The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-03-06

THE MECHANIC.

What an exalted calling How grand the Occur
pation! How sublime the handy work of the
cratt!! How purely independent is the honest,
industrious Mechanic! He lays himself down to
rest at the close of evening and quietly repoSes in
| body and mind He is not disturbed by the fluc-
tuations OF the markets. He dreams not of the
obligations and liabilities which he has assumed
upon himself through the day. No bills of Ex-
change crowd his slumbering brain; nor does the
failure of chartered monopolies disturb him. He
has no heavy cases pending upon the intricate
constructions CT the law awaiting the decisions of
justice which may either restore to his client his
own just claims and establish for himself The char
acter OF Iurst, or, on the other hand the confs-
cation OF bis clients property, and with it his
putatlon forever blasted. He goes home after his
tolls through the day, not to mediate upon goods
disposed of and bad debts contFacted-not to cal
culate the losses and the gains incident to BUSH
| ness transactions-not to brood over, By the mid
| night taper, contracts of long standing. No
| none OF these harrassing moments disturb his
quiet hearth. But he goes from his workshop to
the hospltable tiresde, not decorated with costly
apparal-no magnificent carpet spread upon the
hoOr-n0s DESTINATIONS pride finds resting place
| within its humble precincts; but where neatness
and order resldes-where virtue and charity are
| the handmates of its inmates. He returns to his
cottage to enjoy the sweet counsel of the partner
of his prosperity-the soother of his sorrows; she
who ministers to a mind diseased,' and from the
| fevered brow, wipes the cold sweat drops in the
hour of affection. He rises with the lark, fresh
from his nest prepared for the labors of the day.
and resumes his ayOcation with invgorated spirits
geefully singing the favorite ditties of his early
youth, as he throws the huge hammer or draws the
cutting blade, confident of the remuneration at
tendant upon each successive stroke. Who
/ would Scorn boast so emulating as that of the
| Mechanic? Who would cast odium on so inesti-
mable fraternity? Who would scorn a road so
smooth-one which will lead the persevering to
high rank, honor and distinction among the liter
ut n$f he lam Vhn he tn
the reputation of franklin, the printer and Roger
Sherman, the cob6ler. The philosophy of the
former drew from the towering clouds their vivid
blaze, and prouacted the irresistible bolt in hui
mifity at his feet-among the foremost in the con-
test Tor freedom, the latter from industry and en-
ergy, won for himself in the councils of his coun-
try imperishable wreaths of renown, and in the
temple of Liberty signed the charter of her lnde-
| pendence.
| Mechanism is theme upon which we love to
| dwell. Would that our inexperienced mind were
competent to do adequate justice to subject so
| grand in its nature-so sublime in its practice
so beautiful in its utility, so Indispensable. But
were the pen with which we write, plucked from
the wing of the Heaven soaring Eagle-plumed
| with the sweet notes of poetry-dipt in the with
ering gall of sarcasm, The burning fire of eo-
quence, we were still incompetent to inscrlbe up
/ on the pillars of genius, which support the proud
fabric of nations boast, the feeling of our SOUL
Go on, braves generous, patriotic sons OF freedom
1 RerS6Vef6 o
| liant distinction will crown your IaboTs Behold
the brow OF yonder majestic merchantmen, riding
| upon the mountain waves of the deep, bearing in
/ her bosom the products of distant clime!-'Tis
| the fruit Of Mechanism Behold yonder smoke
in the distance, the proud vessel skimming the
rugged current; her engine revolving with regu-
i larity. of time What is 1t! 1t IS the work OF
/ Mechanic-the revered Robert Fulton. Behold
/ Wonder sheet, blazing with the rays of intelli-
| gence and light of knowledge and of truth,
streaming to the wind, and upon every passing
breeze watts to our ears, glad tidings from dis
| tant cline; coming sthe herald OF a noisy world,
news from all nations numbering at his back =
teaching the lessons of freedom and showing US
our obedience to the great Architect of the Un-
verse. What is that IT'S the PREss--the full
cum and lever which moves the world-the work
of a Mechanic, John Faust, the renowned Sorce-
rer. when Tamerlane had finished building his
pyramids of seventy thousand human skulls, and
was seen standing at the gate of Damascus, gilt
tering with steel, with his battle axe on his
shouder till the fierce hosts filled TO new victo-
ries and carnage, the pale on locker might have
fancied that nature was in her death throes--foT
havoc and despair had taken possession Of the
earth, and the sun of manhood seemed setting in
seas of blood. Yet It might be on that very gala
day Of TamerIane, little boy was playing nine
pins in the streets of Mentz, whose history was oil
more importance TO them than twenty Tamer-
lanes! The Tartar Khan with his shaggy demons
OF the wilderness, passed away like the whirl.
wind, to be forgotten foreyer-and that German
artizan has wrought benefit, which is yet i'm
measurably expanding itself, and will continue Il
expand through all countries and at all times
What are the conquest and expeditions of thu
whole corporations OF captains from Walter th,
:, pennies TO Napoleon Bonaparte, compared will
the moveabe types Of John Faust.'
Then why does the fanatcal spirit prevail
ameng the more atfluent grades Of society, tia