Judge — September 19, 1885 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of Public Opinion = Your Jury may properly take cognizance of the unfriendly attitude of this country at large towards the Metropolis, as specifically exhibited in its refusal to contribute to the Grant Monument Fund and the Bartholdi statue pedestal fund, ‘These: monuments are of purely national and patriotic nature, and the objects of them are warmly approved Ly the country at large; but they refuse to contribute to them because they are located in New York. ‘The country thus denies its best impu tropolis. Your Jury will find among the evidences laid before you, utterances from all parts of the country still farther illustrating this un- friendliness, You will find that the feeling is of long continuance, is deep-seated and quite general; and that it is based upon commercial, financial and patriotic consid- Legitimate business competition, the great accumulated wealth of the Metropolis, and all the commercial advantages of location and size enjoyed by the chief port of the country, will not be found by you sufficient | reason for such bitter hostility as exists, ou will find that it isan unfair use of these natural resou that works, work, to the injury of the whole country, which inspires eninity. One of these prejudicial uses is specula- tion in the products and food of the people. You will see that as the head-quarters of speculation and all trade gambling, Ne York has acquired the reputation of pre ing upon the true commercial and indu trial interests of the country, You will further learn that as the finan- cial center of the country, New York has laced herself in the position of antagonism to the rest of the country; that her banks have pursued aselfish and depleting policy the rest of the us pinched for the bare means to do business with; that the financial institutions of this city have had, or seemed to have, the con- fidence of federal administrations for many years past and have seemed to direct the financial policy of this great government for their own benefit and to the injury of all the ; that this appearance of monopoly and ny reached its height when President, Secretary of the Navy and Secre- tary of the ‘Treasury, were chosen from this State, the whole government sectionalism and favoritism culminating in the choosing ofa Treasurer of the United States from Wall street. - The concern at first caused by this section. alizing of the administration speedily deep- | es to show hatred of the Me- | or seems to | ened into alarm at the prostitution of the gov- ernment financial policy to the unholy aims | of New York, ending in an open invitation by the U.S. Treasurer to the New York Associated Banks to juin in subversion of the constitution and laws of the United States for the benefit of the banks, You will find in this financial adminis- tration of government for the benefit of one class and one locality, a chief cause of the distrust of New York. To add to her al- ready supreme position in trade the illegiti- m and illegal favoritism of the govern- ment, raises her to the position of a danger- ous clement in politics as well as trade. ‘The use that her financial princes threaten to make of their illegitimate power, gives the whole country alarm as well for the in- tegrity of federal government as for the prosperity and security of business. The action and attitude of New York on the cur- rency question alone, are sufficient to con- stitute he: enemy in the estimation of the rest of the country | You will detect the existence of a diver- gence of feclings so deep and wide that it is suflicient to condemn any measure, however good in appearance, to have it originate with or be endorsed by New York and the East. The repeated failures of the Lowell Bankruptcy bill will be submitted to you as a case in point; a good measure damned by New York’s endorsement. ‘The country was afraid to touch it, Among the minor causes of irritation, your Jury will find the anti-American atti- tude of New York society; the unpatriotic spirit of many of the wealthy, representa- tive men here; the narrow view and lack of principle of the Metropolitan press in general. ‘The press of 4 nation’s metropolis should be national; should reflect the views and espouse the interests of country. Your Jury will readily determine from the specimens before you, how far the | press of New York fails to be sy! 41 opular in mpathies, national in view ani | dent in policy; and you will not fail to note | buting. the whole | th ev ces, "depression du is fu en co! which s th ¢ honorable exceptions to this rule. You will find in these antagonisms contri- cause of the most serious such as the uncertainty of tinan- of trade, decay of in- istry. In time of peace the country torn by a financial civil more waste- 1 than the destruction of 1861 At ich session of Congress there is a sectional nflict on matters of needed legislation— st, or New York, against the United Prejudice and passion are arrayed selfishness and oppression, between esmanship and patriotism fall to e@ ground and the whole country ils, languishes. th nationalize New Your Grand Jury of Public Opinion is ¢ only power that can correct these evils, York and the federal ad- inistration and restore peace, confidence and prosperity. cE. B. A GIRL OF MINE. She has hands both s« Eyes of U very br ‘That they sparkle in the ‘tt and white, hs the music swells asymphony of bells, On the brooklets in the dells. Rut a sweeter charm than this— You are hushed with holy bliss When she deigns to give a kiss, Aud the pretty little fay Says she loves me, every day, In the most delightful ‘Though my de mn Prudes, I'm sure, could never scold: She's my baby—two years old. Lev VANS ERPOEL, g's very b against | nation, greedily piling up| 23 millions while trade everywhere 1s | the | HER IOVE. | Very Carerut Drug first.” st—* You had leller try this prescription on your dog Lavy (to her husband)—“ You try it, George, it may be poison.” comicbooks.com