, 1870-01-20
HRn1lAlsA Essays on Political
Economy.

From The JnHeyTil|s {Wis Rtcord.
mofe pleasure taaa this oaa h. ci7en = AEd
LOT oily has It peen pleasure. bus Ws felt while
reading II That the 1ine given 10 It way
mosi nSns4 p'SSsso Il 2'ts 1o5 as
coun,rJ. As We nn1shed the last u it, brilliant
pages Ee coEid rot hep devously .Elshtng tnat
ereIy American citizen might lcau 1t: fet We feel
sure that DO bcoE as erer been odered 70 ,hs
American public for many year1 Vhscn u calcu'
lal4A to Do - mech good. 1tHeems TO us that
nlseady tere, when economical queattoas auc1 a.
uadc. nuance aid wages, VAL be the most I'M.
poItant TINT csn te ptess: ted fnr oar c,ns;defa.
pa2t It has been because 9 harc he'd % meet the
grtnses or c OF nsrIot4l e1iktetca- But the great
tied. UhvtpR saved the Country, &ae proo!eI now
IL, how are is interests to be Advanced and wcat
course nu.t be ta1en 70 secure IT, Erea'e,t poa.-
10 ao!ve. That his views ere correct VIC neI,sve
Co Ore can dcny who bas read bis remarkable
s ss Esa tiSe tas s s
70 mise and untehable do they npptaar tiat II We
we're never n fayor Of iEee trade before we
sion ,s uscsist!b Q that tic system Y hcn in this
ceuntII Is chilled "prd1ccttou TO AueEtcaD indus
tIJ"is, Il r a11tJ. trand upoa ~ corsnGets Of
ps an absolute dttrImclt. IN 1hs long run, to
ne producers themselves The theory Of
Isotscton y nG; Esw eus, FOR u It
been trlt by n1i the Continental nations Of Europe
81 d ~ Great Brttsp, and IN no Gaze have ia Ie.
fuitt been other than dtRasttoue. II. Hastiatis ar
cuuent6 ale Eone the lese applicable 10 Us be-
cauBc be NAs Freedman. He ehoA that the
whole eytiem II rYo.ec.lon Is pe1,-had in Amer.
ice, a. veil As In France, EnRlatd+ OF Gernsuy.
It IS not ooF Intention to offer acy new arguments
at this ume IN favor Of Tree trade. We saoold bs
ashamed TO argue In 80 plain case as u. Basttat
has nade. but We hope test every pestoa wnose
believe ttal Horace Greeley and belly c. Carey
are the Rfeateht nasttIf OF political economy
tie world nss ever pT1uuced, will read this book.
The ttbjsct IS El,n1 ole, uuu We cannot give 1t
loo nuch attehuoD. 1ekik he 8udIed carefully,
and We shall he tho better qualified TO ditcnaIre
our dutes "a soyerrlQn c,lizens OF the great Ie.
pEJllc- II We mlHtaE6 not the signs OF the tines
tteye Is already growing Interest IN economical
1uel tons which tUdes little good 10 the "GscAS
American eysleu,' OF, ns 1t ought TO b. Called,
"the Rre4t bJssem Of r0bblrE a TO Day T. :" Pro-
tcctlOU, class.le gtEIauon, tnd morcpouEs arc
- little Aui;ed to cur lrsutatons that
pIessure OF au enlightened pubic o2in,on,
"a public option Eh.ch Il nov fspldly forming,
AID Which 1ecosnlzEa Tbs right OF cyers tu2n 10
tLjoy The lrult5 OF hi3 own labor uutfamelled
ald unburtened BY tF1o2te to any DAn or ciass OF
nep.
~ we have sready said, We believe II. Btst1Att
book ID calculated 10 GO good. We colIe1d Il
10 eCr readers. With the hops that they viii give
It the c11clut consideration which II deserves;
aEo. or word for II, II any Of them Art adntrefs
Of "tht crest American sTAtem," :" fney will 6nish
it, pe1uAal With that admiration co1sidcE4blr
eutdueu, and with tie add.t,on al l1forIatoa TINT
bfter al, ouly ctnMou Ecnse applied to inter-
rational Jnfffr0urNe.