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shutters, curtains an-llghIs, bulls-eyes, carriage
blinds; In short that all openings holes chinks,
and erevces, shOult be closed, by which the light
Of the penetrate into houses, TO the injury
| OF the hOursblDg trades with which we have en-
dowed our country, which cannot now, without In
gratitude, abandon US TO so unequal a contest. Be
pleased, gentlemen, not 20 mistake our demand for
satire and at least not refuse It without listening TO
the arguments which we bring forward TO support IT,
In the first place If you shut out as much as posi-
be all TO natural light, what French industry
| exists which will not in some measure, be eneour-
| aged Ii more tallow is consumed, more oxen and
sheep must be raised, and in consequence, more
| meadows will be cultivated, there will be more
| meat, more wool, more hides, and above all, more
manure, which is the foundation Of all agricultural
riches. II more oil is consumed, the culture OF the
poppy, the olive, and rapeseed will be extended
These rich and exhausting plants will proht by the
fertility which the raising Of cattle will have com
muncated 10 the soil.
sour lands will be covered with resinous trees
lnnumerable swarms Of bees will gather from our
mountains the perfumed treasures which now ex-
hales without utility, like the flowers from which
they emanate. There is not branch Of agriculture
which will not be greatly extended. The same re-
suits will follow 10 our navigation, Thousands OF
vessels will be engaged in the whale fishing; and IN
short time we shall have marine capable Of up
holding the honor Of France, and Of satisfying the
patriotic susceptibility Of the undersigned petition
ers, candle-mskers &c. And further, in articles Of
Partisan manufacture, consider how many gill;
bronze, and glass chandeliers, lamps lustres, and
candelabras, must burn In the spacious warehouses,
which will take the place Of our present shops.
There will be no oRe-from the poor collector Of
turpentne the summit Of his mountain, TO the
fortunate miner at the bottom OF his coal-pit--
whose wages will not be increased, and whose con.
diuon will not be improved Consider the matter,
gentlemen, and you must be convinced that there
will be Frenchman, from the most opulent slave
hnll 0FA ha hum
the kingdom, whose condition will not be amelora-
ted through the success Of our petition"
The same writer INDUCES in some further excel.
lent speculatlons; and indebted to il for the
following IDEAS, which we have shaped for our home
market
Now let US assume that the idea came into the
head Of some Philadelphia spectators to devote
themselves TO the production Of coffee. They know
that the coffee OF South America and the West
India islands be sold at Philadelphia for eight
cents the pound, while they az count Of the con
seryatores, lighthouses, &c, which will be neces-
sary for the growth and preservation owing to the
cold, which Is adverse To its culture would not be
able 10 charge less than one dollar per pound Of
coffee, as remuneratiye price They therefore re-
quire that the foreign coffee may be charged with
duty Of ninety-tvo cents per pound. BY means Of
this duty, say these speculators 1.-The conditions Of
production" will be equslIEed; and a protective
Congress, yielding, as usual 10 this reasoning, IN
per pound on foreign coffee Well the Conditions
Of production" are not in any way changed. The
tariff law has not deprived the sun Of Brazil or
St Domingo Of its heat, nor PHILADELPHIA Of the
frequency and intensity Of its frosts. The coffee
will continue to be NATURALLY" ripened in South
America and the West and East Indies and artificial.
y" upon the banks Of the Delaware and Schuylkill;
that is to say, its growth will require more human
labor in the south than in the north. That which
will be equalZed are the conditions Of sae." The
importer will have to sell the foreign coffee at one
dollar per pound, nnety-two cents Of which will GO
to pay the duty. Evidently this enormous tax will
be paid by the American consumer; and observe the
whimsicay Of the result. Upon each pound Of
foreign coffee consumed, the country will lose moth
ing, for the nlnety-wo cents more paid for IL by the
consumer, will enter into the Treasury Of the
United States There will be a displacement, but
no loss. But upon each pound Of Philadelphia cof
fee consumed, there will be ninety-two cents loss
or nearly so, for the buyer will lose them most GER
talnly, and the seller will aso as certainly not gain
them, since, from the hypothesis, he will only OBJ
tain for the pound Of coffee remunerating price.
We leave to the ultra protectonsts the task Of draw
ing the conclusion.
As an evidence of the more liberal spirit of the
times, the Edinburgh Review" takes for the text
of the last article of its last number this work of
M Bastiat, and devoes it to a support of an entire
revolution in the colonial policy Of Great Britain.
To what extent it recommends modification in the
Colonial protection may be seen by the following
paragraph, which closes the number in the Edin-
burgh Review:
"The following is, in few words, a summary
Of the principles upon which the relation of Eng
land to her coonies-especialIy with reference 10
her colonial trade-ought, in our opinion, to I've
regulated. II should be constantly borne in mind
that each coonyis separate and distinct commu-
NIFTY, occupying territory distant from England
though politically dependent upon the imperial gov
ernment Owing TO this sepaateness and remote
ness its local and subordinate government ought to
ne conducted as much in accordance with the opin-
ions and wishes of the inhabitants an is compau
BILE with the condition of political dependence, ana
The maintenance Of the supremacy of the BRITISH
crown For the expenses of its military and naval
defence, England must not expect any direct COM
pensatlon Nor ought she to subject the trade OF
the colony to any restrictions for her own exclu-
slve advantage. She ought TO assume no prefer.
ence in the markets of the colony and should rest
concnted with the establishment of a perfectly f,e,.
trade on both sides. She ought to permit her col
ony to trade freely with all the world and open her
own ports to its products. But, on the other hand
she ought not to sacrifice her own interests. by
levyng at home discriminating duties for the sup
posed benefit OF the colonya system of fiscal priv
llege which excludes cheaper and better foreign
goods from her own markets, and gives lust offence
to foreign nations
For Me Union
SEPTEMBER II, 1876.