No. 8, OF Useful Books for


the EeODse.
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PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECON


OMG, or the Laws Of The Formation


Of National Wealth. Developed by


means. of the Christian Law of Gov


ernment; being the substance of a dis,


course delivered to the Hand Loom


Wcavers Commission.


By VIM. ATKINSON


With an Introduction. Treating of the
present state Of the Science Of Political
Economy. and the Adaptation OF lis
Principles TO the condition of our own
Country and the upho!ding Of lis Pros
perity.


BY HORACE GREELEY.


The work Of Mr.. Atkinson is enc Of
the most instructive and admirable that
has yet appeared on the important and
difficult subject Of Political Economy
difficult not so much in its essence or
in the nature of It's laws as in the appli-
cation Of these laws 10 the dlssimllar.
complicated, varying circumstances Of
different nations and periods. The laws
educed by Mr.. Atkinson are so i,,s,, so
clear, so yitah and yet SO Strangely over
looked by those who arrogate 10 them.
selves the title OF the Political Econo-
mists in our day. and who resolve all
Political Economic Science into doing
nothing-of whose universe Somnus IS
God--and who elevate she maxim.ol
the counter, Buy where YOU can cheap.
est TO the summit Of attainablo wisdom
and craftsmanship. In their ewes the
cheapest possible production be-
ing the unerring' standards the great
end of human effort; and he who is out
stripped in the headIong race is doomea
TO ruin and starvation by the law of en-.
vions strife and depressing competition,
which they blasphemously represent as
the order of Providence! These are
the views put forth by the Political
Economists enihronef in our Colleges
and Senates. as literal and enlightened :.
at least, these are the inevitable re-
suits from those views. Fl was needed
that the spacions fal.acies- put forth by
these teachers should be scrutinized md
confuted, aud this has been done in a
mastery manner bv Mr. Atkinson. As
an elementary on Political economv-
as a refuiation Of the doctrines of Free
Trade Notwithstanding equal 10 his
work has ever appeared on either side
oil the Atlantic. To the friends of Amer.
'can Industry, therefore. and to all who
regard the trade, The skill or experiences