Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-21
BATON ROUGE, LoUIsI iNA SATURDAY. AUGUST 2l 1852

British fabrics in Irish markets sifali
: cloups and ,deceptive---tlat ireland. migl
fabrlcate quite as cheapIy for bcrself if b,
people would unite iii prcferring irish I;
brics--- that by 10 doug they would qnat
rupIe their ability 10 purchase and pay Fl
goods by enlargiug the demand for all
reward of their own labor, and signally il
creasng the efficiency of that labor The
demand m Irish Parliament to legisat
for Irish interests and Irish industry. I
short, the National party in Ireland, Il
which term we include both the old am
young sections--tbe followers of O'Cou
nell and those Of John MitcheI,) take es
scnlially the same view Of National eco
homy that we do, and look 10 silnila
means 10 produce the desired results alt'
4 During the agitation preceding the re
/ livqlntionary effort of S4S, many meeting
lof tie friends Of Irish nationality were lels
in this city, at one of which the write
hereof presided. I, A resolution was handet
'o'him while in the Chair, pledging ever,
friend of landinAmeriea thenceiorwart
TO the noll-consumpiio Of British ranu
factt,res, and the discouragement Of ,hei
use in this country. He objected to pn,
it to the peetiug not as improper or jncf
fective in itself, but because itwout never
be lived up io--wouId, iufact, be only one
more added to the iunumcrablc mass o.
doughty Irish resolves which lave suppl
ed Join Bull with amusement for the las,
hall century. But all those around him
said 'put the resolution aud the meeting
clanored for j., and it was pm, aud carried
Ivy one unanimous yell of approval. FL c
thousand 1rishmenborri nearly tore tile
| birmingham buttons Off tile Lancashire
cloth that served them for vests in shout.
ing Aye TO the resolution, nine-ieutbs
OF whom have worn little else but British
cloth ever since, and not only worn it but
voted steadily for the policy Of keeping
this country dependent OH Great Britain
for the bulk Of its fabrics and metals ever
more. t.,.s.,,,....-..- -.s:...,..s .-e. ..,..
We ore not the enemy Of Englaud.--
We render full justice to her great quail.
ties and great deeds. We do not doubt
that Providence has assigned her lofty
and important careerilf the future as well
as, the. past But to that policy which
aims to- render her the focus aud arbiter Of
the worlds industry--tle general market
Of raw staples, and the chef snpplier Of
fabrics for other na,ions1-We are'inenseIy
hostile, because we believe it at warawith
human progress, with general well-being,
and even with the ultimate interest OF ,E,l-
glandtefself. We regard that policy as
tending 10 prolong The reign Of boorish-
ness and burbarsn, by keeping the lia.
lions ignorant Of those arts through which
skill is. attained, Intelligence dllFused,
knowledge increased and a just aud pro.
per Independence realized. We believe,
that if Great Britain would take onr wool,
cot'on, flax, hides wheat, &C., and returll
them all 10 ius Fabricated into clothes,
Shoes, and bread, charging lis nothing for
The labor, il would still I've 4 damage to t1s'
to have our9worls 40 done for nothing, be.
cause we ought TO understand the making
of cloihes,' slioes, aud Tread and do for
ourselves We believe fai,or in the wise
providence of God, not curse, but a prac.
ticul blessiilg--a liiefinstrulnent Of triah's
moral, intellectual, and social elevation. -:
But TO this end ii must he redeemed from
the character OF mindless drudgery-4itf Il
must lie ITO perpetual round Of iteration
nitatioNAbuta a process Which calls into
play'mental as well as physical faculties
The people of Italy, like those Of ireland,
are materially qnick-witted, active, enter
prising they are degraded and brutalizcd
in PARTLY the absence of that diversified
and comprehensive industry wliicll is es-
sential to true National life! Belgium
has the 'same'religion. no better soil, and
is heavily bnrdened; yet its people are far
above he Italians and tie IrisIl in culture,
comfort, and thrift, because the industry Of
Belgium is happily diversified, and the
surplus products Of her admirable agricul.
tufe find markets at the farmers doors in
her ample manufactures. a-tso'1H'i 5y1a272H
The London Times chronicles tie
expa,riation Of the Irish from
ireland with open conlpacency aud thin
y concealed eexultation, seeing that their
places vii. be taken by English and Scotch
armers, whose skill and knowledge, ac-
luircd under happier auspices, will enabfe
hem 70 obtain larger rrops per aere with,
ess labor, and, SO pay, higher rents 10 Eng
ish landlords, and dIturnoT larger surplnses
,fprodpce for English, markets, Then The,
,xpatriated Irish, says the Times, are not
ost. : Driven TO America by the e.pressure
II famine at, home, they earn better wages
ind buy more British goods than they were
lble- to procure in their native land. Pat.I
who could hardly afford TO cover his bones
,nce a year with some, three -penny stuff
vhile, he lived in Ireland. and jumped, at
he chance Of earning nine pence a day.
vhen transferred (, an Aneiic railroaaI
rack, Or embryo canal, and, set to work at
dollar per day, soons. clothes himself, red
pectab!y in wooen, and buys gingham
lresses for his, wife aud children, ,causing
he heartot British Manchester 10 laugh
'utright- Bull. has a habit Of regarding
from the sllopkeeping point Of
lew. and he finds that every Irishman in
America is equal as a, customer to three |
rishmen in ireland $50 the more he drives Il
nto exile, the creates, are his trade and Il
'ro6ts. But, he does not seem to under
tand that the uses of Pal. are not all. .ex4t'
ansIed yet, aSeven-eishths of the Irish
nen in America have hitherto given their
otes aud their efforts to sustain the Brit. 4
ID manufacturing supremacy in this conn- h
", Without those votes, Mr. Clay could 4
OF have been, defeated in. lsa4,p pnor the, II
''ariG cut Ain 1885, By these votes, 4
ais counlry was thrown back into the path 6
colonial subserviellcy TO British ,~z-oe Il