The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-12

About aMr. TreyeIiieIs' and Some Other
innings of Minor Importance.

cred over the city announcing that Hon.
Richard Treyellick, Of Michigan" would
discuss the fusion question, and other top
les Of absorbing interest at this time, from
The standpoint Of Greenbacker. By s
o'clock the Court House was pretty well
filled with persons Of all parties, the ma.
jority having been attracted by curiosity
to hear the speakers remarks on fusion.
A brass band lent its aid to swell the
crowd.
Walter Marshall was chosen chairman,
and made a ringing little speech, highly
eulogizing Trevellick, whom he intro.
duced as "a man known and honored all
over this broad land for his noble efforts
ON behalf Of the laboring classes, and as
a champion Of that system Of currency
which in the hour Of danger was ap'
plauded to the very skies by the same
men who would now degrade 1t under
foot" His remarks were received with
some applause, in the midst OF which the
man from Michigan made his bow.
Mr., TreyeIlick commenced by acknowl.
adginp the flattering eulogy from the
chairman, "a gentleman to whom until
today was stranger except in name"
Hs had come to occupy lew hours in dis
cnssing the relation OF this government to,
The people and OF the people to the gov
eminent. Upon arriving IN wheeling
This morning he had noticed his coming
announced, under the heading Fusion
or no Fusionl" He had not been aware
that fusion was 10 enter at all into the DIS
cussion tonight 1t was matter per
tanning alone TO State politics and so OF in.
terest alone to citizens Of the State. 1t
was fit therefore that 1t should be dis.
cussed by citizens OF the State, and not by
one Who'll is not acquainted with the merits
or lack OF merits OF local issues. This pro.
yoked some stamping OF feet, and with
this the speaker dismissed the subject, to
The apparent disappointment OF his hear
ers. ,. :,
national pride, announcing IS a discovery
Of his own that all natives Of the United
States were proud OF the land OF their
birth. lie himself had cast his youthful
lot upon the sea, chad -circumnavigaated
the belted globe on which we live tour
times before he reached his twenty-ninth
year" and II asked what nation Of his
personal acquaintance was best fitted for
Inc growth Of freedom and civilization he
would say the United States. He had
visited England, Scotland, Ireland, France,
Italy, and yet had neyc. seen iairer
mountains, greater rivers or granGsr peo'
pie, than in America, and he went on TO
exalt America, in glowing periods which
provoked frequent applause.
This being the kind OF country we live
in, nature having SO bountitully gifted the
people here, It could not be that nature
was to blame for the peculiar misfortunes
and unbappiness tho citizens Of Amcrica
were called upon to bear. These were to
blame upon one Of two things: Ignorance
or dishonesty on the part Of our rulers
An instance Of the effects oil this lack Of
knowledge or integrity, or both, was
found in the condition Of our commerce,
Nineteen.twentieths OF the product o.
this country shipped abroad were carried
| in foreign ships; yet several years ago
Thousands OF men were kept in enforced
idleness when the building OF one
ship would have given employ
ment for 10000 days TO an
American workingmsn and paid out fol
labor and material $4,000. He hoped
the representatives OF the press would
get this Just as he said 1t, for If they did
not get It now they would never get II
from Republican or Democrat. Neither
OF these parties knew it, OF If they die
they would not say it. He wanted tc
know why It would not have been bette
to have built our own ships and carried
our own products, and no one rising L
reply, he concluded no reply was possible
He went on TO reply TO the suppositioul
argument that Americans could not built
ships because they bad to compete will
the pauper labor Of Europe. He showed
to his own entire satisfaction that this wa
false.
The true reason, according to his view
was the higher interest paid for money
here than in Europe, This was to bt
remedied by the manufacture Of more
money.
Later in his remarks 8Ir. Trevellick
deprecated the large export business thai
has grown up in this country. He thought
the proper market for American products
was among the American people. We dc
not need ships to transport our products
to other countries. Those countries which
export the most are always poorest. An
illustration OF tLis can be found in Ire
land, which exports more in proportion
than any other country under the sun
The inconsistency OF this position with
his former remarks about our shipping
escaped the attention Of both speaker and
audience.
He took up the argument that the
panic and all Its accompanying evils grew
out ofan over production, and ridiculed
the idea. II was an over production oil
political fools II Of anything, that was Ia
blame, and one who heard the frequent
applause with which these remarks were
greeted was almost convinced OF the truth
OF this statement. There could not be an
cover production OF products" he main.
tanned. This cry was a lie, told To deceive
the people that their deceivers might
more easily rob them. II was false cry
to distract attention from the foolish
legislation.
Some people woold say Of the panic,
"Mr. Trevellick" (the speaker seemed fond
OF using his own name in his remarks), ait
is Providence pouring out the walls Of his
wrath upon perverse generation" and
Mr.. Trevellick's response TO this was ele-
giant and forcible: "Get out! you lu-
natics, get outlp
The tenor OF his remarks were about
the same throughout. He denounced the
specie system as false in theory and
ruinous In practce-a robbery Of the toll
ing millions" He drew illustrations from
history to show that nations were always
prosperous with paper currency, and
distressed with specie circulation.
1.-THE papers" he said, twill say to-