Southern planter., 1832-02-25

told that England hrst projected by her restrictive
policy hor whole empire against ulfiho world then
fireHt Britain against the coianics, then The
British isles against Zach other. and ended BY yninly
attempting 70 protect all the great interests and
employmen'a dthe Siatc by balancing them against
each other Sir, such system, carried fully out,
is not confined 10 rival npiions,bnt protects Que
town against anoiher, considers Villages, uDd even
families, rivals and can not stop short of"R0bin-
son Crsoc in his goat skins Itiakes but one step
further 10 make every manhis own lawyer. doctor,
farmer, and shoemaker; and, II may be allowed
an lrishism-his own seamsiress and washerwo-
man The doctrine Of free trade, on The contrary,
is founded on the social system. II looks on al
mankind rs children Of q coiumon parent-and the
great family Of nations aslinked together by mutual
interests. Sir, as there " a religion, so believe
there is politics Of nature Cast your eyes over
this various earlh-sce its surace diversified with
bills and valleys, rocks, and fertile fields. Notice
rs different produciions- iis infinite varieties Of
soil and climate. See The mighty rivers winding
their way to ihe.very mountains base, and thence
guiding man to the vast ocean, dividing, yet con,
noctlng nations. Can any man who considers
ihcsc things with The eye Of philosopher, not read
the design Of the Prea, Creator written egbly IN
his works. that his children should be drawn To-
geiher In q free commercial intercourse and mutual
exchange OF the various gifts which hountiiul pro-
videnco has blessed them. Commerce, Sir, re-
siricied even rs she has been, has been the great
source ofclyatipn and refinement all oyer the
world. Nextlo the Christian religion, consider
pREE rPADE, in It's largest sense as the greatest
blessing That can be conferred upon any people.
Hear, Sir, what Patrick Henry, the great orator Of
Virginia, whose soul was the very temple Of free
dom, says on this subject m.
"Wby should we fetier commorceG ia man is
/ Ia rhufua ha ...I
his spirits are broken but lei him t,risf he fettcrs
from his legs, and he will stand erect Feiler not
commerce! Let her be- as foe as air.-She will
range ihe whole creation and return on the four
winds Of heaven, to bless the land with plentyn
But, II has been said, that free trade would do We
~ wei, II all nations would adopt H. but as It is,
every nation must protect Itself from the effect OF
restrictions by counwvailing measures. lam per
suaded, Sir, that this IL a great most fatal error
II retaliation be resorled 10 for the honest purpose
OF producing a redress Of The grievance, and be adj
hered to no longer than there is hope of success,
y may, like war, ITSELF be sometimes Just and me-
cessary. But ifit have no such object, "it is the
Improbable contest Of seeing which can do the 9th
er the most harm" The case can hardly be con
ceiyed, In which permanent restrictions, as mea-
sure Of retaliation, could be profitable. In every
possible situaiion trade, whether moro or less re-
stricled is profitable OF il is not. This can only bo
decided by experience, and If the trade, be efi to
regulate ITSELF water would not moro naturally seek
IFS level, than he intercourse adjust itself 10 the
true interests OF the parties. Sir TO this idea Of
the regulation by government ofthe pursuits ofmen,
consider u as remnant Of baTbarism dlsgraceiul
TO on enlightened age, and inconsistent with the
frsi principle OF RATIONAL liberty ! bold govern
ment 10 be utterly incapable, from IFS posiriOn, oi
exercising such power wisely, prudenly or Justly.
Are mo ruefs Of the world tho repositories Of is
collected wsdomf Sir, can we forget the advice of
great statesman 10 his son-"Go, see the world
my son, that you may know with how little wis
dom mankind is governed" And is our own gov
ernmen' an exception TO this rule, OF do We not find
"Man proud man,
Dresi in a little briefautbority,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high Ileav'n
AS makes the angels weep
The gentlemen has appealed 10 the example Of
other nations. Sir they are all against him They
have had restrictions enough, 10 be sure; but they
are getting heartily sick of them, and in England
particularly, would willingly get rid Of them, if
they could. We have been assured, by The de.
claratioh Of the Minister Of the Crown, from hs
place IN Parliament, +" that there is a growing
conviction, among all men Of sense and reflection
IN That country, that the true policy ufal nations
lsto oo iouhu W unrestricted industry" Sir, 10
England they are now rotracng their steps, and
ondcavoring to roliove themselves of the system as
fast as they can. Within few years past. up
wards Of three hundred statutes, imposing restric-
tons in that country, have been repealed; and a
case has recently occurred there, which seems TO
leave no doubt that, f Great Britain has grown
great, II is, as Mr. IIuskisson has declared, /" not
m consequence Of but spite Of her restrictions. p
The SILK manufacture, protected by enormous
bounlies, was found 10 be in such declining con-
diiion, tha the government was obliged 10 do
something to suve II from total ruin. And what
did they dot They considerably reduced the du
" on foreign silks; both on the raw material and
the manufactured ariicle The consequence was
the immediate revival ofihe silk mahfac,ure. which
has since been nearly doubled
Sir, the experience Of france is equally decis-
i've BonapaTte's effort to introduce cotton and
sugar has cost that country millions and, but the
other day, foolish attempt to protect the iron
mines, spread devastation through half Of France,
and nearly ruined the wine trade, on which ore
hflh of her citizens depend for subsistence. As
TO Spain, unhappy spain, " fenced round with re-
strlctons," her experience, one would suppose,
would convince us, if any thing could, that the
protecting system in politics, like bigotry in re.
ligion, was utterly at war with sound principles
and liberal and enlightened policy. Sir, saw,
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