The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-05-04

a-~~s.ia1s Of Ihe rrrcas sas.eI. $50 - !
!, 7. sid. il Stealing upon ns. and
90 a assregaIs ~eslIh, s watch
~ - ,l'.cal pswer from the hands
~a.,',s We have been mnle Thar
e. grssely slmonishsd that, IN Ordel
-, he tines, AMI restore . me-
.s,s:. ..,,reDry far lie heneiI Of The poor
-. - ought 10 melt doEn their plate!
W..,e,er sch > melting process might
ga - =, upon elsewhere. MIR. Presi'
dent. / assnrs yea that IN Massachusetts
!, ~aald discover LILLE. A Few spoons.
..n,ll..,ieks. and other similar articles,
some ola family pitchers AID iankards.
80 ,he silTer porElngsrs Of our nurseries.
vould Be about the whole.
Sir. if shere be any srIsioerats IN Mas
s,cbuser,s, lhe people are all srissocrais:
h.r,us. I do moi believe there Is on earth,
n a highly civilized society. a greater
,ouali,y in lhe condition Of men. than ex-
-.is,s ,here. IfIheFe he = man IN the state
smain,ains wlla, is called an equIpsge.
- drives faur horses m his coach, am
not acquainted with him. On the other
hand. there are lea who are not able 10
carry heir wives AMI daughters 10 church
IN some deeen, conveyance. IL - no
maner Of regret ar s0IroS 10 US that lev
are yery rieh: bu. il is our pride and glo-
~ ths, few ATE Terry pa"r. II Is our still
higher bride. and our just boast. a. l
,hink. that al her ci.izens possess means
Of intelligence and education; and that.
Of ali her productions. she reckOns, among
the very ehiefesi, those which spring from
The culture Of the mind and The heart.
Mr.. President. one Of The most striking
characteristics Of Ibis age is The ex,raor-
binary progress which II has witnessed
in nonuIsr knasledge. A new aud pow
.rfnl impulse has been acting in the. So
eisl system Of late. producing this effect
in a striking degree.
In morals, 10 politics. in art, in liiera-
ture. there is a vast accession TO the
number Of res lsrs, and 10 The number Of
uro6cienu. The present state Of popular
knowledge is moi the result Of slogyand
uniform progress. proceeding lhrodsr
lspse OF wears. viii. the same regular ue
cree Of motion. Il is evidently me resuh
Of some new causes. brough'ihn power
ful sc,ion, and produc"s me't c ,
Quenvss rapidly am s"'Alngy' "ha'
sir. are these csus'' =.
! --G&s is not n occasion. sIr, Tor dts
GUESSING such question al length: allow
me 10 say. however. that the improved
state of popular knowledge is but the
necessary result OF The improved condi-
lion OF The great mass Of the People.
Knowleige is not one Of our merely
physical wants. Life may be sustained
without il. But. in order To live, men
mus, be fed, and clothed. and sheltered:
and in a state Of things in which ones
whole labor can do no mare than procure
clothes, food. sd shelter. hr can have
no time nor means for mental improve
meni. knnwirdgr. therefore, is not al
tanned, and csnno, he at'Nned. till there
is some degree OF resplge. from daily
manual toll. and never ending dfudgery
Bot whenever less degree of labor will
produce The absolute nrcessaries &c life,
then there come leisure and means. both
20 teach and to learn Bat il this great
and wonderful extension at popular know
ledge b. the result Of an improved con-
dlti0n. it NAV. in the next place, well he
asked, what are the causes which have
thus suddenly produced that great i'm
provemenI' How is it ina, the means uf
food. clo,hing, and shelter, are now so
much more cheapiy aad sdundantly pro-
cured ihaa formerly! Sir, the main cause
| take 10 be he progress Of scientific art,
or a new exlen, Of the application OF
science or art. This it is. which has so
much distinguished the last half century
in Europe AMI IN America: and its effects
are eFtty where visible. and especially
among u. Man has found new allies
and aux.l'ares in the powers Of Nature,
and in the Inventions Of mechanism.
The general doctrine Of political econo.
my is, that wealth consists in whatever
Il useful or convenient TO man, and thai,
labor Is The producing cause Of all this
wealth. This lie very true. But, then,
what is labor! In the sense Of political
writers, and 10 common language, il
means human industry; but, in philoso-
pheal view, il may receive a much more
comprehensive meaning. II is not. in
that view, human lnIl only-Ihe mere
action al Ihews and muscles; but IL 10 any
active agency which, working upon the
materials with which the world is suppl
ed brings forth products useful or con-
senIeDt tomsn. Tie materials Of weslth
are IN The earth, in the seas, aud in their
natural and unaideL productions. Labor
obtains then, works upon them, and
fashions them to human use. Now, it
mas been the object Of scientific art. or al
. 'he application Of science to art. to in.
crease ih's active agency, TO augment its
! power by creating millions of lsborers in
The form Of automatic machines, all TO be
diligently employed, and kept at work