The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-11
Our Wonderful Advance.

IN Uur WonQ6r1ul A0Yanco.
ln every department of life the late
<Pnsus shows the wonderful increase
mich has taken place daring the last
aecade. and which has probably been
unprecedented in this or any other
eountry; and the developments which
nave been made show our capabilities
Iof still greater progress in the future.
fhe secret of the great success of
Nnglish trade and commerce was the
Nlse craftsmanship of her govern.
ment ia requiring her consuls and
r&ldent ministers in every nation of
iae globe to obtain all the infOrma-
Won at their command, on which to
Rase the making Of treaties that
Wqnld encourage the introduction of
Isi'WprOducis into those countries. and
Etlhfeby encourage her manufactures
!. t.JJsssnc and her commerce abroad.
This system was followed in the
United States during the past adj
mtlistratiOn to a greater extent than
at any former period; and to Mr..
Evets is the country intlet ted fer
more thorough advancement of the
ssmesys'em than was established by
amy ~ his predecessors in the office
OF secretary of state. During the
colonial state of these now United
States, such was Britian's policy in
Securingtrade to the compact masses
of DeOplein her small home dominion
that she permitted not IA hob-nail to
he made here, hut forged all the SUBJ
plies required for our convenience
and cOnfirt 10 be obtained from the
ih0ther country. that were paid for
withsuch tfour agricultural pr0ducts
which she Guild not raise in sufficient
quantities at home to supply the
necessities If her population. After
the Revolution, we were left in such
a condition of poverty and depen-
dence that we had scarcely begun the
attempt to manufacture the simplest
materials required i'm the everyday
affairs of life before the war of lS1E.
10 which we were g0aded "in defence
OF our rights upon the ocean, and the
protection Of our seamen, who were
seized by the thousand, and for
years, from on board of our ships. to
supply Great Britain with the crews
for her navy. in the gigantic wars in
which she was engaged with Nam.
leOn." The war ended, we found
that some considerable progress had.
tstif made during its continuance in
the manufactures and the arts but
the far-reaching English statesmen,
true to their well established prin-
ciples, combined with the cunning
and craft of her manufactures and
her merchants. and as soon rs our
ports were again open to their COM
merce, flooded us with the accumula-
ti0ns Of her Workshops. with orders
to their agents to sell them without
regard to cost, in order to break
down our infant establishments; so
that, rs in former time, they might
continue to have the control of our
markets for the products of her home
industry. The result was a general
prOstratiOn in all branches of busi
ness, which swept over the whole
country for not only were our man
ufactures almost brought to an end.
but our monetary affairs had been
most seriously affected at the same
time, in consequence of the breaking
down of our banking system. predi
Gated upon the expiration of the
charter of the United States Bank
during the war. By the necessity of
a re-charter after some" delays, and
the protection to our manufact ures hy
tariff on foreign goods. in 1917, we
again began to recuperate and, ex-
cept when these two great subjects of
our economic system have been tam.
pered with hy Congress, We have for
more than sixty years enjoyed
measurable success. and are now
equal to or ahead of any other natiGn
III skin, labor and capital. And at
no period of our existence as nation
has such prosperity dawned upon us
rs during the past decade. There
fore. Let weIlenOugh alOne," should
be our national motto.