New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-20
necetsariiy, an examination Of the manufacturing
poey which seeks 10 render Britain the Workshop Of the


More than seventy years since Adam Smith cautioned
m country that the system which looked to rendering
the ie't I'd workshop could be productive Of nothing
lh hrIy TO tlemselves while it was al, alsel - do
prC az jury 10 ali the other of the erh lie Told
them hat the true place for the artisan IN the neigh
toihood Of tie grower Of the food and the WOOL and
that every calculated TO compel the woolros
10 carry his food and Lis wool 10 distance, there
10 have them converted into cloth, wa- q manifest
violation of the most sacred rights Of mankind. From
that day 10 this however the policy has been persisted M
and Britain bss been from year Z" yea rendering herself
dependent for her existence upon the main
Of her power To- compel the people Of the rest Of
the world TO make their exchanges in her market. The
this could be accomplished the les must be the
value of labor snd land 1t home and abroad unless
very unlikely be the the great laws of nature
above referred to- could be set aside FOR the especial bens
ft Of the advocates Of her manufacturing policy In proof
Hat they not set aside but were operating Ia full
force, gave view OF the condition Of England herself
to show that the facts occurring there, were in precise
accordance with the prediction OF Adam Smith and Of the
policy Of the various communities Oh the earth 10 sh1"
that their people were advancing toward freedom. or de-
Ching toward slavery in the precise ratio Of their pos
session Of the will and The oHeT, to resist the acton OF
the system denounced by Smith.
In al tl- actDsed by feeling Of hostility TO
England If there IN her policy, and she was
thereby lessenng the freedom u her people a. believed
to be the there every reason that she should de-
re TO have il pointed out The physician does not show
himself TO be the enemy Of hls patient when he explains
him that inemperance II the cause OF The lever nor
the econoIn, cbargeabie with hostility to France or In
gland when he explains the causes Of the political diseases
under which they suffer In conducting The inquiry upon
which had entered felt myself engaged IN the solution
great sccal problem requiring to ie tTea. with the
same GOODNESS tina; would be required fo solving prob
len in ma henacs, ard the analysis Of the operation of
the various nations Of the world conducted with the
same absence of passion, of feeling that would be
manifest by anatomist engaged IN dssecng The body
Of nan or horse. To do this ny desire, and that
have failed 10 accomplish what desired appears to
me 70 proved by the fact that IN almost every American
uoce # hc work that have seen the entire absence Of
everything like passion or feeling made the subject OF
remark. OF his will quote but single passage from
journal lat is before me- aud which appears to me fair
srCcirnnn Of all them.
"Mr Carey l. politics. economist All his views s:ns from
that eIce Csuie ;hs,e he deals tie
@ e se o. demand sattg lie re }' down Az STs s5:a
am disposed believe that this not far from the
truth. As all bad to say was opposed to te E9s,,h pol
i endeavOred far possible to draw my facts from
Ench journals and particularly from those fh-h eputa-
ton in ie school to which vas opposed Bf1cs o'|d
Magazine would have furnished important materials ou;
pfefsned to draw them from TIE Times and TIE icon
oaist, from MCssrs. Bright and thompson speeches.
cotot NJ This moment Teooec; single fact in relation To
the condition Of England and her colonies-lreand eX
cepted-hat not drawn from the advocates OF her
manufacturing policy. .
ireland was necessarily exception, because almost
im ossie 10 find in English writers accurate information
in regard that country. and yet some OF the most in
portuu the facts used were drawn from the columns
of TIE pocs. From the commencement 10 the close OF
my book desired 10 be impartial possible and hay
ing been sO ii the picture presented was una' 10
England the fault was in the facts, androt IN ne.
Having bus pursued strictly scientific course IN the
examination of great social problem haa r-t 20 eI
low nv example If they doubted the truth OF the grea;
laws that / had presented for public examination, It
was for them to prove their faehood. Il M deductions
from them were erroneous for them 20 point 10 my
errors If the facts that bad adduced relative to the
condition OF The various countries OF the world were not
true nothing could he easier than To show That such was The
case. Have they done this! On the contrary, they
have not even made the effort, and for the
reason that il could not he done. They have told
tle world that | was the enemy of England, of that
country which America not excepted, had most la
bored for the promotion OF the freedom OF man. ihey
HI. a-f. and hay HnHNr
thr readers on the that few persons IN Europe or
America had any faith in the conclusions of Mr. Carey
such i, the science of THE Economist applied 10 the sou
tou of the question: "Wha is the policy which tends TO
The promotion the freedom OF man, and what that
which tends toward his enslavement the most IN
portent question that occupy the mind of man words
are instead of facts assertions in place OF arguments
ard The compound thus produced called political science
A. ,gaIds my fc!ow-oitzcns an happy to say tha INC
bcct much better understood than was seven
wears since and in evidence of thai fact beg to can
your attention tie recent report OF the secretary 81 INC
Treasury in which Le proposes to increase me protection
If manufactures by aboshng all duties on raw na,crais
pleasure that has until nov been repndiAtcd 10y ali he
advocates IN this country OF Engsh nahiaclur,s IN
.ruzaon aud yet il il Ia the votes {" thee men 'ha e
Secretary owes has present POSITION
When an adversary abandons Argument "nd resorts 40
que onng motive may ps TGg sJ bstrd Of
England TO lead me into the publication OF apsurui,es
is il clear that such folly would have gwen N! a.,
sa,s great advantage me Had comiitied slch
n blunder would not Tie EcOno0f have annihia'r'i inc
bv producing the true facts o! the and the real laws
which IN l's progress tc"IN '"O
one hand slavery the other II ! had gwen mon
opportunity 10 prove my want OF knowledge, woulu
they not have seized upon Such would certani! nave
been the case and when that had not even been NJ
Il mped could not fail TO regard thor article III the ry
point of view in which, II appeared to me should DC
re caIGod admission OF The total npossioty Oh dc
fndng the English policy ON scieniihc PtnclPes' hoi
il again Mr. Editor bearing i'll mind that Is the only re-
ply that has been attempted to be furnished 10 sne,y
5, enc examination of great social question and de-
teimine for yourself if is not to be regarded as an eN
deISe of exceeding weakness
Mr. Monari has given in your journal a review OF my
hook but how has he done Has be furnished any eS-
animation If the laws that have offered for the CONSIDER
alton my coun;rymen and that Of the men oi science
throughout the world Not word IN relation Ia lheHl
Has he denied the correctness of the conclusions drawn
from the facts adduced in proof of the existence OF those
laws Nothing Of the kind. In couple of pages he has
told his readers that am Anglophobe IA hater ot
Fncend-apd thai if the nation had but single head
would not hesitate 10 strike 1t on That done he mas
reproduced the monument OF weakness erected %! ne
LcoEoajSt i'll proof of the political prfIudices bywhch
had allowed my sell 20 bc mlsled. All tins may pass Tor
,ceuce with author but canno: so regard IT, IL may
be proof of strength but 10 me II looks IKE weakness
The reading Of hs article recalled to my recollection iS
fer by the same author addressed two years since 10 TIC
Soc,iS 4 EcoBopie Polhqut. Mr.. Basai, you may re-
collect had then recently published the same doct'IsS
that | had previously gwen 10 the world ana ae-
siring anXiously that they should De adopted, nc,
which he urged il not to array itself IN opposition 10
H. m either BY itself through your J9aTna anu !na'
lo,e, was read ut the meeting in November ls0l sub
s.ouept,y there read letter from M hiOllnafl IN
,lcb ,ritiou, any attempt reutng the doctrines oi
Mr. Bsstat he cautioned his elow.members oil tle 81
Gaze against the danger OF adopting heh, oe,""se q 'T
ferdhces. They LED, a. be sad' 10 pIosI.. ~ - 80
le ber of vol the high rank occupied by Mr. bas.st
The free traders and then reflect on the tact a Eon
and sour friends advised not 10 follow IN his ilot
s.crf lest you might he led to the adoption oil protection
II remark sbe fact and worthy OF serious reec-
ton II urlnciIes are true should follow tnen "htr
ever they MAY feed us and when teacher thinks himself