Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1877 — Our Country’s Future. [ARTICLE]

Our Country’s Future.

HON. E. P. HAMMOND.

Fellow Citizkms: The towtory of our country, its early struggles and victories, uud its subk-qiutut progress, becu eloquently' jauttrayed by gentlemen who have preceded uie. 1 uni to speak of our country's future. The future we are told cuu only be judged by the past. By this staudard which we must adopt for the want of a better, we are warranted in entertaining most hopeful anticipations concerning rlfo fucuVc growth and prosjairity of our qiyiutry.; Looking back to the date of our nation’s birth, aud tracing its rapid growth to the present, we find that it is unexampled 111 tho history of the world. Then, | with only thirteen feeble colonies, We j now have thirty-eight great states, each ’ ’an cmpiio in itself. Then, with 5 p-»pu--1 latiou of only three and one-hull' miliums, we now have forty millions. Our population, then confined to the Atlantic const, has spread westward to the Fat-ilic. i The great northWOst'territory, embracing the present jiopubus-states of Ohio, In--diaiia, IlluioisV xVllchlgaß anil \V isconsm ,* ; was then an unbroken wilderness, with [’scarcely a white inhabitant. And cluri iug that time what wonderful inventions ! and improvements have begn made in ! every department of industry and corn’ : merce. Who dreamed a hundred years j ago that tiie - iron horse to-day vriftdd j convey, his precious load of liuimti ■freight at the speed of sixty /idles an hour? Who then imagined -that the liglitnings, iibedieht to man’s wili, would , to day flash over continents and ocean.’1 yesterday’s movements of troops iu the llusskui and Turk-Lit-camps? -A .bare mention of improvements in the agricultural and mechanical arts, fills the mind with astonishment. And the greatest of all triumphs, the wot Idds at l-.ist: prepated for progress. Within the memory of those now living, every in- : vet:tiuu that sought to accelerate, or lighten labor, met with dislavor and optmeUion- Omi.aud. two hundred years ago the opposition was so great that, neither the inventor nor his invention was tolerated. In ltiuo an enterprising ’ Dutehoiuir -attempted to put* up a, saw i mid near the city of imndon; but the ; displeasure of the hand sawyers became so threatening that lie u*s forced ~to ! abandon the undertaking. No one ior i moi-t than a hundred afterward | venthred to put 'll j(another saw mill : in ; England- At length iu 17G7, only one i’liundred .and ten years ago, Jamas titans- ; field (inid-A: am glad history has preserved his name) had the temerity to ; erect another, but the niobro ui destroy- | t-d it. Other labor-saving improvements t w'ere doomed to n like late.- All great j inventions and discoveries until quite recently had to fight their way into pub ; lie fuvur against must Unreasonable and violent prejudices. This is all now changed. Men no longer object to being benefited. 1 speak of these tilings became the success of the arts and sciences have much to do with a nation’s growth and prosperity. And the general favor in which these are now held certainly promises v/ell for the future, ilo.v immense are our advantages compared with those oi the people a hundred years ago? Jjfy remarks in the main wifi relate to the supposed 0^ ■ .million of our ci-uutry S hundred years hence. In addition to our’present territory tho United States will then embrace the CViadas, Mexico and (Juba. The states will them number at least one hundred, bound together in the same union, recognizing the same ! constitution, and having flic same flag i that so beautifully waves over Us to day, j with many more stars emblazoned upon’ ! it. The.population, then to enjoy the ! blessings and liberties of this union, 1 taking the ratio of its past increase as our guide iu estimating it, will number ! j over four hundred millions —almost as i many as one-third of’ the present pppu- | latiou of the globe. If, with ouly j thirty eight states and only forty millions 1 of people, wc are now regarded as a great nation, what will be, thought when tho states number one.! hundred and tho , population four hundred millions? Will | not such a nation present an imposing a spectacle-of greatness and power? I Our government will remain republican in form, substantially as it is at prtso e if. Amendments will be made to the j constitution to suit the growing warns , and changes of the times. The pre-i----1 dent will hold his office six years, tliereI by preventing such frequent recurrences ■ of presidential elections; with their ex* citcmgiits^strifes and business depressious. The rights of the pciqda will b? extended rather than abridged. Many evils, intemperance among them, that now attract the attention of s the philanthropist and reformer, will tfsass awayy ! Utah’s "peenfiar tustituliou ’ will disap- ■ pear. There will be no insurrections or . rebellions, and no cause for any. War will be no inory. Tip- 1 army and navy ; will be abolished. Peaceful interna- ] tional tiibunnls will adjust all irmnles jin the family of nations. Wholesale freeboours and murderers like Alexander, llaunnhal and Napoleon, wid be t ied- in the court of Nations aniTexfi'nii iiudf’d. If will be learned that meuare 1 •''■■'■■< e v a ■ ■ ; ■*

U»il» M k drilled, (liscipllnyd and fihat. .May not that, l*e tlm time of which the prophet speaks? “And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, anil their spears into pruning hooks; nut ion .shall not lift up sword against tuition, ucilber shall they learn war any more.” • Those who think these pictures aro<*oo highly colored must remember that It is every one’s privilege to {mint the future lacborefing to lljs own fancy. Assuming that tho people of the future will have the goqd sense and humanity to dispense with wars and bloodshed, it \yill be out of place to speak of s apposed inilitary achievements imd conquests, These boloug to the history of the past. Tho victories of the future are not to he upon the buttletield. They will be iipthe triurrtplis of the peaceful industries, j» exieuding the dpmaiu of the arts and sciences, and in the universal ditfusion of knowledge. Wonderlpl as have been thb-inventions and discoveries of the past, they may be surpassed by those of the future. 1 ilespeetiflg these nil of us no doubt at times indulge in tho pleasures of irmigiiVation. As to mcausof tjanrportatidu and travel the people of the future may enjoy advantages vastly superior to ours. They may. by huge tubes or pipes, aud air prefines, or something of the kind, be able to couvey produce and merchandise from one paint to another with greater rapidity ami Jess expense than they are now transported even by the railroad. Who knows but.that tiie inventive genius of man may in time find safe and rapid modes of transportation aud travel iu buioous and flying machines? As to more; satisfactory uieans of cdfumuiiicatiug thought, the t-lephona is attracting attention. By its aid and thetolegnapli arire it is said that individuais’may now Couverso with eacfl other in audible- times although separated by hundreds of miles of space, i 1 fchartnig from this , fact it requires no great Stretch of imagination to suppose that the national, orator of our next centonuial anniversary of independence may -address, hundreds aud thousands of miles distant, the people in every part of the United Ftates. The taking of pictures of distant objects by moans us eleetricity is also believed, to be possible. May-it not be that the people will not bfily assemble at various places from one Cud oi the nation to the other to hear tin: next ceuieuuia! orator, but tiiat they ov ill. also., li av o b efo te thel u. wherever assembled, his life sized photograph, invesfed with motion and apparent life,, perfectly, deiiiieatiiig. every movement and expression, of the orator 1 80 much has been aoeoftipUshed by oltictricity and its powers are yet so imperil;. tiy’Jitnatem -od that Its future developments may fia'oscoqd .(lie bounds ol What at present wpuld be regarded as the most extravagant though!. I’eru.it me to say a word concerning .the farming of the future—-that employment now and forever.'to remain the lioblalt of mankind. May it lint be tlainlghi .that, a°lew years hence siiniple fortinzers, inexpensive andeu|i!y applied, wQI keep the aoibiu a cooduion oi the highest productiveweas? ILow labor : sfVirf r *’ i are ilie prekftut -impfemetits of husbiTudry ! ' lIo.W, Surprising they ap-pear-to every one whose memory extends back even a quarter of-a century! And yet can it be thought that they have reachpd, the acme of perfection; that as to these no further invention or improvement,is to take place? Is it supposed that (he generations to come will continue tp work with our old-tools.'’ . Certainly uot. Well, if these improvements and inventions go on fifty years more as they have in the past fifty—and who can say they will not;— the cultivation of the • iil will become a mere pastime and will bo resorted to lor purposes of recreation and pleasure as well as profit. And now about the v.vther. J ois is a fruitful subject tor conversation, but seldom, if" over, finds a.place in a Fourth of duly speech. And yet why not? It has certainly made itsell interesting enough' iii those pans for two or three years past to find a place anyw'm-ve. And- from our oxpei'ioooo with veforenee to this subjeut does not our solicitude for the future prompt the hope that Home system, whether like “Old Probabilities” or not, may yet be perfected so that the people for,' weeks or months in advance will be informed of the changes iu the weather. Perhaps it will b e still better to have some plan devised that will place the control of the weather in the hands of the people themselves, flow splendid it will be for f uture gen orations, if, by some electric ccntriraiiee, oqmuiunicafiug with the vapors, they can produce or shut off u shower ,of rain lit pleasure! ftoflrpt midersflJnd tntr its venflartng an opinion that ail orauy ofthesh’ things will tuke place. I. am not quite sure that'it is good to guess nhtnu the f’utnrei ’lf a proper nso iu made of the prysenf the future will take edre of itsell. But the subject • assigned me by the comnvitrcc seemed to require tfoit, like the “immortal J. N., ’ I should on this occasion dightly ."lift the veil. ’ The idea I wish to adv race by these imagined happenings of the future is this; Human ingenuity in discovery and invention has nb( yet exhausted itself. The powers of nature have notbgeu fully ex plmyd. May iu not, therulbrc,, reasonably be infeiTed that in the future there will he inventions and discoveries perhaps as Wonderful ami bcnell tail anvyet made? And while we do not know what these «iil be, we. may i -thmally supp-w, that like those ofthe past, they wiil add to the comfort and happiness of flic people and to the wealth end prosperity of the eountry. A notioirs strength eonsis's. pot iu its large armies, for these eat

MM - hi ■% mM;, ture, Us mechanical arts, and its cmntnerfee. With a very variety of climate, with sods tmsnrpftssed iu fertility, with untold mineral Wealth awaiting dcVftlopment, with uoequulcd nianulucturiug and commercial advantages, with u free, enlitjhtcnpd people, increasing in intelligence and moral force as well us in number» tho future of our country appears most encouraging. Glorious os has bfteft Its post, the future, more glorious, opens before it. • /•a.rrr-rr 1 ■iW-t.-Much space of JTik Union this week is surrendered to tho puhiicutfon of the addresses delivered in Rensselaer Just Wednesday, on the oooasiton of tho . celebration of the 101st anniversary of our national Independence. No njtology is made, because none is npct-ss.iry or would bo appropriate. Tho speeelu-s are all by citizens of the county. They will lie found 011 perns-al to be far more interesting mid instructive and to contain much more that is . 1 . . « i

ennobling than the same quantity of much that is published these days lay the press us interesting news It was fraud inconveiiit-nt to present the speeches in the Older of their deli very. >Wc regret being compelled to add that 00c which is perhaps as iiiei-’iuifioiis as any, that qt Mr. It. J. Yeoman, does not, appear for the reason that no opportunity was found to procure a copy of (lie manuscript. If he will favor its with the manuscript it wi'f givq f u’s pleasure to put it in type, ami without doubt delight the readers of this paper. Dissoeutiont of Rautnkbsiup.— Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, under tlu: tiryi name of Bedford & Clark, ha* been by mutual consent from and after the 4th day of .fitly; 1877. All notes and accounts of said firm are in the hands of E. L. Clark for collection; and ;ili persons indebted are notified to call, and arrange Ihe same. Rensselaer, Ind.. .Tttlv stli, 1877. * F. \V, Bkdfohd, lii. L. C LAUK. Dr. A. L. llahiar of Watseka, 111., will move to Rensselaer on or about the first (if August imxt, to take up His perm.-ment residence and eug-igV in the practice’ of, Ids profession—inedicine and surgery, lie is the lather of Dr. W. L. Ilainnr, of Kelley & Mamar, Dentists. He has long experiehee in prosesIflmril! service, and bears an execlteiiy; repaitation as a successful and skillful practitioner. .-fi AfoCharley Starr’s pojmlar grocery may, always Uefound tlieiupgest ami best-stock of groceries and provisions in Jasper county. His stock consists of coffees, 'Sugars, teas, spices, canned fruits, toipp*00s, eandiesi nuts, raisins, lluiir, irtent, salt, vinegar, molasses, syrup?, and everything else usually kept in a fir'st-oTass grocery and provision store. Give him a cali. A corresponde-ftt.'of the In-liana-Ipolis Journal iH(*tjitipn,s (liat among the Hpeeohes delivered by the scientific class at the fir t iiiimial comineiicemimt of the Ladoga Normal College, one of “special ment” was by Miss Eva Halstead of Jieus.se!;ier. Her subject:Ouee to every Man arid Nation coiuts tire Moment to Decide. Mr. 11. L. Mattingly of Frnncesviric, desires to aiiiioniiee to the fanners of Jasper coiinty that lie will undersell any other:, dealer in flour and salt in Jasper or Pulaski county. lie defies competition. Give hint a call before purchasing elsewhere. 42 41. Miss Lydia Dvviggins teacher of school No. 4, Jordan township, reports for tho term ending June 29, aii enrollment of 22 scholars, with the average daily attendance of 15. Ida Snodgrass, Nora Snodgrass, Mary Adams and Cora Adams were present every day. The Ameuftoon sewing lunching is pronounced, by compel enl. judges the.heal machine manufactured for all kinds of work.” Uni! at Willey iL Sigler'i and see one ‘of them work. A basket melding will foe held at Alters Grove, iu Carpenter township, next Sunday—Unit Uisiatit Preaching at 10;:(0 a. in. J?! Wtlctncj and 8 p; in. 4+y -44,- \ . ltoed. liev. 11. B. Miller. Will conduct a two-days’ religious’ meeting in Altcr’s Grove, seveffmiles north of Rensselaer, Saturday ami Sunday, 4.4 ch ami 15th iiratants. ?; n, Another liaiTCl of that famons and popular syrtip at Harding A Peacock s. It i* pronounced the nicest article of its kind in the market. Try Rome. A lovely branch of currants was lelt in The Union office by an unknown friend, day* before yi-steiqluy. The fruit hung in dense clusters, and was very fine. Nonce. —All persons having unsettled accounts with F. J. Sears A Cq will please prit in their appear- , anoe and greatly oblige. The plank walk in front of Hard- ■ im* & Peacock’s and lleut-md & Cbtrk’s has been eleva’ed and lev- [ vied mid otherwise made better.

. o i y - *ijter.are , A r.rorfoa.r sewing mailiim made! Can be seen at the postollWe store. splendid new spice midland » now prepa*d to supply freshly grotnyl spices without additional charge. The pest sewing mnchuie oflered for sale.in this ovany other market in tin- American, at Willey A Bigler’s. Call and see it. Cash customer* shout)! lake a look at tin? stock, of goods flow on hand at the old reliable bo#iae of F. J. Scan* Sc Co. There Is rejoicing in the household of Mr. Fred. Cole, these day*, on account of the advent of a fine, large boy. , Mr*. James G. Weathers has thank* for a mess of the finest newpotatoes we have seen this season. Marshtll order is, Mow dowu lira weeds on the walk* and streets in front of your premises. Clear, Rugar-cui-ed, canvassed breakfast bacon »l Harding ifc’Pea-, cock’s. All excellent article. F. J. Sears & Co. are the, only firm that pay cash for wool on delivery in Rensselaer. Whd TefF the elieri -J-s in our house when nobody was at home?,