Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-06-11
Why Farmers Thrive.


ces. That is the fundamental idea of freeI
interchange. Australia has opened new mar
kets for our beef and California receives from
the west our live stock, while flour and corn
pour into New York to pour out and into the
various ports Of the world. The expectations
of grain and -four increase. The exports of
-four from New York, from January lst toI
May LIST, we're 520,925 barrels, against $780,.
96l barrels same time last year. and Of wheat
s40,34l bushels against 449,l23 bushels
same time last year.
These facts seem TO grow into palpable
forms, SO that wayfaring man could not err
therein Will the wings feel bad to see so
much grain leaving this country Certainly.
Commence your boo-hooing. Do.-O States
man.
Every man of sense who knows anything
about political economy, knows the above to
be false, and that the writer is either unpar-
donably ignorant or shamefully dishonest
"An enlarged market always enhances prl
ces," but that it is the Fundamental idea of
free interchange" is false, or all history is a
lie, and all experience erroneous. The theory
of Free Trade has been much discussed, but
it has never in the history of the world, been
reduced TO practice, except among barbara
ans No man can point to single highly
civilized, commercial and manufacturing ma
ton, capable cfproducing the rdv material
that has ever adopted this ruinous policy
The experience of more than twenty centu-
ries proves that the protection of domestic
manufactures by prohibitions. discriminating
duties, and commercial regulations has been,
and is the true, natural. and wise policy Of
nations"
: But before we proceed further it may be
well to inquire what the Statesman means by
f Free Interchange" If he means, that on
account of the discovery of gold in Australia
and California "new markets have been
opened for our beef and live stock" and be-
cause flour and corn pours into New York
to pour out into the various ports of the
world" we have of course immerged into the
"Free Exchange" or "Free Trade" system, we
: must confess we do not understand tn emean-
n ing of the term. This seems however to be
. his definition. No Wing has any earthly
objections to an enlarged market
If the Statesman means by "Free Trade, .
"revenue tariff" or moderate tariff" his def
milton, by the oble men Of his party. is con.
/, demned. The Hon. Edmund Burke, says in
Y one of his elaborate essays on the Protective
J. System, Hhe Democrat. party, because they
: desire reduction of the tariff to the revenue
y standard, are falsely and perseveringly de-
e nominated "the Free Trade Party" "To be
: candid, believe" says Mr.. Burke, "some
II individuals of the Democratic party not only
4 acquiesce in the correctness of the term, a
applied to the advocates of revenue tariff
9 but themselves denominate the democratic, tn,
X Free Trade party. "TAis term misrepresent
y their principles"
But whatever the term may mean in th'
Statesman's political vocabulary, "free ex
change" is not the doctrine the able men o
his party advocate The men who know
what the principles of the democratic part
ale, hold to system of trade far more redic
e ., ulous and If possible more absurd. Mr.. Ed
Va mund Burke, from whose essays we have a
n. ready quoted, declares that the democrati
n party do not advocate "Free Trade and direr
nc taxation !" "nor," says the same author, I'd
y, y, any of its distinguished leaders, includin
of Mr. Calhoun himself one of the first and a
to blest champions of moderate tariff" The
's propose to approximate to the principles {
az Free Trade only SO far as they can, by a
il equal and just imposition Of duties, 10 an e'
IN tent sufficient to raise revenue for the nece'
"a sary wants of the Government, administere
eI with strict regard to economy. "The Den
Ocrai Party, therefore, is NOT The Free Trdc
party, but ii is truly the REVENUE TAF
IFF PARTY"
m There are then three systems the FIR
Trade system, the Repenue Tariff system an
g. the Protective Tariff system. The first sy
10 TEN is advocated by the Freesoilers, the SCI
"A ond by the Locofocos, and the third by Il
Wings. Which Of the first two the StotesmO
advocates, from his remarks, we are not ab
/. 20 determine. Indeed we are led to thin
re that he, with many others of the weak bret
uO rem in bis party, has not TIA sbility to cor
s,If prohend she difference between the Frees
system and the LocOfocO system Eth