Washington telegraph., 1863-06-24


burdens to distant points, annihilating spsc
and uniting nations. But those who work an,
control this stupendous force, are themselve
begrimed with oil and smoke. Thew ar,
wearied with toll, whilst the passengers rest
at the If case and enjoy the sensation of flight
1t is so with the grand march of civilization
with its attendant arts and sciences. As We,
It has happened that her greatest achievements
rest upon the toll and misery of those who
form the substrata of society. We behold
splendid cities rise, and wilderness IS bloom
ike gardeas. We see happy homesteads,
adorned with all the allurements of taste and
art We see church spires pointing to heaven
and schools and academies resting in quiet
retreats. Music, and painting, and sculpture
grow beneath the hands of the sons of genius,
whilst the press throws forth upon the face Of
society continuous floods of light, to direct
ma nkind still onward in the progress to per-
fection. This is the march Of civilization.
But in this vast progression, and, as it were,
the motive powers, We see cities covered with
light from the eyes and pollute His air for the
lungs of its toiling Inhabitants There, be.
meath that pail, thousands of human forms,
crowded together amidst the smoke and heat
of FURNACES, deafened by the clang of hammers
and the Ehm of machinery, toll day by day in
the fierce struggle with starvation. Their
haggard faces show no signs of the soul with
in-their eyes gleam only with the partial in
sanity of despair. Sadder still. in garrets and
in cellars emaciated women wear out their
fingers in hopeless toll, and their eyes are dry
with the misery which, never endi ng, leaves
no room for thought, and deadens all emotion
Their infants die from starvation or stitied
with the unwholesome air, and they are denied
the luxury of tears. Far sadder still, the con-
solations of religion are rarely felt. They be-
come brutalized in their minds, deadened in
heart, and approach the beasts. 1t is picture
of the manufacturing city. 1t will do for Paris,
or Manchester, or Pittsburg. Thank God it
federacy.
That It will be always thus-this terrible
price to be paid for human advancement, we
cannot believe. The curse of manufacturing
nations will be taken from them by some ame-
iorating process which we cannot yet foresee
We have faith in human sympathy, and in the
ultimate benevolence of Providence. We hope
fully expect the time when changes in COM
merce and the systems of labor will elevate
the white operative also, like the African slave,
to partake in the blessings of that civilization
which he now feeds wi ith the blood o. his life,
s'slow dropped from misery crushing presses"
In those countries, and amongst those people
whose sterile soil and scanty territory make
them of necessity the manufacturers Of the
world, it is the vital questiou-how? and from
all other more favored lands who reap tie
fruits of their toll, sympathy and help are due.
But the more favored lands should be thank
full that other sources Of industry lie open to
them, and that manufacturing may never be 4
necessity. Most especially should we rejoice
that We have system of labor adapted to our
circumstances, which forever protects the citi-
zen, however poor he may become, from taking
his position amongst those who, in other lands,
do menial service for daily bread, or sell them
selves to the task master. Our vast fields Of
fertile soil offer unlimited range for agriculture,
and our ports for commerce. We need never
manufacture for our maintenance as people,
beyond those simpler home crafts which are
indispensable to the community, and volun-
tarily undertaken by our citizens as matter Of
convenience.
A pious friend, few days ago, was very
interesting to US in some remarks, wherein he
showed that Providence had, in several in
stances, brought the Southern people along
the very brink of destruction, and after thus
exciting our alarm and teaching us dependence,
had interposed for our relief We perceive
this more strikingly in the fact that we have
been preserved against ourselves from becom-
ing a manufacturing people. 1t was the IA
vorite idea of many of our statesmen whom
we, in time past, loved and followed. Tariffs
were laid to effect it. 1t was falsely supposed
that manufacturing was independence. Fatal
very! No manufacturing people are capable
of free government. Amongst them fanaticism
roams rampant, and hunger, guant tyrant
presses them to deeds of desperation. The
iron will of a ruler is necessary to their sub
lection. They can neither conceive the higl
principles Of constitutional liberty, nor will
their necessities allow them to obey the laws
They must gaze constantly on the gallows ant
the executioner, or they will be agrarians all
New England, fostered by these tariffs, be-
came so. The evils were but in their inception
there. A large portion of her population re-
mained agricultural and commercial, but tn,
great manufacturing centres obtained sufficien
controlling power to rend the government il
twain. The South, relieved from those de
moralizing influences, remains free, with it,
laws respected in the midst of the bloodiest wal
of the world. The North has gone down under
the feet of a tyrant.
Slavery of the African race cannot exist il
| the midst of great manufacturing community
| The white slave and the black will not liv,
together in peace. The latter will become ex
tinct, and the poor of the country, ground t.
the earth by capital, will supply his place
Then comes anarchy, and after it the monarch