Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-11-06

views and its judgment on the important
questions to be decided Tuesday next by
the American people. And l venture, not
that know it so well as you, but that |
am spokesman for the present; | venture
to remind you men of New York, with
your wealth and your great influence and
your magnificent prestige, that seventy
per cent of the entire prosperity of this
city has been acquired since Abraham Lin
coin was inaugurated on the 4th day of
March, 1861 | should not mention the
fact of percentage and of statistics if it did
not carry with it an argument and moral.
The common apprehension in regard to
New York is that it is simply great com
mercial city, so great that its exports and
imports represent largely the major part
Of all that is exported from or
imported into the United States
That we all know, but we are prone to for
get that New York is the largest manu-
featuring city in the world, with perhaps
single exception That of the 6 100000, 900
of manufactures annually produced in the
United States, this great State furnishes
One-tourth or 1,200,000000, of which this
great Empire City produces 500,000,O0O,
and from these facts comes that great SYM
pathy, that great identity of interest
which has moved previously existing con-
tlicts between what has been known as
manufacturing and commercial interests,
and has taught US that there can be no
true prosperity in this country unless the
three great interests comprehended under
! agriculture, manufactures and commerce
are acting in harmony, one with the other,
| and Joining together for common end
and for the common good. 1t is generally
thought that a change of government
means but little that we come together
with our votes on given day, count them
as the sun goes down, and one party goes
out and another comes in. But, gentle
men. it is worth while 10 remember that
the United States is proceeding upon
given basis of public policy, | might say
upon given series of public policies. We
have great financial system; we have
great currency system; we have an I'M
portant national credit; we have the levy
ing Of duties, as has been SO well described
by your distinguished president of the
evening, so adjusted that the industries of
the country are fostered and encouraged
thereby We have three important con-
stitutional amendments that grew out of
the war, upon which at this hour, and in
the hours and the days and the weeks and
the years to follow great issues hang In
this country. Are we, if we should be IN
vited to step down and out and our Oppo-
nents to step up and in are we to under
stand that these policies are to be reversed?
Cries of "Yes! yes!"l Then If we are TO
understand that they are to be reversed,
we should one and all prepare for the
grand disaster. For single illustration
let me recall to your mind that the repeal
of ten lines in the national banking act
would restore to vitality and vigor the old
State banking system from which we had
so happily escaped, as we thought, for ali
the remainder OF our lives. If these poll
cies are to be reversed you will have to re-
cast your accounts, review your ledgers,
and prepare for new, and may say,
dangerous departure; and II these policies
are not to be reversed they will certainly
be better maintained by the great party
which originated them and has thus tar
sustained them with vigor and success.
As have already said we speak of New
York as great exporting and importing
city, and from that perhaps we often
give that an exaggerated Importance, rela-
lively speaking, ct our foreign trade, be-
cause this magnificent metropolis never
would have attained Its grandeur, It's
wealth, upon foreign trade alone. We
should never forget, important as that trade
is. representing the enormous sum OF
81 500, 100000 annually, that 1T sinks into
insignifcance, and is dwarfed out of
sight when we think of those vast dOmes-
tic exchanges of which New York is ad-
mitted the centre, and which annually eX-
ceed twenty-five thousand millions of
dollars. Our foreign trade naturally brings
to our consideration the foreign relations
of this country, SO well described by my
distinguished friend as always simple and
sincere-it is the safeguard OF republics, that
they are not adapted to war. | mean an
aggressive war And it is a safeguard of
this Republic that in a defensive war we
can defy the world. This Nation to-day is
in profound peace with the world, but in
my judgment it has before it "a great duty, !
which will not only make that profound !
peace permanent, but shall set such an ex
ample as will absolutely abolish war on
this continent. and by great examples OF
lofty, moral precedent, shall ultimately |
abolish it in other countries. | am justi- |
fed in saying that every one of the seven
teen independent powers of North and |
South America is not only willing but |
eager to enter into solemn compact in
Congress that may be called in the name
of peace to agree that if unhappily differ
ences shall arise, as differences will arise
between men and nations, they shall be
settled upon the peaceful and christian
basis of arbitration. And as have often
said before, l am glad to repeat in this
great centre of civilization and power, that
in nv Judgment no national spectacle, no
n oil ta1
could be more grand than that the Re-
publics of the western world should meet
together and solemnly agree. that neither
the soil of North nor that of South Ameri-
ca shall hereafter be stained by brothers
blood. The Republican party, gentlemen,
cannot be said to be on trial. To be on
trial implies something to be tried for.
T"Right. That's sow1 The Republican
party in its % years of rulership has ad-
vanced the interests of this country far
beyond that of its predecessors IN power.
1t has elevated the standard of America.
1t has increased its wealth IN a ratio never
before realized. and may add never before
dreamed Of Statistics, l know, are dry,
and | have dwelt so much upon them in
the last six weeks that they might be sup
posed to be especially dry to me, and yet 1
never can forget the eloquence OF the hg-
ures which tell us of the wealth of this
great Empire State. When the Republican
party took the reins of the government was
estimated at 81 900, and that twen-
ty years afterward under the influence OF
an industrial and financial system for
which that party is proudly responsible
under the influence of that industrial and
financial system, the same tests which gave
you 81, sOO,OOO,OOO of property in 1850 gave
you S6,3OO,0 100000 in 1880. There has never