The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-03-01

feet to The mile which am English writer said
would, i'm England be worth millions of pounds
sterling, yet TO this day, am told that only one
factory Is operated upon that particular power.
although IL Is in the immediate neighborhOod OF
the intersection OF several railroads; mat prop
erty Il now under such intelligent and active man
agement as 10 justify the opinion that the power
Will soon be more fully used Because of the
available power this river for several miles above
Columbus has been described las the site of the
future Southern Lowell"
A few years since visited the territory Of Utah
i was with deep feeling against the established
theOcracy and the shame of polygamy that made
some observations of the character of the country,
ley was a desert In 1859 found many parts of it
productive and beautiful Patient labor, utilizing
the streams from the melting snow OF the distant
mountains. had effected the change. The remark
able leader who had established the settlements
had fOllOsing blind and devoted a. that
described in the story of the yelled Prophet OF
KhoraSsan. His Judgment and his will were the
every deyotee and established such rigid economy
and diversity OF employment as made his people
independent. They produced all that they con-
sumed; and 20 that fact attributed the wonderful
conversion OF q desert country into the home OF a
large population within the period of less than the
third OF a century. Perhaps the Mormon can
teach us little else that Is useful 20 learn. but he
has at least shown how rapidly wealth and the
means of wealth may be accumulated by self
dependent people. One of your own writers has
well said. "That no exclusively agricultural COM
| munity can attain the prosperity or the wealth
which springs from diversified pursuits, and the
blending OF mechanical with agricultural indus
try"
| 1t is true as have suggested that even a lauda-
Die desire of self dependence should not carry any
able undertakings, for the sake OF mere variety.
aud many moral as well as material considerations
admonish us to avoid commercial isolation Trade
and commerce promote civilization. ana with US
| fraternity. / am that from the suggestions
which have made You VIII not impute to me the
thought or desire that any section of our common
country should seek independence even in the
matter Of its own necessary supplies. from consid-
eratiOns or motives such as actuate foreign powers
4 in Vic ~ vfrara
/ are exposed In that respect and for all future
time, our forethOught and provision must and will
| extend from ocean to ocean and from boundary to
Prudence indeed. and sound economy, require
| that every section should diversity its own pur-
suits, and seek such reasonable Independence as
may spare the waste of needless transportation,
and give protection from exhOrbitant prices and
the failure of supplies from other sections but
beyond this, even the commercial Independence OF
the sections has been made impossible by the
decree OF nature The great States and Territories
of the West and Pacific are destined to have COM
merce and manufactures, no doubt and yet their
plains and mountain slopes VIII be the great graz
ing ana grain growing regions oil the whole land
but their supremacy muststill be that of commerce
/ and manufactures. Pennsylvania will maintain
her eminence in the production OF coal and the
/ manufacture of iron. You, too, may increase your
manufactures and extend your commerce over
| the world and yet your commerce and manuiac-
lures together can never approach the vast proper
tons OF your agricultural productions. And, fell
low citizens of the South, hope and pray and
section OF our common country wish or believe that
Ii has Just cause to wish for separate independence
of the rest. hope and believe the people of the
| whole land will ere long pronounce solemn and
irreyocable judgment that the constitutional au-
thOTity OF the United States shall everywhere be
respected and Obeyed, and the rights and the pre-
negatives of the States preserved and maintained
| in accordance with the constitution and union;
/ and then there need be jealousy and distrust
| nowhere, but harmony and confidence every
where and then every State and section shall feel
Just pride in the strength and glory of Its union
with every other State and section.
| 1t is with this feeling my countrymen of the
South that contemplate the scenes before us here
to-day Ivalue, more than can readily express,
the personal honor done me by your invitation TO
address YOU; but / value it still more because
take IL as tribute of your friendship TO the COM
| monwealth which has elected me to Its ehief
magistracy. and the section to which il belongs.
You were right. my eountrymen, in counting upon
our heartiest sympathy with your endeavors And
part ours, for we share in your productions, we
participate in the advantages of Your prosperity.
and we have reason to rejoice in every evidence oil
your returning wealth and enterprise. Apart from
our community of blood and speech, wa are
united by the strongest ties of mutual interest that
trade and commerce can create. When the gin
house and the sugar-house are full our corn-crlbs
and our shops are in fair way to be emptied. We
inhabit one great valley, you and we. The great
river, near the banks of which we are assembled,
with its innumerable tributaries, represents the
grandeS unity upon the surface OF the globe, except
the ocean only. From the Sierras of the Indian
country; from the mountains of Wyoming and
Montana from the plains of Minnesota; from the
hills OF Northern Pennsylvania, and from the
Alleghenies of Virginia, its distant waters COM
mence their flow to the gulf, and meeting and
minglng they carry portion of the commerce OF
half the States. What stronger bond what guar
antee of union more enduring, can the mind OF
man conceive, than nature has herself created to
unite the populations OF the Mississippi valley? 1t
seems to me that il would be easier to run division
line through plain of a thousand miles, than one
of one mile across this river. The acquisition of
was even more important If possible than that OF
the imperial domain by which IL was accOmp-
anied. Yet it was not the result Of state-craft,
though it was triumph OF far-sighted statesman
@ and saw n Il national neee es
The control of the mouth OF the Mississippi by
any foreign power menaeed and might have closed
the highway of national progress. Can you think
that the men who live upon the many rivers OF
valley, far off though their homes may be, can
be Indifferent to your prosperity? tell you. No
You may hear ii in the loud voice OF the interested
demagOgue but that is no true echo of the strong,
calm beating of the popular heart which throbs in
sympathy with all who dwell in our great valley,
and rejoiceS in the music of its meeting waters
The most superficial observer must comprehend
and appreciate the importance of a prosperous
South as market for the products of all the cOun
try upon the Northern Mississippi and its tribu-
But should not fill the measure Of the obligation
which this occasion imposes upon me, sdid fail to
staples exercise upon the industrial, commercial
and financial condition of the country. Passing
eastward and beyond the mountains which define
the Mississippi Valley in that direction, we find
vast populations employed in the manufacture of
beautiful and useful fabrics from the cotton FIBRE
By that home production not only is employment
given to labor, but the country is saved from the
exhaustion which foreign purchases of these indis
pensible manufactures would occasion. The
extent of the general benefit in this respect can
| best be seen in the number of persons to whom
| employment is given, and the value of the goods
manufactured. From the census of 1870 it appears
that in the six New England States, together with
Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. one
hundred and twenty thousand, one hundred and
sxty-three persons were employed in the manu-
facture of cotton goods.
Their annual wages amounted to. SIS 573, 256
The raw material used amounted to..... SO 495, 9l7
| And the manufactured goods were of
| | am able to state these statistical facts, but
III am not able TO tell, nor can
i you estimate the prosperity and happiness
i that brightens hundreds of thousands of homes
inc Of ,.or crreatest stanla fo Isefnl fahrics