Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-11-07


last century or two that productive industry
and It's distributing agent or exchanging
branch, commerce have been discriminating
themselves from the control of the military
power aud attaining predominant considera-
ton in society Within short period, in
the place of the old policy of barbarism, of
war and conquest, new commercial and
industrial policy has grown up among civil
zed nations. The great transformation from
the military and fcudll to the commercial
and industrial policy, has been fully carried
out within the last fifty years. The Interests
of commerce and industry are now supreme
and control the policy of nations, as did those
of war formerly.
If we take rapid survey of this great
movement in the social world, bearing III
mind how exclusively and completely the
policy of wal and conquest had previously
governed nations, and then turn to an exam
nation of the present, in which commerce,
finance, and industry are the guides and con
tGollers of the politics cf the world, we can
not but be ast0nisacd at the extent and struck
with the importance of ihe change. Here
dltary rank has been snpplantcd by financial
em'ncncc; the aristocracy of birth has given
way TO the aristocracy of wealth, and in coun-
tries where landed possessions have passed
from the hands of the titled ar,stocracy, the
rank of birth is mere shadow; the fculal
Baron with his military dependents, has dis
appeared and been replaced by the Bunker
or Capitllst with an equally dependant train
OF traders and industrial operatives. The
pride and power of feudal lords, which were
blazoncd in titles and armoral bearings, have
been transferred to the princes of finance
and commerce, and are now sustained by
wealth and influence upon change. Mill
tlry exploits have been succeeded by com
mercial and financial operations, ana the he
roas of the battle field have sunk before the
heroes of stock jobjing and commercial spc-
culation.
The fouds of powerful families, plans of
conqucs, the glory of war, and military fame
and honors, no longer command the attcl-
ton OF the world, nor occupy the heralds of
publicity; all this hls changed, and the to-
pcs of interest are now commercial prospar-
ty, the balance oftrade, the state ofexchangc.
the price of stocks, the rate of interest, price
currents, tariff, and currency questions, fl
nanclal operations, &c. &c Thus a nigh
ty change has taken place in the spirit and
policy OF natioas:-irom the purely military
they have become purely financial. CONNER
cial, and industrial
This great revolution in the character O.
society is the result of the industrial move.
ment, or the development and progress o.
industry, but the real interests of industry
are overlooked, while the world is dazzlcd
by the splendid results growing out of its
immense development Instead ofdiyertn1
the attention of men of science and states
men from the question of labor, should no
these great results lead to the consideration
of il? Should they not see that all the tro
! phcs of civilized society come from tho
achievements ofinlustry, and that the great
the first, the primary question for co1sidcra
ton is the organization of labor? If 50 mucl
has been accomplished amidst chaos ant
conflict, what might we not hope to rcal.zC
with order and equilibrium in all the depart
mcnts of industry-with perfect system O
production, and perfect system Of distribu
ton or exchange of the products Of industry
We can scarcely estimate the immense. til,
wonderful results! The power ofpioluctoI
is unlimited and the world may be filled viii
rchcs-With stores drawn from The bosom o
the earth, with fabrics created by the gcniu.
OF mechanics, with works of ant and every
thing that gives spien1or and superiority tc
civilization-and all may possess and EMO,
them abundantly if labor is but rightly orga
med. Is not the question worthy of the
| highest consideration?
Industry having escaped the thradom o
the military power, government monopoIic
and privileges. and the corporate monopolie.
oil another character. coalitions or leagues O
capital, to be prosecuted according TO In,
caprice, ignorance. or sclfishncSS of thos,
engaged in It. and as a consequence. in tn,
most dcsultorv and incohcrent manner. with
out combination, method. or order. To tn,
old system OF military spoilation and tvrran
meal compression III times of barbarism an,
tcudallsm, has succeeded a system of fire.,
competition, which is merely a system O
mcoherent and unregulated individual action
anarchical liberty and license. with conflict
OF interests, antagonlsm, strife and HOSTILITY
llolgnng IN all departments of Industry.
The great work of production and distri
butlon-that Is, of creative industry and ex
changing commcrce-is left without rcqula
ton. order or equilibrium; it is given up tc
the fierccst and most relentless competition
TO the widest and most hazardous spccula
ton. to the bIindcst aud most hcartlcss indi
vdual scltiShness. and all this amidst uni
Yersal lncohercnce and the most fragrant CD
position otmtercsts. All the powerful mean,
of production and wealth which civilized mar
! possesses are most miSerably and inefficient
/ Iy applicd-thc general conditions of thci
application are indeed truly dcplorabIc. The
discoveries of science. the inventions of me
chancs. all the agents which the inventive
genius of man has brought to bear upon pro-
I duCtiyc industry, all those noble acquisition.
of skill and knowledge, 10y which even the
elements and inanimstc things are made TO
create and produce for him at his will. in,
stead of being instruments for his elevation
above the necessity for brutal toll and for the
supply of every thing conducive to his tenn
poral welfare and happiness, have been turn
cd into sharp and powerful weapons of de-
structlon, with which an industrial war is
maintained as fierce and implacable as that
on the battle field, forcing great multitudes
of mankind into state of degradation and