New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-29
TILE RrcEsrnArloN OF TURKEY.


ssto- ultra crepidGm-is nDtoriously sbrogsted by
modern intelligence snd democracy. Luckily for
The word, the versatility of our day and couutT
instead If compelling the cobbler to stick 20 his
last according to the proyerb we have quoted
opens to him, and to al men, the most diverse
spheres of mental activity. This is good thing,
and we msy Justly look on 10 admiraiien waen
Correcticut shoemaker becomes an able states
man or village blacksmith, of Massachusetts,,
rivals = Merchant in pol!got'c knowledge
wbi'c bic svarthy ann ill rings the hammer on
the anvil A. before II ia good that there IS no
lopser any sacred or priv eyed department Ia
tie world OF human interests, but tia. priests
msy discuss politics, sui lsymen mahte.n Al 10
d,pfuSout jud. ment on tn oloayi each one freely
u.ipelipg lis voice in the great public debste.
Orly r. were to be wished that they who thus
come 70. Ea-d to i1struc: the community, shslld
still pa some regard TO oar o3 proverb, al least
So far e. rot TO dognntize on subjects whereof
they are profoun y ignorant.
Such. however. is not the case when that ex-
celleLtreiigousj Journal, Ths fgd'Pead,nt attempts
10 Joy down the law on questions Of political econ
omy. The last Of its efforts IN this direction is
contained in sn article upon disposition which
il discovers or imagines in the more liberal jour
nals Of the country, a1d especially ia THE TRIB.
rNr. 10 tske the side of Russia in the present war.
As for this genersl imputaton. We beg respect
fully to decline it. oar sympathies are with
neither Of the antagonists and eur aim through
out lac been simply to Sc; the truth Of the case
L. of, Tor he
siops snd the errors with which parties and writer's
on either side hsye sought TO inyest II. Bot oir
present. purpose is not with This sspec! Of tho
question; we desire to consider not the political,
but tie economical bearing Of the controversy.
and though The ERdeperd.h! is sufficiently absurd
in regard 20 the former (ss for instance. when it
claims our moral support for ihe Allies on the
ground that tie British people and army Will yet
make the war favorable to freedom though the
British Government. and the French tyra1t are
now wsgirg as our co.em oOraly expressly states,
ag.inst freedom We pass that by, and ask our
readers a'te,ton to the following extract from
that jour- al
The TRrsusS, indeed, professss 10 lind in 4
Russian tarIff the sovereign remedy for the Ills Of
Turkey, and the guarantee Of European civilization
in he East So ~ hlds IN high tarn the severe "a
ren edy for The evils that opD.ess the NeN York poor.
A li,ie heavier tax coal end iron, to relieve the
di,tr.ss 81 the POOR; TAX upon whatever the Turk
eat and wears. O. isDtc his progress 10 civilization
Tbs obsolete DOGMA, Ike tho new oogml OF the In
InGcuIlfo t-ucep tDr. Is 20 balish war, plsence,
fal me- tr' a he ills # hunaaiiy from tho face of
tie s.0b-.
In this rresDmptuous aud 1ppant s'!le, our re-.
ligous cotemporsry ignorantly dogmatizes upon
one OF the grayest questions that can occupy the
minds of statesmen or affect the welfare Of the
aboring masses. With the fatal consequences of
British Free trade apparent throughout the couu-
try-wth unequsled distress among the myiiads
of working people, unemployed because Free
trade has closed the workshops, mills aud fur
races where they earned their llyipg-Our cleri-
cal Economist coclly shuts his eyes to the facts,
and tells us that Free trade has nothing TO do
with this widespread misery, and thatPrstectiOn,
which, as often as we have tried IT, has always
produced prosperity and improved the condition
Of the lsboripg elass, Is an obsolete idea Com
mend us to Mslthnsian for mpudence ard reck-
less assertion As If that were an obsolete idea
10 which every prosperous and powerful
country IN Chrssendom still adhores, ard
do so promised TO forward her great purpose
Of mosopOzing and controlling the markets
Of the world. As well might The IqdeTendeH,,
because II believes in future Millennium
when all will be peace, love and righteous
ness among men, order the instant disbanding OF
the Police on the pretense that ii is an obsolete
and unnecessary institution. Free trade will no
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ciety; but it is only by means Of Protection that
j, can be attained.
Along win Ireland, India and Portug. Tar
key stands before the world special victim and
illustration Of British commercial policy. If she
has not sufcr red so terribly 80 the first two cOun-
tiies, II is due to the fact that being al ally and
not a dependency of England, some part Of the
curse Of British Free trade has been spared her:
but she has borne enough Of it to undermine the
foundations Of her national existence. There
was tine when she had artisans and industry Of
her OWE, when Der cloths we're woven 10 her own
looms and her utensils such az they were, MAJ
ufactured by Ter Own workmsn, Then she pos
setstd tie germs Of real power aud national de.
yelopmtnI. These germs have al been destroyed.
She 10 lorger las artisans or industry; she has not
even settled tradesmsa in her villages nor toll
cradle road or canal Ia all her territory; and all
the traffic Of this rich and beautiful land depends
upon travelling caravans, who supply the wretchsd
people with the little merchandise they are able
to purchase, not exchanging ii for domestic pro-
ducts but draining the country Of the little spe.
Gle that by any means lindsits way into it. Under