New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-02

npnn nnon the co"ntry They insist that debts
cannot be paid by the historic methods OF aha
taxation. Such means they assert, must ia bnu lio
statesman who relies upon them 49, WHITNEY, OF MI
tingly frherng the schemes OF the repuaiaors Inc
great practical question then recurs HOW he " Py
our debtsi answer 10 one brief S i ~
10 The debt An enlightened statesmansP anu t ns b1rv
the dead past. great revolution mas peem S,Ih
mated and we should bring ourselves N oona Govern
men almost without limitation the sacreu IepgST ali
the honor the integrity and inc 81 @ fpedereo is now
accomplished fact. 1t Is the part OF WISDOM , or 5
generation to accept tho memorable logic Oh e'e anu
to conform TO the situation. >-.,.,.,
In order to groc up 70 he present debt let the National
exert It's vast power ana c%eS OF Humiliation
may be strangled before 1t mas attained iorhu"Oo p
portions.
THE NATURAL WEALTH OF THE COUNTRY STILL UN-
DEVELOPED.
The broad fields OF the South are, by devastation al
RENTED to their primitive state, while the mighty
West stands as richly endowed virgin ready lor tho
altar In climate soil, and the production OF staples no
equal portion OF the globe can furnish paralle: ~
needs hut the strong OF capital ana LABOR 10 ske
the rock IN order bring forth the golden stream Una.
now sleeps within its mighty heart supera3unuan'
capital and labor are lying idle throughout Europe
That continent cannot even aVall seI Vi I1 III
saving inventions OF machinery thereby cheapenhg Pro,
ducton, lest the redundant thus
employment should be reduced TO pauperlsl. dti
100000 Of stalwart men are now taken from
aud kept soldiers TO repress the revolutionary euu
ces resulting from the pressure OF sn3siseneo
ply Thus while Europe Is unsettled ana reVoutOnhy
from redundancy of population america iangusnts
This, when the hitherto broad Atlantic 10
bridged by telegraphc wires and steamships rs 9DOr
NAL, and should be speedily remedied. Capital ana
human muscle should be utilized anu should migrate 10
those points where most demanueu anu Mn wiz sde
profitable. The hardy Norwegian, the honest 5Weue,
the thrifty German, and the encrprlsng Dane now
struggle with an nhospable climate and sterile SOIL
while the broad and rich fields OF America e open DeIoie
him. But It Is alone to Europe that we may look
Our cotton elds,;our sugar lands and our swanps, de
signed by nature for the production OF rice, lhVte lo
pcople are now turned toward Pacific coast. The
Imagination staggers when estimating the colossal power
meet within our borders 1t would fall to our lot TO real
ze the NEUROLOGICAL riches from union OF me orient
extended territory thus developed the debt OF the nation
the States and the corporations would become Dagatee
To SECURE the influx OF this capital and labor IN Time 10
arrest the tendency epudatOn the national Govern
ment must develop the country by aiding TO Dlld te
eadpg lines OF canals and railways which the geography
OF the conuHent indicate, aud by Improving the rivers
aud harbors with which nature mas furnished IT, beOIS
high duties we should accept the national m'vredot
trhch ne recent rer0iOH has esd6tlShed The day OF
distractions and Of that political philosophy based upon
universal negatiOn has passed. Special pleading arg-
ments based upon socaled constitutional scruples, arc
old inventions o try and throw obstacles in the way OF
the National Governments for 1t yet remembered that
not MANY wears have passed since gravey pre-
tended that while the Constitution permitted the General
Government construct works OF improvements on sat
mon fresh water Communications. IL may not be
improper for me to remark that tho public men who
talk lUudest about the preservation OF lhe Con
stitutioa are the very men who secretly eontem;
plate the grossest OF all violations Of the Constitution OF
any country namely: he reputation Of ITS just debts.
| With these men, confess, have no sympathy. inc
National Government led by party OF advanced IDEAS
has completed. with energy something like commen-
with the demands OF the age one railroad ne CON
meeting the Pscne Win 'a' N,hr onnno,inn mnst
| DO established The climate, the topography or the
country commercial wants. and the financial necess
ties OF the Government dcnanu' AT least 1 'nGo -
| referred to- The extreme Upper mississippi Naty -
now supplied Win wnfer The free use of which
should be secured 10 us by proper negotiations AhOthe
water line should constructed through tho center OF
The country connecting the heart OF this great valley
with the waters Of the Chesapeake SIN further SOUTH
and harmless for injury to riparian agriculture by the
appliances OF art and science side 10y slde WIN thes9
railway should be constructed, direct. without curves
| and on easy grades.
| HOW NEW ENTERPRISES SHOULD BE FosrERED.
Subsidies TO national lines OF steamers should be
granted until regain our former position on the ocean,
Such Is a general description OF tho leading lines which
| trade demands believe that national credit de-
ponds upon their speedy completion Private and state
eeucics OF the crisis VIII rocapitnlatc. 10 fehuer u
foreign capital and labor must he Induced To come 70 US
ToatraCt promptly this capital and labor, facilities Tor
the ready transportation OF tle fruits VI aaooi ~,
furnished Private enterprise cannot III any IeasS"po
furnish these facilities, aud. AS consequence, Iho
united efforts OF the whole nation SHOULD DC ine
amount OF the national debt mas ALREADY DeSn o,ateu
The cause which created the debt destroyed property
10 an amount Iu{ equhl 70 ,no , &
considerations will be urged by designing men as EXCUSES
for population AZ such Time slep - run;
cent To complete the works which have outlined. ana
|
ux OF capital aud labor would begin simultaneously win
the OF the works, and long before any d.
rect profit could be realized from their cOmpeuOh Tue
General Government would be more than reimbursed BY
the additional breadth that would be given To the basis on
taxation doctrine OF strict construction aud poht.
cal negaton has hitherto been fo,tcred by the want of
homogeneity in sections recent revolution has been
| coHsummatCd by which great people nave Dech mace
one Should become prosperous ana rlc, the heatt'
burnngs aud the hates cugcndcfed by tho recent suS
Gle Will in the nature OF things soon vanish Inc voice
OF homogeneous people will grow louder year by year,
while the OF sectional feeling anu sentiment Will
like the echo grow faint aud faint, until IL dies
noi-eessy very distant shore. III such policy
| real peace may DO found. 81,
trust. Mr. President and gentlemen that no state VIII
be 10 deny the amplest rights OF way width
the wants Of trade may demand Leaving the
| dead past, the General Government should enlarge
| ard circumstances could not be moro suspicious for
| taking this new departure. We have an Executive
who has been broadly educated by the great events
through which he has passed and the great history
| which he has made. lie IL disenthralled by these
events by this history, aud by this enarging educa'
ton from the pre- and that clrcumserbe
the statesmen influence has been attained by
lifelong pupage in party trammos These are the con
dtOns which have already rendered 80 SUCCESSFUL tho
staesmaushp Of military heroes. Our President owes 10
his own strong head, his strong heart and his own
strong the vast influence which he now commands
soldier with fame commensurate Win CIVILIZATION,
he now aspres his great influence IN the interests
Of peace No Is likely than Gen. Grant to SEQ
that the highway 10 real and enduring peace Is the
road that leads most directly ana most speedily 10 the
development Of the material OF our country
And now Mr.. President In conclusion VIII say That tho
political organization by whatever name II may be des-
the age by following the lead OF tho Executive IN the
path so wisely trOd by him, will bo the coming party
and the who leads IL will be the coming mAu-tho
real hero Of the nineteenth century.