The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-27
NEW YORK HERALD
II nan Pro grcss In the yiust enth Century
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ilerest in Texas lands whilst the posteriy OF per
srrverlng green grocerS and merItorous washer
women dispute delicate questions of precedence a
sultry and swarmng Saratogi, whilst prescribe,
and disappointed men growl their threats OF ven
geance against Mr.. Polk, and Cabinet ministers
form crafty schemes OF future triumph and success
ful ambition; whilst learned savans discuss witt
trGly scientific obscuriy and blunder the explosiv
qt,l'ties of saltpere let for few moments turr
aside from the toins, squabhng, and noisy crowd.
dismiss for hour the questions of the day, and
view some Of the evidences, which on all hand
crowd unon W., Il the progress OF mankind in tn
present c.htury. The journalist who understand
his duty. and the true friend of his in ever
s.h-r~,w often delight to revert to this subject,
taking fresh courage AS they behold how braveh
thu WORK Ut human progress goes on.
When W. look b .ck fifty years, and contrast the
present condition Of The civilized world with iha'
which It then exhibited, we can hardly recognize
IN both eras the existence OF the same race. Evep
Were we see the marks of mighty and universal
r'v'liiion In government-laws-socia llfe-con-
mere -manuiac iures-in every department of hu-
m IN life We are presented with the tokens of great
a1d beneficial change. new life appears 10 have
been breath-d into the masses of mankind new
power has grown up in the civilized world before
winch The haughest and most despotc dynasie.
have been made TO yield-that power is an intei-
gent public opinion operating through a free press
The criminal codes of the most important nations OF
Chrirtendcm have been greatly amelorated HUI
mainly and common sense temper in greater and
less degrees legal enactments, and barbarian cruel
~ no longer relens supreme in the temple of Justice
In socl Il lite the revolution has been immense The
comforts and conveniences of life have been multi
Piled TO Vast extent and the luxuries and refine
me rs ct high al lie of civilization. longer mono
p,llzed by the few, are daily ddused more and
amongst the many. Commerce has increased to
such an exten-has allied 10 itself many and in
'enal interests, that it has changed the whole 20
hey OF Kingdoms and empires, banished war, and
Is rapidly uniting all the nations of the earth into
brotherhood OF peace and mutual interest
Wan ave been the chief agencies in this great
and blessed revolution Foremost amongst them
W. NUT name that wonderful instrumentalty OF
I'm IN Ingenuity and labour-steam. The steam
engine has been the great reformer OF the century
1t has multiplied the results of human effort to an
Indefinite extent. 1t has annhlated space II has
overstepped the hitherto insuperable boundaries OF
nations, and brought far-separated portions of the
earth into immediate juxtaposton. Il has opened
up Innumerable new avenues to the enterprise and
energy of IN INK ind Il has carried civilization and
enlightenment TO obscure regions shut oui for ages
from IN. light Of day. Spreading out like vast net
work the whole surface of christendom rail
roads are accomplishing in one year results which
would h,ve been we'll deemed the harvest of a cen
fury in the younger days Of the world. To Young
energetic, and wide spread country like this so
fertile IN undevrloped resources and comparatively
th'nly populated, this great agency of steam ha~
en- of insstmable value. merely in its application
tomodes OF nercommnnicaton on land and water
BIZ in another psrhap. still more important field of
labor, this fundamentally of steam is destined TO
produce in this land results Of a magnitude which
canno, even be imagined The United States will
one day be the great workshop and m anuactory OF
tn world. Every species of mineral lies beneath
soil Millions and millions of acres are capable
of producing the most important staples of clothing
The time is approaching when within our borders
W, sail elaborate all those ftbrcs which we now
import from Europe Then will all men speedily
behold the transfer from the ISLES of the sea" to
this hemisphere, of the power and glory of the
earth The cotton b,le and the spinning jenny will
successfully fight IN, battles of America
BIT new element of mysterious power has re-
,ty been called forth to facilitate and render SIT
more glorious This work of human progress Thai
the subtle and wondrous agency of electricity
Al eidv II has been subdued to the service of man
and daily, obedent to our WILL works before our
eyes, wonders at which the men Of past generations
would have stood aghast in supersritious horror
Swift as the winged messengers Of heaven it con-
veys intelligence from place to pace-outrunnn the
Withstand startling even the philosopher BY the sub
Unity OF its unerrng operations. To republic like
not like the petty prncipaities of ancient times
confined small island in the 6. watery waste ="
paltry province, but embracing within its extend
ed arms one of the great divisions OF the earth-
such agency as the electric telegraph will ulti.
mately prove one OF the surest safeguards-one of
the most faithful and servceable of allies II will
consolidate the whole people into compact mas.
the population OF the crowded city. prompttude
and unity OF action will be by this means infaibly
secured-heaven thus contributing fresh and power
fil influences for the perpetuity and spread of our
glorious republican institutions.
In viewing the progress of mankind during the
present century, II Is impossible TO overlook the won
derful advance that has been made in the science of
government The French Revolution like terri
BILE explosion in the darkness Of midnight startled
the mind OF Europe. and the masses awoke from the
sumber OF ages. That brief but memorable era, so
crowded with great events, passed away with all ts
horror, anarchy, tumut and blood, but the seeds
then sown have been since terminating in the
soil of the old world. and stimulated by the infiuen.
ces shed upon them by the Western republic. they
are fast rpening TO glorious harvest of deiv-
GRANGE and freedom. All over the civilized world
the gladdenng omens OF the approach Of the latter
day" OF universal liberty, meet the eye Vast re-
glons OF the earth, too, which had been effectualy
barred against all approaches of Christian cvillza-
ton have now been thrown open, and The close Of
the century will show tn myriad population of Chi
m delivered from ancient moral and physical bond
are, sharing with their fellow men the blessings OF
liberty and knowledge.