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THREE DOLLAttUS par innyisi— Two copies for $5, “ •< <• Tea eopiea for S2O •< • . Two dollar r for tix month*. ■< f” A HOT All Letter* muat be (ret of pnatage, except wU re , ■nney is enclosed. SDaurftirg. 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 l the raw ma tion, will, at 11 give us a of sustaining mgement and sis, and yield 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