling


We should consider it just as reasonable to call
for the abolition Of the laws against stealing, house
breaking, sc. because people are tempted to break
them, as to call for an abrogaGon of the Tariff on
account of Smuggling Those who smugglc know
they do wrong-that they seek to enrich them
selves by defrauding the whole People. If the
Tariff is to be broken down to keep these lnno-
cents out of trouble, how low must we go 1t
is clear that y per cent. is not low enough, and
the Government cannot live under twenty.


But suppose we give up the Tariff altogether-
what then? Revenue must be raised by Direct
Taxes and will not rogues smuggle then Ger
tainly Dishonest men will conceal or cloak
their property in order to evade the payment Of
their just proportion; we shall have thousands
Smuggling where we now have dozens. The
only way out of the frying pan is into the fire.
Better stay where we are,