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f m?ins of cpfenfe. They bouW hare inJiriduil tecurces ti resort to, aud if attacked, be able U I clTcr fcrs. Jahie resistance. Tncv have no right o rvv; lu smmieiiet-K and lmliUereuce whel , beset w.th dauger, relying entirely upon tht 1 Goveium'Ht for protection. Thev Lava beei. t x. nes-iceut in that respect. iach ucw diffi cul'r tfcat anos from Indian hostilities timix thta m the same destitute condition tu rasix i t: affiances for defence, and as the dinger be- xaies more threatening, the appeal to the ae rtment tor cuds becomes pathetic, 1 can con ve of no excuse a lruutiotmn can otter I of hanng a good gun of his own. And anoth I .r.rcurusranee still more remarkable, the In- lSjis. on such occasions are well armed. 1 he tas belonging to the State should he collected a deposited m the State armory and none i d except to npon$il4e parties and for pooj 'uns. I commend these matters a subject the utmost imnortance to the iiile of this ate, and wh:ch require prudent and decided kt: jn. lroicr efforts on your part should also made td muace the United Mates to iRdem ly thoe who have suffered damage and lost I tn the recent depredations. JvvtKMi U of the f ci fotteress ot Marcti aw. isvz, reeumuuc I Je and intercourse Kith the Ittdiau tm- av. rnerre peace on Uie trotitier. provides'1 pavrucut ot ioUation etairas i yuat en l sec.ned n the act, but tbrv ar - "ten- r nrt-1 tK n.rr Kan-o fwn itJtCted lV a . i cee c .aims woum clean v vriouz-" I it -are cf In-.aus from various tnUS 11 woaic I very d:cu t. if not entirely itnprK"cawe " rta:nJsat!S!actiJn in that war. By i"? r ct xtcht, the sunerer tn ttij" be fa..v mdemmtied. They i" the tc.tf J ates as well as of this uum - w all r -i-s nnA nri: tn its JSw?oo. ie Ina-acs are subject to the laws a J leeula- nsctthe tinted states, and rtscar" I iri. ani at the time of the outbreak were up- . restmt jn in nkanrM of its aeettfeV -It was xlu'v U n strain them hut it tailed U do SO, lid innocent jiatties have been arnufe impov- Jld tie lcZLas responsible asd cssim satssfae- on, wkisi neither the citizens nor the Mate tin do. As a matter ot ngut ana justice u laonM reimburse thtm for the loss they have uira.nea. I res recti "Jr call voar attention to a tnaUer hich fasui.ous people may regard as a hack jVea suciecl. I reler to tne xreaty m law oe- reen-tbe L nited States and unma. Known as fhe Br.igame Treaty. There has been no leveut, in mv judgment, from whseh creator erus re Iibie to result to this tate aad the en- lure IScnc C.iast than from that nnfortanate di ploic acr. G.-vemmentaI acts and measere lwh.;h pi-ire icunous in thetr conveqnences, can e- cr-jiir. y easily changed, bat where tety rise cat ot acomuact between high eoatracOBC Powers it is effecteJwith greater diSeelty. This "ir is ccwever, still tanner compMeaiea. lu : perates beneficially as well as iBjnnoas- involves antagonistic mteresU. Chfoa sre pcnt.;tted, under its terms, to immi ji to the United States by thetr cwa volition -the J rp-jMj o: curiosity, of trxir and per-i-ert residence. Ttieir udox to the eouatry . a teJery to cheapen labor, which is an aa vantage to the csjHLslt who desires ts engage . an J -t bet: c Sis ths State by encouraging the .irosocuu j of enterprises calculated to develop :ts re&jorcea. On the other hand it causes earn peution w.th white laborers, redoees their imount cf wage and decreases their eppertom i to cbta.n employment, and will, in evest uch icim -ration is" permitted without limit. cnsus.v atfrct their osccpatson, and oompel them cer t: seek employment in otfier local ities or be content with the cam of a precartocs UveKhcU. The result of such a policy woo id in iTect d f; "ice a respectable class of oar own po- rie vlH sutoctute in tneir stead peroas oi a Fdifferent caste, belonging to an inferior race. find wha are so wedded to their own peculiar psancers, customs and reugwn tnat time nor lcirjumtancescannot tffect any sitnilanty be tween tiem and oorselvea. hile tsere was a ity of laborers, their presence was tolerated as a necessity, and prior to tne treaty n oc casioned no particular nneaswess or apprehea t;n cf danger, as the State, by uafneadly legts- Elaticn, cc.a at any time discourage taem iresa com Jig to or remaining within its territorial fcnrUaicrion. And according to a decssioB of the Supreme Court of the Uaited Mates it would have had the right to expel them from her "bar - P, as an unacceptable pspnratMn. out tne ty is paramount to State law, and it reok curing opon the communitm of the Paa&e st tics element of humanity nolens reinss. efer to the subiect not from anr partisan standpoint. I do not regard it as a party ques tion. The two leading political paries of the State entertun and express sentiment in eom nun regarding lL To my mind it is froogbt with ciffiralties. That its legitimate frmt if aUcwed to mature wiB, on the one side, be discontent Terging upon sedition and an archy; on the other hand clamors for a strong government, for a consolidation of power, and ' taccess of either would be alike calamitous. treaty has never been maintained on ; cf China 'n accordance with its intent leaning, ine right of tree migration ana stton, which it recognizes, was to be en- voluntary, and to be exercised in new of Situation. The Chinese have no ncbt to be rtted under the circumstances in which they Jme here. They are usually brought in hordes i a condition of semi slavery, and obigatedto erf arm" a term of servitude. The privilege ac orded to the contracting parties was upon con dition, that the immigration to either country r the ctt-zens or subjects of the outer, abould . Tolontarv. individual act. China nas wnoiiy L'ed to have that consideration observed, and "States ought to revoke the privilege. r do so consistently with the dignity and - of the Republic Oar Senators and Bep- hatives in congress should be urged to exert energies and influence in procuring an ab- legation of its objectionable provisions and if nmercial relations between the united states nd China cannot be preserved except by per- ittine tne latter country to open wide the l2ood gates of ber immense ocean of humanity. F and allowing a constant and everlasting current I of her surn'.us population to Sow in upon us. to fgain possession ot resource lor t be support o. the masses oi our people, to obstruct ana pre I Tent immigration to this section from the older States, and to gather up and tarry back their ac quisitions in order that they may enjoy them tunidst their own pa gods, they had better b 1 dissolved at ones. The iiepablie cannot acora f to permit the perpretation of so unjust and cruel an act towards any class of iU citizens at any Ilprioeor for any cideration. In conclusion, -gentlemen, permit tne to express the high ap- I preciation in winch l regard you personally, ana in doing so, I disclaim entirely any intention or desire on my part to disparage previous legisla. I tire assemblies of the State, but I am f ally im prested withihe belief, from my personal ac t quatntance wiut tne most ot you. lrom the good Krience many of you hare had in public offices, d from your acknowledged ability, that the reputation you maintain, lrjm tne extensive ex. auntry may reasonably expect well, practical. ijnuucui icuuuuu u ui session, ion are 1 upon to perform arduous and important Bs, lor wnicu, viewed from a mercenary !point,you are poorly requitted. The pe nary compensation you are to receive for thr mces you are required to render, is small, and a) doubt you ere this bavc learned from experi snce and observation, that however well and faithfully you may discharge thoe duties, you will be almost at liable to receive ensures commendation. The public servant who antici pates that by extraordinary exertions and skill, he will be enabled to awakes in the public mind of the community, a high sense of gratitude, it liable to aad disappointment, lie may establish a character for honor, probity and ability, but he ought to expect nothing betond that, and ino ngni u claim anvthinir more, i he Isith- i penormance ot autr, menu no special tiratse ft should excite ardent emotions of thankful- IllstlmpIyyleldlncoVd cnceloUiedpmands rr an abkulute and ItnpeniouN law. and It must be remembered that the labor one bCK'owa for Ihe promotion of the public tnW-ret. Indirectly ends tu tbc promotion of bli private Iniemttn: 'that the ser'.ce lierlonnw) for the lM-ncfltol the mate by lu clUzens, U like llmt performed for tc bneflt of a family by one of lUoirn memu-rn, una lie itwouia percups, le un just to require the services of nubile nfflrlalu without emolumenU, j ct the ofllcr won created jor luepnouc coa, nud not to enrich lh in cambent. If lue niHlntenun-e of the govern nflan-qulre a crlflce of time, labor nnd con I enlencs."vwho ahould lies) Late to mke it? Viiat other means can be tmployed to bring order out f cleo, or to hnrninni the dtc a t elements oMuiniMnUy. It ts i " ...... .i... t. i luiMS I ici j wr wiuu JHEMiuritt- 11-,, tioxly Mn i corruption. J." iltk- Hiefiktr. V Bovmmi4it hU-d itml t he i.nle. w." ? " V T"1 n NeoinCK anil vIKve una iwn.if in 1 1 inteir.iiv nf it ilnttnillm. IJetitlewen uixin whi J republican ltn ot nivrr, nieut niut ' 1,1,1 11 lm nu uthrrfuund ..... ...i.. . but will not survie tlieirdnUt linn iht w ii eiHiure i"H u iney su 1 "vp IU" conauriice iitai j.h win i lH)r 3V,.U(Mily toenrry them uw; nad I M'K nj.ucceed. TheMCweof ay smkHi m w i-.ltvlmrjrthed l-f t ixxitbin I .v in Hecordutice villi tbat tMtlti irc-ntly ,'ainnM ii m aeu wnsrn is rvcxMUru amo learchlvisof the state. 3InssAchusrtt Crvcubackrr' l'lalfon Boston, Sept. 1 i The ( i reeuUick tVnve ikhi, alter the inttHiaaUoa ot ticti. iMtler govomw. left the matter of 4aciMg caiwlstlat IB the Held for the other Ut uMeee t t Oreetiback dabs The on mm I tec apMt. to wait vn Uen. 11a tier om4 tHy km bis nonHBV.KHi, reprtod that he was Mgagj in ttse sHMe court at cnaM tuA attcsHi t cotireiitios, lt woaM wake a rJv at early date. The oMmMttec ea rvMttstw retKirtpd the followsag j4atfn: U'mbbeas, Hy a vscmmis aa4 nsekWs a niMtratsna of jmMsc aCsira t have te our iaiatries cn4l aMl oar ntile i lac4 to waat aa4 misery; aa4 VVhkklas, Oia pubucal arties asler s t Kef, bat an, on Use eoatrary, renpomiMe f this sal state of thiags havistg leskt4 1 variably in the iatcrvst of the few at tise e lease of asanv; agaiBt the mterest of Lu aa labor, which are the soarces of all weak and we call hxi the wople to decline thi ialeea4eacc treat these fake gaales awl a in rogaiaiag the pnosJeea nchta l)aaathvil as by oar patriotic Mres. To this esxl we i vite the cb-epcrattosi of every good ottM aad oger the toilowMg resoialMa enanewto f the pnacii4es of the Natsoaal tirveaba LaImt arty ot Massachusetts: 7?eorerf. That taaca of the preseat lgu tsoa aad ot of sovefasaent is a hage swind ataoa the tadartne of the oaaatrv. preeor aad laststatcd hv pfaaderers to all th pirses and provide toy for those who mnatn llb-rty Mu - R.ive- mrHt ImikxI ll'J MtiUmcn?,raimT be uptoe d '.r V. 1 ,, "' tlie lew at m. cxih-lm ot the n"' ...JS s,run nUl a-ll ' late the (dc tack the eaece aad u j cj-bji.-a ot lb itrstftcd clitaate and re ballot Ummo. aad that just aad eoeal law ductions. We are drawinc to ourelt es aadhoaostacd oMsoaskal pstraaMMt bmm caa aad shaB be osUMMhe'L aU idate M i aiatheyhMatleWBMaaed atanx!"" rate per eapiu by coiutMutMaal aaMatdaset i ctmv H,4er- svwew ot utswu so that perauneal jastaee bmv be de to . tions rounded out, joined, wound up in ihch by satae. haviag geBeral raMes resiaMi t l!ftfi. We deataad the i owned site res of the resaasptioB act that eniih(ri1 coratvi of bankruptcy may forever oume to aa oe and that oar natsoaal weahh be made the fix aad rekaUe foaadatxta of r taaaettrr w teas, fcrrrer liaasshaag the sdiotsc wcotMt of asakiag costasodMies of shifuec values a arudrs laerchaadsse bke gidd aad tfa ; basis fr atoaef,-. a basts tssat ever has as 1M, 1SI5, 1S3I, 1S5T. aad ever asusC none ' teally stop eat Irvm aader each maeCarv si W thZehv dttv.a- it aad 4faVt coeatr)' tats rasa and bankruptcy, a baM th , .. v o - eves Kegfcmd has never beea able to auut i for any great length of tie. aki. tie the creatter saun ot the worM. . ArW. That the Uaked Suts sh. Bever ii-e any more mterest beartag Imo ; erwHU?, wnence rngianu oenviM we 18 aafces the saute are aatbonsed by a dirt j sfjiration, aitd iiom Englaml it was vote if the people, aad these issued dan iMIWLiiiliUim,UiR. I a the war of the nrfeeiboa shall be paid as fc , as Usevaiatureaooordiagtetheteras.of t ran,' ttiM, mtlu.nuJ -uJ fh isehtedaess of the peetde. aad what th cub tract is shall be subasitted to the dot l ofTJsesu-ffeiBeeo.ofthe United 6Uta, ai ! ongusal CHHtract are hereby denoanotd creatures pealed. of eorraptsoB, aad nsatt be I j:td. That the labor bureaa should sastataed, its ids of etatsaas eriarge its ottteers eectd frwm those enaaced is i dattnal jmrsmts aad bavtag the eoandeii of the isdastnal classes f the oocaaM wealth, for the parpdse td Vtaiar reliable stxtiitics to fena a basis for lat bgeat legulatioB ea labor aastsoai, p any with regard to the hoars of labr, whi shoald be redaced in prefiortioB as the use.' machinery increases, and is ooasorawty w i other causes which threw wage werkers tt of csployiasBt. Jiemlf'xL ihxi land of equal fmIatt capaaty shall be subject te caal taxatH whether cultivated or not, to the ead M laal moBOpiduts in fa tore way be hehhi check, and that the paUse doasaia ssaye preserved to actual tillers ot the sett. J.'esoteecf, 1 aat the liberties of tms tc imperatively dtoaaad th&t the far re&ekg ana deadly liasd of cajatal as it apoearca the famous moftojioly known as the assoeud pres taast be torn from tee throat of pate intelligence. The telegraph eeatpaaics rut toaoniper!el,JailyUe'r j be conditional or exoreuiBg the right of bat . pkii. uiC Itat hihhl araae ? is a revolution of Democratic pnacirJe id tends to corrspt the Legislature aad all sh odious restrictions should be ababshed. J!telrd, That no twrsen shoald be tasd for that which he owes, in ether word. r purposes of taxation all perseas shall ire the naht to deduct from the value of tar estate the sum of the mortgages thereon, h! said mortgages should he assessed to penis to whom they are due. UetolraL That the system of lettingut convict labor by contract is detnmeuuta the interest of the werkingrnen and sbonlbe abolished. llcnokvl. That the public lands are he property of the jieople, therefore they shild bo reserved lor actual settlers aided in tar settlement by the Government and pro toed in their possessions by just laws. i ne resolutions were unanimously added and the convention adjourned. It is not olten the Aetc Xorifawttus anything complimentary to Bay of lm ocraU, so this about Tom Caton we "in sider a double distilled cotnplitiiit 'liou. llioinas . (Jaton was ntnt nated almost without oppofytion for ol- egate to Congress from Washington er- ntory by the Democratic conveilon held at Vancouver last week. Mr. Caton is a man of probity and Iidor, and ono identified with the intemi of the Territory." . Ik't any member of the LegislHire eufJlciently intcrtited in hh bodynd the lives of his fellows in Oit-ioj to introduce a bill prohibiting quacksnn practicing medicine within our Sitel This is a most imj)ortnnt nmtter Sub ject of "life or death," aud should h at teuded to immediittx'ly. 4orR cou.vTRr. Itrrctirr'a ljit I-clurr In C'nllfornln. A litrqe atiiliouco gathcrtnl in tlse (mini Ojeni Huumj laM TlmrMlay oven in to liwir tlio farowtll lectiirv of Uv. Htsnrj- Wanl lWcher, his slijcrt be iii "Our Country." Oh the stage were sealol Chief Justico Walltice, S. (linton Hubtinps .IuJ- AVallatv, of Nnjw, ami a uuinbirr of other ttromitiviit Kojle ami lHonoorH. .liaise Hastinrx, w1m r.ro- siiletl, turnc! a comlitnont neatly for tin lecture r by nitroUHcnig the audiuttcv collectively to the lecturer itibtead of the usual form of introducing the xker. 31 r. Btcchcr, in torn, becauiu ooiujvli Hieutary, lavi;4iitig his adulation uj-ou iHr State, tellitig liou- in the few UaVH he liad Uin lien; his oxiectatioiis had turned to aduiiration, u'as on the way to entkuMotn, and if he were to stay king might riy to the coMgnttHlntion that he fonl to exist among onr hh4. He then exjiatiatod on the novel Uteta of onr tstttnral advantages of gengrahi cal KMition, natural resources ainl cit nMte; things of which e have a faint recotlection of hmting mentioned ohm wht're Wfote. Yet, on t'je lieols of this ito gave our jiridea fall by n-mitiding hs that '"for all this local excetlunce ami Uses? various troMwra, there is yet the greater glory that yon belong to the na tion; titat yon are a constituent oientcnt of that great continenul comnKHtwoalth on which to-day center the eyra awl in terost of the whole tbinlring -work!, for tbe exjH'riwents that are in band to-day uoh his itt of the conUnent are ox Kiments in which the whole buusan faatily aie interotid; exriments tbat mjoire &uck a sphere and which are toe ing developed to reuhe; which cam in tketn the welfare of Mankind. The e&ker then dilated wjh the esements of groatnots in our nation, its vat ex nane of torritorv, hnioveneou6neN of institutions, ami its popubKion, and the the biood, the vimtk, the genius of te ,.j.i . j .i . .i i T", . " " lull nay, spreading over thousands ot miles either way front eaet to west, from north to south, tbc great army of States, marching in single tread in one direction, under snbnUntialty the same laws, the saw constitutions, the same judicial systems, aarcking with the same general industn. with the same uttdfttlviax ftriaeiisb-s wksck war t i , . . . . . , ' t' ihtt w keru llb-rty was isoi uvni m vaseooa. . 4 . "We ate indebted for the firt sentiment of liberty to that rK)W.. .-.J. tke I4it fawdausel , , ' . . , 1 ,' ' ,1 anis n arie auew in tue .ewi- , . ,-, - ' . ve tdiown tlmt hberty mean; Al is the foutstlaUOH of the fssJl State a fonndation that dees not rock with every I BBJ r.O.nu. tiA 1. iL,t , W U-1 nueation ketesvsiWe whether it is wise to rather these men of all classes men of free cultuie and men of no culture ami to submit free institutions to their yic It is a question that lfenbaml nobody of wise taan on the earth voukl have dared to adjueated ia the affirmative. I You would not and I would not. Hut God has shown that it is safe to commit our interests to the hands of mankind as to ourselves. The seaker then ;ro eeeded to describe some of the exjeri ments and tests to which government has been submitted, and wbick it has stood. The first consideration of every colony when founded here was to sc arate itself from the possibility of op iruasMHi, ami the little ootnmon wealths in Virginia, in Delaware, in 2cw Jer sey, ami the further shores of New York, said with stnblKMTi jealousy and resolute determination that tkere should be no oantrninnnt Avtmulinl nvor tLnm litit that the only government that existed first stefis that wete made toward union were of great difficulty. Four or fire unions were made, but it was ultaost im- - sible to bring them together in last- in:; unity, ami it was at lost onlr the actual necessities of war that brought them together and cemented their union. When the war of Indciondonec was over it was by a lonj struggle that they sJiesl their first teeth and took on their second ami jrmanent, when the Con federation was exchanged for the Cousti tutton under which we now live; it was bv tie sutitrresion of bear and the com promise of feelings of which we hare no adequate idea, no vital aud realiz conception. Once established, the ques tion became, ill a Confederate (.tovem incnt, a repuldic framed of indotwndent States, yet undor a dominance of a na tion which bos no other power except that which is given it by those States, be able to livel If the doctrine of abso lute sovereignty or State tights that pre vailed on tlie one band or that of fedcra. supremacy on the other, it'could never have lived. As it is, the htatcs stand ing in their individuality arc jointed into each othcrand like the links of bracelet; if there is nu upheaval in the West, for instance, everv btate is joint, so that it becomes a local upheaval, and does not extend any whcie else. Ite ticttlation holds them together, not in juxtaposition alone, but also in a certain political unity, at any rate long enough for the adjustment of differences that are in any locality. Wo have learned in modern times that sameness in poverty and that differences are riches, nnd it is the glory of this nation that it is made up of 30 or 40 Governments related to the General Government, yet each inde pendent, acting ouch for itself, and yet each interacting ami holding the other, togethei like the links of a chain. Other teats through which our form of govern ment has parsed, were uirmtioncd. It was questioned, Is it safe for obedience to law aud for order tliat men should do as they jdeasel for that is the way in whkk self-government sounds in mon archical Kuropu. Will not men imtur ally run to the animal! Will they not naturally intlaine their passions ami give loose to tlnuil Was therv'aiiy govern ment on the face of the earth, for the lost hundred years, that has maintained suck social order, sueh obedience to law, as the Auorioau Govern went lias, and gone through such emergencies of jkjv etty ami wealth, of agitation, of nit ear tine e iU of the most gigantic character, of wars ami rufurmatiott out of wais.' I tell you tkat a refiuUicau government ever an intelligent and free jojdu is the most oonservAtit e' governiuent on the face of the mirth. The gauge of a na lion's labile iotab is the oomlitiou of the bouMdtokl, and I challenge all the world to look upon tkis infuliible ther mstaeler of the morality of tke Ameri can jeepK Where motherhood more intelligeatf where is fatkerkooI more reigiom4 vhere is kotne dearert w keie w tke kousekold purer and nobler than in America, where tke family ami tke home altar awl home thlelities and home kve aie tke free fountains out of wkick sfring our industries an4 our ambition! Kxcefit here ami tkere, where tke breadth of a foul literature has lcen bruatked uion our tkither skorus, throughout this bmd virtue ami the no ble retigioiss fervor of tke Ckistmu iiouse- boid m one of those elements of strenstk and of jturity and of endurance w hich ckaracteriaw rettubUean eoernment. IxKi, then, too, at tke sanctity of prop erty, (overnmenth abroad are made g by tke maintenanee of civil or der and tke rights of proerty, and it kaa aiaairs been feared on tke other side tkat m a refsubticau government, where laws are supposed to sfu-tng from tke paisiona, pretudiors and ignorance of the eofsle, tke teasdeney would be to wate. to uWroy and to unseUle. I lot in a land where everr vouwr man exicts to Hronertv, where tke miltiou of kae tkis bolv ambition to leave tkeir children kicker in tke jdane of life than they them elves when tker were orsiained into tko houekokI, in a pubiir j tentiment formed in a union wkete all Amerieans out ess the soil in fee stmsde, you may raise a temf orary head in dtur batter here under ecvu.l eircum stances; but to undertake to break up tke ftsoaJation of prof rty am! to wreck tke stability of affistrs would be as pru Masterotts as it woukl be to undertake to change tke course of tke sun in tke Heavens. AppMuse. No here oke under the sas. are there so many men intereated in the stability of prtjrly wkick is tke founds Don of libertv and order. Then it k obieeted tkat e arc JMHl tt"h a small totsulatMm. and tkat we have bad no severe test tlsrougk Slate jealousies. That might have been said 30 years ago: it can hardly be said now. Tke sj mker then gave a sntHtMHt account f tke growth of slavery ami its extmction in tke civil war. Where, ke aked. lsas there been cancor wkose rojts bad run through commerce and industries, whoe roots bad run even into tke schools and pul pits, where can you find a cancer so deep, so virulent, tkat has liecn cut out bv tke sword so safety as tkat has br a eepte tkat are Mdf governiH ami under insututaona et treetiomi then l was told in England again and again, Yo have hot seen th- last of tkis vear vet watt-til! you dnband your armies, end kerne, the thousands and ten of thou j a samis to waste ami to not ana to rav ace. ' Tkere baa been ravarins ami riot- it bas been men who staml at home tkat did it. ami not those that went ts war. fLanshter.l rlnallv ca e tke disapointing of the croakers in the bv-t ro4iecy, viz: in that arising from -the burden ot debt incurred in car on the war. There was as dis tinct an attempt made at carrying a scheme of repudiation as ever was made in any direction. The proposition ad vanced was repudiation to the cote, and was to limleistood bv eerv voter Irani Minnesota to the extieniest cape of Flor ida, ami the Iieoide saw that debts that wen." incurred to pay for our boys in tbc field sliall be disclmrKed to the last j eii ii v. lAtMMUic.l it waa not the IXew Englamlei! nor the No Yorker, nor the Pennsvlvanian, it was the Ger- man vote, tho foreign roto that very largely turned the scale, and we owe it larrclv to them that we are not a nation of rotHidtators to-day. Renewed nj idause 1 The result of all these testa has been to strengthen the ami the Uw, to rc-otablish our constittt tions aud greater faith on the part of mankind m the possibility of free gov orament Wo have not yet complete all the tests to lie made. We have al kinds of jwople here drawn from every nation under tlie sun. This great mil is grinding all these nationalities to gether. These great jiooplc are not sit ting down in intrenched camps. They are mingling and assimilating. Hie J question arises whether wo are comiet elit to-day to decide, as wo have thrown upon tho mass of people, all questions of military athtirs and public interest questions of riolitical economy, all qtics tions of finance and the relations of cap ital and labor. Whether wc are willing or not, God is willing, and he is bring ing it ujion.us, and for ono I reverently thank God that tho time is coming on whatever feljciousness there mar be here and there. It is the movement from Winter to Summer. ' For the thing most to le feared is that men sliall not in struct themselves m regard to the gunt elements of the social" structure. Tin brent danger is material izatnm whi teutment with mere eating ami drinking. What wo want aliove everything ete is tlmt the common eopte, aud the bob torn, shall lie made to think, to read, to digest, to determine questions that ho long to the uhol" nation. Applause. I have tho iwnt enduring faith, that time Iwing given, there will always come out of such free discussion good, and only good. Sweating labor way have some good thought worth adopting. It was the cry of oppression tkat raised up the strength to bruuk I'haiajh's rod. I!nt if tke dtsensason has no gu"d in it, noth ing will so soon relieve tke agitation and fear as to tt it to the roof by tke ut most libc ty of tltftCBMsHMi. Wherever it may lead tt, let dtscumiou le free. Aj4uuae. Sutr, will vim jrmit me to make a few SrUggestiona. Deferen tially as becomes stranger, suggeativn not Hjon observation among you so muck as njion principleei wkick hare been adjudicated and tested elsewhere, for I supios you will admit jul for ar gument's sake than it is imjMible to iajunve even California A jiphiusej; wy suggest to thoughtful mind ami can did tkat it will U- a groat advantage to tkis State wkeu tkat unneeessary imiettts for sodden wealth shall kae spent itf4f. ami when tkis State shall have settle! down to a habit of small fortune sbiwly obiained. Tke mischief in society of bringing extremes of pro)ity and ex tremes of poverty together are not few nor are tke dangers smaU. I believe that all under-society is ptefited by the wealth of tke up(r eksssos, by thetr learning, by tkeir privilege, by tkeir luxuries, if they aie not corrupted lux uries. I hold that the beginning ckasea in societv need moiets and exemidars. ami tkat tke ciamtBcation of society ss a blessing to tke imd-!a.es. tirovided alwavs tkat men do not allow thensseltc br their so I priority to break the sacred chain of fellowship and of sy mthy. I f sudden fortune be arrogant, it m akmg more of human naturu than it k apt to stand, that it shall see great fortnsasM of lower being erected in their prasonce ami threatening tkeir personal indesav dence and not ami ;oni fault, ami not seek some remedy. Tkere k no rU in a lajitiiisali! prosfrity; thef e is no peril the cmWneaUon of sooetr. The only peril that perpotasslly haunts free coniHiunities is the los of gtAI felkw- hip between the ton and the lttom. Take care of tkat ami wu have nothinc to fear. Mining is rabtantial1y a mat- j ter of lottery, and I don't know that you ran kelp it or kinder it. neirertheiess it an injury. One man makes and 999 are slaughtered. I I-io hw and applause. May 1 suggust that the relsc of the u4ural life and of the ptan lation Nie should be done away with. not by the violent infraction of vested right, but by the steady, gentle ofera- ttou of public sentiment, and that large holders of land should make haMe to cut them up into small farmo, and that it should be the endeavor of this Slate to mare rnore klurers. more small farm ers, more householoingj', for the power of tke Suite will cotssist in tke small in dustries and not in the occasional elevat ing of one man itk a mountain of gold for bit throne, Applause. 1 know that nations that most do prosr. nm- mr most bv such a sub-lit ision of labor as makes human sooetv a hive of indus try. 31 ar I a bo sest that vou will never be blest in this great Stat-, ith suck a j-ower of wealtk and jirtduction as this, unless you secure for yourvdves an intelligent common 1-cooW Mar I be iermittel to say tkat in addition to books and ncwspeers, wkick spread theii saintly covering ever ssrek a multi tude of sins, may I be rntttted to say tkat the welfare of California oo?bt more than research for silver and gold, tke bidden treason to be in tke research for intelligence, tke bread of schools that i to sbaqm and brigkten the human understanding! I may say that tkere is no .economy so pttMllanimous, so unin telligent, so wanton, so wasteful, so ielf destructive, as a mean economy toward universities ami schools for tke common people. Applause Woe to the State, where the imblic schools are sutlbcatod ami arc shabby, I sav more than this the iwlicr of a free State that wants to save itelf from the rufnan hand, that wants to sec projertr and roiectAbi!itr uiion firm foundations, the iiolicr for such a State is to give eyes to the blind, to give life to the dead, to give know! edge to the men ocsottcti in ignorance. We liave no other safe foundation than this, ami if vou are to do tins vou must honor tho profession of teaching. Do you know that the bulk of yon- teachers never take it up as a business for lite! They take it up on the war to something else. Tlie soul with takes it up as a sta?e of two or three Summers on the road to mairiagc; the young man teaches that he may gather beforehand the means to go to college, to study law or medicine. Teaching is a makeshift the militia of our civil ization. You never can have successful teaching until you make it a professtion for life. Men must devote themselves to a business to get the best fruits in any direction. You recognize this where there is no matter involved. No random man k picked up by chance to Lake care of rour hore. on take man whose business it is who under stands it thoroughly nnd practical. It is onlr when it is rour children concerned th.it will put up with anr comer, ami your considerations are two can ho read and write decently, and will ho take the lowest pay! This spmt of treating tench era is a vandal spirit, of-vrliicli every com mar ity ought to be ashamed, and for which it should put forth fruits meet for rej e itance. Tins mutter of education should never be a matter of dollars and cent, as to whether yon can get it a lit tle cheaper or dearer. You ought to Mty a teacher so that he can alTonl to make it his business for life, so that he can afford to say in the presence of men, "I am of that honorable business, a racber." You help to dishonor them if ou Kaetiee a miserable economy in your sckords. How much better if you koukl lose half your lager beer and wine tlian to lose your school. I may add tlmt among tlie virtues for which California k cqoshcuoo I have not learned that church going k one of the moit eminent. Laughter May I wbkper to you that it has been wlds pered to me that leading men and the most active men in California don't care abut religion, and that the elders and the deacons and class loaders of the East all will wilt away when they come to the atmonphere of California. Laugh ter. Leaving out of consideration the future life, I say that no iroperty is safe, ami no State k safe, unless some where or other there k an educated con science among tke common people. You cannot afford to say to the great mass of men in whose bands is your boose and your mansion ami your store and all your rofrty. There k no God that you need think about and there k no fu ture that you need to dread and no du ties that tke church can teach you. I tII you unlesa you are instructed in the conscience in the relations of right aad rong in regard to property classifica tion, unless men are educated in there thing. You are standing where Sodom and Gomorrah stood, awl if there should come up flames from beneath to burn up your dwellings, you may think your selves for it, as having neglected the in struction of tke common people. 3Ir. li-ceber ehed with a feeling ae knowledgment of the kindness he had met with here, and a benediction ujon oar people ami State. Federal Expenditures. The Press was ashamed of its article on expenditures, as it deserved to be, and new it tries in an elaborate leader to sutisy its readers that the Arytu was in error and roundly deck res "the RcpebK cans have made far greater savings than Iemcrat.' Itk very careful, howei tr, not to let its readers see the orSckl fig ures of aftproprktions which we pub lished and from which it a p -cars that the appropriation have txen less br eiehtv-eisbt miRions (70,6 47) during the kut three rears when the Re publicans bad control of all branches of the soremment. Neither kw our neighbor see fit to state that the IfepaUican Senate was determined to increase the apttrepria- tions and did insert amendments aad in sist u)uh them to the amount of twenty stx millions of dollars (6,1593 43). but for which amendments the ml co ats in the three rears would have amounted to one hundred and fourteen. millions of doUar. (8114.7. 02V. Tbk shows the action of the Kepnbli- can Senate. It constaatlr opposed the Economic reforms umlertaken br the House. Its irsiMcnce in opposition ks notorious. Conference committee after conference committee, on the tart of the House insisted on the reductions ami were not able to get them any lower than stated atove without defeating the bills altogether and raakin: an extra ses sion necessary, which on the whole they thought best not to do. They stood out long enough, however, for the people to see just what were the facts in the case. as we have again ami again presented them. llet if further woof were needed to conclusively elabtkh the economies of the Democratic House and the opposi tion thereto bv the Republican leaders and heads of deor:menta, the estimates presented to Congress bv the fcecretarr of the Treasury last December of the amounts that ought to bo appropriated br ijonsres? furnish this evidence. These estimates aggregate one hundred ami seventy-six millions fs 176.226.- 3.1 21). To these are to be added spec- 1 additional estimates ccecdimr six millions sent into the committee on ap propriations after the regular estimates were made ami added to the above make the total estimates of the Secretary, one hemlrvd and eighty -two millions, (S1S-, 326,318 31 ), while the appropriations as actually pased amount to only one hun dred and llfty-seven millions ($157,213,- 933 1 1 ). In other words the Republi can Secretary of the Treasury stated of ficially that the appropriations ought to be twenty-five millions ($2.!.012,114 43) greater than were made. And this hun dred ami fifty-seven milions of appropri ations includes five and a half millions for the Halifax award, rtitce millions to make good the navy pay misappropriated by Robeson, together with other items for new service, d-jemed proper bat not appropriated for in previous years. These sums are not fairly included ia tho usual ordinary expenditures and Mr. Atkins, chairman of tho House committee on aprropria tions, says that denuding them cho appropriations as made at the last tcssion amount oaly to the sum of one hundred and forty-four millions ($141,000,833 00) as tho net actual appropriations for ordinary ex penditures. We Live giren official figures. Darn tho Tress publish them and then under take to show that they are wrong. We thiuk it will be slow to enter ujxm tho task. It is not a record which Republi can Congressman seeking a re-election llaCmft f Mrs tuuvnln fs ew - . . 4
