Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-09-23
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ireland and British Free Trade.
COLUMN FOR ALL mENOF ALL
PARTIRs TO READ!

COLUMN FOR ALL MEN OF ALL
PARTIRs TO READ
We have Just put TO press, document
which sbopld be widely circulated, deeply in
,eresiing Essay from The Plough, Loom and
Anvil" entitled "BRITISH FREE TRADEl
IN IRELAND" It presents in truthful and ell
oquent language, the ruinous effect which Brit
ish Free Trade has had upon the Enterprise In
uustry, Prosperity and Happiness of Ireland.
The same policy is now sought to be carried out
in this country. Franklin Pierce is nominated
as the representative and patron Of that principle
and as such is eulogised, comphmented and sup
ported bv the London Times. British Gold was
literally employed TO secure the enactment of
the present Tariff. British Gold was also used
TO secure continuance and extension of that
policy which has already accomplished so much
for British Interests; aud, as the most available
mcde of attaining this end, British Gold will be
freely contributed to elect Franklin Pierce. lie
is the recognized particular ally of British Inter-
osts, and the contest in which the People of this
country are peacefully engaged, is not simply
contest between Wings and Locoiocos, but a
contest between American and British Interests.
The election Of Pierce, and the permanent Free
Trade Policy which will follow, will enrich En-
glish, and ruin American Manufacturers; lit
will. TO an extent fearful to contemplate, mpOv.
ersh the Industrial interests Of the United States
as it has the Industrial interests of Ireland
What true American Native or Adopted wish
/ es to lend himself TO a conspiracy 20 infamous.
We subjoin some of the leading points dis
cussed in this Essay, with such brief comments
as they suggest Our readers will see from them
how important it is that this pamphlet should be
widely distributes
|. In l6sS, all Irish icool ,rrs required 10 be
sent 10 England, and heavy penalty was at
tuched to sending it elsewhere. This gave the
1 English manufacturer the monopoly Of the mar
ket, and enabled him to control the price.
2. lhe Irish manufacturers, soon after, were
prohibited from exporting Irish cloth and glass 10
the colonies.
3. Irish ships we're precluded from the benefit
of the Navigation Laws, and the fisheries tcere
closed against them.
| I. No colonial produce was allowed to 60 to
Ireland until it had first been entered at an En-
lish port, and no drawback Of duties allow
ed if it afterwards went to Ireland, nor were
Irish ships allowed to engage in the colonial
trade.
>. To render certain the ruin Of Irish manu-
features, what were not directly prohibited were
tared heartily being sent 10 England, while
wool, hemp, and fax were admitted free--thus
paying premium to Irish farmers 20 break down
Irish manufacturers.
6 In l7s3 while England was pressed by her
external enemies, a declaration of partial Irish
independence was extorted from her. Tor
few years, trade and manufactures revived in
Ireland. But the act Of Union again Frustrated
her.
Z. Soon after the copyright laws of England,
and the patents laws were made TO embrace Ire
land Thus Irish literature and Irish mechanical
genius were made to pay a tar to the hereditary
enemy Of the Irish nation.
Z. In 1909 there were 9l master woolen ma
nu;acturers IN ln1and; but in 1910 there were
only - Those manufacturers employed, In
Dublin alone, in 1900. 49ls hands, but iu lSiOI
they were reducedto COZ The same falling off
occurred IN the manufacture OF blankets, sllk
goods, braid, worsted, hosiery, linen, cotton, &c.
&c hoiqRds pr0N'rniiOn is the result NJ The
PerCcrse free-trade Legislation of Enriqnd-l
What true friend Of America desires to see A. /
merican interests equally subjected TO English
cupidity through To- agencies of Free Trade
.. The result Of this destruction of Irish ma !
nutactures, was, of course, he reduction oil
Hdges Of Labor; and IN fifteen years after the |
Act Of Union, thousands were working for from
sir 10 eight pence per dag Official citations Of
this melancholy fact are given in this admirable |
essay.
10 In 1884 the celebrated Carpet Factory a,
Kilkenny, which IN 500 gave support to 200
men and their families, and whose work We'd /
with the rich carpets Of Kldderminster was clos
ed-oNE MAN only being employedto to ro{ch is [
silent looms and empty halls.
II. The LoRdoH Times which now pravs for
the election Of PIERCE because he IS in Gipor or
British Free Trade, and is the "praeticdi aiiy Of
British iniercsi,'-this London Tunes said ats
long ago as 1884: "The Celt-thc lrish-is
the newer Of wood and drawer of water to the /
Saxon. The great works Of this coun-
try depend on cheap labor" The destruction Of
IRISH manufactures made labor cheap enough
and The Times rgoices
y When laws were passed by the British
Parliament 10 break doira IRISH manufactures
IRISH capital with her onlerprsing sons, went
where they aud their capital would not be crush
ed and crippled by oppressive laws. The result
was that IN thirteen years after his second mar
upon IRISH Industry, thirteen millions If Irish
Capital wqs taken TO Eheland 10 be iqresied ul
qciips cmpioynents. Thus has Ireland been rob-
bed by British Free Trade
-. When Ireland thus ceased 90 be a Ma
1IoN' her men OF wealth became " A'sontees :"
ana took their rents to England and the Contln'
eni' to be squandered upon strangers and for
eigners.' Thousands upon thousands of in
dustrcus, enierpuslng young men, were also
compelled to flee to other lands for Labor and
Bread-as their native land was crushed by the
policy OF England TO break down lfsh manniac-
lures.
IL. Ireland bpluw thus crushed fggttleri grt