You have no more right to Not only is no other country doubt that the sun will rise in the free-trader, but even England heavens, than to doubt that, in ten is getting rather shaky years from the time when England in her adhesion. Mr. Forster, inaugurates the glorious era of at Bradford, entreated his commercial freedom, every civilized hearers not to “say anything that country will be free-trader might induce foreigners to to the backbone. (Cobden, 1844.) _suspect that our faith in free trade was shaken_” Mr. Bright, in his letter to Mr. Lord, wrote; “To return to Protection, under the name of Reciprocity, is to confess to Protectionists abroad that _we have been wrong and they have been right_.” I believe that if you abolish After thirty-eight years not a the Corn Laws and adopt free single country in Europe has been trade in its simplicity, there will foolish enough to follow our not be a tariff in Europe that example. France has drawn back will not be changed in less than from her commercial treaty with five years to follow your example. us. Mr. Thiers, in his speech of (Cobden, 1846.) January 18th, 1880, said: “In the first country in the world arrangements are made to protect the different branches of native industry.” Bastiat prophesied that France France has not adopted free would adopt free trade in six years trade, and is more strongly after England had adopted it. protectionist than ever. Bastiat prophesied that, without Statistics given in the next free trade, no country can chapter shows that the relative prosper. prosperity of protectionist countries is greater than that of England. Bastiat prophesied that because Belgium is enjoying wonderful Belgium had rejected free prosperity. trade her ruin was certain. Professor Cairnes says:--