New-York daily tribune., 1854-04-01
and this VIII promote democracy at home. and Of


of otivslfic rbodomontade. la order to warn the
vorkrg men Of this country OF this minor plot against
their ipterests-f. adjunct 10 the Kansas Nebraska
bil-a plot which seeks to make Us lit'ry nation
bccluse Foeland snd France ere such-we will lock
Este into tie meter.
Tie Fnrl.h Navy costs rising $3o03C,C0o year.
Its cost is in fact greater tan the average en:re eX
reBse of our ustioual Government. It's main bUsi
ners is sSd to lie 70 protect tie colonies Bat ac-'t
inc TO MI Golden the protection costs more tha1 -,
entire colonial orofts 50 Mr. Golden is against
Nay Hethuk rhe gross exports Of El00OJOOO to IT,
colonies are dear il t6O100O0 are spent in protecting
them This does not irciude E3Co00JO civil expenses
of tie colores Then the East Indian possessions Of
ENGLAND are il such condition that they longer
rav their expenses on tho old system and the opium
trade Is Introduced to show that when the budget re-
quires. SO far governments are concerned Chris
tariry Las been preached in vain for 1890 yesrs-or
nothing combining avsrce and cruelty in higher de-
gree csn be found in history since the second Punic
War than the opium trade and the opium war made
with China BY virtue o. those magnificent ase'5 waich
we are called on 70 rival Next in order comes tls
China trade snd # il be no. asking TOO much of mem
bers of Congress WHO cry Sr-SlOJOJJpOJ tor
"na7y--yes Sir for steam payy-are Necessary 10
" rrotec. orr commerce, Sir we would refer
item t. the debate in Parliament Gu the Chinese
tr.ce lLd TIE English diplomacy in that quarter
since 1872 by which i. appears that the
profits oftbe trade have fallen faF short Of the mill
ary and diplomatic expenses required according TO
the Engsh .ystem, to keep il DP We have now, in
this ble. summary run the round Of Eng'oa col.
onial snd quasi colonial trade all protected by
Navy; aud tho only question now remaining to De an
snered a. If tie English commerce 90 the Mediier-
rlnesn, North Sea and Belic States neeis protection
from Creek and Danish pirates as in the time Of Her
cucs ami Thor and WOGel SD the question occurs,
should commerce be so qr0tect3d,' when two shil-
nqs will cary tie traveller across the channel,
whence le cal digerge by railroads up and down and
acrors the Continent ifhe have the means, he can
yaclt il in either sea safe from ali but storms bad
navigation In word, tbe free trade parry, 1essfs
Golden and Bright leedlDg it, sro dead against the
English Navy as q protection 20 commerce. IN the
present chiya1ic o. ministerial view Ofthe Institutions
bur The free trade Democratic party IN tis country
90 for steam Na7y Sir; yes Sir, for our commerce,
which whtc1s every sea" with spray and shower
0, those stale figures OF rhetoric which are beyond the
power Of salt water 70 render fresh
a. 10 the French Nayy. which We Wust rival accord
pg 10 the enlarged navy theory it has this PecuarIty:
exists before French commerce or colonies exist,
and "a oure protection The French Navy costs yar-
ouey from 0O0 900 TO 1200o0000 francs, and it pro
tects nothing for there is ncthiDg TO protect Colo
mics there ere none ust sufficient Ia make the ex
ception proving the rule. As for French merchant
marine il has 10 existence BY the standard. If
tte Democratic members WHO ere bowling for Navy,
= TO. Z. ct
of four thousand miles, Sir could read French
would refer them to an elaborate French work lately
published, entitled The DecadeHee Of France, which
puts in array, treDchant enough even for Democratic
member, tie effects of protecting Navy. among other
agencies of protection to the political body
ing 10 those of exhausng stimulsnts to the physical
body. Or we would take the jeremads of the Jour
nal da Hare, whose wailing comes tombl like over
tic decrepitude of the French mercantile marine-of
the port filed with American merchantmen
while the grande nation is unable to support q
lire of steamers to NeW-York but depends on for
eeuers and foreign vessels 20 carry her wines silks,
cloths and srtobecs 70 distant lands The editor of
the French Journal perceyes this he discovers that
there two kinds Of marines for France AMI that as
goes up the other goes down, and vice versa. Ii
there be l0OO000O0 francs squandered annually upon
navy carrying nothing but guns officers and men, there
must be l00O00000 distracted from commercial
marine carrying manufactures aud products This
stupendous discovery that any Jew orange boy or
Dutch applewoman understands in his her unwrit-
ten political economy and principles of trade, is not
apprehended by the gentlemen who think Sl0O,OO0O0O
should be spent al once on our Navy.
Peace is maintained among nations not by the prepa
raons for war but by the preparations for peace All
capital extracted from industry to swell an Army aud
Navy is 81 invitation TO war and not to peace The
tendencies to peace in the direct ratio OF the indi
vidual wealth of each member of the nation. When
ever We hear of large army hear OF soldiers paid
ess than ten cents day and the larger the army the
less II pay. When the armies reach NapOleOnc
size they pay themselves by plumber even Marshal
soult, as Lieutenant General in Spain being as much
distinguished by burglary on bis own account as BY
technical skill and yalor, and being as celebrated in
peace for his picture gallery all stolen. he in
war for victories. WHAT is true of the beggary Of
common soldiers and the ethics Of land heroes may
apply equally TO starved sailors ana great admirals
grabbing prize money from amd smoking and ensan
guined ruins
The hand of the diligeLt maketh rich - piece Of
Information uttered in the book of Ecclesastes and
repeated by Benjamin Franklin whose writings taught
Q colony how TO become nation Modern Democracy
teaches the contrary. It's motto is: Extend territory,
leaving it open slave labor b. which the mechanic
srd sgriculturEt in-ordinary are leveled with the
trutes hat perish ard far below those brutes when
prizecattle or blood horses As tender TO this quasi