, 1870-06-10

snant 10 adjournment
socAL sGEscH AND 1Hs ckxscs
The Rev. 7. q. Wines then read paper on the
above Topic, substantially follows: Social Sci
ence involved three distinct conceptions: humanI-
y as an unit, lts organism. end It's growth and de-
vtlopment 1t had been questioned whether 80
cial phenomcn2 could be classified forgetting
that man Faa but . small part Of the uni-
Was IN ltnmattria1 element Ia mans nature, and
n2sae1 1 only could be made the subject Of scien-
Paastpg snch objections BY, however, he proceed
"a TO SET that social science viewed humanity as
unit md men ns atoms. and sought to ascertain
what were the forces Of natuFr, whence they
nsucs which were an attempt to keep m account
u Eltal force received and expended They
to nc mo wea and new
earth. II they could Ind the amount then they
could get at the amount Of force possessed, since
that substance STAN ~ Vas sonveited into force Statistics
society Ii certain time equalled the amount re-
eelred. The items Of the expenditure OF human
selsgaon, nne arts, agriculture, ETC., and certain
S0'sss s..,ssI. q, s..as';e. sSens Wss tbst ss
enable to an aseounf Of IS io1oe anS
properly rt=euiate lts expenditure This had not
the tabular form il which they were avsn Tss tno
often incouprehensthle, and thus arose the COM
plants Of the iauti1lty Of the census The great
to show By diagram what figures could hardly
give. The conversion Of the census table i1to
lines Vas ey no means profitable, and the more
change, In view Of ihe present census, was it moi
= favorable moment to urge the necessity and I'm.
portanse OF stasig1aphis MAPS statistical etlaa1
would show to the eye at glance the comparative
densiaes Of Ropglataon, , ne occupations M Of he
heop he1p 1ns 1p snoHpS a tns
and would tell for itself the distribution Of the
population A map OF this State, shaded In India
hibited.
The same thing could be done In the same way
for every other class OF facts. The distribution Of
thus aed 70 the ere b 81 use Of co,oqs te be
maps could be made Btn more eloquent and the
various clemens oi our Population and their loea-
desire wss to h8ye such an atlas prepared by the
general government for It's own use and the ben-
eft Of sciepce. The cost would be slight, and Sta
ustca Otherwise useless would be rendered ayaila-
BILE MT. Wines concluded BY exhibiting scr1es
OF similar maps prepared by The Russian Govern
nent and showing the distribution Of grain, cat
tle, forests, &c, throughout that empire.
A gentlemen present raised the pract1M ob1ee-
ton that 1t Was difficult 10 always produce the
same identical shade Of color, and also to keep the
c0lors. Wou1d the COl0rs remain relatively the
same, as to exhibit the came set Of facta this
year and ten years hence7
that service might be rendered to the cause Of
education by nap, showing clearly to the eye
the 1act that In many parts OF the country not one
tenth of the people could read Or write Such
map would Eho" the necessitT for nAtionaltztng
education
TIE GREAT pASiER-
The Hon. lhaae Mckinly- Of Richmond. Ind,
then Iead paper On THE Great Danger" It
was his conviction that our free institutions we're
In more danger from popular corruption than ever
from rebel arms. While believing In democratic
institutions he could not close his eyes to the dau-
gers of The moment He had accepted as true
that facts were results and all causes worked
through legitimate effects Great empires had
fallen rs the rrsult Of natures determination TO
ayenge her violated laws When nation refused
the warning, death must follow. Our existence as
3 nation depended on the moral purity Of the peo-
result of preceding causes
We're the facts such rs TO Justify his stormy pre-
dicttous7 Cutu recently. four mlllions had been
held In Elayery. That was over, but slavery