New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-17

NJ tba ,sdicne called license IA failure and, IL you
have not rot anything else you must own up take rel
uRe AZ the feet OF Napoleon the Car, ana SET up
physical force that does not share the influence OF the
mob. one hundred and fifty men own England TO-DAY az
not for the masses, and they can Keep Ihe
nineteenth century at hay Bring back that STATE OF
in NewYor unless you can nd some o bs rue Of
demagogues. One OF the most eloquent OF our YOUNG
Who offered the half Of his estate to any
who would give him power TO pass that doorE O9
thing that Or G the aW dT 4 but we ea
shut that door lapplanseh and make tne s't mn
ssiG prohibition hob The great struggle of
ship is 70 ind panacea for this acoumulastnE
evil and we believe that n prohibition is the yo
may be night, and prohibition may De sometnins tn
bears within itself the seeds o. ts own failure 1s me-
and thought remains, shall contend that the HrsI %
means OF saving the baotbOx from the drunkenness OF
the streets and unless statesmen can do THIS
that the Declaration Independence is OF limited
rule himself Passing from this queston,We nhu % a.
equally vital 10 the cause OF repubeanisn and that Is
labor Some laugh at the workngman ana say you CAR
not lift labor, and there Is no use IN @
thy with the inevitable Ills Of tollng humanity. d9n
believe that. l believe the time will come when
we shall almost realize the wisdom OF Franklin anu sa
put down admitted and recognized truth thasa
human being needs eight hours 10 sleep and eight hours
Tor his soul appause and that not ms nterests e
but the interests OF the State require that the hou
for the sou should he guaranteed TO him by ali the FORCES
OF civilization. Selfgovernment cannot allow captal ~
demoralze labor No baance-sheet OF proni eau ou pre-
sented large enough TO compensate repubicansm Tor
this decentralization. The moment the laboring class be
comes crytaliZed that moment republloansnl II ueau
sui, must have the VaDderblCs. We cannot 90
without the money kings and we cannot DO without ha
Vdua independence and the statesnanap or To-Day sto
marry and reconcile these two Indispensable elements OK
t1s future. This task Is fearful as that future 70
pomentOus. When Walst and State-st look down INTO
poor mans cradle. they remember that those tiny
ms will in due time WELD the ballot and unless wealth
intelligence side ana morality on the
side OF those baby footsteps It's own children must
soon stand face to face with anarchy and ruin There
one other question which - OF equal slgnincance ana
that the woman questOnthe right or woman 10 laO0r
Some look at tins from the humanitarian point OF VIEW
and there Is abundant reason for doing No man can
analyze the condition OF hall OF the human race
without his heart melting at the picture ! knew re.
maTkab generous Yankee who left the fortune derived
Tom his wife back TO her as long as she remained Widow
but u she married then 1t went TO his sister! ! don't
think that would have happenedl II 90 women hah sat
with co men In the Massachusetts, Legislature; zap
pausc And know still sadder case OF wife shut up
In madhOusc for IS bitter months while her husband
refused tho signature that would nave released her. ana
that was Massachusetts, law! Ana when at last she was
released by the intervention OF Others her husband was
cruelty able TO refuse her last visit TO the bedside OF
her dying daughter: and that Massachusetts law
Nevertheless, am going to put the question tonight
from another standpOiut-that OF it's influence politics.
dOh mean the IYWeI anu s'iaod' o Po
ties, which Is al CUNT Out the upper anu Iespco
able stratum, which II all intrigue. Why Is II
that man .v does so% Se him PG''q tor Gs
when II he DID the same thing on tho level OF society
bis would be married forever, so Infinitely
higher Is society than politics. Why our politics rs q
contemplate thing, oven In ts best aspects HOW
often have you seen Conservative Denocrat, OF Ie
publican. turn somersault ON TO an Abolition plauorn
and say his first speech. without blush Mr CHAIR,
n. !
rrmenb first introduction 20 very eminent ana
snccessful politician whose life has been long struggle
against slavery that ne took aside at the supper
table aud committed 10 me IN great confidence, the
secret that his mother made him an AbOtoust IN his
cradle Watch this the PLATFORM aud he SAYS.
- Mir Chairman you were always right You had the
sermon on the Mount, aud the Declaration OF
Independence and the Constitution on your side,
ana here every American ought to stand !?
You would imagine he had married GatIlsohS
daughter and his son 10y succession
THIS u the question This Is the interest
not Of ono sex but OF republican government IN Htng
purity OF politics unto the level OF the age, giving US
the good material out OF which To build the DaOrDON
as we build society. putting IL line with advancing
civilization And let tell you that this necessity
is needless Oh no Live 20 years longer aud you shall
face more mobs than have. Already over the Western
mountains towers the conflict Of two indomitabe ma
tons Rust conquests and the OF the world have
rolled over Chinese and like the unchangng type OF
the TcutOu the Greek the Chnaman comes up above
the waves unnltered lie never met the blood that
bought him, circumstances that changed him.
These two forces are TO produce this shock OF
conflicting races. Already tho Ignorant and narrow
minded ft themselves IN angry antagOnlsm welcome
You Ia the struggle welcome you 10 the heroic dlsh
trrrsted marty rom In standing for the cause that
your fathers have handed down 10 yOu. Summon all
your energies make your machinery perfect clean out
all ia defects. Plant the ballot box, summon woman TO
your side and reconcile labor and then let the fT6ate
float out and God defend the right tApplausc.l