The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-06-24
co M M U MICA TION
OUR HOME CLUB.
Is rhoro Progress for Humanity.

II there Progress for Humanity.
] WEDNESDAY,, June l, 1853.
John Wilson 10 the Chair.
Mr.. Hanson proposed the question
ISIS there Progress for Humaniiy?"-
which was unanimously asSented 10.
! He believed that in physical science
lin the discoveries of new principles o
chemistry, geology, astronomy, mechan,
aics, &C., &c, man did progress, bm this
not the progress Of man but of his agents
We hear of the triumpbs of steam as il
the race we're wiser, Of the swift steamer
crossing the ocean, tAe iron car-seed
flying over the land, and we boast OF on,
advancement. But because we can take
The shadow OF the sun npon plate and
ind the fixed likeness of humanity there.
by, il did no, seem 10 him that neces-
sarily man, as such, was improved. Life
lis shortened by the Onward impetus;
and though Franklin had brought light-
ming from the clouds, and Morse had
made the subtle electricity the messenger
of the great world, this affords no evil
dence Of moral elevation. We have
broad territory, and vast expanse Of
wilderness yet TO blossom in fruitful
fields and the full premise Of returning
harvesIs. Yet the struggles for hostile
political systems, the war Of creeds, the
contests for new science were as vru.
lent, and displayed humanity in as abom-
Unable features rs ever. The circliag
changes may throw us on the top Of the
wheel Of time, but only the 80 oncr to
thrust US TO the bottom. Real progress
did not exist. For the fire and faggct Of
ancient persecution men now in our
more refined and intellectual age, SUBJ
stiiute the assassin-dagger- Of malev-
olent asporsion, social exclusion, and a
denial Of the sympathy of society. The
reformer, us ever, Heads slormy path
dark, cheerless, and unloyely. Like Gray,
the inventor of railroads, it is no! unCre>
quen,ly his service to humanity is for>
gotten and another wears the laurels OF
his fame, and the benefits Of his struggle
while he passes through u lie Of toll,
suffering and privatiop, conscious of
nothing, but that he has aimed 10 do
right, but equally conscious that his
efforts 10 accomplish a noble deed are
unthanked and unappreciated. The
world has not advanced much since il
repaid the glorious goodness and self
sacrifice Of humanity Of Christ, by de.
manding his crucifxion There is no
moral progress for humanity. ,,eg,
Mr.. Johnson.---I,'s all we'll enough
that Mr.. Hanson says. But 1 guess
we're o republican rel pie in these
United States, and | guess arsiocrats,
and lords, and dukes, and such like cattle,
that trample down and tread ou, the
poor folks Of the old world, Eave rather a
small show among us. That's something
Of progress TO my mind, any how. And
then when canal boats, steamboats,, and
railroads had TO be invented, poor people
could not travel but mighty little, Iappre-
hend. A journey at that time for a
laboring man must have been like a
funeral parting, if il was a long one,
Now, I've been in ten or dozen States
myself, and seen the ways folks do in
different paris, and how they trade and
treat their fellows, and that's been Of
considerable use to me, and if hav'n't
got many dollars BY it, I've gathered
some experience, and good deal Of
knowledge besides. That matters a
tri1e progressive for humanity TO my
notion, for where its common for the
poor man TO travel, il isn'l convenient
for the rich man TO stay at home, and he
moves about loo, and is the better for it
Well, | noticed that machinery did the
work of great many hands, and did il,
cheap TOO. Gottons and cloths and all
kind Of machinery manufacture have now
become within the reach of every one ),
at q cost which enables him TO be com,
fortably clothed and furnished so as in
old times could not have taken place,
and mans comforts and bis morals are
apt TO have a relation to each other
There's truth that misery makes crime,
and that the rule works 5gih Ways
Besides We have our COMMON schools,
thonoh N oood uyanv fooist don,t lif q