The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-08-07
Jno. Roach's Failure.

stoppage Of business by large manu-
facturer, but much more. 1t is .
national calamity. The United States
is at present struggling to get back her
commercial marine which the perfidy
of England robbed her people OF during
the rebellion. To revive her ship build
ing interest and regain the carrying
trade that they once lost has ELECTED
a great amount of wise as we'll as un-
wise discussion by our statesmen, but
the man who made the greatest adj
vance in the right direction was John
Roach. He invested fortune in fitting
up ship yards and factories for ship
building, and after the severe struggle,
he has made to achieve for the Uuited
States her former greatness on the
ocean, to find the hand OF the govern.
ment reached out to crush him, and
the business he has done SO much to
establish, is a sad commentary, on
the councils which prevail in free
trade circles, and among that class of
political economists who have striven
SO hard to make the United States q
grand market for British manufactures
and grain field and provision depot to
supply her mechanics and sailors with
cheap bread stuffs. This has been ever
England g policy, and in pursuit of this
object fifty years ago she organized an
ii slavery societies, she fomented dis
cord between the sections by her ennis.
saries in the north abusing slavery, and
her aristocra,ic minions in the south
preaching the beauties of free trade for
her manufactured products and ready
market for southern cotton. Holding
up to the aristocrats OF Charleston and
South Carolina the beauties of class
government, and in every conceivable
way encouraging them to create all in
surrection. The aristocracy of England
is more to blame for the great Ameri-
can rebellion than all promoting causes
beside. While crying out to The world
against American slavery the moment
her Vaccinations started the conflict,
she took sides and almost formed an al.
lance with'the slave power against the
freedom she had 80 ardently preached.
Cruisers were built on the Clyde by her
best ship builders, armed with English
guns and munitions of war. and man.
ned by British sailors, for the purpose
of destroying and frightening from the
seas American commerce. Mark what
follows. Of all other men John Roach
was the man who led in the building
and equipping of American war vessels
| to blockade the southern ports and
shut out British blockade runners; and
when the last port was blockaded, and
English commerce threaten ed if that
power showed any further aggressive
measures in supporting the rebellion,
she turned her back and left the south
to it's fate. American commerce had
been transferred TO British vessels. To
maintain this i'll got advantage on the
high seas and in the ship building bus
mess has been her policy every since,
hence the war on our ship builders and
all measures which looked toward re-
storing the Uuited States power on the
ocean in her naval and commercial
marine.
And this policy has at last found its
strongest support in Attorney general
Garland's decision which declares to
the world that American citizens have
no rights that their government are
bound to respect. That solemn con-
tract by the authorized officers of the
government with citizen is not bind
ing on the government, if technical
objection can be trumped up. In all
laws governing the people of these
United States, the act of the lawfully
constituted agent binds the principal,
but Attorney General Garland, virtual
ly says that the citizen shall suffer for
the act of the governments agent, and
the agent go UNPUBLISHED. This decis-
ion is a fit companion piece to the
bred Scott decision of Judge fancy
which went down toinfamy to posterity
and Garland is net greaterjurist than
fancy. 1t is possible his judgment
may be warped, against Roach, with
out his knowledge of the fact. He was
on the side of the English cruisers