Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-12-07
DelmOnicO's, Bryant, Meyers, and Those
Who are in DOubt.


York, and indeed the leading fashionable
saloon on the North American continent,
is Delmonico's 1t is AN elegant place
Wealth stopped there, and with a lavish
cd hand turned out its gold, and gilded
and decorated the place so finel y that it
has become the resort of the wealthy.
1t has become the great banqueting place
of the rich. The Free Trade League of
New York, with lis pockets filled with
British gold to be used to break down
the manufacturing interests of the United
States, finds the gilded saloons at Del
monicos profitable and congenial place
at which to play its arts. There, sur
rounded by all the luxury that a great
city like New York can produce to please
the eye, to charm the ear, and satisfy the
delicate palate, it holds its banquets.-
There men of influence, who are half and
half on the question of free trade and
protection, are invited and there, amidst
the dazzling appointments of the place,
surrounded by the rich and artful advo
Gates of free trade, they are turned to
favor policy that, if adopted by the
country, cannot fail Of running the busi-
ness of the country, and bring our peo-
pie to the very verge Of want. Recently,
only last week, banquet, under the au-
spices of the Free Trade League of New
York, was held at Delmonico's. 1t was
an exclusive and high priced banquet,
worthy of the men who are in the inter
est of the Manchester aud birmingham
manufacturers, who Iun their mills on
pauper labor. Twenty dollars, or
ticket, admitted one. Mr. W. &. Bryant,
whose name is familiar to the reading
public, was guest, and responded TO the
toast, The Cause of Free Trade"
1t is one thing to sit in ones study
and coin and write fine poetry, and to
speculate and theorize upon the deprav-
ity Of humankind, and to argue in gilded
saloons that free exchange Ct articles
of manufacture and of the products of
the soil is the on y correct commercial or
exchange principle for man to occupy,
and it is another thing to step out into
the busy, humming, bustling business
world, and realize that it is and has ever
been the aim of nations to preserve them
selves that it is the object of this ma
ton, aud that it is the object of Russia
and any other nation that may be point
ed out, to preserve itself To preserve
the individuality of the nation is what
people struggle for. For that reason
boundary lines are established, and navies
are supported and armies maintained
These matters cannot in the present state
of society be ignored They are stub
born facts. Navies and armies are kept
up in most cases for protection. SO in
the commercial world, tariffs are imposed
to prevent those of one nation, who pos
sess great advantages over those of an
other nation, from inflicting injury to its
people through these advantages. VIC.
Bryant and other men Of that class can
not theorize away the stubborn facts of
every day life.
Mr.. Meyers, who succeeds Mr.. John
Cessna in Congress, and who is also one
of the editors of the Harrisburg Patriot,
was invited to the late banquet. The
Free Trade Leaguers wished to make
sure of Mr.. Meyers and his paper. He
did not attend, but in lieu of his presence
sent the banqueters letter, through
which he breathes devotion to the cause,
and this is all that was really necessary.
The Free Trade League has brought Mr..
Meyers out fair and square in their favor.
The people now know to a certainty that
Meyers and his organ are in the interest
of British free traders. We trust that
the New York League will give banquets
during the whole winter season and send
invitations to certain other parties through
out the country. 1t is such a fine way
to bring out those about whom there i.
doubt.
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