The New York herald., 1872-09-17
GREELEY AT NEWARK.
The Philosopher in the In
dustriaI City.
He Attends the Mechanical Fair and
Delivers an Address.
A sERENADE IN THE EVENING.

A SERENADE IN THE EVENING.
Mr.. Greeley left New York on the halfpast five
O'Clock train last evening and arrived in Newark
| about six O'Clock. He supped ut the residence of
| Mr.. DennsOn, an old journalistic friend and az
halfpast seven was conducted to the Rink, where
the Industrial Exhibition In progress. COM
mittee of the managers received him and took him
at once into the ladies' parl0r, where he intro
| duced to q number OF
| PROMINENT NEWARK PEOPLE,
| among them State Senator James L. Hays Colonel
Lavtelle, the prosecuting attorney of the district,
Mayor Chaplin, of Railway, and Alderman Reynolds.
Ex-Governor Ward came in few minutes before
| eight informally welcomed him to Newark and
| then, escorted by the committeeman and guarded
| from the cncroachments OF the crowd by about
twenty policemen, the Philosopher ventured on the
arm OF Governor Ward into the crowd OF 900 people
that filed the Rink, and were loudly calling for o
sight OF the great liberal. 1t was as much as the
| policemen could do, even under the direct COM
mand Of the Chief Of Police himself, to secure
passageway through the narrow walks that mean
dered In and among the glass cases, fancy stands
| and
REVOLVING MACHINERY OF TDE EXPOSITION.
Some Of the delicate fabrics on exhibition were
! injured beyond repair by the pressure OF
the crowd, and one or two glass cases
were broken. The Philosopher was received,
as was to be expected in so stanch
a democratic State as New Jersey with loud cheers
and hurrahs, the men on the floor and In the gal
leries waving their hats and cheering, and the la
dies waving their handkercheis and patting their
hands whenever, In
THE PAUSE5 OF THE sURGING CROWD,
they could get a glimpse of his venerable bald
head. After passing opinions upon the steam en-
! gnes the carriages, the steam Sc wing machines,
the burglar alarms the spool cutters and all the in-
geniOus devices that Newark has gathered together
out of her own head Mr.. Greeley was conducted to
the piano stand, and, being introduced by exGOv-
ernor Ward, spoke as tollOws:-
| MIR. GREEIEY's SPEECH.
LADIES AND GENrLEMEN--It would be utterly i'm
possible Tor one-tenth part OF this vast audience to
hear, and would suggest those who cannot hear
| would move quietly away and thus more
silence to those who can and wish to hear. On an
occasion like thisthe first, believe, in the world
manufactures aone-it is natural for those OF US
who are growing Old to recall the valuable remnis-
ments that have been made since then. 1t
Is now forty, years since l first strolled
New VIZ York s' to "a attend the dedication q 18th the 9st
Universalist Church, and succeeded in reaching
Newark on Sunday only by going afoot. found It
week days. OF about ten thousand inhabitants-
one-twelith OF its present popuatlon-and bearing
about the same characteristics 1t now does Forty
years ago no great steamships crossed the ocean as
now. One. possibly two, had made the voyage, but
tas nsr on sss Vssss S9 aRe o9 g.
wssk Liverpool in the he's SUMMER r aas time snS an
the ,Sa mu0ps asf E
rope then was not much more regular than uta
it Is with Africa now. There were a few caahalS
were the pioneers and were the most important
avenues OF communication In the country The
with % the Erie Canal now. The Delaware eOR Canal,
believe, had not yet been completed. In the whole
United states ne there , were somewhere between ay
where steamboats, were not available, were carried
In stage coaches and ON horseback, travelling thus
ington were then several days away from from
New York. To-day our steamboats, ply in all
road, an extent equal to all others in the world
combined costing not less than 81 900, ,OOO not
value exceeding our national debt deb the popaa.
latiOn OF the United States then was not quite
Our wealth has increased in larger proportion tnan
our population, and our country can produce now
six times what IL could forty years ago: Not q
the earth then. The idea of sending messages by
electricity had scarcely entered tne brain OF vls
| iOnary. Some years after my first visit here Pro-
fessor Samuel f. B. Morse invited me- with several
other gentlemen to witness the fact that messages
could be transmitted ten miles and al answer
could be returned. Telegrapbs have been the prod
net Of the last thirty years, The world is now
across continents and under seas. Pekn, STAN.
bOul, Vienna, London nash their intelligence
s spread before you every % day ne"'nlProT miPror
OF the casualties, the revolutions, the catastrophes
Of the day before In every distant city Of the globe
one commonwealth. What Is known in one land
is known almost simultaneously in all others,
and the interests, aspirations and conceptions OF
the people OF all countries are becoming closely
interviewer; Agricultural industry forty years
with $500 invested in farm implements then was
wel.t9,do among his neighbors. Now $40 are re-
years ago groped my way up dark stairs
Ia Fulton street. New York, to see the sew
sat there, wild and seedy looking, frightened at the
approach OF stranger He thought had come
not ' cone to take his sewing machine but to tell
people there was sewing machine, he became
Communicative and told me what he hoped from
| his wonderful combination OF the needle and the
shuttle. Now there million sewing machines
in use, and six immense factories are busy
turning out more to meet the demand. I be-
eve that as we improve In our tightening
OF human labor. by deputng the heaviest muscular
work to that faithful servant, steam, that we
viii also improve the conditions OF wages for labor
that the system Of weekly pay now In vogue Will
viii have personal and direct interest not only in
the quantity but the quality OF his work, and that
he viii have q cooperative interest IN the work
which capital now commands. Thus labor and
capital will be brought gradually and quietly Into
better and nober accord.
At the conclusion loud cheers rcsounded through
out the building and Mr.. Greeley was conducted to
the managers room, where was spread collation..
at which neither speech-makng, wine nor politics
were introduced, and after which he took his de-
parture in carriage, accompanied by Mr.. John
McGregor and General Runyon, to the home Of the
former gentleman on Broad street.
RECEPTION
took place here at which ex-Mayor Blglow, Of New.
ark, Warren N. Truesdell, General Brisbane and
ladies' and number OF other ladies and gentle
men were introduced To- him, while the pOpulace
passed through the hallway and shook his hand.
There were probably 1900 people in front of the
house when