The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-07-07
NO TARIFF.
Free Trade Universal. Direct Taxa
ton TO support the General Gov
eminent.
Editor Exchange:


Wealth has its origin in the APP
plication of mind TO nature. This
consists 10 understanding her laws and
cooperating with them" Great are
these truths So principles or laws
of trade or commerce between men
and nations, should conform to the
laws and principles civilized in the in
spired book of nature, which lies out
before US. Go with us while we, in
much weakness, describe the move
ments of some of these laws and at
tentam pointing.
The midnight moon, myriad stars,
planets and consultations, shining
as they make their courses on, vying
with each other. and mingling their
lights in sweet accord and competi-
ton grand in concave of night. Riv-
alets from mountain sides, branch
let's from valley plains, streams and
rivers, intermingling their waters as
they flow on and on to greater ming
lings of their waters, in ocean cons
petition grandest Of assembled wa.
tiers of the world. Yes the little rill
that breaks from ledge of mountain
craggs is not content to stay, but
foams its little course away, vieing in
competition with mingling streams
and rivers, and chooses not to stop
one moment, short of oceans vast
competition. This panorama of easy
free interminglings, of vieing and
free fowlngs of natural streams, in
competitions unditurbed from the in
spired book of nature, shows that
thus should all the rivulets and
streams of commerce flow, informing
ling with each other as they flow on
with competition free and undisturb-
ed. Hence the policy Of free trade,
or trade flowing naturally, is, without
the least doubt, abundantly sustained
by the inspired book of nature. In
reply to arguments of free trades in
English Parliament in 1912. Sir
Robert Peet used this Language ::
"Were legislating for new country.
I would adopt the free trade princi-
pie without hesitation, but in an old
country like England, there are vest
ed interests, that cannot be disregard
ed"
In 1S4S they were disregarded,
protection eliminated and free trade
established. In 1854 the English gov
eminent removed the embargo from
the coRsting trade, there by making
it free to the vessels of all nations.
We remark, in regard to vested in
terests, that our government owning
nothing, has nothing to bestow upon
one class, except what it takes from
others. England thus being forced
from revenue tariff, by free trade
bounded into new life, and entered
upon an epoch of progress and ma
tional ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The English
government has now had over thirty
years of free trade, breathing the
life-giving atmospher of free compe
tition, bearing amid the tempest anC
cyclone the commerce Of the world
She has attained by free trade, tt
great height of commercial prosperi
ty eulistsng for the last thirty year
the best talents to lesson the vast pro
duction. While all our Legislative
activities have been engaged in
contrary direction. We see here tn
great and benign effects of free trade
But we also see from the past histor,
of Ireland, the blasting, paralyzini
resultants of class legislations. Tn
cyclopean nuisance of the world
The policy of corruptionists Away
has, and always will be to avoid
strict construction of the constitution
"This will be their last ditch" think
ing if this door is not closed they ca