New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-04
LETTEP FROM CITIZENS or CALIFORNIA
10 THE nov. Z. b. HiSHBURNE.
S,v rp,xc,Sco. Cal. MAY. 1854.

great asure in acknowledging tie debt OF gsiutide
under which YOU have placed Us ana the ILdus'4a'
craftsmen throughout our common country, ny your
vigant to the Joint resolutions oi the Legs
ature of the State OF Illinois, iRs,ructine aud request
ing her Senators aud Representatives 70 urge upon
Congress the necessity for establishing Industrial
Universities in each OF the States OF the nlon CO.
operative each with the other and with The MIN
sonian Institute The more deseryediy belongs 70 YOU
the need Of honor. for while >cns;,rs could d I'd
ample time 10 devote Ia the consideration and discus
sion of Nebraska and spiritual humbugs and hslucina
items at the expense and hndraLce of the nation, but
none 70 enhance the interests of the millions who
compose the industrial class of our land. you came
forward and moved the consideration OF this highly
important subject, already too long neglected As
mechanics aud workingmen We feel thankful that
this matter will not be suffered 10 sleep in good
hands.
Norv it'll standing the idlenrss AID "tOmOolery" G
the greater portion of the members of Congress. TIE
ewes of the people upon theu aud Their ACTS are
clearly seen by electric light and their words are
heard in every corner of The continent IA the fearful
and fearless echoes of the press and the telegraph II
cannot be that the vast majority of the treemen of
America those who compose the bones ard SlueWs ot
eur national structure, viii always submit % be mis-
represented in the Halls of Congress by thcir chosen
agents The demands of the people must De met IN
the ever onward progress of discovery and INVENTION
The Industrial occupations OF human life require
the ulle IT sud the cearest explosions OF science 10
simplify their methods and classify their labor inns
is true in respect 10 every branch on INDUSTRY! Inc
farmer in his field; the workman At the forge furnace
or bench: the head and hand of him who guides the
fiery of the locomotive and the steamboat re-
quire not only the practical skill but the thorough
training OF the mechanical powers OF the mind To
qualify for the duties and n sponsibTtes to be
sumed by each. The scientific culture of the intel
lect as well as the morals may thereby bring them
into happy cempsnionshp with the manpulat.ons OF
art and industrial occupation The classihcations of
labor in this country make it necessary that all men
La, ic9llv liph utlliry well
lis beautiful. happy ends, as the independence with
which il clothes the individual soul conscious of the
universal right to labor.
That this is an Industrial Age absolute fact Every
nation is engaged in. being aroused to unite in. the
productions manufactures aud commerce OF the world
And there is necessity for practcally-educaied ana
scientihcall y-trained men to MI the various posts
in the Naval Service and Mercantile Marine. while
steam navigation rapidly is Supersedlng all other
II certainly seems as requisite that men be trained for
the active and useful duties of life about them as that
they be educated for the bloody bucheries OF war. II
q nation Ike this may establish military schools To
teach practically aud scientifically the arto OF war
how much more should it establish schools specifically
adapted to the highest aanments III Industrial science
aud the cultivation ofthe arts ct peace There Is ten
fold the necessity for the national establishment OF
Industrial colleges and academies that there ~ Tor
those devoted 20 law divinity. the military. The
reasons for these may pass away. amid the ehulgent
rays Of progress and the Advancement OF tine race
toward better time, but not 80 the-ndustral occu
paticns of agriculture. manufactures and commerce.
These are cUeXstcnt viii progress and our exist
ence on the earth lIenS is affirmed that. II our
nation may teach military science ii may teach Indus.
trial science fall as well and apply It's ac ,unuated
treasures Of knowledge in the Smithsonian Institute
and the Patent Office to the Intellectual regeneration
of the millions who toll on the land
The interests of commerce aud trade would be
thereby advanced and secured life and property would
be- far safer than now, and in thousand ways bless
ncs not now enjoyed would be conferred ou our nation
and the world. The constantly -occurrng explosions
of steamboats,, locomotive and stationary engines
render it the duty of the people through Congress- TO
establish Industrial Colleges in every State OF tre
Unicn that men may be duly qualified to engage with
the clements entrusted 10 their care and direction.
It no new or Utopian scheme, but one that has
had iair aud ample trial these many years III Germany
md France. The success il has met with in those
countries has stimulated the British Government to
found an Industrial University large scale, which
shall by college and academy, shed its light IN every
shrine Of the kingdom
II is proposed to commence that University with
fund Of $4,000 beside the fund to be created by the
mauuta sturers themselves.
This subject has been made very PLAIN by Dr. LYON
PLiyFAIR, who has shown how perfect system OF
ndu trial education has been organized IN the schools
of Germany and in France. 1t IL estimated th't IN
Germany alone not less than H. 900 men are annually
enabled 10 receive the high technical and sclehlhc
training Of those schools; while more than 3O,OOo
worhmcn are being systematically taught the elements
IT science and of arr in schools which communicate
instruction TO them in their leisure hours. England
begins 10 see that in the Advancement of industrial
science suLsst the true elements of political power,
snd the highest objects of political duty. The Queen
has Ilcdged herself to extend and improve the ma
ii, nal education to develop and encourage industry,
art and science to elevate the moral and social c0ndl
ti,n and thereby promote the welfare and happiness
of the people.
All European nations says DR. Playialr, have recos-
nizcd the fact that industry must in future be sup
ported rot by competition of local advantages, Dut
by competition Of intellect Their thinhaG-men
have proclaimed il; their Governments have adopted
it as principle of State and every town has now its
schools in which are taught the scientific principles IN
voyed in manufactures; while each metropolis re-
ioces in an Industrial University, teaching how TO
use the alphabet of science in reading manufactures
aripbt Hence be argues most truly that the study
Of science il essential to the progress OF ndusty that
practice and science must moss Join together ia sol
emn union and that the time is past when practice
can 90 on in the blind and vain confidence OF SHALLOW
empircism severed from science like tree from Us
roots II is indispensable tor the people 70 have
scientific education in connection with manufactures
if il i. desired to outstrp the intellectual competition
which now happily for the world, prevails IN all de-
partmeuts Of industry. As surely as darkness FOL
lows the setting OF the gun, surely will England re-
cede as manufacturing nation unless her industrlil
population become much more c9nversan VIM science
than they now are. These fears the part OF Eng
land are net regarded az being without foundation.
And the came facts and method OF argument Will sp-
ply with equal force TO own country II we ~ish 10
attain the highest point Of national supremacy ana III
dependence.
II the great commercial and manufacturing interests
of ENGLAND deemed it worthy their deratiOn to
importuue and demand the Industrial Education Of
the people r.. a high necessity; shall tie interests Of
agriculture manufactures and commerce OF AHerica
claim less Shall We stand stll amid tie mighty
effort. being made by foreign nations TO secure indus
.ff be lris lei