The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-15


you don't want them to- But can say seriously that
my belief that American realize tho progress
America has made III be goes and compares II with
tries it is hard to realize how bountcous
nature and Providence have been to us
We suffer Just now from hard times and depressed %
think England rich In the ocean carrying trade so
sho Is many OF her best ships idle Steamship
running only half tho time. Manufactures arc de-
pressed everywhere workngmen hero are dissats-
he'd with wages, and unw'se and 'sme', nc,S
from which in the end will suffer SO
much as their authors and abettors and tnose
they assume represent. l wish they couid
all go to France and England and the work men
and women do there ana hear Of the wages they re,
Wales is not larger than the State OF New York. II
contains "a, GOO 900 people, Look at fact or Two. one
or two hundred men own half OF England. Ine,r vs
tates prncey reservations for game and pleasure
and opulencc. One man may ride thirteen miles IN
one direction nearly far in the other on his own
estate and whom he dies his eldest son takes u all
The State of New York has less than 600 people
Suppose thoro hvc tunes as many, and tneh thn.
onehalr Of the State was given up to the monopo nun
and labored in the fields and mines, ana mat
the wages only those paid In England suppose
only man in three had vote or voice IN
public affairs or In making laws, and that the
great body Of workingmen were wholly excludcu rom
oil part IN choosing the members OF the only house.
Parliament in which the seats sarc not hereditary.
Then SUPPOSE taxation TO maintain standing army IN
which commissions ase sS,a or money OF gwrn ~
ostnb!Ished Church in Which livings sold TO the
bghost bidder bestowed ns patronage. What would
such conditionsp Wo all workingmen in America
ALL woRxISGMKN HERE
a., ~ class class here / have ALWAYS worked and
ALWAYS been compelled 10 work, and my svmpa'hies
are all with honest labor believe in iis dignity and
in ali its rights But when tho tdings Of the strike
reach ed me IN Paris, under my eyes was spectacle
which seemed TO hcightcn tho madness OF wlat men
i'm America were doing. Tho government OF Franco
and the curD-
stone in the street sat men all night 10 gct
each his turn In the morning 10 invest IN tho
do not and need live here, and working for wages
which American workmcn would scorn. had by hook
mako ten American dollars, and these all night
watchers we're there TO buy ton dollar bond, ous
which they were 70 got four per cen, There
more fortunate. contentcd with what late had sent
him. Can it DO that liberty and prosperity have
spoilcd any portion OF tho American people tiil they
Cannot endure their share IN season of common ad
vcrsity?
Another advantage OF every class in America i'm
messed me with The fact that we have near and
dangerous ncighbors. ON tho banks OF the Danube
Russiuns and Turks are killing each other. This does
not enanger affect ur, except that 1t creates more
market for the things have TO sell. flow rs 1t with
tho Old World, where nations adJoIn each otncrY
and every workDgman and workingwoman IS IN
vovcd. Great Britain must have u road TO India,
where she governs $780, 000 human beings with
bayouet She must, therefore, guard the Durdancllcs
,ne Persian Gulf the Suez Canal and Constantinopie
But Russia anu turkey, anu Germany. and austria,
and Frauce and the Interested also IN these
same things, or in what they call the balance OF
power and on the judgment OR caprice Of kings and
rulers depends the question whether men must light
and die and women must toll ana reap In hall the
kingdoms of tho EARTH Our country stands apart by
herself in tho amplitude Of her own doinInons.
IL is said the American flag Is not TO be seen as often
rs other flags floating EOm masthcnds Ia freight ports
This is true; IL ought 10 bc Otherwise; must DO
otherwise Bnt without moeunx u often on the sea
YOU and toci hat the stusry 1ug ~ ~ home, and
that from homo is makes Its influence and power
felt around the world You 500 and feel that IL
shelters and protects liberty moro individual
prosperity, more OF human right and more bright
promises Tor the future than be found any other
land. Kngshp, monarchy, nobility, aristocracy may
be good tlrings-good TOR the few within the charmed
crcle-buJ give mo land Of equal rights land where
there law making few, AMI whore no man Is ever
callei 10 obey any law which he has not his FULL
which IL is tho right and duty OF every man, Of every
whatsoever, to tako part in oil the clec-
tons and all the proceedings by which govern
nent is constituted and directed. This was tho grand
idon OF fathersOn this corner stone thoy founded
great Republic One glimpse at the systems they
rcIJudintcd aud discarded given mo fresh vencra
ton Tor their wisdom and their courage II has also
Increased tho sense OF obligation We owe TO cherish
and protect and transmit unimpaired TO our children
the great hertage left TO u.s.
$50 1~'i' ,a... THANKS THANKS l. rF.'"'
But, my friends, must put curb on my words.
Travellers apt to be lkative, AMI tic Kindness Of
threshold. We're every recollection of my trip botted
only tho welcome givCn me in tho harbor in
tho city OF New York. IRON step step homcward and
here, that memory would remain one OF tho best
OF my lite.
Again thank you, again offer you my kindest
wishes my only regret being that my house not SO
large ~ to hold you oil. sr
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