New-York tribune., 1870-05-09

England" offer to contribute to the funds of
"the Free Trade League, New-fOrk Y III
"the laborer is worthy of his hire for which
we have excellent authority-then the British
Free-Traders ought to pour money into the
Golfers of their American brethren. Suppose
the former should be able to sell us Fifty Mill
lions per annum more of their Wares and Fabrics
under Free Trade than under Protection, and
to realize barely three per cent more profit
on the amount they already sell, their net gam
by Free Trade must amount to many Millions
per annum. And why should they expect
others alone to shake the bush while they catch
the bird7
Mr.. Marshall declines the offer of funds from
his Liverpool brethren. That was polite and
wise. He knows, as wo do, that his British CO.
laborers can contribute to his treasury as much
and as often as they please through their cor
respondents on this side of the water. Let any
of them send 1000 or $4,000 to any British
house in this City with which he has dealings,
asking that house to subscribe it to the funds
of the Free Trade League, and who doubts
that the cash would be paid and accepted
Thus far, nine-tenths of the subscriptions
acknowledged by the Free Trade League have
been contributed by houses engaged in foreign
trade. Others have given from 81 up to $50 !:
these have given in sums from SlOO up 10
$1,000. And that is as it should be. we are
not finding fault with it. We heartily wish
those interested in American Mining and Man
ufactures would contribute 81 ,O0OO 900 and spend
it in placing in the hands of every voter IN
the country the reasons why the Protective
policy should be upheld and extended. We
are engaged in desperate struggle, which in
wolves the fate of property worth many Humid
reds of Millions. Thus far, the Free-Traders
have been allowed nearly to monOpolize the
public ear. They have nearly all our City
journals blowing and striking in their behalf !;
they have a powerful League with full
treasury, and have been permitted stealthily
to obtain control of powerful journals which
do not properly belong to them. We ought to
have organized rival to their League years
ago, and had it in vigorous operation ever
since; and we shall have abundant reason to
regret that we did not. But we trust that it
is not yet too late.
The subject of British Gold' is one which
we have repeatedly been required to discuss
always by our adversaries They called our
attention to the sources whence their funds
were drawn and, when we civilly asked them
to favor us with a transcript of their subscrip-
ton list, they hesitated, and held off, for a
year or so, before they could be induced to
furnish it. Then one of their journals named
two leading influential Free-Traders, and de-
manded of us whether their course was influ-
enced by money. We answered that that of
one of them, who had always been a Free
Trader, doubtless was not; but that of the
other, who was a recent convert, we thought
,cas. Hereupon, the very journal which had
wrenched this opinion out of us fell to abusing
us for answering its own question in the only
way that we could answer it with truth. No
matter: we are ready always to render rea-
son for our faith, and to discuss all the points
on which we are at odds with them, including
if they insist on it--that of British Cold"