New-York tribune., 1870-10-04

cry and Plate Glass but because crou.. market
since gave the former large and tbe exper
in supplying which they have c1concentratng the
C;. 81 % 81 Machinery essential 70 eminent suc,cS'
in sucb production. Saws Oh al MI nt, ~ Latest all
Hosiery and seamless Bags are nmerican Manufac-
d;t;ons To our list of SUCCESSFUL hmeliOaI ~ s .
.s and am confident of the concurrence OF
large majority of those who have tester .ne ~ thS S
~, .b az these homemade goods are cheaper than
.hn fore;on rivals they have been enabled 10 sup
plant / trust that we shall perseyere IN tne pau
we have thus far trodden. not without occasloa Ia
disaster but with general success until our imports
of Wares and Fabrics shall be at least balanced Dy
our exports and barbarous tribes ana regions 9e III III
good part supplied by us with the Metallic prouu@sos @
of countries more advanced than their own, LOT
which they have hitherto depended wholly upon
Europe.
say. hope and shall rejoice to see our country
ministering in part TO these needs OF barbaTiahs
but i would not have them do so intermlnably.
would ncite and assist every people to fabrlcate lot
themselves Were legislating for Hayti, Lloerla,
any South American country, would be more
anxious and thOT0ughgOng In tins respect tiah
| am in case, because the difhcutles encoun-
tered. the obstacles TO be surmounted, are muG1
greater there than here But that each people shOu9
freely buy of Others whatever Nature has eilabie9
Others to produce with a facility denied TO ltselI
and should fabrcate and fashion the raw staples
thus gathered from all quarters into such articles as
are best adapted to It's needs or ITS tastes, is Ill my
view the dictate at of enlightened patriot
ism and a generous comprehensive philanthropy 3,
The occasion which calls us together suggests, ana
snch occasions have often melted contrast between
the arts of Peace and those subsidiary to War winch
however speciOus, do not consider quite fau Alb
hOrring War as do and ever did do not see how II
is TO be wholly avoided, rather, do not see how
the devotees of Liberty Justice, Equality, and UNI
versal Education, can absolutely reject and eschew
the weapons and enginery of War, while they are
still cherished and welded by the champions OF
DespOtism, Rapacity, Caste, and Misrule And this,
| insist is the practical questi0n-n0t " Is war
great evil T. which we all admit ii to be; but Shall
the upright, humane and generous concede to their
adversaTes a monopoly of the use of deadly wea-
Pons, and so submit to be oppressed plundered ana
killed by them at pleasure r. L can perceive no
essential difference between the use of force by a
nation against internal and against external foes;
and, whenever shall be convinced that IT IS wrong
for people to take up the sword IN self-defense
against intoerable wrongs, shall consistently hold
that we have no moral right to arrest the criminal
who barricades himself in stronghold and
thence threatens to kill the first man who crosses lts
threshold. | heartily wish that no community, no
people. cOuld eveTmOTe be invaded or otherwise
oppressed but i cannot believe that National
wrongs, any more than individual have ceased
forever; and feel that there wrongs so heinous
and baleful that they must at all events be re-
sisted-if necessary, unto blood. That such neces-
sty is deplorabe and abhorrent, must not bind our
ewes to the fact that il has existed and may recr,
even while we are dreaming that the progress OF
enlightenment, the meliOratiOn of human character,
have rendered it henCefOTth impossible.
But we are gathered to celebrate and impel the
progress of the arts of Peace and for these no apo
Ogy is needed, no demonstration OF dire necessity
is required to Justify their existence or Nlndlcate
their right to honor and cOmmendatiOn. Quietly be-
nignantly, they make their way across continent,
rearing bounty and blessing i'll their train. AS they
pass the rude wigwam of the savage gives place TO
the comfort -girded dwelling of the farmer the few
gaunt and timOrOus animals which the red man
hunted necessarily for food succeeded by the in
Vulnerable and fulfilled Hooks and herds OF the civil
lied husbandman; the steamboat suppantS the
canoe, and the narrow, winding path wheTeOn the
Indian moved his lodge at the bidding OF want or
sought his dusky foe in satisfaction of revenge Is
eiaced by the tread of sawart thousands smoothing
way for the locomotive and the train, and startling
the silence of the desert with the snort of the Iron
Steed. When reflect that, within my span OF NE,
this mighty city has grown from struggling village
which had not dreamed when was born that these
great rivers would ever be naylgated by steam
when consider that, far within my day. the Presl-
dents Message, borne across the Atlantic IN
five weeks by wind and sail, was printed III
London eight dHys before II reached st. Louis
and that l read without surprise this morning OF
what was said and done last night III Berlin and
Vienna, Moscow and Stamboul cannot CONCEAL my
hope and trust that this unprecedented era OF ve-
| tiOn and Physical Progress presages and preludes
the gTandest mehoratons not only OF the material
but also of the Intellectual and Moral condition of
| our race. These Forty Thousand miles of railway
which we Americans of the middle half OF the Nine
teenth Century have constructed for the use OF our
| children those magnificent inventions whereby OuI
| age has reinforced the farmer. the mechanic the
navigator, the seamstress, and many Others, can
err in presumng that their social efficacy is yet tt
equal their physical and that human ilie-the ll'
| even of the poorest and humblest-will be nOblel
and happier in the next than i'll any preceding cen
| turyf Doubtless, wisdom and philanthropy are SUI
be made of the grand industrial achievements OF ou
age and of those still grander and more eihcaclOu;
| whereby they shall soon be supplemented and per.
fected, but my conviction is earnest and abiding
| that there must soon dawn upon our earth long
bright day of peace and plenty, of Peace based on
universal regard for Right and Justice; OF Plenty
achieved through all-pervading industry and aug;
/ mented efficency-an era of general comfort ano
| contentment, yet of energy and activity, whereof
| our eminent inventors, arttcers, and engineers
| shall be hOnOred the piOneers-an era wherein
| Watt, Whitney, Fulton, Stephenson, Daguerre
| Morse Mccormick, with their cOmpeers and sue
cessoIs, shall be hailed and blest as conspicuous
| among those who, favored with impulse and guld
| ance from Heaven have inscribed their names high
on the roll of the great benefactOrs and nspTers OF
mankind.