, 1866-02-23

Tt4dc Will 10 alo|t.d when Il shall ba beat frr IrS-
AEet:, FFes Trsds VIII 60, sasae TAsn our tsbs shsa
ie0 80 ia ~ woasa a. bas tkss tp ans 'os ia; u
ne,ss soSe.n{ pso;set1on ss,ns 9F r s aKh
pisnty Of money with winch 70 pay high prices u
hf preferable TO deserted vezksaops, no mcnsy. !
sset he Gs s,5s ee e
s,re us nom her pnrFeprond nistooacJ and iau-
ishing populaee: May the time never come when
the American laborrr shah be paid iess than b. Il
tinnaaee of he American s5s:em. tha impro~c-
uents In machtuery, the mastery Of man over tho
arts and over Failure, that PIP may purchase hree-
fol more clothing. more schooling and c1oso coza-
The ear'h wss given 10 man 10 develop. sdosn sua
beau!ify-m vhieh TO increase his nee, improve
Tbs mt man was iarsne OF necessity To he
Production Of hc earth he looked. for hls food and
bis elo1hsuE and bis house we1e su out Of douts His
poorly cooked. nu clothing may have been warm,
but could not hare becn well tt:ed. His houac
.waa large enough but not proof sEssnst raln auc
his food making his rude clothing md keeping h}s
house warmed and swept. ha had. none |efr 10
devote 10 the fine as. 10 constructing sosds, bnd-
peSeT T come q On eartb there woud hasr Beer Been no
eides, no roads constructed. no schools s,uuded-
the MI OF printing Hon1d have reualneti unknown.
and The stead. engine would never oa'e been in-
rom the beclnuIns-1ha poor unfortunate fellow
would have gone shiye1ug through the norid% IN
bers and blessing uOre.
md the other. One could construct implements
With which TO til the sol[ and DC the lions skins to
their haeks-fhey could compare thoughts, ohset.
employed biz time In pa1,ltoutpg oG soma rooms
in the house Of the first man. and though smaller,
be made them more comfortable in q atorn, lhzn
frst man Eni.cd food for the whole, and paid the
mechanic and carpenter foE their work with hs sur
Plus. Thus each beped and improved the condition
shown how dependent men ate on each Other: how
helples6 nan Il alone; and that 10 enable him to
attain high degree Of civilization, he mu-s
he necessities ., life. comfortable houses. ood aad
clothing, there uluyt be Implements and machinery,
and more than one pursuit: The uller OF The so1
| don't know which would present pttturo Of
rho lae.t desolatton, the world with bot that
poor arst man IN H. shivering ont BIZ lonesome T.
only one puE-ult-shas Of llcz. Of lhe .ril In TIE
trst case there would b no need for ettes, roada
and ships, no reed for coutnerco in ~ Other casa
Nobody ronld weld IN iron. make b,as. construct
ship, or survey road, there vould se no schools,
no ,s, deepest would per'ado
Diversity of employment I. necessity to the .d-
yaucement md happtnftt Of man A purely ac1i-
cultural nat1on must alwa5s be d poor one. md ihs
piorab!e indeed. Does this nctd psootl All his
lory proves It. Look at tho condition Of Europe
during tho dark ages, when onl. rxo callinss ee1o
deemed dt 10 enRags the epeE.lss OF man-war and
the church -wben for long centuries the ar1s which
had adorned and bcautfed The cltleE Of Greece,
md built the temples OF Rome, seemed utterly lo4s
which contributed TO thoir ioss, and helped 10 ~
dree man to bis low condition during those painful
times. A baushY ani corrupt priesthood. With
lEcts SUDeft{NlOD lOFyle0 IL over hf9h
hat rs man descneIssed manufactures disappeared.
will not flourish amid Ignorance hut during thoss
dark tines, the cities which H,auutsctured nosf,
were most enl1cbteuet. most free. Genos ma one
ofthose cities, and a. the dark clouds which had
euveloped the earth began 10 DO pierced BY the COM
Ing lsns Of Inter tlmes, she gave he world coluu-
bus Take The h1s,olT OF spala s,nce the world be-
the decay OF the Roman Emplrr- Once the cproudest
Of naoG:, her dominion extended Into all paris OF
the ear'h., She was renowned for her energy, her
ss her chs1ly. But hcr rulers, BY unjust iegisla-
tion, pared the Wsy for her decline, and lower and
lower abe went under 4 succession Of dlssol1st,
nlpntcd IN 100 under her idiot King, Charles II.
In the sixteenth century, scv,llc had ID 900 looms:
IN The fclCn ot Philip IL they were less tnan SN.
IN 1865 only thirteen. The manufacture ot ztIk,
upon which 30, fQ0 people depended, was lost, Ind
they turned out to starvc or 10 become handttl. In
=
uta'ion and vast nud profitable tade. In 1Gts5
this was gone, ana the streets Of Madrid daily pro-
sensed the spectacle o fntshed Operatives begging
and fighting for bread; aud thus down that proud
nadcn went she may have FORGOTTEN Goa; CO..
tAIn1y she had neglected and forgotten nanufac-
tures, md when, at laf, the lowest depths Of her
degFauadon were reached, and. under Charles ILL.,
she began to recover, her condition was deplo.ab1e
and sad Theze WAS security to neither perso1 nor
property. She Was unsafe Ut home and insulted
ahroad-a byword and feprp2ch- Ignorance per.
v.ded all classes; once fertile regions had become
ILL., attempted 10 zehulla and redeselop, hs had to
send abroad for statesmen and acn0arz to assist
him. lie founded tcho0l for discipline IN tho
army, md gAro 1t tn charge OF IN Irisnpaau. Its
naval college WIS couaded to Fsenehman. and be
imported Du1chmtn to manage his mnes.
Take the history Of Scotland. Her people, brave.
energetic. cspabo Of the highest culture, wero but
little sboyc barbalans for long long years after the
Middle ages. She had 10 manufactures. no COM
mesee. no houses 1t to be called SUCH and her peo
PIE ,ml.essbi{ fsd .1d wor;s clad. In 147a she
came from The low COMMITTEES. and the weapons OF
her Aighland war1iots Wele all imported from Finn
dela- With her inctes; ing Intelligence came M
creased manufactures, or with Increased manofAc-
tures CAME fncrrakc tn knowledge. don't know
WHICH Is the tzue way to state IT, % 1n,cpatahfy are
intelligence and the arts connected.
England, now tho ieTstyled mistress OF tho seas,
and - she east thinks, the greatest nation OF he
earth, dragged in great distress and very slowly
hhook oil Inc mlsta OF the dazk aye. until shn
turned her atteUnou TO mechanical tDaustry. It
took aye hundred year. from lOi5 to 1915 to double
her population, while from 1Gu to l.tj 1t was In
persas essa sesn ID il aonoe Vnie III I she M ,aIshed I
Tazt numbers Of emigrants all parts Of the void,
And during her most rapid increase tn popnlaiou,
ard lre-dom-ard though The condition q; het
bortng people Is far lo DESIRABLE get it il beties
so.day nan # has ever been before, Take Ireland
to make herself the workshop OF The world, hls
discouraged and destroyed The manufactures Of that
unfortunate tland. Her un1on with England pa
PFops dspasd e zee n ssi hnF an
'sss ' = sy.en ~ sseb beosss' :ssss g e
our Legislation to carry 10 her shops ali our raw
materials, and to 60 10 her TO purchase all our
Such azo some OF lhs LESSONS brtefclance at hts
IoEy teaches-H We 40 wise ne anii c.cAt thereby;
uur fathezs undsesstood this qursttou raIly While
for one. an unwilling to be bound 10 any prece-
cent Of ne Past, 10 - to receive authority that
they said and did Il, yet Mowledsr 81 yhat Ihs1
did say and do may aid In arriving at lust con.
ciusIons now. One Of the outragcw eompiainod Of
Colonies On this subject md thc 1rst petition pre-
seutet 10 the dfst Congress Under the Constitution
vas By seven hundred mechaniss and tradcsncn al
Baltimore, aekirg tcf Imposition Of such fntlrs
all foreign goods that could be n,annfac,uTcu In
America. ~ 70 give decid.l preference to thote
IKE Ssian, hffs from 1es Hsv wai SoTsd =
PhtladeIph,a and Charleston. That Congress pas.
Red law Tor tha ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and psptrctun Of
m;annfasiaEcs. ~ Washington WA Ftotectiouiat.
IN f11l tut or cloth made at factory in New Iia
ven, aud In that message he Baye: "aatety and ID
tr1cat require ConErcas to promote manufactures.
acled On ,hnt recommendation, and new i1unul.a
was given to mechanical Industry. And in ma
Washington said hn had repeatedly, nd not with
out snccesP. directed the attention Of Congress 70
The encouragement aud protection OF maautactares.
Madison Jefferson md Franklin we're hi co.Tork.
en,i eIs IL M* esase This sea nouy might be lnde-
do not tal' to honor, nor do undezv.luc ,hs
srea purs nit OF agriculture First Oh earth Il Is Of
ihe highest importance 10 u,an-n1s that ffonnshes
fees implements md capital. the best soads
tetest8. tha farmer knows That bis local masxnt u
the best and IL ls clearly shown TINT The houo mar
iet1s the one which ansorhs the surplue Of lhs
Statcs found In al foreign countries market for
only per cent Of their Furpius products, willis "
pes cent vas marketed IN ,he otaer States Of our
Union, and this was while the country was In IL,
full enjoyment Of the frees: Of free trade aws How
pai17 the 1oteiRn market and Jet how loudly tho
hee traders talk OF It's inpossanec-thrce PEI cent
ures, a1mtrs, and a1y whether That sysre Of pol,1
cal economy may not we'll be Questioned By you.
which iavoEs the foreign market uherr you can dis
Of your home market where Jou ot~posc Of u ptt
cent Of your surplus These men ho tell us protec-
tou Is robbery say because the price ofnnu-
fact14ed goods Il enhanced, and portion Of aueh
increased price goes to the manufacturer xrd for
which ahe buyer gets no consideration. This fsthe
most serious charge they bring against the system
Now poHt0n Of The increased price 0oes to the
Government; the Government must have m0uty,
md there - no bettcE way 10 Eafee 1t than BY I'M
ports. 4 portion does 20 to the manufacturer and
then from n1s pocket II onee to his empo1e in
an advance Of wsges-in tho payment Of American
prices for the labor Of American fteemeu. And yeE
IL this Frre Traders loudly complain. Nov What
would they havef Mechanics Of Chicago, ask these
men What lhcy want Do they desire you 10 labor
ior The s1asyatlon prices Of England and Fnncel
Or do they des1rc to shut up the shops Of the cum
Try and re1ucs you TO the condition OF the people
Of SpaiD, during the period to which have referred
Or do they aith to compel yo1 al 10 b. farmers 40
IL 10 increase the amount Of products for that t.r
ktt which now takes the enormous anount
of three per cent Of our iarmers' supplies, Their
eourke certainly tends to one Of these conditions.
Which do they wa0tf They ara not willing 10 pay
you fair prices ior your WORT, becalse It fnet-ses
the priers Of their ware.~ above What they 9vould
Emy having free access to the ehopi Of Europe, n
they claim. therefore. your pay mutt he reduced.
or 1our employer ruined and your employment de-
Bt'oEed% and Jou staryo or turn tarmen 70 awat the
A771n farm N IN