New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-26

British free trade, by which II meant the
total destruction of the power OF associa-
ton for Increasing the proiuctlyeness Of
that labor-and next. when the uaiotuGlte
SOVEREIGN finds himself unable TO squeeze
out Of bis ruined subjects enough 10 pay
his masters aad sup2,r. himself h.s t-Tgi-
tore, are coofscstei. and be himself con-
yerted in.o . wret ned dePenic0t upon The
charity Of the Com~ey stop by step, as
the older allies are converted Ito subjects.
loans are made for the establishment! Of
new alliances, each but ,As prelude - the
subiueaGon Of the unfortunate Lily.
I: is within tha last fifteen years that
England has become most ,mit.en with the
idee Of extending the domain OF wha! she
IS pleased TO call fIee trade, aad The meas
ures by which she has sought to accom-
plish he- object have been, IS 1t appears to
US. every way worthy Of the object to be
accomplshed-that Of establishing mo-
nopclv Of the manufactures and trade Of the
world, and to DO this at any sacrifice OF
honesty or honor, life or property. The
whole period mas been marked, In Asia. by
a constant succession Of most destructive
wars. by way, perhaps. Of proving tie inh-
mate alliance OF peace and British freedom
of trade. First came that of Ailghanis-
tan. in which the defeat Of British arms
and British free trade policy was so COM
plcte that the attempt at sublugation has
not been since renewed. Next came the
lluudCr and destruction Of the cltles and
people of China, By way Of inducing the
Chinese to open their eye, to the advan-
tage Of frccdom oi ir0dc IN opium, oi which
the Company enjoys at home monopoiN
by aid of which the Government IS now
alone maintained To obtain the power OF
poisoning the Chinese in the name of free
trade was therefore matter Of BE and
death to L and the owners OF Fast India
stock may. perhaps, be excused for the
vast destruction of life and property re-
uirod for the attainment oi 80 iaudable
an object. Next came the plunder OF Hy-
dorabad, and the destruction of the poor
Sclndians, an act, if We may credit Gen.
Napier, and he is high authority, worthy
to be chronicied in the same page which
records the causes of the war with China.
Last came the invasion OF the Punjaub, and
the plunder Of ITS cities. OF the true
causes of this war We have a. yet but lit
tie information. hut when we shall obtain 1t,
it will probably be found that they were as
crodtable as were those which led to the
invasion of A1'ghanistan, and the plumber of
China and of Scindc.
Such being the measures adopted IN ASA
for the extension o. the realm of peace and
free trade, 1t may interest some of our
readers to understand how far British rule
and British free trade have tended. or will
tend, to the increase of trade, the test estab-
lished BY our neighbors of THE Journal cf
Commerce, by which 10 try the advantage
of the two systems of commercial policy.
- Free trade" say they, makes large
trade" So say We, and in confirmation of
the correctness of the idea. that protec-
ton is the true and only road to freedom of
trade, We point them to the fact, that our
trade in iron trobied under the tariff of
tut, .,bor,.. :, r.. ,roatl, diminished 4
under that OF 1916, notwithstanding the
growth Of pepulation-that the trade IN coal
trebled under the tariff OF 1872, whereas,
under that OF 1916 it has remained station
ary until now, when steam Is so extensively
taking the place of sails-that the trade IN
cotton and woolen goods doubled under the
tariff of 1912. while under that of Isle 1t
has fallen off at least twenty-five per cent.
and that the merchandise transported
from the West, by way of the Mississippi
and New-Iork Canals, doubled in quantity
under the tariff of 1912. whereas, it has
since greatly diminished, Notwithstanding
the vast increase Of our agricultural popu-
lation
THE Journal, on the contrary, teaches
that trade is TO be increased by aiding in
the maintenance of the British policy.
which looks TO taxing the farmers and
planters of the world, by compelling them
to make all their exchanges in British
markets 1t sees great advantage in the
system that Is even now maintained BY the
plundcr of India, and the destruction of
moral feeling, aud of life among the Chi
nese and it would have US adopt the same
hberai policy that now exists between India