The herald., 1837-04-29
Are Of Revolutions.

We are in the commencement OF series OF resoiu-
tions-philosophcaL financial cominercia, sociai
POLITICAL literary, and religious. There can De no
mistake in the signs Of the tlmss Tins orgihal ana
wonderful movement of the human mind has began
cotemporaneously in the old and the new world Inc
Anglo Saxon race, ansplanted into this hemisphere
have begun revolution that VIII noi pause tiil ihe
whole world shall be changed
Hisa remarkable fact in the history of the human
race that the germs Of revolutions and the original dis
coveres that lead to revolutions always come before
the world in clusters In every age the lights of genius
start up in groups Luther, Galileo, Bacon, Shaks-
peare, Milton, Harrington, Newton, and all the
parent minds tina, broke the spell Of the middle ages
were parts Of the same system-separac lights form
ing the same group Of mind capable Of creating new
world and giving the generations of man new nm
pulse During the space Of the two or three last cen
turies all branches Of know dge, science, art and
learning have made wonderful progress unser the
original impulse which was given by the mighty minds
Of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The steam
engme-the system of commercc-the art OF war
the science Of yovernmcnt-the purfcanon of religion
the advancement of society and manners now pre-
vailing in the world are the offspring Of the same
spirit which discovered the new world shook the
Romish tiara, and struck out the new philosophy Of
Bacon and Newton.
We are in the commencement of new, fresh, and
more exciting age thaa what we have Just passed.
The revolution going in the financial COM
mercia, social and political world both in this
Try and in Europe, is only wholesome preparation
for tsc wonders that are amost ready 10 leap into
existence. There cannot be the slightest doubt but
the practical discovery made by the humble black
smith of Vermont, will form the beginning of
era new philosophy anda new order Of civilization.
The whole world IS in state of tumult but II the
tunult of genus-the agitation of intelec-them move
ment of the human mind in search Of higher order
OF clvizaton-a higher species of existence.
The discovery that tightening electricity, galvan-
isni the principle Of life the power of gravitaton
are all ldentical-all resolvable into principle,
and can be made to perform any work III any
assignabe operation in human life, is ushered
upon the world at time when a similar revolution
in agitang the financial, social, commercial and po-
litcal systems. On the works and fragments of the
old system OF life and business the newly developed
power will facilitate the creation OF new systems
more PRACTICAL more energetic more useful, and more
favorable TO the higher order Of intelligence and civ
zaton. Whata singular coincidence that the paper
systems Of commerce and currency should be falling
into ruin by their weight, at a moment when
power is coming into being that will sweep
every steamboat and ship from our waters ; and by
its energy, speed, velocity and safety make whole
countries and continents contiguous the streets
of single city! The power of galvansm devoted
10 locomoon Of all kinds cannot fail in tcenty years
10 change the whole face of the civilized portion of
the earth.
There never was such revolution in the world as
that just entering upsn-a revolution, radical
intellectual financial, in every shape or form that
mind can imagine. Let not readers suppose for a
moment that these sentiments and views are ex,rava-
giant. They the sober and deliberate convictions,
resulting from personal knowledge of the great
principle brought to igA, by Mr. Daven. ort, coupled
with deep consideration Of the events gong in
the world around. The failures and distressos and
agltatlons, political and commercial, are only the
spring showers that precede the opening of long
and beautiful and radiant summer OF science and CT
vllizauon. OH that were twenty years younger
or could come TO life again in the year 1919, when all
the world VIII be revoslonizcd, and voyages to Eu-
rope will be made in a week. and news transmitted TO
New Orleans on the galvanc principle, in couple OF
hours.