Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-21
EsTABLIsHED 1910.

Is commauding hight, some ship OF the air, Iool
: down At once on tliu whole body Of pioneer
At their daily labor, we should recogn lze il
q their desultory array the sklrrnish ihetf
p ADVANCING CIVILIZATION,
l. the hafbsneer of intelligence, comfort, thrft
o humanity and religion. The wolf, the beal
u the serpent, perishing or vanishing, as m
pioneer hosf, slowly, irregularly, yet lneNtiia
a bly, moves on, are now seen TO be types OF
moral order, which civilized society is desire'
$ TO Suppidnt and replace. ] take this 10 be on
l of the chief ends OF Industrial EXpositlonsi Z
! make the workman realize lie essse ntiai vain
e and true dignity Of his work. The lnhnlt'
division and subdivision Of labor eXacteo DS
] modern inventions and machinery are cal
d culeted 10 obscure these inspiring cons1dera
: lions. The artisan or artlhcer deYOteS M
Z days 10 making not whole watch, but
1, Wheel or Pinion, ~ most a spring He may
give his life 20 matchmaking, yet never see
one watch perfected, as the most skllilQl ane
e valued worker in a factory may spend IN
$ years In setting up looms or compoindlnl
= dyes, and never make one yard OF cloth The
. Exposition is needed to inspire each with 9
= thorough, cheering consciousness OF what ha'
e been effected by tile
COMBINED LABORs AND EFFORTS OF
: ALL.
e - gazed with interest on the opening OF the
; first Worlds Exposition, aJ London, twenty
T years ago apparently Eupericially. The pro
cession OF the Queens princes dukes and
+, garter-knights, in honor of the efforts and
products Of the smiths and weavers
/ Smacked of grimace and affectauCn. How
| cuHId they truly honor manual industry who
had all their lives stunned II rs degrading,
| and eject that parade OF feudal trapplngS and
gewgaws did honor productive labor, however
blindly and sincerely , No prophecy Of the
, auspiciOus day, when swords shall be beaten
into plOughShares and spears into pruning
hooks, was ever clearer than that procession
Of royalty and aristOcracy of pienipotentia-
ries and gold sticks in waiting to usher in the
display Of all nations products in the do-
main Of ART and industry at the Crystal
Palace, in Hyde Park, April 30,
1851. our work too generally COM
pPls US TO look down 10 TX our gaze on
something pretty and minute to shut out the
view of the past years meetings, and concen-
i trate our thoughts on bits of metal, or lew
pounds OF wool or cotton. We work with
bowed heads and bent frames. We need Oe-
/ casionally 70 straighten up TO expand our
! chests with full Inspirations of the nee air of
! heaven. We need 10 realize that work has
! other and nObler ends than the nights of
| the needfuI replenishment OF the basket and
store: that its best result is the slKilful, mod
] est. upright, faithful, large sOuled workman !;
( such is the lesson which this Exhibition is
| teaching TO tens OF thousands. The material
! recOmpense OF labor is Indispensable but the
honor paid TO the achievement OF the
HIGHLY DESERVING WORKMAN
is beyond and above this, as the sky is above
the earth. Nor is this all. I see in every great
/ exposition an iucitement to that Industrial
/ cooperation which seems TO me, even though
distant and difficult, nevertheless inevitable.
Strikes for higher wages, strikes for shorter
l days, lOckOurS, trades unions all suggest 10
me the radical vice Of our mode OF oeUermln-
/ ing the workman S compensation. He should
manifestly be paid in proportion to the value
] or excellence Of his prOduc tions. He is Oftener
! paid in proportion 10 the time ne manages to
consume in creating or faShlOning II. Hence
! eye-service, and the production OF tabr1es or
wares that look well, but fail 10 wear or serve
we'll This cannot always endure. \ on need
not tell me that any essential change is diff
cult, for I know already that all genu-
inc reforms are exceedingly so; ll1at Lney
are only achieved through suffering and
sacrifice, and after repeated failures.
You do not frighteu me by asserting coopera-
tiveindustry involves complicated troubles IN
account keeping, for know that despOtlsm is
the simplest form Of government and slavery
requires less reckoning and bargaining and
bookkeeping than any system of free labor.
DO not ask me TO say just how cooperation is
TO be reduced 10 practice, Tor cannot tell
That there will be experiments, mistakes and
failures in testative stages OF reform fOresee
That rOgues and charlaJans VIII seize upon IL
in hope of thereby promoting their own sell
fish end-I clearly see all this. But think I
discern a
BRIGHTER VISTA
stretched away beyond it. Now that repre-
sentative theories have been fully applied to
the Government, and proved a success, after
making all due allowances for drawbacks.
believe its application to industry is only
question Of time. That workers who make
clothes or shoes, or whatever else may minis
ter TO human sustenance and comfort, viii
learn how to do this a. partners rather than
hireIfngS dividing eQuitabiy the proceeds
instead Of accepting share Of them as wages.
Years, if not ages, may yet be required 10 per
feet safeguards whereby cooperation Of work
eTs alone may be rendered practicable, benen-
cent and secure; and yet 1 feel assured that
day viii come in which he who wants house
built in Cincinnati VIII apply 70 corporation
of practical builders, organized like any bank
or railroad company, bargain with the agent
Of that corporation, as he now does with the
master-builder or firm, and have his work
done at least as well and reasonably as now,
while the stipulated price viii be wholly and
fairly apportioned among those VINO nave
earned it.. II you ask where Is the capital to De
had, point TO
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
now deposited in savings banks, whereof al
least two-thlrds belongs 70 the worklnglnen
and women, and say there u IS The deposit
Ors are careful and saving they are persons /
who viii not risk their scanty hOards in rash |
experiments, as indeed they should not, but 4
whenever IL shall have been demonstrated 1
that they may as safely invest in cooperative |
undertakings as 70 lend TO those by whom the /
laboring classes are now hired and paid, there 4
will be no lack of capital Tor such investment, 4
even though the rich should supply none OF i
it. Ours is pre-eminently an age OF invention, /
and OF Industrial progress. / can remember a 1
time when the steamboat was still a novelty /
and hreside marvel, when no mile OF 4
iron track had vet been laid on the i
surface Of our planet, when, American canals 1
were merely cOntrivances for ciIcumVentlng |
cataracfs and Of small account anyhow, /
when no steam-prOpelled vessel had ever
crossed a sea, and when electric telegraph was
as inconceivable as broad firm high way DO |
the moon. To NOW grass, cut grain, or sew /
garments by machinery was hen unim- /
agined. We exported no grain but that grown
near the shores OF the Atlantic its bays and
inletS, and our mails were wholly drawn by /
horses, at an average speed OF less than fifty
miles per day. Looking back at the immense
strides OF invention and machinery OF steam
and electricity, during the present sentury,
and mainly ID my uay5 VINO can rauonalIy
doubt that
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
is yet on the threshOld OF its career, and that
the inventions 0f the next half century inust
Ear Surpass, in scope and uu1ty, those OF Jhe
preceding. Happy Is the generation Just en-i
.ering upon this stage of being, II its leaders
and teachers shall realize thai the noblesJ
achievement toward which us eXeruon
should be pushed, and the highest attainment
within its reach, Is . more generous, more en-
ightened, more courageous; more aey3ie9
generation, TO follow IL, qualified and lncited
10 take up the work which ltS predecessors
have laid down, and bear it on 70 still grander
and more beuehcent triumphs.
This concluded, he went through the Expo-
dtiOn Building halls, followed by many cur1-
nus visitors, though the attendance at tue
Exposition did not appear 10 nave peen lnleh @
by the prospective presence OF tbe
amOuS visitor.
Mr. Greeley then returned TO The Burnett
House for one hour, to gain strength Tor
The Democratic and Liberal Republican
Executive Committees had made arrange
DC called out at a moments notice in case he
should consent TO speak. phis, consent was
obtained as early as four O'Clock IN the after
looDs and word was at once sent abroad 70 /
he ward CLUBS. By half-past seven o'clock
PROFESSIONS we're forming in the streets, in
iarious places, and shortly after eight with
lighted torches, transparencies and music,
moved in The dlrectiOnof the Burnett House,
aking position on Third street, from which
1aleony II was understood ne would speak.
An immense throng blocked Third and Vine
treetS simultaneously with the arrival OF jhe
yard PROFESSIONS. At twenty minutes before
line MIR. Greeley made his appearance on the
lulaOr1Nr AZ the a Third and Vine. and I
vas introduced by Hon. j. l.. keck. As soon
Is the crowd caught a glimpse Of him there
gas great cheering, As sooD as this had sub ]
ided,
Mr.. GREELEY SPOKE AS FOLLOWS:
Citizens Of the state OF OhiO-i am here a I
,uest at the invitation OF The Common Coun-
Ill Of Cincinnati. II was their desire as II was
ny wish that L should, while their guest, alb =
tain from any remarks which might seem 10
avOr of a partisan purpose, and fully de-
igned, had been left at liberty. 80 to speak
hat no one Of any party could posi- bly, have /
AIKEN exceptions 10 IL; but there has been an |
ttack upon me since j come here which
viii trust TO the hospitality and the generosity
u my entertainers 70 enable, % permit me 10
epel here and now. Last evening, at Pitts
o a vast mblage like this, took pains TO ,
Npl1ln the circumstances, the eXtfaordl nary,
circumstances under which !
vas impelled the winters OF lttO and 1851 TO
'neT, ia good faith, 10 submit the whole queS-
ion Of
UNION OR DIsUNGON
o the fair, unconstrained vote OF the South
rn people, after due deliberation and discus
ion. I said then that IL was my belief, and ii
5 stll my belief, that IL that people had been
flowed such a free and fair Op pOrtunity, they
would have decided, as you would have de- /
ideds that the Union should BE maintained.
hose remarks which I made last evening
ave been mlsrepresented. They have been,
think, perverted into an expression OF pres
Mt belief and present conviction, that any
tate has any right 20 dissolve this Union al
Is own good pleasure. FelloW-citfzeus, I ut
erly repudiate and condemn that sentiment.
cheers don't believe that any State, or
hat ten states, or even a majority OF all the
tates, has q right 10 dissolve our Union. lap
lause.l That Union is founded on the Con
utuuOn. It is chartered government, and
ot "a mere league. IL does not constitute q
onfederacy merely, but nation; not a gov
rnment Of limited and defined powers, b1t Of
nlimited duration. 1 believe that the
MOS is not only destined TO be, but