, 1869-05-16

lAw To etstAa the nAturA presogatiyea OF thts IT,
erty. Ths Kind Of sroltst,on IL called ps1vleze or
monopoly. We Will carefully Indicate III ortktn
and character.
Every o1e knows that the services which he
ote1s tn the general market a1r the mora sa1ped
and better raid for tho sca.ce1 they are. Each
one, then. Will aAk for the enactment Of 1aH to
keep cut OF the 1na1knk ali who o1es services amI.
lar to his
This variety Of spolhtion being the CHIEF subject
OF tnis Totnme viii say little Of 1t nese, and witt
restrict myself to one remark;
Nsta TIE rse- poly l. An tsotated fact, It never
h'Is 10 enfita the pe11ou to whum the lA~ haa
sH afed II 1t may then happen that each class Of
n5f1men. Instead Of seeking the overthrow Of this
monopoly, Claims = similar one for Itself. This
Kind OF Epoll1ttnu, thus reduced to SJ14eM, be-
comes then the most ridiculous Of mysu1cs1tons
for everyone, and the definite result Is tint each
ono beAeyeA that be gains more from general
market depleted snd Impoverished BY all
II d not necessal! to tdd that this singular
regime also brings about IN universal Rntagontsm
between all classes, al Professions and all peo-
ple1; thai IL requires tne constant but Always 1n-
certain Interference Of government; that II swa1ns
with the abuses which haze been the subject Of
the preceding paragraph that II places al indus
trtal pursuits In hopeless insecurity, and that II
soeustoms men TO Place upon, The law, and not up
va NAsNAs9[tfNs9 SAN AG2FNAa4uAAhy 9Ol hAS4A fSay
existence il would be dif1cutt to Imagine more
active cause Of social disturbance.
.tustifeution.
It mar be asked, "Why this ugly wprt-spolls-
t1ep7 1t IL not only coarse, but wounds and T.
r1tates; it turns calm and moderate men against
you, shd emblste1s the controversy"
earnestly dec1are thai respect individuals:
believe In The sincerity of almost nj the friends Of
Protection, and do not admit thA; I hare any
%t>v All
feeling, or philanthropy Of anyone l also rcpcs,
thst Protection ts the work, the fatal wort, ot Il
conmon error, Of which H. OF neatl! all, are At
once Y1cttt4 and 3ecomplices. But cAunot pre-
veus thinea teing What they RE-
Jost imagine some Dogcncs putting his bead
out Of his tub and saving, "Atheni2ns you are
served by slaves u1re you never thought TINT
you practice on sou1 brotheEH The most Ubiquitous
erouanon. :" Ur tribune speaking In the TO
rum, "Hcuans. you have Lid the foundation Of
nll your greatness on the ptazc OF other nAttons
They would state only undentable truths But
must re conclude from this that Athens and Rome
were Inhabited only bJ dishonest persons thai
| Socrates and Plato, Cato An1 clncdnn2tus WEIR
! cesp!cAh!e characters :.
Who could haxbor such 4 thought: But these
gFrat men iived 1ntdst Bu1ruundtrss ttat re3le7e<
| their consecnttes Of the AenBe OF this Injustice
Even Aristotle conla not conceive the idea Of 70
] Cle1y e1HllnE lANuut s1A'eas* !" Moaean Aoe'
| slavery h8s confined 10 our own day wtthou
| eans3ng many sctuples among The planters
ArnicA have serEcd ~ tho instruments Of graut
Conqnests-thai Is to Say, Of grind spoliailons-
this saying that they IRE not composed Of ofllcer
/ and men as sentative OF their honor, even more DO
pcrltape, than men tn ordinary industrial pursuit
| -otn who would blush at the very thought o
| theft, andi who would lace thousand death
| rather Than stoop to base action?
1t Ia not individuals who arr 10 blame Int tn
general movement Of opinion which deludea an'
deectses them--A movement for which society l.
| general Is cutpable-
| Ihns Is 1t with monopoly. accuse the system
and not tn1tf1duaA society IS q ma8s, and no
this or TINT one Of tta members. il the Rreates
J philosophers have been sb1e 10 deceive theMselre
IS TO the an!qu1ty OF slavery how much eas1et It
Tot farmers and manufacturer to deceive then
felEcs as to the nature and edtcts Of the protec
! uye syBteMt