New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-25
VOL. VII. NO. 222.

man, woman and child, at home aud abroad, would
understand il to be irrevocable What is needed,
as he contends with resstless force, is 70 compel
the machinery of England accumulated under a
bad system that robs and Expresses her own people
and the world, 10 scatter 70 the four winds and
then We shall cease 30 want atarih The freedom
Of trade and Of the seas will become universal and
then we may have direct taxes 10 lieu Of the pres
ent fraudulent and plundering system. Then we
shall have no wars, and a cheap Government. We
give nevertheless, some extracts from the concu-
ding pages though trusting all who can viii read
the book:
The true grandeur Of nations consists in the per
tectsn Of the seceensive power end thst 10 pos
scared by the United ststs 10 greater degree than any
other nation Of the world They have laid the iounds
ton Of a pyramid whose base Ia million Of sqssre
miles occupied by tsenty.Ons millions OF people and
nled with little cOmnUnites, each with iis little school
house its church, aud s ne~tpsper Each OF thcse III
s communities occupies space sU ient for large one
with It's academy % its college Its numerous churches
ts Newspapers its bookstores, ana i.s brsres-s aid
ng 70 give q the structure hight prOporiOned 70 its
base aud that hight may bs obtained whenever the
planters and farmers OF the Union sha determine 70 eN
-rcs- the right pescesbly TO defend themselves Unu
they thsl Do 90, concentration cannot take place Jnl
they ,hai DO 80 their people mus, continue 10 waste
their labor upon poor soils yielding bushels while neg
lectns rich ONES thstvOuld yld tons. Whenever th-y
shAil DO 80 they will ~ once take tho psce 10 when
they entitled by INJURIES Of peaceful action. 10
which Il 4. dcult T. discover siDge important
until the occasion II the present war sDd We cannot
but hope that they will speedily exbbi, 10 the world
specimen OF real greatness, 10 abandoning contest Tor
land that they do not want with enemy Incapable Of
self defence They strong and they IF I'd 10 be
generous. With Eogand and with France lies the great
contest and 10 for the exercise OF power over their
actions for the exercise OF the rgnt 10 stay ~
home and rich by the cultivation OF rich soils
10 preference 10 flying from home 10 remain poor while
cultvstiDg poor aud every dollar spent 10 tho
present conesteEds % lessen the power vigorously 20
maintain hst which is result In the emsncip
Oi the world from the tyranny Of fleets aud armies and
the establishment of perfect peace The truest grand
eur consists 10 tho most perfect power over ourselves
our thoughts and actions and In coDceoipg 10 all men
the exercise of the powers that desire for our
selves The people Of the United states do not exercise
mat power but they may DO and we trust they will
Their position IL one Of SURPRISING strength They are
tweniyoue millions, among whom there IL universal &C
uvity and INTEL gence Or these hundred and NJ
" thousand are thg product OF the present year and
soon the ADDITION OF year will rosch million Ihey
have more schoo houses and more scholars In them,
more churches and more hearers ia them public
libraries and more books In them than any other nston
of the world. They have more and better printing
presses and they consume more paper; sud their au
thOrs sre better paid. They have mercantile marine
that can perform more service In given time than any
other Their machinery of manufacture takes pre-
cedence Of that OF Eoglsnd. They have railroads, ca
mails, aud magnetic telegrsphs over surface of 1--WE
hundred millions of acres. They have twenty millions
OF sheep five millions OF herses and mules fifteen mil
lions Of cattle, aud thirty millions Of hogs- They raise
thousand millions of bushels OF food tor and al
most thousand millons OF pounds OF cotton and this
vast product DO doubled by the application OF the
same quantity of labor, whenever they shall determine
that ttey n make their cloth and their own iron,
aud thus placing the coDsumer by the eide Of the
Queer enable the latter to cultivate rich soils instead Of
poor ones so soon as they shall have thus determned
Thousands OF tons Of the surplus machinery of Engand
and lens of thousands of her artisans will be lesv
ehorra a Them selv. where food and
ION toseiher grow and where liberal and constant
gcs vii be the reward OF moderate but steady labor.
EDslan presents 10 view pyramid but an inverted
one, tbs apex Of which rests upon vast population
portion Of witch is unnstructed 10 degree almost in
credible while another large portion Is unnsiructsd in
very small degree aud the whole are wsuting In the
gciyiv which the United States results from perfect
elf government Piled these is vast poor house
estab ishment with its host Of officers On this again
Glands Manchester and this rests large mass Of
sreat merchants and bankers trading largely on credit
aud but little capits 90 the top of this rest numer
GUS great corporations making large dividends out OF
Irish rents ana tho coal consumed BY the aru
Fans Of London the sslt % u by the unfortunate
people Of India the proceeds oi hgh
to unhappy traders and railroad spectators seduced
by liberal offers of loans st low interest 20 risk their Tor
tunes and their happiness upon tho chance Of an ap
prosch toward seadness In the action OF great bans
thst ia governed by principle but that of momentsy
.xJrdiency On top Of this we see great Cnufch, col
Letting millions 10 be- divided among archblshops' oi'h'
OPS prebends ana rectors while curses do the WORK
i.tocracy with vast possesons cultivated by men who
live 10 mud novels and earn nine ,hlings week and
mortgages So heavy that RecOrcoces held In small
esteem and de- med to be undesirable. Piled on ms
P,lon upon CASA. we have fleet and army snd colo
MES requiring a hundred millions Of dollars annually
tor their support over all, stand The ministers sno
great officers of state surrounded by hosts OF ehsncel
lore and exchancelOrs pensioners sinecursts hnd re-
coienis of the public moneys ~ all grades and cOndi
u6ns Of life from the great Duke himself down to the
ud..w alter and lettersOrier.
The machine ia top heavy II rests the shoulders
of the ,ery poor-upon those Of the little children and
moor women of Manchester and ~ the slightest dis
turbance there 1t will t0pple over such VIII be M,
case when the people OF the United States shs deter
mine that thu oil place the consumer u food by the
.ie Of the producer Of food and cotton That done OF
all this vssi mas little vii remain but the iAnd ana the
mortgages and then machinery el become, ne II 80
resdy sonewha, done. superspundant and much OF II
will fad It's WY To America aud Ireland lndis and Ger
many Mechanics snd coalmineTs will become superb.
buadsnt sud many will find their wy TO The Uniied
States Capital longer needed In manufactures VIII
90 uoou the and aud food will become more abundant
and labor ia agriculture will be- more aud more needed
,d heller usid-because landOwncrsw viii mad that ihey
must offer bountes to men to stay instesd OF srsnn
o,roins 10 these no will carry them into slavery Ia
Vp Dienens snd and Norfolk Island Systematic col
oof-stion will be- forgotten Landlords will dispense
with great farmers aud their sntrs thensrls'
and the return 10 capital VIII rise because us eihyoS
ment will be- directed by mnd. Crest luns VIII DC
~. into little farms and little fsrms Will rtllNe COZ
- sr5 land will bs better cultivated and psy more
rant and will pay more taxes, ana lsoor IS sno
lndlords will cease TO want u-ets. OF srmrs OF co''
rie, because they vii dislike taxes LANDLORDS soc
yn nave - work aud landlords property VIII have 10
/ bs divided Titles will disappear The price OF pr
os,nal snuues will fall and the Government VIII Dc
po.ble 10 m.ks loans Great bankers Will btesk ana
irls ones Will take their plzce Inc great VII orcoe
i.. and the riile will become greater sud strong 7,
! - Al will become hsppier Wealth will grow more
,.,idlv and wsses will advance Great corporsiuns
.il ale and little unions will start into existence Ire
\ land snd India and Germany will oe permitted 70 es'
I their own food and make their own cloth sai Tug
/ lsrd will sell them steam engines and power looms
while for time she will send tbs psope OF the United
states the aer articles that they Will want In Vss sDen
dance Then they snail have acquired power 10 make INC
/ oonmouer ones tor themselves
The u.ools OF ENGLAND the friends OF the people
of the Unted States They part and parcel OF them
.elves To the srslocrsoy. lsndei, or mOnsyed' tne
alter owe nothing Tksy cent slaves and because the
.one of the United States fed sad clothed them well
90 csu.ed their numbers 10 Increase, they branded
-, =. ,lave-hrseders They seized the vessels OF
,n rni,-d Ssl-s by thousands, running their owners
| I'd men reproschsd them As : oankruPts They
S he peoyr 10 scatter 10 the West sud thus forced
ir. mon The m TO make roads then fsineo mem and
| 49, - ,h.n with reputation Itre ~tef Vn-
~ bsve 6ed the Western World Win run ana run
~. ,nv.risnly been followed BY invectNe. 40 hss
-. 4. ~ friendship due. Their system IS un'ound
,.I- - ruinous 10 tte world, sud 10 W, hs'l'es