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WATSON If CRISWELL.
Architect» and Practical
HOUSE CARPENTERS,
IN D P E N D E N C E
t h e
n a t io n
OREGON.
New York* «July 8 — lh e Vonvoujion
uiet ut lU a . M. Tiie U ill wa* filled
m every p irif No prayer- was VdTcre 1.
'I lie foil«» si ug was auiouuced us the
National Executive Committee: A la
• no.a, John Fora lit ; Arkansas, John
M. U e tr.c k ; California. John B ig ler;
Connect it-tut. >1. Converse; D«'!< ware,
oauil. T.’ifUfeiitir, Florida, Chas. K.
l)vek ; Georgia, JL H- Col ¡c u t; Illinois
\Vili*ur K. Storey ; Indian«, ^ m- Pluck;
low », Dun el 0. Fm ch ; Kansas, J.
Futon ; K t mucky, Thomas C. McCrce
r y ; Louisiana, Joseph M cO onnrliy;
Maine. SjlvunusR . Lym an ; Maryland,
Odin B ow ie; Maasachu-etts, Fretlerick
O. Priuce; Michigan, W illiam A. A.
M<|ore ; Minnesota, C. '*/. Nash ; Mis
si-aippi, C. F. H ooker;
Missouri,
Charles A Stewart; Nevada, J. W .
McCurkle; N «w it amp* hi re. Henry
Bingham ; New Jersey, John M. Gre.
g o r; New York, August Belm ont;
North Carolina, Thomas B r ig g s ; Ohio.
John G. Thom pson; Oregon, J. C
Hawthorne; Pennsylvania, Isaac E.
Ueistcr; Rhode Island, Gideon Brad
lord ; South Carolina. Charles II. Sim
outnn ; Tennessee, John W . Sedgwick ;
Tex >8, John Hancock; Vermont, lien ,
ry B. S m ith; Virginia, John Gord;
West Virginia, John H a ll; Wisconsin
Fred. W . Horne.
Fish, o f Indiana, made a short speech
ilid nominated Hendricks.
He sai<
lie dclfgalio.». had votid n reasomtid«
l me for Pcndn ton and thought 'hey
■ liottld still adhere to the gentleman
i.oin Ohio, and a minority ol the dele
gates expressed the highest respect foi
tieudiieks, but he said the State l'im .
veution Ind instructed the delegates to
vote tor Fenolctno.
Th e roll wa» then called on the sev
n itll ballot. MUsouri mol it poition ol
Tt'linessee voted for Pendleton whose
name w.is vocii'eroa-Iy cheered. A re-
cess of 15 minutes was then taken.
On tire eighth ballot Loui-iuna went
over to Pendleton. A t the conclusion
o f the call New York withdrew the
name o f Church and cast u solid vote
for Hendricks. This was received with
frantic cheering mingled with hisses.
The reiuianing ballots showed little
change till the twelfth, when California
east hall a vote for Chase. There was
long, continued applause in the gaiter
ies. A scene o f confusion ensued. A
motion was made to clear the galleries,
but not acted on. Tennessee gave one
vote for McClellau and the galleries ap
plauded, though not so long as for
Chase. Pennsylvania still kept voting
solid for A si Packei. A recess o f 15
minutes was had.
On the ninth ballot, North Carolin •
voted solid for Hancock instead o f
Pendleton ; Virginia wont for Hancock,
dropping Pendleton; California voted
variously on different ballots, generally
giving Pendleton 3. Oregon gave a
solid vote for Pendleton.
On the fifteenth ballot Pennsylvania
went solid for Hancock amid great
cheers. This ballot stood. Pendleton
129$, Ham-ock 79$ ; Hendricks 82$.
Packer, Johnson and Doolittle, each
received the same ’ otc a- before.
On the sixteenth ballot Arkansas
i changed from Pendleton to Hancock
Georgia gave G$ for Hancock. Louis
iana and M ' mmwu ’ m J left Pendleton and
voted so id for Hancock. The r e fill
was II iiteocl 113$. Pendleton 107$.
Ilcudiicks 70$.
Several delegations
retired for c< n-ultatinn.
On the 17 h ballot A l ihntna changed
from P e n 'll« ton to lLiueock.
New YTork, Ju ly 7.— Th e Soldiers'
and Sailor-’ Convention met at noon.—
General Franklin was not1 present,
owing to indisposition. General Deu=
ver of Calif >ruia took the chair.
Slocum reported r resolution from
the coiumitt'O on platform, reciting
that a nominal interchange had been
had with the Democratic Convention
which had fully confirmed our former
estimate o f the purity and patriotism
o f that body, and fully justifies the be
lief tli it in the selection o f candidates
and con-truction o f the platform, the1
Convention will he governed by the
spirit o f the address adopted by this
body. Then fore,
Resolved, That we will support their
nominees, and on our return home, will
induce our late comrades in arms to do
likewise.
Col. Campbell o f Ohio, moved to lay
the report f the Committee on the ta
ble. H e was unwilling to indorse the
Democratic platform
or candidates
without k ifw iiig what they were.
A sc«-nc o f great confusion ensued
and the vote wus tinuly taken by
States. when Campbell’s motion was
lost, and the report o f the Committee
adopted ; only seven vutes being iu the
negative.
General Ewing introduced a rrsolu-
tion favoring the preservation o f the in
tegrity oi the national securities, de*»
daring the withdrawal o f national hunk
currency aud the substitution o f green,
hacks, w.«s a policy favoring the few a>
against the many and (coding to pro
duce repudiation. Gen. E w ing sup
ported his resolution in a lengthy speech.
A delegate Iroin California raised a
point, ol order that the lesolution should
go t«> tlie Coe inittcc without debate.—
A motion to suspend the rules and al
low the resolution to he passed, was
I*r-1; 78 to 197 ; so the resolution weut
to the Com iu ir tee.
The platform o f the Democratic Con.
veution was then read and received
with applause, and a resolution accept
tig the plalfui'iu was uuaniuiousty
passed.
General Buckner, late o f the Con fed
crate army, was called for and greeted
with cheers. H e said lie wanted dead
issues to be buried, us the brave soldiers
on both sides hud been buried, and both
sections o f the country united iu unity
aud peace.
A resolution affirming the continu
ance of the confidence and love enter-
tuined by the Convention for General
McClellan was offered by General SIo
cum and received with tremendous
cheeiing and unanimously adopted —
A committee was appointed to convey
this resolution to McClellan.
A resolution o f thunks to President
Johnson for removing Stanton passed
uuder a suspension of the rules.
A re-elution o f thunks to the officers
o f the Convention was passed, and
thereupon they adjourned sine di«?.
Natl mat « ou veution—Filth Day.
New Y»*rk, Jo y U.— The Democretio Nation
al Convention u.dt-iubled nt 10 : 20 a . m
Mr. Broariht-urf nominated Frank P. Blair —
. e eulogist d It it» firmness of purpose, great
courage, and indomitable will, lie would give
a living meaning to bis pledge to proserve and
defend the Constitution.
Weller of Pennsylvania, complained that
some remarks made l»yr Tilden yesterday, were
elicited and in bad temper, ineidemally m u
tioiiiug the name of Chase and the gullcaics
broke ou: with unut the ring.
The «hair announced that the 10th ba'lot
Would l*> l a kin.
A dt-ltgntc liom California briefly nominal
ed Junge I icld lor President. Su'i.lu d cheers.
Mr. VulluiiiligliMm read a letter* rom Peudle
ton, dated July 2d, desiring the witiidraw.il of
liis mim«*, Wtien '.he best interests of the party
sei meil )n require it. Vul uodiali.tin says Me-
t'leaii desirtd In present this letter yesterday,
but the d< legates thnitgbt it best to keep Pou-
d a-ton throughout yesterday.
'I be mil was then called on the 19th ballot.
The re.uil lias been |>rsviousl> sent.
'I he 20th ballot resulted as follows: English.
10; liatieoiii. Id s): Doolittle, 12; Hendricks.
i2l ; Ida ir, 13; Field, 0 ; Thus 11. Seymour, 2.
'I be 21st I a. 11«.t allowed little «rhauge, Ponii-
Chicago. July 8. 4 o'clock p. M . — sylvai i. .till voting for «tatii-ocx aud Kentucky
tor ilenurick». Mossaebuse is gave Chase 4
On the thirteenth ballot Pennsylvania
1 wemy.Sicmid ha lot. W uoii Ouio was
went for Hancock. The bal'ot then railed. McCook said that by unaitiuiods direc
tion el Lis delegalion aud with the assent aud
stood : Pendleton, 129$ ; Hendricks.
approval of c v »rj public man of that State, in
82$ ; Hancock, 79$.
cluding Pendleton, to put in nomination
On the eighteenth ballot, Pendleton. against bis iuctiiiart'in, but no longer aguiust
i bis honor, tne name of liuu. Horatio Seym »ur.
56$; Hancock, 144$ ; Hendricks, 87 ; lie said let us vote tor a man whom the Presi
Hoffman, Mayor of New York, 3.
de uey bus sought and who has uot sought
A row broke ont in the Illinois dele the Presidency. This he believed would drive
Ir ni power the radical cabal at Wasbiugtuii.
gation. Their chairman cast the vote He believed this nomination would eomuitiid
solid for Hendricks
A delegate pro the unanimous approval of Dcuiucrtts and
tested. Pend ng this row, the con veil Conservative men of alt sections, lie asked
on L c L h II of the cuutr^ that ¿Seymour should
tion adjourned till to-morrow.
yield to ibis wish ot the Convention.
Seymour Nomina'« d.
At this there wus grout excitement and ap
New York . July 9 — Ou the 22d plause. the deleg uu-s rising and cheering. Mr.
Met ook east the 21 vut»s of Ohio tor Horatio
billot. Horatio Seymour, o f N ew York, Seymour. [Renewed cheering.J Mr. Seymour
wag nominated for President.
rose and said he hwl no language in which to
Delegate to the Democratic Convention thank the Convention to express his regret
9
Killed.
that his uutnu had been presented, but in a
N ew York , Ju v 7*.— W h ile Peter qua-lion attevtiug his duty and honor, he must
stand by bis opiuiju against the world. He
Cnggcr and John E. Devlin were rid could not bo nominated without puiliug him
ing in Central Park last night, their self and the Democratic party in peril.—
horses ran off and threw both gentle Wbeu he declined he meant it He paid an el
oquent tribute to Pendleton and bis aiagna-
men out o f the vehicle. Caggar was nimity. lie added, your candidate I cannot
found about midnight dead— his neck be.
Vallandifbam said that in times o f great ex
broken. Devlin is still unconscious
igencies eveiy personal consideration should
I L L taka Contracts for Building Houses
• f every dsseriptiou and kind, In town and lie* in a critical condition.
M d sountry. BatiafacUoa ruaranUsd.
fitf
■•UUero’ and Sailor»* Convention.
W
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(Coneluttyfrom last reek.)
D ry G ooil s
Ui octrirt,
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Convention P r o c e e d i n g s - 4 » h day»
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AL DLMDCkAI’lC CO* VEN * ION
W MICH
CONVE NE D tN NEW
lO K t t , J l i U 4. ItMlA
exhibit an excellent and
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DALLAS, OREGON. M ONDAY, J U LY 20, 1868.
T E L E G R A P H IC
p r o c e e d in g
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must yield to the dem mstrafion in his behalf.
L E G IS L A T IV E ASSEMBLY.
Ohio's vote must and should stand for H *r.ni >
Seymour* Uo .-a'tod up »n seyeral delegates
SENATORS KLLCTKD, 1868.
to follow that lead'
Marion—
Samuel M iller, R., to fill
Fram-is Kcriran. o f New York, to relieve the
New Yi rk delegation, said they have bad no i vacancy.
lot or part in tuts m ivement of Ohio. Tuny
Lane— R. B Cochrane, D.
hud heard s«m Aniug of it b«it declined to take !
Douglas, Coose and Curry— B. Her«
auy part iu it out o f regard to the sensitive-
ness of the President of the Convention — man, C. M Puxhbuker. R.
limit
other 8iotea should show . by
.
.- their
,» action
^ „
Jtrephine— B. F. Holtxclaw, D.
that Mr. Seymour was detuaodjd oy the par-
1 * iu
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ly iiV*be C*u ven tion, Nc*r Y u r k ^ o u fo L * « si-iU
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If . urged «L
a necessity of aiiaiSA
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lit ill—
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a ' I 0 * . A
Jatk.e ft.
lent, llo
tbo
stieee i ss i In
if*
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Adams,
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the «-smpuigii and expressed bis opinion tbat
W a-hing'on, Columbia, Clatsop and
Mr. Seymour could tmw accept the judgment
of the Convention with honor, aud that he Tillamook— T 11. Cornelius. R.
Cluck ¡linns— ]). 1*. Thompson, R.
should yield as a matter of due to its wish
and with him f>r his c.iudi lato, New York was
Wasco— Victor Trevitr, D.
good I *r 100,( 00 m»j >rity.
Union—
Jas. Hendershott, D.
The roll cal) was prio»ee«l«d with, Sta'e after
SENATORS HOLDING OVER.
State casting its vote f»r Seymour The
Slates which bad voted for other candidates
Lin n — Win. Cyrus, R. H. Crawford,
changing to Seymour caused a scene of the ut
most contusion. The cannon on tho street be D.
Jackson— J. N. F. M iller, D.
gan firing a -alute for the nominee, and Mr.
Tilden, of New York rose. Great interett was
B ‘»to n — J. R. Baylcy, R.
maniferted to hear him, but the confusio- was
Baker— S. Ison, II.
very g&oat. He said that last evening he did
Umaiiliu— N. Ford, D.
uot believe that the event which had now oc
curred could have taken place, lie had no ex-
Marion— Samuel Brown. R .
|>ectution tbat Ohio wou d come to the support
Miilrnounh— David Dowell, R.
of the distinguished citixcu »: Now York who
G r a n t-C o l. Dribblesby, D.
hail opposed Ohio’s earnest wishes. Iu conclu
sion he announced the vote of New York solid
Lane— 11 C. Huston, D..
for Seymour. The Chairman announced the
Democrats. 12 ; Republicans, 10.
result—317, the entire vote uf the Convention,
REPRESENTATIVES.
lor Seymour. A scene uf the greatest entbusi
Benton—«J. C. Alexander, 11. A .
a-m ensued.
Mr. Preston, of Kentucky, moved to proceed Bcnsul. R.
to nom uate a candidate for Vice President—
Baker— Ransom Beers, D.
A new scene of contnsion ensued A delegate
Clackamas— J. W . Garret, D. P .
front Csliforniaeulogised Mr. llaigbt, but said
the £tate presented no candidate. Mr. Steele Trullinger, James Winston. R.
said this was a mistake. A majority of the
Columbia, Clatsop aud Tillamook—
delegation naminated F. P. Blair. ,
Mr. Bigler tu ived a rece s for an hour, W . D. Ilo x ter, R.
which was finally carried. On reassembling,
Coose and Curry— R. J. Pendergast,
llliuois presented the name of Gen. McCler-
nand caHtng him va.-tly superior in military R.
Dougin«— J. F. G alley, J. G. F!ook,
ability to Grant McClcrnutid rose, tbauked
tbo dclegite for the honor, but declined.— Jas. Applegate, R
Iowa naued Augustus C. Dodge. Kauaaa
Grant— Thomas E. Gray, R . E,
mimed Gen. Thomas E «in g Jr., in accordance
Neal,
D.
with ttie wishes of the Soldiers’ un i Sailors*
Convention. Preston, of Ken ucky, a Confed
Jackson--Thom as Smith, James L.
erate ofiicer, named Gen. llluir, and said the Loudon. J. B. White, D.
soldier» of the South extended their bands to
Josephine— Is u c Cox. D.
the soldiers of the North iu token of amity and
goud will, Gen. Steadman seconded the n< ui
La ui*--John W hi leaker, K. N . Tan
inatcoii. IVadc Hampton, of S^utli Carolina, dy. 11. 11. G i l f y . D
also seconded it. ’I be names of Kwing and
Linn— W . F. Alexander, Jt»hn Bry
Dodge were withdrawn and Blnir was nomin
ated by a uuaiiim *ua vote, ail the S tales vot ant, R D. Johnson, Thomas J . Stiles,
ing for tiiiu.
J. T. Crooks, D.
A committee was appointed to inform the
Marion— T. W
Davenport, David
candidates ot their nomination. A resolution
••t thank» to the Tammany Society for the use Simpson, J. B. Lichtenthuler, J. Den
of their ball, w.«s passud. The thanks of thé ny. John
into, R.
Conveutiou were also tendered to Chief Jus
Multnomah—
T. A . Davis, J . L
lice Ctkse lor the able and impurtial mutiner
Sco.-gins,
James
Powell, W . W . Chap
with witch he presided at the impeachment.—
The Cigiveutiuu then adjourned.
man, D.
G ^
ekal
S h i e l d s .— Gen. Jamc*
Polk— F. W aym ire, Ira S. Townsend,
R J. Grant, D.
Umatilla— D. M. Drumhiller, A . L.
K irk. D.
Union— Henry Rinehart, D.
Union and Baker— D. R. Benson, D.
Washington— Edward Juekson, J.
A . Taylor, R.
Wasco— D. W . Butler, Geo. J. R y
an. D.
Yam hill— G. W . Burnet, W . W .
Brown, R.
Democrats. 29 ; Republicans, 18.
Shields, whom California once proudly
claimed a? a citizen, is now engaged in
lecturing in Missouri aud Kansas for
the pujrposc o f raisiug funds to aid iu
building a Catholic Church in Carroll
ton, Missouri, liis subject is the “ L ife
and character o f Anercw Jackson, Dan
iel Webster, Henry Clay and John C.
Calhoun.”
General Shields having
served with these eminent men in the
“ golden days ” o f the Republic is par
ticularly fitted to execute the task In-
has undertaken to perfonu. Ilis well
.G r e e l e y , iu a«.filling bis position as
known oratorical powers, connected
to Grant, says “ we want a S tatesman .”
with the grand subject, must render
his lectures unusmily interesting — He says there arc a hundred Generals
as good as Grant i f a General only will
Stale Capital Reporter (Sacramento).
do for a
v o m in g — I t is rumored that Calvin
B. Macdonald, the “ Tripple thund.-rer”
o f the Salem Unionist, lias aceepted
an invitation to tik e editorial charge of
the O Aland Keening Trans ript. Mae is
a terrible lell«»w to kill off newspapers
His •• slain ” ar«i a!re«dy numbered by
scores
[)rafnn/ie Chronicle.
Just whit we said last fill when
Mae was transp anted to *• weblnotdom
and the “ loval ” o f tbat Country were
felicitating themselves hugely
u tb**
prospect o f bis routing Beriub Brown
a d despatching • li«» Hern11 \I e told
them Mac Wiisjus'ly a terror to news
papermeu ! B it that we knew o f none
wh > need dread so tuueb liis up|Moieb
as the proprietors and j ublteliers ol
the Unionist from whose sanctum he
proposes to burl his thunders ! Mae’s
artillery has a terrific back action !—
Yieka Uniat.
Just so.
Th e
UninntAt office was,
on Monday last, closed out by the loil
Sheriff o f Marion
county.
Mac. hud
*• did ” the work and left in disgust.—
A loil bread and butter chap bought
the concern and the same will probably
bo run until
the hope«
o f loilty are
foreclosed by the election o f
Republican Candidate.
Mr.
Greeley adds:
••If yon want t« talk abouthnrce* or tobacco
we inn.v find biin the ui<>«t ratable oftnon. Not
•me word upmi the qne.-'cm tliut rucks I he heart
of the fuuutr> ! •* I sks iu* if you will,
n* llly'se» S. Grant, GcnAral, an t w.ion 1 aui
Presiil.'lit I sh ill do ns l |>luH.-e.” P
we must take him, liut wu «lo uot feel like
cheering over it ; cert «inly n t so I mg as
^rent »talesmen remain iu i>urrmks. “ Give
■•» Grain, b cause wo can elect him ” A^aiu
ib.it cowardly ar^umeM* Friend», is there
nothing in this great |»urty but office hunger ?
1» the chief end Ol uiau the portuffice aud
rcvt-utie scrrice? Are we wilting to follow a
douMful leader into uu uucertaiu battle lor
uukiiowu priuciplos ?”
The above alt *ws pretty conclusively
that the great philosopher is not plea.-,
ed so pretty well with
the
prusjec:,
with G iant iu the tore gri uud.
The ltadical party is staggering to
its grave
It has no future. Ds tufa
my will be ln*t « r o ; au i ira wieke loe-s
alone will bu iiumorial
N o [tail should
be mean enough to write its ep tnpli
it arose upon the calamities o f the
country, it reigned amid devastation
and widespread ruin, it flourished
when liberty was throttled, aud it will
perish amid the exultations o f a rescued
people .— Palmyra ( M o ) Spectator.
Seymour
and Blair next November.
T
o r t u r in g t iie
D i s p a t c h e s . — *’ he
0 ego man m *kes the N . Y . Wo \d a .y
Not long since, n gpntlemnn o f Fa
yo te, M bs «sippi, bad r negro arrested
and brought be’ore Dniel Ellis. Ksi|..
on a charge o f killing his hog, the evi
denee was almost positive against the
negro, and no doubt was entertained o f
his conviction. But, under the law
ndmiiting negro testimony, the defend
nnt proved conclit-ivcly that he was at
three different placet at the very tim •
the hog was killed.
“ A
Grant/'
vote for Logan
is a vote for
that the late National Democratic Con
vention in New York fiuully determined
that Grant should be tho next Presi
dent
W hen a newspaper must needs
torture telegraphio dispatches into a fa
vorable conclusion iu the special bolia'f
of uny party, then we s»y that paper has
little or no confidence iu the ubi.ity o f
its party to succeed • y fair lueatis.
A
vote
Seymour.
for
Smith
is a- vote for
O F M A C H IN E R Y .
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Th e inventors and contractors o f i
chi aery have been the great instru
ments in the advancement o f eivilise-
tion, far surpassing all other influences.
Christianity end education are, o f
course, the leading powers, and upon
the foundations o f these all oilier
progress rests.
But to get a proper
« srimate o f tho effects o f machinery
up«*n the morals, wealth amFhsppttiess
o f a people, we have to take in view
those nations where machinery is used
tne least.
I t may be yet a question
whether the nee o f such aids to labor is
a consequence o f superior cultivation o f
miud uud the accumulation o f wealth,
or whether the superiority in power,
wealth and refinement is the result o f
the labors of the in ven tor; whether
machinery is a consequence or a cause.
W e know that all times* from the very
first invention that came to assist labor
to ib e.tim e o f tho sewing m tohw *, all
have been opposed by the efts* whose
labor it assisted.
This fact may bo
taken into con-ideration by philosophers
in discussing questions o f social ad-
vatic« ment, aud the debit or credit ac
count o f those advanced.
In the
e irliest stages o f invention all people
« d e equally barbarians, and as «»tie
people was assisted invention, in letters
tm aus o f intercommunication, or imple
ments of war, it arose ont o f barbarism
uud to power.
In the earliest times
these advincctnents chiefly beoefitted
the ruling classes, while the lower or
ders were still left in m condition o f the
most deb sed servitude. Fur centuries
invention was aluio«t at a standstill, and
iu borers aud manufacturers studied only
to provide additional luxuries tor those
who claim id, Jeiyracia, superiority o f
blood.
Solomon built vast temples,
enriched with gold and s ilv e r; and,
«ircssed in fine linens adorned with
preeious gems while his slaves, or his
people, carried the timbers for his
temple upon their heads nntil the flesh
was worn to the bone; and even to
modern times, sovereigns ruled over
nations o f slaves.
The invention o f
printing and o f gunpowder were the first
steps to raise the people from their
degradation. Th e first
assisted to
give them enlightenment, and the otlier
to eq «a iz-; power. But from this dato,
progression was very si w, until the iu*
vent ion o f the ste mi engine. Thence
forward advaoceui mt in labor -aviiig
inventions, and
proportionately, the
comlition o f the people was eom|«sra-
tively rapid.
A s each invention has
come into use, the condition c f the
lower on4ers o f society has been Mmeii-
orated, even those threatened with inju
ry by the invention, and but few
classes o f the laboring producers o f to
day are inferior in information, or enjoy
less o f the com torts o f life, than t he
tyranicai, luxuri >us ruling classes o f •
few centuries ago
T o this advance
ment has invention contribnted. W h ile
the laborer has less hours to work, ho
performs almost infinitely more than
when unaided by machinery, is also
better compensated for it. Through
the influence o f labor saving and pleas
ure affording inventions, the laborer
now enjoys the, luxuries and comforts
o f an enlightened civilization. Most
markedly can this be seen in rompar^
ing nations of, perhaps, equal resources,
where the inventive genius has exer
cised its power and wrought its effects,
and where it has been altogether n eg
lected.
The countries in strongest
contrast are England and M xieo, or
California and Peru. England, rich in
min« r.«l mid agricultural resources, and
possessing advantages o f commerce, has
• ticouraged invention in its most exten
sive souse, and deveio|icd its resources
t».rough its aid. By such means the
little Island has become one o f the
w eilthi st and most powerful on earth,
and its people raise fruit) naked barbari
ans in historic times, «re proud, eotn-
lortalde, uud happy. Mexico, on the
other hand, possessing resources un
paralleled on any equal area o f tbs
globe, performs its labor with the hand,
and bears its burdens upon the back,
and there the laborer is yet s half clad
«»vage. and the Government weak and
without resp ct. O f Jie two States o f
Cililoriiin and Peru, the same compari
son uiny he rnude.
Both p r e s s in g
favorable clim«*es and grind resources,
je t one ist d ancing by th«*aid o f inves*
tion with giant strides to greatness,
while the other, plodtliug like s leats,
is l ut despised. The details o f fhs
manner iu which labor is performed ill
either, are unnecessary. Suffice to M f
tli <t in one the inventor has given his
aid, while in the other he has not. T o
invention, chiefly, must be given the
credit o f advancing one people above
another. A il credit should he pivrn
the inventor, and encouragement giv es
to his experiments and products. I t is
proven that printing did not deetrov the
occupation o f the scribe, nor dia the
loom that o f the weaver, nor the steam-
engine that o f the miner or the e e ito ,
nor the threshing machine that o f the
Iurui-laborer, nor sewing machine that
o f the seamstress, nor has any machine
damaged the class whose labor i l
-hares. Instead, all, and the c«mnm-
nitv at lurge. a e advai ced by them,
i.nd the combined results o f nil is the
.nivaMC«‘d ami huppv state 6 lc :vilia«ti *u
wt* i oar enj'*y — Stnfe Capital Reportert
(SucieiuciHu Califo n it).
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