New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-23
AMERICAN Institute ANNUAL ADDRESS,

DIXON of Connecticut q, Metropolitan Hall on Thurs
dag evening. Gen. TALLnADoE pre1ided. Upon tax
ing the Chair he made few rcncrks thanking the pub
lie for the liberal ,upport which has been gwen 70 the
American Institute since it, commencement. He seid
the fret exhibition Was held in NasOnc Hall, nearly
thirty years ago It lasted two dsys and the gross
eeptr were $3.50 Last year the receipts from The eN'
hibition s2l,Oo0 snd ths notwithstanding they
bad purchased their przes which preyicusly were
procured from other sources.
4, Hon Mr. DIXON WIS then INTRODUCED. lie cOngrsi-
ulG;ed the members and friends Of the Institute upon
their abundant success and went On 10 say that the
prominent idea which impresses the mind OF the spec
tstor Of your annual twenty fifth exhibition Is me won
deiful advance Of country IN the industrial H1.
The sk1l the enterprise, tie inyenono is CREST nauoh
competent creste within itsei all tnat necessity nay
demand or luxury desire have arrec,ed TIC gratined
attention Of tkoussnds The triumpbs Of art the won
ders Of science prove that while our territorial bounds
ies have been extended by conquest, the near OF i
nation is II the time alive with prosperous an
healthy erowTh On the 2ls OF October, no seventy
seven yeaT ago debate arose in the House OIL ofo on
the proposed the Kings speech relating 70
Arnerc, Colonies In the debate which followed scarcely
single doubt suggested that the rebelous coonlos
would be speedily reduced TO unconditional supneOn
hut en- apology made for the Province OF y
York 10 which desire call your attention, as strk'
inc ilustraCp OF the vast and almost inconcevsble
change which has since taken place IN tue reisuVe IN
portsnce of the State end City IN which we are now as
semhlcd Earl COVER eaid that the
been deceived and that consequently me measure Ao
were by no means prOportiOned 70 the nature ana eH
tent OF the service In particular, ne said tas tne rIy
ince Of New York had been overewed and compened oy
a party OF insurgents from Connecticut INTO measures
! she would never otherwise have adopted Such was
| the relative position of New York and Connechcut
seventy years ago, IN the opinion OF "eIinloiueu
Brtsh stGtesmen. The change when nas since nheh
| Mace fIls the mind with astonishnent. What was
! then a provincial town has now become one OF the
! great central points Of universal commerce. ana n
walls the old msrts OF European trade her ships ex-
plore every cline, and outsall those OF the mistress
| OF the seas The province Of NewYork, now the En-
pIe state Of confederaCy, was then wliern ss;
and the great City which stretches in beauty and in
strength ts giant proportions every side could then
be overawed by band OF insurgents from Connec-
ticut This great change furnishes abundant food Tor
thought. 1t has not been confined 10 this City and
State, but whole country feels, 10 ts remotest
bounds the impulse of advancing civilization and
wealth. At the commencement Of our second war
with England our manufactures were found TO BE- IN an
! extremely low condition. The war gave them protec
tiop, and they tOurhcd OF necessity duTlng Its cOntin
uance At its close another influx OF foreign goods del
ugcd the country, and thoufends were rerevaby ruin
ed In the first Fix months after the cessation Of hos
itiCe wOclcn goods of the value Cf e7.OOOOOO were
| thrown into the United States The whole amount OF
importation for the fiscal year ending 30h p;cEber
! 1915, although the continued during the hrst
quarter OF that year. reached the of sll30jO0OO
! while the exports Of the same year were eJ2ODOOl
This inmense balance against OccesiOned great com
nercnl distresf But Il not by legislation alone that
the founders Of our Republic attempted 10 secure ana
| complete our Independence IN manufactures and the
mechanic arts They went further and abstaned from
tie Of foreign iGbrics. President WAsHNGToS
! was in6uguTsted in sort Of American broadclotn
lcheers msde in Hartford in the first wooden factory
established in the United Sta;es Mr. JEFFERSON and Mr.
MADISON were 80 deeply impressed with the import
OF suahning our own industry that they wore NJ
period Of their ves American cloths exclusively
Mr. DIXON then cited JEFFENsoN's opinion this
subject, and continued TO say that the t.ndency Of
national independence in manufacture and the me
chsnic arts is TO place the sborcr on the vant0Ze
ground and enable him, TO reasonable extent, to
make his own terms. The rate Of wages, like every
thing else for which price spad, depends upon the
demand end supply. Increase the demand for labor
multiply and diversity emplOyments-buld factories
construct machinery manufacture everything which
the circumstances in which you placed viii permit
-punue every branch oithe mechanic arts, bring forth
the mineral wealth which lies dead and useless in your
mountains, diversity your agricultural pursuits, and
thus you demand for labor. Not in geld anl
fyef does the real worth OF naton const but in the
brains and hearts Of men. With these developed 70
their full power, people be poor without them
none be rich The wealth OF our country con
lists not in its mines Of gold, its benks, It's
debts due from citizen to another, nor
! yet entirely in what its labor has already
wrought cities its palaces, ts churches and railroads
and human dwellings, filed with all that human ingenu-
iy can dcyie for the comfort Of in these.
Sweep I'll there from existence, and leave the energy,
the fCrtitude the power to conceive and the skill To
execute, enncble and purify our race and you leave
the tue wealth OF the nation untouched. 10 was
not without that the heart OF the nation
uled d every exhibition of the naval superiority Of
this metropolis, where her vessels ouissil those Of
England II is an American triumph and when one
of her merchant princes dispatches feet To pene-
tratc the froetbouud regions of the frigd zone
AID through the winIy night, which for months
morning bresks-while the true heart OF the hopeful
Enghh wife accompanies the stars in their unceasing
vgis 10 search amid polar ice and eternal snow with
suporbumdn endurance for the long lost British Admiral
and his imprisoned ships it II American benevoence
that wskes the plauds of the world The fairs of the
American In tlG for twenty-five successive years have
marked the annual prU.ress OF our national industry.
While the eye has been gretin, and the mind instruct
eo nv ,e present ex..on .rc paf Of H. and thai part
the most beautiful of all-the display . """''7 '"'
utbss sadly reminded us of one who in former years
bore prominent part in your anniversary festivals.
The genius of beauty and taste mourns the unmey loss
OF her devoted and favored admrer Mr. DIXON here
alluded to the lemented DOWNING, who persisted on
board the steamer Henry Clay, and whose memory, he
said, will be long preserved, fresh and fragrant hi.
tOvcIs III the hearts of thousands whose taste has
been erehed and culIi, sied by his Instructions
At the conclusion OF this address which heard
with marked attention, and frequently applauded, Gen.
TALLmADGE announced that the Fair would be kept
open until the end of next week. The band then
played lively march, ard the sssemblage dispersed
apparently much pleased with the exercises.
ASorHER VEro.-On the Sd of January
aft the Common Council appointed Inspectors of Elec.
ton for the Nineteenth Ward Within a few days
The parry" in the present Council have been busy in
arranging things fsvorubly to their eide, and among
Other scis have redistrcted the said Nineteenth Ward
and appoinied-Or sought to apPont-new Inspectors.
TO the number Of dozen more This nice arrange.
ment has been vetoed by the Mayor, in the following
terms:
MAYORS OFFICE, NEw-YoRK, Oct q, 1882
Iol Hoa. Beard Of 1sssan. Aldernes:
GtNfLFNsS-l return herewith resolution rescindins
tie roluon passed Jan. s 1852 providing for the appo nj.
nent OF the rates therein named Inspectors of Election
iorhe N etnih Ward Also resolution passed BY your
hohyeee oooy Oct O. appointng Inspectors OF Election
for the vsruus Districts that Wand
The Law providing the appointment of nspector. AZ
teen PROVIDES also that the PARTIES appointed shall
hoe ther ofces until Others are elected u saeel thin,
ard the Common Council have the power to remove the
oncers thus created by themselves The PARTIES heroiors
appointed therefore perform their duties until obsr
have heen elected
The ComTon Council have only power I'll any vacancy
which be nv