Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-15

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these gentlemen to And o market for the
increased products which farm ma.
chipery brings to market. We have got
to turn our attention somewhat to the
surplus labor not nov needed to Guilt
vate the fields. and we want to find q
market for u manufactures. In my
travels 1t seems to me I have seen where
this might be done with profit to those
who buy these manufactures. We do
not want them to pay rs money; We
want their products In exchange. / will
not say on this OCCASION about how 1t
might be accomplished in the far East,
where there Is . big field; but my most
recent visit has been to our neighborinR
republic Of Mexico. There ia q grand
field there, 1t seems to me. Tor our enter
prise. $3.50.
General Grant was entertained tonight
BY the Middlessx Club. In the course
OF a speech he said: We are q Nation
that proceeds on tho theory that all pow
or 10 with the people. Our rulers are
only servants. having only such powers
ss the people choose to extend to them
from time to time. tApplause.1 Other
nations-I think history will bear me out
in sayiug-havs proceeded on the theory
that all power 10 with the head OF the
government, and that the people havs no
rights, no privileges whatever, except as
they are extended by the crown. II Is
impossible that on that theory such SELL
reliance. such independence as our peo'
pie possess. can be created except after
the lapse Of great time. g..
Mexico is not only our neighbor, but
she is q republic. II iostered she can
produce nearly all these articles and will
take 10 exchange what our manufsc-
tursrs produce. They will take from us
cotton goods, locomotives. cars aud rail.
road iron, rolling stock, all the machin-
cry necessary to the running OF rail.
roads, agricultural implements, wagons,
carriages, musical instruments, clocks.
watches and O thousand and one other
things. When We can pay for the i'm
ports Of our tropical productions With
the products Of our manufactures, We
shall benefit Mexico. benefit ourselves,
continue to give employment to q vast
multitude OF people We now have and
which are continually coming to our
shores, and all will be happier and
better, I hope, and ct an immense
profit to them as well as to ourselves.
i've are not 90 particularly generous as
to want to benefit our neighbors ct our
expenses Laughter and a%pplause but
when we can benefit ourselves and them
too, greatly, We are the most generous
people In the world. I found Mexico, q
country which I had visited Q good many
years ago. just on the eve OF . great ad-
vance and very DESTROYS to extend their
foreign commerce. A portion OF tho
thinking people were alarmed q little at
the approach Of American population
and American railroads IN their borders,
but they we're fully able to see the neces.
sity aud importance Of railroads In their
own country. They consulted with me
very freely and very conadsntially, /
may say. pretty much all the time /! was
there, aud l did and snid oil I could to
sllsy their apprsbsnsions OF danger from
the approach OF the universal Yankee.
They have Q very lively recollection OF
| the Mexican war. which resulted In such
loss Of territory. From occasional
loose remarks In the newspapers, and
by individuals. they are afraid that the
approach Of Yankee aid, American en-.
terpriss and railroads means the loss Of
territory to them, and OF that assured
them they need have NO approximations;
that, at all events. II there 10 any danger
at all, the best way to allay 1t was TO
| cultivate the best and most intimate COM
mercial relations between the two he
publics [applausel; that II they tried to
keep alooi from Us and benefit European
nations by their trade to the exclusion Of
the United States, they made snsmiss OF
their neighbors. I told them that was
not good policy. ! told them their ap-
p~rehensions were well founded twenty
years ago, because at that time We had
an institution never sustained except
where 1t existed, and that It would not
exist in any country longer than 1t could
retain political control. Hence territory
where slavery could be planted was neoss.
sary to the existence OF that institution,
and Of course while slavery existed they
were constantly in danger Of their terrific.
ry being wanted 10 give the shareholders
political influence and supremacy In
Washington. But now that institution
was dead, never to be revived, and We
were q people Of homogeneous institu.
tons from one end OF the country to the
other, and there was no political advan.
tags accruing to any political party by
an accession OF territory In any particu.
lar direction, and I believed II was the
almost universal sentiment OF our people
that We wanted no territory We had to
flibuster for; that II we ever acquired
territory. II would have to DO with the
consent Of the people occupying that
territory and u own consent. lCries
Of "Good I" aud applause. It seemed
to very much satisfy those with whom l
talked, and they asked me to interest
myself in having American capital ex.
tended to their country to build up their
roads. They would aid them with the
right OF way and free admission OF the
material required, and give . liberal sub
sidy II they could be assured OF the
building Of the roads.
There IL NO secret Of the capacity OF
Mexico for production. u you think
\ about It. We now do an importation
business Of nearly 5000. 900, 600 Of trop-
ical aud se~mi.tropioal products. Mexico
could produos the whole OF them II she
had railroads to give her an outlet for
them, and her people have the industry
to do Il. . fact not generally credited,
nor did I believe Il until I was there this
last time. With their climate. industry
and everything required they produce
all these tropical and semi.tropiosl pro.
ducts which. as / said. amount to about
5000. 600, 900 . year, and also increasing
a. We are increasing in our products and
wealth. We are now getting these pro.