Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-10-20

The most ultra of the free trade men in The l.
States have never gone farther in defining the mean
M o' ilns somewhat vague term Than ia claim that !,
imports The repeal Of every protective duty, We were
asl"nlshed, therefore, Oh reading Mr.. McDnfe's la,s
otter to itd that in his opinion free trade means no,
only that we shall protect no article of DOM Site mann
'o'"'e ou' 'hal whenever such article of manuaclu re
oo'n's III competition with foreign .filce Of the sam,
kind and duty Is Imposed upon the latter similar du
" ought to be Imposed upon the domestic produced II,
mas. we presume imported This opinion from his nat
nral marke' Of Leeds Manchester by the last Sin
winch tfonehl his woollens &c from those ports We
say we presume SO, from the fact that letter lton "a
mcmbr u thc British Parliament" Ia friend IN tho
I States appears in the Charleston Mercury abont the
same time hat Mr. McDunie's letter was aublished IN
which this identical doctrine is hroached This "m,o
Der q he British Pahanieni kindly tells us. what ",
'Xpeet every manufacturer our "naural market" will
eagerly echo, that The principle of protection should
oe a"acken, and The Tree traders ought 10 repudile
every protective duty. No foreign article. ,clch is
also The Prodnet 9f The United States. should be sub
Jecf 10 duty u"ies The same rate Of duiu ,ras eried
uPo" fhe home e,o'cn article " Fine dnc,rine this.
rny The manufacturer is mo-, only NO, Ia be .sprp
i'cied out he Is to he taxed for manufacturing If he
dares t" produce fabric similar 10 those which J,hn
Bulls panpcrs abricale in our natural morko,s oC GODS
aud Manchester, This is very oood doctrne f., tho
other side of the water and we are MOI, srmised 50 b,
"a member OF the British Parliament, preachi,,, !,
1t is natural that British statesmen shouh de,s l., GO.
our manufacturers all crushed When We were in ca.
"nal bondage. they held in check by lesplic Par
'amen'ary enae'men's-and they propose to do il
he \
ne BRUSH Parliament VIII HE American peonle
permit II We shall moi believe it uni we see il, l.
VIII he me enough for American statesmen 10 ,et les
sons IN political economy om "a member Of The Ri,
Sh falamthi,' when the body Of which he is n mem
'"'' sci Us me example, by repeating The Corn
LAWS '''u ny Striking oil some s or 900 per cent of
NV '"''es upon our 'ohacco. W ben the Practice on
" "'"'' sloe ~ The British channel shall correspond
WIN me teachings of British putca economists. il
wiz I've VINE enough Tor the nerlcan government to
ac' upon Their doctrines. For ourselves we shall link
elsewhere Tor counsel than "a member Of the British
Parliament NJ 10 one. whp preerrina The prsna-i,v t
Manchester and Leeds To that of Iowell and Ros,op
ought 10 be member of that body rather Than If an
American Congress. a member of the British p,rl,,
men'' and George NcDuiie, fighting side by side
VIII equal zeal, and with the same arpnnpnis in an
pnnt' To destroy American interests hu IN by the Com
'"l' inefs ai'fr more than hall century u resla-
"' U.s. TO say the least of H. singular spectacle Bun
ne Pnt"o"enon Is appa ng, waeo W. are told, by
ne ollrla Editor. that the AdnInstratiou adults Mr.
cD"ihe views, aud considers itself pledged 10 carry
them into fleet The President The L. States and
"a member OF the BRUSH Parliament" unlnu liz war
upon great American interest OF which Washington
was The author, and which has been successi,e nour
ished and oslered by Adams. Jefferson Madison and
M"nroe and even by Jacks,n and Van buren, as one Of
The main pillars Of our independence We are av,re Of
The madsess of party" bn we do moi belve thai i, i,
prepared 10 90 10 such an extremity a, this We Shall
soon see h0wever