The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-10

| West 10 give the nrIt tAtdy aud reluctant 70.
/ aponao In the matter Of her national industry
TO the enlightened and advancing spirit Of the
age.
Tho remarks of Dr. stansbury wcro fre-
queutly interrupted with applause.
Justice Casey, the President, then arose
and said;
have now the honor, not Of introducing,
but Of presenting, gentleman whom You
all know, and who has long been Identified
with the prosperity Of the nations capital,
and who, by his pon and his voice, has been
constant In advocating your interests and
the progress Of the important movement
now under conslderation-l mean Col. J. W.
Foruey.
Colonel Forney then spoke as follows
SPEECH OF COLONEL =. ". FoRNEH.
Nh. President AND FRLLow-OITtzENs! I
have not come here prepared with any eiabor.
to the undertaking which has been % faSspiei.
this county have been State Demonstration,
or, 10 other wotds, local. This 10 Intended, II
! understand II, TO be an IbternA tional EH post.
ton, and no better, indeed no other, point
! could be selected to begin and TO carry n on
than the city OF Washington .fAppfausel
| eonfess, In reading the debates Of Congress,
have been somewhat surprised At the arEu.
ments Of one or two very eminent Esntlensen
| who have endeAVorcd to discourage 40 enter.
snd, coEl,i 'hTSS sa,s te1sTss ,SS.
! reasons, this believe to be the proper place
to meet In the nrst place, the idea tkstS
%sni VIZ re Bsr Hl SSmSn. .s an ssF SS
] be the spot upon which to have this great In.
isr1s u5 IA ~, ESPo,Itlon Il, COZ Dive, an
! communicAtinn with sll parts OF the eonntrT'
and that nowhere else 10 the national Idss
p.n.s Tssrs az 20 tyPisd a here
this continent where that idea Is symboliz 4
The very conlEuration Of the toyn itseif, ard
its hiGtoty reader It emincptly nationSi-
started under the auspices OF the immoTtaI
name which ~ now wears, and which, trust.
ttTiii wesr 70 the cad Of time, tAPpiaussI
enemy In the second war for our indepsndepse
the spot 10 which or on which sons on Tho
Steateess statesmen Of the past generation dis
the spot most Intensely Aud blooiliy mo.
teeted In the recent conflict and anaiix. me
SPOT saneiihed by tho death Of that Immortal
martyr VINO has passed out OF the realm OF
party, and IL now remembered and beloved by
All seetlonsi and also, that here nled through
ognf streets those magnificent columns, which,
sIter liaehAfsing and completing the great
duty Of saving the Government melted back
Into the avoe.tionE OF eivu ne, All these
~ em h. Ie1qer a. ~ .eema 70 me, not only
TO hold this International Expo1ItIon, IAN
plausel The numerous organization awaIt- |
rr,s 10 ,S become ,sSSiaTT tS hi. great enter
only refer to the fact that you have 10 the uitV
o. Washington itself certain new oombinG-
applied AdmitAbiy and efioiently Ia The ET.St
work Of co-operatlon. Tsn years AGO ne who
had SAID ,hat : temple Ike this would be
sand young men resident In the city Of wash |
ington would have been laughed at a. 40 |
ldioti and yet that organization, not to name
others OF scientific, Abeneyoient, educational
and religious character, car be trained to the |
slightest difieulty,
See the organisation that await an interna-
honal fair or exposition there. There was |
nothing more AMAZING 10 the late great struE- |
Tor the relief sSG sacoSras SS u ~ sr%V,
refer to the sanitary fairs. Ancient wArinys
supplies no parallel 70 those wonderful char
ties. In the city OF Philsdelphis the sanitsry
| fair hN LEFT history that never will he Tor.
sotte9, whether 70 the muniRocuos Of its con.
the splendor Of all It did, aided Is il wa Nv
| men o. ell classes, and sAuotihed and embef.
liShed 6y the peISeyeti1g and gentle innusnes
| OF woman, that organization waits to help
you, leheerl and yesterday, in oonfeFrInE
| with one Of the most dittingdIahed Eentlsmen
10 PhilsdelPhlA-a gsntloman who gave time
and thousands Of dollars to that work, he told
me to say foLh hun that he would gladly serve
! on one Of the executive committees III At might
be raised 70 aid the international Exposition.
You can ind gentlemen OF this character 10
| every city In The eountfy, You have Only TO
go TO the city OF New York to borrow lessons
from that splendid Institution which, regret
to say, mere party spirit IL about TO eNpunKe
| l feier to the Central Park Oommisslou
which, by lite lutegrity, ability and energy has
governments
You need only go TO that Communication for the
purpose OF receiving new energy aRd new
IDEAS ior the erection Of your buildinss aud
some OF our good friends IN the National
| Legislature
| All that Warrington needs Is, not that It
should rely upon Congress, but that It should
rely upon Itself tApplNuse.l There is new
Warrington city. There Is = new South.
There There l. new eountry. The great war
| through which we passed was not fought sim
] ply lOT liberty, but for peFnetuitY-that these
homes OF ours should IABt-not that our Gap
ttol should be put upon wheels and carried
| aWay-lApplAusel-after having expended hun.
dredS OF Thousands OF millions Of dollars 10
| save it-AlteT being sentinelei with the imnor.
tai dead who sleep around us, reminding US all
now much " has cost to save the METROPOLIS ia
| which we live. but thAt It should endufe-thNt
these great edihees should stand for centuries
and that tho prayer Of the Immortal Webster
may be remembered, when 10 1851, a little more
| thAn year before he gave up his great spirit,
| when as Secretary or state OF Fillmore, he
national Capitol, and with his own b and placed
that prayer under these massive entablstureS.
May these columns aud pillars endure for.
presses the traveller 10 Ike Old World 20 much
As the enduring strength Of their great public
eilhees. You pause Ia wonder before memo
flAls that have stood for centuries, The very
names, not simply Of the builders, but Of the
Archltects, have passed from the memory Of
mani and can we'll imagine when the news
OF the movement to remove the capital OF my
country arrived In Europe, how those who |
were In the habit OF regatdlnE our Govern
me- meat as temporary sxperimSnt sneered at
prophecy. Look ~ the energy OF Chicago |
Look At the wonderful perseverance, Of Boston |
II we had = lltile Of the energy Of the one aud |
perseverance, Of the other, we would almost |
do wi thout aid from Congress, and, as under. |
stand H. nothing 10 asked from our friends
there but that they should AuthorIEe, az the |
special guardians OF the District OF Columbia,
q pushing forward this great enterprise, and
| a lauhk IA nj |
to the wheel. they win not refuse what you |
My friends, you have I'd an elaborate expo. |
altion OF the merits OF this great movement |
from our friend StAnabuTy, but as General |
oatheld 70 here TO address you, l win say no
more, but Will be giAd on some future occasion !
to continue the argument.
At the conclusion of Col. Forney's elo-
Quent remarks, the president introduced as
the next speaker, Gen. Jas. A. Garfield,
member Of Congress from Ohio, who ad.
dressed the meeting substantially as follows
SPEECH or 0Hs, J. A. oAREIELD.
lie came TO the meeting 70 eNpFelS his sym.
patty 10 the proposed Plaa for building an |
capital o. the nation, and to hear what plan |
the gentlemen proposed to pursue that II |
might be grand success.
The chief value OF this NAtiongl Exhibition !
would perhaps be in the dlsenehAntment OF !
the American people OF their idea OF perfec-
tioH % the Industrial pursuits. The habit OF
the Americans 10 saying I'VE are better than
aa 'ody else" wasA great mistake. Nothing
would diSpel this idea but a general eIpoIf.
ton where all the products OF our owp arts
products Of all other manufacturing nations, |
and when Americans have an opportunity OF
witnessing the aklll and thrifty works OF their
European neighbors, they will become slightly
ohAstened and determine 10 the future to do
better than they have In the past. For the
accomplishment OF this purpose, and to bring
about such sAlutAry results, he knew of moth.
log better than worlds fair.
Take, for Instance, one branch, Of our. na
tion's Wealth-ag rieultural products. Agri. |
culture eyldently Ia the most advanced OF
American purHuitsi stu no Thoughtful man
could fail TO uotlee the fact that America de-
penda upon the West more and more every
year Tor ITS wheat aud corn. An acre 10 the
State OF New York that but few years
since yielded forty bushels OF wheat hardly
produced eighteen bushels at the pTesent time. |
America sec mingly forBets that It has skinned
the cream OF the soil Of the East, and that
something was necessary to be done to restore
lts wasted fields.
lie remembered some years ago that New
England raised enough wheat to supply Its |