The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-01
THE MONEY POWER.
Stanley Says 1t Was This That
First Sent Him
TO AFRICA AS AN EXPLORER.
How He Was Educated for the Work-His
Rashness at First-Ke Was a
Dull Pupil.

A-C~NDC-Nr
to Stanley by the American colony last
night, after various toasts and short
speeches, Mr. Stanley gave an account OF
his education as an African traveller
Mr.. Stanley, who was listened to amid
impressive silence, said in response: s'On a
wintry afternoon in 1867, just twenty-five
years ago, l started from America fol-
Africa, at the imperial command of one OF
the dollar powers of America. at that
time was as ignorant as babe of the land
was going to. AS look back upon my
self in these days and my stock of re-
sources, l am not unmindful that none could
be poorer in what was fitting and
necessary, but 1 possessed some nat
ural stock OF good will and fond
ness for work and wholesome respect
for what is called to boss or employer. You
perhaps have been longer abroad than |
have been and may have forgotten thai the
dollar power in America is more arbitrary
and imperiouS than here. Down south it is
yulgarly shown in the words root hog, or
die In other words, if you do not work
you shall not eat 1t takes longer to know
an Englishman than any Christian orpagan
l ever come across. He does not walk up
to you as a Yankee does and poster
you with questions about your private
business and your coniugial experiences.
He looks mostly as If he did not care
whether you lived or died. starved or
rotted. Still my education was, Imust say,
most incomplete when ] left Abys-
sinia, at least SO the New York
Herald thought, Accordingly, [
was sent to Spain to study English
wars and politics. In those days the Spain
iardS thought they could manage a repub-
tic quite as well as Americans. The Span
ish leaders were well read people, but hav-
ing been brought up in the states and
mixed with sturdy English journalists and
soldiers, [ discovered defect that Ifdoubt
greatly whether those Spanish leaders are
conscious of yet They could not execute
the laws. 1t was necessary for me to wan
der further afield, to view cities, men, great
works, great ensembles and many coun-
tries-Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Palestine,
Russia, Persia and India, and being we'll
seasoned with experience, enter Africa as
a leader of men of my own. Judging from
what know now to what / knew then, [
was still very young and rash, headstrong
and relying too much on force.
fortunately fate was propitious and I
was not prematurely cut OFF. Time to think
was accorded to me by circumstances
by march of 1,S00 miles
into Africa, and it was the re
Election [ needed. Yet ] was q dull pupil
for MY blood was like molten lava ! must
admit that while with LivingstoneI saw no
good in the land [ travelled through. The
negro was precisely what he ought to be
a born pagan, a must ENJOYABLE and unIov-
ing savage. Nevertheless, much of what
Livingstone expounded was unanswerable.
But attempted to carry on what he said
by lavish abuse of the natives and their
country.
in 1878 | was back again in Africa, the
opposite side of Africa, and after the grief
of the Ashantee campaign returned with a
few more experiences. The beginning of
my real African education was in 1873.
While sailing along the shores of the great
est lake in Africa it came like a revelation
to me. Now | have shown what dull slow
student was. 1t took ten years for people
to believe thoroughly that did find Living
stone, while only few days ago one of the
most prominent men in England said: Il
do not know what Stanley has been lately
doing in Africa, but when I see him [ shall
gladly listen to him. Yet this great city
has been pleased to endow me with honor
airy freedoms and honors without end.
1.-The Congo state Hudson founded and
recognized before the English bishop knew
where the Congo river was We met some
French padres near the Indian ocean who
asked German officer who Emin Pasha
was. Therefore, though you and may
know what is going on in Africa, we must
not suppose the general public is any wiser
to-day than they were in the time of Mungo
Park, and you, who like myself. have en-
ioyed the courteous hospitalities of the
people of this island, viii join with me in
wishing that there glorious colonies will
flourish and that the mother of America
will long enjoy that prosperity which is
due to righteous dealing, intelligent com
mercial enterprise and legislative wis
dom.
81 have seen many faces here tonight
which but for this gathering of kindly
hearts [ probably would not have
seen for some time and been
permitted to greet them all with
this loving lcup, and l thank each and
all here for the patience with which they
have listened to my desultory talk, for this
superb and costly manifestation of their
regard, and this pleasing and fiattering
demonstration OF their kind wishes''