The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-25

AnBAAuuJ utRebo eleAUlly THIS eo-cAllAd grievance
among those clASSes Ia
Tho answer is obvious, the motives are a plain
g the sun at noondSy; firstly nthe spirit or her
desiiiah doctrine wide and Conquer
maxim which 10 not only used 10 Get class against
eiaes, but creed against Greedy
And now for the money grabbing Wow, the
Eordid, cold bl0oded calculation Of tho capitalist
England cannot produce enough food to sui.
tain her tolling myhads, her pauper population,
rom her own soil; and although come natures will
submit TO almost every indlgnity, venting their
grievances only In chronic grumblIng. She
knows that starving absolutely -eyen tho down
troddon English artiEan-HIll turn upon the heel
that crashes II and revolt.
Therefore grain must lad, and the capital.
let must buy 1t much IN tho same. way that he
buys fodder his cAtts. Ind hero tho Internal
ingenuity OF the aristocratie capitalist comes
10. America produceas AliAoetI spontaneously,
an enormous surplus of. food, and England
mnat have that sutpl9g AZ cheaply ~ she
can Get ~, but America alAo Contains mex,
hAustiblG supplies Of mineral wealth, which
only reqplres sElled labor 70 convert In.
TO capital, hence ,the struggle made by Ehg.
land to ,obhih 'ffee- entry for her fnanphctut.
cd goods, that tlic may serve the double putpose
ofobtAlnlng ahopefp market for the PRODUCTIONS
Of hef toillng mGSses, with largo revenues 10 The
capltallst. And underlying hisaro the sinister
motives That she will thus dwarf the operations Of
American manufacturers, depFeps thoWage rate
OF American labor, prevent the emigration Of
skilled aEti2a0s BY lessenipg their Inducements
to bring their valuable Services To- the United
States, and BY corresponaIngly keeping down the
wages OF Arm lRbororS, ,6nablo her 70 obtain
the food which she must have at rates by which
che can oiterth "speeions fraud a cheap loaf
10 those who can getjast that and no more for 4
day'sW work. Now W0IkIhSmeh II America, tho
question befoFe y6n Is, whether America Ihali
be youIs, the lAndof the nee tho land Of high
wages and equal manhood, and this eau JbO 70.
tanned, II has already been O6taiNtd by a eound
tariff policy; or whether duped, deluded, aud
ridlculed, you will permit tho establishment OF
nee trade schemes, which would panperIze Amer.
lea, which hare rendered Ireland desert, and
hare made EnglIah capitalists the autocratic PRO
prietors OF labor, tho actual II not the homInal
owners OF a huge slave yard, known as Great
Britain. And here lam reminded ti on article
which appeared sometime ago IN the London
Times, which will further illustrate the force Of
my argument We all know how that arch enc.
my and calumnlator Of the interests Of liberty
and remuneratlve labor screamed in the agony
Of ia low that ''the Irish Arc going. and goInS
Win A Vengeance" when England orOan,zed a
famine IN The llnd. a famine az desolaiinC ma thc
seven plaques OF Egypt, and sent irclAnd's hone
ana Ireland's pride to tho paupers grave. and 10
the emigrant ships; and still later when tho same
organ OF British arlstocratlc tyranny, said that
at would DO well 10 help lriBhmen emlgrate to
America, for there they earned wages enough 10
enable them 10 buy the articles manufactured by
England, which they could not afford 10 buy
wefG they allowed 10 remain in Ireland.n Ard
So fellow citizens, You see the policy Of England,
u policy that those who support free trade per.
petuates and endorses.
Mr.. VIM. ii. Formosa or philole,nbia
400, ;ntrod,,oo1 -
""0 ii0'>' '"'A"uuH0"' Ac sa4u'
Mn. CHAIRMAN AND GEETLEARN: This Is a
very unexpected call upon me. received tel.
egram IN the morning to be present to represent
the Association for the Protection of Homo In.
dustries, and did not expect to makea speech.
The times arc full OF Significance. All over the
world tho people arc earnestly moving, and In this
State and country the voice OF the people Is
about TO be expressed upon those great material
questions affecting vitality our interests as a
people and nation. Itmay be fortunate, or It
may not be fortunate, that such times arc now
upon us; but we are bound to hear the people
and respect their voice Never before in the his.
tory OF this State and country has 30 much CAPT.
tai, 70 large measure oIIntellIgence, been in.
vested in the manufacturing and producing in.
terests; and never before owing to free trade
lectures. in the employment OF foreign mauufac.
turers, and tho circulation OF pernicIous pIctor
ials and pamphlets, and the corruption OF our
national legislators, brlbed with British gold.
was there more imminent danger oftheir being
paralizcd and destroyed. E1. s--- r-f'
While, as representative of the American
Association OF Home Industries. feel the ptay.
ity aud Importance Of the position which / occu.
py as one OF the speakers upon this occasion.
also feel highly honored In being given an CD
portunIty TO utter hore some OF tho feelings and
Views whlcllmy own Judgment, observation and
reflection have forced upon nc. lf6I
We arc, in peculiar sense, tho almoners Of
Heavcn's bounty to the nations. No man or ma.
ton Is absolutely Independent Of other men: and
yet the United States Is more prolific OF the
necessares OF life than any Other nation. Better
could We afford to-day to be isolated from the
nations OF the earth than any other people, The
vastness, the variety OF soil and climate and the
amazing productlyeness OF our country, enable
ms 10 lend TO many nations, while We have NO
need to borrow. Our republic Is the grancry oil
tho world. Its coaland iron and cotton, with It's
herds and tlocks, It's preclOns metals OF gold an
silver, and inexhaustlhle quarries, mako us DO.
cullarly independent. Our ability to support
ourselves, and even to- spare, will not DO quos.
toned until the history OF the Irish famine shall
be blottcd out.
Ono Of the principal ideas that enters into this
glorious compound we call independence, con.
sists in ,selEdlrection, or exemption from the
undue influence of others Tho grandest expo.
ncnt Of this idea in the world Is tho American
Republic. Our treaties OF commerce, our inter.
probation ofInternaaoral law, our absence from
the conferences and congresses Of nations, tho
Monroe doctrine boldly and fearlessly carried
ont are lar more eloquent than words could be
upon tho p0lnL Non,lnteryention proclaimed
as q fundamental principle Of our Government
bY all AhAdgs OF nolIiIcal faith shnwa nur tnJl,