Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-08-11
NIeagher ON Free Trade.

Thomas Francis Meagher, the Irish pat
riot, now in New York, was condemned
and transported for endeavoring to restore
the prosperity to his country which had
been destroyed by the union with England.
Before that event Ireland had variety OF
profitable manufacturing establishments,
which gave employment to thousands ef l.
IRISH operatives,and added much to the pro-
ductive industry of the country. The pol
icy of England was to destroy these manu-
features, and to compel the Irish popula-
ton to depend upon England for the sup
ply of goods previously manufactured IN
Ireland and she succeeded. The union
placed Ireland within her grasp,and the IN
dustry of the country was stiHec. English
free trade overthrow the Irish manufacture
ers, and introduced poverty, want and pau
perism. In an address delivered at meet
inc OF the Irish confederation, QUOTED in
the New York Tribune,) Mr. Meagher
said
"Tell me, has England not eaten enough
of your food, and has she not broken down
enough Of your manufactures, and has not
buried enough of your peoPle' Recount
for moment few of your losses. The
cotton manufacture of Dublin, which en-
ployed IA, 900 operatives, has been destroy
ed. The S,4O0 siik-looms Of the Liberty
have been destroyed. The stuff and serge
manufacture, which employed 1,491 ope-
ratives, have been destroyed. The calico
looms of Balbriggan have been destroyed.
The flannel manufacture of Rathdrum has
been destroyed. The blanket manufacture
of Kilkenny has been destroyed. The cam
let trade 70 3anton, which produced glO0,-
900 year has been destroyed. The worst
ed and stuff manufactures of Waterford
have been destroyed. The rateen and frieze
manufactures Of Carrick-on-Suir have been
destroyed. One business. alone, survives
One business, alone, thrives and hourishes
and breads no bankruptcy-That fortunate
business-which the Union Act has mo-
struck down, but which the Union Act ha:
stood by-which the absentee drain has
not Stacked, but has stimulated-which The
drainage acts and navigation laws of thu
Imperial Senate have not deadened, bu
invigorated-that favored, and privileged
and patronized business, is the Irish cofir
makers.
Having ruined Ireland by the introduce
ton of her free trade system, she is now
seeking to produce the same result in the
United States-and, strange to say,she ha
succeeded IN procuring a system of polio,
here, which must result as it did in Irelant
that is, in the prostration Of domestic man
ufactures, and in dependence on her TO
supplies. And it is extraordinary, that, il
this work of ruin, she is assisted by many
Irish citizens who left their own country ii
consequence of the very measures whicl
they now uphold. Every manufacturer
establishment in the United States destroy
ed by the operation offree trade,is so muc
added to the power, wealth and influence
of Great Britain and yet those who ar
seemingly most hostile to the English gov
ernment, are among the foremost, IN sec
onding her efforts to secure greater power
--Baltimore Clipper.
"APause i'm a Battle is not Peace
So says the New York Evening Post, tn
organ ofthe Van Buren, supporters Of Pierce
The Van Buren, wing will be the controlling
wing with Pierce. They are determine
on agitation ;-and they will not be con
tent to nulGfy the Fugitive act. They G,
for abolishing slavery in the district-forc
ing the South to admit free negroes as Cit
zens and receiving black Embassado
from Hayti.
We copy from the Post:
"Not of renewal, for that is not TIT
true term, but of continuance of the dis
cussion as long as any attempts are made
to enforce the Fugitive Slave law. The
discussion seems, for the time, to have bee
silenced in Congress, but it is not silenceC
elsewhere. Every pursuit of black fugi
tive into the free States rekindles the con
troversy in all its original heat, and moth
ing but the absolute desuetude of that law
viii quiet public opinion on that point.
"But if that cause were removed, there
are yet others which viii keep up the dis
cussion as long as the institution exists
Here for example is the question of recog-
nizing the inder ndence of Hayti, which
brings into the field new set of controver-
sialists. Hav,i is one ofthe best customers
of the United &tes, and Ezsrcises strong
commercial AAarest in faSsc of the recos
milton of her Independence. The measure
is zealously opposed by the friends ofslave'
ry; it is desired ~ the friends of com
merce.
"Again, the question which comes up in
the case of Manuel Pereira, the British sub
jecs imprisoned a! Charleston on &C
count Of his color, is yet undecided, and
may involve US in serious collisions with
foreign powers. If that were disposed of,
there still remains the question of slavery
in the District of Columbia, for the extern
sion of which Congress is :rresponsible-a
question which may be brought up at any
time. "-R. Whig.
rl,a R.ftpo Of tI,a N>aas