The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-04-14
Frpn tie View orir.a Evrpias Time.
THE PRINTER,

ffHm TIE View DrleAa Evening Times
THE PRINTER.
There he stands Al his Csc; his eyes
are fixed on his copy, while lis fingers,
obetient To his viii, collect the letters
from fieir various boxes, and place them
together so as 10 form words, sentences,
complete articles OF news. politics, or IL
teraipre. he musician al tie piano en-
hardly compete with tie printer in the
rapidii, and precision Of his digital mo-
ton. Like the pianist WHO PLAYS with
his music book and instrument before
him, tie printer sees and compartments at
= glance tie ever var, ing results ais fin
gers must produce. ami does not hesitite
a moment 10 perform tie Necessary ae-
ton with the rspidiis OF lig tning. Like
notes from the instrument, e. ers letter,
ever pause, every stop, Is calle.. forth
in it, proper place. I'LL complete ensem-
bic is formed, Nhich the memory can
Treasure up, AMI which the mini c.in con-
ceive AMI digest. Bul how diif REM are
, the fin4l effects proiucei in these two in-
stances. The musician creates series
Of melodious ami harmonious sounds,
WHICH please the ear for moment and
die away; tie feelings, ca, or sad. de-
sponling or enthusi size, mild or ioleni,
are excited Tor a moment hut the c.iarm
soon &c ises, AMI ntughi nut the recollec-
ZION Of past pleasures or pain remains
upon the mind. l'ut the printers laaor
/ bears G, erlasiing fruit; he spreads before
J mankind the arena Of knowledge. ami
. worss witt the ssges in the laboratory Of
reason; he sends messenger to every one
OF the human family; he in oSes all men
| TO behold the beauties OF lruth, anil seeks
to make the mass ot mankind conscious
OF those immuiable rights with Which
MN is invested at his birth BY nature and
hy natures TOD. The printer has been,
since The fifteenth century, the faithful
AMI most active auxiliary of learning.
That day the printer first struck off a
shee, from a rough block Of types from
that tlay We NAV date the universal spread
Of know ledge, aud the gradual disEran-
chisement of mankind from the .'onIs OF
ignorance, superstition, and oppression.
From that day has man gradually advan-
ced TO the general enjoyment of free, en-
| lightene.l, and republican institutions;
from that day. royalty AMI its concomi-
ian,s began to decay, and fair liberty TO
grow in their place.
might continue TO show, in detail.
the correctness of the general outline
have drawn; bit the immnnse benefits
which the art of printing has conferred
upon mankind, have been described by
ahler AMI more eloquent pens than mine
Let me present single hypothesis: sup
pose that the great proteciveness, and
teacher of Ill arts and sciences suppose
that the art of printing had never heen
discovered; at what stage OF progress
would we now find natural philosophy,
astronomy, mechanics, navigation, and
many arts which conauce so eiiecmally
to the comfort and preservation Of man
kind! Where would nov be those Ii.
berries we hold so dear! Yet in the
womb of futuritv. The discoveries of Z
Newton would have been the treasure o.
an exclusive few. Watt and Fulton
would. perhaps, have never learned the
first principles of mechanics; and Frank.
lin mi.lt never have read hook, mol
published single principle tending tc
the independence of his country.
I he ancients Of freeze AMI Rome Ger
tainlv numbered some great and wist
men; but heyond the circle in which these
learned men moved, how few received ;
glimpse of science; how few ever lie IN
ell to read; and how difficult il was to OBJ
tain instruction or books. Now, through
the agency OF printing, our means of &C
quiring knowledge are unlimited. and 1T
dissemination universal. The conse
quence is, that greater number labor tt
unrayel and make useful the secrets o
nature, and the progress of mankind to
wards perfection is a thousl and times NOR,
rapid.
: The printer, as an individual, comes
: directly under the constant influences o
, the instructive and liberal art he profess
: es. The printer reads more, and pos
, sesses more varied and general mforma
. ton, than the theologiau, lawyer, o
; avowed philosopher. 1t is the printer
trade to read constantly, day after day