Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-28

and bg tho practical anaihilaiion of
time aud distance brought into such
lose relatipne of inter dependence
Contemplating all these terrific forces,
there is no thoughtful man who is not
anxiously questioning his heart, what
does all this preparation portend?
What is to DO the result to the civiliZa-
tlon aud progress OF the human race OF
the conflict Of such forces, and the
changes IL may at any moment create?
But this disposition to an exaggerated
and ever increasing militarism is neces
sarily accompanied by grisvous PEE
cuniary burdens; the weight of taxa
ton is growing fearfully, and as men
are Withdrawn from productive indus
tries and remunerative pursuits, the
great engine of the State, the sovereign
power Of taxation. is put in mGtion
everywhere and in every shape to
gather revenues to support the vast ex-
penditures In his Making of Eng
land' Green has told how mountain
ranges, great rivers, valleys, and the
varied distribution OF hill and plain,
tended to throw smaller tribes together
into peoples and nations. and TO form
from their union corporate organiza-
ton which wIdcned and elevated the
sphere of human life and human
action. These physical agencies have
exercised great influence and brought
about vast notifications; but what are
we to say OF the force of the scientific
discoveries Of our own day, which
have leye!led or pierced mountain
ranges, hridged rivers, seas, and
oceans, converted tho ocean into a
whispering tube into which mankind
pour their messages, inviting freedom
OF exchange, the quick announcing Of
needs, the universal conduit of limit.
less demand and supply from every soil
and every climate, instructing man
Find in their capacities for mutual
service, and making their intercourse
more and more inter dependent, useful
and heneticent to each othef2 For re-
ciprocal amity between nations is the
consequence of just and liberal com
MERGE; an interchange that promotes
the wealth and happiness Of all.
Applause.
For To- the fall Of oceans wall
Space Knocked, and time outrun,
And round tho world The thought of all
ls as the thought OF ohe.
Ana one in hear, as one as blood,
Shall all her people he;
lhe hands of human brotherhood
Are casped beneath the sea.
Association gives strength and prom.
ises the means of resistance to
power Tho inventions Of the day fur
nish the machinery of communication
and concentration Of human effort
and will in degree never before pos.
sible. And property is massed in its
own defence, and is capitalized and in.
Ind ~. I'll A a
the same time, education has reused
the masses; the schoolmaster has in
deed been abroad, legislation has re-
sponded to his voice, and the organized
unions of the laburing classes far ex-
coed in numbers the armies equipped
and supported in unproductive readi-
ness for employment by the productive
industry of the nation at large.
THE MOVEMENT OF TODAY.
The forces of productive industry
were never SO great, and tho burdens
upon their products were never SO
heavy. Combination and consolidation
to resist injustice, and competition for
success, have gradually arrayed capital
and labor in opposite camps, in which
the power of each is separately and too
often adversely organized, and serious
conflicts have occurred, and conflicts
more serious are impending, which
threaten disaster to that Tranquility
and good order Of the State which are
essential not only for it's progress, but
for the maintenance of the civilization
to which the world has attained. Such
conflicts, SO deplorable and disastrous,
are wholly the results of misunder-
standing; for it is clear and indubita-
Bio that the interests OF capifai anil
.abor are united by a common fate.
they are co.partners. moi adyeraariss
and there shauldsbe no obscuratinn ~
This important truth. lAnnlanso