Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-07-24
Free Trade Cause in England.

1t is matter of wonder that, while the cause of
free trade is making such rapid progress in England
and the alarmed landed arstocracy there are driven
propose alotments Of land and charities of vast
extent, to alleviate the miseres their monopoly has
brought upon the producing classes this free country
should witness relapse under privilege falling
back into the Of restriction England, after
years OF experiment, now sees the tdtal consumma-
ton of her system of monopoly In the myriads of
wretched panpers which nfes the cities-in the fires
throughout her agricultural districts, lighted by the
desperate tenantry who compelled TO suffer the
tortures of famine amidst the abundance their toll has
created-Tnd In the agiiatIons OF the monster public
meetings both in Ireland and Great Britain, wherein
the substantial middle classes of society thunder their
denunciations against iniquitous system, which
makes the industry of the great body of the people
prey TO the wanton luxury, sport and idleness OF
privileged gentry-an insuiferabe burden TO church,
and state and people. This origin OF the grievances,
which gradually undermining the base of Brit
ISL power by impoverishing Its hardy yeomanry,
while its summit was made top-heavy by the increas
ed wealth engrCssed by coronets and crowns, de-
tected long since by the eagle glance of Lord Chat
ham. We find in the newspaper of the League IN
England, the following passage from one of the
speeches of the great statesman. lie saw IN the
dawn of political economy what is still invisible In
the full day of the scence-that the wealth and
strength and prosperity of country consist IN the
well being of the great body of the people, rather
than the excessive grandeur of class
The great Lord Chatham said in the House of
Lords:
Il do not despair Of ny country and hare M OBJ
jection 10 state chdt, IN my opinion rOd restore the
country to It's fourishing condition. Gire free
dom to commerce. and tighten the pressure Of taraton,
and you ,ciH hare complaining your streets As
commerce dcaS change of equivalents, nation that
lrH not buy cannot sell and eUesy yesrictton upon
import obstacle to export On the other hand,
che more admit the productions Of foreign cOun-
ies the more ertensiue becomes their demand for
commodities. Let The absurd system Of larcs
be gradually and cautiously abolished, and tolc the
cheap agricultural produce Of the north Of Europe,
and Of The continents Of America and Africa to be
freely introduced, and shall obtain unlimited ren
of our manufactures. rigid and Efficient system o.
retrenctmet, dllolrng 10 take of The tdres upon
salt, upon soap, upon leather, upon frOR and tec
other articles Of subsistence, advantages, from PO
s1tion from coal mines, and from the skill and energy
of our people, are considerable that 1t not to'
ulriSe lacs and orerstraned taxation, Britain to'
ages to conp might continue 10 Be the great corkShol
| of tie irorld.'"
This is the wisdom of Engands greatest and wis
est statesman and it is the foundation of the grea
party against monopoly at this day, headed by Cob
den Lord Villiers, Bright, and host of the ables
men in England. They have made the true dstinc
ton between imposts levied for the benefit of tn,
State, and those levied for the benefit of class
have made the discrimination between tax for reve
nue. and tax for monopoly.