Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-02-13

| hold in my hand copy Of Their
own minutes for 1888, with a list
of their members, that came direct
" from the Golden Club to me In
the month of February of this year
whilst was in london ; | also
hold in my hand copy ofthe
minutes of their last pablo meet
ing, which took place on the 18th
of July Of the present year land !
do not intend to nisrepresent them,
nor do | intend to state anything
that | do not believe to be true.
The London Ttniesin an editorial
proclaimed this: '
ct is to the New World that the
CObden Club is chiefly looking as
the most likely sphere for its vigor-
Gus foreign policy. 1t has done
what it can-in Europe, and ut Is
now turning its eyes westward, and
bracing itself for the struggle which
is to come, bat can not rest While
the United States are unsubdued.'
That foreign institution, that
foreign club, formed on English
soil, sustained by English wealth,
by English influence, and English
power, can not rest until the
United States are subdued and
they are now working to subdnc
us.
have said that they have
agents all over this country | have
told You that they distributed
seven hundred thousand (700,OOO)
copies of their circulars in this
country | now tell YOU that they
are very busy, that they are in
your towns, and even in your col
leges, your institutions OF leTn-
ing. This being 50 Professor 3l-
lott, of Harvard College, the presi-
dent Of that institution, was quite
justified in saying that every stu
dent they turn out was in favor Of
Free Trade.
Why | the Golden Club Of Eng
land is there, giving silver medals
to-day to students who writo es.
says upon Free Trade. They are
in Williams College, and | do not
know in how many other institu-
lions Of learning, distributing their
medals.
Let me read an extract from
their minutes. 1t is the minutes
of the annual meeting Of the Cob
den Club, held ut the Century Climb
Rooms on Saturday, July lG, 1881,
entitled, Especial report for the
Club. For the me.aber5 Of tho
Club alone 1t reads as follows:
The Golden medal for 1883 ut
Harvard University, United States
Of America, was awarded to Mr..
Theadore l.. rockingham, for an
essay on the decline and future Of
the American shipping. At viii
liams College, Massachusetts, Unit
ed States of America, the Golden
medal for 1881 was won by Henry
II. Wentworth, Of Niagara Falls,
n. Y, and the 1884 medal At Yale
College, Connecticut, UnltedStates
of America, was won by Robert
Monroe Boyd, of Mount Clair Neg
jersey ..
But they are not only giving sill
yer medals to the students Of our
colleges. This is not all, but the
man who teaches political economy
in Yale College, Professor summer,
is a member Of the Golden Club
of England, and the man who
teaches the students political econ
omy in Williams College, Professor
Perry, is also a member ofthc Cob
den Club. Their names appear in
the list Of members of the club.
Let me read you from their min
utes of 1888. read from page is
of their proceedings
Hn the United States the events
of the last few years, the eiiurtS OF
many able and active Free Traders
and the exertions of YOUR committee
in disseminating publications have
had the eject of bringing free eX
change to the front as one Of the
great questions of the day"
The exertions Of the committee
of the Golden Club, the committee
which controls f.eir doings and
does their W, has had the effect
to bring this question before on
people in the front. And at their
meeting held on the 10Th of july
of the present year they in then
report say sr.,l
EYour committee continue t.
afford all the assistance in then
mower to those who are lab0ring in
! The Free Trade cause in foreign
countries. In America in the
course of political events there is
Great promise. Within the las
! three or four years the attention o.
1 the American people has beGni,tf
a large extent directed thlSqueS
ton which has long beeh KEPT
very much out of sight by con
sideratiops arising out of lhe eject
! of the great civil war. Tho rcsul
of tie tufbiig Of public attention
i'm this directionis seen In the fac
that revenue refrom is beginning
leading question il the Presldontia
contest, and is on the winning side.
/ They SAY revenue reform Is be
coming leading question in' thi
contest, and is on the winning side
This is the Golden Club at its'las
session. -.-D- -..-.--.. -I''NH