The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-18

or utopia seemed 10 De ABOUT fuiuueos tho
vide, the universal diffusion of civil, politi-
sal and personal rights among the great
BODY of the people, accompanied by efficient
and vigorous guaranty for the safety OF life'
the protection of property ana the preserva-
lion of liberty. Since that time, Mr.. Presi-
tent, the growth in wealth and numbers IN
country has no precedent in the building OF
nations. The genius of the people, stimu-
lated to prod gious activity by freedom, by
ndlvidualism, by education universal, has
yubjugated the desert aad abolished the
frontier. The laboring capacity OF every IN
habitant of this planet has been duplicated
py machinery. In massachusetts alone we
IRE told that its engines are equivalent TO DO
The labor of 100 900, 600 We now perform
bne third of the worlds mining, one quarter
bf its manufacturing, one NTH OF its farm
ing, and we possess one sixth part of its en-
tire accumulated wealth.
TIE ANeL o-sAxoN.
The Anglo Saxon. Mr.. President, is not by
sature or Instinct an Anarchist, Socialist, a
Nihilistor or a Communist He does not de-
tire the Reputation of debts, public or pri-
Fate and he does not favor the forcible re-
distribution of property. he came to this
continent, as he has gone everywhere else on
The face of the earth, with a purpose. The
10000 English colonists who came to this
country between 1920 and 1850 formed the
most significant, the most formidable migra-
ton that has ever occurred upon this globe
since time began. They brought with them
social and political ideas novel in their ap-
pllcation, OF uncomfortable energy and pow
sF. The home, the family, the State, indi-
Fidualism, the right Of personal effort, free
dom of conscience, an indomitable love OF
liberty and justice, genius for self govern
ment, an unrivaled capacity for conquest,
but preferring charters to the sword, and
they have been memorable and relentless in
the accomplishment of their designs. They
we're fatgued with caste and privilege and
orerogative. They were tired of monarchs,
and So upon the bleak and inhospitable
shores OF New England, they decreed the
sovereignty of the people, and there they
builded "a church without Bishop and
state without King" The result OF that ex-
pertinent Mr.. President, has been ostensibly
successful Under the operation of these
great forces, after two hundred and seventy
gears, this country exhibits peaceful tri-
lmph over many subdued nationalites
through a Governments automatic in fits
functions and sustained by no power but the
Invisible majesty of law. With swift and
constant communication by lines of steam
transportation by land and lake and sea,
with telegraphs extending their nervous re-
uculations from State to State, the remotest
members of this gigantic Republic are ami
mated by a vitality as vigorous as that which
:hrobs at it's mighty heart, and it is thought
the ouickened intelligence that has been
communicated by those Ideas that these con-
ditions, which have been fatal to othe ma
lions, have become the pillars Of our
strength and bulwarks of our safety.
Mr. President, IL time and space signifed
now what they did when independence was
declared, the United st: es could not exist
ander one Government. 1t would not be
possible TO secure unity of purpose or iden-
uty of interest between communities sepa-
rated by such barriers and obstacles as
Maine and California. But time and distance
are relative terms, and, under the operations
Of these forces, this continent has dwindled
20 a span.
STRIDE OF PROGRESS.
When the Atlantic cable was completed it
was not merely that a wire, finer by COM
parison than the gossamer of morning, had
sunk to It's path clong the peaks and the
plateaus of the deep, but the earth instan-
laneously grew smaller by the breadth OF
the Atlantic A new volume In the history
Of the world was opened. The to -morrow of
Europe flashed upon the yesterday OF Amer
lea. Time, up to the period when this eX-
pertinent commenced on this continent,
yielded it's treasures grudgingly and with re-
iuctance. The centuries crept from i'm
provement to improvement with tardy,
sluggish steps as if nature were unwilling
TO acknowledge the mastery of man. The
great inventions of glass of gunpowder, OF
printing and the mariners compass con-
sumed thousand years, but as the great ex-
pertinent upon this continent has proceeded
the ancient law of progress has been disre-
garded and the mind is bewildered by the
stupendous results of It's marvellous achieve
ments The application of steam to locomo-
ton on land and sea, the cotton gin, electric
illumination and telegrapy, the cylinder
printing press, the sewing machine,
hot -arnl1i IN
suspension bridges, the telephone,
the spectroscope and the myriad
forms of new applications of science 10
health and domestic comfort, TO the arts OF
peace and war, have alone rendered democ'
racy possib BILE. The steam engine emanci'
pated millions from the slavery OF daily toll,
and left them at liberty to pursue higher
range of effort Labor has become more re-
munerative, and the food of wealth, has
raised the poor to comfort and the middle
classes to afiluence. With prosperity has at
tended leisure, books, travel; the masses
have been provided with schools, and the
range of mental inquiry has become wider
and more daring. The sewing machine does
the work OF a hundred hands and gives rest
and hope to weary lives Farming, as my
distinguished friend from New York (Mr.
Evarts) once said has become a 'sedentary
occupation" The reaper no longer swings
his sickle in midsummer fields through the
yellowing grain, followed by those who
gather the wheat and tares, but he who rides
in q vehicle is protected from the meridian
sun. accomplishing in comfort in single
hour the former labors of the day.
Bv these and the other emancipating devices
of society the laborer and the artisan ac-
quire the means of study and recreation
They provide their children with better OPP
portunties than they possessed. Emerging
from the obscure degradation to which they
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have assumed the leadership in politics and
society. The governed have become govern
ors The subjects have become the kings.
They have formed States; they have made
laws they have established localities and IL
is not true, Mr.. Pres ident that, during this
extraordinary period, the rich have grown
richer and the poor have grown poorer.
There has never been time since the angel
stood with a flaming sword ;before the gates
OF Eden when the dollar of invested capital
maid As now a return I'm interest as ii does to-
dav. nor has there been an hour when the
dollar that is earned by the laboring man
would buy so much of every thinglthat IS es-
sent!aI for the welfare of himself and his
family as il will to- day.
PowERLEss TO ENsLAvE.
MIR. President, monopolies and corpora
tions. however strong they may be. can not
permanently enslave such people. They
have given too many convincing proofs OF
their capacity for self-government They
have made too many incredible sacrlnces
for this great system which has been builded
and established here to allow it TO be over
thrown. They will submit to no dictation.
We have become. Mr.. President, the wealth
lest Nation upon the face of this earth. and
the greater part of these enormous accumu-
lations has been piled mp during the past
twenty years-from $50 TO lss0-notwnh'
standing the losses incurred by the most de-
structive war OF modern times, the enamel
nation of four billions OF slave property, the
expense of feeding tho best fed, Of clothing
the best clothed, and of sheltering the best
sheltered people in the world-notwith-