Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-28
our ANCIENT ENEMY,
England Again Combining With the
south Against the North.

England Again Combining with the
south Against the North.
Minneapolis journal: In his new
book of Wall street "reminiscences
Henry Olews, the celebrated fnancier,
recalls some incidents OF the war time
which have peculiar bearing upon this
pending discussion of protection for
American industries versus free trade,
and the question whether the productive
energies of she ooantry should be limit
ed to raw material.
During the debate in the British par
liRment on the recognition OF the south
ern confederaoy the great manufacturing
possibilities aud tendencies OF the north
were recognized and urged as an srgn-
ment why the south as producer OF
raw materials merely should be recog-
nized and encouraged.
Lord Salisbury, then Lord Robert
Cecil. at present leader of the tory party
In England, and the advocate OF coer-
cion for Ireland, was one OF the bitterest
foes OF the union and chiefly for the
reason that the north exhibited dispo-
sitlon to become independent of the
English manufacturers. He was, ao-
cordinR to Mr.. Olews, one of the vice
presidents OF the southern independent
association" for the promotion of the
cause OF the rebellion, for supplying ssae
confederates with money and arms arr
for the ultimate object of founding an
empire OF slavery on this continent. In
q speech made 90 that time on the south
tra blockade he said:
The plain Hlattsr of fact is, as every
one who watches the current OF history
must know, chat the northern states of
America never can be cur sure friends,
for this simple reason-nos merely be-.
cause the newspapers write at each other,
or that there are preludices on both
sideR, but because we are rivals--rIvals
politically, rivals commercially. We
aspire to the same position. We are
both o manufacturing people. With re-
Ispeot to the southern states the case is
entirely reversed. The population there
are purely an Agricultural people. They
furnish the raw material OF our industry.
and they consume the prod1cts which
We manufacture from it. With them,
4 therefore, every interest must lead us TO
cultisate friendly relations, and we have
4 seen that when the war broke ont they
lat once required TO England as theis
natural ally.
i Lit is remarkable how history repeats
litself. IL 10 remarkable how the eondi-
tions OF things to-day IN England ant
America resemble those which prevailed
4 when Lord Salisbury made that speech
1 at that time strong element in England
was in league with the south to destro.
the union, to cripple her industries ant
4 to reduce her to state of commercia
4 vassalage. England would aas
done sor us just what she ha
Idone foY Spain, for Portugal. to
s Turkey, for India, for Japan, for Ire
land--in all OF which oouIties she ha
by her free trade cozening and by he
i commercial treaties supplsnted the pro
iilducts of their native Industries with th
cheap goods of Birmingham, and hold
+ them in q commercial slavery FROM who
3 shey are unable to extricate themselves
To-day she is trying to do the san,
thing again and she has for her allie
! the same men. The free trade demo
\ oracy Of the south is again, as it We
when Salisbury spoke, her ''naturl
EIaIiy,D and is again plotting with Ems
!. land for the overthrow OF the indpssri
interests of America that ahe May bnil
up her own on the ruins And the mo-
the situation Is studied she more an
the more striking will appenr the pa
Iaiiels between the dangers which y
have to fear from the same source noy