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Frora tbe Home Journal.
Heart Beating.
-O Heavy heart, wlmtcare
Brings thee so nigh despair?
Why in thy secret cells concealed thou
Those phantoms dark and dread, -
Which, on thy life-blood fed,
Causing thee affright and wo 7
O trembling heart, what fear
~ ” rin B* f rom thy depths the tear
” el e .”.* : ‘ cret % from every curious eye 7
V hite ycuth'tti<J htaUfo are thine,
And friendship, boon divine!
Say, wherefore dost thon sigh 7
O wildly throbbing heart!
What strange commotions part
Content and thee, that erst went hand in hand 7
ttpurnest thou her blest control,
Once dearest to thy soul
Os all Hope's chosen band 7
O weary, wasted heart!
H hat barbed and venomed dart
Kends, tort.ures and consumes thy quivering reins?
Whilst, like the Hparfan bov,
T'iinn rlilon'ut ...in I •
T-'l.’ i , ‘ pnnari ooy,
1 hou clasp st with gloomy joy,
The source of deathful pains.
Thou solemn judge and stern
Why vainly wouldst thou learn
A tale of grief fast da-Vning to despair ?
100 late,oh Reason sage,
Com’at thou to read the page
Traced by the hand of Care.
Thou sleep’st, oh guardian wise!
tie came in sweet disguise,
W ith words all tenderness and glance ali truth:—
rearless in Ins embrace
xi ?* n k—the resting place, x
said, of Youth.
iss
The
Dropped ‘
r ~ Fond word, bht f alsclifJoawHv.
To make the victim sure !
Nor Reason showed the craft!
Care, Fear and Discontent,
Strong youth and hopo mispent
For peerless Constancy the sad reward !
Com'st thou these woes to learn,
O judge severe and stern,
’Gainst which ’twas thine *o guard 7
FleJ are the golden hours !
Faded the emerald bow’rs,
That heard such melody at set of sun !
Alone, beneath the oak,
I hear the night-bird croak
That Love and Care are one!
O bliss so bright and rare?
O bitter, wild despair !
My pulses faint beneath your ceaseless stn(e .
Dim burn* inv altar’s fire—
Youth, Faith and Hope expire—
Fade Love, fade Care, fade Life. H. r. B.
Speculations in Camfornia.— There are ;
a good many excellent stories in circulation, j
brought over from California by the passengers
om the Crescent City, illustrative of the very pe- j
culiar state of affairs in California. One of the
best we have heard, is as follows ■; |
A naval officer had just landed onthe whait|
nt San Francisco, and seeing a ragged, dirty j
broking fellow lounging around, hailed him, ssy-
* Halloo, my good fellow, if you’ll lay a hand,
And take this trank to the hotel, I’ll give you
two dollars.’
• Two lr-ls,’ exclaimed the indignant lounger,
• why, stranger, i'll give you an ounce of gold to ,
carry it up yourself.’
• Agreed,’ replied the officer, who, shoulder- j
inn his own heavy trunk, took it to the hotel, fol- j
lowed closely by hi* ragged employer, who
promptly handed over to him the ounce of gold,
thus enabling tire officer to pocket sixteen do!-
lars very easily. .
The best speculation, however, of which we
——*—*uuui ■**.* twftn jihp
her, at the reasonable rate of So each. ‘ln pre
paring the ben for cooking, our loafer found in
her craw two ounces of gold. After partakin”
freely of the hen, the loafer found the following
to be the profits of the transaction :
For four guests at $5 each, <3<V)
For two ounces of gold, found in hen's craw, 32
Total profits on lien,
A*. O. Delia.
Cautionary. —Confectioners and others
should beware how they make use of utensils
manufactured of copper or. bcll-meial in cooke.
ry. A physician informed us to-day that he
had no less than ten cases of poisoning during
the week from this one cause. It is strange
that people will not take warning from the re
pealed instances, that have been made public,
of similar casualties. The minute the tin coat
ing begins to wear off from the copper or bell
metal cooking utensil, it is converted into a
poison.engendering machine that every kind
hearted house-keeper should dread.
[.Boston Transcript.
Dr. Miller, so long known as a scholar and
a divine, has resigned his professorship in the
Princeton Thee ogica! Seminary. The salary
and privileges ol the office have, however, been
voted him for life ; leaving it to his convenience
and discretion what part he will take in the in
struction of the pupils of the institution.
the im.
1 conrmSf" 1 ind Cmph^
I lit* great object of your Society, I understand
the Mechanics Ld the
of the Mechanic* ,n Macon, for their mutual ben
I * fi ‘* P™ toctl °n, a „d mutual improvement’ J
It originate. 1 ,n the conviction that Mechanics
|! Cr . e w . not a,,owcd proper consideration— that I
rhmr rights wet- not respected by other, and
their suffered. seriously, in consequence ’
of divisions among h.-emselves-divisions which
resulted in .ojuryto all, and in benefit to none.
with theseconations, a number of
, ‘•frlljnt gentlemen in Mac.fr, conceived the j
i ,. ot ’ ri/rl ia g a Mechanics’ Society. They 1
iadit' 0 ,h “ Lf ‘ Sis ! atUre of JB3s and'obtained
a clu.ter, granting them, and their successors
LT, i-,.:
d "i .£. rzrzrTmcM
sea. to the defrayal of current expen-
tbo indigent Meehan-
I death nCSS ’ °‘' ineir families i case of
j | m’ o "°; f ! , ird to the purchase ofhooks charts
philosophical and mechanical appamtu,!’ ’
cally hm reS ,’^ re , ,0 be deliverfid periodi
weii’po j “] v PO, V ,Cal ° r reliious
P ely and peremptorily prohibited.
CenukyTrailo ‘ vithi , n . th P*er of human in
-1 T /*1 ra, BG an objection to such a Society
under *° lh ° S ' ck and thp “nfortunate!
■S£L r anLZTT. u T s r to comm.
‘ he - bprea * ed -*> store the
knowledge, audio
kindly brotherhood, (aloof .
too .
ntid^K
to elicit opposition fi orr™Wassod j J lß j s
contflWed and most captious ; I ajaaosp* i -!Uwt
aid was to be furnished to the. “toiling son ol
labor,” who literally “earned his bread
by the sweat of his brow”—whose unin
terrupted efforts could, at best, yield him but
a scanty competence, and whose very inability
!to labor necessarily brought want and suffering
! of himself and family—there was a beneficence
j in the nature of your institution and a sacred
i ness tn the mission of your stewards, worthy of
i the sublime and noble spirit which is refining
i and civiiir.mg the world.
With such praise-worthy objects and purposes,
it may seem strange that this Society did not
continue in an uninterrupted career of prosperi
ty. t jeh, however, was not the case; and,
from causes to which it is unnecessary here to
allude, the organiza‘ion was, after a few years,
abandoned. It is enough to know that a num
ber of the former members, convinced that re
cent causes and developements justify a revival
i of the institution, have re-associated for that pur
. pose aii^f adopted the original constitution, with
I some slight amendments.
The mau of reflection and observation, who I
who consider*, attentively the present condition j
oftbe American people, and who traces minute- j
ly the history and progress of this country, “ ill j
find much that is strange and startling. Even j
the Revolution of ’7O, which is generally nt- j
tributed to the Stamp Act and to other kindred |
measure J 5. dually grew out of an effort on the j
part of'fflSWvbility of England to oppress the !
: Mechanics the Colonies. Strange as it
! appear, documentary evidence exists to prove
j that the first distinct note of revolt was sounded
i on the promulgation of a proposition that Parlia
’ ment slioultf prohibit the Yankee Blacksmiths
i from manufacturing “ hob-nails ” for consumption
lin the Colonies. The friends of freedom then
are the friends of freedom still; and the hardy i
Mechanics, who were the first to ravsc the staud
fwi ■hi rci wi || |,e the
| the glorious stars and stripes of the Union.
It is not my purpose to speak in detail of the
I events which followed this collision of interests
j between the Mechanics of the New World and
j t!,e Crowned Heads of the Old. Tile interfer
once is self-evident. England knevt- full wel),
j the importance of a hardy, ‘industrious/"producing j
, class. She knew the Value of sustaining and j
j cherishing the Mechanics of the realm. She i
feared the result of competition in the New
World. She knew that labor and skill would
command prosperity and wealth—that wealth
was the parent of commerce and manufactures, !
and that, unless the Mechanic arts in the Colo- !
nies were strangled in their infancy, the power
and prosperity of the Empire must decay.—
Knowing this, England resolved upon a system
ofextreme aggressive measures, and the Revo
lution was the result.
Nearly three quarters of a century have elapsed
since the final separation, and in what condition
do we now find the once impoverished Colonies
—the then oppressed Mechanic interests of the
land? A beautiful system of Government has been
established upon the hetcrogevti ous ruins ol a dis
organized Confederacy, supported, as were the
ancient Temples, in the three grand orders of
architecture, by its three noble pillars—the Leg.
islative, Judicial and Executive Departments.— j
The old States, the glorious thirteen , have been !
nearly tripled in number. The star of empire
has wandered, and leagues on leagues of the
rich alluvion of the West have been reduced un-
pP
ii, s>r. Is
t <•![,;,: I tid.
: • ytpß.il operatives, and so j m M|t I
Ij 1 b become in the great “inj-Jj/i if) i
!*S”L ,n r"’ ‘'•*rr
if , r, that its severance would convulse if
mJwEZg"™ * ,r “-** l
“ft*.
u- > ■’ ■ n r | | oht
er.s Upekoumg attention and cits ■Enj
to the mystic rights of the ConfedeVm is-!
cousin and lowa have scarce doffed t ; h.l !
;, robes ere Minesota, and California, ka
and Oregon C otne, blushing, in alltho of,
(girlish innocence and beauty, to j,i„ e r-!
hood of States. From the St. Lkw, md ‘
| he Lakes of the Rp Bravo anj th f— i
ffom the “troubled waives” of the Alan the j
>, uds ’’’ t,le “Coral groves” L, len
P V . ,‘ e pacific—extended aiU t ing I
mas he fou,id the principles of that Ke on, :
chtyishod in honest hearts and defied, the
strong arms of a people, who, like |f e s in
tus cradle, are as yet unconscious oftici -ers
and their caiialiiliiies.
I he great principles settled by theß< tion !
‘Vue, that labor should not he shackld I iiust
government restrictions—that men ,a uual
igits and powers, and privileges;
to .station and that no class is eatitledldfume
supet.'ority over another class, or to euplthoir
! means ;i a way to oppress or degrade jin— I
! jbabtaxatU. il and representation must wind in
hand, and that a*J men must stand upon (com-1
,nou Pi*'' of Republican equality. Lindt hese !
great fundamental principles, AmejjJcom-!
menced her career—what lias heerTil ?
Already her three millions of people hav nulti-’
p led to twenty millions, a i-toi-y
with a coast line of 33 000 mile's ; and,hieh,
from its extent and productiveness, is ca ible of
sustaining over three hundred millions o inhab-
— ‘N*iun uiticmu- !
Hants. Her harbors and seas are enlivc. ;d with
ter, thousand ships, those birds of cmjnerce, I
bearing upon their wings the richest pndmts of j
the world, and returning instead ihe neasftrics 1
and luxuries of every climate and countiy under |
Heaven. Already has she met her old ni tress |
upon the seas, nor suffered in tho light. The i
prowess of her arms, on many a weiulnight
held, is a legitimate subject for unirerjl con
gratulation. At one momen
-scaling the icc t | )e ~;,|c gM
f“B_ a, ' p
■■■■if the jungles ot India, traversiiiMede
->q> °i au ! jtjJ j|iopia or the pampas of South Jincrica,
“in search of adventure, ready either to #*M the
sabre or defend the principles of Kepdblican
freedom.
| | L VIVMIIt ,
Nor is this all-: applying the mysterious pow
ers ofopposing elements to machinery, the have
reduced by half, the limits of the globe, aim visit
its every portion in palaces which
“Walk the water as if tilings oi life.”
The genius of Patton, of Arkwright and k'ndred
spirits, transfused through tne whole nation, has
been amplified and expanded, until commerce,
manufactures and trade have been revolutionized;
until the mechanic arts seem to have blended
fiction with utility, and the whole country moves
under the combined influence of steam and ma
cWneiy. . : ,
In a word, this extensive and fertile region,:
checkered with River*, Canals and Railroads,
presents a degree of agricultural, commercial
and mechanical prosperity unequaled in any
country of corresponding age. England W
! been for six centuries under her Kings, before
S she reached the same stage of improvement.—
I Thebes required four centuries for tlie erection
j „f her -hundred cities, with their gilded palaces,
i their afticial lake* and swinging gardens.—
; Egypt was nearly twice that period tn construe*
I ting those eternal monuments of the skill and in
; ventive power of her people.
VCllllvc r . . , .
Why has America rushed so fiyr for,void in
her earner of prosperity in less than a single
| century ? The answer is plain. The men who
j first raised the standard nt revolt were the toiling,
I industrious producers of the New World. 1 lie
’ mere consumers, the drones and monied specu
| lators of tin- Colonies, generally tied the conn
-1 trv and left the laboring men and mechanics to
! fight the battles ! freedom. Alter the war, these
; men resumed their respective avocations—they
breathed vitality into eveiy depaitmentof busi
„eßs—they gave that impulse to industry which
%l!"i|i 11..',I 1 ..', i."...
The mechanics ami manufacturers ol the (country
are, next to tire agriculturists, the Blue si and
most reliable sources ol wealth and prosperity.
Our capitalists are not producers. Their busi.
ness, is, b> <"'• kind of legerdemain , to trans
tl>r money from other men’s pocket’s to their
i own. Our merchants and (actors are not pro.
| ducers ; they add no real, intrinsic value to the
articles which they buy or sell. Our lawyers
and physicians are not producers. Even out
mere planters are not prod jeers, in that enlarged
I and comprehensive sense which many suppose.
The cost ot the raw material is comparatively
; nothing. It is the labor of (lie manufacturer
and mechanic which enhances its value from
one to one hundred fold. Look at your costly
edifices, your fine furniture, your magnificent
steamers, your complicated machinery, or even
your most ordinary cotton fabrics, anti you will
find that but a small proportion of their ultimate
value is comprised in the original cost of the raw
material. A pound of fine cotton, after passing
through the mills of the manufacturer, is worth
from three to thirty times as much ns when it
leaves the gin. house ofthe planter. This is true,
in a greater or less degree, ot every product of
Northern mechanic labor which is exposed for
sale in our markets.
No merely agricultural people, who confine
their efforts to the production of one article, or
ot a limited number of articles, can become
permanently prosperous and independent any
more than tho semi-barbarian who attempts to
M-Ly 1 I |
NEWS, POL!
fc£gT*ou.,, BV r E people, and UNirojwl
t,' ,y ,iV ninj(, June 28, jJ
universal Vi
” unive,sal “bundle, jgi
ofkfi ?’ ! S !l,mo<t as necessary JM
~ ’ ?” '■* experience of thiJl
post, should warn nor ■ Jtifl
L “jfl
■ : '*'>ts. or t} U! ireak* o! the seafl
’ l lW '"y *•’ l' capita! u.vcsiefl
pr; KOI, t year, been employed iP
heeVeTv
Tim rcmarks/alrondy’ made, touching
tional prosperity, are more particularly appltca-
Me to the Northern and Middle States, wneie
the mechanic arts liavc flourished uninterrupted,
ly from the uery establishment ol the Govern
mont.- It becomes us, as citizens ofthe South, to
inquire how far we have participated in this
general prosperity of the country, and what tic
causes are which have operated to exclude us
from its benoflts.
The depressed condition of Southern inter
eats is a subject of unceasing complaint. Short
sighted men and fanatics have attributed this to
! the existence of slavery in our midst, and hence
assail an institution which is hallowed to us all
j by social as well as revolutionary attachments.
1 Slavery, per sr, is no prosperity. Ihe
; institution, in its very nature, looks to a judicious
1 severance ol classes, of interests and pursuits;
! and, so long as it is preserved purity, there
; ran he no conflict between the gifct landed and
! mechanic interests ol the countrv
True, there icos a time when the Mechanics
of Georgia had some reason for comK'int.—- f
There tea* a time when the Negro was Stowed >
to make contracts and deport himself in
spools ns a master workman. Against W *
competition as this, no honest white inan.havimc
a family to ■support, could contend. Legis a
! was accordingly invoked, and a law passed. I
I which it was supposed would be a reme y < p
the evil. Whether that law has been rigidly
I enforced, or is allowed to remain a dead letter
I upon the statute, book, is not for your speaker to
i determine. That it is founded in justice to the
Mechanic, and framed with a wise forecast tor
! the preservation and perpetuation of the institu
tion of slavery, is almost too apparent to require
a Tt7°tU true policy of every community to el
evate, rather than to degrade labor. Nothing
should be done to reduce prices beyond a point
honest, competent
■hou.iblc (hem In soppoit ami
v whether
i good Mechanics
• to the employment of those who are incompetent
, and unscrupulous. It strikes a fatal blow at all
3 improvement, and drives worthy men in disgust
i from the pursuit of their trades.
Now, what is the effect of throwing Negro ‘
labor into competition with White, in tho me- ‘
chailic arts? Let os look at this question calm- 1
ly and dispassionately —in a spirit ot mutual for- 1
■ bearancc and dependence. In the first place, I
| not one Negro in ten ever serves a regular ap
’ pronticcship to his trade, and nineteen out of 1
twenty are incapable of arriving at any degree 1
1 of perfection, even if they enjoyed the most am
pie opportunities of instruction. In the next
I place, the Negro is seldom required to pay his
j master more than from fifteen to thirty dollars
i per month, and can therefore work for wages
i upon w hich a respectable Mechanic cannot afford
to live, much less support and educate his family.
Hence we have nominally low prices, but lose
I more in waste of time and the miserable quality
! ofthe work than we gain by a system which op.
presses the worthy and industrious, and which
-j wholly prevents that competition and spirit of
’ improvement which is doing so much lor the
I country at large. Is it not apparently wrong,
1 then, to press this class of labor upon the com
munity, especially in the character of Master
; Workmen ?
| We know that the owners of Negro mecnan
| ies contend, with much plausibility, that they
have a light to employ their own property in
such a way as to yield the most profitable return.
, i Their abstract right we will not dispute. The
| principle may be correct, but its application very
! ! erroneous. A man has a right to dispose ot his
’ 1 own luiusr. as he may see proper ; yet, il that
’ house be located in a city, where the burning of
j j it might endanger the lives and proper ty of otb
. j ers the law will punish him as an offeuder for
applying tire torch, no less than if he were a pro
fessional incendiary. Men owe something to
1 the community as well as to themselves ; and if
i the exercise of their abstract rights should tend
!W*VP'oss, to beggar, or cJegtafJefh(urteTlowr
men, a wise discretion and a sound morality
should prompt them to exorcise those rights with
becoming prudence and foresight.
I he great evil resulting from the competition
of Negro with White labor, in the mechanic arts,
is likely to fall upon the masters themselves, arrd
upon the institution in which wc are all so deeply
interested. This competition blends the pursuits
of the classes—it breaks down the dividing bar.
rier which slavery has wisely instituted between
the races—it slackens the cords which hind the
Negro in his proper place—it makes him to some j
extent, equal to the While man ; it leaves him a j
slave only in name—it produces insubordination, ;
and imparts a spirit which too often tempts him i
into mischief at home, or leads him to abscond i
to the free States. I need not waste your time j
in rehearsing instances to prove the correctness ‘
of these positions. Our own city has afforded
one or two memorable examples within the year,
and no candid man will pretend to deny that a
large proportion of the irregularities among our
slave population, at the present time, proceeds
from this very cause ; and it is not less startling
than true, that the boldness and impertinence of
this class keep full pace with their increase in
numbers. It was in this way that the ancient
Helots became free, and we have no reason to
suppose that, in our day, similar causes will not
produce like effects.
A man lias an abstract right, wo are told, to
make his Negro a mechanic. Has he not the
S' I’M! i ahull ‘
connectedly. He is l'‘ysaxly taught
but to combine his tha)igrtrt*>iih the v
samtNUunpactness and taste tlpit t
the varioil>fl%rts of the complicated niacfiinfeiy |
which is the pnwkjct of his skill and Sngrnuity. j
Our law* provide that Negroes shall
cated. We exclude them, very 1
tin; use of books, and yet allow
school which quickens their sagacity
ens their wits,>and prepares them for nVI
and more thord™
than college in the land. .
letter of complied with, while its
is daily and hourly grossly violated.
But why should the Mechanic alone be singled
out of society for this degradation ? W hat crime
has he committed that not only the Negro hut
the very felon in your Penitentiary should be
made a competitor with him, for the bread which
is necessary to sustain the existence of his wife
and children 7 Is the primeval curse to fall only
on those who “toil without ceasing,” and who
contribute so much to the real and substantial
prosperity the country 7 If this is the case, is
it any wonder that the Mechanic arts have been
depressed at the South 7 Is it any wonder that
Mechanics sometimes become disheartened and
times desert their business to lead abandoned and
lives! Theirs is indeed a hard fate,
r|rwc ought all to remember the weakness of
y \ut%ommon nature.
1 \ .ii ii l _ <l!..♦ Imftt'onn In.
A W IIUtUU lltuuiv.
should be no conflict between la- t
bor^^^pital—between the Mechanic and the a
Thep are as necessary to each -
other a d |c rn ' n to vegetation. It t
is the inte^ that the Negroes ofthe i
country slic3mß’'Jb*?Whoajly withdrawn from i
competition in WclnSk pnrstSH, Let there be j ’
no collision —no The potent influence i
of reason and wilKVcomplish the work, i
if the Mechanics aV only ti*e to themselves in- \
dividualiy and as a class. \jf<o restrictions or
regulations are necessary this great re-
form. Thejilent, eteadyjdj^^nt ; nfln
"* fora mi r , cannot Tail lo'cesS/IIC puoifSsentirm-m
on a subject of such grave import. Men may
dilier in opinion in regard to the propriety of any
particular policy ; but if they are calm, consid
erate and reflecting—if they’ really seek after
the truth, there can be ultimately but little difler
enco of opinion. Reason and interest will bring
them upon common ground, and united councils
and united energies will lead to a triumph ofthe
general good.
After all, however, Negro competition is not
[■ the greatest hindrance to the prosperity of Me
, chanics at the South. The real difficulty con
, sists—
1. In the character of our products.
2. In the misuse of our capital.
3. lti a misdirection of popular sentiment.
Ever}” man seems to think that the salvation
of the South depends upon the production of a
large cotton crop, and the selling of it at high
prices. Capital is ali directed to that channel.
The moment a man accumulates a few thousand
dollars he rushes, headlong, to invest it in land
and Negroes-. Until very lately our people have
beon content to waste a large proportion ol their
means in purchasing from abroad those articles
which might easily have been produced at home.
The same difficulty exist* with regard to cap
ita!. Our Banks, for two-thirris ofthe year, re
fuse to make discounts except again.it cotton ;
and a cotton speculator, a wild adventurer, with
out a cent in his pocket or a single tie to bind
him to the conknunily, can obtain accommoda
tions, while the tolling, worthy Mechanic, with
his shop full of materials—with heavy contracts
on hand—with a well-earned character and a
promising family in our midst, is turned away
from the counter with the. declaration that “his |
paper cannot he done unless in the shape of ex
change.” As he has no friend to draw upon,
the answer amounts to a refusal to furnish the
asked for aid. Should he apply to a money,
lender for the purpose, it may be, of raising a
i few dollars with which to pay his workmen, he is
: compelled to submit to a shave of two and a hall
he must fail to meet his contract*.
I On the contrary, should he succeed in raising
the means, ami fill his shop with the products of
.Southern Mechanic labor, his difficulties will
have but begun. ‘I he very persons who dis.
course most eloquently and feelingly about South,
ern rights and Northern encroachments are the
‘ lsl to “ I,M k of sustaining Southern industry and j
, bout hern Mechanics, by giving a preference to \
: the products of Southern labor. Some imngina- <
iy difleience, in style or price, determines them -
i ‘'j preier a Parisian or a Northern made article, i
i I heir hats, their shoes, their clothing, their fur- I
! “iiure,their agricultural implements—everything ;
; which they use on their persons, around their
1 homesteads, on thqir plantations, or in their offi. j
i cos—are the products uotonly „f Northern la- !
j ! ,or > cut the labor of the very men who are vilifv-1
institutions and denouncing us as man 1
stealers and murderers. The valuo of shoes |
annually imported from the'Northern States, add- j
ed to the various other manufactures of leather, 1
may be estimated at nearly four millions of dol. j
lars. Ihe value of ready made clothing, say
rom six to seven millions ; of hats, three mil
lions ; of household furniture, four millions; ol
manufactured goods, six millions; of hardware
and agricultural implements, two millions; of
carriages and vehicles of various kinds, three
millions ; of printing paper and stationery, one. i
and a half millions; and of “Yankco notions”!
in genera!, from two to four millions-
Why, then, should ouVppople pursue a
which must inevitably tenjd to impoverish /
degrade a portion of oyx Jfopulation 7 The J
tits upon thW products® Northern MccK
labor whicn a£ expostil for sale in the Souto.
during yiigl p |car, would nearly
the twelve
expended upon her gbjat works of internal im
-movement. Whv slimild not the South, then,
■tanoble her
gard her la
regarded her
her crown”?
we have no
or them for
ould surpass
jtive genius.
f as we rely
r of the pro
ve skill. If
t among us,
their money
gods in our
that the pro
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tion, will, at
11 give us a
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mgement and
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1“
Gentlemen ofthe we hail
the uprising ot as the
surest evidence of better times
are like the “cloud on the
which, though “not larger than a nmnTO&hd,
is destined to cover the whole canopy ot Heavea
and rain down golden treasures upon the South,
j There is no reason why the mechanic arts and
manufactures should not prosper here even more
than in New England. We have a milder,-
\ healthier climate, a more prolific soil, and mora
’ 1 unlimited power for driving machinery. We
• 1 require loss expensive clothing and less expe.n--
• 1 sive houses. Georgia aud^j^iinfssee, for in--
- J “ At- —■>>•. feed,
1 produce twice as mV, l. yiv* .
f six New England States, with then two millions
< and a hall ot people. Is it not self evident that,
• it they can only get the patronage of the people
r among whom they live v our Georgia and Ten
• nessee Mechanics can afford io work cheaper
f than their New England competitors 7 We
s know that our Manufacturers can compete with
s the Lowell mills, even in Boston, at an advan
tage of from 15 to 30 per cent. Then why
1 should we hesitate to unite our capital and our
• energies, and make one desperate struggle for
• the redemption of the South and her great indus.
trial interests ? Is not the object a praiseworthy
one? Would not the triumph be worth the ef
fort ? Who can doubt the propriety of enlighten
ing and elevating industry ? Who can doubt
the importance of cherishing and sustaining
home interests ? What philanthropist will not
bless the day when every boy and girl, every
man and woman in the country, will deem it an
honor to earn an honest living by “the sweat of
their brow”? What statesman will not revert
with pleasure to the epoch when labor shall bo
easily obtained and amply remunerated? An
industrious people were never known to be a
vicious people, and a nation of idlers cannot ho
anything else than a nation of vagabonds. In
dustry and intelligence are the parents of virtue,
and virtue is the mother of prosperity and true
republican simplicity. M’hat a noble triumph,
then, awaits the friends of mechanic and indus
trial reform! It will he a triumph more glori
ous than that of arme —a conquest greater than
that of nations.
Paulus /Emelins was the conquerer of Mace,
don. The victory was one of the greatest which
i marked the progress of the Roman arms. Tho
j people subjugated had been schooled to deeds of
I daring and scenes of endurance, under the ablest
I captains of antiquity. Their laws, their institu
j tions, their habits, the perfection to which tho
■ ! arts had been carried, all conspired to make
! I them a brave and formidable foe. Hence the
I | subjugation was effected only after a heavy sac-
! cipline of the Macedonian phalanx, however,
finally yielded to the fiery impetuosity and daunt,
less spirit of the Roman cohort; and the victor,
at tho head of his triumphant soldiery, returned
to the capital, followed by an immense train of
I noble and beautiful captives, and laden with
} spoils of conquest unparalleled in both richness
; and abundance. In obedience to ah ancient
i custom, all business in Romo was suspended,
! and -lie citizens, irrespective of rank or occupa
; lion, united in the convivialities ofthe occasion—
| ‘he honorable reception ofthe conquerors. Tho
! din of industry gave place to tho voice of mirth,
j Festoons and wreaths of evergreens and flowers
i were suspended across the streets, the public
! squares, and gateways of the city. Troops of
: youth and virgins went forth in gay attire to
meet and greet the welcome victors ; and one
| historian informs us that the procession, as it ,
swept along the Apian way, with its banners and i
badges, its beautiful Grecian captives, its para, i
plienialia of war and spoils of conquest, was by
far the most imposing ever witnessed in the Em
pire or the Republic. Three whole days were
consumed in the triumphal passage of the gates,
during whicli time the voice of revelry and mirth
erased not. In hall or cottage all was gaiety
and rejoicing, and grave senators and sedato
matrons vied with the young and the volatile in
the general jubilee.
But what was the conquest of Macedon, com
pared with the. triumph of the Ails Qvgr such tt