Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-04-25

good deal OF incredulity. ! thought ne wa, =
but have regretted since that aia
not ask him TO pay me my zee IN Town aots ,a ,n
birmingham. My countrymen, we thought the
war n great calamity and so II was. Ihe oe,
struction OF life and property was great and sac |
beyond ana yes Ss wS fsI SGe develop
ment in material prosperity and TO irStcrnly
that was not otherwise possible. The lndns'
ing men are always and everywhere the con-
comitants OF freedom. Out OF all this 1reeuom
from the incubus of slavery, the soutn nus
found q new industrial birth, once almost
wholly agricultural, You are now not
the less fruitful in crops, but you have added
all this. You have increased your prSoouS, a
increase in ten years of nearly oOo
per cent, to the production OF iron. You nave ave
produced three fourths of the cotton crop OF une
world and 1t has brought you, since the war,
about eight billion dollars of money to enrlch
your people, but as yet you are spinning IN Ine
south only eight @ per cent @ ., % II New W ESrsnd and
the north, spin 1t all? Why not establish mere
cotton mills that shall send not the crude ngrl
manufactured product2 Why not, while sup.
plying siXty-five millions OF people, reacn ouI
and take u part we have not had IN tne com ,n,,
merce of the world? I believe we are TO see now
renaissance in American prosperity anu IN
the upbuilding again of our American merchant
marine. believe that these ;, so s9u'nsfh virh
| invitations to the states of Central and Soutn
! America shall yet see our fleets carrying tae
flag g and the pssa oT In ala ths we
| are united. We may differ as to method, put
II you will permit me will give an llustrhuio,n i,
to show how we have been dealing WIN WI. ~ .nis rs
| shipping question l oan remember When no
| Wholesale merchant ever sent drummer INTO
! the field He said to his customersi come 70
my store and buy" but competition insreaser' ot
| and the enterprising merchants started OUT
men to see customers, and so his fellow ,t.. mer.
| chant was put to the choice to put traVellng
men into the field or to get out OF ousinsSsi 4; ~
| seems to me TINT whatever we may thlnN OF
the policy OF aiding our steamship mes slho.
every nation does 1t, we must DO IL or stay ou'
of the business for we nave pretty uI tt o,r
out / am glad to reciprocate with the VERY
fullness of my heart every traternal eNpressIol
that has fallen from the lips OF these genSie g',
men who have addressed me IN your oemail ira,,
/ have not been saved from mistakes prop
ably / shall not be. am sure OF DuS ON
thing. can declare that have Simply a
heart the glory of the American natio ano IN
good of ali its people, thank these comphnle
| OF the state militia, one of whom recognize a
having done me the honor to atlend Tue ~
auguratton ceremonies for their presence
your announcement and OF that OF the SUhte
, Alabama. They are the reserve army , OF IN
United States. 1t is our policy not 10 naYe tS,
= large regular army, but TO have ttaineu nllltl
that in any eXigency, will step TO the uStehs
! Of the country, aud II that eXtgency shalL evf
: arise which God forbid, know that you Won
| respond as quickly anu reautly 40 "'S N'AA>
q state. m ,.,,, ,,,,o,,o
n your back.
- know that in addition to all this business you a
a doing YOU are also Attending to edncatlch az
n to those things that conduce TO soclai orue
e The American home Is the one thing we cam Io,
4 AFFORD to lose out of the American LIE AS iol
as we have pure homes and Godtearlng, orut
loving fathers and mothers to rear the cnllur' i
that are given TO them, and make these no nom
the abode OF order cleanliness, pletv anu
:. telligence, the Amer. can society anu lne ANU
L can union are safe.