Democratic banner., 1847-03-08
r Extracts from an address of Golden


T Extracts from an address of Golden.
the celebrated free tradist of England:
"Declining for myself, therefore," says
Mr.. Golden, "any exclusive merit in the
great work which has been accomplished,
lance of our victory. Freedom of trade is
one article more added to the great charac-
ter of humanliberty.
1t is a new signal erected on the path Of
nations, to show the progress of c~iviliza-
ton. in the nineteenth century. We had
already achieved freedom of conscience,
freedom ofspeech, and freedom of the press;
and now we are in the enjoyment of free
dom of industry. ! am free to say l could
never consider myself a citizen of a coun-
thy wholly free, so long as monoPoly-that
last stigma of servitnde-, was suffered to
ideprivc my couutrymen of the just recon-.
Ipcnse of their labor and their skill"
Some of the rotectionists' says Mr..
Golden, ''indsed, the ablest of them, Ut
trrly at fault to defend their positions BY
any reasoning based on fact have sought to
take refuge in a contempt of all theory
We agree with you, they said, in principle;
VIC admit that theoretically, your free trade
men are in the right9' Our reply was, GIVE
are not contcndinE with shadows but are
conlendng with Il numerous body of flesh
ani bod :nonopolists, whose exactions are
..,oG. .h~r too real and polpable, and we
rlt tlo Yourselves &c tell us whether Won
viii contend the 9Th commandment is only a
..M.r,yy nRd abstracE NJ" Oh of ali Others,
give IN" d man for an opponent who will
grant that ! AIN right in theory. We know
well that we have settled the matter with
protectionists from the very instant when
we brought them to acknowledge the just
ness OF u principles in theory"
81 There is a dash of romance about
the carrying Of the Copper Harbour Mail.
1t leaves Green Bay once a mouth, and is
carried the whole distance by man on foot.
For some two hundred and fifty miles there
is not a habitation, except, perhaps a few In
dian wigwams, and the mail-carIier, in adj
dition to the mail, carries TWO weeks food,
besides an axe, two blankets, and cooking
and eating utensils. There is 10 road or
trail, and on his first trip the carrier takes
an Indian guide, and "hIazes" the way, so
that he can keep the track on the other
trips. The trip is over three hundred miles,
and the Green Bay Advocate states that il
takes about two weeks to 60 through. If
the carrier is taken sick, or is lost on hi:
Journey, he is alone in the wilderness, fal
out of the reach Of human aid. and the non.
arrival at the appointed time will be the on.
ly announcement of his death. There art
few mail-routes in the world, the service Of
which is so arduous as this, and few kind.
of service requiring the same nerve anc
courage in man to undertake it.-EHome
Journal.
Touching Instance IF Ghiai LOrc.-Ar
unknown man was found al midnight, dead
drunk, among some casks on the peer a
the foot of Peck Slip and lying upon hi'
body were three little girls. The childler
had found their father in this sad plight, ant
instead of leaving him 20 his fate, were
watching over him, weeping as il their lit
tie hearts were broken, and shivering undeI
the influence of the night wind. When th'
motherless children were discovered, th'
Youngest was in a deep sleep, with its sof
,Ipale cheek lying on the bloated breast o
its fathcr.-N. Y. Obs.