The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-11-09


country. Our Government having agents
in all the principal countries of the world
u system of exchange of the products o.
the several climates, similar in nature
may be carried on, which will result il
tho best Of consequences.
To the people Of Oregon now coun.
try, peculiar climate, productive soil
and, TO great extent untried with many
productions that are valuable sources oi
wealth in other countries, and may be 80
herc-this bureau offers advantages that
cannot be too highly estimated.
A prominent and worthy member Of
this Society has callod my attention ID
the Importance Of Oregon having clerk.
ship in tho Agricultural Department q,
Washington, and suggests The propriety
of recommending, at the present annual
meeting, some suitable person ftS the po.
sition. heartily approve of the sug-
gestlon, and hope favorable action may
be had upon it before our fnal adjourn
mcnt
would also recommend that this So
ciety call the attention Of the seve
other State Agricultural Societies y the
subject, and recommend them to take
similar action. The department should
be controlled by men who me identified
in sympathy aud interest with the object
of It's operations. There can be no doubt
that the appointing and confirming pow
crs would pay due respect to any recon-
mendations made by Agricultural Socie-
ties
The Importance of such result TO the
industrial classes of the nation, is of vast
Importance, aud will be beginning in
the right direction. 1t will, no doubt,
have tendency and influence to encour-
age tho laborer to greater efforts TO nc
quire thorough knowledge, and TO make
himself better acquainted with the insti-
tutions of our country, and their practi-
cal bearings upon him and his labor.
The labor aud products of labor Of
every country arc It's main wealth. Money
may be plentiful 10 the hands of all
classes, but If there be no labor, or If
there be great want Of labor in eoun.
try, that country does not, and will not
prosper, let it be ever so rich and fertile
in the elements necessary to wealth.
Where there is a great want of labor,
there will be as . matter of course, a pro-
portionate scarcity of productions, and,
as result, money viii be scarce. But,
supply the country, with plenty of intel
ligent, enterprisiug labor, and the capital
necessary for operating it viii soon be
found, as well as everything else that
makes life agreeable aud pleasant.
The labor and money capital of any
country is both valuable and necessary TO
its development and prosperity. There
should be no clashing between them-no
distinction made because one has and
operates capital, and the other performs
labor. Money, without labor and its pro-
ducts, would not be of any value. Labor,
and its products, when separated from
capital, have the advantage: for, one of
old, we are told, when he was hungry,
sold his birth-right for mess of pottage.
Whenever there has been conflict, how
ever, between capital and labor, the
former has always come out victorious
because, as a general rule, capital has in
telligeace in its management, and being
in fewer hands, can form combinations
more readily; while labor, in attempts to
form combinations, has been Unsuccessful,
being TOO limited in its efforts, as well as
wanting, in general, in studied aud prac:
teal intelligence.
We all know that money is power
So is intelligence Money with intel
ligcpce is too often arrogant, oppressive,
self important, assuming and dictaforial;
while labor, without intelligence, is qn-
pretending and more submissive. Hence
tho absolute necessity of more general
intelligence among the laboring classes,
in order that their interests may be pro-
tected, and less distinctions made in So
ciety between wealth and labor. The
frivolous distinctions in society of the
present day, are but the result of want
Of general intelligence. The farmer in
his homespun suit, aud with his sunburnt
hands, and the lawyer and doctor, in finer
apparel, are all laborers, and differ only
in the mode of labor by which liveli-
hood is gained. The mechanic with his
well-w and soiled apron, is no less
worthy of our esteem and confidence than
the wealthy merchant. The wives and
daughters who conduct our household
affairs are certainly not less deserving of
our love and praise than those who pre-
side at the piano. Many wise and good
men who are wealthy, look upon and esti-
mate labor and the laboring classes in the
proper light; but there are those who
look upon the farmer and the mechanic
as Laborers, aud all labor as unbeconsing
Such show their want of intelligence, and
deserve our pity more than our contempt.
BY labor all our wants are supplied,
food to nourish US, clothing to keep US
warm, and whatever else gives enjoyment
to life or makes country great and pow
erful. To the laborer we look for the
payment, in great measure, ofour taxes !;
and to the laboring classes we look in time
of war for those who fight our battles. =
i Nothing is palmer taught in Gods
i Word, or in the book of Nature, than
that it is mans duty and interest to labor.
n The book of Nature is full Of instruction.
All animated creation is at work for their
! living. Whether it be the beast of the
field or the animal Of prey; the fowl of
the air, the fish of the sea, or the creep
! ing things Of the earth all are at work
in,their time and season for themselves,
!, gathering their living, and not one to be
found sitting idle and saying, 81 am
. rich" or {. am too good to work, and
having others gather their food for them
!, 70 their natural, or wild state, sickness
;a cha ovnant;on R,,t &c fknv do ~,