The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-09-21

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during q portion Of its history, q fres-trade.
party, bnt iess from q belief that thrsuoh
freedom Of trade Law the straiRhtcst road 10
thenhjectpf Al trade, 1.-The making Of money,
= than from dread Of cenzaliKatiou and
. strong government. That free trade should
not has been proclaimed BY the Colonies
from the FIRST hour Of their independence,
and steadily adhered to ever slnce 90 part
end parcel Of the american sy stem, and that
protection should not have been regulated
along with royalty, eligsrch}, religious CO.
adjustments, passports, and all other parts
Of the parental system Of goveEpment, must
ever be considered as one Of the great misfcr-
tunes Of our time This country was, Of al.
best adapted to the preaching and the prac.
tice Of the doctrine. The climate, the soil.
the situation, the genius and habits Of the
people favored ii, and issg adoption here
would have had force and influence which
its adoption in any European country nov
does not now and cannet hsEes Had Eng
land or any other leading European state,
two centuries ago, thrown lts ports open, the
world would, no doubt, have made much
more rapid advances both in moral and in
material progress. We may DO sure that
.zesf.al IDEAS would hive did 4aut EARLIER:
The soldiers trade would sooner have fallen
In repute, and that of the meFchane have
sooner risen the means Of Intercourse be-
tween different countries would have i'm
proved more quickly, because intercourse,
instead OF being regarded rs injurious, as il
IS under the protective system, would have
peen regarded as blessing good feeling,
too, among the nations Of the earth would
have been promoted, and the growth Of stand
ing armies, the great curse and scourge Of
modern clyilization, have been prevented.
But now, sitter Eve hundred years OF med
ding, the irss-trade policy Of England, as an
example prodnQes comparatively little effect.
People cay, and not rnnaturally, that she
mas only abandoned protection after il haa
done Tor her all sha anted il TO do
Dnt u 10 easy enough to show that Eng
iana mas achieved her manufacturing supre-
macy not 10 consequence of, but in spite Of.
~ trammels on her industry. She haa. Il,
80 nrst place, the great essential Of manu-
Eng industry ,--lArge beds Of coal and
iron lying Huo sy 49, !, a. a. a. - -. -
place, . population Of extraordinary Snss2 ~
and Independence of character. She has 4
government which, with a;ifts faults and ali
is apectation Of superior economical wisd Gun
IA oeen .ess I.,eddies6rrs than any other in
respect to indiridnal freedom wL;cS - IN
Ssnel PsrIssd Easepe has been unknown.
Dlnce tps seymina&on Of the War Of the
Roses, o. the Gloss 81 tae fifteenth century
s9f nas been ths3theasre Of only one var
france, dermanys and Italy, during the last
tnree hundred yeans have been desolated
neany 2 dozen times BY hostile armios
during me vhoe Of Wis period no Rorlisb.
o.aa n.o seen ieFelgn soldier in England.
% an army 10 The field, except during ths
neyol1tlQR Of l642, and the. brief rad Of
iT46. That ne opening ofsshe nissfeentk
century found England rich Is well a. Tree
compared with the ContnenfaI nations. ,rrs.
1. S.wssafs @es xDedsr would have been Il
Bat Hsishsrlln England nor sDyvher. A.
Was full cppoftunity aiordsa Of seeine
what the freedom Of the individual could ~
complish In she art Of growing rich The
nrst neid ever offered on which the experi-
ment could have been fairly tried was this
continent. II was blessed with the ereatast
variety Of soil $50 ssazaAsr, ~ssl saS nss,,
sregta and harbors, with the greatest extent
q i1Hno navigation, with the richest supply
Oh mstais, OF any country in the world, and
had Popasation singulariy daring, hardy,
Ingenious, and seli-reliant, untr1minelled by
recommendations, and with the love OF in-
gnssrY and honor OF industry instilIed into |
tnem with Their mothers milk. In fact ibis |
comment SEEMED made, and It's. population |
poin, LOT the display, Cor the first time in The
history Of ne world, of the free use Of ALI |
tne human faculties, for the suh,niss;on ~
AL the FT oblems Of life, social moral. polis;-
cal, ano economical, to the Individual inar.
ment The opportunity was allowed e. ain
aSay; the old European path WAS entsrs5
upon under the influence or the old msd;.ss~i
motives = the belief that gold was the univ
wealth that IN trading with the fore;ons,
unless you sold him more in sDecie yslue
man ne sold JON, you lost by the .ranssc.
.lon That diversity Of industry being neees.
- % soqn9 progress, tho t:vefsity Of indi-
- ~ ent and capaci. eA..id not Be I
oepenasd upon % produceit /. Il. ppanufac-
'uses Dtsng necessary 10 make tSe nation
Independents Of foreigners ia limo Of war i
indivldu.l energy and sagaeity o,.,ld not h.
uepencsd on 10 create them: that 4 hnca.~d |.
men asseTneled in Washington. choeen ~
me chances OF ballot, Knew best now escb i
cllzen ought to invest lis capital: and ma
%. through ihe whole weary rou.ld Of med
@val failacics. $500 = u''u
The result was, that the policy Of bn;ldinv
up manufactures, that Is, 81 forcins csr,1s1
md industry into channels intp WHICH thev
did not naturally flow, By erant,ng p.yti.l
mcnopolies, pr Offering bounties. gse r SsI;hA
sratsly resoffed 70, il close im;tst;or -
'Lufcpean models, until msuuiac,ures On
~ y scale were forced rapidly into existsnce. II
49, soolety 40 most Of the large towns OF he
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