Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-29

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the common defence, not by standing armies
greater army of artisans, whose intelligence
and skill should powerfully contribute to the
safety and glory of the Nation" In support
of this fundamental Republican doctrine,
every authority that is venerable to the
American mind, the lessons OF history, the
judgment of practical business men who
know their own interest, and the angry con-
fcssions of rivals and foes all stand arrayed,
Rufus Choate, during his brief but brilliant
term of Senatorial service, conclusively
showed that the desire TO protect American
by National authority was one
of the chief reasons for the formation of the
constitution, and turned the scale in securing
its adoption. The first bill Introduced In
Congress in 1883 was Il bill for this object.
la lis support Hamilton, than whom no pro-
founder intellect ever dealt with the great
problems OF flnanls. every one of whose ut
tcrances has stod( Diest OF time, and Madi-
son, the very gcpitisl0l Bnbodiment of COM
mon sense, concnrred, For the 90 years
which have followed there has not been an
American statesman of the first rank whose
name is now held in honor in ssichusetts
who has not been au advocate of this doc
thine. ~
The business ~ Of Massachusetts, the
skilled workmep in shops, know well to what
is owing the PfaSperity of her industries.
More than air cities, hundreds of
thriving villag - >gas of thousands of
happy, comfortable homes bear witness in
our commonwealth 10 the bcniguant opera.
ton of the principle.
No less signlGn is the testimony from
hostile source; kiagland, our great manu-
featuring rival lgly desires the over
throw OF that pr lpOlicy which alone
has prevented hsmmanding our
markets by the power of her accumulated
capital, MS she has commanded those of H.
dia and Egypt and Turkey by the power OF
her armies. In this all parties in England
are agreed. From the days of Lord Broug-
ham; who declared III Parliament England
can afford to incur loss on the export of Eng
lish goods for tie purpose of destroying
foreign manufactures in the CRADLE ami Of
Joseph Hume, who said "he desired to see
foreign manufactures stranglcd in the era
die" to the last meeting Of the Golden Club,
her speech is all one way.
A very recent report to parliament of IL
royal commission to inquire into the state
of the population in the mining districts
says:
"Authcntic instances are well known of
English employers in times of depressed pic
cs, who carried on their works at loss
amounting TO three or four hundred thousand
pounds in three or four years. If the efforts
of those who encourage the combination TO
restrict the amount of labor and to produce
strikes were to be successful for any length
of time, the great accumulations could no
longer be mace which enables few of the
most wealthy capitalists TO Overwhelm all
foreign competition in times of great depres-
sion. The large capitalists of this country
are the great instruments of warfare against
the competing capitals of foreign countries,
and are the most essential instruments now
remaining by which our manufacturing SUI
premacy can be maintained"
trust you will not let your constituents
forget in single town in Massachusetts the
significant utterances of the Golden Club in
its meeting ia 1880. 1t was presided over by
Earl Spencer, lord president of the council
Twelve of the fourteen members OF the cab
net were enrolled In its ranks. Forty men,
beers of Parliament, and long list OF names,
famous for wealth and rank, were among the
guests. The prime minister, nect ssarily ab-
sent, was regrecented by his son. Mr. Pot
tie, the vlce-presdent, serves this notice on
tic American people:
81 feel that this club is entering on con-
test worthy of its steel. We have done tue
best Se can on the continent My eyes are
turIed westward. The Golden Club is 60
ing TO fight our friends in the United States,
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