The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-16
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- sVent some time q tbs Bni=F
- Ststes Armory,from whence have gone
through the four years war, the great
1art of the muskets for our great armies
Going eastward from The business csntsRo u
city, the pleasant street . opes gently
inward, and 8 level plain, 100 feet above
~ foot OF the ascent gives ample space Tor
me great WofkshopG.l The iron fence IA
feet high. enclosesI some fifty acres along
r north side of the road. Passing the
sentry al a gate, you 20 to, an ofiea and
gst a dpass" 10 enter the building. A level
of l5 acres with its grass and ever
green hedges. and abundant trees is before
You A tall fl 4g-staf with tue national
AsO above the, trees, is in its center. a
travelled road passes round the square,
sIIls perfect order and neatness. On tne
east side is q shop 500 feet long and three
storiss high; IN tho north sIie are several
sbops, some OF equals size, and sstore-noaie
500 feet long; south are shops LOT wooo-
work and turning gun,stocKs, Sno .hs
mechanism for this process WORKS WIN
inch magical p~efsctness that il seems there
must be life And shought in the polished
steel o. I'D
Indeed. hours pass away sl too, soon 70.
rain q clear view of the wonderful ana
Sarfaes mechanism used in making these
6s.dly wespons. What skill, and toll and
I(spiusl Here are some lace WoIkmen'
he best in the land. For years, until thus
month. there have been 1000 busy, day
and night, in turning of 1000 muskets q
dsy. now reduced to q fourth of that num-
Der. l watched the noiseless sweep OF s
beautiful steam engine-one Of three that
sre guarded closely, lest some rebsl hand
On the brow of the hill, vest of the
sausre, are officers houses, and the great
Arsenal, where finished arms are kept
There are now over 100000. In one Toomi
! standing in racks two tiers high, so that
esch gun can be reached were 1OO,oOO
rihsd guns, their ppotlees barrels ranging
along like organ pipes, and calling TO mind
LoDgfsllow's poem, touching tins very
pisce: -r,,s ag7i-,
aTbIs IA the Arsenal from -four to ceiling,
Lii . huge organ rise tbs barnished sfms5
Bat. ron thir sisnt throatS no snthems pt aling
sta tie the VilbgI s with rude alarms
Going to the western windows, thu
homes Of 10000 people are in sight, hsl
buried in abundant foliage the winding
river can be traced is miles through this
glorious valley, and grand hills in the blu,
distance. keep stesdfsst watch over all. Z
NILE south. are the "water-shops," q vas
pile Of massive buildings, on a little stream
where the heavy forging Is done t-
Thres miles north, st Csbotv1le, sr
great shops and foundries, where the "Ame
COMPANY" have employed 700 men j
making swords and cannon, shot and shell
Hundreds more lave been busy in the cit
making revolverz, gun ca risges, csisson
and harnesses. Such are the vast resources
of a great nstion, reused to the CREST wor
of destroying rebellion, and giving there
by liberty TO all. ,a p.
Coming from Boston, I stopped day
West Brookaeid, amidst the rich, rolliO
pasture lands of Worcester county, an
visited 8 factory for making condense
milk, sweeiened and put up IN small can
10 keen for years. Six hundred quarts {
milk a day have been used to supply 50
diers in the distant fields and hospital
and now it goes to ships and far away CT
les. 1 saw the process-simple, and y
needing great care and skill and ilsurin
purity in the result. 1t is "Borden's p
tent put up by Lewis and Brothers.
The ministers in these ancient Ne
England pulpits used to point the moral
sermons BY 'the improvement toTsl
the close. SO let me make my "imProy
ment," to things material and secpla
which yet should be the means towEl
| lies higher ends.
Through this pleasant valley, along Il
route to Boston, in the places I have VI
lied, where one finds the thin and roll
soil of plain and mill side, everywhere
thrift and. growth. comfort and even ~
ductiveness and value. Factories are {
every stream in the mountain glens
Berkshire, along the branches Of the Co
pecticut, on the busy Blackstone fro
Worcester TO Providence, in the sesboa
and central towns, with steam pow
: where needed. Not only are great mil
. but little shops in quiet hooks, where
few neighb9rs work together. Thousan
f of women, too, tske work to their HON,
I Fabrics ofcotton and wool, boots and sho,
+ furniture, machinery, tools for tsrr1 81
e shop, and an endless variety of articl
9 useful, tasteful and delicate, go far al
! wide fIom their many workshops. The
is a variety of occupations, giving place
= talent, work for all willing hands of m
and women, instant and constant call I
. labor and skill OF every kind.
The farm ia near the factory, giving go
g prices in the home market, and cheap goo
b IN return, saving double transportatic
and keeping on the land all that should
put back to enrich it. instead of sendi
away its products, and thus impoverishi
the soil. The blending of these varied E
periences and vacations, the meeting q
/ mingliDg ofthese many life currents, ting
d and shaped by such wide mastery Of N
q over natures forces and materials, is full
all benefit. Iii civilization, culture, weal
. of soul rs we'll SIS purse. To the farmer
is increase of the products of his acres ecc
g Omy of exchange, work OF hand sndora
for whatever gift Of power or character
d children may possess, and all the whilst
tnrll OF inventive genius, pulsing throu
= the serene quiet OF his life in the 6el
keeping it from all narrowness or stsgI
n tlon, that he NAV the more enjoy nstur
b beauty, and the better make her forces SCI
> him.
The result is, on 3 broad scale, 80
j, widespread comfort in material thin
such wealth of the many, as can hardly
y found elsewhere, and such schools, ibrsT
y and churches as are rare iAdeed. In
IS nature of things New England will be m
g largely manufacturing than the West, a
d there is room enough for US all But W
is should our farmers be tar from the mark
e wasting labor to pay useless transportatii
and make iheir soil poorer by sending sW
70 all it's p~roducts2
Why should we not have in Michigi
d this richly varied life, with its broad sec
n for the noble powers of her som and dsuq
ters2
Surely we can make cloths from q
. wu0i, aud nIaCurHery y ssta1T 1uu SuOIs III
!, the immense supplies of iron beneath c
q soil
This state of things in New England
the result of the efforts of gen erstioI
against obstacles far greater than need sta
in GU future path. Just now there is
great prosperity, which may be checked
9 shaken by changes of trade or still mo
e by ruinous blindness of Government.
: the new order Of things just opening
8 this country, the interest of free labor
. one in all its branches. In this new ina
cisl emergency, revenue is no theory, bu
9 necessity. LIST the great Northwest q
for q steAofast policy of protection To hoI