Year: 1874

country have declared against tho party
to which they have belonged ,kwith your jrsti-
tuition 1t would be difficult. do not know whether
1t would be possible to make . change in
this respect, but was not prepared
to find out this fact - that members Of
your House of Commons if 1 may be allowed so to
designate your House Of Representatives. remained
in power, and remained members long after they
had been turned out. lIaughter.l


1 had great pleasure in witnessing the debates in
your House. but found out that two-t -thirds-I was
told probably it would be 0ne-haf--of the gentle
men had the pleasure Of seeing had waiting for
them those who were ready to take their places and
who, like the Peris in the poem. were looking in at
Eiysinm and still kept Out lLaughter.l II como
across my own colleagues when | 90 home, shall
certainly tell them how different would have been
their position here and how exceedingly premature,
In an American point Of view would have been our
prccipitate action Of last year Laughtorl


But believe you have very good reason for
this difference 1t seems to me that it is your way
OF ringing in" the conservative elements
IN AFFAIRS which I suppose would be neGcs-
sary IN any popular Government. The
principle Of both countries is that the will of the
people shall be obeyed That is the principle upon
which your Government is formed and your Parlia-
ment Is constituted, and upon which our Govern
Inent and Parliament are constructed. Though
both Of us think we should DO perfectly
suro we know what tina. will is, yet You
take time to find ont. ILauglter.l We have our
House OF Lords and it appears to me that these de-
lays and checks of year or 80 do with you what
our House Of Lords does with us, and am not at
all sure that your plan is not rather more
conservative Of the two. ] only say this as illus
trative OF the similarity between us and you in
principle and reality, though there may be differ
ence IN appearance and form.


Well. there ia talk about thedifercnce in the form
OF government. You have Republic and Central
Government over your federation of States. and we
have our islands With their sovereign and colo
MES growing up to DO equals And yet our fell
low-snbJects rejoice in common allegiance to
the constitutional ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tho fact is
that we have not beon altogether stupid that is to
say, tho lesson you taught about colonies 100
years ago we bave to some extent learned and l
imagine that We have learned it far that we have
made it very hard for colonies. and shall
continue to mako it very hard for them.
to wish to leave us. Whether under President
or Sovereign. whether you. choosing Us
you 90 your Gr't magistrate from time to time.
or proud as We are Of our loyalty to our beloved
and honored Queen, We are substantially alike.


YOu and VIC together, whether American citizens
or British subjects. are the citizens Of common
weaths. The practice OF our Governments is in
large measure the same-a government of the peo-
pie. for the people, by the people lApplause.I


Who are tie Englsli-speakiug communities
through the world? H. is hard to make an answer
to that question. Wa mast fancy the answer IL
does not do 30 dilatc upon it, 1t IS not proper to be
boa,tIng Of the amount Of region possessed by our
language. or the nnmbtr Of our population. But





such large portion of tle land have. a. |
say, in reality governments upon the same
principle. They have The sane faculties; they have
also the same tcmDtaton, Tho dangers that beset
you are veIy much the dangers that beset us. /
will not mention them, because conld hardly do so
without appearing to bring before you those short
comines Of which you arc aware we'll as am.
Whatever they may BE-, | hope for your future
as hope for own. There is this great similarity
between yon and us. II the Englishman comes to
the States or the American comes to England, If he
was to believe every thing that was said about the
country he was visiting. he wonld not be very hope
ful about It's condition. But disbeioye most every
thing nave heard to dsparage You, aud hope you
will do the same when you come to England.


IL lies with yourself to neutralize these predic-
tions. Tic only thing you want, if may be excused
for reminding you OF a want, or rather that which
you want most, and which if YOU supply will make
everything else comparatively easy is this: That
men Of station and position. of intellect and cu-
tnre. could not be content with criticising. hut
should take part in the government of their country
Yon have been having your election. hear from
day to day OF cas- 3 in which men are coming for
ward who felt that they had not done
enough up to this time, and that patriotism
called upon them TO take part in the government
Of their county III tho same manner as it called
upon them to take part in the war-a call to which
they so generally and nobly responded.


Well if We have the like faculties and tempta-
tions we have the like objects and aims. They are
aims which we do in measure fulfill. and aspira-
tons which we do in q measure attain TO- We are
alike determined 10 protect tho individual
liberties. We and you revere the law,
and are determined to preserve order, and
we and you so determine to protect the rights OF
property. We are for education for all, and Tor
freedom for all; and we alike are determined that
no priest poteniatc shall stand between our Gre
ator and ourselves Applause. We both OF us anx-
ous to replace war by arbitration. and Defense not
defiance is our motto. i could add that we are de-
termncd to have free trade and untrammeled com
mercal intercourse. [Applause.l | alluded a day
or two ago to the speech of Mr..
Hewitt (who was present in the audencel,
who spoke Tar TOO kihuy apo"t myself
don't know whether he Is Free-Trader or not
but he said he looked forward to the time when he
would be a Free-Trader, because the difficulty of
having free trade was that labor was cheaper with
us and soon We should he having the English
l.borer 80 well off that labor would beeas dear.
We have made him far better off than he was; we
shall make him still better Off and i believe Mr..
Hewitt will find out that the best way to make
Iaborers in both countries best Oft is to
have the greatest freedom OF commercial
intercourse. Which is best may be left to speedy
history to decide. Ii there is any one thing we
want it is justice to the weaker races-we to India