The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-19
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The cent,sniar 4 spoke To the other day
was cbatrmanss OF one Of the most prosper
,,,s and best. managed railways In America,
and hesasd fhastte change thar Mud taken
place In the cost ;ot transportation had been
astonishing TO him, and thrust be astonish-
ing to every body whSfUoks into it. ] know
there. are some people who do not likoto
hearthesei shingsst IA farmer ~ BIO was VERY.
much troubled and distressed on the sub
}ect sa,d,ass4 Well, you know, nln wish the
e,,rscdeountryh had never been disco yered.'
II,aushter.1 The fact sis that the coun-
irY HAS been, discovered, although they
ure now trying TO find out where the dis
r6Seref1 was; buried. But Columbus lived
and discovered America, and from being
peopled: by savages the country now has
nearly $4,000, 900 Of our own Engllsh-speak-
ing people on henorthern continent, and
II will increase In the course OF thirty -6Ye
years more. in all probability, to not less thar
IOe. 900, 600. Now. L will tell honorable gen,
tIenneu opposite, and It wilInot add to their
comfort, that the growth in the western
states IS such that lanG in the eastern States
Ia decreasing in value, There is one reason
for it which is not here. There the protective
system Of the United States had diverted all
capitat in the eastern Suites into the manu-
facture of protected articles with the expee-
tation OF getting increased profits, and the
capital has therefore been to q large extent
Withdrawn from those States; aud therefore
YOU End in the New England States and ia
New York, and, believe, to some extent
in Pennsylvania, that there is much land
which men do not now think it worth while
to plough, and which is annually lessening
in value and going; gradually out OF cultiya-
ton. II these western.States had been SO
much effect on land neat them, what will be
theetfect on land in this country [Cheers.
EUROPE CANNOT STAND AMERICAN coMPETI-
TON. .sr tGsC: /, 49,.
| When they have 100, 600, 900 OF population
they will have paid their debt; their taxes
will be at minimum; > they take almost no
army and no navy, Us we have in Europe ;
they have no ssspirited foreign policy y
| rlaushter1; taxes, in proportion to their
population, will grow less and less and
how England aud Europe will stand the
| DOM petition OF America in regard to the
policy OF European nations, with regard to
ornaments and taxes, anybody might try to
imagine 1t, but I will not try to describe
it. There are farmers in America, as you
know, who have no rent, no tithes,
| no poor rate. You have all these. With
you labor has risen! Labor is very dear in
America. You are glad that the laborers
are well, paid. They will have to be still
better paid. You complain OF the education
rate and the schools. The effect under the
present state Of things must be to drive the
educated and spirited young men from the
country into the towns or to emigrate
These are matters which I trust this com
mission and the House will well consider
Your laws as they now are would make
the. laborers' condition perpetual. In
America. as poet has expressed it, H.They
| TIL the land who own the land they
TILL" That is the great difference. he
tween the land and its cultivation in
America and the land and it's cultivation in
this country. Now, would ask honorable
gentlemen opposite not to be afraid of
these questions and OF the commission.
Recently had CONVEX ation with Sir Will
liam Ingles, who was a member for Somer-
setshire, and he did not allow me to tell
him, but | may tell you, that / believe it
would increase the price of land all over
the country il you would abolish all the
ancient and stupid and mischievous legisla-
ton By which it. is embarrassed in every
step Won take in dealing with the land.
4 Let us have an inquiry, but let u have
it wisely and honestly conducted. You
cannot escape it.; but ii you meet 1t boldly
it will be no more than a spectre. Blu
break down the monopoly which damage
the labor on the farms and causes it to dis
appear and pauperize the labor which re
mains; out Of what remains when yol
have broken down the monopoly there vii
arise fairer prospect, and though it is no
possible that shall live to: see it, tim
will come when you will have homes o
comfort and independence throughout th
land OF England, which will attest foreve
the wisdom and bleSsedness OF the neV
policy you have adopted. loud cheers.l