, 1876-01-29

| secure 4 religious victory. Ihc6o dispatches
aro significant rs showing tint Ultrauontan-
ism il Weakening. and Tint slowly bnt sure.
| ~ 1t is preparing itself to accept the inesisa.
| hle.
CHANGE OF TAnIff VIEWS IN NEW En-
GLAND.
Wo reviewed. TIM osl,cr day, I'M article from
! ths Springfield i'1,a1itan, which showed
how public opinion in TINT important section
WAS drifting far away frosn tho landmarks Of
| protection by taxation, mud turning steadily
| townr,ls tho t1,,o American doctrine Of free
| dom of trade. Tile Boston Frce-Traflo Club,
m active md aggressive body, llos issued al
| ntldress, from whicl, we auoto these stirring.
| passages:
wo brevo that tho highest right Of property IL tho
right io freely exchange It for other property; and
that an} system Of law which dcuteR restricts this
right for s purpose Of aNbservnE private cass in
| teresta rcatarms tho principle Of slavery.
We believe that uan who coniesses Inst le cant
Ect hrncst rlng by bin exeftions, and there
furo ca1is upon tho community 10 tas themselves to
help support him. ts raurrr IN every rcnsc Of ihs
word: and that the time has to atop talking about
1auper labor Abroad and SEE II cannot get along
| without ,anrcr labor at hume.
We believe THAI tho ayaten, Of projection, ~ now
only In slany 10 the s5srm Of American slavery 81
cxtstcd prior to tho Rebellion.
AMI 30 believing, no pledge ourselves aa Club III
the IntcEcFt nj abundance, human comfort and hap
pncss aud In opposition to restr!ction scarcity, roy
crty md dt*comfort 10 do all III power 10 adysnee
tbs recognition and nat!onal adoption Of tho psuci-
pies Of free trade.
Note the saying about "pauper labor" 1t
| hits the mil oil tho head and drives it home.
The Boston Transcript, in an asticlo on this
| Club, BayB:
The hrcsx {amopE .ho protcctlonats, rcay occurred
Rome time ago New England, among lcafltn9
facturc1s who found that the protective tariff by n
creasing tho cost Of their materials, their ayes
ac,, tau cuuterbatanced tho protection of their
competed fabrcs and sh!a specific fact. brnuGlt homo
to hen led Tho way 10 The generalization that manu-
faCtutest perhaps. after MI would stand na good
chance nuv II everything entering Into thclr mate
ia1s a,furtl, whie certainly tho l,roplo would
atn the lsucdt OF Tic beat prices 10 ba ohtaned in
the markets Of the world Adding to those tLn3 con
scsca from practical considerations thoao who 70 for
Freedom uAttce aud equality In all things ''Ecn
era1 principles hold that protection rrotects only
tho favored few At tho expense of tho great holy Of
the people, Gnl FREQ trade aa already pretty reapect
.blo lostlold in New England.
Tho English market Is opening to New
| England manufactures. Tho latest HOWE on
tho subject was published il our dispatches
of ycster.lay. Tho agent of ono Fall 1tivor
mill has just returned from Englnnd, after
receiving orders for $4,000 pieces OF cotton
cloth per week. This is n great gain. It Inns
been mado possible by the llard times, which
| have 80 out down prices and tho costs Of pro-
,luction that our manufacturers, despite the
terrible burden laid upon them by the lighcat
[ ~. }hn4 4,c+ft I'll
pctitors. Thor eyes aro now being opened
10 tho fact that they could much bottor do
this il they were not heavily taxed upon their
raw materials. thcir machinery, thoir build
ings, aud their transportation.
Going outside Of Now England, no find
signs OF the Bn1no revival, At tho annual
meeting Of tho Sheffield (EnC.) Chamber of
Commerce, Inst Wednesday, the President
ual tint tllat city and birmingham could
mover ngain control tho worlds markets ns
tloy hal lately. American competition, in
consequence Of her cheaper food, is again
beginning to be felt in the manufacture of
edged tools. Now wo must import tho steel
needed for these edges Orc tit for its pro-
tluction in not found within our borders. II
is imported FROM Sweden and elsewhere.
Can any one 10 SO blind ~ not
to soc that lowering tho prescnt high
triG on this Rtael would enablo LII
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