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

The meeting at the Court House on
Saturday night. held under the auspices Of
1.-THE American Association Of Home In
dustrics," was very large and enlhusl'
astic. gaI3fa l.a i1l y+-#t
The meeting was called TO order by
JAMES NoGIAN, ESQ, and on his mo.
ton JOHN NOLAN, of this city, was called
TO the chair. al& aIlG.&
The object Of the meeting ms fully OK
planned by Mr.. JAMES NOwLAN, rs fol-
lows:
GENTLEMEN: I now cali this meeting to or.
der. The privilege Of doing so is contained In
this paper; 1t Is no less than my credentials from
Tho American Association Of Homo Indnstrie' !,
and is PiGned by Alexander Armstrong, seCrc-
tary OF that Association. 1t is as well that
should tell you whit called It Into exist.
cnCc and what object II has In view. It was
formed in Chicago, Illinois, two ycGrs ago; Its
members are composed OF the leading merchants
and manufacturers Of the West aud Northwest
and their object was to cOuntract the pcrniciOu'
influence which inipeded the progress Of manu-
featuring and commerce In those districts. This
perniclous influence was worked up by-an or
ganlzltlon known as The Free Trade League
whose head quarters arc located at 4S2 Pail Mall
London, England, with 0 branch office in New
York, where they have u large stat Of learned
savans, whose duty 1t is TO compile pamphlets
aud frame lectures for Rtroop Of young sprlggs
led up preachers, and One.horse lawyers, u
scatter around the county the frst, and to moul
tho other. They mostly address sunday Schoo
meetings, college students, hold open air meet
inEs In provincial towns during the summer
tine. You will End them on the river steamers
where they furnish agreeable amusement; In
decd, inmany instances their addresses are verJ
captivating They must hAVo been so, for both
by the force Of their eloquencO and the steady In
auence OF their reading matter, they raised a
d0ep AntlphAthy to the trader and manufacturer
of the North and Northwest
lam not hers TO make speech, but before /
leave wish 10 refer to some local matters which
have taken pains to instruct myself on: First
] will refer TO your building societies, tho host
temperance law In Gods world, aud one which
requlres noAct from Legislature or Congress. Let
Rman once invest 800, or even less, In lot and
forthwith both himself and family put forth all
their efforts 70 pay of It's indebtedness. He has
q fixed object before him q home to live in he
owns no landlord; that 10 his, and those loved
ones he will some day leave behind him. No
longer lie tho provefblAl Irishman found In
Wheeling, with whisky bottle in his pocket
z No; no now carries his title Deeds md further,
HIS tablet in which Is Get down what price hls
friend and ncighbor paid for this and that lot, and
It's present market value. This he compares with
his own. Visit the news depots, the cigar stores,
postofce, and even go into the saloons, listen to
the conversation going on, and you will lnd II
Is no longer Of the Action fights or the triumph
Of one country over another. No, thank Goa, it's
all about Tim Connell's corner lot, Hugh's new
purchase on the Island, and 80 on. Yes, to your
great credit workinghnen OF Wheeling, You
possess stx building societies, owning over two
millions ofsolld property. To one Of these socl.
eties wish particularly to alude, for II IL com.
posed mostly Of Irlshmen. The Workingmcn's
Building Association, about two years In OK.
istence have to-day $4,000 in hand, loaned In
cash $4,000, with property worth nearly one
million OF dollars. You, workingmen OF Wheel.
Ing, can boast Of three large rolling mills own cd
and worked by yourselves. You have a coop.
eraave carriage works, that one near the post
ONCE, which 10 strictly cooperative. Knight 70
along and tell more that know abont your
progress and Industry, for II has been my pieas.
uro to have, on two occasions, written of these
facts, inthe publication with which am eLIloTi.
ally connected, and In lis columns. for some two
years, spoke rather sharply OF yo.r anathy In
not looking more TO your railroad Interests. To.
night l congratulate You that you have woke mn
10 II OF last, and that the good work IL rNpldlv
proceeding. As grand railroad center Wheel
ing 10 bound 70 progress aud become full sister
10 Pittsburgh. l return you my thanks for hay.
ing borne with me so long. will conclude by
iayIng, II you value all tho blessings Of happy
homes, and all paid for; II you value education
for your children; II you yAlue the right 10 wor.
ship God according to the dictates OF your own
conscience, andifyou would not deba,C by an
enlargement Of yoursf from all these; II you
would not wish 10 sec crisis that will Gnd you
without The means to tlnihh tho paym6nts on
your lots, and see them pass into the hands Of
the land grabber, call on you TO hurl back the
lie into the mans teeth who speaks in your
name OF the blessings Of free trade and English
doctrines, lApplAuHc.l Tell those PhariseoS Of
the Pfees Whc profess TO speak Ia your name,
that when they seek to brand a. hlfelines man
like o'Donoyan Rosa, and this gallant chics Who
IL to address you on tho subject tAiA ,eyepinC
that whilst you admit their right 10 take nav ras
doing the dirty work Of English free trade VIM
deny their right to speak In your name: yon
DO deny theirTieht oplay the part OF an EnSIisS
bloodhound, or ratharcu dog, and yelp theIr
empty curses After hcT noble captlyes. A hIrOlinR
Press 10 EnglAnda favorite tool; she done her
beat Ii this regard 10 tfaduee and vilHty her vic.
Ting thGy have claim on your prot ectoln, and II
10 your duty TO sustain 1t They forfeited every
tic and prospect in lie for the cause OF IRELAND,
and shall they DO branded % outlaws ina land OF
freedom. because they sneak their princploa aa