Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-09-26

10 TINS extraordinary theory, 4 very si,npc rcnI,,
mo or S"menfem al hoaiHcm---may be abundant
suncient. SuPposc-and the supposition is not
quite so extravaganza il NAV at FIRST amman ,L,t
Nrcat britain and Franco, by U great encourage
mcnt OF their tropical dependencies wore ,hIce 10
supply themselves as fully with cotton MS tbev do
with lumber and, except in times of dcarth. with
Dread s'ufis, and were to impose on our cotton In,
same restrictions as they do those articles how
would Mr. McDuaie and Mr. Uavne and Mr.
Hamilton, and Governor Miller relish this doc
'rine' Would they not insist on rc;aliatory mea
sures; and If such measures were not aioptcd
would they not then berin s.to calculate the voIc
oil union" which did not afford them adenuntc
Protcction! and would not the calculations be JUS
tn'eo! CeSt une dutre Gfdirc,'' as the lawyer said
10 inc FARMER, III the of the goring bull And
Win due submission TO Mr. Nc Duiiic let be OH
served that bread stuiis the middle States are ms
important an item of wealth and prospcritv ne
COTTON to the southern and south western States
and that the former suffered in 1910 and
1923, much distress by the exclusion Of tLo;r
bread stuits as South Carolina could do by the cx-
clusioh OF her cotton. The export of broad s.ufI
III 1917, was S2O 900, nearly equal TO that of
cotton; whereas, notwithstanding orr nopulo.ion
has increased nearly 50 per cent since that pcriod
ana th1t our cultivation has greatly improved il
was in lo29, only S7,lI9,3 J5,
MT. Racquet the arch champion of free tr9dc late
~ announced III great triumph, that he had disco
ycred that the mighty nation, Switzerland and
The Hanscatic towns, 'IIamburg, Bremen and Luz
bcc," and 'thc city of Gibraltar ~ ssenioy per-
ms interchangeable researches have enabled him TO
produce, III all Europe, and arc, il is prcsunable
selected as worthy examples for us to follow. Pro-
tccting duties are intended TO guard the aTricul-
lure and manufactures of country from being
overwhelmed by foreign rivals. Mr.. Racquet must
have been hard run for facts and arguments to sup
port his doctrines. when he pressed Hamburg Bre
men, Lubec, and the City of Gibraltar! into his
service. 1t would be kind of him to inform us
what extensive agriculture manufactures those
cities have to protect But let us see what he
on this subject, particularly as regards Swtzcr.
land
"lhe twenty-five cantons of Switzerland are in
the enjoyment of full and perfect freedom of com-
merce There is not cusiom-h house III the land
All the surrounding nations may feely impart their
commodities, whether the products ofmanpfactures
or agriculture, without the payment OF the slightest
duty. And have the people of Switzerland been
ruined by this policy? Let the answer be made in
the attempts made by some of tho modern school
OF political arthmctcians in 1921 and 20, TO intro
duce the protecting system. They were promptly
rejected, as unsound in principle, and as pregnant
with disastrous consequences
Next to Switzerland we mention the free Han
sGauc towns OF Hamburg. Bremen, and Lubcc
The duties imposed in these cities are so extreme
iy light, as TO be scarcely perccptible The civ Of
Gibraltar, too, enjoys perfect free trade ~
But 10 and beEold what the consequences of
'the enjoyment ofthis full and perfect freedom of
commerce.
The supplement TO the Encyclopmta Rrtonni
Ga, published in March, 1924, the latest authority
L can find on the subject of Switzerland and Ger
tainy sufficiently late put down the ipse drit of
Mr. Racquet, after enumerating the Swiss manufac
ture of cottons, silks, linens, and Watches (of the
last of which 100000 exported annually from
that country,) adds the following admonitory view
Of the disastrous result of the 'perfect freedom of
trade" so highly eulogized by Mr.. Racquet:
"Ihese means ofsubsistcnQe & employment are
found insufficient to check the progress of poverty
which is making rapid strides, aud which has pro-
duced extensive emigrations to the United States
to Canada, and Brazii."-Yol. vi. p Cos.
presume shall hear no more of the blcssinus
conferred by 'trce trade" on Switzerland Her
late has been at all times that of every country
however blest by nature with her utmost bounty
which has not protected its native industry-wit-
ness Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, and Poland
HAMILTON.
Philadelphia, Sept 6, 1881.