New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-20


e Vet the universal fact had been that hey hsd nser
bly ,cuusn on high Land a distance from The moa;hs
Of sir,,rns taking pccr land taaly :;:laied.
Having commenced with ;his error they "er. heee:-
sarv led 70 chcrs, because according 70 reE 'leoy'
Tss the ebo-er had most cou;ro. over product OF
his labor consequently ncst free where poPue
ton was small and where the power o; ASSOCIATION !ea''
essted. -.
. That labor was productive and the aoo-er ns'
maid where lsrd least valuable, aud paid no rent
That "a land ACQUIRED ,G,ae t pTCdIc;Iyoness o. "a
tor rrd tire rover o. accumulation diminished
l. That with the diminished pTOductyentss OF ado. te
rower 70 demand rcrt increased, and the power 10 cam
ssee. IN return for lshsr diminished.
$ Tia; tie condition OF the lahore. GeteEcrscd with the
grow # ulaon and that the p0Er Of the iandown"
rersasCd and tho; thus the interests o: labor and land
were tiwa ys opposed 10 each other and consequently
G. That the the growth Of the necessity ioT asso-
ci,ton TIE greater the tendency 10 decline II the
IRE, dom Of non.
These ere the necessary results OF the theory that places
the solitary man the rich soils Of the Garth and gives
Rim then abundance Of food and requires the further popu
laon occupy soils of constantly decreas ng fertility
Mos of them may be found fully forth IN ;he works OF
Nsl,hu, Ricardo and Nee uOch; but all of thenar
sorlv included in the idea that tends naturally 20 in
crease is.ttr than the supply OF food Wherever that
Il cs-e tie owner Of the foodprodGeng machine must
from wear 10 become ard The mGsr OF the
an Who deses TO excl ange labor for food and the latter
mus; become from year 10 year more enslavec.
Such the reu- to which the English >ehoolhas been
lid by pursuing the meaphy sc method OF investigation
ard fence is that political economy has come TO be re-
esrde1 a. the dismal science have preferred the pos
1.-Two method, believing with tcmie, that
The cf he laws q Nature ihsi which tJees tie
social ih wal oder AID iA' latter to The HSIa
Have looked to the material world to discover how
himself governed. going thus from the world 10 man,
end have thereby been enabled Ia offer for your considers
ton pTot that regard being GES as univ ersa
,uc hat grnyiaticn bu directly opposed 10 those OF
the English School and tending. Mr. Molinar says to
tie establishment OF totally different system OF policy
Tn. ole locks 10 the separation of the consumer and the
uroducr whereas the other II accordance with the teach
ines Of am Smith, looks to bringing them together.
" i;h Wow 20 establish clearly the universal truth OF
th,s laws beg respectfully TO submit TO Mr. honar
the following que s;ioBs: -
l. Docs he know OF any country IN when man mas not
become more free his labor has become more produe
two IL he does will he Go the favor 20 name II
.. Docs he know any country in which labor has De-
productive, IN which land has no' increased ~
yalu. Ii he does, | would beg him - name Il.
D. Does lie know of any country IN when Inc Iand has
acquired value in which wealth and population have not
incr.asedr II he does would ask him to point il out
4 Does be know OF any country in which wealth AND
po,ustiun have increased in which there has not been
creaso in tie power Of TO combine his efforts With
these Of his fellow II he does, will he please 10
5 Does he know of any country in which the power OF
ss,ocis"D has increased ia which their has not been an
increase the variety OF cmpoyinenis II ne does VIII
he IT, pleased TO give me its maine
C. Does be know OF any country in which man mas be.
cone more free, in which agriculture, manufactures and
con.rce have not increased togeiheri II he does, VIII
he PERMIT 10 request him 10 Indicate II
= Does lie know of any country in which man Is now
becoming more nee BY which il has not been shown that
il pee. both the vii and the power to resist the CEN
Irritation of manufactures IN the hands OF England IL
be does shall he greatly obliged by las giving me it.
There are two countries in which wealth and population
grow in which, nevertheless the English system l. IN
iorct-CoLGda and Australia Great Britain has III the
la, went, five furnished the former with about one
hal Of he peo which It's population now consists
ard IN he period has supplied the latter with nearly
its whole population, and they, therefore, cannot be
brought into consideration.
There are two systems now before the world-the meta
physical one which is that Of the theory OF over popua-
iion, slavery, despair and dea-aud the positive one
which DC as with whose operation Is universal ana
inevitable, and teaches harmony, peace, hop" dnd irre-
dom those who desire understand the latter cannO,
~ better than study the little volume of Peshine
smith Which notwithstanding the censuro bestowed upon
il ty Mr. Cource Seneui venture TO pronounce an ad
mfaLe work and congratulate the friends oil poshVePo-
cI upon the iact that Is now ABOUT 70 DC pup
lrl,d IN ilo French language.
In conclusion must k 10 occupy yet LITTLE space IN
the following question put by my reviewer
has always establishes hirasel OF choice
in Ne eRas The ss: vSet o 81 & @
htI@ ia. VI ~. h zoe % .b s: y,s III the Gan
Msdi,nsn an thai The civil Iaiin has had u ri'ins
IN reply that portion o the extract which reaies 10
Creeulai Siberia and the Deserts of Cobb and Sahara,
will only say that it has just much bearing on the
que ,,io before would be demand from to the
reviewer prove the Ricardo theory by establishing the
fact that the eare.t occupants of the earth found
Il rich soils OF the ropicson the banks OF the Ganges
thc Or Geo and the Amazon When he establish his
theory the one will undertake to prove NINE by the
other. As regards Egypt, viii merely ask him II the
emst people Of the country of the Nile were not found
n,lr leed and with the gradual progress of popug
ton and wealth they found descending the Nile
until length they established themselves in the rich soils
of tie Delta Further will ask him with the declise
of reputation and wealth. the rich soils of the Delta.
the Gnrces ard oi the Euphrae-, have not been aban
6on.d and if the people OF all those countries not
row 10 he found engaged in the cultivation OF the poorer
soiI, Let him these questions to himself and
,Lcp dec ire there il better mode Of treating
,erv crave subject than that which he has adopted.
Science cannot beg him 10 believe pront by the course
lie Ips IN relation myself AMI Others III
wrong let him pJorc IL he cannot DO tins let nm
.tnii that right He syery confident in the cor
reefpe,s h- opinions and very n,oeran OF differ
erces from then-ard was when was rs young az ne
j. Then held opinion. very nearly resembling those
be holds hut with time came 10 see tha ihe theory
could lie made to prove The facts, aud threw aside The
lcohf il which tad been accustomed 10 study anu com
nenced The perusa Of the great book OF Nature let Mr.
Monar the and the day VIII not ihen DC Jar aus
tntwheu Le will abandon the FOR the positive
s,l oo and the lac will that if Il teaohs protec ton Is
merely as mode resistance 10 great wrong whose ex
isiance clearly demonstrated 10y The hl-oIs author
of the Wealth OF Nations. He Will then, as think, be
convinced that | am better free-trader than himself
He believe, the necessity that may sometimes exist os
making war with view TO obtain an honorable peace
Nav not then le necessary sometimes 10 resort 10 pro-
t,ciioL with q view tie establishment OF freedom OF
irade II would think, be yer. easy To demonstrate
flat several of The important OF the freerafe
measures that We have witnessed have been indebted 10
pToiecion ior tLer existence. beg OF hun to study these
views with care and 20 reec, that there IS not single
I;u IN pocb .cepce that Ice regarded a. nitive-
y ostabshod-aId not taught II The school 10 when
lie belongs that is directly AT with other one
In proof of this offer Linn the following sentence from
his OWE article:
.Fore.ielt in regard TO populaton-the indispensable
guarantee o: the freedom OF labor.
Ti- making man so,e in his nearest aud dearest
relation that h may be free sou his abormaking hm,
The roriuay free man slave in that IN which the negro
nav, has the largest HbeT!-and the result OF his use Of
tia, Liberty increasing cash value IN open market OF
LI.eif end liz children. The different part, Of the theory
arc Rot n harmony with each other, IS the whole IN
harmony with facts of daily occurrence nor can ever he