New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-08

The Way Tor Irishmen 10 Avense Ireland
Mr.. John Costigan is one Of tue most
prominent and Influential Loco Foco Irshmen N
Albany. At the recent celebration OF the festival 81
st. Patrick In that city, he expressed himself fol-
lows:
John Costigan Esq. being called on for as.stins,>
stated that he had quite rsesst read IN ae Tor Lo.es
toral ant on the conss aud effects Of smrsa
from ireland TO America, from which he lNr. c. al
hs cs eth n. xsan,c he begins
the frat in his hfe TO coasans the maaniacsates
We mar possbIg dive TO see the dsy the chief pr
ducs Of Ireland Will be cattle and English ssd Scotch ~
Ish who Nv that time viii have settled the ueissS
States carna be lsts fsnop to Eng and and vii Ger
tanly be much better Customers TO her than they nag
Here. said Mr. C.. {, prsct positive and s-asuiasls,
any needed, OF the kind Of love ssd aiieoa whs6
the British Government bears 20 Ireland and inhmsH
and the 6dsnce they susr'a'n 81 hodins the uass4
States the market TIE ord their
xccds Although he Mr )hsd always favored asd sup.
ported the doctrine q Fee rfaSe aud low ds,lss e
fefeisp i'm portaions avowas the foreg"ug uate fcn
various Brush he frankly confessed hsi NOrkeda
change IN his opinion on the Free Trade policy sdvS
Gated so strc rgy IN influential quarters A an istcas
Of his presen, ths subject To would ask e.yso
present the following ssnliIen' M. =.
:" Protection 10 ArsrrJsaa IsassfTyThe most legtmso
ssd eGsctu, punishment zee can lshc, ON John ban 80
his tyranny and oppression Ireland Let US have Iv-
id high enough TO exclude the importation OF az srnm
This ssnn eat received BY the company with The
Mr.. Ccsss an kit the nail on the head. The Unin
deprived iceland Of tee power 10 protecs hci ose
manufactures, and made bor the helpless scesm %
the sxst.m xhich Eng and ana Loo - II cosm cal
Free Trade Before the Union, er lrsh protective
laws, there were Irish wooden manufactures, lin
Garnet manufactures, Irish blanket mauusscturea
Irish silk manufactures. lrish calico manufactures
Irish flannel manufactures aud irish stocking manu-
features The British Parliament decfeed their rum,
and they are extinct ltdecfeed that lrshmen should
buy their manufactures " Ia the cheapest markets
meaning thereby where they could for the time b.
ing, be bought for least money, that 10 In Eosand,
and that Ireland should raise oreadsiufs aud othss
agricultural products, with which to pay them Emp
land was 10 be tho great WORKSHOP, and the Irish
man was compelled TO be its customer. In short,
fastened upon Ireland, by coercion, the same system
which 1t seeks 10 faSsen upon US by coaSing. The
Loco Foco party whenever Il has the power adopts
and promotes the British system 1t also inslsoo
that this counry ought to look TO England -
its workshop, and In this way OBTAIN the privilege
OF sending It's Grain across the ocean 10 be eaten,
instead OF having eaten az nome ine wing
party maintains the American Protective policy, The
same policy precisely as Ireland maintained 80 ,ony
Parliau ent imposed protective duties on many Eng
hsh manufactures among others duty on Ensnso
woolens, a duty on English caicoes ana inusnhs 80
high as to be nearly prohibltory, duty on E1glsh
silk-dutes on cotton yarn, cotton TWIST ana cotton
mar ufsc srsd goods. Even In the ACT o' Union %
stipulated for the continuance oil the dulles on woo
ems and several other articles, fOrtweny years Tor
the high duties OH callcoes and musnst 1858 with
gradual reduction after ward, I'LL they should fau
to nothing in 1921. The duties on cotton yarn ana
provision for their gradual reduction after that tmo
till they fell to nothing IN 1910.
But when Ireland WAS deOrivedby British misrue
OF home market for It's farm products, ana was
forced to send them the channel TO Do eaten
in Ems land, the Irish growers became so poor thzs
they were no longer able 10 be customers TO the
English Workshop TIE I,ms, states ms isc' IN N
Cet has crossed the Atlantic, he begsas, for he fg
time in his life, 10 consume the manufactures Of tAv
country"-England.
this sy STEM that existence in Ireland 10 no longer
possible. A depopula.on of the island begins WHICH
has taken oil not Gully The natural increase OF pro-
life people but left 1852 $50 souls less In 1881 than
In lS4l They are fying from British Free ifale ~
the rate OF thousand day but the system pursues
them over the waves Free Trade by It's organ ne
Times exuts IN the prospect OF the day "when the
chief produce Of Ireland will be cattle and "the
nine OF ten millions OF Irish, who by t1at time viii
be settled in the United States, will be much better
customers to England than they now are lac
exile can n longer be made 10 collar, vsiby
branded with enc WORKS. Patrick tho Celt born tnrau
OF Cedric the Saxon" but Free rra'e cries after
him, 'Patfick the Celt born customer OF John Buh-s
Patrick the strong worker who can no longer exs
tract food enough nom his native heios to maze him
desirable customer, but IL suffered 20 cross she AZ
iantc to faise crops IN the resh heids OF AMERICA
which he must exchange for manufactures at the
English workshop, and not az the workshop OF his
sneighbor any more than he did at home
IL rot the stransestt thing in the world that risp
men should be satisfied with this that they should
be content to be more efectual tributaries 10 the
WeaftD ara power OF tneif hereditary tyrtnts, dNeY
escaping from the necessity Of H. than before that
they should enroll themselves in such large proper.
ton among the supporters OF the British system,
and give their strength 10 oppose the same national
protective policy In America which Irish patriotism
maintained while Ireland had Parliament OF her
0wni
John Cosiisan at last sees the aosurdty His eyss
are opened. The eyes OF ITishmen In the old conn
Try are opened too. An association In Duoilo,
The Parent board Of Irish Manufacture and Iad1s-
try" is endeayoring TO accomplish, by opinion and
voluntary compact, what there 10 no longer the
power TO accomplish there by law, 90 diminish the
sale OF English Fabrics, and give the preference 70
ther own. Irlshmen Ia the United States can act
much more effectively. They have only 10 coopss
rate with the large ma ority OF native citizens and
establish the Wing protective system, ~ pull do IN
the manufacturing and commercial supremacy 81
England in ten years-and forever II is for them
to decide whether they viii follow John COstgaA In
the OF their native and adopted countries, OF
will continue the policy which makes them and
their brethren at home the forced customers Of
England. Rochester Democrat.
The BREWSTER BRANCH or THE MORs