The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-10-08

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parts Of the audience.
II was plain that however copiously th'
shower might come down, the people woult
: not depart without another speech. SEN
AToR DOUGLASS being on the stand, grea
anxiety 10 hear him was visible on every
hand. Nr. SULLIvANr accordingly intro
duced him TO the audience.
As we have not been able TO present any
thing more than an imperfect sketch Of the
remarks of Mr.. ALLEN, we have been
equally unable to obtain material for more
than that Of the interesting address Of Mr.
DOUGLASS. Although we enjoyed tolera.
BILE opportunity TO hear, we at the same
time received full benefit of the rain. and
were therefore unable to take notes of the
speeches. ......
The appearance of Mr.. DOUGLASS on
the stand was received with unusual marks
of favor and pleasure. From the first
moment of his arrival at our city, gen.
eral desire has been manifest to see and
hear him. He commenced his remarks
by stating that he had Just returned from
the State Fair at Rochester, at which he
had delivered the regular address. and as
that address was about being published in
Columbus, he would feel more free 10 ex.
cuse himself from OBTAINING the audience
in the drenching rain, with more than a
very few words.
He had very lately seen the assembled
skill, ingenuity and art Of the Empire
State of the East, and he now beheld be-
fore him on scale of exhibition truly
magnificent, similar representation OF
the Empire State of the West. He could
say, that while there were diverse points
of superiority in the former exhibition, not
Immediately connected with agriculture,
in which the people of New York vastly
excel yet so far as the substantial depart.
ments, such as cattle and horses were
concerned, the farmers of Ohio far sur.
pass their brethren OF New York. As a
Western man, and proud of the agricul-
tural progress Of the Great West, he was
free to say, our people had given all illus
tration OF the resources of their ingenuity
and of their soil, which might boldly chal-
lenge comparison with any people and
country on the globe.
Mr.. DOUGLASS then compared the peo-
pie of this country with those of Europe,
alluding TO various elements of labor,
manufacture and production. America,
he said, embraces almost every variety Of
produce known 10 the world. Stretching
from the tropics to the north temperate,
scarcely any portion of the civilized globe
boasts Of fruit, herb, animal or flower,
which could not be produced or cultivated
in some portion of the United States. We
have soil comparatively new, and mex
haustibly fertile. But small proportion
Of it under cultivation, while that which
is, may be rendered capable, by proper
tillage. OF producing far more than it does
at this time. What man among you all,
asked Mr.. D., is there, who could not raise
twice the quantity of agricultural produce
or subsist far more live stock from his land,
than he does at this time! We have these
advantages which Europe does not enjoy,
and which she becomes less able to attain
every year.
Europe is limited in soil, and yet is COM
PEELED TO maintain an excess of popula.
ton; while America, on the other hand,
reverses the proportion, and contains more
land than she has Of laborers to cultivate
it. This opens the door to invention in
our country. while it is closed in Europe.
Agricultural machinery in this country is
an auxiliary of manual labor, while in
Europe it is its worst foe. Here we have
far more than land enough to subsist our
people, and it can be converted into per-
manent property at nominal price, within
the power of moderate industry 10 pay.
All agricultural laborers thrown out Of EN-.
ploy by the introduction and increase of
mechanical facilities, instead of becoming
disenhearted. are rendered the more SAN
guine TO purchase their own homesteads,
when they see they can render it produc-
tive in their turn, by the cheap process of
mechanical invention. He does not need
to fear, should he become proprietor of
the soil, lest the hire Of hands should ex-
haust his profits. for he can acquire all the
advantages OF mechanical lnventlon.-
Such inventions, then, instead Of throwing
a large and meritorious class Of men upon
the community, absolutely increase not
only the amount Of actual labor employed,
but augment in still greater proportion, the
products of that labor, and in that degree
widen the area Of our population, and en-
hance the wealth, happiness, greatness,
and moral strength Of the nation.
Not so with the agricultural and me-
ohanical labor Of Europe, said Mr.. D.
Every machine invented there and brought
into use, makes pauper out Of every ar
tisan or operative, with whose hands it dis
penses. They are thrown upon society,
to be supported in unavoidable idleness,
or to starve. While invention is an aid to
civilization and its blessings in our coun-
try. ii is an agent Of barbarism and misery
in Europe. The very excess of manual