New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-30
LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.
I'M cousISs ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

OUR COUSINS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
r. EdTfor OF Ths Tribune
SIR: / wish every American could read
your essays upon Political Economy wish, too, after
ho has read able essays he could visit England and
inform himself OF the why all Engshmcn desire
US 70 adopt the practice Of free trade Nothing can DO
more apparent than that this desire founded upon tho
ruling principle OF all great bodies Of men, and most OF
individuals AZ wel-selfinterest II 20 me, an
American that souerest and national prosperity
alike demand the maintenance OF Protective Tariff.
While England was developing her immense Coal and
Iron mines, and giving employment 10 her constantly
increasing cheap labor she too, had her Protective.
Tariff The moment that her manufactures (which
sprang up with such marvellous rapidity In consequence
OF the cheap fuel iron and laborJ became firmly and
sodly red 20 that she could dofy the world to manu-
faetu1s as cheap sAa could then and only then
England became wonderfully liberal and adopted what
she calls FRGR TRApE and calls upon all the world TO do
kewlse II il amusing 70 listen TO the manufacturers OF
this country they pathetcally appeal TO America 10
opsn her pors to freely admit their products. We are
eosu say they therefore you should shut up your
tories and workshops, while we supply you with cotton
fabrics woOen goods, railroad TOn, steam engines, &C.
y doing So you get cheap goods Of all descriptions, and
81 pay fer these various tens OF our manufacture we
will drain your country Of all the gold and slyeryo can
produce from year mineral resources They
know this would be the natural result OF such pol
ICY and seeu To me We must DO t3os not 70 see II also
When country becomes densey populated as Eng.
land H. and our Iron and Coal mines become as eH-
tensiVely developed highlands are and labor be-
comes cheap then afford 10 be as patriotic IN this
matter Englshmen. When all branches OF our manu-
factares become numerous aud 50 SystamatEed that
we take the same material which grows at our Own
doors aud sell the manufactured goods 10 our own PEG
ple AS cheap England does, then throw open
the world aud invite them 10 come without
money and without price To compete with us Untthen
adopt free trade, but pander To tho senshness
greed OF nation that governed by no higher prn
cipe Se1shueSs Is written IN blazing characters upon
every Englshuan whether he be saint SINNER manufac
ture statesman II Is legbe IN social and public life
U the stranger In the face wherever no goes from
the prince TO the peasant II is the ruling passion wish
every American would but take the pains to inform MN
self how much Of the gold and SILVER We delye for and
could manufacture at home. III this drain OF pre-
cious metals to this country ia great now. what would II
be IL we had protective tariff Our progressive great
meas would be retarded aud become actually depend
ent upon England This dependency would give England
political power over u.s. which she would not DO slow 4
use Lot wait little longer before We becOne prey
| to tho British lion. Most truly &. CHIrMAN.
| MOrIeys Hotel, London.