New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-17

on the worship OF the tod of Commerce and
Thieves, Mercury, there was aI;horl,atlyely an
nOunced by Leon Faucher that a line OF steam
ers. bali french. half American. would meet
with official SuppoT-a declaration which was
ed with deep hbatons and q roar OF ap-
pl2use That empty promise was uttered-that
>tnAg to tie Us on ilhe TN kettle 80 the tail oi
FranCe-waS admired, and now We are IN q na-
uanai epilepsy 20 multiply steamers II our own
eXpense-France able to do nothing IN steamer
building. but everything IN the way Of exclusion
And notwithstanding comes forth roaring over
the Atlantic the cry OF Free Trade Free Trade
WITH whom. or how With England certainly
not for her Fres Trade Is the fear Of the stencil
Of political c2rcase nearer t. the nOstrIls OF
royalty than that Of Ireland Il It Free Trade
with France II so. look 10 the result o; the re-
cent debate IN ne Assembly. connected with tS
antecedents- Let Us not speak OF LOUIS Philippe
OF the shuttle which marked the BOwrlng Con
ference IN regard to Tariff modlhcallOnS-tut let
US come to the dOlngS OF the Republic Ii Is
now more than three wears since the Monarchy
was expelled from France. During that time all
possible ingenuity has been displayed By French
politicians. Reform, AmelOratIon. Progress.
Association, SOclalIsm-all ve been deScanted
upon IN mpltltudlnous speeches IN the Assembly
The best ntellects IN France, magnetlzed to
Pans, are employed on the daily press; and VET
OF all the journals, there Is but one that takes
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Debats-and that by Michel Chevaller. who in
his chair as Professor OF Political Economy in
the College. denounced the Revolution OF Feb
ruary a catastrophe So much Tor Republ-
can Free Trade on this side of the water 50
much for that Reciprocity OF Commerce which
our growers of wheat and raiSers of hogs were
informed at the banquet on board the Franklin
was the bond of nations, the cOmpensatlng prm-
ciple of States. with other empirical declara-
England now pays twO-thIrds OF the eN-
penses of her world maraudlng fleet
by turns butcher, thief and polsoner out OF the
American Tobacco trade-that Is. out of 30 ,0OO,-
GOO dollars It costs, 20,0000O0 a year are
made out Of our Tobacco France not to be out
done by 80 lllustnouS ar example OF tree trade,
makes the snug little bit OF figuratlve rotundlty
of 9O,O00,0G0 francs glowing IN her budget-a
beam from our Southern sun as II kisses the lovely
tobacco.stalk Then our other staple Wheat;
The land OF the PhaTaohS Is our competition
This last season there came so great great
quantity into Southern France (the quarters
cannot find detailed) that Northern France ex-
ported Wheat to England, and the Dublin press
Sc, up a cry of horror al such an unexpected COM
petition The debate IN question was led on ny
NJ St Beuye. iree-rader. As he was under
stood to have Vigorously prepared his subject
and long notice was given OF the forthcoming
debate-great interest was manifested 1t 1t
Right Left and Middle listened VI. 81. Beuve Mt
tered generic truths respecting Free Trade but
the brilliant NJ. Thlers-who (pr0h pudOr y was
the only man in the Assembly who knows enough,
sound or SpeclOus, OF the subject. to get on ms
legs and answer the arguments put forth. All
the Left were silent. Victor Hugo with his mag
nifcent (prcpared) periods was dumb. GlTardln
said, nothing and it was understood that an mn
mense majority are so directly Interested IN
cfr 0t M Nff
chance of GnV modification Of the FreDch TaB.-
Whatever trash may be said or written to the
contrary know that none will take place. The
Republicans dare not, If they were disposed,
touch the prohibitions which the French work
men believe are necessary to their existence
The scientific discussions on Free Trade-out ot
the monthly Journal des Economsts-are eXclu-
sivelv as regards Editorial treatment confined TO
the daily press above named. The transient
notice given TO the subject at this moment owing
10 the debate forms no exception to the rule 0i us
habltual neglect The result of the debate was
this magnificent roar OF applause attended NJ
Thlers, relieved by the utmost stiffness ana, on
his descent from the tribune he was unanimously
fehcitatcd by some five hundred members This
Is the chance for free Trade
Mr. ThlcrS said the French workmen are the
best in the world He attributed II to the Pro
lection system. He uttered, and strange to say
not a man of the multitude who heard hlm con
tradcted HIM, the following illogical phrases
The arstocracy governs England.
The English GOverement has destroyed the
manufactures Of lndla
The English arlStOcracy is essentially liberal
II made large sacrifices to Free Trade.
Now Mr. Theirs did not explain how liberal
body undergoes sacrifices in making Commerce
free :" or how 1t would do the unholy WORK OF
DESTROYING the manufactures of a vast Empire -
But such logic suits NJ Theirs, who In power OF
ratlocmation Is not surpassed by Lord Brougham.
Again declaring that France owes her great
ness to her protective system, 10 her aDlity 10
manufacture things as well as 10 grow gram. VI
Thiers says-were Washington to return to the
earth he would advise his countrymen (the Amerl-
cans) to adhere to agriculture and so preserve
their liberty Now apart from the fact that
Washington never lost sight OF the value or
the necessity, of Home Manufactures, which
fact NJ Thiers, as historian. ought to
know, the reason why America should grow
rich and keep free by Agriculture simply, while
France, so blessed with a beautiful climate and
fertile soil. requires the addition of manufacture
ing industry and artistic glory was sublimely
passed oyer-but yo: | have no doubt that NJ
Thlers' Troanhorse declaration will be quoted
III our American ." free trade y journals with ap-
plause NJ Thiers tapered of wlth-that Ma
lure had given to each Zone It's advantages-to
America COtton--tO Arabia, the HOrse-Nc
but to Europe she had given Man Immense ana
prolonged sensation, says The Wonteur.l In
America, we ought to be tlattered by this dec la
ration. Our free.traders should learn that five
hundred of the French Assembly are officially
(,rde Monitelr) announced as undergoing I'M
mense and prolonged sensation when the suPe-
rlorlty OF the European man is asserted But
this is no new idea of NJ. Theirs and the learned
Assembly quite forgot their old countryman,
Buflu, who in his Natural History proudly as
serrs the preemlnence of yU sapiens ETope-of
the wise European man. What becomes OF sew
eral remarkable characters In history who never
saw Europe, Mr. Thers did not cOndescend to
say. C0nlucus, for example Christ, for exam
ME the Chinese, who invented printing, or gun
powder. or made literature the highest honor IN
the State the Arabian, who invented the nume-
rals-the soul of modern cOmmerce-lhewlse
algebra. likewise chemlstry-the colossal agent
which rejuyenates the earth, has gwen polltl-