New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-06

labor and capital both at home ana aoroso, suu
5rocoted by all his successors, rs calculated 20 IN
srease the return for both, is that OF making has
isnS a the workshop of the world" To attain thst
oh;sct n was necessary 10 uRderTork tie ro'Se'
md ever1 where supplant the native manufacture
In h;sovn market IL has been done in Ireland ano
she result are famipes and pestllences Oh Con
stsnt occurrence that the country hes almost
corose uDon her hands. IL has been In lndla'
nntil the whole class Of small Landowners has
,tterlv disappeared. and the productive power Oh
the country is SO diminished that the government
must become bankrupt from the hour thst Cn'ha
shat acquire power 70 prevent her peOPie .ioui
baing demoralized and poisoned WIN the oP,uu,
20 secure the power 10 smuggIe whicn L hSiSnu
battered down her cities and destroyed her
r;tizens. II has been done in the West Indies
nntiI they have all been ruined. II is been done
;n her North American provinces, until tnelr nrsI
.iasirs has become that Of abandoning free
trsde" with England, BY which they are ruined
and obtaining admission into our Union IL mas
been done in Portugal, until her ancient any 70
-educed to the lowest abyss of poverty IL mas
heep done in Spain, by aid Of the smugglers Oh
Gibraltar and Of Portugal, and there, as every
where the result has been the same-Poverty anu
destitution on the part Of the people, ana "eAA'
ness on the part of the government.
Having exhausted her customers, the poison
now reacts upon herself. Her system mas oaus
nm the fortunes Of the few, who have become tne
.ale DossessOrs of land, while the whole body OF
anal owners and occupants that existed In toe
davs OF Adam Smith has disappeared me day
laborer has taken the place OF the little iarner'
and from day to day the tendency to the accumu-
lation OF the land in the hands OF large owners IN
cres.s, as the productiveness Of labor decreases.
The nation has fully and fairly realized what was
said by Adam Smith, when he spoke OF nation
of shopkeepers" 1t is q nation OF mlddle-men,
living at the cost Of the producer on the one hand
and the consumer on the other, and having Tor us
whole code of morals the obligation OF buying IN
fbe cheapest and selling in the dearest market
To produce cheaply, the larger manufacturer must
have labor cheap and the more landis centralized
in the hands of the few the greater must be the
WcompettiOn" for employment and the lower
must be the wages Oh the unhappy IaOorer OF
workman delivered over 20 the tender mercles oi
The sweater another Biaddie-D10n, who stands
between the tradesman and his workmen Inc
consequences are precisely those anticipated by
DR. Smith. The class OF high minded English
merchants renowned in earlier times, has disap-
peared. to give place TO body OF gamblers, whose
dishonesty and rOttenness are brought 70 view on
the occasion of each successive revulsiOn-the lit
tie agricuturist of older times has become the &C.
cupant of the lanes and cellars of Glasgow, Liver
pool and Manchester-the artisan has become the
slave of the middle man,t-hs wife ekes out the
wages of her husband and herself by the gains OF
infanticidei-Or her children, II allowed TO hye
contribute by aid OF ncestuOus intercourse, to tue
maintenance OF pOpuldtlOn--WOIt LuS HdIlOnl OO-
coming daily weaker sinks from the station OF the
proud England Of olden time to become the mere
creature OF the lords OF the loom.
Such are the results OF an insane effort to com.
pei the world to permit her everywhere TO inter
pose herself between the producers and the con-
sumers Of the fruits Of the earth-such the results
of a long series of laws having for their object the
establishment OF monopoly Of the DsachsHeTy J0r
fke production of cloth and TOn-and such as they
are, they are precisely those predicted by Adam
Smith tbree-qusrters of a century since
Ii is 20 aid in the maintenance OF system IKE
this that we are invited In the holy names OF
friendship and peace, and freedom OF trade. In
their names we are invited to close all our mills
and furnaces, that we may have more food and
cotton 70 send abroad to enable the cotton and
iron lords of Britain to swell their immense Tor
tunes, TO mOnOpOlize more land, pull down more
cottages, drive more labOrers to the lanes and
ALLEYS of London and Liverpool, Manchester and
Glasgow, increase the L" competition for employ.
ment, and thus enable the cotton lord to buy la
Dor in a still cheaper market and sell in dearer
one. In their names we are invited to send more
cotton and more food, to pay more taxes Tor the
support OF armies to be employed In enslaving the
people Of India, OF Ireland, OF Scotland, and OF
England herself. In their names we are invited
TO contribute toward the maintenance OF system
that has done, and is DOING more for weakening,
demorslizing, and enslaving the people OF the
world, than any that has ever been devised, and
that must be annihilated before liberty can raise
its head.
TO the maintenance of that system we are now
the largest contributors. Without that aid It
perishes ask you then 20 reflect whether as
men, as Christians, as Americans, as statesmen,
or as teachers of statesmen, We are not bound at
lenst TO inquire, before we adopt any measures
tendine 70 render US the accomplices OF the great
moneved aristocracy Great Britain In the perpe'
fration OF such q series OF crmesi
Happily, the effort for the annihilation OF this
cold booded and detestable system need involve
no sacrifice. An examination OF the tables mere
given must, as think, convince you that, undera
system of efficient prOtection-t that system which
LOOKS TO a war upon monopoly for the sake OF per-
feet freedom of trade, the return TO labor and cap
ital both increase. 1t must, l think, satisfy you
that when we build the most furnaces, we produce
the most foOd-that when we build the most mills,
we produce the most cotton-that when we make
the nee, cloth and iron, we build the most ships
that when we most diminish our necessity for de-
pendina on distant markets we enjoy the most
9oEe, T., 20 to those markets-that when we look
most t. nome, we enjoy most influence abroad.
1t is the inquiry whether this is, or is not the
case tbs. ipyite you. Your influence is great.
Your pof,el' friends are accustomed to look to
you for 10. w non on this great question aud the
whole responsibility o. the success or failure OF
the prest At fyx.em-perhaps, indeed, OF our whole
system iaust rest on you. You have heretofore
acted, as | km persuaded, under "a profound
sense of the responsibility" incident to the direc
tion Of assIss involving "for good or i'll the dessis
nies Of millions of your fellOw.ctizens aud you
wil. act now forget that every action of states
nan is pregnant with results which may last for
genera, ons"-snd, therefore, will pause and re.
hec, hsiore you undertake the further advocacy Of
sicll that tends to lay the nation PROSTATE at
the feet Of Britain. / ask you only to inquire if
the vim has not arrived when we should eman-
cipate ourselves from the control of such q soul
destroying system as that Of Britain has proved il
self TO lift is not time that we should go back
to the doctrines Of Adam Smith, repudating en-
tirely tlose Of the men who have repudiated him.
That emancipation must follow the establishment
o. your association, provided only that its men,
ters determine to study and discuss this great
question preparatory to undertaking'to determine