Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-28
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION
Immense Rally of the Mechanics.
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les procession, which extended near mile il
length, and ennbracedlevery department. OF me-
chanism. On arriving at the grounds, the pro-
cession marched around The building and dis
banaeaso enjoy themselves 40 they saw a.
| A1ittfe D past eleven o'clock, a stand was erect
/ ed IN Floral Hsil, and oecap,ed by the speaker
I x-Presii5ert johnson, Mayor Van Glider, tn,
Chief Marshal. Mr. Shepherd, Messrs. Rich
ards and Browning, assistants marshal and ,
Mr. Shepherd fiSStH Tosdaaetd ii. aj distinguished
speakeFna few grsesfal areuarfas9 We. pre-
sent the following synopsis of his ,,.a.-.,
s;D0E hns fsozdTADDRESss .sssss-lf ~sigbaf
Mr. johnson said that he was here By the
Invitation Of the chaniics for the purpose o
addressing them on subjects for their prosperity
Hesxss a mechanic, not ideally or Theoretically
but in fact. Thrown on the world without
money sr friends, he came to Hast Tennessee q
Having made this his home, and bsin prompt to
customers, he acquired confidence and was sent
to the Legislature. BE made his advent wheg
yefy young man lie, was proud of being Z
mech snice though tainted, and jeered on that
account He was even accused of catering to
the prejudiees of the smasses<s Had gone the
rounds of office, from the smallest to the high
eat, = He stood among US as, a mechanic, asking
nothing from any one He did not talk to please
the fancy with gewgaw7ior tickle them with q
straw. The same species of quackery existed in
mechanism as in politics half the State and
Federal legislation was trickery to deprive the
people of their liberty The greatest wrongs
weEe often inflicted on. people by oppressive
legislation, but those who made mistake and
corrected an error would be rewarded. In me-
inventions, which were generally the Inerest
contfiSances. God made laws co-eval Within
for the government of organic matter. q w g
ought to study those laws, and strike out in the
field of exploration. Follow nature in all things
-zbe governed byprineiple and the idea of gem
INSTRUMENTATION was the first effort on their
part IN this section to place themselves in their
true POSITION Evil association had injured
thenl,il he took ground against State monopoly
insthe employ of eo1yiets 10 compete with hon
est labor Cheers The house burner was
sentenced co. the penitentiary. What reason
was there .for. pdnfshing criminals? Not for
him to suffer, but to deter others. The peniten-
tary was not house of reform--thee inmates
came out confirmed in crime. The criminal
of famous men with fingers crimsoned with the
blood of Innocence and 30 on through the diff
ferert trades. Theinstitutien WAS not self-sus-
tanning except for two out 6f forty-one years
While the State competed with the honest la
Dor of the country, yet mechanics were to sup
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chsnic, and his motive IN speaking would not
lmfsconstriied, SIS he was in search of no fa-
vors.. - ...-. - - 49, -, .An -
BE used the views expressed in, his messages
to the Legislaturein regard the mechanics in
instituted He then stood alone and, forsooth,
was denounced as a demagogue No appropria-
tions for the mechanics institute, were made but
plenty for criminal mechanics. ylos "a io 49,
The power of mind was all-controlling, and
carried thelT forces of ITArchimides, with
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fdlerul m whereoh,5nd to place it he could,
move the world: n The ideas, too, of Ser
wins sTa1lria the great soommoner of Rome,
were embraced in that crest instrument. the
Constitution, before some fungi had been tack
ed on tool Cries of that's SO, ~ But he was,
mechanic, and controlled the minds of those
who formed the Constitution Of the country,
and, his Blood ran cold when he saw sacriligious
hands upon it, 4aao5 ~. ~ yf,,,s5 z
the stefe 1nutters-o this city, and spoke of the
MASTER Iaindsini their ranks Socrates was a
sculptor, and it was his chisel that lsculptured
those of the ,graces. But be was as famous for
his wisdom, as for delieaoy of touch. He it WAS
who through his disciple Plato, first taught the
idea of Immortality, and could train and eie-'
ystf the mind e yell rs give form and shape
Mechanics have thought in the past are
thinking now, and will think in the future. As
a proof of the former. the ideas ofTSocrates
were embodied IN the Constitution Of the Unit
20 CORD xgA VA one, eosat1b
yeyonl but afterwards led Armies and helped to
form the Constitution which defines our liber-
ties, or what little liberty the country had left.
Franklin, the philosopher, printer and editor,
also helped to make the Constitution.
me GGsss sfoemsReF. Daniel Shelly the peer
of Randolph in rspartee7 was shoemaker, and
when asked jeeringly what he had done with
his leather apron, replied that he had cut It up
to make Pocahontas 4 night cap Newton Cam
Congress, was a sadfer If they. could reach
those exalted stations, what ought the present
generatiensto do when our opportunities now
are better than they wsre then. 1t was not i'm
modest to speak of himself He was tailor
add had seen wedding suits recently that he had
niade.sa htcaa eisnie, y,srrl . sna aIsff II III.
ais.Worth makes the man, fsnl ieI haa ,.1a1aa
Z The want of II the fellow, itsisusG e. 90
Ais trade never degraded him, and the hap
piest days of his life were spent at work, espe-
cially oniSstnrdsy, when his customers came
for their garments alsz .greH 81. 81 -sso rs II
He would tell the truth--he had told it I'M
der more trying circumstances was proud
OF the mechanics of the country. If he conld
add any menento in the cornerstone of me-
chanicsl building, it would be the proudess act
of his life. He had seen mechanics set off
Hl8nly IeSpecteu, anu even C0urLeQ anu udt-
tered, and seen them GO over to those who ca
joled, while they despised them, instead of
bringing them to- their sphere. At one time he
was idespised but had since made Others re-
spect him, as all could do. Mechanics should
belproteeted and made respectable by theiro
merit. Capital was frequently necessary, but
small qusntities well managed were better than
too much. money The happiest people we're
those of whom, few were poor and few ricl-a
home for ali, however humble, was highly de-
sirable. h The middle state was preferable. He
would dispense with the penitentiary in improv-
ing man, in appearance and mentally. Two
classes ought to be punished, and he would
hang one, and deprive of the poioer' of propo-
gdsfn0 specie. In few hundred or thousand
years there would be q different class of men
to those now living. In his situation perhaps
his last speech, [cries of hope not. ]-he had
Begin with mechanics and it would be good to
end with mechanism He had tried to do his
duty had violated..no pledge, broken no prom
iss.i Having run the important race-he spoke
not in egotisms though proud of tia race few
had .Eaa- Id hat hic mn rob