Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-12
What AngIO SaxOns can DO.
The.TesshiIlgs Of history :


ping to think of what Anglo Saxon men have
done in days gene by, There is period in
the history of England, period full Of tri-
bulatiOn, sacrifice and sorrow, such as this
nation has not yet tasted, which should be
brought to memory five are not to prove
degenerate sons of noble sires The period
to which we refer is the sorrOwful record be-
ginning in 1892 when France declared war
against England and closing twenty years af-
terwards with the downfall of the great Cor
sican. From recent speech of Gen Garfield
we take the following facts.
At the beginning of the struggle England
had a debt of 81 PCS, ,G6s,O being an an
nual interest of s45, ,22b, ,8O4 The popula-
ton of the United Kingdom was less than
twelve millions. The spirit of revolution
moreover pelvaded all classes. fa..
In ireland three and one fourth millions of
catholics we're ready in 1896 to contend
with the French whose feet with 25OOO men
was prevented from landing on the coast of
Ireland only by reason of a storm. There
was in the same year a wide spread mutiny
in the feet. Itwas drawn up in line of bat
tie at the mouth of the Thames ready to
lombard London unless the demands of the
mutineers were compiled with. In 1897,
oppressed with financial disaster, the Bank of
England suspended specie payment and pa
per money became the legal currency for %
years afterwards.
In the fifth year of,the war, Allison says
everything seemed 10 be falling at once.
In Parliament there was fierce and pow
erful opposition, stronger than that of to-
day, and led on by the gfeatFox. Under the
naughty opposition which he iuaugurated,
party spirit became 50 strong that many Of
the popular leaders had come to wish an1-
iously forthe triumph oftbeir enemies" Like
the opposition of to-day, every interest must
be sacrificed to party triumph The men in
power must be dispossessed at all hazards.
These days of 1877 were dark days, but a
strong King and bold Parliament rose to
the level of the great crisis and by volun-
tsering and draft, raised more that $50, 600
men and continued the war with lavish OUT
lay of life aud treasure for nearly twenty years
longer nm @
In 1912 smother crisis was reached. The
national debt had reached. the enormous sum
of sl, 100000. The population of the
United Kingdom at this time was II millions.
Specie must be paid the army on the CONT
nent, and this notwithstanding an immense
initiation of the currency. For two years, ,har-
vests had failed and in 1912, 81 millions in
gold were paid for foreign grain to feed her
people. In the same year her exports de-
clined one hundred and forty millions, Her
bonds were deprecated so that ego increased
her debt over fI00.
Though she had waged what seemed a fruit
less war for so many years. England again
rose up with the might of a giant and in thai
last year of the triumph of the man of des
tiny, raised by taxation and loans the sum Of
$50 millions. She put I25, 900 men into the
navy and before the year ended had arrayed
under her banners G4S,OO0 men Coming out
of the 18Th year OF the war, in the twentieth.
She planted the standards of victory on the
blttlements Of Paris.
During this critical period one of the great
est minds OF England said there were three
things necessary to her success:
!. To listen to no terms of peace till free
dom and order were established in Europe.
.. To Gil up her army and perfect its Or
ganizatlOn. 9a
8. To secure the favor of Heaven by put
away forever the crime of slavery and the
slave trade.
Gen. Garfield in referring to this por-
tion Of English History remarks:
Observe the contrast. Her population
was less than seventeen millions. Ours
to-day istwenty-fye is millions in the loyal
States alone I'D 81 a q
Her debt was more than $4,000, 900, 600,
its annual interest SlGI, 100000; ours is
81, 72O, ,OO0, 900, and its annual interest 81,
100000.
The balance Of imports was $4,000, 900
against her. In 1868 the balance was $40,
G2l, ,872 in our favor.
She bought grain from foreign nations
to feed her people We feed our own and
send an immense surplus to foreign mark
cts. ---
Her mlnes yielded from twelve to fifteen
millions of bullion annually; ours are now
yielding Sl2O,OOO,OOo, a year More than
half Of all her payments were made in
coin purchased at a heavy premium we
pay nothing in coin but 500, 900, 900 of onr
interest and the salaries of our ministers
and consuls abroad.
She crossed the sea to meet her enemy
on foreign soil; we on our own soil, in
country that has been ours since the foun-
alton Of the Republic. fofaa1 odf O
y She fought to MAINTAIN her oank among
the nations Of Europe; we fight to MAIN
tain our existence among the nations of
the earth, and to preserve liberty and
union for ourselves and our children,s
children. .s lsi5f las l.3.Hy7 ast
When in addition to this sublime devotion
of our English ancestors, we consider the en-
durance of our revolutionary foreatbers, or
even the desperate abandonment of the Reb-
els, il ean.be little less than cowardly abject
ness for a great nation like the North, for
one moment to tolerate the idea Of failure
Only let our people rise up to the majesty Of
the Anglo-SaxOn blood, and despite fierce
and craven opposition, they will move on to
victory. F-
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