Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-05-14
VARIETY OF NEWS,
Frm The Richmond Times
THE IRIE nOCIRlNE OF FREE TRADE

The TRUE DOCTRINE OF FREE TRADE
Is . very anuSng thing 10 vl;nosS The collision of
interest and theory. which Sh.w exhibited By the Dem
'cra'ic rraas il q the Southern Sraes Hereto
fore FREE trade has been their Il, sre and MI Calhoun
its great exPundeF. To question teachings were 10
""umt The unPGTdunatr plItica SIN But Is the cotton
N his have gruwn tsrFer aud lie population nned by
er ration 10 loe fertile suls the necessity Of the case
has lorctG IaiO existence eOus manufactures n 81
operations are Taily making manifest the fact that
home manufactures and home market are tie grand de
Ndfstd Of the coitnn pa' tr less than Of tie North
ern caralIS'. Some If the Dem organs to which
we reter. have watched the experiment with an dent
lrquetue. and whilst, in column. they ar-ue as
sirenon>y ever, that the agrcuiuris only pros
per ny cealng with foreign customers ~ another they
demonstrate by simple " what = gong On De
fire their EYES that tie manufacturing and agricultural
interests are cl ely united. and that neither be
Outraged without beirftlnI the other.
But whilst the majority OF the Democratic papers of
Georgia AMI Alabama may be charged with this icunsis
t@ncy moi me ia uracle o the Palmetto economy
The COLUMBIA g. Cd State Banner, true the sinking
cause OF free trade has the courage protest against the
aoerraUn, of lis Democratic cadluiors as being little
better than down right Whggery very much as the
old Rmanhesds condemned alike the Romanish and the
Preatc hereses. Alarmed the prospect of busy fac
tories proving themselves efficient arguments
than Wing speeches. that mistaken disciple breaks forth
in the following strain Of mingled lamenlaon and
strasce.
trade papers Of the S'uth yielding the plausible but
c'piive notion that The remedy f.r the South
acure for herself and Ia learn TO live within herself
We disposed to discourage any branch Of mechanical
industry which may prove prof able 70 Those Who under
take it, but cannot this late dav. and IN The
present advanced stage Of commercial eerprze and pros
pey, 90 back to the DID, exploded. ridiculous federal
doctrine of making every thing want and buying no
thing ro. neighblrs W e can good reason
why the people If the South should not De allowed to
plant Cotton if they make that than they can
at spinning IL; why they should BE allowed ID BUY
calico and axe-handes from their Yankee neghborS ii
they huy them for less than it would cost to make
them for themselves. We see no reason why we should
throw away the peculiar advantages possess AS
" untrv the world where can be extensively
and successfully cultivated % manufacturing bus
mess only esored in densey populated countries here
the s, cannot support the inhabitin's"
"Ue regard eeery fictoy established at the South as
fatal bo,r struck at Free Trade, aud this is not also
cnrert btr at the Institution Of slaUGV ITSELF zee shall
be agrecGbiy Disappointed"
This i, undoubtedly. bold and frank avowal Of the
true doctrine Of free trade ard straightforward aclng
mp to its legitimate results. We honor the Banner
for its cand"nr but take leave int to its deca-
ratons afrrdng the strongest possible illus ration Of
the absudlty of the whole system of American Free
Trade.
That saGaclous and excellent journal, the Augusta
Georgia. Chronicle makes the following pertinent
Comment upon the passage which has elected these re-
marks:
'he disciples Of Free Trade should vote the banner
diploma for lis high atanmens in the science Of political
economy taught by that school ouew LIGHT statesmen
10 build tactTy make an axe handle in a State
where cotton be grown. nfiict "a fatal blow On
the parizan dgma If + rec Trade and hrnr reprach pp-
IN the idol Of American Democracy. The South must
ralse the most exhauSing crop grown by civilized man.
aud DO nOth else, long ba9 of the staple can be
gathered acre field. The citizens and slaves Of
the South doubtless created and placed here by Pro-
vderce for the express purpose Of rendering this portion
ofhe Continent essand less productive every wear b.
exclusive planting and thus illustrate for the benefit Of
Mankind IN general the wisdom and blessings Of Demo
cratic sa' csnanshp Although experience has demon
siraed the tact that mixed system Of husbandry, and
variety of pursuits, embracing mechanical manufacturing
and commercial well agricultural industry rive the
largest aggregate product 10 any State and at The same
Time improve its SOILS yet all his goes for nothing with
Free Trade theorists. They have but idea and no
bump nor place for another
"Whar if the amount of labor and capit,l that
yields 500 in gro Wing cotton will give $1,000 cariing
and spinning s that Of good Democratic reason why
cd'on mill should be erected in planting State? The
i treason in the manufacture of Fan axe handle any
where this side Of Mason s Dixon's line 1t furnishes
Important work for South Carolina COMMITTEE of
Safety" 'lhe exploded Ridiculous federal doctrines #
rlakng what we want rather than running into debt t,
New or Od England for the same be paid in cotton
1t such prices creditors may please give is not to
be tolerated By the Palmetto Banner Il rerrets ID zee
Of the Oldest and ables Free Trade papers Of The
South yielding to the plausible but decetrc notion that
the remedy for the South is to manufacture for herself
and learn 10 live within herself''
No Improvement in the application Of labor and the
use OF capital attanahe in the Palmetto Safe HAVING
happily reached absolute perfection every hing no m re
Is To be done than kindly invite al outsiders to look on
and admire the beau les Of her Free trade system Of pot
ical economy