New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-04


monarch actually on The throne And therefore pesu
for the legality OF because seek TO make
Il q parliamentary movement We do not seek to make
our heptnno =" I"'co' W. uo NOT SOCK W '
our Republic by arms, we do not seek to make Our
-, a., - o..rro",,on q mo nao, o, ,,o INLET:
our weapon IA reason and not force and we desire to
argue our cause in a. stephens. and II we cannot win
"'h"' '' '''"'' ~ " 49, - " "" -. -.
the maturity we VIII DO content toaii' having "oh' WI
besf. fAppauscl
-, =, - - -" into mis-
have been surprised snoe have come lnto tus
country. ! imagined before I that this country
was Hee 70 nii Vie"S' nave peeh surprised 70 III" p
l"'""ru "s 'Vr NY o"n ''nu Sono noeiohs VI u''n.
hereditary ngh'' what nght II dVlne Inc rs"' W
force the hght OF WIZ 'ne rght OF gehiusi WI" s
one tell me matt Even yon 40 you must ma me '"e
men OF force or VIII or genius; before the aiv u1cS
Yon NAV and them m a Cromwell or YOU may find
them micher grander still I'm Washing ton who had
% n bS 70 ap os men who rise every aI AZ for the
hereditary right il has not the shadow Of the sham OF
ARGUMENT 10 be pleaded for IT, lean Jncaues Rousseau
I'm his Confraf Social taught years ago words which,
with less force will take the liberty 10 translate:
NIL. bat II has no right 10 give away ts own liberties,
much less the liberties Of It's children yet unborn 10
sotne one not born, and OF whom they cannot judge
how he shall use them" lApplause.l
plead Tor tho legality wen the reality Of our
OF II j. Tor no mere technical question: Tor
no mere desire To escape the meshes Of some
believe "a movement
acf more wisely I'M agitation for Il while men believe IL
h legal tbev act more openly and more fairly: when
force of her manhood have pleaded for the legality
have pleaded for the rea lily. Permit me plead for
the possibility Of IL. I know that with some
the possibility Of republic in my land -
% possibility which Is much ridiculed. Wen,
perhaps you may Judge 1t better than do, but nc
any rate hear me give my for It, I do not
mean that desire republic do not. Republican as
am hoping it DO working for II WILL fear
the republic VIII come In our land quicker than wish
it And VIII tell you what Will bring II the misery,
the degradation the poverty, the wretchedness OF our
agricultural ana some OF our abOrng classes on lne one
hand and the Ohsnacy and folly Of our ruling classes
leaT IT,
REAL AGRiCuLTrRAL DISTRESS
me state ono view which 10 Won here with vour acres Of
n' s'''c w. VIZ" " v" NV WIN U, 81,
them. NAV seem mockery. We have no land there to
an 40 No, moe, ,ye have M land tbcro We have os
fertile land-and which has borne corn lard wllcIW would
bear again, land which the September wind has tanned
when b. has had very ocean Of golden, ruddy grain
ihclc-ahd Aer 10 LAY ~ D,alh no corn, Anu uo S"o gu
know why Wen. viii tel Aou why. ON our lana 100
families onchalf oi England onchai ~ Wales, ana
more tan ono hhI OF utiahd' ana fou -niIhs OF go,
land Do YOU wonder that paupers are increasing IN
- otahni ihet are. INC s'atssI,S tom you.
speaker Ike myself; hut parliamentary returns iald
on the ,ao o. me oue o. LosGs am be We of me
land are rich the people are vcry very poor We have
l5oOO0 acres ot waste land-Waste and capable OF Su
d nt mean our mines do NOT mean onr agarries:
40 not mean our iottrf 40 not iufhh ~ lu aou'
tc lever OF ne r'a Ina u vnnol %, t'u U' W cue 'e
orvaityc orQanI discussing this question with no sym
uatby for nv point Of view however repeat that out
If he 32OOo0OO acres Of waste land IN our country
~ ~ ,o 70 ,apani ~ be,ng cnItiv1tcd with prouf
ei,,l, ors NOT nov cuItivatcd NbvI Our lords own
h,,nh and tlr",,ol and tbropgi. the eldest Of the
s,,i, - ~, ,tci tho rrst arc 1af a. no rich paupcrs
fanny u very ll'' tno i'st are ISi 10 W an pPera
t,rescnted abroad mostly have mon remarkable for
-, , f,r ,b,r t,teiii,,enre Tor tbeir ahilitv We
h.li WI lOi 'hor ih".ntvnCe TT tneI, ao, my. WE
"a
,lanse and iauchterI Our acricnltursI nonnlatton-
,d bcrc a., MT STATING ms c,se am ,t,t,np 4, bat
nCo a n.y. c S5as S y'J 10 a nat s,r ry "u o
with lie evidence AS GO on INIT II any one wishes 10
cnaese NV s1tern wiz ,ah9 ~ ~ no oS1se ne
S Jpn " .ny ,tstemcrt rb,dih ain On, 81,
down. TOT any hlatement Mllch SUBS rom
inT tn, ~ ~" f,,,orer r ", O"' Is,I
,t a., FVf,, ,1r,,.,ion 81 ON cor,,ry ~
nan the agri,ntutal p4puauou " any c'unuy IN
Lniopt tAtPi' p,lnal1; i, ' ,h, 10
M ,,%v Which nrofesses IA stand and which once
, ,1 ~ h aPcor ~ The nati,ne 81 me world
and which hope and believe one day may stand again.
il YOU viii. when federation OF the Engishspeakng
race hroEn I' NO. b s' as, Ihr v Who
have becu existing on eight shillngs a week. have
heard since nave been here that English agricultural
auOleis "a. ,,i Ia - w. ~ m ,
meat from the beginning OF the year 10 the end Of IT,
EVIDENCE FROM THE TAX Isis
Do ,ou want the evidence NJ itt We have ono which
c.,,o, lie In every copptv The g,apdcst polanc Won
,ruI And is tho manner Innate a,vlnm Do van lnow
r., 49, ,,,,,,ar i,,,atict 1,o ,oo,hors ,,bo have
49, M hio,1 IN their veins and tbe ,,tbers ,vbo
80 not tho ,i,,Ie opcrgv-tbcse an manner Innate
asylums Take our taxes-how they swell! When her
Majesty assembled the throne 8l!'VpWD year was Tue
i,,, bc cost 81 ectIon iraLe fine rents g.venfy
wears ago the landed propretors of England and Wales
received e22,JOO,COO "a year; to-day for the same
property they receive than Gl0OO0OOO0 sterling.
ON he 400 600 OO a year they paid then R2OO 600 and
inward of land tax and on the O0OOOOOO they pay
Ices than aiOlO0O OF land tax. Two hundred wears
ago land i'm our country paid twOhs Of all the taxes
and today IL pays than Onese part of
You ask me- WHAT has that 10 do with the Republican
movement | will tell YOU. Land is the territorial
arisocracy owns House OF Lords II stops every
measure Of redemption IL hlndered the Reform
bill a. long n dared; IL kept the Irish
Church established, although il was curse 10 the
country where obtained. long IL could. II has