Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-10-24

shoe pegs, and in turn the vermonter giving his decided
opinion upon the %proPriety of an improvement upon the
machine for huLIing cotton seed.
By bringing together, in this way, the people oil the
North and South, we shall soon be able TO forget those
Anti American phrases, Northern and Southern rights,
and will call them by that purer and higher term, Ame'
rie0n rights. eaa al o. ~
We have had excitements in this country, from time
TO time, on various subjects. The present excitement
upon the subject of labor that is now beginning TO agl-
tate the country, cannot possibly do any harm, but much
good. Ii is 70 be most arJently desired, that it will
take the place oil that sectional excitement, which has
been felt, more or less, all over the land.
The people OF the nation tcant peace, and they are de-
termined TO hare IT. Norman will be sustained that iavOrs
agitation. Throughout our own happy State there IS
but one sentiment among the mass OF the people, that IS
to faithfully abide by the bond of our Union, the Con-
stitution; abide by the compromises, and to write upon
the very Enfels Of our doors the sentiment: That the first
act Of public disobedienee to lar is the first fatal step Ia
Ken in the doicnirard road to .4narchyt These are the
sentiments of the mass of the people OF the West, yet
there are men in the South and in the North who go to
bed simmeriSg, Use up IN the morning boiling with rage
and long yarns about Southern and Northern rights
Southern and Northern injustice, and who almost name
their children Southern and Northern. My opinion is
that il these men would devote a portion OF their time
and attention 20 the Development of Northern and
Southern resources, TO the elevation OF the labor OF their
respective countries, they would soon have Southern and
Northern rights that would maintain themselves.
There is a State of this Union, almost the mother OF
States, one of the glorious thirteen, not three hundred
miles from our own happy State. If the people of
which, half a century or more ago, had turned their at.
tentlon more TO the improvement OF her soil, 10 the di-
versifying her labor, TO the proper method OF preserving
her fields, dealt less in abstract theories, she would not
have, at this time, so much waste and unproductive
land. She is, however, now turning her attention in the
proper direction-to the true source Of wealth-tle de-
velopement Of her resources. In various parts of the
old dominion Is seen the Yankee with his clover fields,
his patent rights following this the Agricultural Fairs,
exciting the proper spirit of emulation among her peo-
pie. The husband works, the children and wife labor ;
and soon will be changed the face Of the country.
As rich as we suppose our soil to be, productive as it
is, we should remember that our tire policy Is TO adopt
that system that trill Presrce Il. If we neglect the
lights of the present day, if we shall refuse to be gov
erned by the present improvements, and shall continue
to push our rich soil without system, we shall likewise
soon have barren and waste fields.
Gentlemen ofthe Wayne County Agricultural Society,
an apology is due, for the very desu,tory manner in
which l have addressed you. Being my first visit to
this part Of the State, my object was to see and exam.
inc for myself, the labor, industry, and skill Of your pee
to some of the State Fairs. Who could have expected
such an array of mechanical skill and labor, from me.
chanies that haul their coal, coke, iron, and steel, sixty
miles by land carriage, yet you are successfully compe-
ting with your sister cities and States, who are more ia.
vorably situated. Your success shows what skill, in
dustry, and energy will do among our people. The ar
ticles Of grain, stock, carriages, wagons, ~thrashing ma
chimes, and other farming implements, ere equal to any
thing that can be exhibited in this valley. You, your
selves, had no idea Of what was in your county until you
witnessed this extensive collection now before US.
You are demonstrating the doctrine laid down by
Mr.. Jefferson, the great benefits of placing the manu-
f~acturer and consumer side by side. This is tie true
doctrine. To accomplish this in Indiana, we want two
things, CAPITAL and LABOR. These we shall have,
the great elements of our wealth are known
abroad. We want-must have, a full, perfect, and
Geological and Typographical survey of the
State, that the elements OF our wealth shall be known
and read OF by all men, our coal, iron, salt, timber, soil,
marble, stone-quarries, water power. &C., &c.
To this We should add a Bureau of Statistics, that the
present condition Of our growing State and its advance.
ment from year to year, should be officially known and
published, in all things.
There is less known abroad, this day, of Indiana, in
her great elements of wealth, than any other State in
the Union Of her age and position.
| have no doubt, that the surplus OF Indiana this year,
in the leading articles of pork wheat, corn, cattle. and
grass, is not less than twenty-five millions OF dollars.
/ trust the time will soon come, when the labor Of the
State, in Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanics, her
full history in detail, debts created or paid, the number
ofchildren attendir school and nohin attendance, a full
practical annual statistical report of the whole State
will be made a permanent part of our domestic policy.