Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-29

ha farmers of this country are realizing the bene.
fits of liberal commercial policy in the Increased price
their staple productions The abolition oil the corn ia"s
and the adoption OF specific and low rate OF duty by Circuit
Ban gives US the advantage over every DINER nalon IN
the markets of that country 1t was asserted oy inc auvo
cafes of protection that under the operation OF existing
Laws our exports of breadstus TO Great Britain woud bear
no proportion the receipt from The continent oil Europe
but this prediction has been flashed by the ac's heuy
our e,pos of these articles that country exceed IN value
the amount she receives the British Channel onaef
continuance of this policy they must continue 10 increase
until the Time shall come when our commerce win Heat
Britain in the uecesssaries OF life will exceed the total value
of her continental traffic in those articles.
1.-THE prices OF agricultural products In the English mar
kel have least fifty per cent during The past
year. The here has been the same; for our market
governed entirely by The Liverpool quotation. Under The
old corn law system. when the price was low the duties
were high and RIGA Consequently, II made little DIT
ference what the price Of article wns in the English
market Such principle in force our staples all
times shut out of that market only since the abo
lion unjust restrictions that this trade in bcadslts
has grown mp and become important 10 The County
"I'hc policy Of The present administration viii be more
liberal than any previous Ibis subject. Entire free
dom of trade in respect TO many articles now nxed ana
reduction of tic duies will be recommended The anlecc
dents of the President warrant this conclusion The people
expect it, and will endorse the policy"
Such is the picture drawn by the Syracuse IN ~ Stand.
ard of The sentiments of the farmers OF New York upon
tho blessings Of free trade They would be false TO the die
tales truth and experience and TO their own interests
were they not Jealous advocates OF free adc The ~ T.
Evening Post submits very strong why the
trade also "Fo the heahysand permanent prosperity Of
there is recipe efectual free trade
1t calls forth the ingenuity it eveopes The resources
The phrase is OF people, mental and MATERIAL and turns
them 10 the very best Protection is but premium
on lszncss, naenton, awkwardncss and bad workman.
Ship The manufactures protected in this country
the greater will be their excellence; they have made great
under the present reduced tariff and if tho dulles
on imported goods were 10 be further reduced, their pro-
cress would be- still rapid OF necessity
of exering that ingenuity which The American people pos
sess in so high degree and have the Of applying
promptly 10 the practical purposes Of life.
ION the 25lh Of October Golden, famous throughout the
world as the enemy of The Corn laws In EneIand made
speech al The opening of the lecture hall of the echan
les institution BaInsley, in England In The Of
his remarks. he spoke OF this peculiarly of The American
character aud thence predicted The spngng up OF
formidable rivalry with the British manufacturers which,
anticipated by efforts render The mechanic class.
in Great Britain intelligent they in this
try, might give America The lead in manufactures. /,
American protection which excited his apprehen-
sions-it American skill, il the American mind
ccsed n con,ivances produce the greatest effects with
the least labor and Here The reflections of Mr.
Golden on this subjects
"When came through Manchester the other day,
found many OF The most Influential of the manufacturing
capitalists talking very carefully upon report which had
reached them from gentleman who selected by the
Govenmenttogo out TO America 10 upon the great
exhibition In New York. That gentleman of the
eminent mechanicfans and machine makers In Man
chesiea known in the scientific world aud apprecia
ted by of science from the Astronomer Royal down
wards: He has been America report upon the
In the United States and he has returned No report from
him 10 the Government has yet been published But 1t has