, 1869-07-11

ed nellnes the extent nor the slgnlacance-" tSa-
| tfonaE Of October 16.]
We do not desl,e, however, 70 hide from you,
| Ma}estJ the fact that our p!aR haa q vulnerable
eide. They may taJ to MS: In twenty Jears al
LETT tads will be a. skilled Is right onca are noF,
I and you can no longer count On kfshanisdness to
incresse the national 1abor.
TertpIy to this, that, according to learned ply
| tctaus, the left atdn Of the body has I natural
weakness, which Is very rcassur!ng fos the future
[ Of labos. ..-..
! principle will have prevailed: Az 'fseaah eo"t4
5,on ths intensity a labor. It will be easy for us
70 extend II, sua yar5 !ta application. We will
declare for instance. that 1t shall DC allowable to
work only with the feet. This Is no more lmpoasl-
bic {for there have been lnstances) than ID
| extract iron from tho mud Of the
Seine. There have even been men who wrote
with theIr backs. Tou see. Sire, that We do no.
| tact means Of tncreaAag national labor II they
| do begin to fall Us. there remains the bonndless
1esource Of ampntatton-
Il this report, Sire, WAS not intended for publ
cation, we would can rour attention to the great
influence which systems analogous 10 the one We
submit TO Jon are capable Of gtv!ng to men Ia
| power. But this Is subject which we reserve
lot consideration In private counsel
| SUPREMACY Br LABoE.
I LAS in time OF war, supremacy Is attained BY
| superiority In arms, cAn, IN time Of penc c, gu,
premacJ be secuseA BY superiority In labor:"
This question Il Of the greatest interest at a
! time when no one seems to doubt that IN the neld
| Of industry, as On that Of battle, the stronger
cruAhts the Etaier.
Tbs must result from the discovery Of some Esd
| and dtscouraging analogy between labor, which
exercises Itself on things. and violence, which cx.
| ercises Itself on men; for how could these two
actions be Identical ID their Effects, II they were
opposed In their nature!
And II 1t Is true that In manufacturing as In war,
supremacy is the necessary result Of superiority,
| why need we OCCUPY ourselves with progress OF
social economy, since We are IN world where all
has been 20 arranged by Providence that one
and the same result oppression, necessarily no1s
| from the most antaEonlstic principles
| Referring 10 the Ne" policy toward which com.
\ mercial freedom il drawing England. many per-
sona make this objection, which. admit, occupies
1 the sllcerest minda. lis England doing my
| thing more ihan pursuing the ksme end by di1er-
| ent means: Does she not constantly aspire 10
! universal suprepacy7 Sure OF the superiority OF
| her capital and labor, does she not call in nee
competition to su1e the industry Of the continent,
reign as sovereign and conquer the privilege Of
| feeding and clothing the ruined peoples -
| It would be easy for me to demonstrate that
| these alarms are chlmertcal; that our pretended
lnterior1ty Is greatly exaggerated; that all our
great branches OF Industry not only festst foreign
| competition, but develop themselves under It's
Influence, and that Its fnfalibie eject Is to bring
about an increase In general consumption capable
Of absorbing both foreign a1d domestic prod0cA
To-day deaireto stack this objection directly,
leaving IT ali its power and the advantage Of the
| grounl It has chosen. Putting English
and French on one side, I Will ~ TO IND
out In q general why, Il, even though BY
1 superiority ID one branch Of industry, one nation
has crushed ont Similar industrial pursuits IN an-
| other one, this nation has made step toward 3D.
premacy. and that one toward dependence; In
other words, II both do not gain BY the operation,
and II The conquered do not gain the moat By It !.
live see In any product but the c1ute Of lapo.t
Is certain that the alarm Of the pro.ec,lonists Is
I well founded. five consider iron, for Instance,
| only In connection with the masters OF forGes It
| could be feared that the competition Of country
where ifcn Has gratuttous gift OF nature, would
e1tinsuish the furnaces ofauothef country, where
| ore and fuel we're scarce.
But Is this d complete REV Of the subject? Are
| there relations only between iron and those who
make 1T Has 1t none WITH those who use 1t: Is
| It's definite and onr destination 10 be produced
And Il 1t ia useful, NOT Gu account Of the labor
| which 1t causes, but on account o! the qualities
| which 1t possesses, and tho nuEcTpus
| SERVICES fur which Its hardness anu
| koalcaullity 1t 1t, does 1t not follow
that foreigners cannot reduce its price, even 80
5u1 as to prevent It's production among us, without
doing Us more good, under this 1ast statement ci
| the case, than It Injuries Us, under the lrss7
| Please consider we'll that there are many things
| which foreigners, owing to the natural advau-
tARes Which surround them, hIuder,us from pro.
| dnc!ng directly, and In regard to which ne ART
placed, IN rally. IN the hypothetical position
which VIC examined relative to 1on. We produce
at home neither tea, coffee, gold nor silver. Does
! - fn11r fhnta 1oFAr Nafa IL
! diminished: No; only 10 create the cgulvtlent
Of these things, to acquire them by way OF cx-
change, We detach from our general labor small
| er portion than we would require u produce them
| ourselves. More remains to us to use for other
| things. We are SO much the richer and stronger.
! Al that external r1ralry can DO. even In cases
Nhere It absolutely keeps Us from any certain
form Of labor, is to encourage our labor. and In
| creme our productive poHcr. Is that the road to
| supremacy, for fore!Kne5a7
| II mine or gold were to be discovered in
France, 1t does not lolto9 that It would be for our
| lnteresls 10 work 1t. 1t Ii even certain that
the enterprise ought to be neglected, II each
ounce OF gold absorbed more OF our labor than an
ounce Of gold bought IL Mexico With cloth. In
tlls case, would be better 70 Keep On seeing CIR
ulncs In our manufactures. What l5 true Of gold
| Il true OF Iron.
| The illusion comea from The fact that one thing
is not tcen. That IL, that foreign superiority pre-
vents nAftona! aboY only under hume certain foru
| and makes 1t sppeFnuUps under this form, but by
putting u. our disposal the very result OF the labor
thus nnnlhElatel II men lived in dlving-bes, u1-
| der the water, and had to provide themselves
with air by the use Of pumps, there would b. an
| immense source Of labor. To destroy this labor,
in karin1 in thi. condition., would be to do
| them terrible tnjury. tut II labor ceases, be-
cattle the necessity for 1t has gone; because men
are placed IN another position, where air reaches
their lungs without effort, then the loss OF this
labor s not to be regretted, except IN the eyes OF
| those who sprreciatc IN laoo1, only the labor
| lt6eif.
| It's exactly this sort Of labor which machines,
| commercial freedom, and progress o! all sorts,
gradually annth!late; not useful labor, but lab0r
| which has become aupernuous, supesuunasary,
| oetectleas, and without result, On the other
hand, protection restores 1t to activity II replaces
ua under the water, so n 10 give ua an opportu-
niIy Of pumping; 1t forces to ask for gold from
| the Inaccessible national mine, rather than from
our national manufactures All Its eject ts in
| this phtaEc-{oss Fl Ioseer.
1t must he understood that speak here OF gen
cral effects, and not Of tho temporary disturb
nnces oecasloned By the transition from bad TO
good system. 4 momenta1y dtssrrangemcnt
necessarily accompanies ali progress. THIS may
be q reason for making the transition gentle one,
but not for systematically .uterdictlng all progress
aud still less for Misunderstanding II.
They represent industry 10 US as conflict
THIS L. not true or IL true only when you connne
yourself to considering each branch Of industry In
its effects on some tt1ntar branch, in lsolAttng
both, In the mind, from the rest Of humanity. But
shefe Is something else; there are 6s elects On
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