Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1847-08-13
From the Baltimore Sun.
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Tat6l< Fn,,re we must accustom ourselves to
avnect the GRADUAL relaxation OF the restrictive
nrincinIes tat have heretofore been applied oy
the vario,1 nations of the earth to commercial IN
tercourse. The signs OF the times are not 10 DC
Sole, h any but those who are wlltulIy blind
- tLar1 I II will prove the worst of folly valnly
- str;,,e aninst them, under the taiacious anti
cinat;on ofsome era propittouS TO the recurrence
If an exolded theory-eXPloded by It's own Prac-
ticai onorafon TIE best of wisdom is that which
vipds natual preiudices and individual interests
to the potency of experience IN favor OF tue
al pooi aud the time has now come Wheh t"e
admonitiop of reason may be distinctly understoOu
by every nan who is willing to listen theEeunto,
# the propriety of resignIng the denslVe
boros 1F exclusive privileges; and challenges the
annIication of sound Judgment to the natural pri-
ciples of tnde, that all the consequences and m
gIoucos civilized foreseen and unforeseen, may be
stvimnroyed: what is evil, carefully avoid
ed, and what is good, sedulously maintained.
So far as this subject refers to own country,
we have much cause to believe that any violent
politcal aritation thereupon will be known no
moro The difference between parties now, is
more in words and the subtetes party prejudice,
than in active meaning and purpose; and although
the dav is not vet gone by, PerhaPs,ln winch, I'M
der certain circumstances, some change Hlight oc-
cur in legislation upon the matter; yet We aPP!e-
hend there would be no action CORES ponoihS VIII"
the ultra sentiment with which we have been Ia
miliar in times not long past Certainly no S"Cll
action conld Dossibly be attended with permanent
snccess, and wonld,ba only tho precursor OF anO-
Their change back again.
A CsnGress of Nations, our readers are aware,
has been spoken of, and is expected to take place
in the centre of commercial Europe, having direct
reference to the most liberal principles OF national
intercourse for the purposes ot trahc ana we may
nationally expect from the deliberations and reso-
buttons Of such an assemblage of men as will thus
be brought together, an influence that will IN time
be sensiby felt though, perhaps, impercePtlble at
first throughout the commercial relations OF the
GLOBE The address of Louis Chitti, Esq, COM
missioner of the Belgium government, referring
to this subject, is paper entitled to general at
tention; it invites the cooperation OF this country
in the purposes of the convention, and presents
the fact that distinguished political economists OF
France, Germany, England and Italy will take
part in the labors of the Congress. The address
opens with the following paragraph, which strikes
us as peculiarly appropriated
God, in his infinite goodness, has diversified
the climates of the world, and has gi"en TO each
latitude the exclusive cultivation of certain pro-
ducts He has so ordered that the people OF the
ditercntregions of the gobeshould find 1t to their
advantage to- exchange their products, and that
bv means of those exchanges, relations OF alice
ton and good will should spring up between the
different nations. Fraternity, and the love o: our
neiohbOr are in accordance with the benign law
which Christ revealed to us, and even were that
revelation wanting, we should find them written
in the heart of each member of the great human
family. The protective system is a manifest vio-
lation of that divine law which makes all men a
single family. According to it, each nation shut
ting itself within itsown frontiers, and prohibiting
the introduction of foreign commodities, lsoates
itself in the midst of its brethren, Injuries ttelr in
terests and treats them as enemies instead of en-
deavoring to gain their good will Countries
governed by this system are towards others like
citadeis in state Of siege, holding all those who
desire access to them at distance"
The e Belgian Association" which has made
the move in this matter, is anxious that the United
States should be represented in the Congress, and
we perceive that Mr.. WIN. H. Polk the Presi.
elent's brother, is among the "u"Uet WHO resPOHu
to the invitation.