New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-05

homa m honest
wnnid M his or her allotted place and II that occasion
should be sufficient TO call forth manly qualities IN the
highest excellence and perfection inc heroes: STATES,
men and patriots Of this generation would successfully
rival those who have preceded IT,
II is Numbered forth from the platform that party
Se Ssas rule Inc hour now than in earlier
Of the Republic Those who charge this have not
nresent marty methods. Certainly they are moi
phosopbers. As rule they dsmagogucs aud often
ma haRe retrsined from an examination private
life in this discussion. nor win marshal before you ho
political methods that have marked inc hstory OF INC
Republic since its Organization
II IS true with respect TO our people and other
nationalifies that the moral sentiment mas not been
HTcr c ann and domestic industries but It has
been e9uaIly So All are Interested and moro or less
Tc sa IA kat for every dishonest politician or vonal
eector there VIII be found hypocrtc In religion OF
a dishonest man IN the secular calngs.
Higher civilization includes many e'ements in which
a people have advanced from an inferior condition;
KGowedge eTare and learning aGs the
adoption OF that form or plan OF government which
projects It's individual members In their r1erne' am
general welfare andnof inferior to thesethe religion
and morality Of the people The o. a cy
cation Literature. learning. refinement ana govern
ment indicate morality, honesty and religion ana the
latter nieasres the character quality and pa'rotism
Of the former
Occasionally hear some one describe the struggles
81 boS Of and 1C5 the
the drawing train Of cars Of w1 ,oG
tons BSrden to ' Ss steamship Of
of manufactured goods from the good mothers loom IN
washngtons hme to the woollcn-coth FACTORY Oh inc
eraiTe in its struggles and growth. Civilization is the
entirety of nations condition and peoples progress
generation must impeach It's administration Of gov
ernment and It's honesty in private LIE.
II s said that the growth Of wealth, The prevalence
of luxury and the sing OF large material forces are
constant menace to the freedom and integrity Of tho
9gNneraGy ana par tTPpS and ndvdUa deny it.
1t cannot be that greater facilities for more compr
hensiye and general knowledge, higher standard of
excellence In scientific Investigations and discoveries
greater progress In the mechanic arts ana mechanical
Industries an Increase of the wages for labor, de-
crease of the cost Of the necessaes and conveniences
Of life the advancement toward more equal dsfrlb
ton of wealth. promote political degsnsrsy ana moral raj
The conditions have stated exist. They arc
That enormous fortunes are collected by thousand
individuals out OF 10000 6 GOO GeoPs does e
wealth any more than the thirty years at the close
of the sixteenth and the beginning OF the n T
lands history. because they produced but one
Shakespeare.
Upon the increase Of the wealth of a free people
depends their prosperity, their moral, political ana
Intellectual advancement 1t IS the result OF acuVly,
inteIIlgence labor and the accumulation calls into
but theft viii not create IT, ana inc aplhty 10 ID
tain 1t by honest means dscoaSeS crime Ai I ne
has not learned that the civilization OF hauOn IS
measured by the surplus produced ABOVE inc supply
concede that the direction OF great wealth ana
material forces may be- and doubtless 's' uscu a.
mower for oppression and the wrcchlnS OF slndlier
indiyiduai fortunes but the other hand, the or
ganlzation Of long lines OF lairoat uas PI 1
manufsetories have had the effect to cheaper TO the
people the cost OF transportation and OF manuiacurcd
goods The reason is Obvious. Inc expenses
81 administration are decreased the employment
and pnodact under it largely ncgeasei
and smaller profit upon the greater twenty
years ago in a Constitutional COW entloh ol NcN ih
heard gentleman Of large ex9ergbhGe v !" aGVocae
the constitutional prohibition OF falioau IN
and urge reason that powerful Se people
that they would place 1t In the power oil ieT eOli
trolling selfish minds TO establish excessive cn h
upon ircigh1 since then railroad corporations aye
combined in extending their lines, the WORK OF conson'
dalton hes gone unrestralned and win greater Ia
pldity end railroad freight raes have been reuuceu
more than one-half
1t has been demonstrated that Increasing tin ca
pacty of the various manuiactung nustcs anu tbo
raw material up to the most finished product mas
largely, not cOrrespondIngy, decreased The price or
the product 10 the consumer, and the smaller esao-
Nshmenfs engaged in producing the ono stage OF inc
Improvement have been compelled to suspend or
Close up. Adequate capital Also where suinclenl
business production is assured, necessity adopts
the best labor-g1ving machinery known to the me,
chanic arts, anu the last expensive methods ana
equipments, and is constantly alert and progressive
in respect 10 new improvements. . A.
larger production have resulted in substantial In
crease I'm the wages paid for labor and 1t is rccog
trbution Of manufactured goods Is largely due to
the massng Of material forces. These propositions
nun In nv iIdgment those who rashly attack this
policy have not thoroughly investigated 1t, but are
standing upon the shores Of an ocean they have not
travcrscd, or upon the confines Of continent they
have not time here today to discuss this economical
question I'm all Us bearings, but only TO suggest an
honest and cautious inquiry before rash condemnation
is pronounced
] do not deny that questionable methods are too
oftcn adopted by managing politicians but so long as
tramps rove the streets OF city, town ana country,
and there are thieves merchants who cheat mann ann
officers and trustees who embezze. ministers OF the
Gospel wno are and they Ssr T 70
extent, Win be adopted and practised IN political
management: The only remedy IS IN moral It'll, I'M
cation and in my Judgment, they arc depeadcn upon
material prosperity 1t Is the nurer OF o~o
twenty years ago f. unnouce1. II not 1orEot'ch II
we will critically examine the history OF our country
we will discover no signs OF political degcnefacy IN
the present
If another washington were living to-day, POS
sessed of the lofty intellect; imbueI win WIN
tttn@iished IN all qualities that we impute TO the
Father OF bis Country, doubt not nc would pc
~anizatione accept from II the nomination Tor the
Presidency and hope 10 attain the distinction OF hs
election by the methods That were adopted by the
rival parties last fall. ...
II Will not be intrusted 10 MS TO organize rcpuo-
liz or 70 crush a great rebellion believe there are
no battlefehs in sight upon which other Grants
shermans Sherldans or Logans ar, 70 bc immor
talized Another Lincoln may not be called 10 en-
franchise race An signs indicate that we are to to
cultivate the arts OF peace only. upon US depend
decreasing educational facilities the advancement
Of knowledge and higher standard OF morality 10y,
our war is against ignorance, vice and crime; ana
tbeIe is nothing in the present as compared with
the past to discourage On the sc contrary there Is
Pessimists do not devote your time to fault
finding, and heroworship, Give 10 the progress, oi
which manifest signs on every hand. the bencilt
az your labbors For the sake OF your reputations,
cease depreclatng tho present for whether you DO
or not the Waterman on the tower nentITy hence
y vi nroclaim: " All is well with the Repubicp
Then again ships viii crowd each other IN the waters
adjacent 10 New-York City, gayly decorated with ban,
ncfs and devices and crowded with people, who VIII
welcome the President OF the United States on his ar
rival 10 lead in the exercises commemorative o. the
;nauc7lratoD OF the FIRST President Tho city viii be
thrnnged With millions Of mon and women assembled
from every part of the land. The public and ptp ate
buildings win DO decorated with Hags and other
patriotic embems Strains OF music VIII fiji the cir,
thor Nwt ha