The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-06

acc tsseh ne ptopefiass II he safIous Do.
d'es shseh ss are aeqasiasd With by
mesa "a oct sFnaes; ard he third sss
rsilsd InlellsriBsl OF Moral Philosophy.
sad isseh the nature If The mind. ar n
siler wards. The moral nstsrs &C msn,
bath - IN individual and 90 . nenber q
society.
Il may be laid dawn % On indspussbls
axiom. thai every mrehsnlc shnuld be .
prsclIcsl Philasophef-shai 10, he should
know snoUgh Of nsIsre 10 cradle him mol
merely 10 prosecute sfeeluslly bis pecu,
l,srly calling. but 10 lnveni and 20 ion
prove. and 90 extend The iimis Of me.
rhsnieal knoslsdse. And il 10 By M
means necessary that . nan should d.
a"ihins slss Than siody kna~n lrulL,
aud discover new, in order 10 merit thi.
high and nabls title. The greatest phl.
inscphers the world has ever seen, srrs
active. xnfking men. They performed
her days' ~ark lsilhfOlly and skillIul
y. and smsssed. during ihs evenings
kpoa ledge which snsblsd them 10 90 on
N their sveslions with suIl greater 6dslr
" and skill.
Every young mechanic especially
should study lhsi science. Upon the psin
clplss VI shieh his trade is based. and by
which ., 10 directed. lf he be . halter, !
tanner. . dyer. painter or blescher. .
kaosledee of chemistry will ad h,m "a
aa indefinite ex,eal Aud The ptiDeipls
h,lis wI,h regard 60 e.ery nisr Hads.
u he be = carpenirr. Tor instance. liz
shosld study architecture IN all iis branch
ss. fully and ihroughIy. ils mil snsht
The merhan,c powers should engage M.
attention; he should be we'll acquainted
~Ilb The r-cul,sr suucIurs of ~hesls. 90
- Ia know how 10 sccOmmodaie them d
certain falls Of water; and II The nschin
cry 70 10 be propelled by steam. winch j.
bul Tie sspnr Of wsler. OF By usiet itself.
he should study the science Of The mosleu
and lore f fluids. in order 10 rrnder him.
cell espsb'e oi spplyiag lhsn 10 rraeIiesl
purposes W. ..#@ ..=.
In THE State. particularly, the great
mass Of The mechanic class pay ITO liule
attention. 90 elementary principles. They
do ll,eir work 80 their fathers dld u before
,hsm. without knowing, in . srea, many
cases, ihs fsudamenisl principles By
which they are guided and directed. And
often. gentlemen Who have no immediate
and indispensable connection with the
science of mechanics. tne~ moro sbou'
u than many mechanics. who impro,r
IN their nades only in proportion 10 the
scqusin,ancs they fusm ~ilh the elemen
,sry principles of mechanical knowledge.
Mr.. Webster, for example. 10 no. mnre
celebrated in literature and Law. Than he
10 fnr his intimate scqusln,snce with the
science Of mechanics. He never con
sirucled . machine. aud yei he knaws
how q machine ough, 10 be constructed.
II 10 related tina, on 3 certain occasion. y
distinguished sn 81 North CsIol'ns. wh"
had. IN h's youth, been an operative me
chsn'e. aud who hid. perhaps. built many
. saw. mill, VISITED the gres, Yankee. for
che purpuse III knowing hIm psrsunalls
and " cunvtrsIng with him lace 70 lace.
The North Csrolinian. sensible Of his
infrrioriy 10 ns. Webster IN Law and
hseis,urs-sl.houeh he was not. perhaps.
hts aierior 10 natural ndow0en,s--very
naturally eare,yed The idea Of npenins
the conversation upon s"ms subject ia
n,echss,cal SCIENCE, and accordingly d.
rscted hIs attention tn machinery ~ een-
tral. end To The co.fmma.ion Of sar-
mills in particular. Add i, 10 ssid he
subsequently d.clled. Ma, Mr. " eb''et
tuld him more aboUt ssw.mhls in one
hour, than he had learned in oil HE lie.
Il is said. moreover. that wien the pos.
Of B"s,op was To be gagged, no mechanic
could be found who could do u, and Ihs.
the ,a>k dsvolsed Upon 40 emInea' Judge
Of Massachusetts, whose proficiency 90
mechanical scirnce was ptoreIbIsl. In
deed. tbs gentleman knew so much about
DtCUdHiCs, utft WNthe'eS Ht bA' WHO
sion to have his horse shod. his shoes
mrnded, . ha, made, or house con.
structed, he never ia,led 10 inspire The
black smith. the shoemaker. the halter or
the carpenter with The conviction. that he,
the Judge, was not only = gaod mechanic.
bu. the Usry best mechanic in Massscho-
setIs.
An intimate acquaintance With the laws
af nature will show the mechanic how TO
avoid attempting imposs'b'lnIes: secure
him IRON important mistakes IN st,emPt-
ing what is, III ITSELF. possible. by means
e,,her lnadt qna,e or opp"sed 10 the end
in view; enable him Ia accomplish his
ends 10 tie easiest. shortest. most econo
meal and eiIectusl manuer; end induce
HIM 10 attempt, aud enable HIM TO accom-
Plush. objects which. but fox such know
Ledge. he would never have thought OF IN
drrlaking.
In the 6ra place, il those Who have
invented con.rlvances Tor oblaintRg per
netual motion, had known hnw To avoid
attempting mposslbrli'ies--d they bad
known that the Law Of gravity vas 10
theft way. their labonrs aud ingenuity