The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-12-26
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
His Views ON Specie Payment-What
He Thinks Of q Thire Term.

broad" delivered on Saturday night In I
New York, Mr. Wendell Phillips took
occasion to introduce some new matter
which has been the subject of discussion
of late He referred, and among other
things, to the specie payment and third
term questions God forbid, he said, that
we should ever return to the delusion of
specie payments. He did not think that
the American people would ever wan
der back to the Egyptian hesh-pots. 1t
was delusion long since dispelled by
the practical experience of the world. |
America had the best currency in the |
world, and he didn't believe that the ut
most effort of any minority would ever /
bring us back to the old channel. he
looked forward to a currency double IN
volume, resting only on the credit of the
Government, with no check and balance
of commodity, wheat, or gold to disturb
the national relation of its volume
From this condition of things, he looked
forward to a result which would bring
the interest of money in this country
down to the level of Great Britain-three
per cent.-so as to shut out the necessity
for tariff, and deprive wealth of its
dersire of increase, and put within the
reach of the masses all the fruits of the
earth. Unless we launched our vessel
in the same channel, and fought Great
| Britain with her own weapons, we
should 20 under. The lecturer then
proceeded to say that the changes which
impend over us are impending over
Europe. He thought the republic in
Europe was much nearer than any i'm
agine. There was but one great bull
wark to-day in the way, and that was
land. There was nothing in the Church,
or the State, or the Lords, that could
delay for twenty years the advent of the
republic, because the same change had
come over the masses there as exist here.
| Arch and Bradlaugh and the masses be-
hind them, they understood human ma
ture, and the claims of every man born
on the soil to recognition better than
people think or allow. The moment
they broke down the aristocratic bull
wark of the land owned by 100000 men,
down in the abyss would go the turrets
and towers of old institutions, and the
frigate of the British republic would be
anchored forever on the Thames. Ap-
plause.1 He believed, too, in the nearer
. advent of republicanism in France
than any imagine. There was no Bona
parte left, thank God and hardly Bour-
bon left to rally under. The Due D'Au-
males character and private views were
g the best introduction of any of the FAM
, ily, but even he could not drag France
, back to the Bourbon dynasty, and the
very necessity of the hour would bring
! France back into the arms of great
a soldier or great statesman. German
q arrogance looked over the border and
n Frances pride had sworn the deepest
o oath that another generation shall not
e pass without revenge There was nc
Bonaparte or Bourbon, but Sedan mus
T be avenged. France would follow in the
,, steps of any Energetic man, and the righ
q man, would come. See the state of Spair
g to-day. Spain had no king and no queer
7 to make a claim whose character coule
q bear four hours investigation. Spair
W floats into the hands of soldier or states
man from the very want of dynasty
p Look back in England; i'll all her politi
,r cal periods what carried her back to tn
10 throne? The existence of some son o
ia cousin or second son with ability. SPAN
l. had got nothing such, and consequent.
a all the forces of Europe are in wild dis
d order to-day, and crash and jostle agains
of each other like frigates in a storm. Blu
9. underneath, in the near future, ther
IN seems to be but one possibility that ma
,e tionaI pride could be satisfied, that ns
n. tionaI position could be gained, only i
at constitutional monarchy, which
RS nearly a republic, or in republic.r
ps France, as a monarchy, must be third
" rate power; France, as republic, woul
"a govern Europe This was the motiv
10. that carried the Frenceman back. Th
n lecturer then preceded. say it is
nd social century that is opening upon u
.ds We have had material chahgei our CHI
he dren will never see such change |
nd we have seen for the last sixty yea
,le since the battle of Waterloo, and v
tv shall 90 on in the same channels al
in grow, but there never will be such lie;
mr. forward as if it had taken seven cent
ON ries to do it. But we are not going
lie. stop; we are not sluggards, and We shs
a solve other problems yet in the face
rad the world. 1t is very likely that E
ey- rope, if she is not ahead of us, will wa
ark side by side with us in the social stru
rm. gle. We have great deal of ignorar
an of each other, and this ignorance
ted been the cause of wars. We set up
on monster and look at it. Because tn
red is a river or hill divides US we
ical up a monster and worship it. So
by- North imagined the South a bragg
om- that would never make good its wo
fin with deeds, and the South fancied
ex- North peddlers that would never T
,ant sixpence for a principle, and SO wen
how war because the sections misconcei
fin. each other. One of the finest fruits
ress- that rebellion is that at last the secti
llect understand each other; the bestngual
now tee, the real substratum upon wh
ont rests nationality. We do not VIII
Jim understand each other yet; we see pr'
re- clearly, but we see men yet as trees WI
son's ing, especially at the South. They
his not understand us yet, and it will
the four or FIVE years to clear their me
the vision. Until that time it won't be
,yton to trust the helm of the vessel of S
not to any other idea or purpose than
and which has held it for the last d.
rmer years. I therefore for one shall be
their last to object if the General which
occupies the Presidential chair
the thre for the third time if he will
Tho the vessel straight on her course.