Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-04-21

Cotton fabrics SE,iui,oOJ
WolIcu fabrics l0.3a9,000
Fisheries 1854, 900
Books and stationary, and paper o.59a,0o0
Sap and candles l,6eo,oOo
Nails brads, and tacks 100000
Machinery Of various kinds l,235.OOo
Agricultural implements 6i5.OOO
Glass S3l. 900
Has 100000
Clothing neckclo,hs, sc. 2,Ol3,000
Wool $4,000
These, SIR, arc samples. The grand total is
81, 100000 dollars. From this, however, dcauc-
lions re to be made for the cost of the mate
rial hen imported and for certain articles emu
meraied under different heads. Bat, then, the
whole statement is confined 10 some branches of
industry only; and 10 present an entire nnd conf
p-ehensiye view, there should be added the gains
Of commerce thin the car the earnings OF nav
igation, and almost the wn,ie agricultural pro
duct OF the State.
The result of all, il i, ,ud be co!ls ted End cx-
hibitcd togo ,hcr, would show that III. .nnual pro-
duct Of Massachusetts capital aud Massachusetts
industry exceeds one hundred millions oi dollars.
Now, sir, Massachusetts, is small state ia extent
Of. territory. You may mark OH, hes dimensions
or s times on the map of Virginia. Yet her pop
ula ton is 100000 souls; and the annua! result OF
their aborous industry. cconomN, and labor, IS as
have stated.
Mr.. President, in looking over this rcsal;Hit is
most gratifying to find, that lis great mass con-
sists in articles equally essential and uscfa to all
classes They are not llXurics. but mcccssaries
and comsos,s. Tncy belong to food and clothing.
TO household cnienccs. and education. As
they arc xnre and more multiplied, the great ma
iority 658c9ety becomes more elevated. better IN
struc tod and happier in al! respects. have look
ed through this whole list, sir, 10 find what there
is in it that might be fairly c!assed among the
higher Injuries Of life; and what do l find! In
the whole hundred millions, find but one such
item; and that is an item, OF two Or three hun
dred thousand dollars for :. jswe!rt. silver. and
silver plate" This is all iisa; belongs 10 luxury.
in her annual product, of Il hind.cd millions; and
of this, doubt, the far greater portion was sent
from abroad. And yet hear daily, sir, OF the
amasing OF ar;s,ocralic wealth, by the progress Of
manufactures, and the operations of the credit
system! AristOcracy, it is said, is stealing upon
US, and, in the form ofaggrcgate wealth, IS watch
ing seize political pow or from the hands OF the
people! We have been more than once graSely
admonishcd that, in order to improve the iihles,and
restore a metallic currency for the benefit Of the
poor, the rich ought to melt down their patel
Whatever such melting process might find I"
act upon elsewhere, Mr.. President, assure Won
that in Massachusetts it would discover little.
fev spoons, caua:csicks, aud other similar art-
cles some old family pitchers. and tsnisarts, and
the silver porrIngcrs of our EaTseE'cs, "ouIu DC
about the whole.
Sill, If there be arstocrats Hiassao huse It's,
the people all aristocrats; because 60 not
believe there is on earth, Ia h.gd.y civilized
society, greater equality in the condition OF men,
than exists there. lfiiiere be man la the state
who maintains what IS jailed an cquipagc, or +
driv es tour horses ia his coach, am not acqua,nt
ed with him. On the other hand, Their: arc few
who not ablo to carry their wives and daugh-
tcrs to church in some decent conveyance. II IS
40 matter Ut regret or sorrow to us that few are
very rich; bat it is oar pride and glory that few
ire very poor. 1, is still higher pride, and our
lst boast as think, that al! her citizens possess
means of intelligence and education; and that, OF
Ill her productions, she reckons among the Chief
:st, those which spring from the culture of the
mind and heart.
Mr.. President, one OF tic nos; striking charac-
erstics Of this age is the extraordinary progress
which it has witnessed in popular knowledge. -
\ new and powerful impulse has been acting IN .
he social Of late, producing this effect IN
,riking degree.
In morals, ia politics, in art, in literature there
5 a vast accession 10 the number OF readers, aud
q the number Of profcien,s. The present state
f popular knowledge is not the result OF a slow :
nd uniform progress, proceeding through lapse
years, with the same regular degree Of motion.
is evidently the result Of some new causes, .
rouaht into powerful action, and producing their
consequences rapidly and strikingly What, s's, !.
re these causes!
This is not an occasion sir, for discussing such
question Ut length: allow me 10 say, however. !.
hat the improy cd state Of popular knowledge Is =
ut the necessary result Of the improved conc'-
ion Of the grea, mass of the people. Knowledge
, not one Of our merely ply steal WAITS Late
nav be sustained without IT, But, order to 1--we.
aen must be fed, and clothed, and sheltered; End
a a state OF things in which ones whole labor can
o no more than procure clothes, food and shelter
e can have no time nor means for mental AN
rov emcnt. knowledge, therefore, IS not attain !,
d. and cannot be attained, till there Is some de-
rec of respite from daily manual to', and never
udine drrdgery. But whenever . less degree =
labor will produce the absolute necessar'es q .
lie. then there CONC leisure and means, both 70
each and TO learn. ~
Bat il this great and wonderful extension Of
opular knowledge be the result Of an improved :
ondi,ion, it may, the next place. we'll be asked.
rha. re the causes which have thus suddeniy pro-
uced that great improv cment. How is that the !.
aeans of food, clothing, and shelter, arc now 20
nach more chcaply and abundantly procured 'nan
ormcrlyl Sir, the main cause ! take to DC .ne .
,.opress of scientific art, or new extern =, -.
IMPLICATION Of science to art his " IS ""Ss
,as distinguished the last half century IN Europe
md America; and its effects are every whele
.ls;bie, ind especially among US Man has ,o"n'
,ew allies and auxilliaries IN the power Oh na-
'.,c and in the Inventions Of mechanism
Tic cenerai Doctrine Of political economy Is,