Holly Springs gazette., 1845-05-31

FREE TRADE.
We have now reached That political par
adox Free Trade, a very pretty axiom
which England has used as mothers do the
word lullaby, to sing her colonies to sleep.
She is so fond OF it that she has printed bun
dreds of thousands OF copies of the effuslons
of that political Peter Farley, called Adam
Smith, one reading of which is sufficient
to discourage any system of abstract truth
It's doctrines are like those of the adventu>
rer, who, in company with an Indian. found
a stray horse and proposed a division of the
spoils, he said, "I'll take the horse, and
you may take the saddle, or, if YOU prefer it,
you may take the saddle and I'll take the
horse" The Indian answered, You you
me all saddle, you you all horse" If En-
Lang lang W9nid We EelsE other nations to Gees
the by, was published for the use of the
LORDS of the Treasury alone, and has new
er been publicly circulated) she would ex-
hibt the fact that her advice to others and
her practices for herself are at variance.
Ii 1t were possible to find any two Of our
opponents Who would describe what they
mean by Free Trade alike, or any one
who could clearly make US understand
what he means by Free Trade, zoe might
possibly become converts; but like drunk
en- man. who was asked to give a defni-
ton Of the word sobriety, he answered
with hiccup "SObriety is Sobriety"
Now for the practices of England as free
traders. Throw out cotton, and she char
ges Us an average duty on our products of
$50 per cent? La the year 1910, she re-
ceived of the Tobacco crDp of Kentucky
and Virginia S3,380,OOO, and charged a
duty thereon OF S22. 1857 900. The Ken
lucky and Virginia planters get but cents
per 10. over expenses for their Tobacco
Let England practice the free trade princi.
pie she would teach, and on this article "a
lone we should benefit in amount larger
than the present total revenue of the Uni
ted States.
When she makes mistake or oversight
IN her legislation, we soon convince her
that our national ingenuity is capable of
profiting by it. We would cite as an ex-
ample Wooden Clocks-not properly emu
merated in her Tariff. A majority of her
cottages are already supplied with these
time keepers; and if they should be o. no
other service to her, they will at least teach
her uneducated peasants to count from one
to twelve. This reminds me Of an anec>
dote related by Cambresias in his compila>
ton from tho European Aad. A French
officer in conversation with Swiss Gene
raj, remarked, "Why is it that you Swiss
always fight for money. while we French
men fight for honorF' The Swiss an
swered I'VE each fight for that which we
stand most in need of
As farther specimen of English Free
Trade principles, until within a few years,
she would not permit her artisans to leave
her soil and up to this time, her jealousy
of Russia has prevented the export of cotton
machinery TO that country. An American,
travelling in Russia, minated to the Empe-
ror that it could be obtained in america OF
an equal quality. The consequence was,
that the machinists of Lowell have since
sent more than $500, 900 of cotton machine
ry 10 Russia. Norris, of Philadelphia, is
now in Russia, erecting works for the man
ufacture of locomotive engines; and the
fame of American ingenuity will be driven
through Russia at the rate Of 40 miles per
hour. Notwithstanding the boasted liber'
ality of England. she suffered the American
Whitnev, who invented her cotton gin
the cause of her present prosperous condI-
tion-to be cheated out of mis- patent right
| by fresh made law quibble, intended for
| the occasion, and to die in penury, unre~
warded for his services.
Notwithstanding their Free Trade no.
tions so loudly trumpeted, England fully
protects her Manufacturing interests. She
wastes annually,in the foreign chimeras OF
her citizens, (South Sea Bubbles, South A
merican Mining. &c. &c an amount near
| ly equal to the gold and silver circulation
of the civilized world. Still, by her judi
cious protective legislation, she again be-
comes the possessor of this wealth at each
returning season for export; and this she
| calls Free Trade.
As a farther instance of her liberal poll
CIV tC ward this Country We would quote her
acts in relation to one of her Colonial pro-
ducts. Prior to the discovery of the use oil
Plaster as manure, il is well known that
the land in Dutchess County. in this State
was esteemed nearly SalssoieSS'5 biat. after
! the introduction of this article. 1t, IN COM
! mon with many other sections ofthe coun-
| try. was rendered fertile. Plaster, at this
time was supposed to be obtainable only
| from Nova Scotia-our own inexhaustihle
| beds OF this material not having then been
discovered. England with her usual philan-
thropy. Just after the close OF our late war,
passed law prohibiting its expectation
| from Nova Scotia in Foreign vessels,
| fmeaning the vessels ofthe United States,
and placing a high duty upon its export in
her own vessels "Waen those acts be-
came known among US. Congress. at the
suppestion of the Government of MIR.
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