New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-25
Free T,,de and Abbott Lawrence.
From l.e Epsnins Post, Sspf II.


"a morning paper wastos great deal oil lax ia AT
tevsne To- make its readers believe that the friends OF
fses Trade object bigh duties because Abbott Law
makes money. Perhaps II 10 hardly worm "hlu
"a make any rsply 10 SO silly an Imagination. We ain
clad out Abbott Lawrence the other day because he pre-
die tod universal from tbs revised Tsrn' aud be
cause be 10 himself OF the examples oil great AMI
universal prosperity Of the miowners under that very
Tariff"
~ The readers of The Tribune had the Posts
article commented fully and fairly before them
and could of course Judge whether We perverted or
misrepresented it. The Posts readers on the con
trary, arc not allowed to see a scrap of our replica
ton nor even to know where they may lind ia
morning paper is the only hint given as to the jour
nal with which the Post is contending and whlch
u obliquely accuses of gross misapprehenslon Mt
least This is a fair average sample OF the man
ner Of the Free Trade press throughout. The
Journal Of Commerce is quite ms sGpercous ms the
Post aud quite as unfair toward its opponents.
The american Salesman, processing TO exhibit
both sides of important questions impartiay by ex
tracts from the leading journals, copies and com
mends Gov. Wrights Agricultural Address as " an
admirable specimen OF sound logic. excaiming
"What ialaces the Protective System en-
genders In the minds of its advocates !" but
never intimates that anybody has attempted to
refute that admirable logic and expose its mis-
representations Of the Protective system. The
Chronofype is the only Free Trade journal that
meets it's opponents manfully and that in our last
encounter was constrained to admit the benef-
cence Of the ends sought by the Protective Policy
aud the wisdom OF Legislative interference to Sc
cure them. True. with the pertinacity of man
convinced against his will the Editor insisted
rat Ia.
than Duties on Importation were the proper means
Of fostering the growth of novel feeble branches
of Industry in a country but this point did mol
seem to US worth wasting words upon. The ex
pcdency OF Protective legislation being admitted
the precise form OF it is ofvery inferior moment
But the Post says il singled out Abbott Law.
renee the other day" lit was Tor the Drtieth time
at least because he predicted universal ruin
from the Revised Tarii. No Sir you are mis-
taken, as usasl Mr. Lswrences prediction rc
tered to very different and far more sweePine
measure than that passed by the Congress OF sac
"a bill which did not impose 30, 20, and even lOC
per cent--tar otherwise All this has been stated
already, vet the Post goes on repeating the old
fabrication II 1t had not been reiuied
The Pos, banders on through column OF such
melancholy mistakes as this
u, 10 searous tact lhs, The good effects Of Free
Trade upon manufacturing enterprise not confined
70 this country. In the London corrcspondenoe of
morning paper We and remarkablc example Of the
oepent conferred upon Important hranch Of the nsn
atsctures Of Eassnd by taking OF At once the dute.
BY which was formerly protected The writer says.
Sit Robert Peel leaiiied the entire dutv uDen 1I,e
glass manufactured N this country Hear he rcu IA
tony per cent q the entire In lssS The ngmhr
Of .eet sod pef week S3tpoit IA ,o,s 1880 - 81
7on>-he hands employ ed were 6o<snow thew ru,,.,r
isea The production has also improved In oashtx ~
the supply cannot meet the demand Mr. Henry HS~Sr
OF Plsslow hss prepared statistics ihs very
branch Of manufacture and nom ha CLEAN the above
facts
We may there therefore add the manufacture Of
plse glass IN Britain the welknewn instance of the
sk fabrics Of that country 10 show that mechanical in
Jusly prosyors beat uader system Of Free Trsde-ths
loug you psnper u will refssin comparatively
iecble ard sicky, and that the true way o. mskng i
healthy and vigorous and b. promote s growth. Is u
rxps- 10 the wholesome hardship OF comp n.
ieseeay and resources sre never ialy shown, al
nconss''y csis them forth.
Here the London correspondent has fairly stated
that The Brtsh Government has remitted the ex
cse formerly charged on Aosso nsnulactared Plate
Glass, which the Post TRANSFORMS into repeal Of
the 'aPorf duty ON torass glass and thence con.
cludes that the rapid aud inevitable expansion O,
the Plate Glass manufacture 10 caused hy a free
Importation, though in truth Foreign Plate Glass
10 now subject on entering England u a speci6c
duty Of ls TO So cents per square foot How shall
we arsuc questions grave with opponents who
persist ia stubborn ignorance Of sGiliar fscts-xho
don't understand even the testimony sdduced by
thems lvss-and who will not allow their readers
% know bow or where their blaaders are cor
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