Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-26

JUNCTION. TUESDAY. JUN
MT. Brixhe On America.
From the London Timss Report Of his Address at
1 Btrminghau.
In our time the seE5 gentlemen who were op-
posed to US told the people that II we allowed the
untaxed corn Of foreign countries to come here
our people would be thrown out Of employment
land would go to waste, the laborer would be
worse paid than he was before. Now, In the
| United States the very same argument Is used.
The protection party ih the United States say to
the people, What viii become Of you II you
allow the manufactures produced by the pauper
labor OF England to come into the United States?
What will become OF your labor. and what will
what our country gentlemen said 20 years ago.
only talking OF pauper labor instead OF untaxed
part vanished, and II wages have doubled during
sn reduced ean Be
Ing here in this vast assembly Of my own country-
Working artisan cass Of 70 20
the United States. ICheersl have fought her
was not n't Sure sSas shs contest o0t
would udid not 60 against her: IHear: heaIl I have
| as II had been born upon her SOIL. tCheersl
Wen, VIII say this to the workingmen and arti-
sans OF the United States, that centuries OF .egs
laton IN this country have not done so much have
not conferred so great benefits upon the labor of
minister Of 10 years agosr Robert PeeinIoheeIsi
and by Mr. Gladstone. the great minister Of to-
as
me United States, In which we. and they, and all
the the werd are greatly Interested believe that
the question In the United States as between a
nigh protective tariff and merely revenue tariff
IS nearing its solution. [Hear, hear.] Opinion is
sstible, are coming to the front and are Offering
themselves to the consideration OF statesmen
there, and OF every Intelligent man in that great
There is an extraordinary condition OF things
which no other country in any age OF the world
is an actual surplus OF revenue OF $50 Why,
our chancellor OF the exchequer potters about
the income tax one day, and another day takes it
on again; one day gives a quarter OF million to
roads, and then discovers that he cannot ind the
money, and does not do it ILaughter;l The chan
arch apparently Of all he surveys, deals with
| lump sum, the magnitude OF which we cannot
MEASURE No. and cannot conceive but lump sum OF
protection party. The government does not
| know what to do with It.; it must either
throw it away or spend it in something foolish and
unnecessary or else 1t must refuse to receive it by
reducing the duties. There are other matters
which l need not go into, connected with their
| i
| will not attempt to explain. but think this is
very certain, that, although this year they have
the df1lculty viii be greater, and in two years
there Will be an election OF President Of the great
republic. When the contest comes there must be
some question to divide parties; they could hardly
fight II there was no question. lLaughter.l And
now the great question Of slavery has been settled
for ever. 1t has been written In the hearts OF
hundreds OF thousands of men that slavery shall
never again exist upon that'continent. lCheers.]
| la nff
| they were free. are more numerous than ever.
[Laughterl Being the only people in the south
ter than ever, because they receive the reward OF
their labor. LHear, hear.] Now, when that Ques-
result3 A very in6elligent member of parliament
ever quoted his opinion before, but it is worth
| hearlng-I think, as he said, that his liberal
opinions had been greatly strengthened by what
hear] He said, ''If you note what they do a great
many Of them talk wildly and foolishly, but" he
es W aes Years. ws peess
there o % be g39d deal Of talk and perhaps
| great people are brought to the issue whether,
having struck of the chains from the negro they
are to leave the letters of protection upon the In
duStry or all their c0untrymen, believe they will
do before long what we have done, lcheersl and
win declare 1t to be the 1nalenable right OF every
Englishman to spend his money in the cheapest
market In the world. loud cheers.l 1 am very
much tempted not to satisfy the critics OF whom
have spoken tLaughrer.1
But to satisfy mysmind in the train Of argument
into which have been led feel almost disposed
ecy. [Laughter.l Perhaps am sangulne perhaps
more ignorant than deem myself. There opens
before me grand vision Of the future England
and her colonies and her dependencies, save India,
at this moment have population OF So COX, 600 OF
persons l will not go over the colonies where
suppose nye or SIX and thirty millions in this coun-
try: The United States, by the last census, had
5000 0jO and good Judges say that by the end Of
the century-by the time when man Of so In this
reaches my aget he III United States VIII
Is free-trade country [hearl with only one ex-
ceptlon.its ports are open to all produce from all
to you is this, that II it should come as believe
1t will come, that the United States Will go down
Sensible ns emu tariff that be
with all the nations Of the woridNand then, If
take this COURSE what viii be be the secs
upon the other nations OF the globe7 What do
all very wei to tell us that England Is in favor Of
free trade. Look at America There is a popular
government. republic, every man voting, [hear.
hear,l and there they have O system of pro-
lection most strenuous and most severe; and,
therefore, they say, we. at any rate. may not be
ton here, and follow the example of the free gov
eminent and the free people OF North America.
which believe is impending, then the United
States and England, with her hundred millions
and more, will be an argument OF a different kind
and or different force to the nations OF Europe.
The free traders OF every nation Will say: Why,
the people in England, living under an ancient
monarchy, ara prosperng with free trade, and the
people OF the United States, living under the flag
OF the republic, have followed the example
of England. And they Will say: We are try
ing 10 follow these countries in political free
dom; why should we not follow them
in the not less magnificent and benefcent path OF
| 9. perfect freedom Of industry? loud cheers
NOW, one word to which this argument or picture
leads me- May ask you what at this moment are
the two great curses OF Europe? The one is the
system OF high tariffs, the OF tariffs, and the
other is the war of arms and armies. [Cheers.l
The one Is burdenSome-in fact, both are burden
some at all times, and armies are at times more
than burdensome when they are employed in
destruction and slaughter II you were to
destroy the tarin OF Europe you would destroy
| the pretense for the maintenance OF the
great armies OF Europe. Hear, hear] AS dis
! cuss it and consider iC the vision seems to grow
| upon me that nations would become one in inter
| est, their very jealouSes would vanish as their
ignorance Of each other would vanish. II France
and Germany in the year 1870 had had no tariffs
| IL their PEOPLES were trading tn day he.