The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-06-08

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| advancing tne knowledge 0t t.elr ieIius
men; is ii just aud sanitary innuen,e,-
ihcre is certainly no occasion ior seil-
aJasemenl amongst such as pursue me
thanicai rmpioy 'nents, II rank be graou
ated according IT, the standard which /
nave assumed; and BARRIERS, blucksniiths,
shoeniakers, housewrights, curriers', anu
clVIkniakers, the PROFESSIONS which you
desi ignate-are not humble men, II tnei,
smtues bring them within this circle OF ex-
ceilence.
Il the inventions of an English barbe,
nuve multiplied beyond 'neasu,e the we altl
ol his own counlry-ameiiorate the con.
ditirn and increas, the comfort vi men,
even IN your own Siate-enpioyedA it,
citizens aud doubled It's capitai--non.
need take shame To themselves Tor pursu
Ing that profession. iEe spinning-jenny
ol Arkwris ht is II truer emblem o. british
power than tae sword OF Wellington Io'
i'ad II not been io. the wealth which tha,
machine and rs Improvements have pour
ed INTO Engiand, tAe nations Of Europe
would never have iriumphed at Waterloo.
1he eldest son OF u barber, who becam.
the .grsai Jaw lord OF Engi'n,d, may with
pruprirty assume RANK equal, ut least,
To that OF the eldest son Of a Rhode lsiano
ireeholder, vino votes ON the strength OF
one hundred and thirty four dollars i'll
land, held by his father
1t profound genius for military affairs
if native greatness and grandeur OF char,
acter-il high reaching cLiyalry, the loft
lest honor,the most enduring ioritude and
the most devoted patriotism, can enabi,
nmn.-thcn tho hero blacksmith, of Rhode
Island might well have claimed ram.
equal ifnos superior to that Of his noble
cOmpetitor.
II the deepest sagacity-the application
Of the soundest and Clearsst intellect 10
the science OF law and governmen,-cun
constitute political philosopher; if the
person who had the rare good fortune t.
nave signed both the Declara alton oi lnde-
lpendcnce aud the Constitution Of me u
niled States, has thereby acquired any
lutte to dsiinclion-,hent the descendant OF
The Earl Of River, who from the shoe
lmaker's' bench sscended to the highest
Elevations Of society, rose above the issei
OF his ancestry noble as they were.
| When our ancestors were engaged in
tina, dife conflict with the savage race
ON the issue of which their existence de-
pended--as well as the question whethc,
The fair regions which now constitute New
England, should become the seats OF
learning, law, religion and civilization, OF
be yielded back to desolation and barba-
rism-the sword which rescued them was
welded by a housewright.'
/ could swell this catalogue with the
names OF many other iIlustrious men, whc
have instructed and delighted the world,
that
Honor and shame from no condition rise.'
Within the last half century, the appli-
cation of mechanical science to the ur,s.
by practical mechanics, has done more to
accelerate the progress of man in knowi-
edge, and to increase his independence
wealth, and comforts, than all the labors
Of all the theoretic philosophers Of the
same period: the Iabors Of the FIRST have
consolidated and strengthened the social
institute, ns--.the theories ofthe last would
| have made them vast ruin.
Unless public sentiment should Indicate,
in the clearest and most uueeulvocal man
ner, that changes in the provisions Of ex
isting constitutions Of government are
necessary, land The people must deter
mine whether they are) should oppose
them, on the ground that
st is sometimes better TO endure the ills we have,
Than fly to others that we know not Of
have often wondered, when arguments
funded on the notion of the natural and
abstract rights of man, have been applied
to the social regulations which commun-
ities have adopted. Il is an undeniable
truth, that the social man is deprived in
some measure of his native Independence, /,
and cannot be Il { law 10 himself but mus,
he restrained by the rules which govern
the community Of which he is a member;
if it we're not so, he would be a savage.
The formation Of social communities, gov
erned by laws, negatives tie principle Of
absolute, entire independence. Men,
when the, come into society, surrender a
portion Of natural liberty, to secure more
q than an indemnify. Amongst the advan-
fages secured by this surrender, is the
protection Of individual property. The
privilege Of sitting under their o,rn vines
and fg-trces, with rone 10 molcst or make
q them airnid.' Du, those 'vines and fig
trees only become 'iieir own' in conse.
d quenco OF social regulations.
!. Feelings and sympsthics arising from
particular associations, ancient ussges
: and historical NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. h
0 cal circumstances-th modes oflhe--<h,
: pursuits ofths people, whether sgricui,u
y rsl, commercial, manufacturing, litcraiy
: CT mechanical, and sho extent and psc