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Stockon's "big gum made in England,
is now receiving polish at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. II will take three months
constant labor 10 giyo It's exterior the re.
qlsitc iinish.-Bah. american.


II our mechanics can linishlhi' gun, why
could they not have made the rough work.


S1uiherncr.


Why not, iudrcd' why, because il is The
policy Of ihr present administration aud ul
The democratic party, that foreigners should
do our work Tor Us, anl not uruwn people.
To have our cannon as well as our clothing
made in Europe, is what is called Free
Trade, and 10 be consistent with the prn.
cIPes they promulgale on this subject, all
our ships Of war should be- built there, par.
lcularly the iron ones lor it can be done
cheaper Than IL the United States. They
can also hire foreign sailors cheaper Than
Americans, to man aud dght them, and II
free trade principles are advantageous 10
tho country, so far as manufactures are
concerned for the use of The people, we
see no reason why they should not be cqua,.
" so for the Government, and that they
should do all tho fighting the nation with
the ships materials and men obtained from
abroad. The only question To be settled,
in order TO determine the etpedency Of tho
proceedings, would be- whether it could be
done cheaper by foreign means, than by
domestic ones.-N. D. Bulletin.