Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-06

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artillery csvslry and cOmmlsssTy that IS
transp,ititlos. manufactures Mining ,cou .
merce and agriculture. shall effectively aid
each other. aud the whole army shall mat
lfcst the power that springs from orgsni-
ration aud unity. wha, he proposes Is
disorgsnirsiion. bush whscking. savsgep
the resolution Of our ''indastriA army"
into q chsotlc, selfsntagonltiug mass,
one. half OF which will set 10 killing OF the
other half, a. was witnessed In our Amer.
lean Industrial system ron iseo % 1864.
The unlt depend. upon the mass. Polt.
lcsl economy regards man as = member
OF the social and Industrial mass called so
clety, his ioiiviiasl welfare esnno, be
brought about except a. the whole Indus
trial body prospers. The whole body
prosper. when every par, Of I, l. hsrmo-
niou,ly employed when all labor, the mo-
men, the lsborcr has taken the night OF
rest. and eaten the morning meal which
renders him ready for work, can md right
n his hand and ready for the expenditure
ofhls brain and muscle, the very work
which. by his nstare. strength and capaei-
". inherited or acquired. he l. bes, lifted
n DO.
oar great producers are the products of
great societies. What coald Robert fai-
tou. Abbot, Lawrence. Cornelius Wander
bllt or Henry ward Beecher have been n
Pstagouls had the making ofthemi Only
1rst elias. ranch men, with few more
cattle than their nelghbors raising beasts
ror their hides and tsllow selling for q
balton or swapping for the Manufactured
tail OF one of them q whole drove Where
woald have been Beecher's eloqaence,
where Falton's steamer, vsnderbllts rail-
roads or Lssrcnce's fsctoriesi Why they
woald no, have erlstei. They are the
creatures Of iennlte social environment,
the stress Of pre-eris;ing demand. Yet
the people who al the grea, cities Of New
York aud Brooklyn are nearly all, In like
manne-. the interlectual products Of con-
pact clyillf,,lon-so are elght.nneenths OF
the people of America. the entire uroan
msss-they live by means BY which no
m,a 10 Pstsgonls can live. Hence the
nan who says NJ political economy has
nothing 10 DO with keeping labor unlver-
sally employed and capital busy, ! DO no,
look upon the people Of country s
,rAol,. nor propose any psnsees for pro
mo,lng the general welfare. ! dissolve
your general welfare" into Si,0Oo.OoO
units and propose 70 liml, the government
10 keeping those units from breaking each
Others heads. Such man IL no, politl'
cal economls, At ALL his calling should be
% pu, on q blue uniform and carry war
clab". lie has no, even discovered the
functions or political economy. No In.
qalry concerning wealth which stops a, The
proai- of swapping has ever uncovered
the subjec, Of political economy. IL must
consider msn 10 bis social condition, ln
his alliance with other men, those who are
members OF The same state AMI nstlo n and
between whom and himself there must
erls, certain unities which 90 no, apply a.
between him and the citizens or subjects
OF other ns,lons.
when pseudo professor OF political
economy says my system preeeives no
reason why trade shoah Be free between
the people Of New Jersey aud New York
which does no, equally apply between Can
ala and New York or between England
and Illinois, 4" be sure he MOI, yet discovered
the functions OF political economy. lie
does not know what be Is talking about.
ffhe dli he would know that all freeio m
takes place only within the limits OF some
previously recognized and assumed unity.
Even freedom 10 converse between two
person. implies that degree OF unity be-
tween them. which We express BY the word
scquslntance, freedom 10 advise lmpl'es
friendship or willingness 10 serve, freedom
10 rebuke implies authority, therefore an
obligation 10 protect. Partnership creates
q unity between the members OF nrm,
whereby each partner has freedom 10 bind
his partner by his slgnstare in the course
OF the arm business. Bot he who says he
could see no reason why A Of the nrm OF
"A u, should freely deal with the rights
and property OF u so FAR as they had been
invested 10 the arm baslness, which would
20, constitute an equally good reason Why
A should sign for d 4 c In nrm Of which
he was not member. would be lunatlc,
or else . forger and felon.
There IL q unity 10 every town, city,
county. state or nation aud 10 that unity
rights are exercised which DO not exist
out side OF II, bot are shared and enjoyed
by those who are inside OF thar unity. be
tween Maine and Massachusetts, there IL .
perfect free trade because they have en-
tered Into . perpetual contract that, come
veal or woe, come peace or war. they VIII
stand or fall together in the unity Of ons
nationality; viz the Federal Union OF the
United States OF America From that
unity each Is pronted by many things done
and paid for by the other. Between Maine
and Canada no such unity exists. Ia the
event Of war with England. Maine and
Massachusetts, stand together. Canals
and those states become parts OF hostile
nations. Al trade between them Is Inter
dlcted. whatever power Canada has ae-
cumalsted during peace Is used against
those states.
This, however. is the least important
dlnsrenc between the relations sustained
By Cansd . and by Maine and Mssssehu
sests. Daring oil the years Of peace ih'
American Union represents the Legislative
power OF any million people; they eonsti
tute the American nation, 70 reinforce th'
Industrial power OF each individual By the
aggregated power OF the whole. 7As poe
er he MASS 10 aid ps USfTOf he nation
10 one Of tie most important Janctioas Of al
gorernmsni,. In the exercise OF this pow
er, New York built the Erie canal tn
United States projected the Pacific rail-
road. The town falnlls its functions whel
It builds roads aud bridges; the count.
when 10 builds jails and holds courts th'
state when Il lays out and gives titles \