, 1873-11-10

aurcB wide and ton feet high" s,lghr-p1uns,"
as my friend called thon, OF what Aopo, is ar
oxtlnot civilization and our guest said, polntfn8
thoso sugar-plums again., aud said to him,
"sr, your coming hero and yonr volcon,o Ia the
most ccrtain guarantee that thcy are forever
'geleAa' 1ie :, Ap1Rlanse.l 1. .,.,, ,ouoro, -.
droHp Of wocomo In which l,o s1,oke at length Of
the work that Ind beon done by Mr.. Arch, nrd
tho advantages that Amorlcn presented to agri"
cultural lnborors. Mr.. Arch was. thcn intro
ducod, md, after thanking the audience Tor the
English agricultural 1aborer. and snying that he
could rot gave any eloquent address, spoke sub
stantially as followss
1!e Ind been led, he saId, to study from his
cvor he found man working. to !noroaao tho
wealth of Lis country, he considered that l,e was
a dlgtlihod man, and ought to DO honorcd and
rnHreoted as suoh. All laborors wore a common
Wow tho beautiful and wonderful sights,
but to spy out tho land. He maintainod
that llo was,, whom at homo, tho greatest
Conservative therc wa8 in England. l1e had
e1patriated from The country whom they had
done no wrong. .IIo believed with Blackstone
that no nan oan, by right. be drivon from his
country who abiaes by its laws. Mr.. Arch spoke
contond when lc began tho movement in favor
assistance Which he received from those who
wore above him. especially from Samuel Morley,
n. r, who gave him E5o0, and from hundreds
Ho thon gaze = sketch Of tho movement as
conducted 6y himself. He had failed to
convince the aristooraoy that It WINS for tho
interest Of tho country snd for their interest
that tho Immense traota Of land that werc now
running to waate should DO given up to 'cultiya-
ton at tho hands of the. honost laborcre Of tho
country, md consequently he had come TO this
land to find field for thor lnhor, and Lad told
tho aristocrnta at home that If Lis fellow-ooun-
try1non woro considered Of no moro value in
their eyes than slaves ho would sconr the broad
fields Of America through mud through until no
had brought the last good laborer from the
British lslcH. This was his mission to this
country. His long stay tn Canada Inns prevented
his tavoting aa much time to tho United States
as he desired, and ho Indignantly scof1ed the
idoa that had been protnulgate that ho had boon
bought to stay ln capaaa 80 long. He spoke
English laborera, saying thas they numbered
already noarly 100 000, with AZ central lodecH,
about 20 large districts, and 300 branches. hlr.
Arch continued to sponk Of this work for aomo
was to be gained by tho laIoring pooplo by union
M Mr.. Phillipa then read letter from Gen.
Bnnka, introducing, It as the words Of ono who
mud whose voice ,vas always hoard In their be-
half. 4 lettor from Senator Sumner, assuring
them Of his cordial sympathy, was received with
tremendous applause. Con. Dntlor whs thon
called for and received with the groatcst enthu-
Aaau. The burden OF his halt-bonr's speech,
which WAS delivered in Ills aaucieBt manner, was
think wo ought not to return to specie basis
until We can do SO without troubling any ono In
tho slightest, without outing down wages and
troubling the dobtor-oass In tho least. Tho rate
Of interest, too, lo thought. was much too high
and should bo reduced, Mr. Duffum Of Lynn,
followed in n si1nilar atrain; aud tho meeting aa-
fournad soon atter with cheers for Joseph Arol1.