New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-20
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home ruls ihie caused ! terrible war and
piled debt upon the nation which forced
it to abandon for the time being the use
Of specie as circulating medium. And
in the face Of these facts the Democratic
party now tells the people that it is in
favor of specie currency, thereby imply
ing that che Republican party is the
cause Of not having it at this time. Fl
Vnder the bene6cept home rule Of Che
Republican party the integrity Of the
country has been preserved and rebel
lion subdue6 that, if successful, would
have been the death-knell of freedom in
this country and on this continent. In
that event the great American continent
would have been made an easy prey to the
cupidity of foreign rulers.
A distinguished statesman and traveller,
who is now on visit to our country, has
recently admitted this. We refer to Hon.
William E. Forster, member of the Eng
lish Parliament That gentleman was
lately the guest. by invitation, Of the
Union League Club. in the city Of New
Eork. and the club SOON, upon ths coca.
sion Of his reception. vas filed
with she distinguished sons Of chat
great State; men foremost al the bar,
renowned upon che bench and great in
civil and military life. Among those
upon the platform Upon that occasion
were Ex-Governor Morgan, William Cul.
len Bryant William Dodge, Jackson s.
Schultz, Rev. DR.. Bellows, r. T. Morton.
L. T. Stewart, William NJ. Evarts. Abram
S. Hewitt, Judge Noah Davis, Collector
Arthur and Mr.. Sherman. Peter Cooper,
General Hancock. Judge John r Brady.
Judge John K. Hackett, Judge Charles r.
Daily, Mayor Vance and Judges Curtis
and Woodruff:
Mr.. Forster was introduced to the Union
League by Mr.. Choate, who made the in.
troductofy address. The New York Times
gives this. together With M. Forsser's
eloquent response.
Mr.. Choate, in introducing Mr.. Forster.
according to the Times, said he needed
no lavish encomiums from him. Asimpre
statement Of his public life was abundant
explanation Of the greeting which had
been extended to him. In the course Of
his remarks Mr.. Choate specified some Of
the services which Mr.. Forster had rem.
dered to the United States al that very
critical period when Washington was in
as much danger as Richmond; how in
1862, when an attempt was made to set
aside the blockade MI. Forster had shown
how wonderfully well it had been main
tanned. and the attempt was defeated, and
later on, when the endeavor was made to
induce the English government to offer
its services as a. mediator between the
North and the South, Mr.. Forster had
the attempt as an affront
upon the United States government.
Besides these and other services, Mr.,
Forster is represented as having been q
foremost champion of the cause of COM
mon school education, Which is so dear
to every American, and so important to
the maintenance Of American institu-
tons.
In the course Of his speech. which re-
lated principally to the late civil war in
this country. he said:
There never was war upon which de. |
pended greater stake. in which the issue |
was more important. History. believe,
will declare it was the war OF this century. !
Of this age. What were the great results 2 |
What were the great stakes at issue! There |
was the preservation OF your great Union;
there was the abolition Of this terrible evil |
Of slavery. What would have happe ned if |
you had not succeeded' Why, your Union
would have been broken up. You would |
have had in America, as we have in Eu-
rope, countries with large standing armies, |
complications, and difficult
ties, frontiers constantly, jealousy watching
each other, constantly trying-and that is
what l always endeavor to remind men in
England..constantly trying to drag the ma
tons of Europe into some difficulties on
one side or the other. And az regards
slavery. slave power would have been domi-
nant over large portion OF your fair coun-
try, and, in fact, We would have been put
back in the progress of civilization for
many, many years. [Applause] What
would have been the results2 There never
was war waged for greater stake; there
never was q war with greater results.
These results may be summed up almost in
two w0rds-slavery abolished in the United
States, and by that abolition doomed to
elsewhere-snd your nation
'aved, not only from that assault, but
'aved, as ! fully believe, forever. Zap
3lause.|
This paragraph contains the admission
'eferred to above. With the Uaion
broken up we would have soon dropped
nto the condition Of Europe. We would
nave had small countries with large |
tanding armies, combinations, complica-
ions ard difficulties that would have
Don eaten into the substance Of the peo-
lie and made them the subjects of foreign
ule.
We can not refrain from making an
'ther extract from Mr.. Forsters speech in
rider to show what home rule is doing
lnder Republican administration of gov
rnment in the South. Speaking Of the
he former master and slave, he said:
Well, sir, then, as regards the master and
he slave, do not deny that you have a
errible problem-a most difficult problem
efore you-the problem of dealing with
be freedman and considering what the
ntecedents of slavery are, what slavery
lade him-aye, what slavery made his
,aster. The problem of having to deal !
nth these men in their new condition is
ne that may we'll call for all the forbear. G
~ m ov,st all <ho al Of <bo ! i