Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-09-28
From hs Baltimore AIerican.

FROM me baltimore Il s1ertcan.
BRtrlsn INFLUENCE AeAt1sr ovR TysIR4rv.
--fhe British manutactErerss and capit5Iists
look With as much i'll favor SSpon our pt;ot.c
tive system as the opponents II the samd avs.
ten here at home display. 'khe forner;bave
to a considerable extent eenSdispossesssd If
Il valuable market; they are liSSely to loses1beir
privilege Of supplying Us witk sotton fairies.
WooIiens, Manufactured RON Eoots, shoess rea-
dy made clothing and ,ther asicles which we
prefer TO have made at home.s
1t is not 10 be surprised thSt a body Of men
so wealthy, active and'powerGN as The Fritish
manufacturers, will rest witlxut makict any
effort 10 rcgain possession Of Jog market. finley
have gone vigorously 70 woSk to carry2thei@
purpose OF breakiug down oug protective sys-
tem. The New York Bep,Ff5lfe ouotek from
an English paper showing tsat subscriptions
10 the amount Of El00,000- or nearly 2lalf a
million Of dollars. have been SPADE in th} prin-
opal towns OF England for th{ purpose & diff
ilising Free Trade doctrIner throughput the
world. Manchester alone contributed thsenty
thousand pounds. Asthis qutrter Of t~hetgorld
is perhaps The most interesting 10 thest con-
tributors, as a field for their operatioss. We
may expect to become--nay Se have probably
become already--the particular objects Sf Bri.
tish free trade solicitudc.
II is qaite time that The eses nf cur SeoDle
should be open on tins suhlcIt. lily tpc re-
suits of our elections in N;ycmbar w shall
become the destroyer Of eli own pFdssc,iye
system by means Of the insiaious inf licences
eXerled upon The popular lSliud eilhes from
abroad or from The violence u party preSadices
at hume, the purposes OF England will u Gain.
ed, aud We shlll have lelsurS " report 5n Bit
ierness e spirlt Tor the lasnsntable want Of
c%oinr1on sense and patridtist IN which 5might
have averted 50 great a ea9mity. It's GER
tam that TIE British manufacturers arg look-
,ing y The success Of Mr. CLAY as !; death
blow 10 thCir hopes; and thae their stroisg sym.
pathlcs and wishes 3re III btTThalf III AirsPULK
:. The election OF MI. Clay; says the soildon
Atlas must we fear, be Ifoked nPots as, to
a considerable e&felit, tie cGntiHnatlots of the
principle OF commercial rettrictioH. ae has
alsruys been The consistent ad:9cats of d ~sspr0fsc
ire tar!t.'' The Atlas goe& on TO sayi Nor
can We wonder That s5ssi: ) the EnlieS OF the
most respectable and intelligent Statesmen II
America. when w& consider thatby Glr corn
lava We shsR the floor in The face of s,ny at
ten PIT 10 negotiate 8 COMMERCIAL arrangement
on The footing of affair anS subStdntiag recip.
ro'"g we TAK& NOTHING FROM TJE UNt-
TED oTATES But THAT WHICH, WEcAANaT Pos-
SHELLY DO WITHoU1-THEIE COTTON fND 70.
RAoco-ExcLUDING he sta9Is producs Of The
great agricultural ad1tes q We West, w d sIi-
ding scale ingenioHsly tsatged so as u throw
the maximum arG9uRt OF ~JmPedimetj in the
way of access 10 the English markes. kH
TO be Wondered al, then. that they r~etaiE1te, and
meet high duties on American -four BY Sigh du-
ties on English MANUFACTURERS ;"
We repeat that. the fre5ds Of horps indus
try and Of domestic protection need:o have
their eyes open 10 the dengers whsch now
threaten the stability Of our industrial; system.
II has active aud g. cru. sueuIges bJh here