The Portland daily press., 1886-11-02
CONGRESSMAN REED.
His Speech at the Norfolk Club
Dinner.
Some Delicate Satire Upon Massa-
chusetts.

chusetts.
misleading Nature of the Tariff Dis.
cussion.
AT the banquet Of the Norfolk Club at
foung's Hotel Saturday, the Hon. Thomas
Is. Reed was one Of the guests After the
dinner was over President French said:
In political campaign like this, unfortun-
aseiy, II Ism sufficlent TO have all the facts
ana arguments with you. III il were the Re
puDlican party might well remain silent. and
Mait WIN serenity for the result Of Tuesday
next. IL Is necessary that those facts and ar
gulnents should be presented vigorously and
eO eOnviaacingly, a SO that he who. runs may list
en- anu understand. know of no one who can
9o more eneetlye work in that line than our
friend from Maine who is here this after
noon. Loud applause Whether on the
platform OF In the halls Of Congress, he Is al
way Ways tne right man In the right place. /
nave tne pleasure OF introducing to Won Hon.
Thomas Il. Reed
CONGRESSMAN REEDS SPEECH.
On rising, Mr.. Reed was received with en-
thusiastic cheering, after the subsidence Of
which he said
Club. " s''o -'V'Jo'"
feel little bit appalled, by the numbers
ana by the cordiality Of your greeting. and
am sorry that you will be able TO get SO little
Tor SO much enthusiasm Haughter.) What
YOU are about 70 suffer isnot really my fault
unless 1t be sin to be weak in consenting to
come here. And yet, after all, have a great
desire (and think that, If Governor long
were here, he would tell you that i alwavs
nad ~ TO lecture Massachusetts to- G,angh-
t5at tSs u suppose that have the same feeling
Old Home" when he got doctor of divinity
IN condition where that reverend man had
to listen to him. "' ."u
Now this arises from two causes. The FIRST
y, because tne desire for the conversion of
the man who Is nearest to You In Thought Il
always the strongest. IL man does not be-
lleye In any one of the ''39 articles" we let
MN severely alone. But if he believes in 3s
Oh them we are never satisfied until we have
got him up to the 39th. And hone that in
time, we may get Massachusetts up to the
tnoLOugn working pitch Of Republicanism
such as we have in Maine. (Applause.l y And
Lne second reason is, that had an early mis-
fortune In Massachusetts, damper cast nm
on my Ieelings. followed Massachusetts
gentleman OF great distinction once, In VIII
ilans Hall, on Dover street, and he began
ms discourse in this way. He said ssFel-
low citlzens-We are citizens OF no mean eifv
being citizens Of Boston. NaughterJ We
are citizens Of no mean commonwealth. beino
citizens of the commonwealth Of Massachn.
setts. (Renewed laughter.) 1t therefore be-
comes our duty, not merely TO consider what
Is due to this country and her institutions.
put what Is due to us as citizens of Boston,
as citizens Of the commonwealth of Massa.
chusetts. LaughterD / confess that I
never, until that moment, had such A sense
OF my own llttleness; that never before that
Time mad caught such glimpse OF the real
merriment.) NeAe"'
Well, Of course it bred in my heart the
very DlackeSt envy. And / said: II shall
i've TO see the time when the people of this
otate WIN begin to consider not merely what
IS due 70 themselves as citizens of the COM
lnonwealth and Of the city, but what Il dne
to. the interests and the demands Of the
whole country: Applause) And it seemed
70 me tnat during the last few years we have |
i, iIeagneu tnat pIteh. There. isn't so much |
BANK account In heaven to the credit of Mas |
sachusetts as there used to be loud laughter |
and applausel; and think you are all Of Won |
now ABOUT ready to come down and work |
Tor your daily bread. Renewed hilarity. |
derstand something besides the beauties Of |
criticism. something Of the beauties of what |
we call bone work"
Now, Massachusetts has been made this |
Time. tne battle ground, the initial skirmish- |
ing ground OF two principles, one of which is |
going to be triumphant in this country for q |
good many years; that Is, the principle Of |
free trade. or the principle Of projection |
Ihat has been openly flung to the wind here |
l IN tnis otate ond it IS an issue which we |
nave got 70 meet squarely and fairly; and |
aDoye all things, we have got to avoid being |
misled by immaterial matters.
Now for my part, l am inclined to think /
that MI; James Freeman Clarke, If properly |
tribution to this discussion. He puts one nf
his arguments in favor of reciprocity unon
the broad idea that the riches and overflow
OF TINS country ought to be distributed |
among the other countries Of the world for
their benefit. Now, If that had its eorre1s-
tive fact namely, that we participated in
the government of those countries: If we
could rectlfy their institutions: if we conld /
go and live. there, and be citizens Of one
country,-there might be some foundation
abreast. Facts have to agree with each
other. Advancement has to be all ALONG the /
line, or else somebody Is going to be killed |
because ne Is too far of from his supports |
skAppiausel Now, this isn't world such as
Mr.. Clarke dreams OF, and such as | dream
OF. dream Of world some day where 4
stan OF military heroes will not be the only
adornment Of our great cities. believe I'm n |
future brotherhood OF the world. But / |
recognize that this is a long way off: and I |
realize, too, that one means OF arriving at /
the final brotherhood of mankind is the /
standing by individual nationalites now.
And the country thot we are interested in is |
NOT tnat di1uslye country which spreads
itself In our imagination all over the world |
but country that is bounded by the Allan,
TIC and the Pacific and the Gulf Of Mexico
(Applause.)
And are we doing no philanthropic work
under our system when we daily deplete the /
crowded population of Europe and bring |
them here? Are we doing them no good? |
Are we doing no good to those that they
leave behind? Every batch of workingmen |
that leaves there raises the wages of. and /
makes more comfortable the working men
that are left behind. That is the way TO dis
tribute the advantages Of this great country.
ihat Is the way to develop the resources Of |
this land.
Ii men would meet this question fairly and
squarely there would be no difficulty. But |
1t Is always In politics as 1t is in war. There |
are no straight marchings up of columns to
meet eacn other face to face all along.the |
line. But it is all flank movements: il Is ali |
eoncealment OF purpose; it is all mannuyer |
ing And that Is the attack that is made on |
tne system here in the United States. And |
the most amazing thing about it Is. that the |
men who are clamoring the most against the |
system OF fostering American industries. are /
endeavoring to make it precisely the robbery /
and piracy which they claim that it now IS.
For, unless protection is system. IL Is
robbery. If It is the selection Of particnlar
industries to pet, of particular industries 10
sustain, 1t cannot be justified. But IL IL Is
the broad principle of giving the American
markets to the American people, il can he
sustained in its length and breadth. Be
cause we all stand equal, and the result is
tnat there is distributed among the people of
this whole country all the resources and
advantages that come out OF it. Every one
gets the benefit of 1t, and every one has the
of it.
Wen now, this system Is going to be at
tackled, not on the question Of its merits Inf |