Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-06-18
TRIUMPIIS OFI.ABOR.

We have rarely seen the mighty results Of the
labor OF man more strikingiy eloeids,ed. than 10
the following exirct OF sn address BY Henry Cole.
man. 10 several Agricultural Societies Of this State
assembled 10 their annual festival last October -
We find ii in the New fnglsnd Farmer.
Two years since. I travcrsed the Great Erie
Canal from one end to the other I Hoa,ed on the
waters Of the Ohio Canal add returned TO the
sea shore by the Pittsburgh and Penusy canls
and railways. What mighty ,rumphs Of art and
labor are here VIVA, moving Of the affections
What an expanding Of the ina eibston How
many beautiful aud splendid visions have foa,ed
before my mind, which were surpassed BY the great
realities. Here were mountains ievelled. and val
Ioys filled. Here were deep basins exeys,ed, and
noble and long stretching entertainments which nv
allied the neighboring hills. Here were rivers
hundred OF miles 10 length, flowing at mans pleas
ure, and 10 channels formed by his hands. Here
were streams cruising streams on beautifully arch.
ed uqueducts. Here were mountains of granite
pierced through and through and passage open.
ed through the heart of adamsntne barriers for We
hices ffe,ghted with human life. Here were deep
inland oceans ningng iheir waters with the mighty
sca that sweeps from pole 10 pole, and bearing
upon their quiet tides ten thousand .ncatiug and
deeply laden arks myriads Of human beings active
IN pursuit of business or pleasure, sccumuiations
OF wealth from the deep md tangled recesses of
the forest, now first springng into life under the
touch Of civilization from the gli,,ering fields of
polar ice, md from the shores of the Western
ocean accumulations, whose growing extent defes
all calculation. All this, too. is the work Of q
little animal Of the ordinary height Of sixty inches,
with only two feet and two hands, and of On aver
age duration less then twenty years. Ills mighty
implements in these great exploits were only
nd nj oh, L.
pickaxe, and a spade. Such are the great results
Of intelligent. concentrated persevering labor, u
chevements Of our own times, and scarcely quar-
ter of century old.
These results are wonderful. They arc no
miraculous creation. They are the fruits of the
labor Of individuals, applied in It's most minute
forms, and at successive times. When De Witt
Clinton first stuck spade little bigger than q
mans two hands into the ground and said, This
shall bring the mighty waters Of Lake Superior in
to the Ocean, and the vast, and as yet unimagned
treasure Of tine great Yves, shall float upon their
descending current few minds could believe that
this was any other than such stuff as dreams are
made Of But tho prediction accomplished,
and in his day. The laundering cannon never sent
q more electrifying appeal than when its successive
acclamatons along the whole lire announced that
the huptial union between the vast lakes of the
North and the beautiful Atlantic was consumated.
Never was gladder note poured into the patriots
ear since the Declaration Of l776, than he assur-
ance which then fell uoon il, that these internal
communications. these gttering silver bands were
form the strong bonds of friendly union and sym.
P Thy with those distant territories now brough:
into such conunction territories before scarce
ly known to each other by name, now shaking
hands with each other as next door re ghbors.-
Such are the great results Of labor