The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-12-14


contemplated in the formation of our Constitution,
and to fix that standard OF the powers dele
gated ~ express terms, in that mstTuIntnt 10 Con-
gross The governments of Great Britain and France
have scarcely ceased TO lie occupied with inquiries
and speculations the same subject since the exist
ence Of Constitution, and with them il has ex-
panded into profound, iaborious, and expensive re.
searches into the figure of the earth, and the COM
paraiive length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in
various ATTITUDES from the Equator tic Pole These
researches have resulted in the composition and pub
LEGATION of several works highly interesting TO the
cause oi science. The experiments are yet in the
process Of performance. Some Of them have recently
been made on our shores, within the walls Of
one of our own colleges, and partly by OF our
own fellow citizens. II would be honorable to our
country If the seqpe of the experiments should
be couftenanced by the patronage OF our government
az they have hitherto been by those of France and
Britain.
Connected with the establishment of an Uniyersi-
ty, or separate from it, might he undertaken the
erection OF an astronomical observatory, with provs
ion for the support of astronomer he constant
attendance OF observation upon the phenomena OF
the Heavens; aud for the periodical publication OF
ms observations. II is with feeling OF pride
American, that the remark may he made that on the
comparatively small! territorial surface Of Europe there
are existing upwards of one hundred and thirty these
lighthouses OF the skies while through the whole
American hemisphere there is not one Ii we reflect
moment upon the discoveries, which, in the last
sttuton OF the universe by the Of these build
i1ss, and OF observers stationed in them, shall we
dou5t OF their usefulness to every nation? And
while scarcely a year passes heads without
bringing new astronomical discovery lig'
which must fam receive at second hand from
Europe, not cutting ourselves off from the
meaus of returning light for light, while we have
neither observatory or observer upon half OF the
globe and the earth reyoves in perpetual darkness to
our unsearching eyes?
When the 95th Of October 1884, the first President
Of the United States announced Congress the suit OF
the first enumeration OF the inhabitants of the Union,
he informed them that the return gave the pleasing
snrance thai the population Of the United States Dor.
dercd on four millions Of persons At the distance of
thirty years from that time, the last enumeration, five
years since completed presented population Dor
deihg upon ten millions. Perhaps Of all the ev;enc-
es ii prosperous and happy condition of human
society," the rapdty of the increase of population is the
most uncqui'oca But the demonstration of pros
perfy alone upon this indication.-Our com
nerce our wealth, and the extent of our territories
have in rcased in bonding proportions and the
number Of independent communities associated in our
Federal Union, has, since that time, nearly doubled.
The Legislative representation Of the States and people
in the Houses of Congress, has grown with the
growth OF hcr constituent bodies The House which
then consisted Of 6j mcbcrs numbers upwards of
two hundred. The Senate, which consisted Of twenty
SIX members, has forty eight But the Executive,
aud stii more the Judiciary Department. vet in
great confped to their primitive orsanizatiou
mud are no" not adequate TO the urgent wants OF still
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