He regre's the inability to accede to
the proposals of the American com
mi?sion irs, Great Britain having as
great an merest as the united
States atd France in securing a
stabl3 par exehnnge for gold and
silver and en til ir-?- d use of silver.
In these ci u i:s ances, continues
Lord Salisbu y thn British govern1;
ment dots not tea the desirability of
an international monetary confer
ence, but will be pkased to consider
any other practical suggestions from
the United States.
Lord Salisbury incloses with the
note a copy of the statement of Sir
J, Westland, head of the financial
department of India, which was
under discussion at the meeting of
the Cabinet Council last Saturday,
and which takes strong grounds
against the reopening of the India
mints.
and crying bard times.
"These are not ignorant men,
either, who are doing this wailing;
they are educated men. They are
not fools. You never find dynamic
in tho hnnrla nf a. noorrn '
- - ,
MR. LASSITER S SPEECH.
FjtLLiOW Citizens: I am called
upon to perform a duty to which I
hardly know how to respond. Bat I
am constrained to say that this coun
try of ourr, with all cf its sectional
fjiyersity of views and opinions is
one, It is one in the fame of our fa
thers. It is one in the eheriched his
torical remembrances which belong
to u3 as a nation. It is one in the
political principles of republican
ism. It is one in the ties of friend
ship, sfilaity and blood, and it is one
is tbst clorioqs constitution, the
Here he took a whack at calamity ffi t Uance" handed 'do
howlers and labor agitators.
