New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-20
THE TRIBUNE.

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CtrrrcAr. PlEAsANrRy-Rev. M. P. Braman,
,p,bor Of the last Election Sermon before the
legislature of Massachusetts, Is something OF
wag, or would be if bis profession did not lay
4 him under restraint We rather guess there was
some Yankee grinniDg among the members OF the
General Cour, when the preacher, with an imper-
i ,urbabIe gravity all his own, read the following
uassagc That which has provoked unamiable
passion in others seems only to have aroused his
wit. We must give him the credit OF offering the
only sensible reason that we have seen presented
n any quarter for refusing 10 grant the prayer OF
the petitions TO which ne so adroi,ly alludes:
The notion Of religious liberty is one of the
most cherished, sacred, and predominant ideas OF
the nation. Ii IS so lngrained into the popular
mind, that it sometimes assumes the most srote que
forms The man who has no religion at all, Is
ready TO contend 10 death for his religious rights.
The dsbeliever in the Bible vlndicates his most
Christian privilege to reject Christianity Inc
conscientious belief in his right TO have no con-
science. The jealousy Of religious freedom is so
great in some States, that clergymen are prohibited
from holding political Offices. The gallant"
State of South Carolina, equally jealous for rell-
gious as for State rights shuts the door of all civil
Offices in the face of her clergymen. 1t mus, be
confessed that considering the wonderful courage
which she exhibits, generally, she betrays most
excessive fear of the Christian ministry. So tina,
We might, perhaps, expect II she should execute
her alarming threats OF Withdrawing her protection
from The General Government, aad shutting the
United States out OF the Union, and poor clergy
man should appear within the walls o her Capitol,
she would nuRJy nulliticaton, and forthwith hasten
psR 10 the arms OF the contsderacy, craving pro-
tecton against hierarchy. We claim for Massa
-ardnD Itno pf fnr rint
dom, and as great an aversion TO ecclesiastical
despoiism, as exists In the empire OF South Caro-
Ina, although cergymen have full access TO the
legislative assemblies But we respectfully request
Of the Legislature, who will pardon the DEPRESSION
en- account of the Importance OF the subject, 10
rpel every attempt unnecessarily and dangerously
10 enlarge their power; and that the proceedings
Of those parsons who have repeatedly petioned,
that gallows might be erected by the churches, and
that ministers of the gospel should be empowered
10 step from their pulpis to execute criminals,
should be watched, lest, under the gulse OF phi
hnthropy, and pretended attempt TO atfix stigma
TO blood-thirsty priests their real aim should be TO
unite Church and State. If any clergymen put
their names 10 those petitions, we are sensible that
they do not represent the wishes OF the ministry
generally, whatever ambitions designs themselves
may harbor; and We think that the great body OF
the lncumbenis OF the sacred Office are as unas-
piring in their dispositions, and attached to the
hglOus rights OF the people as ever. We are per-
Educu, NY IGSpcClCu duulNOIS, that IL SUCH IT,
quest should be preferred again, the petitioners will
be informed that they have mistaken the temper
Of the times, and will have leave to amend their
petition.
STEAM POWER SrrERsEDED.-A scientific cores
poudent of late London paper gives the following
hint at a new discovery, which, II II be prorcd,
will certainly rank as the cheapest invention OF
this wondcr-working age and of the result OF which
il may be hopedw we shall hear by the next steamer :
DAYS, water, as the Origin OF motive power, has
had the supremacy over steam. For the last 40 or
80 years steam has been making rapid strides to-
wards the complete sublugation OF water but,
like all unnataral or forced operations, It's victory
appears near It's end, and the power OF water once
more assumes IFS woHted superiority, and eclpses
once more and forever the power OF steam.
No one can be surprised at thlswho ret cts that,
while the power or laws oi matter are innate or
inherent, the power OF steam is only acquired, and
may be said 10 be artificial or unnatural, being
forced by the ingenuity OF man into that state upon
which its power entirely depends.
We have been led into these remarks by the cir
cumStanee O! having been favored with the inspec-
lion OF an lnventlon for which patent has lately
been taken out and If we may be permitted 10
pdse OF II from the opinions OF some OF our leading
scientific men, who have investigated II, and who
declare that they cannot, however astounding lis
effects, see any error or taacy in 1t, or any reason
why II should not answer We must look upon It's
Sccess as certain.
But what inspires us with even more confidence
is that while the structure Of the new invention is
50 extremely simple that child may comprehend
IL II does not violate any one law IN natural PHI
osophy. Moreover, the invento. "a professional
gentleman) Is a man OF scientific requirements,
well acquainted with natures laws, and perfectly
aware OF the various inventions and the causes of
their failure, which have of late years beeWdevsed
Tor thcSpurpose OF supersedlns steam, whether by
condensed air, water power, mechanical contrl-
muces, electricity, NC. He does not, he says
Netend 10 have created power; this, ne properly
observes, is impossible, but has merely avalled him-
slt OF those laws or properties with which the
Creator has endowed matter, and by a combination
Of the same 10 maze them subScrylent 10 the u.s.
Of man.
The fundamental principle on which the new
engine Is founded is precisely similar 10 that OF the
knows. can only be limited BY the strength OF the
materials OF which II Is made But what has
h,her,o rendered the power of the hydraulic press
laapphcable 10 the production of motive power. is
ha', Just IN proportion as the power is gained
speed is lost and picc rersa In the present iuyen-
ION, however, unlimited power is gained without
The loss OF speed, the piston of the large cylinder
GavellnS at each stroke, with the power gained,
Hst the same distance as the piston of the lesser
CYLINDER This power and this speed which are
10 inverse rauo oi eacn o'her, appear by this most
important invention howeyer paradoxicaN actually
combined.
We are not at liberty TO give the public more
PARTICULAR account OF the nature OF this invention
han IN the words of,he title OF the paient-viz 'The
hydro Mechanic Apparatus, which, by a combina-
don OF hydraulic and mechanical properties on
We'll known scientific principles, is intended TO su-
ersede the use of fire and steam IN working and
Sopellng ell kinds OF machinery and eng!nes''-
3as etiecttng an enormous saving, and avoiding
Ac Imminent danger arising from the explosive
nature OF steam
1t may we'll be asked, where will human in
senUi,y end?
DANctNa GIRLS The Paris correspondent OF
The Boston Atlas, noticing the arrival in Paris Of
troop OF 'hriy-six dancing girls, between six and
ten years OF age, from the banks of the Danube,
Remarks
Yet. il is sad thing to reflect, (and people DO
sometimes reteG' heTsl that these girls have been
collected from their homes. to be framed for The
stage, like Car,er's lions. Few persons have any
idea of the painful Sisyphus-like toll of danS,,tsI
whose Iepose, i-sh and liberty are sacrificed. like
s tho-a rs that ,,,a,,