Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-17

ruined. VI tnat English protective syS-
TEN an able English free trader wrote:
ut will be observed that there was not
q single avenue through which the produce
of foreign labor could obtain admittance
in this country Great Britain) without the
payment Of heavy toll Every device
was resorted to in order to induce the
foreigner to buy of us and to prevent us
from buying of him This was called
maintaining the balance Of trade in our
favor
That course was wise for England, it
was SO proven, for it made her
THE GREATEST AND JRIcHEsT COUNTRY
in the world Brougham, one Of her
wise men-no one who has read his
work can deny his marvellous sbi!ity--saw
that only by conspiracy on the part Of
England. with immense capital and I'M
paralleled manufacturing capacity could
the rising manufacturers of the United
States be crushed for the enriching of
England and impoverishing of the United
States Brougham was England's advo-
cate These views of the duty Of an adj
vocate were expressed in his defenses of
Queen Caroline in one of the most damn
able sentences that ever left mortal lips;
IL once before took leave to remind
your lOrdships, which was unnecessary,
but there are many whom it may be ed
ful to remind that an advocate, by the
sacred duty which he owes his client,
knows in the discharge of that Office but
one person in the world-that client, and
none other To save the client by all eX-
pedient means-to protect that client at
all hazards and costs to all others, and
among Others. to himsef-is the highest
and most unquestioned of his duties; and
he must not regard the alarm, the SUIT
fering, the torment, the destruction
which he may bring upon any other. Nay,
separating the, duties of a patriot from
those of an advocate, and casting them,
if need be, to the wind, he must GO on
reckless OF the consequences, if his fate 1t
should unhappily be, to involve his country
in confusion for his clients protection.
"Yet, but a few lines further on in the
same address Brougham denounces those
who, pretending to discharge the higher
duties TO God, have shown that they know
not the first of the duties to their fellow
creatures.
Looking to the wise for wisdom, let
us see what Lord Bacon, 'the wlsest and
meanest OF mankind, said to his coun-
trymen in England: "lnstead of crying
up all things which are either brought
from beyond the sea or wrought by the
hands of strangers, let us advance the
native commodities of our own kingdom,
and employ our own countrymen before
! strangers.
To come down to modern days and more
modern men of England, Golden and
Bright, the great free traders, one the
godfather Of the Golden club and what
do they say of the condition of the United
States under protective tariff for so many
years? Evidence from our enemies, the
| English free traders ought to be worthy
of our consideration.
In 1869 Thomas Bayley Potter, presi
| dent of the Golden Club, that ayows lit
will never rest while the United States are
unsubdued, v visited the United States to
establish agencies of the club in this coun-
try and to put them on
SOUND FINANCIAL BASIS
with working capital assured for some
years to come. " so that they could enter
into the political campaign actively, di-
recting its energies to the congressional
districts to compel candidates for con-
gress everywhere to declare themselves on
one side or the other of free trade" Mr..
Potter, when introduced to the New York
chamber of commerce, pleaded for re-
duction of our tariff, which would enable
merchants to exchange the products OF Its
soil for the goods of the other countries,
abiding to the great excess OF exports
from the Uuited States over the imports,
and said that it would be impossible to 60
on long with such a one-sided trade as
that When he left England poll
tics and trade were in the most gloomy
situation, and coming to America and
witnessing the prosperity and progress IN
all branches of trade here, was like coming
to a new world. He trusted that such a
condition of things would last many
years.
On his return to England Mr.. Potter, in
the presence of John Bright, at RochdGle,
said Of the United States, after eighteen
years of protective tariff:
ut was like new life to visit America
and to see in her boundaries resources of the
soil, in the development of education, in
the sober industry of the people, and in
her devotion to peace, a security for the
progress of mankind. | seemed to regain
faith in the future of humanity and c0nfd-
ence that the English race would continue
to lead the van in progress.
Yet in June, 1880, the Golden club, of
which 1t must be remembered Mr.. Potter
was president, reported by its secretary:
I'VE have done the best we could on the
continent, our eyes are now turned west
ward. The Golden club is going to fight
our friends in the United States.
We are now going to enter into a contest
with them We have thrown of the
gloves.
And this was followed up by Offering
gold medals to American students in
American universities and colleges for the
best essays on free trade. to further the
cause Of "subduing the United States. y
Medals were contested for and won by
students in Harvard university and in
Williams and Yale colleges. So much for
Mr.. Golden Now let us make few eV-
tracts from what John Bright said about
the United States, On Dec. 4, 1851, at
Rochdale, in an address to workingmen.
Mr.. Bright said Of this country; There
has always existed among all the popula-
l'tion an amoant Of comfort and Astounding
prosperity, such as | believe no other coun-
try In the world, in any age, has display
ed. - Every four years there springs
from the vote created by the whole people
a president over that great nation; ] think
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