Litchfield enquirer., 1836-12-01
MECHANICS

, ac,er .na LW Los.:. tnat we study the char. ""o naOits ot men. instead of their
 cS' when we seek to form ast;mataa oI 1Lle'r value and rank in socie,v :, Those builders -np of the civilized ..s all its physical character from the fonrs" "
 ton 10 its crowning capstone, have very lit-
 tie occasion for disparaging considerations.
 when they look abroad on the labor if Inelr hands-not column tops inc dome of the temple. nor pillar subnorts tI,o throne ofthe monarch, nor spire no;n,. to heavens but bears th6 stamp of mechar- lc'S impression upon 1t. Whatever adorn. the body or beaHti6es the artificial works of death, come of mechanic agency. And when we contemplate the stars of intellect. and meteors of glory that have sprung ,,D from the body of American mechafaics, and shone upon the dim paths of pIiilosophy F anu Ssctence, 1t will be seen that tilo me-. chanlc has his full share of encouragemonk m the examples of his brethren; and very little reason to repine that his lot has heaIl cast among them.-N. r. Star. dI@ -..--A. t4te The following extract from a recent nuh.- lication by the venerable American Texi-. cographer deserves the sattention of the public, and especially of the conductors of the newspaper press:
 "The press, when jud;c;oaslv asanoped. IS one ofthe greatest blessings of a civilized people; when abused, it is the most pow. ertu! instrument of mischief: Probably no civil privilege in this country is 50 much perverted and abused. In no country ix reputation held so cheap. Slander, ike the scythe of death, levels all worth and distinctions; the press, one of the noblest instruments of Improvement, is converted into an instrument of deception, ana. ,he means of making citizens hate and opDross each other. The moral effect of this sbose is lanentable for it seems to have become a ruling belief of partisans that man has \ right to defame those who differ from him, in opinion. 2 a l''t'17-' z" II such is to be permanently the effect ot popular elections, we shall pay dear for the privilege in the loss of morals. At pre-. sent, no reputation issafes especially that of man in public life For ois6 who appears before the public for the most laodable put. pose. The scrambling for oficA kesps the public mind il continual agitation generating evil passions and eDmitiss among citizens who, even when they are wrong in their opinions. are entitled to the eniDy~ nient of their reputation and their social rights. What a noble improvement in our public prints shan we witness, ,wheu.f facts shall be care fully collected. iudiciously e. lecled, and fairly publisl1sd, without con. jecturdl inference and when pasnciples shall be discussed with ability and candor, without assailing cAardetsr and nsOtivss. Bs 'E ,~ s
 C~~ ,,s bout the time fthe invention of the telo. scope, another instrument was forneds which laid open scene no less wonderful and rewarded the inquisitive spirits of man. This was. the microscope. The one led me to see system in every star the .oth. CT leads me to see a world in every atom. The one taught that this mighty globe, with the whole burden of its people and iis countries, is but but grain of sand on the high field of immensiiy the other teaches me that the very grain of sand may harbor within it the tribes and families of busy population. The one told me of the in. significance of the world which | tread upon the othe. redeems it from all insig. nifcance for it tells me that in the leaves of tho forestj and in the flowers of every gar. den, and in the waters of every rivUlei. there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless are the glories of the irnnament.' The one has suggested to me, that above
 and beyond all that is visible to man. there
 may be fields of creation which sweep jun. n,easurably along, and carry the impress of the Almighty hand to the rsmotese scenes of the universe the other suggests to me- that within and beneath all that mjndte- ness which the aided eye of man has been able to explore, there may be region of invisibtes and that conid we draw aside the curtaiI, which strouds it from our sen- ses, we might see theatre of as many wonders ms astronomy has unfoldsd . universe within the compass of point 90 small as to elude all the powers of the mis croscope, but where the wonder-working God finds room for the exercise of all his attributes, where he can raise another mo. chanism of worlds. and fill and animate them all with the evidence of his glory.
 Anscdote ef Birds.--A sparroM finding nest that n martin had just bGih, standing very conveniently for him, possessed him. self of it. The Martin seeing the usurper in her house, called loudly for help to cx. pei him. A thousand martins came in full speed and attacked the sparrow but the latter being covered on both sides and pre- senting only his large beak at the entrance of the nest, was invuInerable, and made the
 boldest of them repent their temerity.- After quarter of an hours combat all the -.s:.. i;.ooroo.aN Tha erarr0w aAems