The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-03-16
Mr. Bright On the L, :,

-'ii' biight, lIc IbBll-u 1eIOTiDeT, uGIlY-
cred an address at Manchester, England.
on the 22d ult. After stating that lie had
been cautioned bv friend that no a.lu,
sion to the United States would be agree
able 20 his audience, he went on to say
Immediately after the accession of
George III. began that system of attempt
ing to do towards Engishmen in Ameri
lea what they do to six millions of Eng
llshmen now, viz: to tax them without
giving them any representation. The
Englishmen in America resisted that At
tempt. Whether the time will come when
Englishmen here viii no longer be con
tent to pay taxes, and have no representa-
ton, must be left for the decision Of fu
tnre day. But our trouble with Amen
can colonies then commenced, and very
soon after that they established govern
ment of their own. Look at tie course
Of the two governments since that time
The two peoples are Of the same race, the
same language, the same ideas the same
III almost everything except that they in
habit opposite shores Of the Atlantic
There Is, however, this difference be, weea
them, namely: that here we have had the
happiness to be governed by great ftl4i-
lies, men who're blood goes back nobody
knows how far, and nobody knows how
thich great deal Of it has become. 4
laugh. In the United States they have
not been 50 governed. They have been
governed by Washington, an Adams, a
Jefferson, Malison, and a Monroe, and
some Of these great men were advised,
consulted and st d by that immortal
printers boy whose name vii. endure for
ever. Cheers.
Well what happened? We started
started oae hundred years a9o with fl40,-
100000 Of dett Since then we have Il
ded $3.50, 100000 more to the bur!en.-
We have spent within the same period
to or three time mach e ides, which
was raised by take and not by the way
Of loans, and winch, therefore, does not
appear IN the shape Of debt Our taxa.
llon has increased from fI9,000000 to
nearly 70,000000l-its present amount.
Your English nation west of tie Allan
tic have still 10 debt-nothing that re
quires To be spoken Of. At least, Nha.oy-
er it is, it could be paid at any time they
choose to pay it off. Their taxation for
their general government, according to
Mr.. Buchanan's recent message, will
amount this year to SCI 100000, or l.,
900, ,000L sterling That iuclldes a mil
Ion and a half for The postofiice-a most
expensive aud hot very rcmuLoJaJtve ser
vice in 50 large and sea tered a commune
ty. 1t may be said that besides the gen
erai taxation Of tie American Union. there
Is the taxation OF each seperaje state to be
cousiie1ed. Whatever may be said Of
the expense Of the several state govern
ments none of them maintain any army
/, should say very few persons in them got
salary Of l,G005 year, and that the
whole Safe go1ernmeht. Of the United
States added together will not STOW q cost
Of much more th n tie amount paid for
the poor rates in the United Kingdom =
Bear in mind there ID tne same population
and industry to all this vast difference in
Jurden-that their 30,000,0OO Of people
will raise taxation Of their general govern
mcnt this yoar of 12,000,000L sterling.
while our 30,0G0,O00 viii raise taxation
to the amount Of 1C,000,000k sterjing,-
And what Is the foundation Of all this ,
Just this, tina. III England you have a bad
policy OF war, OF conquest, Of expenditure,
and of patronage while in the English ma
t on on the o:ler side of the Atlantic you
have had preached by every statesman
who has left name that is ever quoted in
America, commercial alliances if YOU like
with all the nations of the earth, but po-
litical alliances and entanglements with
none. Loud cheers.
Understand that | attribute whatever
difference there is chiefly to this fact, that
in one country there has been the most
complete control on the part Of all all the
people over the taxation and expenditures
of the State-that no war can be declaIc I'd,
no mischief can be done that is past rene
dy, without the consent of at least one Of
their Houses Of Representation. 10 this
country YOU have exactly the the opposite
system; You have no real representation,
and you have had in your house Of lords
during tia: hundred years when this Gj0,-
GOO, ,000l has been added to your debt not
lesr than go peerages have been created
| say, then, that unless we are different
from the Americans-unless the climate
aud soil are different, and unless there tie
circumstances which are altogether be
yond our control, We are justified in see
ing what a great nation Of thirty millions
Of people can be governed by, and in feel
ing humIiIated, ii not exasperate3, that we
| have been so foolish as 10 allow our GOV
eminent TO tax TO an extent hitherto un-
known in the world except among a con-
querei people the most hard working and
docle people, | believe that exists OF the
face Of the earth. Loud cheers If any
man disputes these facts, let him give US
the contrary facts. If any man say that
have not right to proPound these doc
| times and make these statements to my
countrymen, then lie says we are not a
/ free people and it is not advisable tina. the
people OF England should hear the ruth
| have said-and the more | think of it
the more | am conyiuced-that if we had
any honest and real representatives of the
people, va should have a gteater morall-
( ty IN our government
I EG A witness being interrogated as to
whether the defendant in the case was
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