Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-24

"a IectHe on the ~ oTkiag .Hen's Party, by
Ed. EVERETT This II very ingenious and well
timed essay. L was delivered on the 9Th inst.
before the Charleston i.yceum; and It's tendency
is tn show. tina; as labor is the LOT Of man. SD
party founded upon this charaCterIstic-a work
lneman's party--''is founded in the very prin
cples OF our nature;'' and the object of such a
party is thus stated;
1.-The next question. that presents itself. is.
what Is the general object Of working mems
party: do not now mean. what arc the imme
date steps, which sucha party proposes to take:
| but hat is ,he main object and end. which il
would secure To tins suppose l may safely
answer that it is not to carry this or that polite
al election; not to elevate this that candidate
for office, but to promote the prosperity and wei
fare of working men; that is. to every man
disposed to work the greatest freedom in the
choice of his pursuit, the greatest encouragement
and aid in porsuing 1t, the greatest security in
ENJOYING its frui,s:-in other words TO. make
,CGrk, in the greatest possible degree, produce
happiness"
| An inquiry is then instituted into the persons
who belong TO this party: and the result is. that
/ it cOmprehends all who work. whether with the
head or hands or both: excluding only the Vi
ciols. who tho they may work. 'swork for i'm
moral or unlawful ends'' and idlers. any busy
bodies. who ha' e no business but that of gossip
. Ing and mischief making. Shutting out these.
- the working mems party comprehends all those
by whom the work of the community is really
done: all hose who by any kind of honest in
dustry, emplny the talent which their Creator
has given rhem.' The writer illustrates this
truth by many striking examples: we take the
following oDe:-
''The mau, who will go into a cOtton-mill.
and contemplate it from the great water-wheel.
that gives the first movement, land still more
from the steam engine. should that be the NOV
ing power.) who will observe the machinery, nd
the various processes OF the fabric, till ne reaches
the hydraulic press, with which ii is made into
bale. and the canal or rail road, by which it is
sent to market. NAV find every branch of trade
and every department of science literally crossed.
intertwined. interviewer with every other. like
the woof and the warp of the article mauufactur-
ed. Not little of the spinning machinery is
constructed on principles. drawn from the demon
stratOns of transcendental mathematics; and the
process OF bleaching and dyeine. now practised.
are the results, of the most profound researches
I of modern chemistry. And if this does not sat
lsfy the inquirer, let him trace the cotton to the
plantation, where it grew, in Georgia or Albania;
the indigo to Bengal. the oil to the olive-gartiens
in Italy, or the fishing grounds of the Pacific
Ocean; let him consider Whitney's cOttOn-gin;
Whittemores calding machine; the power loom;
the spinning apparatus; and all the arts, trades.
sciences, directly or indirectly connected with
these; and believe he will soon agree. that one
might start from yard Of coarse printed cotton,
which cost ten cents, and prove out of it, as out
of text, that every art and science under hea-
ven had oeen concerned in its fabric.''
To which we add only one more, and then
take our leave of lecture that has much interest
ed u.s.
"ln very improved and civilized community.
there are also numerous individuals, who, with
out being employed in any of the common branch
es of iadustrv of professional pursuit, connect
themselves, nevertheless, with the prosperity and
happiness of the public. and fill useful and hon.
orable place in its service. Take for instance, a
man like Sir Walter Scott, who probably never
did days work. IN his life, in the ordinary &C
ceptation Of the term, and who has for some years