Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-23

perishing also. The welfare. the strength snd
glory of nation are dependent in a vast measure
upon the extent of its population and the amount
of it, wealth Next 20 the virtue and inteil-
gence OF a people. their numbers constitute the
power aud dignity OF State The ancient com
mandment aud the blessing delivered to the orr
gnal founders OF the human race was TO be fruit
iul, multiply and replensh the earth Aud one
of the richest promises to the Patriarchs OF old
was, that their tribes and their descendants
should increase until they became as the leaves
of the forest aud the sands Of the sea shore
Every public ruler who 5y wise political and so
cial economy mas rapidly sSelled the population
of his country, holds place in history "a A ben
eiaetor OF his kind Every human being is
machine of labor Each head and each hand is
a producer The busy brain and the active mus
Giles are perpetualy adding TO the storehouses.
the granares aud the merchant ships of the
world. IL was a blessing and not curse; IL WAS
in mercy and not in wrath that man was com
manded 10 eat his bread in the sweat of bis face
by obedience to this command. the glory of civ
ilization adorns the earth and commerce pene-
lrates the most distant seas. The iul6llment of
this decree redeems the savage face of nature,
builds Up the great marts of trade. patrOnzes
science and letters, efects temples to art and pro-
gress and is a forerunner of the Christian faith
Labor is the fountain of all wealth and OF all
happiness Nations and individuals are alike
utterly and entirely dependent upon IL for their
prosperity And national prosperity Is simply
the result of individual labor. The humble and
obscure toll of the honest ploughman. who
'Honeward plods his weary way"
at nightiall is the source of all the nations
ness the foundation of all It's vast enterprises. the
support of all its boosted revenues it is the small
which flowing on and minglng with the other
waters of its kindred at last swels into an ocean
on whose bosom the destines of the world are
determined all the great authors who have
written the subject of the wealth of nations
have recognized this a fundamental truth.
Adam Smith embraces ii in the first sentence of
his immortal work. He says:
''The annual labor Of every nation is the fund which
orig nall supplies il with all the necessaries and
niences of lite, which it annually nsumes. and which
consist always either in the immediate prod of that
labor in what is purchased with that produce from
other nations"
Locke. in his equally celebrated treatise on
civil government, is still more explicit and clear
upeu this point He uses the following Ian
guace. which covers the whole philosophy of
labor:
lis labor, then which puts the greatest part Of the
value upon land, lcthout arhcA scosd scareeiy BE-
teorth angthsn9. lii that the grea est part
OF ell its useful products for oil that the straw, bran
brad of that of wheat worth Than pro-
duct OF good land which lies
effect OF labor. For It's not merely the plOughman
pains the reaper and the threshes OIL ana the baker
sweat is TO he counted into tie bread the laeor
o those who bro'e the ONr, VIII" digged and wrought
the iron and stones, who feei and framed the timber
employed about The plough mill. oven. any other
utensils which ar vast numb requisite 10 This corn
from IL being seed be SOwn To is being made bread
all be char ged the account OF labor AID received
as an elect 81 thi nature AID III earth furnishing only
the almost worthless materials us in themselves Twoud
be strange cataOgueO OF thiags that industry provided
and made OF ABOUT every Loaf OF bread before il
CANT to our Use, j: We could trace them. wood,
leather bark>, timber stone, brick. Goals. me- cloth,
dyeng drugs, PITCH tar masts, ropes, and all materials
OF in the ship that brought away commodi-
lies made use Of by any of the workmen any part
the work: all which twoud be almost impossible at
least too long 10 reckon up
Sir aside then from motives of humanity
what shall be said of an administrative pole,
which Is unnecessarily depopulating the nation?
Every unsanguiIed field OF strife covered with
The noble and once animated forms OF American
citizens, ~ an rreparabie loss TO the wealth
OF The country When the last call for troops
which has been made upon the laborers of the
iard, by the Executive. shall have been complied
with. more than two millions of men will have
gone 10 the fields OF death In the year lc60,
the number OF voters in the United States, ia
GLIDING all the sections was. 4 Col 1893 The
contained. at the commencement of this war,
about three millions This may fairly be COM
puted the number of lrbOrers in the loyal
States three years ago, for while many who vote
are too OLD TO work, vet, perhaps an equal mum
Der capable of labor who are too Young TO
vote
1t will thus lie seen that two-thrds of the
laboring population of the country have already
been levied upon by this remorseess Admiuistra
ton, aud drawn away from the business of pro-
duction. Figures cannot lie, and the census
tables Go not deceive The prosperity of this
Government consists in the labor OF It's people
This is its only capital In proportion AS the
population is diminished or diverted from pro-
dGctlve pursuits, ia the same proportion is the
.eueral welfare DESTROYED. And no nation ever
long survived the shock which the austria ction of
two-th:rds of its population inflicted upon every
branch and department OF industry A par
alysls will seize every healthful function of
government. The sap OF lite will cease to
ascend. and the green tree will wither and die
The fountains will be Tried up, and the river will
cease to flow. Sir. am dealing in no ina ciuai
picture Go-tO the regions OF AGRICULTURE on
which all else depends You will there hear the
cry that the laborer> are few. One mau cannot
do the work OF three; aud two are gone and but
one il left To SOW the seed aud reap the harvest
| have seen the wife and the mother tiling the
soil in my own district; her children following in
the turrnw, and their father away in the army
have seen broad fertile acres IN the West wing
waste and idle for the want of hands 10 place
them in cultivation How long can this state OF
things continuey How long will one-third of our
usual produce meet the demands of our increased
and stupenduouS expenditures? How long can
diminished Production and multiplied taxation 60
hand in hand? How long cab you continue TO
destroy the labOrer. AHA at the same time raise
a revenue from the pruducts of labor? Tie ten
dency and speedy result of our present career are
PLAIN and inevitable Soon, very soon, the fruits
of industry aill prove inadequate 10 meet the an
nnal demands oi the National Treasury and then
the land itself. the farm. the homestead. must he
exhausted and swept away Are YOU ready for
th>I Are YOU ready for the land tax upon
uncultivaieu fields IN addition To the tribute
which We already pax 10 fanaricism and c0rrul-
toul Ii YOU are then eternal war. vast con
scrlptions. no negrriiton no reunion, no peace
will brirg with fearful ralitty the realization of
MI your hopes But thu profiisate destruction
OF human life and wanton and wicked overthrow
of the whole natural system of American labor
how much longer 10 YOU expect The toiling mil
lions to endure in -encel When the curtain
first rose on the hateful scene of this civil war
/ the country was Knocked With n call for seventy
4 FIVE thousand men, and our greedy ears were
saluted from high quarters with the fttrering
story that the moon would scarcely wax aud
wane until the Government would again possess
It's own You tell me of craftsmanship; YOU tell
me OF honesty in the present conduct OF our lis
I aSfrOu- Affairs Sir not a nlan lad daxn in the