, 1877-09-05
TILE SAVANS.

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SARATOGA, ". T.. s;r1It. 5.-i}nyii 4. Wells,
President of tic American Social st!rnte Assn.
ciatiun. opened tho kcssion llcre this er:nfIly
with at address o,i "'r!.c Ic!At,nn$ of Erunonl
Lava tn f'ubr a'hl rrsyatc M"raiIEy.' Ilr said
fur eighteen centuries tho controversy on this
subject flud been on afi.tfNct teast,fiillgr nut
Eot1lg tu rx;erieacc. Taking un The carly social
ruafth,i of Eurot,e, lie sail TWAS controlled bY
spirit Ut antn:xt'utein BETWEEN nlan and man,
nation s,hl tsatton; false rs',nusni, laws, t!lat
wI,ut ntlt ls,an gained ut1lcr. lusl: 80 ci I'll State
stnl4[it IL s.n,.r tull* and rc*rrtio,.s rot only
III trade tet"reu nati.,,s, tut nj titiGx, DERIVED
frn i1npurts n,nl tfAttr. 1:!.c tr,lt nni ss,,pa.
ton waa fenced IN i,y md gui IL, scrreis
nni mysteries. M ot'r cunl l'e all.we 10
t110w tru'tc e1ccat liz wus 4 treenla1t ut tile
t,mh ,'r rltt. lie htlsntatlkrl A@ tn,ur.laf H..
ksrte,h 1'v "ltrtt hrtlm.I III trt.tr. surrounded
themselves. lie rris1 lbc p1l,el ut Fltryut, t1r
9rrAt frrt' ss'Hts.cr. aEuin*t guilds. fac.r.
IT ltAstI,isr t., t .s'ierra! ta the right
10 !ah,r MA royal ri,:l1. Tie right II !iin,r
ts 1nhrtc,t i,t Unit. And tunltenhtlc. The tclA-
tWrA vi iHIr Mhf tatntaf ullet thu rut- a'tu-
cared hy 1nrcnt wnte rrlt'ie sud imperfect. liy
liTit capital MA destroyed aid a.Ttultl .tt'n,
llrrvcn:rl l.aln,r, through tta representatives,
I'D tts lc*t ti Prevent anI binder advancement.
Every HntfuH s"4i,.lt IN nl,In,tnhMe liIt1ts anil
ureTe1it uliler itMtiun* frau ex:cllihI illrrv-
u. Wars were slce!arcl au1 tnrr!ed Vii tu bFuak
It /. only ts,ru.lsu study nf the English tra,lr
iaus tut tl,e trtle r4slse Vi t1lr SqIerva. }scyu-
IutluM tAlt be fntInt. 1scsttirtum- un tta.fe
were tic ,nain r.sllsrs. Utts' aFgulIrml agnil.t
authorized this searching IF hnusrx
ir tpntrls,aHl eu.hl< liz ss'ntaret they
aHte.1seyu1nL.,'Ary "rIts with ti!u.t Isal,tst lu
New furai within i've y,ales. wl,tll. lhs,caiu u
teArettG snr guals, searched fur +rtvlt. l,aler.
tu lint rya!r,.c Vi Illegal tradr. s41ch islsc
u coHt'llIit lava mule tic lc.'i'le iIatiun nf law
l're.kc,s. Ju'n llarurk wills tile very Prince
vi coEirlllhnt tr'sir, at,u thu lay .'n Which lIle
batt1c Ut Lexington wns fought nns Ert duwM
u the tn1c Wtteh HI argument wits tn have
l'ect' CUInl'ien cd u. me u his lcts. As ton-
trAl,Hl tratlefs all felt tllat tic GnyeriIlnr,1
wAs tl1eir enemy, fully halt tie cutnt1lcree y!
or brisandasc: lii l;uroite numerous lAs:e
ani influential boslfcs III n'en lived by
trrak,ug The inws ot trade. ! laL IT nut lpci.
fur tilc trade ilIvgally carried III c,'Inn,errc
these restrictive laws public mud pr1v.tc ulura-
tty sncsca'cd. Itrrt IL ilu sich ErAlttl eltl.t U.
dunger tn ottr institutions M that uristii: lrolt,
puhlic aud pr.vhtc i,nsfIora'ily. saitcs 1>}f the
that year fu!l5 ssu,0i1,0N were tascu frum The
pockets Vi ti,t peunir by corrupt legislation.
The Tax IN whisky VIA nut u, step by k,rpunlia
II rcaclru OH prr cent un it. cost. When the
tax Was relurcd from :" to ~ cents n4s guElon
the revenue n>reascl from *l5,U5JiN t1 sti,-
Gu,0UJ. Tux at..l utiler Laws are cuwtetl Ecc,II-
tngiy 10 encourage i,nn.uralIiv by v.y.ns pre-
MlulIls OIL cyueiUhs.
usnry laws we're particularly denounced. Mr..
Wells WIS atteutlyely stencd to by u large a,s-
dtc,ler, w.lo silow deep 'nttrest III the meet
itlgs OF the Associations.
Arnul,g tl,ute WIN arrived to-day to attend
the sessions ol thu Convention wcrc J. ltaN-
tlnph flcSrr atI r. u. Logan, Of virginia:
". J.. Trenholm, VI Suuih Caro!ina: Gen. Jun,l
T. TOWNSEND ait,l Edward T. Potter, IT New
YGrk: lrnf ". +. Wrils, Ut DrtrAit; Dr. 1uM
u, Chap,t,, Of t:,e Willard Asylum, New. Yurk;
I'tuf. Curltun liant, VI Luustlnu, AMI rrof.
lfa,nnlnstI, of lox.I, who will all real papcrs III
MAXI addresses during the wrek.
TIlu utllc, ittelIlbers wiIu arrived arc J. Y, l..
Pruyu, Dr.. Charirs =. Efuyt. Dr.. e. X.
luwell, Of tin New York State l3oanl of
Charities; pFuE. Clsarc and rbutnas Cuyyc-
shall. Of N.,tl1c Island; Henry W. 1.uI,l,
1T tho Michigan Buarl III Charities: Lcr.y
tor'ker, oi the Michigan Boarl ot llc4!l!; All.
drew l.: ElNlore and l)r. T.ltun, Of the W,srol-
Sin bonrd vi Charities; mil Charles +. Dan
ncIly, vi Massachusetts,, all vi whom will takc
part III the Colfcreuve un chArttiesf a. whtsll
DR.. Pruyn Will psest1e.
Tie ltty. Y. Il. CLannnW. OF England: 1}ayEl
Dudley Field, Joseph l.. Pope, litbcrt Treat
Fafne, at,tl Dr, u. +. Llnroil. .! Hussuu; Nu:ut
King. VI csnclnnati.. lier.ry lhtsIlevtk, u 81.
Lnui.: Frol. lIors.oYd, vi }larynrl: lro- =. \.
Walker. Of fuI..; Carroll u. Wright and Dr.
Estes liuwe, ol Massachusetts, aud tnuny other
members, have alsu urFIys,l.