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TRUTH IN A NUTsHELL.-The following pithy paragraph from the Journal of Com merce, on the subject of PROTECTION, is re- plete with good sense.-Read it:

 The fundamental doctrine of this system is, that it is better for nation to make all the articles its inhabitants want, than it is to make other things, and exchange for what they want. Trading is the injurious thing, especially with foreign nations The doc Urine of free trade is, that it is best for every man to obtain what he wants with the least possible amount of labor and expense, and that each man IS the proper judge in his own case Protection says in substance, if you want a coat, you ought to make it free trade says, fl you can get it easier by making something else, and exchanging it for coat, do so, if you please. Here is really the whole matter in controversy, though the pro- pectionists never like these short statements,