Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1821-02-20
From the .Ney- England GALAXY.
Mr.. QUINCY's ADDRESS.


Massachusetts Peace Society. The following
picture, though hattering to the present times
viii nevertheless be acknowledged as true by all
6 whose hands hold the page of history"
eAt what previous time did the world
exhibit the scenes, we, at this day, wit
ness When did science ever, until this
period, present itself 10 the entire mass Of
the community as their inheritance and
right /? When for the purpose oil arresling
The general ear, and promoting universal
comprehension Of its precepts, did il be-
fore adapt lis Instructions, 10 every form
| Of Intellect !; 10 every stage oi ii';H'ai'
| life 10 every class Of social being sci.
ence, indeed, existed in former times
But where ? In the grove OF Accidents
with PLATO dreaming concerning the soul
Iot the universe. In converts, among
cowled monks and fasting (riars. In col
leges, accessible, only, to the favoured
flew. Iron clasped, aud iron bound in
black letter folios. Locked in dead lan-
suages. Repelling all but the initiated.
Where exists science now NO more i'm
mured IN cells; no more stfuitiag, with
|pcdanl air and forbidden looks, 10 secIu-
de.l walls, il adapts. itself to real life /; to
use and to man. II prattes with the
babe. lttakes the infant on its knee. It
joins The play Of youth. Ii rejoicss with
the young man in his strength. Il is The
companion OF manhood; the solacc aud
the Joy Ct the hoary head. 1t is TO be
seen, n tie field, leaning on the plough |;
al the work hcnch directing the plane ari
the saw in The high places of the city,
converting by their wealth aud their lib
eraliy, merchants, into princes in The
retirement of domestic life, refining by
the aid oftas,e aud knowledge, the virtues
If a sex, whose purity aud elevation man
attains, at once, The noblest earthly reward,
aud the highest earthly standard OF bis
moral and intellectual nature. Science
no more works as formerly 10 abslruse
forms, and with abstract essences; but
in business way seeking what is true
and what is useful purifying, eievatins,
and thns producing, by degrees. slow in
deed, but sure, level Of intellect 10 the
whole mass suited to the state, aud il.
Illustrative Of the relations and daties, Of
all the parts, Of which it is composed"
The following is deserved compliment TO the
genius and talents of Fulton
Scarcely ten years have elapsed, since
the projects of Fulton we're the common
sheer Of multitudes both in Europe and
America and those not composed of the
most ignorant classes Of society. He, in
deed, has already joined The great con
sregation Of departed meD Of genius; but
where are his Inventions? Penetrating
the Interior Of the new world; smoking
along our rivers; climbing without can
vass, the mountains Of the deep; carry
ing commerce aud comforts, unknown and
unanticipated, to inland regions, and al
ready established new era in navigation,
aud new facilities for human intercourse
Iincaiculable in benefits and in conse.
guences."
His views Of the utility Of an nnshackled press
are no less accurate and convincing than the Ian
guage in which they are expressed is elegant ant
beautiful.
"The press, also, by its magic power
almost annihilates time and space, in its
rapid spread, peryading every class ant
every climate; making more and more
mutual acquaintance, commercial inter
change, and intellectual intercourse, thu
strong ties of peace among nations ap
proximating the world TO state Of gener
al society 10 which the bond Of man il
recognized; and humanity is becoming
every day. less and less the dupe OF in
triguc aud artilice. STATES touch eaci
other, no longer, only at those corrupt
and irritable points called king, noble, Of
chieftain. Mind embraces mind, in spite
of intervening seas or wildernesses. An al
lesiauce to intellect, 10 morals, and religion
begins to be acknowledged among multi
tudes, 10 every land, which is undermin
Jog that false and artificial allegiance BY
which mankind have, at former periods
in the train and at the beck of statesmen
and warriors, been dashing against eacl
other; contrary to the law Of their Goo
| aud their nature.
Poets and orators have often attempted to de
scribe the horrors Of field of battle; but thei
descriptions are generally feeble and Ifeless. No
so is the following-every parsonage in the pictur
lives and moves, and appears to the mental ey
of the reader in all its dreadful array. Il is fu
of sublime and glowing and poetical imagery
and may proudly claim parallel to the most pow
erful production of fancy or feeling among ancien
and modern writer's
i "Science and revelation concur 10 teach
| ing that this bail Of earth, which man in
habits, is not the only world; that mil
lions of globes like ours, roll IN the i'm
mensity of space. The sun, the moon
+" those seven nightly wandering fires,
Those twinkling stars, are worlds.