Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-07-04
FREE. TRADE.
From Hr .Ni,p York f,rp,ess.

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The Evening Post has hit npon n new devi,a IN,
fa'iet borrowed one from The Fiench) 10 make Ami
lam People :" us ALL that Foreign nations will not
llhe H. thai they will retaatc and that retaliation will
lead Ia mutual rcscnpcl The PARIS Gp,nier has this
idea INDEED, that Is, II We ay high duties mon French
>ilhs and "ints We nst be whipped into takuy then,
OIL. "s ~
Now Foreign nations the last that can surely COM
l u me Infs existing or proposed; Of these nit.d
'e'' 'hoy VINO pile Restriction upon restriction Ia pro-
fel themselves" takenoing from they can h, lpia
king, and pralne,se> ccn, Win,
~ absolutely necessaf, Tor their own manufactures.
SHOULD never have The br Ia stand mp before the world
and utter complaint against a nntion the ,r,si free
llade ol any civilized nation earth with whom The
principle has zen carried SO far, that II has reciprocal
Treaties ct navigation with siaosol single cit and
"use aoieS are NOV daily sacrificed and about 10 he
reduced To the condition OF the ahorers Of the very old
"3,d' from whose hand lot they their ancestors fled
fol rance 10 talk oi 1narclng with MS because We
are compelled for the sake ot Revenue 10 leyya duty IN
WINES and SILKS, Is pppostorous. OF Of our stapla
productions. Tobacco, France has made roya monop,
ana 81 fenced round with duties that it not
lo the strong passion Of for the weed its big nrico
would ll'cually exclude it from ie marker, Nor does
rance take any thing from she can raise or ere.
ale III nome, while on the contrary. have been for
yeats hef best cnsloers and used her uNurcs and hut
Injuries they are, with proiusionl " asteiu quite
We presume WE shall never hear oi john Bulls quar-
n'lIlg with W. on account Of 1arllf though hin
nel2bhor over tho channel. more se y 1.-Two than le
rather brslles up. As for John, ho has not even
an abstract idea oi iIce trade 10 covered with n
coat oi mail all hls laws. Sir Robert Peel At tbis
moment IL cnerng all his financial ingenuity tn divert
our ow trade from city down the ST. Lawrence
IN British ships The Corn Law and its sliding scale
forbid our farmers feeding him. unless At starving pr
c's All That John eau do to get cotton from India
john Ia doing. Never was there nation M all over
guarded defended and protected from foreign co,uret
ton Ar Great Britain and sure. Notwithstanding the
Post there no danger In this matter Of having quar-
rel there II would be spectacle for the whole human
race 10 laugh al 10 SEQ two such nations ns France and
England quarreng With the United States 10 convert
her 10 Free Trade
Tho Poe. however is always right in one thing. and
that ~ lis cnlogics upon Free Trade" five had tho
high poetic gin OF the Editor OF the POST we could ~
eNaaic upon the beauties OF 1t 10 make men stare at
u.s. 10 profoundly are We impressed with this mapnih.
cent idea Of Free Trade pos seizes us an the con-
temptation Of 1t! FREQ Trade. however, 10 in practice
To i've INEXPENSIVE phras" in the Vicar of Wakefield
fudge, all fudge. II ia maggoi Of the brain. II exists
no where but IN dreams We deal not with civilized
nation, that approNima,es TO Free Trade The frs.
look out Of nations, of men. is ior"No /" 81 nv
self IN the first person singular the moving impulse Of
human nature. II Is pity 1t IL 50. but ~ is and
yet as long as 1t Is 50, we should pretty figure Ia
wing Free trade here, aud Trade any where else
rec / ade under such circumstances is no Trade
Free Trade all one side work for Others and let
them monoozs the profits Of your labor To have Free
Trade, there must be Free Trade every where