, 1873-06-09

offorcd position In tho Cabinot). IN ono' Of
hts spooollob no said !" / think tho world offers
billion on tho politioa1 btago on which, mon nro
rormitloa to move. You may point, II you will,
to horoditary rulers to crowns coming down
tnrongs tnr,a .,.l S,icocsaivo generations Of tho
scription or on conquest i, to acoptroa
wieldoa over victorian logions md sub Ioct roalnu ;
but, TO my mind thore is nothing moro Baerett
tllan tho authority of tho frooly-choRon ningis-
ha trato Of Front e froe poopo md 4 thGso
to govern, unrely IT sossa with ruler 60 choson
If tho Republicans Ind not hoard from Mr.. y.
nnso to aDoyo they vory naturally would hayo fy
was invited as o compliment, with lnnny othors
WHO woro not oxpectod to attoud.
Ono OF tue dologatcs, spoaksng ut the, confor.
once. said, "Ho would not say ono yord against
lar cause Of this country woro pcrhapa creator
than thosp Of any other man tn this country !;
but they muGt not forget, while listening to
words Of counael from Alr. T., tlsat, aa ho had
work to do In his day. they had work to do
now"
Tho gront objcct OF the Conservatives 10 to
convince the. tinilsl thai tho present moyomont
monns war, barroadon, La Commune, reign OF
torror,, elc. h1r. Dradlaugh ia hold up AZ mon,
ator whose HpocchoB arc lillcd with troason and
port Of Mr. bright, talks Of tho danger Of over
throwing tito rrGaont 0ovonlnont and tic dill
Guilty Of establishing stable government In it's
place.
In Lis spool, It tho M oonforonco ko sald "Tho
man who advocated tho uso Of physical force to
initiate any social or political change was eithor
a traitor or a 1nadmnn, He Was not OF opinion
TINT or;e A.. as noyor 5nstnbo but hG main
pr9toot and proserve tho .gla .fig6ts The. they had s
not. Tho place to- win thorn was tho
polling g-bootl' tho place to win thcm waa tho
not strong enough to win thom thero by moral
forco, ho replied TINT they woro not strong
enough to mnko tho Republic for which they
wore strirng,-for TINT was not the Republic Of
IN onorgetio minority, but 1t WAS tho Republic
nnsses, until tho majority understood that they
had their political dutioa to perform, as we'll o.
their rights to clain,." Further on he said !:
"There was only ono stop botwcon what thoy
and thorough, and ho would point II out. It
WAS treason to seek to overthrow tho Govern
which they votod that 1t should 10 overthrovn !;
but 1t Was perfectly lawful for them to mako a1l
organization for tho purpose Of ovorthrowing
the Government, 80 long as they sought to do so
bymaklng party In Parlinmentwhoeh ehould carry q
statute thore for tho purpose they wanted. In
tho 9ente''sdn's Magazine, barriator attacked
him for treason. His answer was this In Eng
land they Ind no constitution, other than tho
acts Of Parliament, which from day to day woro
passod. It waB as lawful for them to ogitnte for
IN act Of Parliament repoaling tho act Of Bettlo-
ent Rs II was to agitate for IN act Of Parliament
to repeal tithes and churoh-rateH. No ono oct Of
Parliament had hfghor sanotity or higher author
ity than another. Tho Royal family sat upon
tho throne by act Of Parliament only; and, II
rs much tight e. tho fh@ro1o @ s - any @ otSor natnra
lied foreigner in England. They would not
same right as natura1izod foreigners in this
country--nothing less or more" T..
CHICAGO, June 8, 1873.