Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-04-07

mes to his own use, and triumph in de-
|!feat, and whose victories were conquest
4 His name was Nathaniel Greene, a
\ IIblacksmith like my worthy friend from
|Hinsdale, (Mr. Emmons.) He went
forth from his stthy to lead armies and to
win glory-a hero and patriot.
will now take the gentleman to Ger
many and as he has disclosed to us that
ne is a reader of the scriptures by plen-
Atiful illusions and quotations, will shew
him the man, without whose aid he mig ht
a,assibly have never seen a bible. 1
|tmean sir, John Faustus, printer, and
the inventor of the art of printing.
Il will now take the gentleman to Eng
land, to introduce him to a person of the
name of Brindley, the constructor of
those magnificent canals which in the
course of2O years tripled the wealth of
England. This man was "A mll-wright.
There was another, who by giving to the
steam engine its highest capacity, swell
led the stream Of British wealth in a vet
greater ratio /; his name was James Watt,
a maker of mathematical Instruments.
The gentleman has told us that he
sometimes condescends to enter the bar
ber'ss sshop-not to hold any converse with
its humble occupant, but only to receive
a touch of his art, and then depart, as if
in disdain of the man who could pursue
an employment so humble. But | can
tell the gentleman that this trade, humble
as 1t is, was once practised by mighty
genius, who invented an improvement in
the machinery of spinning cotton, which
has not only laid the foundation of some
ofthe most important fortunes in Ameri-
ca-which has not only filled our country
with wealth, but which like the enchan-
ter's wand, has concentrated the treas
ures of the world in the island of Grea
Britain. / mean Richard Arkwright,
by the courtesy of England, Sir Richard
"a man who by the force of his genius
translated himself from a barber's shop to
the B..sish Parliament, and to place a
mongst the proud knights of the proudest
aritocracy in the world.
The genius of these three mechanics,
Brindley, Watt and Arkwright, upheld
the sinking fortunes of England, and
placed her on that high eminence from
which she Overlooks the world
Although ! may weary the gentleman
from Leicester, l must take him to a
mother place. A little town in the CEN
tire of England called Stratford on Avon.
There, dwelt in ancient times a man,
whose name was William Shakespeare
i dare say the gentleman has heard of
him, for he was mighty spirit, whose
influence, like that of the heavenly bod
les, is even now calling up the tides of hu-
man feeling. lie was man who has
thrown the charm of genius OH the lowest
walks of life-surrounded the throne ofII
mirth with new ights-vared into
countless varieties the shades and the
shapes Of humor-given a new and
graceful dignity to the humblest of the
virtucs-imparted blander spirit to
social liie-pervadcd the very depths of
the soul with strange and wondrous pow
ers of pathos, and impressed upon SUBJ
Unity itself a sterner and loltier charac-
ter. Yes, Sir, he was mighty enchant-
er, who could call forth from the invisible
world new variety of scenes and
beings, and could give to these GARY
nothings" ga local habitation and a
name'-the fancics of poetry, and the
lreathings of prophecy. And yet this
gifted man, whose works are alike famil-
iarto Americans and Englishmen-whose
magic influence is felt wheresoever the
language of England is read and spoken
in the far places of the world-even
lis extremitics in the East and in the
West, for though we could strike the
sceptre of King George from his hand
when he waved it over our regions, the
throne of Shakespeare is yet amongst us,
as immovable as the Allcghanies-This
wondrous man whose empire is universal
who has
like n wisard the world Of the heart
And called up its sunshine and brought down its
showers" Ilj