The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-03

The spirit Of the age tends to that end Men are now
anxious to do away with all restrictions which fser and
interrupt the free interchange Of the products Of their
labor Taxes upon trade are becoming as odious as
tolls upon travel Protective tariffs and toll gates are
getting to be equally obnoxio and both will be done
away with, countries advance in civilization and i'm
provement
For long period there were none outside Of the ranks
OF the democratic party who advocated the principles OF
free trade Or correctly speaking, liberal system Of
commerce for as long duties arelevied upon commod
ties imported from other countries il cannot be said that
we have adopted the system Of free trade Now. we have
coadjuo in the ranks Of the wing party, who have be-
come convinced Of the soundness Of this feature Of the
democratic policy Among them number the editor OF
the New York Mirror, Taylor paper. To show our
readers how thoroughly he has imbibed the democratic
theory in relation to trade and commerce. we copy the
following able article from hispen sa ss
From the New York Mirror
HOME INDusrRy-Whsneyer the opponents OF free trade
speak Of home industry and the necessity OF egsatng for
persons connected with that branch Of labor comprise
~hs a assf s
thousands engaged in commerce who are entitled 70 the
ufactarer There surely is no particular merit il being
employed in manufacturing that special laws should be
are also Americans-he Obtaining his living ~ the
his brow the other by per-
lis Of the deep They contribute by far the greatest
The quantity Of duties obtained upon the material,
which comes In competition with that produced by the
American farmer is scarcely worth taking into the
while upon articles similar TO those manufactured In this
country the principal amount Of duties IL collected The
domestic manufactures OF iron, salt sugar, cotton broad
CLOTH &c. does solitary cent duty upon the
tcs imported Of the description, FOR the that
he consumes his iron, salt NO In that way he
is relieved Of much Of the burden which falls upon the far
mer, 4ses44 gss 84g S
The agriculurists Of this country assuming high
position In society They understand the Of farm
ing and therefore their information has become
arged, and their minds Improved They also appreciate
the tender solictude which the proteconss nanfest for
them, and understand the banquet, TO which they
often invited to be much like that which the fox ten
dered the stork when the food served plaers
For long time the opponents OF Tree trade managed 70
mystiy the question efectuay that the inmers really
II really too bad reasoned these distnfesfed philan-
thropiss for England place such duties upon
American productions without being punished by SINH
lar imposition upon her manufactured goods 1t 10 now
such appeals prrjndce IL England desires 70 tax
her subjects by making them pay enormous prices for food
Is that why citizens should insist upon njuring
themselves for the purpose Of annoying England
Great Britain has adopted the policy OF free trade
Some other must be tumped for the purpose
of inducing the people consent money shall be legs
lated Of their pockets Tho persons who are benefited
with great good natne TO sugar the pill which they pre-
pare for farmer swallow. They have, however, been
obliged change their grounds on that they almost
blush while they utter their protesations Il simply
establish the doctrine protection Too great flood of
light has been upon the subject within the last
years. render all probable fes Trade will be sub
stituted by the restrictive sYsiem.