The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-24

maze them faSn1OnaDle In London. 7 our miserable
squireens paltry attorneys, and petty shopkeepers
would turn up their noses at such fabrics. The
people of Scotland would presently have them and
nothing else, and in preference to handsomer and
cheaper goods from Yorkshire, till at length this de-
termined support ofnatve fabrics encouraged their
manufactures, that increased capital was quickly
invested and skill and enterprise stimulated Soon
the Scotch manufacturers met the Englshman in
competition in his own country, and with such sue
coss, that in few years London, Liverpool, Leeds,
Manchester, Dublin, &C., &C., became their best
markets If Irish love Of home, of sefinterest, and
common sense, would but make it follow the exam
pie OF Scotland, how happy for its people would be
the result There is no shallower pretext for pre-
ference Of foreign over native manufactures, than
that most frequently put forward-cheapness In
the case Of Ireland, it is peculiarly ignorant and
stupid The man of estate ensures for himself, By
his preference Of English manufactures, low rents for
land, and decay and ruin for house property--for
both, uncertain and irsolvent tenants. Profess
sional men of every kind create that want
poverty cannot fee them Farmers must send their
produce to England for a market, through factors
merchants, because ut home the people are unem
ployed, and cannot buy it, and, by SO doing, they
lose the difference between what the merchant gives
them and the price it sells for in England, which
price could be obtained at home, if the employment
given by Ireland to the British operative was be-
slowed upon her own people. Thus do every class
IN Te sr csuse 'sn PGys1sy and ruin which they
create that destituton which they are taxed to sup
port in deness, because they win not employ it and
they daily impoyerish themselves, and their coun-
try by paying for foreign labor, the price of which
can never return to them, or benefit them in any
way. No man in Ireland can be so isolated as not
to be personally served by the expenditure Of native
capital for native labor, be he proprietor annu
itant professional, commercial farmer, or laborer.
1t must increase, and make certain, the value of
property of every kind; enlarge commerce, enhance
the prices Of agriculture produce, and of labor of
all descriptions; and free the people from the OPP.
preston Of poor rates and other taxes, caused by
the general destitution. 1t is the only means
through which the dcpopulation Of the country can
DC arrested, and the only means by which the
country can acquire strength, for while poor she
VIII De ever weak. Remember, that for every loom
you ses IN motion at home, you silence one in Great
nrtsn; mat for every one Of your own people you
employ ~ home, by so much do you diminish en-
ploymens IN England, thereby strengthening .
TREND ana brother, weakening An enemy, and d.
minshing the Britiah revenue: Nov, supposing you
w scs rosUausNy and ngidly upon the principles
manufactured articles q every description, the next
step to be taken should be TO enlist ororn nation,
in your league; and here you have TANGIBLE poini
| in which to interest thor sympathies and claiu