The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-24
4HR CHICAGO DRUMMERS
To the Number Of Six Hundred
Call on Gen. Harrison.
HE MAKES A TARIFF SPEECH
To Them, Which is Convincing in Its
Argument..onc Of Iiarrison's Best
Talks Loudly Chcered by the
Commercial Travellers.

INDIANApoLIs, IND, Sept. 24.-Yester
! day was Chicago day with Gen. Harrison
In the morning and early afternoon he
was occupied receiving callers. The
commercial callers did not arrive until
o'clock. They came by special train
in two sections, and were accompanied
by the Second Regiment Band, OF forty
pieces. Two hundred members OF the
Columbia Club escorted the visitors up
town. They numbered 800, and dis
played great enthusiasm as they march,
ed to General Harrison's residence.
Each drummer carried large red, white
and blue parasol, waving them up and
down and cheering almost constantly.
The streets along the line of march were
crowded with spectators, who gave the
Chicago boys generous greeting as they
passed. 1t was after o'clock when the
Harrison residence was reached, and Il
large crowd had preceded them. As
the General appeared on the steps he
was rendered an ovation. Colonel II. II.
Rude, OF Chicago, delivered the address
on behalf his associates. After welcom-
ing his visitors, General Harrison said:
ENGLAND DURING TIE WAR.
1t is gratifying to be assured that you
propose to bring your influence into the
great contest which is now engaging the
interest OF our people. The intelligence
and energy which you give to our COM
mercial pursuits will be most valuable
contribution 10 our cause. Applause.
The power of such body Of men isvery
great. want now to introduce to you
for a moment another speaker-an Eng
lishman. Within the last year / have
been reading, wholly without any view
TO politics, the story OF our diplomatic
relations with England during our Civil
War. The motive that most strongly
Influenced the English mind in its sym
pathy with the South was the expectancy
OF Free Trade with the COnfederacy
[Cries OF "That's right" aud "Glve it TO
them and among the most influential
publications intended TO urge English
recognition and aid TO the Confedentes
was a book entitled "The American
Union" by James Spence. II was pub.
lished in 1862, and ran through several
editions. Speaking OF the South, he
said:
mo part OF the world can be found
more admirably placed for exchanging
with the country the products OF indus
try to mutual advantage than the
Southern States OF the Union. Producing
in abundance the material we chiefly re-
quire, their climate aud the habits OF
the people indispose them to manufac-
ture and leave to be purchased precisely
the commodities we have to sell. They
have neither the means nor the desire
to enter into rivalry with US. Com
mercially they offer more than the ca
pabilities OF another India, within
iortnight's distance from our shores.
The capacity OF Southern trade when
freed from restriction, may be esti-
mated most correctly by comparison.
The condition OF those States resem-
bles that OF Australia, both non-manu-
featuring countries, with the command
OF ample productions to offer in eX-
change for the imports they require
The author proceeds to show that at
that time England's exports to our
country were only thirteen shillings per
capita Of our population, while her ex-
ports to Australia were El0 per capita.
Let me now read you what he said OF
the Northern States.
RIVALS AND COMPETITIONS.
people ofthe North, whether man
uiacturers or ship owners, regard us as
rivals and competitors, to be held back
and cramped byall possible means. Zap
plause and cries OF That is it, and Give
it to them.'l They possess the same ele-
ments rs ourselves-coal, metals, ships,
an aptitude for machinery, energy and
industry, while the early obstacles OF
deficient capital and scanty labor are
rapidly disappearing. Applause and a
voice, 'Exactly'] For many years they
have competed with us in some manu-
factures in foreign markets, and their
peculiar skill in the Contrivance oflabor-
saving machinery, daily increases the
number Of articles they produce cheaper
than ourselves. Loud cheering and q
voice, we will knock them out again. J
Thus TO one part OF the world our ex-
ports are at the rate OF Gl0 per head,
while those to the Union amount to but
l3 shillings per head. a voice, That
is too much.
| have read extracts because they
seemed to me very suggestive and very
instructive. The South offered free
trade to Europe in exchange for IN ex-
pected recognition Of their independence
BY England and France. Cries OF "iou
are right."1 The offer was very attrac-
tive and persuasive to the ruling classes
Of England. They took Confederate
bonds and sent out armed cruisers to
prey upon our commerce.
They dallied with Southern agents,
fed them with Elusive hopes and thus
encouraged the South to protract a hope
less struggle. They walked TO the very
edge Of open war with the United States
forgetful of all the friendly ties that had
bound It's as nations, and all this to
crafty commercial greed. We may
learn from this how high price Eng
land then set upon free trade with
part only OF the States. Applause. a
voice ave remember it."
The drummers then entered the house,
and, rs they passed through the hall
way, each one shook hands with both
General and Mrs. Harrison and left his
card on the adjacent stand.