The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-05-12

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Erehaief i.ss6hieth aamissrssry iaatl,e
'Unitei:Statds, hasdtsm cnIbors ure vnrS
village in the lamd;!aiId hnrdly:n family
but tla & Sean-or dsifatnpoW.er fongopd.
|" "QuictlN sud ssaant ~ .fMpeSits work!
I!Thoys dfikn oum.:aoj onrnert twitl1ont
means, without I, .frierds:li lia tho tbusys !
bustling, world.nbout hiun sick, stNngr
may5bekby somc1talismanic influence
tifa ws ITO shis edsidetheEnembera Of
this grnnt Afamiiy; aml This wants, are
supplicdJ brothcrs srnirliateR to]iis.ner
ccssitiesNand :smd othabis tpjllow,; and
when the:lasE44reat; IS uTnmonsl comess
convey! shiss remai,ls udhonprntos the
t6mb.1,,.-sa; aakstBI *: 70 sssHi: al.
God spsoa:t itttheir peblesWOrk.
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IscvIHenry Ward Beecher offI'rec
3sssa ria ~, Trndc.EraG -st=- :r
- In his recent great speech IN. favor
of free trade, Mr.. Deecher -said:.s y, ~
How shall you get foreign nations TO
he our customers if you,do:not become
their customers? II you say to foreign
nations .we, can. raise. and, max what
wo want among ourselves, and, do,not
want, your trade, how sreyoM. going to
eel! your, :productsa Freedom. resu-
latcs: all. interests; but interference By
the Government onlypartially protects
one nj, t,the total expense of. the other.
1t is also. held-and this brings me,tto
familiar sground-that, tho attempt, TO
regulate the industries OF u country by
II high tariff tends to ,demoralizes the
people aS it does TO. dobauch the IGoy::
crnmcnt. Ny friends, all my lito long
! have been called to fight against slay-
icry. But lhaye-Iuid down the black
man. a.-....r sri,s.oE}ag Esi.t~T 20 g
When tho government, put. him on
his feet said hen, 4 man put upon
his feet if ho. cannot stnnd he must
fall. Loud and lonS.continucd up
plause. But IN laying down this class
Of people donot5 feel that 1 can lay
aside my armor nor put up my sword:
There arc other fields Of action, and
there will he other scenes I'm the ma
tion's life. IfyoW understood! the ua.
ttion's life it is this, rabhor the sleepy
man and the lazy communities. There
arc always questions coming up io
arouse the mind and TO engage the
thoughts. Just now it seems TO" mt
:, that tho coming question is tic mys'
terics Of organized, >gigantic;cnpital ~
opposed: to the unprotected individual
The laborcr in the community. Loud
lupplausc. For ] shall never forget
| the class from which5I sprunS. "A
workingnam myself, and the 'son OF q
workinglnan, who was the con Of {
workingman. ny he was the son Of 4
working gman. Lnughtcr.] Ny grand
father was Il saddlcr, my Grcnt-.rand
/ father n snddlcr. my greaL-%reat:.:Grnnd'
| falhcrh Blacksmith, and my father was
farmer, till they found he was moi
good for that, and so made Il minister
rof him. ~. ..". @ o
We have more to fear from this cor.
ruption Of legislatures than from the
corruption Of individuals-trom the
bribery Of capital than from any other
source. At this time every virtuons
citizen is bound to think and to labor
for the puriication Of moralsF i'll the
matter of money. or VIC are swGmped
in this nation lbelicvc that there are
men who cannot be bought, but do
not think thntthpy,maroh in regiments
! ( Laughter. No man can to how hC
would feel if Il hundred ortwo hun.
lrcd thousand dollars wcro offered
him for single civil vote. Tile policy
Of protecting American industry | dr
not think brings to Washington my
increased number Of honest mon land
with growing intcnsitics,s md will
more md more potent means Of bribc'
ry,'a class ofmen is crcnte'l.ns danger
Gus to the liberties Of this country a'
any class ever born or bred among us
II fAppnuSe: L havo been asked tC
preside this, evening because, ! sup
pose, I representa- very large and rye
iundevclopcd class Of persons In th'
community. :.s.' "le'' -, s !
Twas born and came into the think
ing period Of my life when Danie
Webster and Henry Clay, and suci
men as they, were advocating til.
tariff. They came from the Souti
mainly Mt first, under tho. auspices sol
> Calhoun. with Dauicl- Webster rs al
antagonist. l almost worshipcd thi
dcmigod, and till within%a compare
lively few years l have onllcd myself
i tariff man, though. CONSCIOUS that tn
great question Of liberty had some re
ntionEto this question, whichl tid'no
yet perceive At,last, however, 'lNfint
myself not only brought, into o stat
Of conviction. but !. have trembling
hopo on tho other side. [Laushter.] :,
} havc.n pet. theory or two still nbon
the uses Of protection in the enrlic
periods Of n nations history. LIDO no
give up everything, though am ire
: to confess that / see prospective bank
ruptcy before me on that. subject
Many, men, hitherto holding to tn!
3 protective, policy, arc beginning y
!. suspect that; there ia morctrntE on tn
=. other side than .they. supposcd: The!
are beginning TO put questions an'
consider the subject anow.,. .,%s". T.,
/ ~,< The Public Credit.
!. Ever since the rcbol.armics,surrcn
;. dered, the nationals finances hayo;bcel
thespoint of sintorest and impor
n.