New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-23
The UtOpias, n Dialogue.
Translated from the " Democratic Pacihque' by the
Editor Of the ChronOtype.
Hlero and Archimedls.

H,ero.-You have come in good time, dreamer.
vas be- ginning TO get tired of myself you come along
,,h your Utopas and that will restore my gaety.
4rctimedes-l have Utopiss, Sire, predict the iu-
are not after the manner Of diyines by inspiration
rhch often dcceiyes but BY calculation which never
rs .,,-..,
~ Prometheus, and know how TO appreciate your
sorh bot your scientific dreams and distractions are
nv amusing nevertheless.
i-When you were nquiring the quantity Of gold
sbch eweler had distracted from your crown, you
,.roy suspected that the solution OF the problem was
B~ILaughin1)-B Apollo and Mercury you call to
nv mind one OF your most amusing absences. seem
n - Won still running stark naked through the palace
,yine Eueka! EHrekdi Ii was 80 drOll nude phios
,uhsr tina, had not strength to forbid the merrlment
u ny slaves though they are the worst race that lives
tenraih the 800
A-Tbey are bad because they are slaves. They are
ly because they have no motive to labor This too ia
one Of those things which will disappear
H-Not so fast Society without slaves Is Just "a I'M
pube a. orators without voice carts without horses
,s,,e. without airs or sails and lamps without oil or
Uesse Before we get along without slaves, man
vii come fly in the cir without getting drowned as
lssus did.
bEues are of the same order. H. twenty centuries
pce your conversation could DO recalled, one would
ash al your having Sc, down As mpOssOllues thlngs
Eslementary. You speak Of orators without voice.
A. snre the day will come when with the simple Ian
s-,ss nj the fingers and gestures deaf mute Will
che as much enthusiasm Demostbones did among the
AueuiAns.
H-That deaf mutes may come 10 understand one
another admit but believe that they viii ever ar
rive Al eloQuence is foolish Utopia. You might as well
say that cloth will day be woven out OF stones or
that limb will be amputsted without giving us owner
any pain. q,
hanks to fire paving stones will be transformed into
Lken fabrics; when, thanks TO some unknown huid,
gca operations will Do performed to the laughter oil
The subjects
H-ILaugAiu9 Hal hsi you abuse the permission
Of serving me with stories You soon viii 6e telling
me that from my place Ia Syracuse can hear all that Is
said in that of the tyrant OF Agrigentum ana converse
Siih him. .
Al should only speak the truth II did Not only
will peoue be- able TO converse from Syracuse to Agr-
gsuum but TO Rome To Athens to Babylon 10 the ends
Of the world. IL will take less time 10 converse Al suc
distances than TO write the words upon our tablets
H-By Poluz - laughing tmmodTatciy)-do you
scton then upon the lightning for your messenger
A-Precisely so. The lightning Will one day become
be carrier OF letters. You have heard OF Shihoneus
Who once initiated the thunder In contempt OF Jupiter
We'll, men will do they will dissrm Jupiter SIM
ply BY brstug their houses with points Ihey VIII con
the the thunder in tube and launch II AZ pleasure me
ength of this tube will not exceed nall thst OF your
sword To produce this thunder, which viii below with
he voice OF Ena il will only be necessary Tor the TIA
1nis of plant OF old linen rag to im0ibe certain
leud or IL may be done by combining Charcoal sulphur
and saltpeiTc.
H-You are crazy my poor philosopher, and ! am
,ory for H. you have more science In your slnet
bead than all the sages who speak our HreeA shsuesc
A-The day will come, your Majesty, when thes,
sopyts who take several days to copy "a pages Oh VII
tbg will give place - machine that VIII 90 II In les
asn one second; the day when one VIII only nave
q, down before one of metallic mirrors 10 leave hl
portrait impressed upon H. what do say portrait
cav the whole panorama which the eye can embrace
once will remain impressed upon lhe mirrors. Nsi
rsges will pass through space without horses win ih
speed of toe north wind vessels, Of iron OF wood
pleasure will bravo the most .empcsIuous waves WIN
ou either sails or rowers and people VIII pass throus
the ar with more ease than they now cross the STRAIT
Of Sicily.
Ill must stop you, my dear ArchimeueS, ioI iea
,oms indiscreet person should Oyerhesr you aud VIII
Gown your alton for the great amusement OF IN
ra.ble All these Ulopias will be realized when neigh
N shall be Jealous OF neighooT nor po''er OIL Po'e'
Is Hesiod says
A-And tina, day, beg your pardon VIII come.
philosopher will be born In Gsu IN the olsriet oi tn
Seqasn who viii teach men the laws OF socia hSiiho
~ He also will be treated ss Ulopiasti but, IKE me
he future will ayepgc him