Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-11-22
ITCTl RI OF .NIf. CHANDLER

IECTt RI OF VIA. GasANDI.Ek.
II va. with 10 ordinary interest that
We attended the lecture OF the Hon.
Jcseph L. Chandler at L. Claire Hall
OF Wednesday evening. The rcpnta-
ton Of the man as political orator
was Well established throughout the
country, but we were ANXIOUS to hear
what he had to say upon a new sub
Jcet. that Of Catholicity, and expected
to be bored with a long sermon upon
apostolic succession and st. Peters
Keys, but confess TO an agreeable dis
appointment. The hall was filled TO
It's utmost capacity, and we noticed
many persons from Rock Island Up
on the stage We noticed several Catho
lie priests. and his Honor the Mayor
When the spcal o was introduced he
was generously greeted with hearty
applause The desk provided for his
manuscript was a perfect shanghai,
and was SO tall rs almost to hide tho
speaker from view, and then to make
the obscurity moro manifest, it WAS
sumountod ithtwo hugo randlcstlcks.
Occasionally the speaker kindly stepped
from behind this screen so that the an
dicnce might see from whom the sound
actually did proceed The speaker
commenced by introducing the subject
Of ''CathoIirity aud It's influence upon
the physical condition of nations"
H. a,crrcd that the comparisons
frequently made between Protestant
and Catholic nations, to the lisparage
mcnt Of the Catholic religion, were m
inst. and arose from erroncur> !, inc
tons from a gwen state OF tarIe II Is
not IT, Professionalism that the Hiirtl
States owes her happiness. prosperity.
and power. but 10 the union Of the
thirty one States IN It confederation
strong enough I" encourage aud pro-
tcct the commerce. and the honor ui
the nation That union l. the result
ot u natuial law having IL loundatjou ,
IN commerce - lurL a- an port on .
Of the country l'ro,hir'~ >a2ai, ruttun. (
mnae>cs and nee Tor the other, aud I
tn It other turni>hr, % return, c'o.',lng,
fabrics, machinery, implements otagri-
cultural and mechanical use, this con
s'tutcs bond Of onion bctvecn the
different State nationaities stronger
than all .,n-, constitutions ~ tIu IL
vcntion> OF politics. The West sup !
plies to the East ana the South nearly I
al the grain and -four consumed, and
receives IN return every conceivable ar /
ticlc ofusc. This commercial relation
ship is the strength ofthe Union. The I
West does not produce non, and cot
ton aud woolcn fabrics, aud the East
does, 50 the West is dependent upon
the East the East does not produce
enough grain, flour, pork and lard. and
obtains il at the West. SO the East is
dependent upon the West. The South
does not manufacture its own woollen
and cotton goods, and buys them IN
the North, and the North does not pro-
duce its own cotton. sugar, rice and
molasses, and buys them of the South,
and is therefore dependent upon the
South, ard this weakness and mutual
dependence of the different States up
on each other is the great and strong
bond of the national [ mon, upon the
existence Of which all our happiness
as a people depends. II is the COM
mercial tie, the relationship of mutual
trade and mutual dependence. Relig-
ion is not therefore the cause of our
great prosperity.
Italy is Catholic country, and is
contrasted with the United States a
though it was the religion OF Italy that
caused all its national miseries and so
cial evils. This is not So. There is
no Union of the Italian States. The
reason Of this want of L mon is rcfera
bic to absence of commercial inter
cnutsr. Each State raises the same
prodrre. and produces the same sur
! pds - the other States, aud As ali tbe
States hs, the same .uiplns products,
they cannot dispose Of them amon-
themselves AS we do i'll this country.
Tacre Is therefore no commercial tie
existing 10 create a Union OF the I,al.
ian States. We all know that ancient
Rome ro>r to greatness and splcndor
rarely eqaaled by modern Repnti,es,
and lasted several hundred vca,s, am.
vet their r,.iirion WAS pavauis,n. Non,