The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-30
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r.... f'., ~irr1"t Governor Booth ~ The Pacific
.ut-' Alumni ~UnprT, Oakland July IL.
ul> :m,l>,h few days ago. By Il calcu-
-..|rl ,a% III Il :lrW>laper that ii the cost
~ $40 outii; u' Columbus bal been put ont
Il, -iN per r,nt. interest. and compounded
..sv.y. Il would now amouut to more than
... a--lr..trl, wclIn ut the two Americas.
!. Na- IN ingenious sllnl--aud figures, YOU
r..,H. can; lie. The moral, Suppo:c, is
',l' lm discovery Of America was a bad in-
g.>srrrf. | believe il waS--tor Columbus.
ilr diJ ~, "rralizc '-could not sell short !;
uJ ln, in ,r4Dralc--in fat, did not put the
>,.-ic-t'cd uiird States" or" Great West
,.u ,iomJ> 'drgr i'll the market.
biy,> seen statements, possibly founded
u.pu,GruaGou> equally ingenious and true,
ravl 'ir. entire gold product OF this state has
...' a, ill.,. rate ot dollar ten to the dollar.
&u uo' Doubt but the same arithmetlcians
yUti r,Wr out il dead loss on our wheat,
ju.t, Hive Stock. and manufactures. Their
u..rauium j. II time when every body is Il
..uhrr i"u,iim. 10 everybody else and adding
"'r,'.~t 80 principal. Where the bread and
ta'ur> ar" IL come from ! forget. There
only one additional step tn hC taken in this
"a uN %, calculation to prove that human ,iie
o"u'i lHy- tint Babbage iutercSt-calcua-
: " iDa ltnc wCHId answer the purpose bet
itu, >gvca great deal OF unnecessary expense,
"d i.tu might tc left out Of the problem O.:
tr"itjoa.
I'r,pit" calculations and croakcrs. figures
auG ultmnrti,. we have something to show
tl tWrn'y-trlr wears O: human activity in
1h'n5Uiu, In fact, when | recall how much
"I,'ci iij'"T lIric h;ls been here, how many
N"ha-, tnat did not lind The color, ho~
WDiI >'r1ti> that did Hot strike the lode.
auM Wurh destruction here has been from
h'r. UuW many losses from Hood and from
H'H-ht, how W;StefuIly and loulShy extra
Na.mt Wc have been a. It people. and then
'nuk uI III" cities. towns, homes, schools
'.Ulchr>, farms we have; of the accumull
'"u,. means and appliance, of industry and
III" rl"rHWhcrc in cvcr-incrcasiug abund-
ARC" around u>. | am aulaZed 1T the result,
and wonder if the unseen ministers that
VIII om mortal action have not helped to
lI.p& i. about. II the State should die, her
'E"'at"r would lind something Of IN estate
," administer uion. Gladstone said III Il re-
..H' dnnrr-sprcch that if all the property
81 England had been destroyed in 1919, SO
-I'rH i the productive energy Of steam and
' .h"alra' invention. it would all have been
.r"l'ri al ILr surplus Of labor before to-
dry.
iMrnly-uvc Years ago California was q
"tdriHr-N. anl whatever ,bcrc is here HOW
.'& ."''>'aatia emily On The right side OF the
ID. ount oi profit and loss in Il business of a
rIaficr % century. The books of the as
-'~."r> show about five hundred million dol
.u.-" suilru; debts not taxed"
i'lhir iii, all: IIa, nothing been added
'1 Ia" sum ot human happiness which money
'hn"i buN, calculation compute, or the as
.'-~nN lad: las II opened no eyes 10 the
,-ii, need 10 thought, l0o>encd 10 spring
"i -"4erou, action, nor added anything 10
'ur stature Of naDhoOt: Is there 40 lesson
10 ar studied but that Of material benefits i'll
,"I~ liver Of litr, roling al once into the
WILDERNESS, and maxim" lis own winding
-"'Ii!rl through the mysterious unkn0Wn?
Il Is III The iuinaterial, III those blessings
ii@t come into our lives uncon>ciouSly
11I"02h security, order, freedom, justice,
ana high sense OF manly independence, the
hc i'hd> her true assets, and failing in
lh1>r, ,hc would indeed be bankrupt. Let
ID Ncc 10 II, gentlemen. that we never have
'' snow Callsc' that no receiver his 10 be
1hroutrd for v, iD The high court of morals,
'Ilt tIji,l The great debt we owe the future
N' >tlaIi always be able TO pay Il hundred
ttIIt> DlI the uIiitr