The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-02-08

ffeHes These are chiefly selected to give the
..ulf@H al eectioneering meetings-and it issthe
hofRAH BOYS" who, lin the opinion Of late
- pubic functionary,) decide questions of the
ia1eresi But these may yet discover that
oI1HgJ"Hg h,tr1ahs would be very cold supper
- Sieep on, and not afford much refiesment for
.nJ i"nors OF the ensuing day | say-that every
-, nus. l'ious and prudent American has a RIGHT
~ NE well-and that this is the true meaning of
tho nS.urai and unalienable right involved in
Drc ~o,os, pursuit Of happiness" as used in the
DECLARATIONS or ISDErENprScE.
Ja' though ezcusing majority of the I" free
sd1e party as have donc-this charge Iseriously
trr;n' against all that they affect regard for
th;ns "n.ch q h.ot-which, in the very nature of
lungs, cannot be. Where is "FREE rRaDE ~
II belongs not to the past or present Condition Of
ISoeYIOal when the MILLENNIUM comes. and
te idiho snail lie down with the lion whom foo,;
a. az c'othhg viii no more be needed there NAV be
as1 trade"-that is. no restrictive Ia,rs But
- ta"s must and will exist until the dispositions
u Tue wants and the public and private reauisj-
sioAs On labor las the only true measure of value
aii oe equal upon the nations and Kingdoms and
states Oh The civilized world The peaceful Quaker
says resist not eviP'-but will be bun any thing
which he can make, unless he can sen his own nr1,
ductonsi Maybe will shut himself nm. and d.
vert some portion Of the labor of his family say to
the spinning of wool and knitting of stockings
winch his i'll natured neghbor will not give him in
exchange for bread. Here is the " restrictive sys-
~ ITO iuilesL extent. Inc Quaker says
Neizhbor Bull, my wife and children are badly
9. on Tor stockings-and desire to obtain some of
Ihee. My farm produces not silver nor gold-but
nave aolenty of fine white wheat iour-rye corn
ana potatoes. | will allow thee thy asking price
Tor .ie otkings. ard sell thee -four or grain at
MAJ, the price which thou art paving for it.
ana SO let Us exchange labor" g But stocking
weaver bull 'oars out. "you and your grain may
90 10 -, Your suggestions are impairment
-FOUR wife and children shall 60 bare legged, unless
you bring me gold Or silver" Now that's hard, "
ihe Quaker would renrn. "but I pray thee, friend
Bull, do not put myself in a passion. Keep or eat
thy stockings. as shall be most agreeable to myself
they are thine to do what thou wilt with them.
ana as thou pleaseth not to trade with me- must
so contrve TO do without thee. Farewell, neigh
DOR Bull" And then the Quaker " as stiff as n
pike-staf," but without feeling any spirit of re-
sentiment retires. Whe-eupon old Bull leaves his
counter to abuse Ephraim, and calls him a Z" mo-
nnpolist." an extortioner" a "roguer and a |
" thief and curses him because he seeks "ex- |
elusive privileges"-and all Bulls calves, big and
little. horned or not horned white black or brindle
below in chorus, free trade-no restrictions-fres
trade" and sing the glorics of the stocking weaver
But the Quaker, though somewhat disturbed by the
catfish din, looks not back-he proceeds straight
way TO his own house." wherein dwelletb peace
and plenty cheerful hearts and willing hands-that
he may counsel with his % help-mate" And when
Jemlma learns the Issue of the proposed trade with
neighbor Bull, she says" Well, good Ephraim.
must say that this does not look clever but let it
not grieve thee" she raises her spectacles and
casts kind look at her husband .' If thou wilt
spare little of thy wheat and cortland TO pasture
sheep and make hay to keep them in the winter,
III be bound that none of US shall want stockings"
AND so 1T is SETTLED. To proceed with our
subject
Let us first understand what is price, and what
is rGlue? Many persons apprehend these terms
to be synonymous. and they may be so-but they
oFa IN Al
antipodes There are two men on a. desolate and
desert is!and-one has bag of potatoes, the other
bag of diamonds. The potatoes have raIue be-
cause they will sustain life-the diamonds in them
selves, are worth nothing, having neither price nor
value. But If the two agree to divide the bags
equally the owner Of the potatoes obtains his price
and he that possessed the diamonds gets ratue. If
tL Ls &c POTATOES 49,. -ahsis. ha,h until
relieved by some passing vessel-both may have
made good bargain; but if both perish for lack of
food, though the supply might have sustained one
of them, the owner of the potatoes, so far as he
made merchandise of his property, dies the death
of foOl-yet, man he should have equalized
his cGludb!e stock with his unfortunate fellow
Price is something-any thing money or goods,
and depends exchanges-udIue has no ndispen-
sable relation to price exchange. starved rat
sold for guinea on board the Jersey prison ship
the crimes committed in which vessel were al |
most enough to sink nation and will yet be |
avenged! Five or six cents is the price Of days
IN OF tne Last tnQleS-Dut cannot be the
rdlue OF one in the United States, because the la
borer would perish only so much means of
subsistence afforded-as well on account of the I
different prices OF provisions, because of the
kinds used and the totally different habits of per-
sons. These habits enter nearly much into the
Uafue of commodities as commodities themselves
are necessary to sustain life. By habit the East
Indian lives on little rice and water-the Irish
man on potatoes-the Spanard on a spoonful of
rancid oil, crust Of brown bread, and a root Of
garlic-the Esquimaux the raw bubber of
whale land with enough of these, and other small
occasional supplies, either may reach long life !;
but place Pennsylvania farmer under such diet
and he must soon be starved! He would think
and think and think-and soon make his public |
servants accountable for the distress which they |
had brought upon him, in dscardng and consign- |
ing them to the infamy of unfathful agents of the |
peoples villas traitors TO the general tcelfare''
of the american people.
1t is well known to most readers that it is the |
practice of English noblemen gentry, and clergu |
when their estates become embarrassed because of
their guttony in vice, to retire to France-and, by
residing there recruit their fortunes though Iiy-
ing quite as well, and keeping up the same pomp
and parade, and style, in all things. gambling cx
cepted) which they observed at home There is
nothing mystical in this. Thirty British sovereigns
or pounds, will purchase much Of the general
necessaries, comforts, or luxures of lifeand go
far in the indulgence of most of the vices as one
bushel of wheat. or gallon Of wine, is the same in
both countries-but the price differs 70 per cent
Hence it is utterly impossible that q free trade
can exist between France and Brtan--that the
latter can exchange days labor, as determined by
its true value the of subsistence with the for
mer, unless absolute beggary ensues. A bushel Of
wheat which costs only so pence sterling in France
contains the same nutriment q bushel of wheat
which costs 100 in Britain. Regarding wheat
then, as a measure of the cost of subsistence,
Frenchman, having equal industry and skill, ma,
make pair of shoes, for example, inst as well TO
Is pence, as Brton can for 30 pence. Thus We
see that they cannot exchange bread-stufS, o
SHOES. Britain, because Of the plentliulness O
her coal ond iron, and the mighty extent of he
scientific power or labor saving machinery, wou
gladly furnish France with iron and all its chic
manufactures-but France forbds the supply, be
cause French bread cannot be exchanged for Brit
| sh iron, and on account Of the necessity that pre-
walls of making home market for the products a
French agriculture. And there is yet another AM
| a prouder reason that influences France iron AM
its chief manufactures are indispensable to tn
| NATIONAL DEFENCE, and it is impossible tina
even a half tcitted government can yield VI
TIA Il to the casualties and caprices OF FOR
EiGN POWER. And the natural operation IS
that though the French farmer may pay somethin!
more for the small quantity Of iron which he needs
it is many times refunded to him in the enhanced
price of his grain-the nearest and what should Dc
the best foreign market for his surplus, being seae'
} against him. France has no right to complain, oe
cause the British people are compelled TO pay .I
their own farmers twice or three rs much iU
bread it costs in France; nor has Britain to DC
offended because that France protects her owl
manufactures Of iron--such restrictive Jaws oeihe
absolutely requisite to the preservation oil tiie 10
tondl independence of each, or, at least 10 suppo
! the SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT which tney "a''
: respectively adopted.
ri In Furtber aton the leading tactS SuH-