The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-09-23
Ireland and Rritish Free rrasle.


which should bewidsly circulated, a deeply
Essay from "The Plough, Loom
and Anvil, entitled "BritSh Ffte Trade IN
IrelGnd." Il presents. in tFuthiul and elo-
quent language, the ruincus effect which
British Free Trade has had upon the enter
prise, industry, prosperity and happiness Of
ireland. That same policy isnow soughtto7
be carried out in this country. Franklin
Pierce is nominated as the representative
and patron of that principle, and as such is
eologised, complmented and supported by
the London Times. British O. I'D was hber-
ally employed to secure the enactment of
the present tariff. British gold will also be
used to secure continuance and extension
OF the policy which has already ac"Omql qlishcd
so much for British intcrests; and. as the
most available mode Of attnihing THIS end,
British gold will be freely contributed TO e.
lect Franklin Pierce.- Ilcii the Recognised
"practical ally of British Interests" anl the
contest in which the people Of this country
are now peacefully engaged, is not simply Il
contest between Wings aud L1cofocos, but
a contest between American aud British in
terests! The election OF Pierce and the
permanent Free Trade policy which will
follow, will enrich English, and ruin Ameri-
can manufacturers; twill, to an extent fear
! full to contemplate. impoverish the industrial
interests of the United States asit has the
! industrial interests of Ireland What true
A merican, native or adopted, wishes TO lend
himself toa conspiracy so Infamous!
We subloin some OF the leading points
discussed in this essay, with such brief com
ments as they suggest. Our readers will
see from them how important it is that this
pamphlet should be widely distributed:
/. In 1858, all Irish Wool was required to
be sent to England, and a heavy penalty was
attached to sending itelsewherc. This gave
the English manufacturer the monopoly of
the market, und enabled him TO control the
price.
| 2. The Irish manufacturers, soon after.
were prohibited from exporting Irish cloth
and glass TO the Colonies.
B. Irish ships were precIuled from the
benefit of the Navigation Laws, and the
fisheries were closed agai st them.
4. No colonial produce was allowed to 10
to Ireland until it had first been entered ut
an English port, and no drawback of dutcs
was allowed ifit afterwards went to Ireland
nor were Irish allowed to engage in the co.
lonial trade.
8. To render certain the ruin of Irish man
ulacturers, what were not directly prOllibi-
ted were taxed heavily on being sem to Eng
land, while wool, hemp and lax were admit
| ted freo-thus paying premium to Irish far
mcrs to break down Irish manufacturers
6. In 1888, while England was pressed
by her external enemies, a declaration of
partial Irish independence was extorted from
her. For few years, Trade and Manurlc-
lures revived in Ireland. But the act Of
| Union again prostratcd her.
! 7. Soon after the Copyright Laws fEng-
| land and the Patent Laws we're made to en-
brace. ireland. Thus Irish literature aud
Irish mechanical genius was made to pay u
tax to the hereditary enemy of the Irish ma
! tion.
8. In 1900 there were 81 master woolen
manufacturers in Ireland; but in 1910 Il ere
were only IL! These manufacturers EN-
ployed, in Dublin alone, in 1900, 1918
hands, butin 1910 they were reduced TO COZ!
The same falling of occurred in the manu-
lacture Of blankets, silk goods, braid, worst
cd hosiery, linen, cotton, &C, &c. Ire
lands prostration Is the result OF the pc verse
Free Trade Legislation Of England. What
true friend of America desires 60 see Ameri-
can interests equally subjected 10 English
cupidity through the agency Of Free Trade.
8. The result Of this destruction of Irish
manufactures, WINS, of course, the reduction
! OF tho wages of labor; and in fifteen years
utter the act of Union, thousands were work
ing for from six to eight pence per day! Of
fetal citations of this melancholy fact are
given in this admirable essay.
10. In 1884, the celebrated Carpet Fac
tory at Kilkenny, which in 1890 gave sup
port to 200 men and their families, and whose
work We'd with the rich Carpets OF kcdder-
midstcr, was closed-ons man only being
employed to watch it's silent looms and emp
ty halls
II. The London Times, which now prays
Cor the election of Pierce because he is in
favor ofBritish Free Trade, and is the ''prac-
ticul ally of British interests" s,"--this Lon
don Times said as long ago US l334:--"The
Celt--thc Irish--is the hewer of wood .ud
drawer ofwnter to the Saxon. x
The great works of this country depend OH
cheap labor" The destruction oi Irish IN. n :
ufuctures made labor "chcap" enough aud
the Times rejoices!
IL. When laws were passed by the Brit
ish Parliament to break down Irish manu-
iactures, Irish capital, with her cnt"rprsing
sons, went where they and their capital
would not be crushed and crippled by op-
prcssive laws. The rcsuIt'was that in thir-
teen years after this second war upon Irish
industry, thirteen millions Of Irish capital
was {, Ken to England to be invested in ac-
tive employments! Thus has Ireland been
robbed by British Free Trade.
49, When Ireland thus ceased to be u
Nation, her men of wealth became "Abspn.
tees;" and took their rents to England and
the Continent to be squandered upon "stran-
gers and foreigners" Thousands upon
thousands ot Industrious, enterprising young
men, were MISC compelled to flee to other
lands for labor and brcdd--ns their native
land was crushedb by the policy OF England to
break down Irish manufactures.
II. Ireland being thus crushed paupcr-
ism and starvation followed; and England
after having dried up every avenue OF man
ulacturing prosperity and labor, passed
law to compel the farmers to support those
beggarcd by the ruin of the manufacturers.
When this point was reached, Irelanri'S back
pds broken, aud the only hope other sonsand
daughters was to escape to America, But,
alas! here, through the deceptive hypocracy
Of demagagues, too many are lending them
selves to a party which comedies with the
wish OF England, to SerUe America as she has
served ireland, by establishing Free Trade 10 ad-
uance British Interests!
10, The consequence of this complicated
poverty and distress is seen, lst in the star
Vaton and emigration OF one million six
hundred thousand between the years 1910
Nnu lSoo' Can lrishmen lend themselves