New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-10

they set ID WOIa Lo IelLiS tne
Free Trade brethren, Smith and Say anu insist
that Foreign Trade is q, least as Advantageous a'
Home one of equal amount, but VITA is,hsh'a'
BILE Ill success, as Mr. Atkinson clearly Demon
strates.
Avsin in the case Of Absen,sesm The Gem
on ss,.e Of Mankind has long since settled tes.
,bs nropretor of estate who spends his life and
hi, income in foreign countries, in1poverisbes his
,eoants No practical man ever doubted the ruth
of this proposition. IF al! the Landlords OF New
York were to spend their days and their incomes
in ltely or Paris, they would certainly and consid
eraby iinpoyerish this City, and diminish the
ability of their tenants to pay. But McCnlloch
sees tha; this is directly in the teeth of Free
Trade, and in his Principles Of Political Econo-
my, SETS to work tc show that the world has
always been mistaken, and that absentee landlords
conduce fully as much 10 their Country's and ten
ants prosperity, as those who pass their lives On
their estates In fact, the Free Trade theory,
strictly carried out, makes absentees the better
patriots But here come in Mr.. Daniel O'Con-
nell and all the LIBERAL Members from Ireland,
fierce fox McCulloch and Eree Trade, but centra-
dieting utterly this conclusion and affirming
what is undoubtedly true-that the general soscns
teeism Of the landlords of ireland ;s one OF the
sorest curses to which that unfortunate country IS
subject And, in fact, McCulloch himself. toward
the close of his work, on closer examination of
this very question Of Absenteesm, at fret insists
that all conclusions on such points must be inde-
terminate and doubtful, and at length is driven to
admit that Absenteeism in some cases is an evil,
and that the tenantry Of Ireland would De 5ene
flied by the residence among therl OF their land
lords. Here, again, Is er admission fatal to the
Free Trade theory, wrung by the most positive
palpatls evidence, from one Of the stoutest cham
pions of taat theory,
But again: The Free Traders have all along
asserted that great 6enehts would accrue to the
whole world from the abolition of all Import Du-
ties, but when theV come to show hon and rhere
this improvement would be realized, they contra
dict each other and themselves. Mr.. P. scrops
asserts, and NJ Culloch maintains that what would
be lost by one place craft would be gained by
another and that this loss and gain would be er-
actly proportioned." Well, sirs; why shall we
evils of the change you seek-the depriving ofem
ployment and bread of thousands on thousands
when, after alI, we are TO gasn nothing when
in the end the loss is to equal the advantage
But the Free Traders themselves furnish abun-
liant evidences that the loss by the abandonment of
Protection is not counterbalanced at least not to
the losers. Thus DR.. Bowrng, one of the most
active thorough mastersprits of this school, stated
in speech in Parliament in 1885, that the Dacca
east India) Hand Loom Weavars have been ut
;erly deprived of employment by the superior ma
chinery and skill of Europe, and reduced to apso-
ute starvation. This is no transient evil; after
years of misery, and tile starving of thousands 10
death. i, still continues and, far from any COM
peRsation having accrued to them, or to any class
Of their aeuntymen, the evil hns spread from class
TO class, until whole provinces, and almost all
ranks, are permanently involved in the general
ruin. They buy their fabrics (English) far cheaper
than over before; but in the midst OF this cheap
| ness the people are famishing, where before were
plenty and happiness. Such IS in substance the
rue statement of Free Trader; and, while 1t
might erroneousy seem to prove iabor-saving ma
chinery an evil it does prove that the destruction
Of branch OF Home Industry By the free introduc-
Jion of cheaper foreign fabric, may often be ru-
nous to the People who permit it--not TOM
porary grievance. but g lasting National calamity.
In other words, j, proves that to buy where you
can buy cheapest (that is, for least money! will
often reduce Nation from aEauence and comlert
10 indulgence, dependence and misery.
We must break of' here, aud take early on
portunily to notice farther tue argument of MIR.
Atkinsons work. 1t is one which ought to be re-
printed here forthwith
I Hon. LEVI WoopBuRY, the distinguished
Sesator from New Hampshire, who will OF should
be the Loco-F oco candidate for mex, Vice Pres-
dent, will lecture Mts e9entsg at the tabernacle
in illustration and advocacy OF Tie Principles Of
Free Trade. This Lecture will be very able
| and strong one; the price OF tickets is but one
shilling; and we hope there will be very general
attendance, especially from our side. There Is 70
danger of Mr.. WIS converting any one who truly
understands the grounds Of the Protective Policy ;
and it is quite desirable that we should all be ia
niar with the positions and arguments of our op-
ponents, as set forth by their strongest men. Let
US 60 and hear Mr.. Woodbury.; and when re have
some champion of like cabre to speak, we may
fairlv ask the Free Traders to return the compl-
nent.
U The City Election was held at Lowell, Mass
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