Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-10
ANGLOSAXON CONFED-
ERACY,
ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE

4 ADOhE1oO ~ luz hri0AoiIhh OnN4. n
On wedn esday the 10th Of March, Francis q
Vincent addressed the General Assembly OF b
the State at Dover, upon the subject of the for
nation Of an Anglo Saxon Confederation, lin 8
other words, o union Of the English speaking n
races comprising the United States Of America v
and the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and o
Ireland, and Its colonies and dependencies q
under one government. o
House of Representatives. The Hon. Josh Q
ua Maris, the member from the city Of Wilming- /
ton was in the chair. Most of tie member '
were present. Also his excellency Governor {
Ponder, and John q. Paynter, Secretary OF 4
State. Id
The address cited the following as the basis I
(Which has heretofore been given In these col Z
umns) upon which this union should be made,
viz: IL
That whilst Britain, Ireland, and each colony
| Of those mother islands should be separately
governed by its local legislature, the whole Of
the Confederacy should be divided into electo-
| raj districts Of equal population, from which
| men to a great legislature to govern them should
be chosen by universal suffrage. That Courts
should be established to try the differences be-
tween its citizens. That there should be per-
feet freedom of trade between the various States
composing the Confederacy. No duties or I'M
posts whatever should be levied upon the goods
imported or exported from one state to another.
| That education should lie universal and COM
| putSOfyy so tnhb uOue suOuiu JcPoiui1e shS 6Sh
eral welfare by growing up in Ignorance OF
what was right or wrong. That libraries |
| should be established in convenient districts, |
open to all, and that every nation should be adj
Initted as members Of the Confederacy upon
j. agreeing to abide by Its laws, and teaching the
English Language in their schools, thus having
q common language fol commune between
man and man.
The hope being that finally, nation after ma
ton, Ito escape from the expense OF the sup
I h. and oNtAC
and the enforced service of their citizens neces-
sary to sustain them, 'and to enjoy the benefit OF
| the trade which would be free between the va
rious states that would compose the Confedera-
cyl would Join it, and that finally, sooner or Ia
ter, probably in the course OF centuries) all the
nations of the earth would join us, and man
kind would thus be under one government, and
use common language Qhe English) for COM
mune between them
There were several reasons, Mr.. Vincent
said, why this should be brought about. The
principal one was that it would bring about ultl-
inately universal peace. For from their first
consolidation the United Anglo Saxon States
would become so powerful. from the greatness
other population, from their mechanical science,
from their being almost sole possessors OF the
sea, but more than all from their government
being founded upon justice, that it would be
madness for any single power to engage in
conflict with them.
He dwelt in this address, more particularly
on the benefits TO trade that wcald result from
this Union. That when there was no danger
of any war Gas there would not be, when our
government was founded upon the rights of ally
that every portion of our extended domin ions
could produce in peace, without any fear o.
the commissions TO trade, which now occur;
. from the dread of the breaking out of war be
10 tween us. That whatever portion of our ter
ritory was particularly suited for the produc
ton or manufacture Of an article there those en-
gagged in the production Of that article coul,
settle, aid devote their sole attention to it, ant
ay exchange it wit other portions that produced
manufactured another and different article. W.
should thus each expend our labor to thu
most advantage, and get consequently more 10
it. For instance: If copper could be produces
per ton, with a less amount of labor, in LAX
Superior than in any other place, the re the
miners and workers of copper should concen
trate.
If tin was produced more abundantly with TIL
same amount OF labor in Cornwall lthan any
where else, there let the miners and workers {
tin take up their residence. Country shout
not be minded in the least For every part c
the common territory of Anglo Saxondoi
would then be our country. 'Man,said he "wa
not made for the good the soil but the soil wa
made for the good of man." Sand ther'
fore the man should not damage his person fc
the benefit of particular piece Of rock or cart
or water. Because the accident of his mother
residence caused him first > see the world
malarious swamp, or a barren rock, is 1t ne
essary that he should by the unfortunate chant
OF birth forever shake with the asue and pare
with the fever in the one place, or waste his /
Dor, in getting perhaps not tenth Tor it, VIII
he could in another ? No! let him move
that portion of Gods earth which afforded hi
the best advantages. Where he could enjt
the best health, live the longest, and get Il
best price for his labor-let that labor
either of hand or brain. The reward for lab
is not TO be reckoned as the mere amount
money that man would obtain-but where c;
he get the most and best tood--tha most co
venent and comfortable habitation, and enj
in the greatest degree other blessings, that "
result to him for his toll.
The ties of trade and commerce he said, ha
q tendency to bind men tightly together. Il
most distant regions OF the world are thus
terested in each other There is scarcely co
modify We use-or meal that we eat, who
component parts are not brought from ditiere
portions of the earth
Il In our dress, the wool comes from one part
the cotton from another--and the silk from S
another.
And probably the cloth from which they
made is woven in neighborhood distant FRI
any ofthem The tin in which many of c
meats are cooked is brought from Cornw
whilst the dishes from which they are eaten
made in Statiordshire. As regards the Inc
itself, the tea comes from China, the col
from South America, the sugar from the W
and the spices from the East Indies. And
it is with everything. Now whenever you
duties and imposts upon these things you
crease the price to all who use them. w
none do we have so much trade as with
mother country.
She takes should suppose five sxths of
our surplus produce. Our cottsn, our grail
our bark-almost everything We grow is sol'
us 10 her Her mark is rule the price.
{ two Of our States have their interests so bic
ed by trade as us and her. This trade must
of great advantage TO both, or we should not
gage in it. Now it is placed in constant
pardy by the fears of war. Every day we
becoming closer connected. Now Il
us together aud there will he fear
this disturbance, for every grievance will be pro
tly settled by the the Courts established TO
'orres judicate disputes. War to break out betv
| uswould ruin one half our business men-it W
Sis disanange the entire CUR ent of our trade.
t anu in one confederacy, under one government
shins- should as soon think of going to war with =
wit sylvania and New Jersey with the mt
mere land at home. Again, we want money to
cut velope our resources. When We want TO
r req on on row, to whom do We apply? Why 10 the
lo,ooo om ldnd. To her and nobody else. Sh
lowing loaned MS al the rate of four L,n,Ired do
:, per household. And we are still borrowlr
OH ms You know how we all want money to carry
III De- our enterprises-those enterprises which
lneces- work IN nnr manufacturers mechanics an,
como | borers-ond trade IN our mnrcbnnts-odm
was old mother with all her children into the
4 him | lv-make her more secure from loss in he,
from vesments by the removals of the danger of
es ell | and Clio will loan ma still moro and on l.
loopeu terms.
ID tage | menf woulJ be materially decreased
hn anna rInu and nnv Nvn do