New-York tribune., 1870-11-29

cause ia "merely economic issue "ony y,n moyol
iasuc inyoivine tho sefsame questions which created
tho great French Revolution, and which gave inp"'s"
The time is past when we were looked as the al
yocates OF an impraeticabe and visionary 5 free
time IL close at hand when tue supporters OF lnc
trade movement will be recognized as the "
practical issue in American politics. saquesor which
will divide parties and break up old party INES he R
has done this S yS are AWARE e ia nas s aTe Isappear
Inc, and find that they must take new departure
based on the living issues Of the day In te neT OF
bers who agree upon this issue though tney nae n ,o4
into contact and into political cooperation by their
opposition the legislation OF monopoly we shail
nously for common object and surely that will be
cheering sight to all but the most bigoted Of partsans
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT's SPEECH.
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN He who framed the
universe gave different regions OF this globe dlereht
climates yielding different productions for the use OF
man. He peopled them with different races OF mankind,
VARYING from each other their aptitude for the usefui
and ornamental arts OF life He gave them the skill 70
invent and construct rapid modes OF conveyance
from realm To realm and from continent to continent,
aud said to them: "Impart to each other wnat you o
notEwords whic you will find in ancient book belong
Ing the sacred literature OF Palestine such was e OF
and through the the League
and its sister associations and by means OF good u
derstandlng with all who think do. We will attack
and overthrow and trample to fragments and utterly
destroy all the Institutions and inventions OF man when
have for their object obstruct and thwart the natural
workings OF this benefcent system OF Providence Let
me- therefore, II the courtesy OF tho President will 80 FAR
the Cty E Ok SewYork and it's sister leagues other
cities propose that we do honor TO the toast WIN tree
cheers and tiger.
SPEECH OF Mr.. MAHLON SANDS.
This place the time to sketch the history
OF the Free Trade League which doubtless familiar to
many Of YOU and will only now tell You how 1t has
been employed during the past eleven months what t
has accomplished in that time and what 1t now proposes
TO do Experience has taught us that tho most effective
manner Of starting this agitation Is In holdng puDilc
meetings. call for the meeting is first circulated TO
which the Of as many Of the ciueI men OF tle
dnd tha we can in this way commit the thinking men IN
community to the cause. The meeting attracts PUBIC
attention TO the tariff question and forces tEe press 10
take sides. The lecturers obtain the names Of free;
traders they go about the country whch are ehtee
on ledger and from time to time tracts are iorwarded
TO them for their own use aud for that Of their friends
Upon this ledger there he names or 1000 cOOpe
Tator from every state IN the oHO wES op are 6e ease
1000 newspapers are kept supplied also now VIII
persons in the service OF the League lecturing,
writing for the press and paDga per9Tmps have oss Sesn
held by tho League which is average OF 10 In every
month OF 26 week days. Ahalfdozen ree-tIade hews-
FreeTrade League may fairly claim to have defeated ac
last attempt OF the Proteetonsts 10 increase Tue
IS months Since to have been more welded to Protection
than any which ever assembled Mt Washington, 10 sO.o
te aacE l0GpH anh defeat Si the SR u C
del by reducing the duty pigron from 50 to S. An
o the other issues competing for public attention, and
bids fair To purify In no small degree our natonal
politics. by breaking up existing party lines, ana causing
union of the reforming elements Of both parties. But
what is to the immediate purpose, majority or i3
votes has been secured IN the new House VI representa-
tiyes,
One of the charges brought against us b that we have
upon form Of tariff Never was a charge more false.
We have an Immediate and common purpose, which,
as to lead to Substantial victory. That purpose is the
immediate and total abolition of the duties on coal salt
t@ee@g f@ articles haa w be- what was to
sedana victory necessating subsequent surrender.
SPEECH OF MIR. WELLS.
Mr. D. A. Wells being called upon to reply TO the toast
Tie War against Monopoly" said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN: thank you heart
fly for the compliment you have rendered and the
kindly greeting which you have given me, and yet at the
same time going to be sufficiently ungracious to tell
you that unwilling TO come TO this assembage this
evening. Not that am not in sympathy with the many
kindly aud intelligent faces that see about me- not be-
cause through hopes Of future preferInent, am un-
willing to sy0w my opinions, but simply because
am engaged upon work-most difhcult-which
have attempted and which engrOsses all my time and
attention namely revision Of the tax system OF the
State OF New Yorka system so complicated SO difficult
to understand Ineffective in It's execution that have
often been tempted TO return my commission to the
Governor Of the State with thanks and tell him that as
this system, which Was called upon to investigate,
originated through pressure Of necessity and was carried
out and modulated by circumstances rather than by
intelligent thought, that pressure OF necessity and
circumstance alone bo relied on to amend it;
pose TO os do the WORK to me as well as ana
felt unwilling to give up sufficient time to make IKE Jour
ing tthe time felt unwilling to refuse can
from my friends and tSnsh have answered @ td tdaf call
aughter to make speech and propose TO DO IL TO the
best Of ray 'by Ana In thinking t over oday what
than profit By the example OF our friends who attend
When they n Sdt 3 & S 1s
It seemed 20 Inc that l could not do better
eXpeTenee. and tell you how is that nd myself here,
An company with men, who, few short years ago. re-
sna sn6dsa Ia and m sympathy with opinions hc
at tie same time l thought the embodiment
and unsound in political economy felt the more % I'm,
PEELED to do this because one of your papers In this city
that ali this agitation and movement for reform com
menced with the late Commissioner of the In;
teat furthermore he had turned Democrat and expected
efice under tho Democrats Laughter and applanIe,l
thinks when he says that friend my right here,
has defeated my pile OF truth and rejected 1t through
natural perversness-perhaps l should say natural
cussedness" The Revenue Commissioner, on the other
hand has the truth and with bis eyes wde open;
Now to take up the thread Of my soryI will say to you
that found myself in one of the interior cities OF
war an active part the Sanitary Commission, and in
1884 through the exuberance Of patriotism, l had In
vested the property possessed In bonds Of the United
etates-which then selling at large discount.
That just the period when Grant was unsuccessful
before ycksburg, and Leo In the flush OF triumph
after Fredericksburgh and Chancellorsyie. aud was
preparing for aggressive movements. The opinion was
Freely brted that bonds Of the United states
worth less than the paper they were printed ON,
aud feeling anxiety for the snccess OF my le prop
ety undertook TO make thoroughly business Inv est-
CATION and satisfy myself what the bonds were worth to
me. made that Investigation made that nyestlga.
o.. fnnk eerfo grauted-urst.
the nation was loyal, and would not Willingly
depart from its faith; secondly, that
the war would not last than two
years, and that the debt created would not exceed
SOGoooO reve the paper to little circle OF friends
aud then the pamphlet was printed. never dreamed
that the thing would go further than my immediate
friends An edition Of 5000 copies was sold ands ,hen