New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-27

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ful yigor, spd the people rapidly advancing in wealth
strength, freedom and power. TIE opposite, or FREQ
trade fystem has been in active operation 10 In,is
belsno Turkey and other countries, whose people are
as rapidly deelnDg toward poverty, Slavery, and gen.
eral d, Doralizstion.
How, my dear Sir, has Ii been smong ourselvesi
Turn 10 the years hicb followed the abandon uent OF
The protective policy in 1916, and study the rapid
growth of paupertm and wretcb,dness that wac then
observed. Pase on to those which f,lowed the pas
ssge Of the protective tariffs of 1924 and 1873, and
rfma,k the wonderful change toward wealth and
Freedom that at once produced. Study next the
cro~th of papperism and deel'tution under the
onise tariff closing with the almost entire paralysis
of Is4ci2 Pass onw ard, asd examine the action of
the thrift Of le42-maIking the constant Increase In
the d, ,nand for the production and con-ump-
ton Of iron and Of cotton and woslen goods-snd In
The suepgth and power Of IL community which had 20
recently been obi, ed to srpy 0Hd nat IA rd'', at at
lie bspk houses of Europe for the 'ual snount OF
money lhst lhep was Needed for carrying the Gov
erpmeIt. Look, next TO the repeated crises we have
had under the tariffs of IS46 and lG57each and AL OF
them finding toward strengthening the rich, while
weakening tie poor, AID promoting growth of pau
rerism such as has never, believe, been known, 10
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Ia 60 brief period Soch having been the result the
qu,aiors DO " uni e.--WhiIher are We tendiDgl Lit
10, toward slavery for the white aSOroF Tbose are
the questions have desired to have discussed, aud
Whatever you, my dear sir, may think of it, tAey must
be al.ays III order.
There, however, as mey be taid, are mere faets-a
sort Of poltica arithmetic Trade should he free, ADD
any facts that nay be produced in opposition to that
10 bo ha rflis ID wa
sould be always going in Ire dieeton Of freedom Of
commerce. and freedom Of man, fully and freely adj
it bui hat is the road which eacs in that direction
Certainly, not the orc Oh which recently have
eled all our present tendencies being toward pauper
lam and Slavery, for the WI ito nan and the black As
oertsnly, it lie tie one on which Travelled in tho
wears Of The period of tariffs OF 1873 and 1873 aud,
if you dete any evidence of THE you have but TO look
to tie mos distinguished Freo-trade writer's OF TIE
present ceLto1y-ther teachings and nine being IN full
| accordance with each other.
Seeking proof Of this assertion, allow me- my dear
Sir to quest that you will turn to Mr. j. D. Say and
study tie cases described by fim as being those ID
which "pro,ec ion, granted with view 10 promote
"tbe profitable application Of labor and capital, may
"becOme productive of universal beneLt" Look
Loxt if you please, to Mons Banqui, his successor,
and find him assuring his readers that experience had
already taught thst people ought never TO deliver
"oyer to the chances Of foreign trade the fate Of s
" manufactures" PAS on 10 Mons. Rossi, aud read
bis entire dcamer Of the idea of pon-intervention by
the Goyernmept-holdpg, rs he does, that prudent
"aDd enlightened Administration requires the making
ain view Of probable future benefit of advances that
"msy not possibly be repaid in full" Turn thence to
Mr.. j. s. Mil who iells his readers that the suPe-
rioriiy of country another in any branch OF
"proGuctioD often arscs only from having began it
sooner, and q country which las skIll and expert
"enoe at to acquire may in oher respects be better
"a5apeG the production than Others that ear
Eer IN The field" but that ut cannot be expected
"that ndiyduas should a, their risk or, rather
"at their certain loss, introduce new manufacture
"and bear the burden Of carrying On until the pro-
duceis have been eoneated mp to the level of those
"with whom the processes have become traditional"
Look next 10 Mons. Chevaer, and learn that not only
it il abuse Of power the part OF the Govern
"neIt," but that lit is only the accomplishment Of
ga positive duty each epoch in the progress
OF nation as 10 favor the taking possession OF all
the branches Of industry whose acquisition il author
sized by tie nature of thiDgs." The Government
which fails to do this " Makes" as he thinks ga
" grest mistake"
You have here, my dear Sir the views Of FIVE Of the
most eil ent European economists Of the present
tury, all Of them high authority in the Free-trade
school, and yet all concurTing in Tho views have
pressed to you. Facts and theories being thus in op
petition TO your DOCTRINES is not time that you
should undertake anew the examination of the quss.
tion, with view to satisfy yourself whether the
teachings Of The Pot really those of Slavery or
OF Feedoml
am told that was once Free-trader, and nothing
can DO oIe true Careful study of the phenomena OF
the FreeIaoe coDvulsion Of l8iC-i2 and Of the pro-
teeionist revival of 1927, having however, salts
fed that the facts and the theory could no. agree
l vas led 10 study the latter, ard find the
of error. That found, felt difficulty in ad-
hitting that had been wrong than would be felt by
yourself afer you thoud have tried and vainly tried
to establish the fact that the Of Freedom to
he promoted by policy that separated The producer
from the consumer-plaeing the spindle and the loom
On enc continent and leaving the plow and the har.
row on the other
AT the moment Of inviting you to join with me in
inquiry as to the real road toward wealth and freedom
for our people harmony for our Union aud prosperity
and power for great Confederacy-tbat inquiry 10
he conducted III the spirit Of men who sought for truth,
and not for vicory-I had stiIl some lingering doubts
Of your acceptance; and yet it appeared TO me that
you yourself should be quite anxious for it as
by sDy possibility could be. DESTROYS TO remove all
difficulty the space TO be given TO DO left 10 your
decsorihe greatness Of the subject seeming TO me TO
give assurance that the inquiry would be allowed to
assume proportions somewhat in accordance with
those Of the interests to be discussed. Pledged,
should be- to tie OF TRUTH and to that alone any
Irevious involvemebfs, on eber eide, would shrink