The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-10-28
FREE rRAnE. .

None oflhe consequences nI'free trade have
more strongly impressed our minds than lis
relations to The moral amslo1atioa Of society.
We do not believe that free trade. could al
once make The world what i should be; bpl 1t
would give il the opportunity to become so,
and put II on the way. II would bind diverse
interests into a go oemn league OF good-~Ill.
Men seem to have taken it for granted, that
the diversity which prevails 10 the climates and
soils of me earth should be reason for diver
sily Of interests among it's nbabans. Be-
eau o there is different governpenIS, they infer
that there should be hostile governments But
ouch was moi tho intention Of nature. The
d,ffrrejces and dlverstIes of which we have
srr4en are designed 10 enlarge the Imber Of
our enjoyments. The products which tcontrI-
bu,e to human comfort and Improvement arc
multiplied by means of it. The luxuraD fruits
of the south. the useful ores of the north, the
agriculture Of one region and The manufacture
of another. are made thus a!lalnable to the
whole race. This is an advantage, however,
which can only be appropriated through free
TIA e. Restraints and prohibitions confne
all people to their own narrow confines.
Free trade makes the wealth o. each the
common property OF all. 1t spreads every
where whatever the Deity has made for the
fruI,on Of his creatures. 1t leads to perpeiu-
al interchange, to en- unceas'ng barter OF one
thing for another, to general aud overgrow-
ing feeling of amily. 1t weav4st rough The
ramiicauuns of society, so many ties Of trade;
it binds the mutual dependence of nations go
f nv, i, connects one with another by so
many ga;ures, brings them into s1ch neigh
borhood, that disruption and war are rendered
morally impossible Those rancourous ieuds,
in which millions of property and millions Of
precious lives are lost, could never arise.
They would 30 instant destruction to all par
ties; and should any disagreement at any time
occur moro safe and rational mode of arb-
tralion than war would be The universal resort.
Why IS it, that the twenty-slX sovereign and
independent nations known az the United
States, maintain themselves in harmony?
They are, in many respects, distinct people;
they have their peculiar manners, their local
interests; their domesti institutions; yet there
is no banded police on thew frontiers, no
standing armies at their ciladels. Diverse as
are their interest, in one sense, Fee Trade
has made them harmonize. Reciprocity and
intercourse have given them strong attach
ment. They feel themse yes to bs fellows;
they know themselves 10 be one. Well, then
let the same relations be instituted among the
nations of the earth; let them be placed upon
an equal footing; the ports Of the world open
10 the world; the world offered to the enjoy
ment Of the world, and there would be the
aapna nToonartu and npara
10 this end, we think, all things are tend
ing. Freedom, goodwill, universally, are
the goals Of The modern movement. We see
il in sclence, in literature, in social effort
why should il not be in politics and comerce2
Human action, in all The departments Of intel
eclual and physical labor, is working itself
loose from restraints. A fierce onset is ma
king against eXctusiveness, privilege, ard mo-
nopoIy. Classes are sinking, but the muI,l>
lude are rising. Literature has come oul of
the clolsler, and is making its appeal TO the
crowd. Science has left The Sorbonne; she
no longer walks with the sayans alone; she is
making her way into The cottage; she takes The
artisan by the hand; she watts her treasures
on the winds. Religion Angs aside the cowl
and surplice, and takes up her residence with
the poor and the despised; she is leaving The
guided and vaulted church, 10 RAISE her au
thems aud breathe her PRAYERS under tho f, 90
canopy of heaven. How then, we ask, how
can commerce resist this mighty onward rush
Of tendencies? - Democratic ReUiew.
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THE HUNDRED DAYs.-Tbe rise, progress,
and decline Of Whiggery, from the morning