New-York tribune., 1880-01-02
JOHN BRIGHT ON AMERICA.


Ertrarts from h spe,n at t nque a. Roc ,as on De-
eeynber honor OF Tn0mds BIyfrv ip'ters teturn
have had hundreds OF invitations 10 VISIT the
United Statea. and regret very mnch ina I'D pas,
years opportunity WAS not aiio d'n me 50 D., ,nhs &
cnuld crafty ,ts wisr>. Only within the last tnrec
or four mon tIIaI think it was toward the enu ol
July-l receive, d most courteous ana klnu leter
from the Prcsld"ntof the Unted STATES na',he ,h
heard some ruInor tnat l was abont to visit the
country which he presides a. nlel mag S'Iair,
he did inc the honor 70 ash Inc II caine 10 w.. .no
States TO take mp my residence at his honst-at te
White Housc. in Washiuclon-and consider myself
his guest there long l should DE ahIe 10 remain
in that city, Well. was oblgei To write nm a
letter winch gave distress. may say. almost 10
write it, | was Obliged to decline an invitation so
kind in him and and 20 honorable to me- from cir
cnmstances which need not here detai bnt one one
thing may say and admit-that Whatever was tue
almost ,nsailable appetite had for travelling totty
years ago. now. when many years have passed. over,
] feel ~ # had no spirit or enttrprise 90 max a
lnnp >ca VOYAGE and 10 meet the excitement lfor l!
u ould be- great cxcitemcnt OF The We hnt which
am assured wound meet with on fhc thrr SIDE OF
/ hon, friends of nilnc in the United States will
hclieyc-that am sensible of their kindness that
/ ,nur,,.."tr II fully, and that regret that
# nirr,,.. at any rate and tear for TN" future,
There l. very little chance OF NY heinG ape 10 h-
crpt H., generous INVITA- IONS Whcn 'htS hase iol
wlrdcd 10 mr.. But now there ~ nnp'her ieeihH,
,,r.,'n. nrryol,nt among us-l confess that 40
not saIe in it-and thar ~ - teeIinH OF envy Una,
orr respected rrpresrit,tivc ana lrhh nhs eiy';rn M
ths grand excursion, ihlt hc ha' seen whit ne has
seen. and thar for myself perhaps, ana ior n'sl
of ynu certainly, we are not ever likely 10 par,aN.
of the same advantages We near eiea' ut'i 'Oi'
tl,, uirat country that hr has been passing some
th,rr unuils ln But, after all we have Lcard be-
lew, if The truth wrr" known u Wouia DC Io"'l"
th.. Wc knew very ll't" ai'pnt ".
Tut GREATEST or EtIrIEr'.
rc,,liuy fhr her day i very Interesting
lnok rnh,isird Ivy one ut the most eminent men
| who have eyer niorncd The senate oil thr hl'en
- t.. mean the Late Charl, Sumner-wbO Tor ~"
'.,,v x,.,r. was senator ur the Stare Of Massachu-
! s,tis IL is book ca.!rd " "lropirtic 'O'crS, hiu
, ntrn If. To gave -nlnrth,ig pi"ph"ilc with REGARD
Ifa1S
hack tu , Nrr, carry pcII'd-A" VIII De surprised
Win Il tel y0u that 1 rnro back to long time be-
itrr thr time WREN TIE nl''n Hihlrs "tar W. -, ~
,irT He SAYS ~ of The opening p;N'aH'N "i hi'
| i,,, tial ;t,. discovery of Am'.ica ny hII."phrr
(ul,ill,- j. .hr greatest event IN secular h,S'"N
pu nc!.Nc If yOu CONE tocX :inIn" II N"U y" ~ "-l'
! v,;i, iuIu IN that opinion But even wien America
VS. uIihrnwn, unagihatl"h-'hr hi''G"ali"' ~
,',. ~ and ,i rnriI\-rIctETci the discovery n1 Il
rnnnIrX lGe grandeur AID vantic~s ol which. per
| ll, at that tIrr, scarcely Inyp"uE cou'n 'l'AIh
! nr Now III thi, SLiuc litil" book Ar. Sninhrr
las gwen uS two or t"ir' pASsasrs ""n'' WIZ W.,
| rrau to Nu,I. One * from the wIlt.lt' "i Wy!
r,lrlr fed Roman who IIv'd abnu' tlr tiit oi ~"
! Nnsil- Paut-ihat woulh he about I.ioo years
nrolr the discovery nj AucIlrh-;ihu III u ' Si'
Thrrr ,na 4 crl.r "A time in later years when ih'
oceans Sli relax ihrir rihlnH ana Il ~ con 'n'
ap"."i. nd pi" Hhal hlh hsw ""l!lS' ~ i,nt, i'.
,nnU h.. 10 longer Varths lnrndN -lhlI"
J irlny mdrr>ipod to rrpr, sent n"i"" how n"'
cn,, dl,coNrrahlc island on the 'Nloh',
| lfnrth cl l.ur0p-. Nj only li:" t'WH" 81
! - .cca ry,s us tnr passage. hH a." r"tr ~
r,,,r,. o,l,. -: he greatest of the la an poets,
! IT,. suN.: "IDc daylight hanging VITA "Ingrd
s,-,. I,,rral,c. to giadi"n III" ~ rrl"ii eve" 81
i,r.nii nations ~ "a WOili IruI"t'. here "IS ai
InGir ti"n tnal wrsiwIid were Hi'ai l"h'!S ;,hu i
IA " " ria t" nr d 'c"Ncir''. ili'iI h.'..I i". :,
tn ~ ,niun. ar. very interesting quotations, ah'i
s.,n. tl,1i there was ia" lun ut t'r g'hiAS ii"l
it, the mani nf the poet i i"' seeing "i El'a l'll"s'
toc"inc. I'L'r.s.l l''a'il iH"P ''n,' 1t l..
tnufiiIIl, n,t-i AIMING men, ne 'nitalh was u;
| ur,wn ami a nrw world HppraItd; ; ana tHihh
tuat there nothing tnat - 'lnai 10 thIt ei'','
| .I,rnyrry and tha. .rrai tr'nSa"il"i. MI DiYM'''
| =. ~
| IA ~, ode 10 :" he ftsi Z:
Far ~ the Tr.l.In urkhcwn
O.d dtnl.rrn r;t IN sniit uh' - Aha S'ooni'
! And | TANK # w,cxamInr all thee old empires
| inr I.y,Lu the Bahy iIian, the Pdrthlan. or the
,,u,I or # ,r co;Gr To anO' her linr III ihtth'i
rJ.r and rAilnInc tLr c.nPt"a ol III liza 'hd nh''
-, i wr come Ia moIr nr'crn time ana fr'H'i th
fall .. acrnt N"inr- "r Il" ~ "'r ~ OWL own 'i'' -,
! ttr rr.aI g.bstl ui th" Elnplf" oi EhsSa-Ii We
lnni Il to-. French E"N "lni"n. WIN rs vast r,iN
IT v. l..n. ~ ia" ,rr-c.t rowtr oi ''rfUany IN
! Iurlr-ii Ne l""h Al the vast rmp!'r over aIi th
world III .">i. "f warm W. III fli@ II IL" i1''uh al
i,.r . ,i,.. i, ,cnlr-l tli..k "" shall .hi't ait .
. ma .i.r i nu nlnr ia all these transat lions oil
In.turk wA.,i vasincSS ana Tor priihahrhte an
compare vita Tie grandeur tha' thrfr - III th' h'S-
| rrV,ty .ftIr American t"ntlu, ut hy I'm Is'ophri
! 4 C,lu,ulu, It'h,rIs.l | siy America, winch l.
away, ut,l,i ,""l to mean Norih America ana the
Iud .,i,i,- oIl,rr than thit portion q" II WINCH l.
si.II Il. .,cudrlt "u the E"gll~a I WE h"i II J..
natmial from It's l..Nanc'd '"m'iIi"h ""d liz VAST
! p"p"'..' "h.
Allow Ir,. O." point ont opr or t"" thugs ah"u,
,Ir.r 'n,,.d States WhIrh We ar apt T. i"iE';.
! >iml.d nhr 10 speak I" y"n "i II S|' ~ % n". We
discus. xI"ndIrr slrak al inil'I"is, hn' iii-
Ini,, yINr very lIitc ni"H OF the ihinchSrIc's :"
th.,u Aurll,t- can hardly mai" ,"n uld' lStai"
! wra' IN. r.ir,"rl nary :NrAi'" II 'iA".r i. "t
! i',,i,r, - ri'- o. | rN,luGr trr l'l:ii"rN rhlhd
,l,>ka Y hlcn w;is buuVht come l." YEARS ~" IRON
Eu-.,. n..d Wl.lcn - nul Ncr$ vast al itrt't-'" q"
-, i,til tc. mii,iu'.- ol >tiIIr mil'~. - W.il'l
",,..ti :r, -lili Ill" ter grur, 81 agriculture h'
u'rr tiii. II iIc'i moIc ~uIllr l"i grd|'iI ~" .
:, lrtrc p"ri"1 hr H.: ln"l't' i'ii"uN h i'rTH' .
=, b.l,n moi very gond t"I agrirnitirr "t any
krd. lou hpow tnat franr" Is c"h'''hIi'i i
rInr! i. rnuntry IN Europ III - II great u'al ~
- ii.Iu i!iN country bat ia" thi'ca n'"tr' ,
wo.A make hIirn iin"" ii'l'' II Mou,'
u..r Fifteen times t"''hr'H' II N"ul'
n.G. &, l,r tlu'r~ Nus'ir ard twenty
-, u;.rs Great Bitain aid Ireland
Ih,rr j. tn" astounding tact ihat Your r""n
i,l.. L.,, lnu. ",ri t. iru .'ili"'rt a'd iAkri
H., 49,. II u = country l'"n'> lily" tih'' az big a
i,.. c"ri.'c; they ha'r rl' r' h'hn 'hn. ,"'Lr & u
prol.,,,ly som" h"Ir NJ" ~ say or ~ i''S
tI,.,,. - ,,n,ly unsihr NLn will say it-tat W.
have .lt COLONIES IN tanad', III Ais'rhl'a' lh ilo,
ana IN 5uII.h Aiilca -noiUN Knows Yet now illue!l
liuurltrr and ,hrris.l Eat YOU must rrc"llcrt ~
these trriIiorr, III tanaa. IN Australia III lhi';
ana in south Africa nr" nrih'r VI men nol 'n', ~, ~,
nropir of the United Kingdom. TN III" contrary
iIu.y are continually drawing from our revenue AIT
our rt,ulircrs. Hear, near. lh,Iri'Ir Wh'nn
", cn,nnnrtup tl. territory of the dii'd k'ng,lo
with the nltcd States, nm c"niii'rg m'Srit u
that winch contributes to the material revenue
IL. country of winch am Speaking.
PROGRESS.
II Won look at the map of the United States yo
~ iii ind at the extreme south the State oi texas
which was at ono time IL part Of the Erpublic u
Mexico. Subsequently il became indrpt ndrht, an
wa, then annexed to the American thon. ihei
has been SOHO discussiOn ms to MOI her Is uesiI
nj, uIaco to 10. All know in that 1t ~ very no
ih.rc. and Il gentleman with whom am acgmaintc
, | went there to see whether his sons could settl
,hcrr Inn he came rather faster than he went, fo
he sn,d if he had stayed much longer he woul
have ntayed there forever. However 1t ~ wonder
iul state n tho producing OF cattle aud cotton an
the .Izo Of the single State OF Texas, which Is 0nl
one OF the States Of the Union. Is p 600 sgnnr
niles Now consider 274O miles. Austria ha
only = 40 900, Germany has only 2l2.O00 France ha
l,ust