From tae Nee- Fork American Adpoca,e.
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The Ground Work ofthe American .S,stem We were quite delighted the other day to meet with an old friend. who, like ourselyes IS the warm advocate of commerce.. We had not seen him since we met in China. . We thought he had just returned from sea

 from the hronzn on his face. After, the first saiutatiens of meeting were oversize told he ne iittie expected. when we last parted in Inn Celestial Empire, some twelve years since. to have ever found us engaged in editing a paper as he said to write down commerce.. remember we'll, he continued, how you us. ed to read political economy, but it was inc works of Adam Smith, Say and Ricardo. nor shall forget how you were delighted with the Ahbe Raynal's" apostrophe to Com- merce m his e Hestoire des denx Ipdes.n n and DOW ind you enlisted against it! Do er- plain to me this !" American System" ahonf which SO much is said and written: what ;s its ground work? The ground word of inc American System. we replied, ia an Anra,. cAN HEART. desire to see our own country succeed in all its arts and sciences, and deye. iape aIl the powers with which we are bless. ed. The moral and pecuniary advancement attendant upon the introduction of labor say- 'ng machinery, which has built up European countries, and produced change in the sci- snce of political economy ifextended in the United States. will produce greater benefits