His preference was for an "even" duty on all imports.

This is not the place for an economic discussion.

The true policy of the United States is probably between the extremes of protection and free trade.

The nature of our population has been changed by the enormous immigration of the last fifty years.

Moreover, instead of an absolute freedom from debt the nation has had to endure the legacy of debt left by the Civil War, to meet which a development of all its resources of manufacture as well as of agriculture is required.
_Administration_ To arrive at a correct estimate of Mr.Gallatin's administration of the Treasury Department, a cursory review of the establishment as he received it from the hands of Mr.Wolcott is necessary.