Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-10-06

Dt licfschel undoubtedly felt himself peculiarly
ehtued TO ths dstineuishmcni for the improvement
"heh ne ehccted ~ the telescope and while by It's
ava ne discovered planets and worlds and systems d
"o''h winch were never before known 10 he an cx-
s'chce' ne must have been well convinced that he
nso o"hcf'ed upon mankind an intellectual benefit
"h'eh could not lie perverted to illeghimate uses,
leaving Posterty 10 make other similar Improvements
"h'ch shooh enabla them, For aught he could koow,
70 etPiofe mors oil leagues farther into the ampli-
todesu space than was possible to be done by his
apparatus
ffanklin, too, plain and un1ssumipg as he was
most Ikey would have b~"n unwilling to admit that
natural philosophy had not receiyed mort mpor-
oani item OF information by bis discoveries IN electri-
Guy, when VITA Few rustic implements he put TO
We TEST MS long studied and well d'gcsted theafy.
Fulton, IA his astonishing exploit OF applyiLs the
power OF Heamto The Propcpins OF water-rrats, un-
douoted anticipated the reward OF merit which would
DC given nim' as an iinprover IN the mechanics lie
miPh wen nave considered his name as 'mpefishably
written IN TIE grateful remembrance OF his country
men and the world, when he behe'd bis little sir
Dared boat driven at the slow pace Of siI miles an
hourup and down The Hudson against wind and tide,
propelled only by single, diminutive and crazy en-
gtne.
The art oil printing-an art which has hcen the
subject OF greater variety OF experiments bring
Ing TO it's present perfection than perhaps a0y ther
what an important achievement, when poor sppren.
tice-boy conceived aud executed the plan Of cutting
letters on separate or movable bodies, that they
might be vsriously arranged to express any word or
sentence at the will OF the operator. What views
may he have entertained Of the utility Of his invention
when he compared the facilities afforded by TO the
Art for the rapid dissent nation Of rec orded thought
with tho slow and tedious process by which printing
was, until then executed! And in the present centu-
~ with what contempt may modern type founder
look upon tho rude materials which were once con-
sidered perfection as 10 leave little room for
farther improvement. The printing Press too-a
machine though simple in its land the more
so the better an article of machinery upon which
has been extended more Iaoor and tteasu,e in i'm
ment m, u,on any M no, Of oo,aI co,,nlov,y
how much credit for n use, md neress,,v IN ycn,,on
NAV Wells. B,rtbolomew smith Dow rnns ,nJ
Rust claim as their rgh,ci dne ,yhon ,bov coat,
their wonderfuIlv accn,a,e e,nnd,ons ana ,,an,an.
dously nowcrrI ron msch;nps VII ,po wonIon
rickety cheese n,ess con,s;y,,ros ,.h;,L go -
sidored IN he ner(ec,;on ;,self but ,h,,y va, ao
Even n s,r,n,e, IN The A., on ,v,,,.sin y;ho;, 80
rations IL ,nsi ,n,,,eo,sIv ,nn,snd ~ ,I d;aaoo.
between the ,xo a. be conpa,s ,ho i,h, LII h;cs
an imorc,,on Of onjv Csyv psnnd. 49, crns.,y ,;xon
with ,be ,b,,Y 10 a,h,v ,o. vac . smIIu
the same muscular labor IN everv nr;o,ed sbee,
So, then with some few excentions Ike the las,
mentioned from The ,eculiar nature Of which ,hey
incapable of serious abuse pefversion, the po
s't'on appears to be tenabe one that the "March oil
,up I,; r ~ .ne g1.,t a"a ma, agg.esae,
han bless;n, 70 m,ntiod F,sb;on and mr.; re- are
the pioneers, envy aud emulation the generals ind.
vdual distinction the incentive and dsparsgement 10
me genera go9I me result, OF us progress Better
,a1 .re worn ., enane,na mou'u ao.nao" nine
yal simnl,city of p,triarc hal timex
What is now the spirit in which Laws are enacted
and executed but degeneration from that equitable.
oPeo.heanee Justice when cnarac.ethed ,he con
;nana ano ns, r,in ' r money OF
IA rsimooous exercise Of is peoal nreroca,iye. aoS
eveo total exemption from its execution. Man, to
sway an arbitrary sceptre over his fellow man, and
10 eo.renen himself securely IN state viii nnhesta-
ava, ,hn.n pponc good ,aordge or en'rely take
long. TO human beinos-wui sso,isoeH US ~ ,hi We
every thing to feed his unnatural and mons rous pro
Pens'ty iot unrivaled sovereignty. Throughout all
ne ., ,esa' process 'eere IS an INFUSION
go. a"a .dl,asu. .,a:',aI =, 'oa ,' osnoe'a
time. holo,e he march of imn,oyemen,S commenc'
ed it's innovations, it was moi so. The preparatory
steps Of counting the pieces OF silver appraisng the
Hooks and herds houses and lands ana estimating the
.nhuen I possesea y al i"am'aua,; was no, con-
e;s,oo Rcd an e,,,,c, from Roi;ns dssc1n,;on 9,
the spirt in which the Eeypons framed their codes
contrast i; with modern policy, and see whether our
proposition docs not hold good in this respect -
''The Egyptians were the first people who
| rightly understood the rules of government
A nation so grave and serious Immediately
perceived that the true end of politics is, 70
make life easy and a people happy. The
kings were under greater restraints from the
{ laws than their subjects Simplicity was seen
in all things, and we read in Plutarch of a
temple in Thebes, which had one of It's pillars
inscribed with imprecaiions against that mon
arch who first introduced profession and luxu-