, 1866-01-17
FaEE TRADE LEAGUE.
Permanent auiEalon:'Address BY
the President, DR.. C.. II. Ray--In.
tereSting Statistics.

teresting Statistics.
An Adjourned meeting oi the Free 1tsoe Learu,
was held last evening Ia Masse,a Mc,rh,,t. r.
change, Pursuant 10 a call Of The Rxecut1ye Com,
mitee' lhe meeting III. called To ofde, at or)ocl
| By Geotge II. Clarks.
z1E PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
Ifhac Il. Duler, from the committee "A .,
ue a*ss meeting 10 present to the 1oectipr III.
names ot Genaeu,e1 to act ~ o1cen OF The orpan.
afsnon, reported thefol,owtng:
FE.s'desot3,Dr ~ Charles H,Ra.>. -
F. Ec.;ses U;oesea William F. coolbaueh. Col. j. ".
GGnetpoodtns seaeuz,-aeo. ". nu.s.
1secosu'nE Se1ctazy-A Z. Cameron.
IfcasuIef@. 4. Efda.
Executive Committee-Isaac Il. D1I1er. ,
Plteei; 4:e:1s. = Eeat9'an Lambert Howard
e E.a~5n hnnt. CHARLES IL Cram, Horace uuf1hut
- ~ :: M1nn, IL James T. sheaazn, jason Mecord
HHonfSe He11S " flsndsss, Dr.. J. a. Allen and John N.
The report Of thr Committee was sdooted nen
em. -of''A 'te''
Mr. Di1lex then mosed that the Con,ttutton
adopted At the last meeting Of The Leseue be ~
iss1ed to The Ezecusiss COMMITTEES soe rsytnon.
ErEEcH or TEE raEsnExr.
The President elect WIS then called to the ch.ir.
and took his teat amid marked Demonstration al
approval BE Addressed the meeting As folloss ba-
ing Hequentls interrupted BY heAztY applause:
0Ea11x1xs-1n expressing my thanks for the
nonof That Jon hare done me in calling me TO pre.
Eide oser The sItttngs Of this League, hone i Is
mol smifh toz me to sAy word Ii relation to the
nstu1e Of the work thkt VIC seek to accomplish !: /
thali be very h1ef:
nele 10 prosc, and to make our county
nen ., Inc Northwest unda1stand, that which We
u@'e o''ne autnofatJ Tor asserting, That dgs do
mol gro" Of tthistlee"-ln Other words that We can.
no' nope, and dare not ak for sonnd goEesumsnt-
a poue5 70 IT ~ II touches the Industry and COM
nerce OF the country a long as that policy Ia bot
tonea on nand and = he We Rro here 10 proEe.
as We snali IN manner that admits Of NO dispute,
taat me doeaf1ne or ffotection Is deluAton and
~ practise robbery. We are here to prove, that
this Goycru1ncnt, Instituted not for the greatest
good Of the greatest number. but for the entire and
unqualified freedom o. FL mcn-commerciAl and
industrial freedom as well a. religious md political
fseedona-has no right to tax one branch Of indus.
t1y for The benefit OF another branch and that
when 1t doea, no matter what the fpecious excuse
or The tying pscse1t, 1t ttansernds its author
hy and should Be rebuked. We are here
TO enecf Cur earnest protest asalntt the class.
legislation that Ia the hane Of freedom
elsewhere, and that Will rap its foundations
here II 1t be permitted to uautp the authority lor
which 1t u gTaeplnF. We must build ON these 4. On
rock We must azalu and again ra,ss our voices
against the tal:e assumptions Of right winch lie At
the ba.ie OF all the theories OF Protection; and
while We admit that revenue may snd ought to be
1a,sed By the imposition OF uniform duties on In
portt, ~ must not be silent when .his political and
economical necessity il made the excuse for e1n.
TEN Of hspd and oppression thai wiu In the end
cripple The commerce, cnbarass theag7icuture and
tnpore1ish the resources Of the country, that few
hundreds or Thousands Of The hvu.ud and
protected may HpH rich. We arc unquestion-
ably right. The principles upon which VIC act
arc coezistcnt With, nay are Il part Of that
benencent md comprehensive Democracy thst
our foretathers pRolasscd. No othef. can in the
nature Of thingt, b. enduring this Is IN rc,nafn
really free country When Ne surrender The rtrht
to trade where and with whom v.e will. under .1rh
Necessary Limitations a the countyys neceasity for
reyeune may tnpose. when wa n.r7nit f,rnnres. !,
ssy, even bs indireetion, that 10 ehall lool for
xu,.ket for our Ees,e,n surn]u. In Seyr Enc,.nd ~
psuney1yHn1s and th.t zyr sh,1l mn, On ~ prro.a
| IN sell uh.t ~ }7sve md hny ubst rs ,a.a -. s
render hst Ia "A ns,nr.tlv ours a, the IL ,h,, NJ
breathe ar The sunlight ,hst on,ctr,x and ,,,,,a.s
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tss,.t.ss ~ n.s,,.s,. ~ t.s..su. poas' uas
| revenue from Customs dutea 1mposatble. Wnea the
4uasnn OF the Prntecsionlsts Is realized and Ill
foreign iron, hardware and texlle hhstcs are shut
ont Of our markets. whence will these necessary
cuarouns dRties come! Yon will be able 10
| chow that the burdens whtch oppress
our internal commerce By w..s- 80
! 80 -. .i~. s.,., - aoo
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70 the excessive currency fnh.1ion You win be
able to show that The projected p.ats OF tho susuu
tactar1 OF iron, cotton md wool are 50 excessive
that ne arc Justified in the belief hat they gil be
| sufficiently renune7atire uhen only 4 tar7d for