The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-12

away the foundations OF inc throne.
Popular suffrage means the universal sover-
eighty of tho people. The universal sover-
eighty Of the people means crushed mon
archy. the reduction Of privileged nobility to
the ranks and the establishment of Il republic.
We will reach our mighty arm across the
waste OF waters. America will come to the rescue
We will aid England suffering masses in pull
ing down their machinery place 1t in their
ships, point thoir prows TO our shores. and in
the bosom of our great country rebuild for
them. We will engraft their ships. their imple-
ments and people upon our soil. Hero com
petition dies. Here tho lost markets will be
restored to her famishing labor England will
no longer be the warehouse for American raw
material. America will be the warehouse and
bazaar OF the world. with her plantations. ships.
and factories side by side working to-
gether haimoniously for the welfare OF ALL
We have room for 5OO000.000 OF people. Our
acquisition OF these markets will transfer to US
England's wealth. SKILL and population.
Recently the long-drawn shadows OF these
coming events have fallen across the path Of
Mr.. Gladstone. He has felt the gInnt force Of
this approaching commercial earthquake. In
his vision he saw the domes and spires OF our
coming power dimly cleaning through the
mists that gather over the future. He dared to
give utteranco to his prophetic thought. and
behold. British journals. like apack Of scared
bcagles. are all yelping Mt his heels. assaillng
his patriotism and inviting him 10 cmigrate to
the country whose rival aud predominant great
ness he foresces.
This distinguished Englishman realizes the
condition Of his country. and gives warning OF
her fate He understands that. Of all nations,
England is the most dependent upon others.
She is not self-sustaning. Her Industries
would die unless fed by foreign material
her commerce perish without the foreign
markets. In fact. England is nothing but n
shell. She has been struggling for a century to
conceal the fact from the world that she is
standing upon a false and uncertain base. She
lives in splendor upon the spells gathered from
the toll Of peoples separated from her by thou
sands Of miles OF ocean.
In the next generation the historian will re-
cord the fact that England ceased TO be first
class power in the unjust effort to continue the
pillage Of Il thousand OF millions of people
10000 miles journey from her shores, when
great. free country. much nearer to these
toiling Millions relieved their labor OF the
English burden. and supplied their wants bet
ter and cheaper. Justice will reign at last.
England is now TO learn that the Eastern
question is 10 be solved here in America. The
thought is born that will give birth to the action
fixing the final determination Of commerce. A
true thought once born in America never dies
Our people will gather around ii. foster H. battle
for 1t. until they secure its ultimate triumph.
II will be observed that the measures have
suggested in these letters have in view one
consideration rising above all others; that s.
the universal employment OF our labor. with
out which | hold that the existing depression
cannot be removed.
Congress and both the old political parties
are benightcd with the false belief that a re-
sumption Of specie payments will prove a cure
all that alone being requisite to restore our in
dustrles can conceive OF no greater error than
this. Let us suppose that at this moment Il magi-
clan touched with his wand all the paper cur
rency In the country. and In its place was found
800 900 900 OF gold coin. The specie payer then
says TO the shipbuiller &" Now build ships you
have the best money in the world" The ship
builder replies. cannot build ships to rot in
idlrness at the wharf. The carrying trade is in
foreign bottoms. America has no foreign mar
ket-; her restrictive laws have shut her out.
Ii was not better money / required i could
have built ships with paper money before the
magician changed the paper into gold. But
the ships now. as then would have no employ
ment: hence the capital would DO lost. Chang
ing the paper into gold has not changed my
situation. Give me policy that will insure me
the carrying trade. and will build ships. not
otherwise" The specie payer next appeals TO
the manufacturer to open his mills. call in
labor. and pay living wages. The manufac-
turer replies: cannot give employment l
manufacture for this market only. II is already
overstocked. Paying specie has not helped my
laborers nor myself Give me n market and /
will open my mills and construct more" The
linerential tariff mobiles restriction. and Sc
cures the frcights to the shipbuilder. The
export duty opens and secures the markets to
the manufacturer. invoke both the employer
and the employed to rally TO the support OF
| these measures.
Believing that industrial progress is the only
true strength Of a nation. making it happy in
peace and inyInclble in war; hold it to be the
sacred duty OF the lawmakng power 10 80
lesislate that oppression shall be avoided labor
made honorable. and the toiler lifted w and
| strengthened
These measures will also rcieve the Ia Dor OF
| OF all nations with which we trado OF the un-
| necessary and unjust burdens imposed by
others. They will launch our country on the
| path OF her true destiny making this century
rs memorable in history for our victories in
peace rs our first century is memorable for
our achievements in war.
Great enterprises are only possible in COM
! muNltlcs III Wlllfu redundancy oil WeNltN is
accumulated. Give us the command OF the
trade herein described and its consequent
anlucnce. then the estimated $50 900 900 re-
quired 20 construct the Nicaragua ship Canal
connecting tho oceans will be furnished by our
liberal. thrifty. enterprising. commercial. ana
| manufacturing communities. The foods ol
| tho Atlantic and Pacific will De made TO EN-.
brace beneath the keels Of our commerce-tht
last link in the great chain required to send
from the Atlantic coast our trade to China
japan, and even India without breaking bulk
or shifting cargo. will be completed.
! utterly rrpudatc the insane idea that there
| Is. or should be-, any natural or necessary An
| ttSpnism between capital and labor. The Ndop-
| ton OF these measures Will make them friends
| rendering mutual support - secure mutual
| heurnt MI chickering's and turmoil about in
| hHtion. contraction, gold. Errrnharks and
| mass Of other pOlt nj uUAtk"rirs Will b,
| drowned and forgotten In the surging tide o
| universal prosperity.
ELLIS b. SCHSABEL.
Only "a shower.
Ben Butler On his platform stood,
| Aud DER IT, plauAs he strobe,
| Ia. a.tft ,l.t..4 ,At4 al .. B. Loot