New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-14
RULE AND RUN.

The colonies planted ON thls continent from
Eualsnd were tho creations Of individual outer
prise and in their perIlous infancy received but
small pecuniary help from the Government. But
as they acquired population aud wealth, and COLI
.au,nLy ,p.~r- to "'.r~nrne -spnf."iured gc"'.
the Government when lad neglected them In
TIER early struggles against wilderness aLd saw
age, became lavish Of ia care when it discovered
they were likely to become profit .ble customers
of the mother county. This care was most
strongly manifested BY Wholesale policy Of re-
pressou of their domestic industry. II WAS mi
mute, searching. and prohibltory, nnd in time At
tanned degree Of stringeucy intolerabie TO the
eolonists. This condition Of bondsee was agra
waited by the Jealousy Of the English msnufsctur
ers, who we're constantly demonstrating against
every new form OF manufacture as it was set up
in the colonies. In England it WAS all prOtoc-
ton bu. here it was all prohibition. Everything to
be consumed in the colonies was required ~ be-
manufactured in England. No iron-nin was sui-
frred ~ exist, no man could manufacture either
hat or hobnail. Shoes might bo mended, but
they must not be made. Printing was prohibited,
or permitted by license W arbitrary that the fret
American bible was printed BY stealth. As tho
colonies increased their consumption Of British
fabrics, 40 protection 10 British manufactures
tigbtoned-
Their commerce was equally hsmpcred by this
comprehensive tyranny, being forced into circuit
ous and eYpenaiye channels, that England might
be- the greater gamer. No colonial history is 80
blackeped with evidences Of peyadisg selfish
nea.. The rpcned fruit Of that seli-sacrIhcng in.
diyldual enterprise by which the colonies had
been planted, was unscruPulously appropriated TO
minister to the greed Of n manufacturing interest
nj home From the very dawn OF colonization
here. tac Crown was haunted with fears that
this growing market would IN some way be lost
70 ENGLAND. The flies OF the Colonial Office show
this in various ways The earl, Governors were mere
spies On the industrial aspirations OF the people,
and with watchful alacrty reported To the Crown
the establishment Of q hstters shop, or the msn-
ton of Independence. 1t would be difficult to
6sd, within the range Of history, an instance in
which power has been more cruelty exercised 70
repress the industry Of an entire people.
The Revolution freed them from this dsheart-
ching bondage legally at least, but not practcal'
". Commerce WAS more eHoctuslly einancipsted,
and sprsng forward with miraculous elasticity to
pre;u,ine nee; but manufacturing continued to
feel tho clog Of its old colonial incubus To this
day it has never been permanently shaken Oh.
Eogland, no longer able BY direct exercise Of
mower 70 keep our manufacturing down, has con-
tiuusd to labor persistently TO do so BY indiree'
ton. Az her rolling mills multiplied and her
,,ipdl.s quintuped, she acquired strength to per-
pssua,s the old bondage. As her capacity to man
utactur, increased, 40 did our ability to consume.
The American market must BIO kept open at any
,s.. British statesmen declared in Parliament
that English manufacturers could well afford any
lo.s consequent on Cutting this country with
goods, provided Il were sufficient to break up
our.. and commended chem for having adopted
such . policy. The possession Of this market was
worth any pecunisry sacri6cs. When this e1pcn-
si,e method Of destroying US was found too oner-
Gus for cur manufacturing vitality. other methods
equally base were adopted. Our occasional sarifs
proved to strong rampant against attacks oi
this kind--they must DO oyerthrown. Crushing
nc manufactures wss found u DO impossible; tAs