The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
BAYARD'S ADDRESS.
SCHOLARLY ARGUMENT BEFORE
A PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Treats of the Growth of individuals
ism and Decay of Dynasties-Tar-
if Tax as Nourishing Monopolies
and Poverty.

EDINBURGH, Nov. THE United
States ambassador, Hon. Thomas F.
Bayard delivered the inaugural address
this evening to the philosophic society.
1t was entitled Individual Liberty. the
Gem of National Progress and Perma-
nence." The paper read by Mr.. Bayard
was a scholarly and patriotic address
i'm which the institutions of the United
States were gloriie'. and upon it MI
Bayard has evidently devoted much la
Dor. 1T made fifty pages of printed mat
ter.
The most striking passages We're those
in Which he denounced socialism and
protection During, the course of his re- re-,
INST rest in the breasts of men. The
weight of armed repression and the up
heavals Of popular discomfort are
plainly discernibfe. While in some coun-
tries the consolidation of the empire
progresses remarkably, in others its dis
indignation is unusually significant. me
old dyrasties are drifting hopelessly or
sinking palpably.'
After abiding to the preparations for
war on land and sea, which he asserted
were never so formidable as today, to
the increasing burdens OF militarism and
to the hostile attitude assumed toward
each other of capital and labor, MI
Bayard remarked 1.-THE movement OF
today is toward state socialism as an
opposing force to autocracy. either OF
which is delSpotlSm.
Mr.. Bayard then dwet at length on
the theme of his address. saying that
however society is framed, 1t is by per
sonal characteristics and individuai quail
tiles that its affairs i'm the end must De
ing the ]ecline and fall of once mighty
empires as the result of despotlc gov,
elrrrnent, and the destruction OF personal
freedom while those nations which nave
safeguarded the freedom of the indly1d,,
uail have changed the face of the W'orld.
Our Wonderful Development.
Mr.. Bayard spoke at length of the
wonderful growth and Development of
the United States, which he assured his
audience was due to this cause and
earnestly invoked the opposition OF MS
He also sounded note of warning 1rlg
against the many proposals of political
interference and state management I'm
der the garb of philanthropic aid or pa
teGtrIalliSm.
After discussing what he termed D the
ard said: "In my own country have
witnessed the Unsuitable growth OF that
which, 1 believe, has done more to roster
class legislation and create inequality
of fortune, corrupt public life. Danish
men of Independent mind and character
from public counsels, blunt public con
science and place politics upon the low
level of mercenary scramble than any
other single cause. step by step, ailu
largely owing to the confusion of civil
strife, it has succeeded in obtaining con-
troll of the sovereign power of taxation,
creating the revenue into an engine for
Selfish and Private Profit.
Its allied beneficiaries and combines are
called trusts and gradually the CONNER
cial marine of the United States has dis
appeared, the few vessels lately built
being an exception and proving the rule.
as they were only built by making a
breach in the general tariff and naviga-
ton laws
Mr. Bayard quoted at length from the
address of former commissioner of nav
igation. read at the recent national con-
gress of farmers at Atlanta, in conf1rma-
ton of his views.
1T is incorrect" said Mr.. Bayard, Ito
speak of protection as a national policy.
That could never be, as it will never be
anything but the fostering of special in
terests at the expense of the rest 1t is
fatal to the hopes Of advancement or
even to the retention of what has been
gained by civilization
In conclusion Mr.. Bayard acknowledged
the debt owed by the United States to
Scotland, for Hamilton and others and
paid a tribute to the memory Of Scotland
and Burns.