The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-12-04
The Higher Law and Mission Of Commerce,


at Bryant x Stratton's Commercial Col
lege, was a decided s2ccess, tho large
hall with all its avenues being crowded
to their utmost capacity, while hundred:
turned away, unable to obtain admit
tance. His subject, THE Higher Law
and Mission of Commerce." was ably
handled aud listened to with the mos
marked attention
lie did not propose to speak Of the
rudimental branches, to go into the leds
er or iron safe; be would leave those
subjects to those more intimately con
nectcd Herewith, and take for his sub
ject those taught by nature. the highe,
laws, the trade carried on between ma
tions-bnding all the world with a di
vine tie which no human agency could
rend asunder. All the beauty of the
outer world is not positively objective,
but pcrccptive. Phrenologically consid
cred, the first man was the same as tie
man of the present day, and no sooner
were there tIhFce omeR pnRR, the nfa fec 8ss Ss
the first division of human labor, proTid-
ed for by the Divine Maker, and this the
germ 0! commerce and trade When
Adam opened his eyes upon the glorious
beauties which surrounded him he found
objects which stimulated oil his percep
tive faculties. The hurricane told him
, what it might do for him on land and
sea the placid rivers, bearing on their
bosoms the gracefully gliding swans, re.
freshed and gladdened him with their
sight, but he was not yet capable of the
conception Of what these suggested -
The lightning was to him fearful phe.
nomena, and for five thousand years its
mighty force was not grasped by the
human mind. And although nature S
vo'uncs were full Of teachings, the hu-
man mind mastered them so slowly that
it pleased the Creator sometimes TO afford
item Divine aid The fig leaf, with
fbres of bark were natures baby lesson
in the manufacture Of clothing, and would
have been worn for years, had not God,
with a fathers care, pointed out lesson
in how He had clothed the brute cgea.
ticn. And here commenced the art Of
garment making. With the mu,dcr Of
Abel commenced the era Of bloodshed
and the manufacture of rude implem ents
Of violence and war Iron was probably
never used before the delugc, as the
length of time it required to build the
ark showed the rudeness of the implo
monts used God, too, gave to Neal
specific directions for building the ark
After the Good, all the occupations wen
on in the new world as in the old, and
with an increase of population changes
of occupation followed, and hero com,
menced the era of trade. The four abso
lutte wants-tood, drink, raiment and
sheltcr-havins been obtained, then
came articles of convenience and luxury.
the supplying Of which constituted a
constant trade. When the representa-
tives of the different nations of the earth
went out from Babel, they each had the
same stock Of antediluvian observation,
and took up their line of march in differ
ent directions. Westward, ho! then as
now, a watchward, their vanguard soon
reached the Mediterranean Here was
navigation started. The first bark ever
launched upon the sea was here built
fashioned after the breast, and with pad
dies like the swan With this they trav.
ersed the coast, and soon making the
wind an agency, they crossed the Med
iterranean and Red Seas, and explored d
foreign countries. The migratory por-
tion of mankind thus soon planted in
populous cities; under the force Of ac.
quircd wants; houses began to be built
Of brick and stone, and then temples Of
ornamental and elaborate architecture.
Foreign explorations and interchanges Of
native productions began. And these
were not simply incidental transactions
made in a moment of good humor, but :
divine production, the result Of tha
hand which had made the sun to shine
more blandly upon one portion of thu
earth, to a diversity Of productions -
The speaker demonstrated at considcra
bic length the tics formed by these diff
fcrent productions of the earth, makin9
each portion dependent on the other
As the progress was marked along TO
wards the great west, which demanded
an increase of facilities, arts proved equa
to the demand. and the little craft wa
supplanted by the larger vessel; thes'
bringing home the Indigenous growth!
of other climes awakened, cnlivcned enc
cultivated tastes, which caused demand
and the interchange Of fruits seemed t.
! come 10 rs an almost natural result
Gradually tracing the development ol
trade into cUmuivivo with tho growth OF
the world to the present time, he said:
, Commercial regulations havetixed laws,
and every student of commerce should
study them closely, with the firm resolve
to 6nd the beauty and symmetry of thei'
proportions he should learn the nstura
conditions of the earth as thoroughly a:
the anatomst should study tho physica
structure Of man. Indeed, there seems
to be similarity between the studies O
the earth and man; the proportions ane
relations Of each should be closely studied
10 the commencement Of either probes
sion. This will enlarge his mind anc
enable him more fully to see. realize ano
aud appreciate the honor Of bis oecupa
ton. .
The seas and oceans are covered witt
vessels, the lakes and rivers are travers-
ed by them; commerce has no country
but the world, no party forms barrier
no patriotism but the well being of the
whole world. Commerce repudiates war
it disregards its ravages, it spurns block
ades, it claims the waters as its own
highway, the world undivided as its DO
m.;p Our own country was the first to