Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-28
WEDNESDAY EoaMNs. : FEB. IS, 1872.


WEDNESDAY EoaNIns. /. FEB. %. 1872.
uNETY AMI DTvEEsIrT OF THE
RATIOES-
The Commercial Bulletin says that
rec trade is not only itself q product
# modern civilizing forces, but 1t is
destined to prove, in turn, one of the
most powerful promoters Of civilizs-
lion. Protection tends to breed inter
national jealOusies and exclusiveness,
with their countless evils to humani-
70; free trade, tends to break down
barriers Of race and language and mis-
taken national selhshness. Its fun
damental idea is to render the seryi-
ces o. man available without tax or
limit, to all humanity. The sure
guarantee Of its ultimate universal
adoption lies in the fact that 1t APP
peals 10 the selfinterest of every ma
ton and every man. Can a grander
object be conceived than to make
each unit Of the human race depend
ent upon the whole, and the whole
tributary t0 the well being of each?
This is the true idea OF human broth
erhood, the welding OF each to all by
q universal community Of interest.
To combine all men by q common
unity Of welfare is to hold them to
esch other by bonds stronger
than any political alliances or
any ligaments Of creed or
tradition. Such a fusion Of interests
would neutraGze international ieal.
ousies and animosities; itRould take
away the motive TO national rivslries;
snd the fruitful source OF wars being
thus removed, war itself would be-
came almost impossible. Each nation
would be so dependent upon all others
that it could not afford to 60 to war;
and the commercial sentiment Of peO-
pies would act as q IN check upon
the aggressive ambition Of rulers.
Indeed, under such a condition Of
things, political Institutions would
necessarily be so modified as TO cur
tail the powers Of rulers and place the
regulation Of foreign relations virtu- {
ally subject to the controlling will Of }
the commercial classes. We have, Z
then, 10 contemplate, as n Of the 9
results Of general freedom OF trade, a ,
comparative cessation Of international :
wars. And what that implies may be ;
inferred if we estimate the enormous :
cost OF sustaining naval and military =
establishments throughout the world, :
the immense able bodied population, =
whose services to industry are lost by :
their employment in armies and ma :
vies, the losses arising from the Pc q
riOdic destruction Of life and proper :
ty, and the ignorance and semi-bsr- !.
bsTism in which wars are constantly ,
placing s large portion Of the worlds =
population. 1t is impossible to over Il
estimate the effect in depressing war :
like tendencies and passions that must =
result from the abolition Of selfish in. \
ternatiOnal systems which, by teach :
ing that the commercial interests Of "
each nation are inimical to those Of ),
all Others, constitute the basis for all =
International animOsities. So long as J;
such ideas prevail, all the protests Of \
societies and all the well-meant J,
schemes Of substituting for arma- q.
ments courts Of international aTbitra- :,
ton are in vain and delusive. The :,
only way to abolish war is to make :,
AL nations mutually dependent upon :.
each other, to the utmost possible ex- =,
tent, for the prosperity Of their COM .,
merce; and this can be done only :,
through unrestricted commercial in ~
.ercoUrse. An illustration Of the peace IN
assuring tendency Of free trade is al n
iorjed by the recent history Of Great ~
Britain. No longer the most belli- |.
,ose Of nations, as when her prOtec- IN,
i've system was maintsinde, England ~
las steadily withdrawn from Euro IL
,ean politics and resists every tempt -,
ton profered by war, even bacon M
assion Of c0wardice and conscious a.
less OF weakness. This change is due NJ,
o unrestricted trade, which has so in -,
arWOven her commercial interests s
nth thOseof ether countries, and has -,
iven her commercial classes such as -,
andsncy in the government, that a.,
here is hsrdly q nation with which 80
esn afford 20 insugUrste hostili. =,
rs, OF with which the government -
be permitted to make war. -,
his may be called by semi-barbarous -,
leOrists the weakness" of Great -
but, in reality, it is her On,
and her strength; and it would
2 the greatest OF ali possible blessings
ere all other nations ia like manner l
era
1t remains TO be proved how far re-
is great social and commercial re- 7"
is shesd Of the civilization Of the me-
mes. Unfortunately, there is a lack "Hi
adequate means for fostering it. a g
have leagues" but they are upa
sble; and, worse still, they are iso- q
ted, instead OF being united. 9fa
he movement being essentially " Z
smopOlitaD, it is BETTING its POI'
irit and Objects, that all the free uaal
associations Of the world should hicu
operate for a bold, aggressive as UeA'
DIT upon universal public opinion. tIu
eh a League would combine in one q
impact organization the sblest tna'
nds, the most advanced thinkers, "n
; most popular statesmen, the pre-
ATHEIST capitalists, and the toiling nor
attitudes Of Europe and America; Iis1
. its u~tterance in convention or q
'Ough its organs would immeasura- supi
hasten the commercial and social aus y
llenium Of which many are dream PPt
I, but &c which few point the way. q !
-- bettC
The KU-KLUX FALsEHOODs.
he Radical papers are still circu- I,t ~
ng the lie fabricated by the cor - =
,rTon .f .bo Nfrofnnatf C~-a we