Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-07-19
John Bright on the United States

| The following remarks on the United States
were delivered in the British House of Cgm-
mons by the Hon. John Bright, .on the 7th
ultimo.
! There is country called the Urited States
Of America. Only on Tuesday night the
very remarkable circumstance occurred-and
| think the House will be of opinion that it
is one worth notice--of two of the Gisting-
uished men being present listening to the
deb ties in the H.use, who have occupied the
position of President of the United States
Hear, hear, Ia position | venture to say,
not lower in honor and in dignity than that OF
any crowned monarch on the surface OF the
globe. Hear, hear. The United States is
precisely the country that is running with US
the race OF power and of greatness. Its po-
puluton will, believe, at the next census,
exceed the population Of the United Kingdom;
in its manufactures and general industry it
is by far the most formidable rival that the
great manufacturers of this country now
have to contend with; it has, | suppose, ten
steamers for one steamer of this country; its
magnificent steamships have crossed the At
lantic in shorter time than the steamships
oe this country; the finest vessels which are
at this moment performing the voyage be-
tween England and the Australian colonies,
have been built in the United States; there
fore in ship building industry the United
States not only compete with but in some re-
spec!s excel this country.
Look at our present position and that of
the United States. May entreat the atten-
ton of the House, for am not declaiming,
| am not making party attack, am treat
ing that of which, in my mind, is of vital
Importance TO every family in the kingdom!
This year the Chancellor of the Exchequer
told you that he must have sum of ESQ.,
100000 in order TO carry on the various de-
partments Of your government, and to deiray
your vast military expenditure. The United
States has at this moment in her Treasury,
enough, think, to pay off all her debt. De-
duct the whole amount OF the expenses Of
the Government of the United States, not
only of the General Government, but also of
the 80 independent sovereign States, from
the fS6,000,000 we are spending and you
will find that about Els 900 900 will be left,
which is therefore the sum of taxation that
we are paying this year more than the people
of the United States. Some honorable gen.
tlemen know what it is to run a horse that
has been weighted. heard the other day
of horse that won every race in which i'll
started up to a certain period, when it was
for the first time weighted. 1t then lost the
race, and it is reported in the annals of the
turf that it never won race afterwards
Hear, hear If that be the case with re-
gard to horse, it is much more true in re-
gard to nation. When a nation has gone
step backwards it is difficult TO restore it TO
its POSITION; if another nation has passed it |
in the race, it is almost impossible for it to
regain the ground it has lost. Hear, | now
speak particularly to honorable members op- |
posite, for there are perhaps, more gentlemen
upon that than upon this side of the House
in the happy position of owners of vast, pro-
ductive, beautiful, and hope unincumbered
estates in various parts of the kingdom.-l
Laughter
We are now 10 days journey from the
United States, anG within 10 years we shall
probably communicate with that country by
telegraph as quickly as we now do with tine
Crimea. hope it will be for much better
object [IIear.l The people of .he United
States arc our people, and there are few
families in England who have not friends and
relatives connected with or settled in that