The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-08

Has Oar Government Been . Failure
Since 1870 1-Facts versus SEWARD.
In his carefully elaborated and sophistical
speech at Detroit, Mr.. Seward asserts that our
political system took national departure in
1920, and since then the government has, 10 one
word, been failure.
The black republican agitator in this speech
plainly sets forth the intention of himself and
his party to revolutionize the whole policy of
the government, and to convert the administra-
ton of the federal power into great anti
slavery scheme. II is as prejusti6cation of
such an intent that he boldly asserts that the
government has been failure since 1920 But
this is no, the fact. Instead of being failure,
the American government, judged by its results,
has been : great success, in procuring prosperity
at home and respect and good will abroad.
This fact has been lucidly set forth
by Mr.. Everett in his recent reply to
the sheer Of Earl Grey at universal suffrage
and an unbalanced democracy. On that occa-
sion he gave glowing picture of the success
achieved by this country in driving back the
wilderness, in subduing the savage in beast and
human kind, in establishing material prosperi-
ty among the people, in developing the higher
branches of o generous civilization-our in.
ventive genius our historians, our workers in
legal science and public law-and In all the
mighty field of our historic development aud
the progress of the arts. 1t is not difficult to
determine what portion of this mighty growth
has been achieved since the time when, accord
ing to Mr. Seward, we took Q national depsr-
ture and our government has been failure.
From our recorded history and develope-
ment we can give succinct view of our mate
rial prosperity since 1920; and If we do not
cite the evidences of our intellectual growth, it
Is because such citation would require much
more space than we can devote to the subject,
and because ii Is not necessary to do so; for 1t
is manifest to every one, and 1t is recognized
truth, that the development Of human
knowledge is inseparable from the pro-
gre.s Of industry and national wealth.
Let us, then, look at the figures and
gauge the difference between then and
now In 1920 there were twenty. three States
In the Union, now there are thirty-three; then
it, area was l,7s7 1859 square miles, now it is
2,936,l66 our population then was 9,63S,l3l,
now it is 33o0o,Oo0; our registered and en-
rolled shipping then was l,2s0, l65 tons, now ii
il 5,ls5, 1877; our annual imports then amounted
to s74450,000, now they amount to s33s, 1885,
| 1885, our exports were S69,69l 500, now they
| are $685. Sc, 4G2; our revenue then was &c.
1881, now it Ia s7o,00o,0O0 the real and per-
| sonal estate Of our citizens then was not over
81 O00, 900 900, now ii is estimated at Sl000O,-
100000; then we had $4,000 persons employed
in manufacturing establishments, producing over
five hundred millions Of dollars yearly, now we
have /. 250, 900 persons in the business Of manu-
featuring. We might continue this comparison
to a much larger extent; but what we have
said suAltes to prove the genial results Of our
government policy in material point Of view,
and we will turn to Its intellectual and moral
results.
We will first contemplate the domestic policy
that has contributed to produce these vast re-
suits. Our territorial extension, beginning
with Florida In 1921 and ending with Califor.
mia, has added thousands Of millions to the
available wealth Of the world. Our tariff
policy, which was discussed from the time of
Adams to that OF Polk, has swept away all the
odioss restrictions Of commerce, and become
established on the broad and permanent basis
OF perfect liberty to individual enterprise. The
divorce Of bank and State has been accom-
plished, and our currency and trade freed from
the oppression Of q monopolizing bank. Phi.
vate enterprise, In the construction Of public
works, has been freed nom the blighting in
Huence Of competition with government sub.
sidissd efforts. Our Pacific empire has been
founded on the healthy basis Of equal justice to
all private rights, and vast extent Of interior
territory has been redeemed from the wander.
ing tribes Of Indians and transformed into pros
porous Stases These great points Of our home
policy have not been failures, but successes,
such a. no other government In the world can
exhibit Let us now look at our progress
abroad.
AT the period when Mr.. Seward claims that
our government took national departure, aud
that since then II has failed TO procure respect
or good will abroad, the American name was
an almost unknown one In Europe. 20 far as
moral influence was concerned, and we MAJ ask
with pride, where does II stand now. Then
Europe was forging the Holy Alliance for the
resuhjugasion q the spanish-American colo
nes; our claim for redress for outrsees under
the Orders In Council, and the Berlin and Milan
DEGREES, and other arbitrary proceeding, were
booted at in every court In Europe; our com
merce was subject TO onerous Determinations
In half the ports Of the world; our Hag was de-
MED the freedom Of the secs; our claim that
free ships make Tree good, and our right Of
fishery, were denied; pirates swarmed In our own
waters, and even dirty negro potentats In
Hayti sneered at Us q msrcenary people, who
would 20 70 the internal regions for . bag Of
coffee. Since then The Monroe doctrine has
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