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John Bright on the United States.

John Bright on the United States.
The following remarks on the United States
were delivered in the British House Of Com
mons by the Hon, John Bright, on the 7th
ult.
There is 4 county called the United States
Of America. Only on Tuesday night the very
remarkable circumstance occured-anG
think the House will be of the opinion that it
Is one worth notice-of two Of the distinguish.
ed men being present listening to the debates
in this House, who have occupied the position
ofPresident Of the United States" Hear, hear
"a position, venture to say, not lower in hon.
or and in dignity than that Of any crowned
monarch 90 the surface Of the globe. Hear
hear The United States is precisely the
country which is running with US the race Of
power and Of greatness Its population will. l
belieS e, at the next census exceed the popula-
lion of the United Kingdom; in it's manufac"
lures 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 10
this country; its magnificent steamships have
crossed the Atlantic in shorter time than the
steamships Of this country. the finest vessels
which are at this moment performing the vOy.
age between England and the Australian COL
ones have been built in the United States;
therefore in ship building industry the United
States not only compete with but in some res.
poets even excel this country.
Look at our present position and that Of the
United States. May entreat the attention Of
the House, for am not declaiming, am not
making party attack. am treating of that
which, in my mind, is Of vital importance to
every family in the kingdom. Cheers. This
year the Chancellor of the Exchequer told you
that he must have the sum of fS6 900, 600, in
order to carry on the various departments OF
orr Government, and to defray your vast mill
tary expenditure. The United States has at
this moment in her Treasury, enough. think,
to pay off all her deb. Deduct the whole a.
mount of the expenses Of the Government Of
the Unhed States, not oRly Of the General Gov
ernment, but also of the 80 independent sover
eign StGtss from the f87, ,OoO, 900 we are ex.
pending, and you will find that about E75, ,ooo-
900 of it 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 gentlemen know what il is to run a
hOrse that has been weighted. heard the
other day Ofa horse that won every race in
which it started up to certain period when il
was for the FIRST time weighted It then lost
the race. and it is reported in the annals of the
turf, that it never wen race afterwards Hear,
hear. II that be the case with regard to a
horse, it is much more true with regard to a
nation. When nation has gone step lack,
wards. il 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
1t has lost Hear. I now speak particular
ly to honorable members opposite, for there are
perhaps, more gentlemen upon that than upon
this side Of the House in the happy position Ot
owners of vast. productive, beautiful. and hope
unincumbered estates in various parts Of the
kingdom. Laughter
We are now 10 days journey from the q
States, and within 10 years we shall probably
communicate with that country by telegraph
as quickly as we now do with the Crimsa.
hope it will be for much better object. Hear
The people Of the United States are our peo
pie. and there are few families in England who
have not friends and relatives connected with
or settled in that country. The inducements
Of men to remain at home, and their attach
ment to the place of their birth, are necessari
ly to some extent weakened BY the facility
with which they can now travel almost Arourt
the world in few weeks. Do you believe
that when the capital Of one of the greatest
banking houses in Lombard street can be trans
ferred to the United States on q small piece o
paper in one post, that the imposition of E75
! 900. 900 of taxation over and above the taxa
stiOn of an equal population 10 the Unitec
States, will not have the effect Of transferring
capital from this country to the United States
and it capital. then trade, population, snd o.
that forms the bone and sinew Of this great en-