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see the shelves covered with every variety of fabrics—shawls that cost from 
$16 to $16,000 each. All things are wrought out by the labor of hands. Go 
you to New England and to Old England and see the millions and millions of 
manufactured dry goods piled up, and all wrought out by the labor of hands. 
Agricultural and mechanical industry helps to produce wealth; and you 
should enjoy the products of your industry, and it is your fault if you do not. 
But the way labor is now managed, the farmer, and mechanic, and laboring 
man, with their wives and children, are toiling to contribute to the rich man’s 
coffer. This is your fault, not the fault of any body else. Take care of 
yourselves, and organize, and study, and think, and the great important end 
will be accomplished. Look after your own interests and let every body 
else’s go to the d-dogs, and you will do well. [Laughter and cheers.] 
At the conclusion of Gen. Smith’s Speech, Secretary Hoyt, in rising to 
move a vote of thanks to the speakers, said : 
Mr. President : I have no intention of making a speech ; for although I have 
done some talking on occasions like this, in times past, my province here is to 
work and not to talk. Still, since both of the distinguished gentlemen to 
whom we have have just listened with so much pleasure have complained, 
in no measured terms, of the absurdity of my selecting them to address this 
multitude of farmers and artizans, and of the remorseless manner in which I 
have compelled them to a performance of that function, I dont know but I 
am in duty bound to apologize for having invited them. [Laughter.] 
I thought I knew, before they made a public declaration of it, that they 
knew but little of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and that was why I took 
pains to engage the attendance here of the practical gentlemen who so 
acceptably addressed us on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, in the 
Senate Chamber. But it seemed well to have somebody to do the ornament¬ 
al part, also, and it was chiefly for this reason that the Senator and the 
General were brought up here and sacrificed to the people. [Laughter.] 
That they have realized our expectations in this respect and beautifully per¬ 
formed the part assigned them, you Sir, and these thousands of delighted 
listeners, will bear me witness. But they have done more. To the enter- 
tainment afforded they have added words of practical wisdom; thereby 
demonstrating, what I had long understood, that they are not politicians they 
assume to be, but real statesmen, desiring and laboring for the best interests, 
material and social, of the people of this country. [Applause.] Mere politi¬ 
cians are a curse to any country ; while statesmen are its salvation and 
glory. [Cheers.] For myself Sir, I heartily thank the gentlemen for their 
excellent speeches, and now propose three cheers for the Orators of the Day. 
[Universal and prolonged cheering.] 
