Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-12-02

much as all other countries: and that
other governments tax commerce 10
nearly the same extent as she does
The first commercial nation Of the world
ought not to impose more restrictions
upon trade than nations that are less Deepen
dent upon commerce. And if we admit
is very probably the fact, that other nations
tax import commerce as literally as Great
Britain does hers,we have 81, 136. 295, 7O4
as the yearly amount of government re-
striciions upon commerce in the civilized
world, in the middle Of the 10Th century.
An amount sufficient to liquidate the ma
tional debt Of Great Britain in about three
years and a quarter. Such is the care Ia.
ken, and such the expense incurred, by en-
lightened nations, acting through their 60
vernments. to prevent The result 10 which
a commerce entirely unrestricted would
rapidly tend, and, at no distant day, GER
tainly arrive; viz: universal harmony
and unity of interests among all nations
throughout the civilized world. In the
great community Of nations, commerce is
designed by the Creator, and adapted to a
degree Which Aonors dipinc ,risdom, to
act as The grand pacifca;or of the nations;
The universal, ever-operative, pervading
and controlling element and conservatory
principle Of universal harmony and union
OF inlerest amongall mankind, Irrespective
OF government, cline, or other pecuiarites.
1t is mainly by means Of unnatural and
wicked restrictions upon trade that nations
in time Of peace, manage 10 preserve
to keep the interest Of one unnaturaly dis
tnct from, and in an attitude Of conflict
with, that Of another. We hate q go
ve,nment because it imposes commercial
restrictions injurious TO our trade abroad
and industry at home. And we naturally
Identify the subjects Of ,hegovernment with
the government itself. By the policy land
through the agency Of their government,
they become, and are continued, our CONNER
ciat rivals, and our rivals, too, in all those
pursuits Of home industry which are more
or less shaped and regulated by the exten,
and direction Of our commerce abroad
Thus it is that restrictions upon commerce
become powerful cause by the operation
Of which the people of different counties
are continued in state Of isolation, rival
ship, and jealousy, which God and Nature
nerer intended; and the influence Of which
cannot but be most unpropitious upon the
general and permanent PEACE of the
world. Eleven hundred and forty millions
annually, or thercabouts, ofthe hard earn
ings Of the laboring poor, extorted by gov
eminent regulations upon trade, and that in
a way eminen,ly calculated to keep the peo-
pie Of different countries estranged from,
and jealous Of, each other, and ever ready
TO make their estraugement, jealousy, and
relaliatory spirit, growing out these eau.
ses, operative and effective in occasioning
and perpetua.ing national hosiilties.
Some of the abest Political Economists
in Europe have called free trade "the
grand antagonist of monopoly" and some
Of the most brilliant inellects OF The age
are conclusively showing US, that it is adap-
ted, and destined 10 be, the grand and sue
cessful antagonist Of the WAR spirit and
practice. To this point we propose direct
ing our inquiries in two or three subse>
quent numbers.