New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-29

Production, Interest, Manufactures, Duties, ~
valoren and specific, and Of every question OF 90
cia science that enters into the debates Of modern
economists, is very full and very mastery. The
er tire system which he conmends to his country
men il full of the noblest humanity. 1t never
ceases TO refer TO the progressive well. being aud
development Of the individual man. He il kept
constantly 10 view. as the true object OF all true
SECRETARY action and governmental policy.
We are compelled to close our notice Of tai'
work. the most important and valuable in our judg-
ment which has bean issued from the American
press during this century. We will do 80, by re-
curing to the earnest and repested discussions
which the author addresses to bis osunsrymen to
avoid the system of false economy which subjects
them to the power of Traders and the tax Of Trans
portation. He defines Trade to consist in the per-
Torrance ofe1changes for other persons, and Com
merce to consist in the exchange Of services, pro-
ducts, or ideas By men, and nth their fellow-men
for their own sccount-and declares, what Is self
evident truth, that tho men who traffic and trans
port make no addition to the quantity of commod-
ties to be consumed. The wagner who carries
the products of the farm gives nothing in exchange
for the part that he and bis horses consume on the
road; whereas were he and they employed in sup
plynp other commodities production would in
crease, and the power Of consumption be aug
mented The trader at the shipping port, the
shipmsster and his sailors, the foreign trader, and
the wagner who hauls the produce to the place Of
consumption, all abstract their shares, and give
nothing in return. At the place of production,
eoru will feed and wool will clothe as many persons
Is they will at the place of consumption; and the
more direct the exchanges the more instantly does
consumption follow upon production with large
increase of force. To the men who live by trans
portation and trade increase in the rapldity OF the
socetary movement is not Observation-Disclosures of
friction being attended with loss Of power in them
selves The more effeetually the slave-owner can
prevent all int recourse with the world, except
through himself, the more perfect is his power to
determine what shall be bis proportion OF tho
food and cotton, and how much Of either ne will
leave to be divided among his people. The more
eectualy the trader can compel resort to the mar
ket he controls, the greater will be the tendency to
the accumulation of large stocks in his hands, and
the more perfect will be his power to determine
how much cloth OF iron he will consent to furnish
in exchange for any given quantity of sugar, cot
ton or -four. The more effectualy the ship.Owner
can prevent intercourse among those who produce
rice and wool, the greater must be their demand
for ships and the greater must be his power to de-
termine what shall be the proportion OF the cargo
allotted to him for carrying it to market. The
slower tho motion of society, the longer will DO the
period intervening between production ana con-
SUMPTION and the greater will be the power OF the
soldier the slave-owner the trader, and the ship
master. Therefore it is that they occupy so i'm
portant position in all societies in which-there
being no diversity of employm ent-there is little
development of individuality among those who ls-
bor or those who live by tho labor of others. Ships
are not commerce, nor are locomotives, barges
cars, brokers, or commission merchants. These
are each and al necessity of imperfect society
obstacles standing in the way of Commerce, in the
true and broad economical sense Of that term.
ADDRESS COMMEMORATIVE OF S RUFUS c sS1. By
Law School Of Harvard University. svo PIP. o. Liis,
Brown, Co.
Mr.. Parsons has rightly given to this perform
ance the title Of address rather than Of euOgy. 1t
deals in no fulsOme panegyric, aims at truth and
not at effect, and presents discriminating view Of
the mental endowmeuts and moral traits Of the de-
parted without ascribiDg to him the possession Of
talents or virtues which existed only in the fancy
Of bis enthusiastic admirers The discourse is, GER
tainly more honorable to the memory Of Mr..
ChOate than if it merely uttered the language of
unqualified encomium 1t exhibits the features of
his personal character in a striking light, while it
gives mastery analysis of the elements of bis loren
sic prominence. The Partially of private friend
ship has thrown no illusion over the mind of the
author, and be has performed the task both of eI
position and critci.m, with equal delic,cy and
frmness
The following passage, illustrative Of the union
of the rhetorical and logical powers in Mr.
Choates intellectual constitution, is fair speci-
men of the whole discourse.
suppose tina, saw first what all others did; and
perhaps most clearly what most observers outside
Of our profession nearly alone-and tina. was his
wonderful rhetoric. But alec saw what no opponent Of
Mr.. Choate in in which be put forth bis whole
powers, ever failed to see-thst he was not mere
Ihetorciap. His perceptions were quick and clear
quite remarkable, and his induitxy incessant and zeal
Gus. How could he fail to be learned have indeed
hesitation in saying that he was one Of the most
learned lawyers have ever met with And his learn
irg was excellent 10 its kind and quality. He was
sagacious and early discovered how to study, and
what TO study. While remarkably familiar with the
leading authorities al important topics, and know
ing them well as mere cases, he did not know them
merely csses; for they had yielded to him their
principles and their and they implanted in his
own mind, terminated like living seed in rich soil
and bore their proper fiuits; and these were always
within reach of bis hand.
Nor was it learning only that he possessed. No man
SUI passed him in logical power lie could envelope
his hearers in chain of reasoning, cose direct and
conclusive He gave 10 his argument the aspect
or formality of logic but ali the force Of logic was