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field of industry. The more Lands tliere are at work, tlie moro there 

 will be produced. With the increased population k the increased de- 

 mand for products : with the increase of population is the increase of 

 laborei-s ; with the increase of products is the increase of trade. And 

 this process must go on while there remains a foot of land to be occu- 

 pied. Let us therefore feel that we have a common interest, that we 

 are pursuing a common good. Let us not fear to be generous, magnan- 

 imous, and helpful one toward another. Let each one work on, skill- 

 fully and perseveringly, and cheer on his neighbor in his work. Let us 

 eschew all envy and jealousy, and cherish a loving emulation. Let us 

 not tread upon each other, but open new paths into the wilderness. Let 

 us \dew every new enterprise as the birth of a new pubhc good. Our 

 waters are wide enough for all the ships that we can build ; there is 

 space enough for all the railroads that we can project ; our lands are 

 broad enough for many cities and villages; there is room enough for 

 untold improvements ; the sun shines everywhere ; the rain falls every- 

 where; the streams are flowing everywhere; the earth is bountiful 

 everywhere ; and from the mines of Superior to the broad rich plains 

 of the Peninsula, there is a country and a home for millions of prosper- 

 ous and happy freemen. Let us then acknowledge our interdependence 

 and our oneness, and never violate the charter of our common well 

 being. 



The only check upon this freedom of enterprise and exertion, is 

 found in another principle — that of concentration or association. Per- 

 haps, instead of caUing it another principle, I should call it the positive 

 side of the principle I have just been discussing. Because men and 

 nations are mutually dependent, let them work on freely, without any 

 hindrance or arbitrary regulation. Let each one produce that for which 

 lie is best fitted in his personal knowledge and skill, and in the outward 

 circumstances and conditions which Nature and Providence have assign- 

 ed him. Then, all, alike realizing their mutual dependence, will come 

 to work for one and another, and be drawn together in the necessities 

 of mutual support and the interchange of commodities. 



This is the negative side of the principle. Do not meddle with those 

 ■who have a common interest to do well and to be at j^eace. 



But now, on the other hand, on the positive side of the principle, it is 

 necessary that we should do everj- thing to cherish this interdependence, 



