PUBLIC SPIRIT 



which are now known to course under- 

 ground far on both sides of the visible chan- 

 nel. Canal and river seem diverse, yet are 

 in fact but one stream in two parts, starting 

 up in the eternal snow of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, and meeting again at the mouth of the 

 Kearney flume, to roll on together down to 

 the infinite sea. Even so it is with your 

 blood and that of the poor pariah. 



That the operative in your cotton factory 

 may earn, say, $2 a day, the factory must be 

 there with its owners and their capital. 

 Builders of factories and machinery must 

 exist with their respective plants and groups 

 of workmen. There must be men working 

 southern cotton fields; people engaged in 

 the manufacture of implements for cotton- 

 raising; people building and running steam- 

 boats and railways; human beings in all 

 lands who wish cotton fabrics and have 

 means to buy them; morality, customs, and 

 laws making traffic and possessions secure; 

 and preachers, teachers, writers, legislators, 

 judges, police, and army giving sustenance 

 to laws and morals. Let any one of these 



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