The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-04-14
Free Trade.
From the Free Trader for April.

Henry D. Lloyd, Assistant Secretary
of the Free Trade League lectured in the
| Brick Church last evening on Free Trade,
the international Law of the Almighty
At the close of the lecture discussion
followed. Mr.. William Carpenter said
the effect of the lecturers remarks on
him was to convince him the more that
| Protection was the main element In the
prosperity of the country. Mr.. Wharton
spoke in behalf of Protection. A point
that must not be lose sight of is, that
nations are intrinsically hostile to each
other; each tries to get the better of the
other; therefore, the people of any
one country must maintain, protect, and
stand by each other. The prevailing
fsentiment Of the speaking portionso the
sssemblage was decidedly in favor of Pro-
lection, and there was evidently large
sympathy among the audience for the
same side" -Neic York Tribune.
The origin of the above is patent 1t
strikingly exenA llfes the opposing ten
denotes of the doctrines of Protection ;"
and Free-Trade." 1t clearly states one
of the fundamental propositions of the
Protectionist," that nations are intrin-
sically hostile to each other" On the
contrary, Free Trade teaches that the
interests of nations ere essentially har-
monious. The one is the doctrine of bar
barism, the other of enlightenment. The
one is pagan, the other is Christian.
"Do unto others even as you would that
others should not do unto you is the
first commandment in the Protectionist
gospel 1t is but modifcal ion of the
old doctrine that war is the normal con-
dition of mankind. On the contrary the
Free Trader believes that injury to one
nation can never conduce to the ultimate
prosperity of another, and ne sees in
every increase in the intercourse of ma
tions new guarantee of peace.
Strive as we will, we can never render
our own country entirely independent of
every other. Only barbarous or semi
civilized nations will persevere in, such
q policy. Even in China, where that
policy has been most deliberately carried
out, it is giving way. Commercial inter.
course never leads, of itself, to the sub.
lection of one nation to another. It only
tends to reciprocal dependence pro-
ductive of prosperity and advancement
to both alike At the same time, nothing
tends SO strongly to the preservation Of
peace. France and England afford a
most remarkable example of the truth of
this proposition. Up to q comparatively
recent period no two nations had enter
tanned toward each other such long-cons
tinued, bitter, and apparently ineradica-
BILE hostility. For centuries the feeling
had been handed down from generstion|
to generation. The victory which Eng
land, aided by the greater part of Europe,
achieved over Napoleon, smothered but
did not oxtinguish the fires of hatred
Even eminent men in both nations had
declared that England and France were
naturally and necessarily hostile to each
other. Yet they are now not only at
peace, but their respect and friendship
for each other are continually increasing. 1
No one thing, nor all other things COM
bined, have contributed so much to bring
about this result as the commercial treat |
which was established between, the two
countries, and which was principally
due to the enlightened views and states |
manlike efforts of those two noble men,
Richard Golden and Michel Chevalier.
That treaty was a step in the direction of
Free Trade. It must eventually be fol- |
lowed by that complete freedom of com. /
merciai int recourse, which, once attained, !
will render war between the two countries
almost an imposibility. xs,.
So is il between the United State and
England. Grave and difficult matters of
dispute exist between them Had we no 1
commercial intercourse with each other,