New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-24
sn.,aas and her cora-r.aws.


.a.s,s,s he sesis eli Temperance in our City, gave
tss,urs IN ,h, Vaivcsslty Chapel on Friday even
s,s ss The Cora, Laws Of Great Britain which ne
-. a, ,.,su,e the shape-auiairly, wo thins--to
Ne aa.ssssaSsaea Wings who had been induced
sssss In snys,sss Asm 10 .eetare@ scnerai s''''"
"A ss,e principle sesi policy of Protection t"e,e
n,ss 40 Necessity Ses this and no psops''s III w.
W.. Ssrs>Isws q ENGLAND sre ohjeetsenaoie O"
.,->,,,s. s,,e-sy ,.s.,ssct from those ON wn0n
,,sss ns,s,., In the infancy 81 her Arts ana proves
.eS sxssaSs. paelS> encouragement 10 tue 'n"'a"',
a., ..s srS,siasSps Of new or feeble branches Oh
r,ssar,c weea. ,hercSaSe Mr., Spencer saw M
\, vrx,,s>sna eeperally the doctrine that The ie''
ss .>sisy is the very hes; policy that ever was t'
rN>sss,> e,s sAsaA &c Travelled oSs of the record
xrsess Ae Asi scn ii, TO give the public iair notiee
As, ~ was 10 s,sur, sSains, oar Tariff instead OF
IA grassA Cssn>Lsws Aud. when he asserted
s,ssls, ias reported In the ESprcesl that :" The
Nsasas,aver. lot Ensaandl have long ceased 10
ash sS Protection. they say let us compete freely
wsA ali eosapesssoss be mus, he aware that his as
.s<.asa IS aeise 100 broad, and that whatever Oh
.ss Il seassias has avery different moral from sha'
seueasS draw from II. That those British manu-
hss.-~Ss wh, are enabled TO ondersen all CON-
,eSs,Ss are sase- for Free Trade. IS very natural
hr. are the SSlS,msnafacturers, the Glovers, the
nsssaseSs, Tie Ladies Shoemakers &c OF hike mind
whcs ever hsa7i Of .issr crying for Free trade eS'
esas IN CRAM Aad II the manufacturers OF Cotton
and wesn fshsics are desirous of Free trade wha'
S,es !, Prove. Simply ;ha; their cheap fuel cheap
,,A,r Sar;valed machinery. ample capital and low
-, al i.,c-cs, enable them to sell their Produc's
-,-..-sshiy cheap snd they want cheap gram and
a- cAcsosS laao. 50 as TO be enabled to sell them
.sl h,ue,. We see no remarkable philanthropy
s,,h:x There was once time when they needed
P-sscssoa. snd none cried for it more Justify than
.sev. They 20, il. The wsrs growing out of the
rre,eh Revolution blocked up the ports ravaged
"a towns AID paraly-ed the Industry OF the CONT
,es. aid British Manufactures enjoyed virtual
-,orcpoly of the markets of the world. They flour
:sSea. expanded and were perfected, so that when
Pe.oe csme they were forty years ahead OF the rest
.. The world This advantage they might have
ksp. lad ros the sva-ice OF the Landed Arstocracy
asr,,ed The imposition of Corn-Laws. which ex-
csaied from Great Britain thsi Foreign Grain which
,ocsd alone hsve paid for adequate supplies OF Brit
80 goods Other nations were compelled 10 pro-
&c. Home Manufactures, and 50 build up a market
81 ,hsi- Agricultural staples- Now the CONNER
IA and Manufacturing interests of Britain demand
tie overthrow OF the Cosn-Laws in the hope that II
vii open the ports Of two Continents their fabrics
.zain- Vain hope! Germany and the United
SAFES have found by experience that it Is better to
led Manufacturers on their own soil than TO send
Grsin 70 England and buy thence their Cloths; and
The repeal of the Corn-Laws will no, have the eff
feet desired and anticipated II is not the interest
- E,o1 fhn Rr1fJl
uznafacraring monopoly should be restored as 1t
,zoaId be IN case OF general restoration OF Free
Trade
Esd the descen n; snd accumulation of Property
n Great Britain been hitherto governed by wise and
tuss laws, we should doubt extremely the policy on
her pan Of opening her ports generally TO the free
admission Of Grain. We believe it is, as general
ruls, vile IN each nation to encourage the produc
don of all the necessares of life her SOIL so
far Is Nature has interposed no obstacle. Let
country situated in the Temperate Zone import
freely all products of Tropical or Frgid regions but
we deem Ii most unwise in any nation to depend on
other and distant countries for the daily bread ofhe
people True the mere bulk and cost of transport
ing Bread stufs of themselves afford strong dlscrl-
anaon IN favor of the home producer SO that Grain
ten sre as much protected against Foreign rivalry as
Cloths are under an ad valorem duty of fifty per
cent. But in Great Britain with her vast wealth,
Commercial activity and dense Population there is
danger of an abstraction of her energies and industry
from Agriculture under Free Trade in Grain. The
Romsa conquests ruined Italy, by filling her ports
with Grain cheaper than it could be raised on her
soil This, with Slavery, changed whole provinces
from fertility to barrenness, even while the Roman
dominion was broadest, and paved the way for Ma
tional decay and downfall. A nation which regular
ly depends on others for a good proportion of its
bread holds its prosperity and its substantial indie
pendence by q tenure, frail indeed
That the Corn.Laws of Great Britain have in
creased the wealth Of that country, and added i'm
mensely to its annual production Of food we
doubt Her annual harvest is the largest in proper
ton to her arabic acres of any that the looks
down upon. and has been immensely increased du-
ring the last thirty years under the stimulus afforded
by assured markets and good prices But the curse
Of Land Monopoly. ensailed on England by the g
gantc robbery which followed the Norman Con-
quest turns all the benefits of this increased product
into few overgorged pockets. A few thousand
persons own nine-tenths of the soil from which
Twenty. eight Millions of Human Beings must OBJ
tain their Subsistence. To these few the many must
give, in one form and another, threefourths Of all
tbeycan produce for the of Gods earth on which
roproduce IT, and this extortion the Corn Laws tend
to aggeyate This is the substantial ground of their
condemnation Did the soil of England belong to
those who till 1t, We believe the free importation of
Grain would not be desirable and as things are we
do not believe will prove of much practical benef
oence Some of its tendencies will be good but they
will be counterbaanced by Others and the condition
Of the People will not be materially affected by it.
Bread may be ;riae cheaper. but beggars will be
as plentiful now, land we ask Mr. Spencer to note
the predictions; for Labor will still find inadequate
employment and reward, while the few will own
every thing enjoy every thing, and do nothing. If
some way could be devised to give every poor man
in the three Kingdoms an acre of ground whereon
TO raise his bread and render that nalenable
Z, L. ,ha Nor, NV, ord poor o1v