Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-01-03
The Plucked of all Nations,

While England has been presenting to the
world sublime spectacle of the Industry of
all Nations, America has been fast turning
herself into vast goose, to be plucked by
every kindred and people on the face ofthe
! habltable globe. From the State of Californ-
la the commercial nations of Europe and
South America are reaping vast harvest di-
rect. And having already taken the lions
share, England and France follow up the
remnant Of the yellow metal to the East Of
the Rocky Mountains, and by the aid of Free
Trade, after adding TO it our scraped NV saw
ings of former years in the shape of battered
fps, leyies, and quarters, pack it of across the
water. It's returned-returned in the shape
of fancy gev gaws. valued at half their selling
price to defrsud the revenues.
An American traveller in Europe is consid-
cred mean if be don't give twice as much for
everything any other countrymsn. Eu-
IroPean dancers and singers, who are proud Of
fifty dollars per night when at home, are hor-
ri6ed al being offered less than twenty FIVE
hundred per night for singing or dancing in
America. German revolutionists ask us for
funds to try their experiments with-(only
twenty hundred thousand dollarsD while
Hungary imploringly holds out her hand for
a share. And last, not least, secret society
is organizing in this country to raise men, (and
funds to make another excursion to Cuba
A hundred other charities are eagerly asking,
like Oliver Twist, for MoRE'--nnd to mission,
ary enterprises America gives about as much
as the rest of the world together In addition
to all this which goes out in specie, our public
lands have become free gift to any citizen
of the world who chooses to take possession.
There is no harm in being feeced little
on the contrary, there is much good in liber
Aty. In state of prosperity these millions
would not Sc missed We could afford to
free Hungary and Germany, and Poland TO-
boot; making up the loss in century or so.
Nay, we could do al that is now asked of US,
provided we were allowed prosperity
But what is asked? Why, not only is our
gold taken away, but we are deprived of the
means of getting more; for among the many
pheasant little requirements made of us, Eng
land has a standing one-namely, that we
won't manufacture. Send your money to US
--Ue can sell you the pretty things' And
we are sorry to say that she is backed By a
strong party of men in the United States,
who presist in taking the theories of Adam
Smith, or still worse 'and more of it, the die
tum of demagogues. in place of tried and es-
tablished truths, the result of dearly bought
experience. We have given to the oppressed
of all lands home, we have given them land.
For such gifts we are compensated By the
consequent increase of population. We have
given , and given freely, for the conversion Of
the heather. We are ready to give to re-
deem Germany-the old land of the Saxon,
and consequently the birth place of freedom
and the fatherlRnd of US all. Hungary shall
not ask in vain. But. gentlemen, don't crowd
US over much! For it SENS when we are ask
ed for money to free certain islanders who
won't be freed, and who recently hunted
down her would-bc benefactors ike wolves
when. again, we are asked to relinqush to
Mother England grown rich and bloated by
the Protective Policy. the monopoly of manu-
featuring and the wealth ensuing-we mus:
cry out Hold! Enough This looks very
much like riding free horse to death.
Hamilton Inselligencer.