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the British to supply the Foreign subject at the 

 lowest rates of price consistent with the rights (as 

 to profit) of the agriculturist and manufacturer, and 

 by rendering necessary for the purposes of the Bri- 

 tish manufacturer, and for the general consumer, 

 the largest importations of Foreign products. 



The encouragement and extension of the ForeigJi 

 trade of the United Kingdom, therefore, depend 

 essentially upon the abandonment of the high 

 revenue system, or the Liquidation of the Public 

 Debt. Without the previous liberation of the 

 trade, or of the interchange of property within the 

 British Empire, from the heavy restraints imposed 

 by the high revenue system, how can the freedom of 

 Foreign trade become the subject of liberal and 

 enlightened discussion (although considerable bene- 

 fit may be derived from enquiry) with the probabi- 

 lity of any result effectual to the well-being of 

 the agriculturist, the merchant or trader, whether 

 domestic, colonial, Foreign, or of any other cha- 

 racter or description ? 



The '' Free trade" required, is then — 



First — The freedom of interchange of property 

 within the British Isles, from the great and de- 

 pressing weight produced by the subtle and various, 

 the direct and indirect, the accumulated and 

 aggravated action of the duties and taxes required 

 for payment of the public annuities. 



Second — The same freedom in respect of the 



