Year: 1879

drawn from the soil of the land thi


which brings to us once more prospei


ity. 1t Is here alone that we get i


This, with economy and thrift on th


part of our people, has given us +,
cuperated condition. Our recuperate


energies have brought us out of tn
narrow and dangerous places in whic


we were. Now the conditions of tn
farmer and mechanic and laborer ar


such that they can all be employed
with increased attention to husbandry
and every day there is saving, an


thrift, and pecuniary getting together
in all the mills and farms and places Q
industry throughout the land; an


this continued has brought us ono
more into the condition in which w


are. And so, too, as q nation. Wha
have we done in the pastg In 1879
we sent from this country to Grea
Britain and ireland three hundred AM
seventy-fve millions of dollars wortl
of our products In 1873, wo sen
abroad to the same countries thrc,
hundred and ninety-nine millions o
dollars worth of products. In 1873
we bought from Great Britain and Ire
land two hundred and thirty, sever
millions of dollars worth of their pro
ducts, while in 1878, we bought iron
the same countries one hundred one
hundred and nineteen millions of dol
lars worth nearly one.half less than
we bought in 1873. With our foreigr
purchases decreasing with this thrift
and economy, and production, and sell
ing abroad from that which we raisC
moro than that which we have brought
among us from Europe-these things
lead TO the re.opening of our iron
works. 1t brings q return to these
people for their productions; it is the
sheet anchor of producing people.


Now the question comes, (and it is
one that every man asks himself) Il
this to be permanent Are we in a
condition in which we are to have fu-
tnre and permanent prosperity This
comes home to every man it comes
home to your pocket, and into your
practical, everyday life. Is this to
continue, or are we simply upon trial I
How are we to make it continuous and
permanent? How are we to continue
to send our products abroad? Is the
market of every foreign civilized ma
tion to be the market for our products,
or will any remain so2 is this to pass
away from us, are we to lapse into the
condition again we have been in the
past five years 1t is for us to look
over the ground, and see if this condi.
tion Of things is safe tor us in the fu-
ture. 1t is true that the failure of the
crops OF Great Britain and Europe last
year, and the year before, and the pres.
ent year, cause demand for our sta
pies. We have been feeding the civil.
lied world, and the proceeds have been
distributed among our people. From
the abundant productions through the
thrift OF our countrymen, we have had
enough for ourselves, and some to sell
to other parts Of the world. But sup
pose those people have again bounti-
ful crop2 As God providentially gives,
no doubt their seasons will again bring
them aounuant harvests. Suppose they
have those abundant harvests? =? What
thenY This foreign market is closed,
and our farmers have no place to sell
their surplus products. Where are the
crops to be sold2 There has been an
increase in the price of wheat within
the past ten days. Wby2 Because
of the failure of the markets in Eu-
rope, and the consequent demand for
our products Suppose the reverse
takes place. Where is our market
thenY 1t was where it was intended
to be; it IS where it ought to be; it is
where the running streams and rivers
and hills intended it to be; it is IN the
great South. (Great applause) re-
peat, it is in the great South, and not
abroad. This noble old State of ours
is naturally adapted for the workshops
Of millions of people it is the place for
manufactures and industries, with
every bill and mountain filled with
iron, some to their very peaks. Upon
every mountain side, in every valley,
by every brook, and along every pur.
ling stream are the treasures in which
capital finds employment--and labor is
the handmaid Of capital. Is there TO
be an effort on our part to deny to this
great workshop market for these
industries How is it to be2 Is there
to continue to be an antagonism to.
ward the South, country already dc.
vastated and torn2 Is there to con.
tinue course Of impoverishment, that
they cannot take our productions, and
the manufactures of our industries
Or is the course TO be, on the contrary,
to recognize the fact that this country
is one that the war is now over, the
statute Of limitation past, and that we
are once more one people2 When we
speak on the subject to our Republi.
can friends, they say, "Down with the
Confederate Brigadiers." Notwith-
standing, We point to the markets that
existed for us before the war in the
South, and we say no no no more of
this. We are done with our cries Of
"Down with the Confederate Briga.
dier ?" We are once more united
people; those agricultural sections will
produce enormous amounts of the raw
material, which raw material will
bring to our shores money in return
and Of such raw material we are to bc
again the worlds great producers.
Are the Monongahela and the Allegbo-
ny, uniting in the Ohio, to bo Of no
benefit to US in reaching the great
Mississippi valley2 Can we not make
use of the great natural outlets Of our
State to the South to bring us to pros.
perity2 Is our iron, and every other
commodity, not TO be sent thcre2 Is
that country to be terra incognitd to
this country2 Or are we to recognize
the fact that they are States OF this
Nation, and that their people are our
countrymen


If it be true that the natural mar
ket for this old Commonwealth Is in
the South, what follows2 What are
our Republican brethren doing2 |
have no hard words for them but
they are constantly stirring up feelings
of hatred and animosity toward those
TO whom we ought TO be extending the
hand of charity and friendly aid.
They are endcavoring to repress,
and they treat with sneers their fel-
low.men who, with bended heads, now
weep in sack cloth and ashes. The
past we cannot bring back. Let it
then be buried. Let us aim TO recu.
pcrate, instead OF hunting down and
blighting; and let US have once more