The native American., 1837-10-14

The Burlington (Wsconsin) Gazette, in noticing
the complaints of hard times in the Atlantic cities.
thinks the neces5oas cannot DO better than TO emigaf
TO the west.
That journal INDUCES in the following strain
s.Come We poor and famished TO Wisconsin. Here
we have plenty and to spare. None need. none can
suffer for the necessities Of life. Thank Providence,
have enough and to spare. to eat and TO drink and
with all be clothed. This is the place for the poor
plenty OF every necessary Of life, and do, and nigh
wages 1t is strange that the poor and laboring class
es, in despite Of all entreaty-in despite of common
sense and prudence, dole miserable starving
tence in old, barren, bleak worn out States, and in
large cities and towns, when they could here with less
than half the ordinary exertions, mike comfortable
lvelihood-and with ordinary prudence and industry,
make themselves and their families, in a few years.
perfectly independent. But how they get teIe?
Easily enough. Work their way. A little will car
~ Them to the Ohio, and from thence they will be
ken for their services almost any stramboat-and Il
they should not, deck passage is always low,
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAMBLING AND
TRADING.-It has been remarked that all games
sports are limitations either of commerce The
limitations ofwar Sufficiently obviocs some such
the conbafs OF tie giadiatos in ancient Rome
exhibitions Of acnal fighting; Others such the bull
fights OF Spain. the elephant and tiger fights If India
the cock Eight dog-ghts, bad gerbaIts &c. Of
and other countries exhibitions Of the combats Of
animals. in these cruel sports, the animals
made to fight for the amusement Of the lockers
who sympathze in the exeItons of Skill power, and
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the pleasure is derived from being spectator, but
actor in the contest; in all feld-sports, such
cricket. football prisoners base, chess, dranghts &C.,
in which the qualification arises from Of The
skill exercised, from the love of emulation, and the
feeling Of superiority. The games which appear be
limitations of mercantile dealings are, without excep
tion g1ss Of chance gambling games, such games
with dice and cards. lotteries, raf1es, &c. in games
Of this kind there is usually stake TO be played for,
which is like The sum that trader hopes gain by an
adventure speculation; and either chance alone,
mixture Of chance and skill determines the winner
In games Of cards the resemblance is further in.
creased BY the players exchanging some of their cards.
a. In the well known game Of commerce.
But noting the resemblance between trade and games
Of chance. it il also important, TO their ference
Al games of chance there is certain sake made up
by the contributions Of the players; and when the
game il over whatever is gained BY one PLAYER is lost
by another. There can be no gain without cores
pondng loss. In trade however, this i. far otherwise
Every voluntary exchange n1ut necessarily be far The ben
EN- Of both pa ties It would be an absurdty to sup
pose that both parties 10 an exchange are net gainers
No man exchanges merely for the sake Of changing:
for example, m man gives shilling in order to get a
shilling. or gives acony Of book in order 10 Get an
Identical copy Of the same book. Still less does any
exchange in order 10 Give awav sonethino which
10 more valuable him than that which no ret. in re
turn. No man gires horse worth gao fr a buslel
OF corn worth lOs No man gives cargo OF cotton
gees worth e5oo for pipe of wine worth ESQ.
Some Of orr readers may perhaps he inclined 10 e1
Y hevrr formally stated, only because it is universally
admitted; and may think that in telling them that mel
fher party loses by exchange adhere strictly to
onr Character Of not admitting neos into orr magazine
Nrverthecss this axiom however evident and undeni-
ahle Is ithpiedy rejected by many Of those person.
Shs constuer free trade injurious the wealth of
country. For in whatever manner merchants are per
itted 70 trade II is quite certain that they will never
give more Than they gp,-in other words never volnn
tariiy make a losing bargain Sometimes indeed il
happens that goods voluntarily sold at MSS. bu
II Is evident that merchant will long continue n
make cxcAsngeslby which he is loscr Those ner
fhsTssoA, who maintain that IL we trade freely
with foreign ehsntry merchants will lose unless
chat country trades freely with no maintain that one Of
the parties to 'y,1nniary exchange may be loser
For considerable trade can be carried on by
means Of the precious metals by country in which
thsy produced, il is obvions that if we nport
large quantity Of goods from foreign country we
either give in exchange goods Of less value MS than
toae which part with, that If they will not take
tbds and do not want bullion, they mast give
THAR goods for nothing. The latter snpposition u.s. we
fear. too favourable 10 ourselves he very probable
or, il is commonly said il I. too gooa 10 be rue bit
~ any i'll likely Tint Foreigners will give us
tbA1 goods for pching, as that - viii foreigners
eSF1npde fy ppthing; whah would be- fhs case IL 1t
tina that fraa tyado az any ofhar tr,dn Il