Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-12

years triplcd the wealth OF F.asiana IT..
man was millwright. There was ane,ksr
who, by giving to the steam engine lis h,gb'
est capacity, swelled the stream al B,i'lsh
wealth in yet greater raiio--his name wa,
James Watt, a maker Of mathematical il.
struments.
The gentleman has told Us that he SOM.
times condeseends to enter BARRIERS sbon
not to hold any converse with its humble nc.
c1pant, but only TO receive touch Of has
art, and then to depart, as il in disd,in of N.
man who could pursue an employment "A
humble. But can tell the gentleman ths.
this trade, humble az it is, was once prao,,.-
ed by mighty genius, who invented an I'M
provement 10 the machinery of spinning cot.
ton, which has not oaiy laid The fuundai;o,
of some of the most magnificent fortunes :;
AmeIica--lgilich has not only filed our conn.
tVy with wealth, but which. like the toueh ~
the encbantcEs wand, has concentrated the
treasures Of the world in the island OF Great
Britain. ] mean Rielrard ArkwTigl f-by lbs
courtesy OF Engiand. Sir Richard--a man.
who, BY the force of his genius, Translated
himself from BARRIERS shop to the British
Parliament, andto place amongst the prou.
dest knights Of the proudest aristocraey in
he world
The genjus Of those three mechanic,
Brindley. Watt, and Arkwrght. upheld tls
sinking forinnes Of England, ard placed her
on that high cminence from which she oye,.
looks the world
Although Imay weary the gentleman from
Leicester, | must take him 90 another place
"a little tssTn ia the cettse Of England, called
Stafford CD Avon. There dwcit in ancient
tmesa man, whose name was William Shake.
speare. dare say the gentleman has heard
OF him, for he was a mighty spirit. whose
influence, Ike that ofihe heavenly bodies. /,
even now Gazing up the tides of human feel
ing He was EaaR who has threwr IN.
charm of his genius on the lowest walks Of
life--sarrounded the throne Of mirth with
new dehg llts--yaried into countless yaIicie,
the shades and the shapes of his humor-
given new graceful dignity to the humblest
of the viriues-impaTted blander spirit to
social lfe--pergaded The very depths Of ID.
soul with strange and wondrous powers Of
pathos, and Impressed upon sablimity itselfa
sterner and loitier charac teS Yes. sir he was
a mighty enchanter, who could call forth
from The invisible world new variety ~
scenes and bengs. and could give to these
<'aFy notMngs' "a local habitAtion & name"
the faRcies Of poetry and tiie breatings ii
prophecy. And yet this gifted man, whose
works are alike familiar 10 Americans and
observation-disclosures magic influence is fiIs
wherever the language Of England is 10 sd
and spoken-in the fair places oftle world
even its 4extremiiics III tee East and the syast.
for though we could strike the sccptre ofkiag
George. from his hand when he waved il osa<
our regions, the throne of Shakespeare is vet
amongst as, as imnioyable as the Alleghansa
Ih's wondrous nan. whose empire is uniyet
sal, who has
-".uled ike wizsrd The world of the heart,
And called up its suash!ne and brought dove
It's showers
was a VOC e0n,bcr'
| have liz nay way .eadeavored to furnish
the gentlaman from Leicester with any histo.
real "reminiscences, from which | bope he
Will learn that these Humble faccilanics whom
lie 'crides have exercised q most powerful.
direct, and decided influence upon tbc ca,s-
forts, the happiness, the morals, The wealth,
and Che power Of man. That they have brcf
to the common stock Of human asnowleige
their fun pTspcrtiea loa useful science, ingenv
tloE, and genius that from tileip ranks hays
sprung warriors and statesmen, poets apd
philosophers.
could swell the catalogue ifh many more
iliustrious names, but have furnished Me
gentleman with enough for the present. He
may give heed TO my facts if he pleases-hs
may call my statement "tnhling stuff" ifn
suits him; butt trust he will not again under
take TO .deride class of men, who, 10 say
the least, are as respectable as any other
] am sensible, Mr.. Speaker, that | have
been too di6cursive, and that much of my
matteris foreign to the question; but as tho
gentleman from Leicester entered upas
wide field, thought it would be no great
violation parliamentary rules TO follow him
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