Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-03-22
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1866,
America i'm Europe.
ELOQUENT SPEECH or n. p, BANKS.

The sp,,,n Of Hon, N. 2, Banks of
Maqsschu-,'', recently made In Con-
gree in .. aport Of the appropriation
for III, parta r,yment of expenses of
Amer An con nutors TO the great Par
is exposition uj industry, and the APP
pointmeut OF ten commissioners to reg
ulate our share in the exhibition, seems
to have been one OF his happy efforts.
We print several striking passages from
report oft -
1t was of vast Importance that this
worlds exhibition should be so far
studied by the American people that
they might be able TO appropriate its
advantages. We had eminent scen-
tac men in every part of the country,
who were capable, not only of illustra-
ting our own relations to the industry
and material products Of the earth, but
of combining in brief and philosoph-
ical view the results of their investiga-
tions and of imparting that information
and instructing our people in all the
different pursuits, the result of which
might be exhibited. In this connection
he mentioned Prof Agassi2 as one whose
discoveries in natural science in South
America would electrify the world, and
as having mentioned TO him his belief
that in few years the children of no.
BILE families in Europe would be sent to
the universities of this country to be ed
ucated. The middle States would be able
to send some one who understood well
what was necessary for the develop
- hAf mo
valley of the Mississippi, which is still
unknown to us, and which is capable
of supporting five hundred or thou
sand millions Of people, and which
would yield every known product, would
be able TO present man who under
stands it's resources and can represent
its power, and would be able in return
to make known to the people Of that
valley the Improvement in industry
elsewhere 1t was important, too, that
the great mineral and commercial re
gion Of the Pacific coast should send
some man of science, skill aud ability
to present % the people Of the Old world
the capacity IF that section Of the cOun-
try, and bring back a knowledge Of i'm
provements in industrial pursuits. Thus
in the ten groups (as classified in the
scheme Of the eXp0SitiOn) we should he
able to represent all our material wealth,
present and prospective. More than
that, it was in Our power to represent
the political character of the country
in such way as to attract the atten-
ton Of the world to represent the ed
uCatiOn and habits Of the people, en-
bodying not only their habits in their
t.,l.t lob |Dvy
live, the clothing they wear, the Gus
toms of the society in which they move
everything in fact, apperaining to
American civilization. We could show
the log cabin where earlier lived one Of
the presidents OF the Union, the hum
BILE roof under which was born or dwelt
another President of the Union. The
expenditure OF $4,000 for the pay
ment of ten of the best Informed scien-
tifc and political men was very small
matter
Mr.. Banks went on to say that he
would exhibit our improved implements
of war | would do this in the inter
est of peace, and for the purpose OF pre-
venting war. There is not and there
cannot be any act of the American peo-
pie and government so important as
this. | do not myself doubt that Louis
Napoleon desires war with this coun-
try. (Sensation.) He sits upon the
bayonet. 1t is sharp seat, and he can
not sit quiet long, but Louis Napoleon
and the rulers of Europe must satisfy
the people of their respective govern
ments that in making war upon Ameri-
ca they have an easy task and an as
Qnra1 and Whiln tho EpNnprSr of
France has the power to represent Amer
lea as ne chooses, and France as he
chooses, the people have no medium Of
instruction. We are silent. We teach
them nothing; but when once we ap-
pear in that industrial theatre of ma
tions, the rulers of the world are silent
and the people speak. Then the false,
almost infamous, veil of diplomacy
which has been hanging between gov
ernments and people for centuries, and
which is responsible for all the wrongs
that have been done, will be lifted, and
the people of Europe will understand
the people Of America. God Almighty,
in his wise Providence, has given to the
democracy Of America the opportunity
to stand face to face in the theatre of
nations with the democracy of Europe.
The product of industry is the language
of labor. Every man will understand
it; every man will comprehend it, and
when the people of Europe shall have
seen our products OF war, they will give
to Napoleon, to the queen of England,
to the governments OF Spain, Russia
and Turkey, unfailing instructions not
to go to war with the American people.
Mr.. Oliphant, member of the Brit
ish parliament, had said the other day
that in religion and secular education
the United States were ahead Of the
world. If, at the Paris exposition, the
nations of the earth were to be repre-
sented in the point of education, it
would be a public wrong and crime for
the government of the United States
not to be represented The same was
true of the journals of the country.
Those issued from the public press gave
to every soul on the American continent
two papers q week, showing not only
the intelligence but the prosperity of the
people. He discussed the financial view