Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-10-06

Az ENCLisHNAS on Orr national DFET.-
We take the fjlloving int resting and chcer-
ing remarks from speech made By one Of
the Englisi capitalist, now visiting this
country. SIR Morton Pe;O. at the banquet
gwen last We. st Meadyille, Penn, by gcn-
,lemen connected with the Atlantic and
Great Wcste,u Rlil:vad:
you have male great slcris,es for your
country. You have expended treasure aud blood
IN support Of the great principle Of hum IN free
,lOm. and believe that. deeply as We MY Dc
plore the bio which has flowed. the result Ct
the struggle wil b. 10 sment a bond Of union
which NJ future time will ever sever. loud
cle-iS.)
The worl slys you hive accumulated m gii-
ty debt We'll. the 6 ,urss DO look lirgei bui u
NAV be some consoltiiun 10 know that your itLt
i, net 50 large as ours. the fgurIs being as eiglt
hundred million pnuuis sterling TO sik hun'irei
million p,uI.ds sterling. The interest n present
will be at greater rare Of charge in your eoun-
iry than our own; but such y the enormous ex-
tent Of your territory, and such its rapid devei-
opemenf. aud such, believe, the self rrlnnt at
ttuie Of your people. that no d'ft;ulty VII
arise in your meeting the annuil enarge,
Our own progr,s S as nation was shown 70 &c
50 great in recent speech by Mr, Glals'ene'
that. by the showing Of the people themselves in
their inc. me tax and property returns, the n-
crrase in ten yeAis has x:eedel the total valCo
Of our entire national debt Let me adopt
fimiliar explanation
SUPPOSE each American spent on his dinner
one shilling a day f,r a year, your people woih
consume as much as the entire national debt yol
/ have incurred iLtughter) LOckat the railway
whose compleii n we are celebrating WHY, "
has cost ote. sixiieih your entire national dtb'
and vet il has been subscribed mainly By foreign
c.pii.I So during the peri' 4 OF your struggle,
| and the receipts show u to be highly IemunerA-
tive investment Again, let me reitr TO anetler
| fct:
| We nav in London on cab hire and omni-
bns hire yearly, in that sirgle city, a. mueh Is
the income and property tax Of ,ur entire klns-
dom; and vi hen look to the enormous develop
ment and rapid increase of the popnltti am
wealth of your eCun;ry-when look, ivr Ia
stance. at the oil districts over which nave
passed to-day, where saw evidences OF unex-
smpled wealth and prospfriiy on every s'de' aus
where saw in one place. where, on the Isl Q
June l.sl, not a single sh,nty hal been ereetel
At the pre.ent time, on this 9th Of September
four hundred houses nnisntu anu ihns
churches built, s;r hanks utablsbsd. two TIE
graph stations. and the extension oi Inc Ai.'n
tic and Great western Railway. began only lou
months sre-, within a month of us eomrlrtcn
saw. sir, when see such facts as these, ther
is nothing in your debt which need create anx re
tv or make you feel you have incurred resFoas
b.lity which you cannot hoDorably meet.
say, sir, though We cannot too much depioi
all the bloo shei. AMI its lamentable cons Gaer
cep. there is nothing for you to deplore 10 ou
future. You have only to base your tax i';o
equtsbly. fairly, AMI in such transparent
homes, way. that every clas, may sec tn; moi
, are excepted and none are unfairly treAied +!
true to yourselves. and the world VII 90,
y w to appreciate your position. snd do you y
: justice. I" Loud and prolocsed sppssns)