Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-11-10

H FREE TRADE.-It warns our heart TO
witness the rapidly growing manifestations in favor
of the true republican democratic theories of gov
eminent. The democracy of New York-the true
the unterrfed the glorious democracy, who assem-
blcd IN Mass Convention at Hcrkimer, planted
themselves on the platform of free trade announ.
cling that as one of the purposes of their organiza-
ton, and one Of the determinations of their future
action. A few years since, and he was bold man.
who dared TO announce himself friend and advo-
cate OF unrestricted trade now the people are ri
sing in their might and demanding it, And will
II DOT be had! Turn the rushing tide of the Miss
issippi; curb the swelss of old ocean; hurl from
their base the towering Aleghanies they will all
be works of comparative ease, to stopping the
progress and and consummation of this principle
What grand, what noble, wha. glorious result
We can imagine tive can see it clearly in our
minds eye, bus pen may not attempt to de-
scribe it.
Free Trade in New York, has assumed
party character; willing hearts, sound heads, and
strong hands, have banded themselves together for
the work. The avalanche is loosened-it has com
meuced It's progress-slowly at irst--movng
with difficulty. But what force it will gather in
fs progress!-How it will rush, and thunder, and
crash down upon old tyrranies and old abuses
How it will uproot and tear from their foundations
those hoary old errors that have had their roots
deep in the soif Of cunning avarice and popular
c,edulity, overshadowing the rights interests, and
welfare of the people
With the abrogation OF Custom Houses (the
euda castles of modern days. farewell the power
of cunning aud avaricc over honesty and industry
farewell extravaganza folly and prohigacy in our
goyernment-and farewell, that worst of earth's
devils, hideous war With free trade and direct
taxation; great, crushing hnrhen will be lifted
from the shoulders of labor The world of Tabor
will begin gradually TO realise the products of its
hands-whilst the world of loa.erdom will be driven
to the wall. The world of labor will rise-it will
not be the miserable, the crushed and down-trodden
thing it is now. With the realizing of its rights
will come matter OF course pecunIary prosperi-
ty-with that comes lesure-with leisure comes
thought study and consequent elevation el intellect
and morals. With these come the freedom and
comparative individual happiness of the man, and
he steps forth truly man, with the elevated ideas
and ennObling powers which are the ultimate of his
nature To reach the ultimate, wiz Of soasse en-
brace all the degrees and ALI the stages of advance
ment intervening. These will develop themselves,
from the lowest to the highest, as the principle
works out its great end. We are already realizing
the prosperity of the first step in oosening the bonds
of the tariff of A. With the prosperity it brings,
comes clearly the knowledge of the still higher
prosperity which the carrying of the principle
to entirely unrestricted trade, must produce. This
has aroused the democracy-the party of progress
of New York-to the work, and the progress will
be sure and steady to the end
Brothers OF the hard hands and dusky brow, You
are the ones specially interested Carry forward
the work commenced by youu fathers at Lexington
at Bunker Hili at Concord and on the bloody fields
of the revolution generally. They but commenced
the work of emancipation. The consummaton of
that glorious struggle was but the first feeble step
in the great cause. Not feeble step, but first
step, one which clothed you with a power To- win
great aud glorious victories in the future over all
kinds of tyranny, without resort to either fire or
sword-they secured you the ballot box
< \ weapon frmer set
And better than the bayonet,
a weapon that comes down as still
AS snow flakes fall upon the sod,
Yet executes a freemans WILL
As lightning does the will of Gody'
Use it. Use it 10 the consummationof the gIori-
Gus principles of free trade Use it, for your own
complete emancipation, and that Of your race
SISsrLAnDEATH-Ay young man, riding rapidly