Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-03-31
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systcm. II was fatal error &" believe
/ thar the rights OF people we're To he ey'
pounded by peculiar polioical priesthood,
nnI maiuraincl by an exclusive lulusirill
Interest. In tho yindicllion Of the rlEul-
thus cxp0unlol war was Waged WHOM
the means 10 manufacture clothing ~ arms
and without adequate means Of tGnspnWH
ton by land or water. The superior sys,
tom of modern material and mechanic''
DEVELOPMENT trmnphcd and the result has
beeu sutiugiliou aud ruin,
ia his hour Of humiliation and woe We
NAV ask where are the political professors
who lnught that public liberty could De
preserved by a peculiar Institution AM a
single rursuit? Have they come forward
to giyo their counsel and lahorto the social
REORGANIZATION Of the South They mourn
like David over dying cause, but they
have not, like him, the resource mr. courage
to bear mp under m inevitable dispense.
ton. Sometimes they cyiucc symptoms OF
rrviying animation at the reorganization
of party or the distribution Of patronage,
hut the Radicals have double locked the uc-
cess to Federal place, and the professor oil
abstract remedies relapse Into despair ahd
obscurity.
Meantime, the South lies Ike a stranded
wreck, from which are hourly taken away
spoilsand trophies. In this cHigcncy new
class of counsclors has come forward
They are earnest men with practical rene
dies. Like the sqilmakers, the fishermen
and the tanners who taught truth to the
magi, aud led the world to salvation, 20 the
mechanics Of the South Cmbody the true
philosophy of Southern prosperity and
Southern freedom, Perhaps they no more
contemplated than their prototypes the
results which will follow their acts. Bat
they have this great advantage; They tread
b"aycly in the steps Of modern progress
and the wisdom of their course is vindica-
ted by the evident success Of the same
system throughout the world. -,
The first movement of this practical
school was to reduce the hours OF mechanical
labor In this they are their own masters
They can shy what portion of their time
thew will dedicate to toll. Who can bind
the Anglo. Saxon when even tho African
has been entrusted with the control OF ms
own actions? But in asserting this indubl-
table right to contract for longer or short
err time of labor, the leaders OF the industrl-
al movement in the South have been led TO
consider some other connecting questions.
They find that whether eight hours of me-
chanical labor per day will maintain n nan
and his family, depends upon the degree OF
skill, or the facilities Of production when
he possesses. They observe that the rate OF
wages and the quota OF subsistence Is III
direct ratio to the amount of intelligence
employed. Whilst he who carries the hod
risks his life and limbs for couple OF dol
lars day, the architect under " hose direc-
ting diagram every brick is luid, has re-
ceiyed nm hundred fold the same pay, with
out any personal risk and with little man
unl laSor. here the sailor, who hcaves
at the capstan or lies out on the yard, earns
one dollar, the captain that commands, OF
the engineer who controls the machinery,
receives ten. The Southern wheel-right
can, with his mallet, chisel and spokeshaYe,
make his wheel in one or TWO days, anu
must work nor then eight hours day TO
do 80; his foreign competitor, who has all
the modern appliances to bend the telIoes
turn, bore and morticc the hub, dress and
tenon the spokcs can, in the same period,
perform ten times the same work and main
tain himself and family with One-tcnth of
the time and labor. Thus the Southern
mechanics dcduce the great truth, that
educated industry saves time and money.
That educated industry is in TACT freedom
Examining this fundamental proposition,
they demand that Southern enterprise shall
be educated. They propose 10 organize
corps for the vndcation of the dignity of
mechanical labor, and the demonstration
that without it there can be neither free
dom nor permanent prosperity in State.
10 prepare this corps for its mission they
require PoIytechni, College. 1t must be
established and endowed il this city. They
insist that the unemployed thousands, who
are so willing to labor shall be fitted for
employment and furnished with employ
ment. That Southern young men shall he
taught the application of science to the
practical pursuits of life. That the South
shall rear its own architects, engineers,
merchants, manufacturers and mariners.
That the South shall honor and employ its
own mechanics, instead of exporting its
fabrics, TO enrich the foreign artisan. That
the South shall thus accumulate its own
capital instead of investing it a road.
Such are some of the doctrines developed
by the industrial movement in this city.
They embody, in our opinion philosophy
Of Southern prosperity and of Southern
liberty which has heretofore been neither
taught nor tolerated in this part Of the
South. The practical men of the south
have thus opened n path Of political and
social regeneration, which will redeem and
rcnstate our beautiful and beloved country
IN more than its former influence. Success
10 their efforts -Southern Star.