The Nevada journal., 1852-10-08

the day when our acts should lead to
their advance and our misfortune - hail
the nomination of Franklin Pierce az
sure to yield them hearty cooperation
in their commercial policy. Think we'll
of this, Am aricaa citizens. Record your
votes for the american system" and
never sanction return to colonial de-
psndence upon Great Britain. ...-
The eloquent Thomas Francis Mea-
CHER, in speech delivered st q meeting
of the Irish Confederation, on April 7th,
lS47, used these impressive wsrds, ~ ia
dicating the results Of British CONNER
cial policy to Ireland: 4" 10 Af
TELL me, has England mot eaten .
nough Of your food, and has she not brs-
ken down enough of your manufactures,
and hes she not buried enough of your
people,! Recount for nome MT, O few
of your losses rhe cotton manufactures
Of Dublin, which employed $4,000 eps-
rati,e-, hsvo been destroyed. The 340O
silk looms Of the Liberty have been de-
.sroyed The sluff and serge manufac-
.ura which enploved l49f operativ
has been destroyed Tho calico looms
Of Balbriggan have been destroysd.--
The asnnel manufacture of Ra hdrum
has been destroyed. The blanket man
ufscture Of Kilkenny has been destroyed.
The camlot trade Of Bandon, which pre-
duced 100, 000i year, has been destroy
ed The worsted and stuff manufactures
Of Waterford havs been destroyed.-
The rateen and frieze manufacture Of
Csrrick -on-Suir have been destroyed.
One business, alone, sursiyss One bu-
siness, alone, thrives and A)urishes and
breads no bankruptcy! That fortunate
business-which the Union Act has not
struck down, but which the Union Act
has stosd by-which the absentee drain
has not flackened, but has stimulated
which the drainage acts and navigation
laws of the Imperial Senate, have not
Ideadsned, but lnvigors.sd-- that favor
cd, and privileged, and patronized busi-
ness, is the Irish coffin makers"
An exchange, in an article upon this
subject, thus wildly portrays the effects
of this British 9 commercial policy Of
which "Pisrcs will bs valuabls prac-
ticsl ally" Read it, ys Irishmen!--
Read it,ye Americans, who love your
country go" gun s.t Dal AHm X't
"flsre, then, Irishmsn.; is decisive sy-
'idsnss and irresistible srgument, added
to your own experience and observation,
to show yon what calamitous influence
British frss-trads, and the consequent
monopoly by England Of manufactures
and commerce, have had upon the well
fare of Ireland. Before the establish
ment of tkat sysl en-, Ireland was pros
porous, and the happiness and power of
her people were steadily increasing
Bat Irish industry was sacrificed to Brit
ish dominion and British monopoly in
the wsrds of Mssghsr, it fell, "bsfors
the crushing influence of foreign eomps-
tition = and the result is written in the
tears and blood Of Irel.nd's noblest sons !;
it is seen in tho death and exile Of mil
lions OF he Irish people.
But it is not in Ireland alone that the
gra.ping spirit Of British monopoly seeks
TO erect its sway. 1t dreams Of univer-
sal subjugatioh; it hopes for the day
when England shall be the work shop
and mart of the world, and when al. ma
tons will be constrained to resort thith-
er to pay the same tribute with whic III
ireland has been drained to ruin.
This domination was gained over Iro>
land by means of the Act Of the Union.
under which all protection to Irish In
tassry WAS destroyed In the United
States it is sought in, che name of free :
trade, under which protection to Amer
lcsn industry is destroyed, in order that
British may fatten by our decay.
That system, called free trade, was in
a great measure csta blshed in this
country in the year 1846 So far, the
efsct is essentially the same as thst de-
seribed in the above extracts Of NJ
ghsr's speeches. Our industry is dse pl y
wounded, fac tories, furnaces and mines
are closed, and the thousands and thou.
sands to whom they gave profitable EN-,
ployment, arc now scattered abroad in
the TRANSITION from the state Of a man.
ufactuling population to an agrica altu-
rSl.h g8iai9GH t4dW, r3 tr,r r
The policy Of subssrvisncy to British
interests to the injury of American in
tsrests is Identical With what 10 ealle a
the dsmecratic party. And strange to
say, many citizens of Irish birth, perhaps
the most Of them, are jealous supporter
Of that party and that policy On what
grounds Of reason, Judgment or patriot
ism, this fact can be explained, we know
not To US it seems delusion, on in.
fallible folly. .glie9sJ
9G Irish'nen in Ameriea ! you who love
the annihi alton and ruin of your native
Ireland you who would extend still far
ther the ravages Of British cenmercial
and industrial monopoly, you whose
Jearning affection for England would
make you labor to subjset The whole
world to her yoke. tho way is easy to
era ify your desires: Vote for the men
and measures Of the so-callsd democrat