Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-01-26
COMMUNICATED.
Free Trade vs.. Protection.
No. II.

The sim!ari : 10 tho development Of iotelltc-
tual movements i, 50 striking that. Knowing
o1c, We GIN forecast nll 40 crigipsl thinker,
ou Of harmony with all around him, snncurcss
hIs ditc,veiy. Subsequent Investigators add
to it, miucry Gamers Tor lis adoption, and
haay, VAST W:s universally lei,ctcd is urive-
sally approved. The first mention of free trade
as principle occurs 10 Voltaires History Of
Ku2sis. Which appeared about TAO. II is tue
the Venetian aud Dutch republics had prsc.
tlstd it In the 18Th and l6h c,ttulies, but they
never understood it. and wers thus singular be-
cats' they had Deither sgricll Ute nor matt
Lac; 'es 10 protect, their solo capital being "a
feet OF vessels a, Archer" prepared 10 traverse
TIC world. When manufactures erJse prohi-
elo'y laws wcrs eoscted BY b5ta SAFES OF
trsa'er tt!lcgalo7 than have found elseW here
An impossible measure had their evil been
kpowo.
foalre is tie [tss,,tf FREQ trad. Musb
hesitation marks VIA, he SAYS, but bis is the
merit 10 have itdosted a uew comm sicia! sys-
tim. 10 1850 tho FseIca mid began thvsc
phys!caI lnVcstig ,lioos, to which much of our
pHs!Ot knowledge aud happiness are owing.
Everything Was suhiso:ed 10 r;gii examioation
and the M ,tno5s OF governmsut were cossly
sNollOlzod. Then aIoso that political eohocl
koowa IS tho Economists, sud beaded By
ules0ay, who accounted nationally for lbaor,
q. which their il!us,ricus p:cd,c ssor bad mere
~ 2latcsd. Blu! the lunaa miod WAS not il
ac'ive clsashers.
David Humc, Ct Scotland, published bis
commercial Essays 10 l752-t ciearess expo-
slton OF commercial laws then txtant, aod DC
table for bis attack on the "balasc, G! trade"
folly, ard the true elucd,lion OF eyshspses.
acniy-iour years after appeared Adam
Smiths Wealth OF Nlionp. "wbio5," says a
great suthor. locking to is Ultimate results,
IS pIooeoy the most impcrisnt booS ever writ
ten. Is vas the inst systematic attempt TO
raise political economy TO science, AID tie
unanimous verdict OF all minds alt s;s its 81
p:eme SUCCESS. By it tho State msxims we're
entirely charged, and The theory Of protection
was destroyed 10 lis paris lis rsmn,ksbls
that this work a2pesrad 10 l77G that insc :el-
10 period from which personal liberty in ihe
Anell,so declaration ard commercial iseriy.
10 the great Seoto5uao's trca lie officially dale
their birth.
From tha! time thirkirg men have taken
but one direction. Tu.gN. Mortllst, S,y. B,s
tint. Banqu, Burue, HuskissoD. PsroeII. Uob.
den, Buckle. Gladstone, James Mill, bis more
distinguished SEQ. and hos. beside. are orr
tronted BY MIR. Byles. Of Eoglatd; Carey and
Hamilton. of Anero,. 10 the Interests of pro-
tec!ioo. B7!ts was ii capable of apologiziug for
anything; Carey yielded to Pennsylvania d..
SIRE to monopClz, our iron Industries, and MIR.
Hamlltons con'pcucus ability WAS too earnest
TO estsDlsh pateroal government or u1ssi
monsfoby to strike from bis scheme the impol-
ts1t sol1oot ct protection. 10 the language OF
Mr.. Harhsld, himself free raider and menbe /.
OF the Cobdin Club. "Mcdern scholarship ia on
the Il 10 of free trade" w.
Rather should we look to the meriss of cause
than 10 the character CT its sdvocs'e., sicae the
later Is nc absolute criterion of right. But sny
eeucAteo man will ;dmit The names here collat.
and hs Inc intellect is the sole measure of t,u.h
us hI'to presume the best minds are ne ore
nkeiy 10 De riRhtthsn wrong Thevery history
TEEN, supplies presumption in favor Ct free
tsaue We en- we know Is sdherents; at least, Mr..
o oL['s fscen! sneer st the "demsgoguss ofthe
Worio' and their free trade quackery" is shown
10 proceed from mind poor y info,m ID or yery
Cncanoi1. II the Intellectual classes are agreed
upon principle it is merely question of time
as to Its prsc ical application. In 1922 the KnR.
lish began those attacks on the corn laws which.
directed By Golden and Bright, culminatod in
| difcirded the protective system ana ieyied i'm.
posts TOR revenue only. That the movement
constantly widens and lends its liberal policy to
lnoee nations which have refused 1t practical
recognition IS evident that no longer, as in 1872
we applaud proposition to war with . coun.
Try because nero prosperous than ourselves ;
| not ISM 1913. We Commend minister who or.
yes Us 70 blockade naraiime lower, TO syeep
| The seas of bis vessels, because Qua wealth ia
diminishing" ind Who grants him peace on cor :
diilon his best hsrbors shall be filed up and
ruined forever: Theae things are disappearing.
The struggles for freedom of thought and person
| have been moro bitter and sanguiosr than that
Tor commeIclsl bnrty, hut only they have sur.
passed !. IN Intensity: 1.-THE history OF prohbi.
| terry laws Is wrlttOn in.lclters CT blood.n gsvs q
great authority. 81! to trGc, the movement ia
TO write svoume. ard we have not arscs nor
indeo1 TIE necessary Knowledge for The task
These papers sre designed simply 10 name the
protection. My