The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-17
SENATOR SHERMAN
NEW YORK.
SPEECH ArrHEuNIoN League CLUE

Senator Sherman, of Ohio, was en-
i! tertained by the Union League CLUB
of New York on Thursday evening,
on which occasion he spoke as fol-
| lows: s. Ctsa ayr s9Ct9a
GENTLEMEN: We have now found
ed an empire strong as any in the
| human family. We entered into the
recent war to maintain the Union, and
make it yet stronger. greater and
more powerful than ever before. We
entered into the war to prevent the
extension and domination of slavery.
Thank God, slavery and all its at
tendant evils have now disappeared.
We are now a homogeneous people
with Common institutions, and all the
.signssof the times shew that our late
enemies are soon to make our victory
-comnlete by marching to 7he ballot
box with their slaves. as their fellow
citizens in this great Repnblic. I
Hook upon the recent action of Con-
1gressas the settlement Of the war, and
| believe that all the questions which
sprung out Of the war wills@soon be
HhappDy decided. Our confess, however,
is notyet ended. When we commenced
&the war we desired to preserve our
country; it>still remains to harmonizer
conflicting interests and develop its
resources. We are now extending
our territory, and recently@we have
Arounded it-by extending it into the
frozen ocean. In connection with this
/ last question, it is not improper for
: me to say that in myjudgment every
question that affects the North Amer
lean continent is simply domestic
question, to be determined and settled
by the people of the United States.
America has ceased to be, as an Amer
lean Statesman thirty years $50 de-
clared it then was, the field for Euro
pean statesmen. 1t is clear that our
people, and they alone, are to rule this
whole continent. We have at this
a. 5a ses are sihpiy s matters o Of So
mestic economy. We haye questions
Of finance; we have to get back
az speedil y as we cam to specie pay
>ments,@ and to make our promises to
pay as good as the promise, and no
doubt that will be done in time. We
have a great many other questions to
be decided, and for time, gentlemen,
our interests must be concentrated
upon matters that aregoing on abr ad
We. can now occupy very much the
position of an Englishman, who
viewed with great pleasure the epre,4l
dations of the Alabama upon Jour
commerce.; we can now look upon the
events transpiring abroad as spec
tators, and not as actors. The logic
Of events tends plainly to, the
formation of great nationalitiess We
have seen, within the last few months,
a new power springing up in the fore
ranks in Europe refer, of course,
to Prussia. Contests may spring up
between France, Prussia, Great |
Britain and other nations, but these
cannot effect US in any degree as the |
late war for the preservation of the
Union did. Such strifes may, perhaps. |
disarrange our business relations, but |
t his will only be temporary evil, and
they will, in time, be re-established. |
In my judgment recent events demons.
strate, beyond doubt, that there are /
twesgreat nations now looming up to /
dispute the future history of the
world, and they are Prussia and |
America. France will doubtless be
and potent, and will
control a large portion of
Southwestern Europe, and Great j
Britain will maintain for long time
its old influence; but Prussia is to be
the great European Power of the flu
ture. There is only one more topic
upon which [ shall address you to-
night. The Paris Exposition is an
Industrial movement. intended to adj
vance the interests of all the people
Of the world. In my judgment Amer
leans have not taken a sufficient
interest in it. / believe the result
Of this Exposition will be to vastly
increase our commerce and to promote
our industry y One of the great OBJ
jects, to be attained through the .Ex-
position. will be the, uniformity of
weights, measures, currency standards
of Fafueg This, Ithink, lwillFpromote
commerce and be a vast benefit, es-41
peelally to the city of New York. I
propose TO sail for Europe on Satur-
day next, to dowhat can to promote
this great objeet.d i[Applause.l The
industrial Interests of all nations must
be made to harmonize. The time isqg
not far distantlwhen all the nations of
modern Europe will be more akin to
each other than the provinces sofst
France were to each other FIVE humid
red years ago. | have no doubt that !.
there will rise eas brotherhood ,,among,
nations more intimate than the BROTH
erhood which existed between the {
States of this Union fifty years ago.
The tendencies of events are to break
down all the barriers that have hither-
to existed. between nations, and to
make all Christian nations one great