Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-03

G aiming water, that ii would lead to
b!Oils and civil wars; and hence in all
nations ii has become q mai ational mat
ter. In Egypt, We find in the tomb Of
Joseph list OF his titles upon the
wall, and among these one that lie was
"Superintenlcnt Of the Full and
Empty Channels. of Irrigation" In
whatever country Il system Of irriga-
ton has been successful, il has been
under the control and management Of
the government. Tie ownership, of the
water, which makes the lail,i Nallia-
BILE, it ought moi to be placed in the
hands Of any private parties. 1t is the
first principe of :, republic that all the
people shall protect all their natural
rights. II Il not, therefore, the policy
Of our government to raise up Il land
ed aristocracy, by placing public neces-
sites at the disposal of private par
ties. 1t is the policy of the United
States To distribute the public lands in
pare is 10 every settler, and to have
the land filled with proprietors. The
water must be distributed on like IT,
publican principles, and not put into
the hulntl Of nI0.ieyed aristoc rats A
republican government is the suitable
agent for this distribution. In order
that the work of instituting a regular
system Of irrigation might be well
considered, the government of this
State should select commission of
four or five civil engineers, and four
or five landhoiders, and empower
them To visit India, China, Italy,
Belgium, Scotland, and other IA
tiOns Of extensive resources for irri-
eating, to collect information OF i'm
portancc from the experience OF those
countries. You are yet y new country
and can learn much more than you
think from those older ones. Ii is
only twenty-siX years since the United
States acquired this country from
Mexico, and abroad there are nation.
that have been irrigating from twenty
To forty centuries, and we can lea rn
something from them hy men who VIII
go among them. leave the chca, and
/, gather in the wheat. ga mz aW
/ When thi. commission comes home,
they should bc empowered To bring
with them those who have been rails
ing for centuries all those products for
which our soil is adapted. They will
be able to tell you something. | un-
dcrs.and that there is great difficulty
in drying figs here. Now one OF those
fellows whom ! saw in syria could dry
your figs without any trouble. You
would find them docile and tractable,
and more intellectual than the Chi
ncse. / make this suggestion here, and
tn. o it out for all it il worth.
when the State takes up this system
of irrigation, it should at once be put
in practice. The system would he such
as would ecOnomisc all the great rivers
AZ we'll as the smaller streams around
you. IL would give employment to
all our various races OF laborers.
There is Il law in science that the
simple is less dignified than the COM
pound. The polypus Is less than the
mollusk, and the oyster is less than the
salmon. The lower animals are less
dignificd than man, who combines In
himself all the cXcellencies Of those
below. The same truth applies tn the
bodies polite. The simple nations of
known antiquity, the Indians, and the
negroes of Africa are less important
than the nations which are composed
of q greater variety Of elements. All
the great nations have been distin-
guished for their variety. Babylon
was the mistress OF l27 provinces;
Thebes opened her gates to the dele
gates from as many difltrent prov
inces; ancient Rome gathered in her
million from the surrounding nations,
and her ancient capital, to which these
nations carried their tributes, still re-
mains So of the modern nations.
Great Britain takes tribute from all
the nations Of the earth. The various
productions of India and the minerals
OF Australia, together with the wealth
from the other quarters Of the globe,
combine to enrich that country---a ma
tion upon whose territory the sun
never sets.
MANIFOLD, ,CHARACrER AND COMPOst-
TION OF TlIE AMERICAN PEOPLE. . 8
The people of the United states are
made up of all the civilized nations,
who have brOught with them their
natural characteristics and their skill
in the various professions. They nave
brought with them the experience OF
centuries, to enjoy among us the bene-
fits of our government and its excel
lencieS. q All the great nations OF the
past and present sent tothe ends of the
earth to obtain all the advantages
which God has bestowed on the people
of the United States in their own land.
We have at our own doors all that
those nations valued most highly i'll
the past. We have here the lndomlt-
able courage of the Indians, the in
dustry of the negro, the patient inge-
nui,y of the Chinese. We have the
sturdy Saotchman, the robust English
man, the Frenchman, the German, and
the Irishman, seeking y field for their
various labofS aiMl resources. From
the hills of the north the scandinavian
emigration is pouring in upon ,,s. The
Black Forest of Germany, and the sun
nv sOutll--thei'th thotlssunts are coming
to us. The active Frenchmen are conn
ing to your coast, and the gravity of
the noble Spaniard is to be met with
on your streets, bearing the stamp Of
that character OF courage and adven-
turc, which first discovered and after
ward cOlOniZed America. All these
come to seek happy homes in your
beautiful land. Your rivers and noun
tains are filed with the precious met
ais, and your fruit trees are bending be-
meath the weight '0f their golden fruit.
Here il the land of freedom, wherein
men do not toll in vain; the bountiful
home which opens its arms and in
yitcs all to come. Al have heard OF
it.; it, fame has become the watchwOrd
of liberty. immigration is pouring
its wealth over your soil. We say to
them, s.C0lne 4 Come! There Is room
enough for you and us too. Only do
not seek to undermine the foundations
Of this. temple of liberty, or impeiil the
/ q. 4, Z L.