New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-21
NR. BANKS At THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

OF Masfl cnuse'h' In sfuo Oh the severity Of ths
ccld-and the Palace Is much nearer the North Pol.
thar The ree' Of the city-the building va, well 6ea
sone fifteen .houssnd people being in attendance.
platform had b. en- erected 10 the center under the i'm
mepse chandeiier, r, for the accommod stiou Of the
speaher members and invited guests, ard il wa, filed
with the moIe enin ent mer Of the city.
At 8 O'Clock Mr.. Banks was conducted Z, bis stand
On the platform amid stprm OF applause from the
thousands who had crowded up within hearing di,
ts1ee. Mr. Banks appeared to great advantage, not.
witbstandng bis srduous labors in the campaign in
Massaehu,etts. He was Introduced b. Gen. william
Han, and spoke ss follows:
The wear which is about to close viii constitute au
epoch in our Industrial history. 1t ha, alternately
elsted ard depressed men Of all pursuits It's opening
promised season of unparalleled prosp.ri.y Tt.
farmer mechanic and merchan, entered upoa is due,
with high hopes. They locked for the abundant fruits
OF the eah ard the fu products Of the sts.r 10 the
present and coming year as means of breaking the
bands of monopoly and reducing prices to the natural
level upon which flows uninha.ed trade, the "csm
health Of patioDs." An uDtowsrd Spring and chill
liz Summer peie the early promised harvest; bu,
the Autumn epered with unusual spendor. The luxa-
risnt vegetation, robsd in IFS most gorgeous coios,
gave US bet q part Of cur auunna pleasures. u
frightened the Summer sum- fepressed the biting frost
ard f,d the gamers CT industry with such products
as The Goddess of Plenty upon her chosen fol-
lowers ard then new calsmiiies broke upon us snd
dspelled the happy visions that lowered about Us.
Commerce, that rests upon its faith in men,
stood without sOlsce or support, and sober in
in tie valley of the WAt, and the exhausted
granares OF the East welt the moment when rest )ed
credit ard lenent may effect the needed tram.
fer. There few events in life tuat strongly
ola 70 rpy in he
meI eia world IL Ia sad enough to fortunes dis.i
psted in hour that have cost the frugal and self
denying labor of half century, to witness the sudden
cheek of trade that spanned both hen spheres and
10 nd settled ruin in circles where prosperity seemed
to have chosen its home. But it is far more touch.
ing soJrow when labor finds the temples Of it toll
clOsed aid is compelled to wander away upon uptre-
Gne nte courses puTposeess, homeless and breade:s
the avenues Of destuon and crime only opening
their bYosd ways before il. Such events demand that
consolation and courage from secular and sacred minis
tratons should be breathed upon The overstraed and
desolate heart. Such revulsors as that now upon us
cannot without breaking up routine courses OF
life, and driving new agents to novel aud unexplored
e rs Of fort II il in this way that communitis AID
States sometimes discover new sources OF wealth, Ia
the events that may have crushed individuals and
fsmiies. They develope unexpected energies and AZ
tain prosperity in novel foms and Lew quarters OF tse
world. The greatest advances IN CIVILIZATION nave
often sprung aud will yet again rise, from trains of ln
dividua misfortune. We cannot measure bystandards
OF human wisdom the ends of more than human des-
tny Ii is idle TO fear that the paralysis that has
fallen upon oreanzed industry will leave the reslstlef
energies Of the An erican people pros ate and power
less We must look for s1ch developments as energy
will suggest TO those who suffer from the suddenly
brf ken purposes of settled life. In every circle new
IDEAS will mark out courses of conduct and neGes-
sitv compel adherence to newly formed re olutoos
How important is it that the active AGENTS 10 such
great changes shall receive counsel and encoura"e-
ment from thoee who lave faith III Eien aud In tue
right rather than that the heart shOud be chilled by
suggestions OF despeir 1t is id this view of recent
e,. nts that venture upon this interesting anniyer-
eary TO present few considerations beaiirg upon RE
ell. ments OF national wealth and the choice oi aVof-
iors. chief defect in the American system OF cuu-
cation is the purposeess character OF its discipline
A purpOseless n can have no power but such a.
accident may confer upon some nanmote agent and
an obectle 50 traniug the formation of the actS
agent of socty is inefficient the want of pur-
pcse in men. II is uncommon thir; to see you x
men run in few years the gauntlet of every ayccI-
tcn, chserDg on Others IN The sane coure Dy au ac
cic success obs rucpg the neutral courses of
business by inevitable failure, and forgetting and
teaching sthe to forget that the first element Of sue
cess is proper di cpline and qualification. |aclnsug
purposes like these naturally LEAD us 10 ideniy tnN
which We call respectsbli'y and dignity with those
employments in which listless inactivity or the adven
ttious acquisitions Of wealth are pobable results.
TheIe can be nothing further removed from the truth.
The dignity Of labor is n its results and not IN me
form Cf employment. The peeIless statesman o. Eq-
gland who after prolonged study OF diplomatic
papers throws himself upon the heaI'hIug, 70 hnd
thirty minutes sleep before seacol nre eJ'hots as
little dignity in the foIm of his employ az the
swsrhy smith who fashions at the forge the snchor at
which commerce rides in safety and yet the atfrar
tive toll of the Statesman may have given liberty 70
cor tinent or free bres to suffering people, siencny
the cry OF hunger stdDg the rising sppetite for
crime. The dignity of labori in ito suits s1d
not in the conventional forms in which If enploys
The science Of statistics Is of 80 recent growth Win us
that il difficult to establish from the data furnishes,
the exact relation which national pursuits hsye
borne to each other past time as to Numbers employed
to their bearing upon the accumulalors OF naiions
wealth bat we may approximate toleraosy correct
conclusion by referring to the interests in more
rnatured States. In Holland in lS4l, the prodact OF
agricultural industry was $lSl 900 900; that of Inu
featuring industry, $l44 0CO 600, apd the esmsted
products of commerce Sos 600 oOO thus
commercial industry gave but little more than sixth
part while manufactures and mechanics afforded 81
per cent of the entire wealth Of the State In France,
in the same year, the product OF agriculture wss
$500, OO0 manufactures, siOO 900 900 co-merce
and navigation, $500, ,0O0 000 or an industrial pro
duct Of 466 900 O0O that Of commerce ia but ls per
cent while the mechsuic arts furnish thlrd OF the
whole sroupt. Tue industrial product OF England 10
ls40 was $3.50 600 GOO, aid Of all other pursuits
1856, 600 GOO. Allowing TO commerce nth OF the
aggregate as in the Gaze Of Holland or France oreven
quarter pait 1t is still far below that OF MANUFACTURES
al the mechanic arts.
Neither in England nor the United States IN the
census of 1885, is The product of commercial industry
separately stated, the case IN both counrles 10
lS40 but is cafe to the same proportions and
first a. to tne number employed There were in lS4O,
LOCO coo peIsors engaged in the United States maa
ufacturng and commercial life of which less t an ore
third were in commerce. The s1me proportions
are found in England for the same year. ln lo)o
there we're 24OO 600 employed in agriculture, OF the
white male population over fifteen years OF sge ana
j96, 900 in commerce, tfade, mining, manutactures
and the mechanic arts. Deduct from this million and
half 33S 900 penons, free and slave, who were a.
ploy ed in mining commerce. ocean, ses and river NV
ieaioa Il leaves one million and quarter free manu-
fscturer and mechanicsjus hsf the number engaged
in agriculture, and three quarters OF all otner putst:
Their industrial product is fabulous. That OF sgn
culture for the present year is not less man snS
,bous.,d milions. of manufacturers fifteen hundred