Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-23

The greatest denomination ever witness
cd in Cincinnati was on Friday, the 20th, al
the reception Of Horace Greeley At the Gin
oinnAIiI Fair. The reception ., the Expo
siton took place q, the Commissioners room
There we're few ladies' present The Com.
miSsioneFI the Mayor, and members Of the
City Council met to receive him. The re-
osption speech in behalf Of the Exposition
Commissioners was made BY A. T. GoShorn,
President, and in behalf of the city BY
Mayor Davis. Mr. Greeley responded as
follows:
A solitary soldier equipped and plumsd
Tor war, iS not an i'm posing spectacle. Sur.
rounded by the agencies and incidents Of
peace, he seems incongruous and fantastic;
. relic Of some byEons age; = representa-
live Of social order long sncs fallen into
decay. But mass enc hundred thousand
such ~ he into an ARMY, carefully ranked,
thoroughly disciplined, and supplied with all
the requisite senginery Of DETACHMENT and
destruction, aud ia majestic power, its ter
rible Significance, are plain even 20 the AWed
Gdmiring gaze Of childhood. So the work
Of the lonely pioneer, buried deep in the
primitive forest, wherein his rude log cabin
has ust been thrown up, around which he IL
slowly beating back the empire ofshade and
savAgsism, by dini OF axe and fire, seem 9
petty and cAusuAl when regarded By itself.
BuI could We, from some commanding
height, some ship OF the air, look down At
once upon the whole body Of pioneers at
their daily labor, We should recognise in
their dssultoFy array the skirmish line OF
advancing civilization, the bArhingeT Of in.
tslligsnoe, comfort, thrift, humanity, and re-
iiFiob. The wolf the bear, the serpent, per.
iIhing OF vanishing as the pioneer host
slowly, irTegulArly, yet insxOiably, moves
on, are now seen to DO types OF q moral
order which civilized society is destined to
supplAnt and replace. take this to be one
chief end Of industrial expeditions, TO make
the workman realize the essential value and
the true dignity Of his work. The Infinite
division and subdivision of labor exAotsd
by,moderu invention and machinery, are
calculated 10 obscure these inspiring oonsid
eTanons. The artisan or Artlhoer dsvoles
hiS days 20 making, not . whole watch, but
. wheel or pinion-At most a spring. be
may give his lie 10 Matchmaking, yer never
see one watch perfected, a. the most skillfu
and valued worker in factory may spend
his years in setting up looms or compound
dyes, and never make one yard Of cloth
The exposition is needed to inspirit each
with thorough, cheering oonciousness oil
what has bssn effected by the combined
labors and effOrts Of all. gSzsd with in.
tersss on the opening of the frat World q
Exposition, in London, tWenty-ons years
ago. Apparently, specifically, the process
ION Of Queen and Processes, Of Dukes and
Garter Knights, in honor OF the efforts and
products Of smiths and WeAvsrs, smauked Of
grimAoe and Afsotaiiou. How could they
truly honor manual industry who had al
their lives Stunned ii a. q degradation, and
yet that parade of feudAl trappinRs and gsw-
gAWs did honor to productive labor, however
blndly and even insincerely. No prophecy
Of the Auspioious day when swords shall be
beaten into ploWshAres and spears into prun.
ing hooks was ever clearer than that
procession Of royalty and AristoorAoy, OF
PlsnipolsniiarieH and gold stickI, in waiting
to usher In the display Of all nationa pro
ducts in the domain Of art aud Industry al
the Crystal Palace, in HYDE Park, April 30,
1851. Our work, too generally, compels us
TO look down, TO fix our gaze on something
petty and minute, TO shut out the Vlewa OF
stars and mountains, and concentrate our
thoughts on bits Of metal, or few pounds
Of wool or cotton. We work with bowed
hands and bent frames We need occasion
ely 10 stHaigh,en up, to expand our chests,
with full inspirations Of the free air Of Hsa-
ven. We need to realize that work hss
other and nobler ends than the highly need
ful Feplsnishmeni Of basket and store; that
ita best result is the skillful, modest, upriRht,
faithful, lArge-soulsd workman. Such is the
lesson which this exhibition Is teaching TO
tens Of thousands. The material
rscompense Of labor 10 indispensable, but
the honor paid to the achievement of the
highly deserving woFkmen is beyond and
above this as the sky is above the earth.
Nor is this all. see in every great expo.
ailion an Indictment 10 that industrial Co
Operations which seems to me, even though
distant and difficult, nevertheless, inevita-
bic. Strikes for higher wages, strikes for
shorter days, look-ouls, trade unions, oil
suggest 10 me the radical vice Of our mode
Of dsteFmtninR the workman compensation.
lie should mAniisstly be paid in proportion
TO the value or excellence Of his product.
ne IL otIensr paid in proportion to the time
ne manages 10 consume in creating or fash
ioning ~ Hence, eye-ssrvice, dAwdlinR,
ana ihe production Of fabrics or waros thai
1908 wei bu, fail to wear or serve veil
Lhls cannot always endure. You need NO,
iell me that any essential change Is difficult
Tor know already that Au genuine reform,
are only achieved through suffering and sac.
Eihoe, and after repeated failures. You 40
not brighten By asserting thai co-opors,;vs
industry involves complicated, troublssomc
secoun1-kssping, for know that despo,iSm
u The simplest form of government, and
saver requires less reckoning, and bargain.
ana Bookkeeping than any system OF
ao NDot' Do not ask me TO say Just how
cs psisNon is 70 be reduced to practice, for
's'' That there will be expert.