New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-30


chase all the best works of art as far as
possible, whether they be pictures, statues
or other works" = 70 %~S 80
To meet the competition OF other cOun-
tries in taste of fabrics, England has opened
not merely technical or trade schools, but
schools and academies in which her artisans
are educated to superior styles OF work
manship.
The mere money value of literary author
ship ia an element OF wealth. The works
Of the sculptOrs, painters and musical COM
posers of Italy, France and Germany pro.
duce large revenues. Shakespeare and
Sheridan, Racine, Moliere. Scribe or Dumas,
even the eccentric melodies and eXagger-
ated burlesques of opera bouffe, bring mil
lions to the countries which these authors
have illustrated. Such descriptive and
tictional authors az Scott, Cooper, Dickens
and other men of genius, who have by their
publications awakened an interest in the
countries which they describe, are an item
worthy of addition to the column of the
added wealth of nations.
APPLIED SCIENCE.
Thus far have proceeded upon the con-
tribution TO the material power and political
freedom Of State by the development OF
universal kno Wedge and the indiscriminate
CONSUMPTION Of oil to the service of all.
the material interests of the whole people
of republican State. The culture of
abstract and ethical sciences has its I'M
doubted advantages in enlarging the intel
lectual horizon of people, and by free
speculation and Inquiry enabling them to
search all things, and hold fast that which
is good. Religious, metaphysical and ethi-
cal inquirers are, therefore, TO be encour-
aged. III themes arising from them may
do good, and can not, If scrutinized fear
lesslv, do haruls If these things he of
man." reasoned a wise counselor of Old.
''they will come to naught; if they be of
God they viii prevail. and you may be
hap!y. found to have contanded against
God" The investigations of physical
philosophy are the highest value t.
a puUlicaI State. They test sna'
terial, examine resources. formulate the
application Of chemical or mechanical
agencies TO sha AIS and industries. The
application OF steam as a motive poweS has
revolutionized commerce, and even tas'
political relations OF States. Fert .ocds
tileas NereRri0 igH0tUs Iarti was tue in
scription on one OF the first railroad medals
struck in France. How much truth did it
typity. Employed as an agentof transpor-
tation by land, this amphibious power has
not only developed new and remote pro
ductions, but has changed the commercial
character CT the world. In the same con
necti0n, the application OF steam to naval
and commercial science has created great
demand not only for the material and
workmanship OF such vessels, but TOR the
skilled machinists and seamen 10 conduct
this service.
The resources OF distant countries can
only be rendered valuable by the employ"
meIt Of this competitive and continuous
power. Explorers tell us of vast beds of
salt IN the interior of our country, but IN
developed for want OF transportation.
There are mountains Of oxide of copper in
Arizona. Silver ore is worth little more
than iron in Durango. There is a volcano
of subli,nated sulphur in Guadaloupe, and
the existence OF gold in California was
known centuries before the scientific in
telligence Of America developed its
treasures. 1t is in the union, how
ever; of the abstract and practical that
the power, happiness and content of
a people consists. The perfect develop.
ment of these departments of education is
the invulnerable plate amor of freedom.
II is the garment woven and worn
without seam. The warp and iutertexture
is spun and woven of a material equally
strong in all its parts. 1t is uDifol Al and
inseparable. There is no line at which the
power and beauty Of the fabric passes into
a feeble and insecure substance. The very
cloth upon which the national emblem is
emblazoned offers the best iuGstration OF
the principle OF cordial, reciprocal and in
dissolnble Union it is intended TO represent.
In this the republic differs from all gov.
ernments in which the governors belong to
class, and the people are kept in uneducated
subsection. 1t is tue error attributed to
slavery which created class to be afraid
of and guarded against, instead of a force
added to the development and defense of
his country There should be no suck class
in an independent repnbiics
EDUCATEIe MECHANICAL INDUSTRY.
The error that mechanical industry tends
to social immortality has been inculcated
in the South az an aid to a political theory.
This assertion has been made plausible by
exhibition of the social degrade
ton of certain large manufacturing cities.
1t has been shown in this address that So
ciety long refused to recognize the lower
orders as intelligent beings, and the degra-
dation alleged was confined to no su-
coordinate pursuit. Ii the degradation pre-
vading the farm laborers. and miners Of
England, and the Communists of France
were made an example of labor morality,
it would be- seen that the industry
Of the hammer is as respectable as
the industry OF the hoe, and that
work and wages viii save more
souls than they will lose. But the educa-
ion of industry enhances the ability and
iiminishes the toll OF the worker, and so
caves more opportunity for moral and
mental improvement. The natural strength
If a man will carry burden of sixty or
seventy pounds. The horse. trained by
luman intelligence and supplied by a ve-
licle by the same intelligence, will draw a
thousand pounds. The same intelligence
nvents steam and the rail, and the same
Ian who can carry of himself but seventy
pounds touches lever and the locomotive
moves 100000 pounds. Compare the Indian
With his pack aud the engineer with his
rain. 1t marks the difference between
atural ability and educated intellect.
Suppose We apply this difference to the
material interests of our own State. There
J population OF 10000, of these $50, 900
re field workers, perhaps $4,000 are me-
haDics and menials. We may assume mer-
hants, and men CT other professions at an
Their $4,000 This general estimate will
cave something like half million of wo-
len. children and other non-prOducers who
INST be subsisted from the labor of the
'orkers. Professional men, merchants and
create values and earn much. 1t
chiefly, however, derived from exchange
services against the value of agricultural |
roducts, there being little of other values |
xported.
The value Of our staple crops of cotton,
lgar and rice may be safely estimated |
en this year at Sl50,0O0,OOO gold. We de- |
uct the cost OF production in imported |
lpplies and labor. But these products |
re carried abroad and produce |
roft to the skilled industry of |
hers. greater perhaps than that of the
roducer. Let us follow these products
broad. Assume the sugar with the mo-
sses at $l5, 100000. Suppose the profit of |
lining and distilling to be S., 500, 900. This
'm might be kept at home if we had the
me educated industry here as is supplied