Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-08-25

II WAS III lilIS moment OF excited feeling
that citizen of Washington stepped one
morning into the library of Congress; when
Mr.. Mechan pointed ont to him some small
marble busts which were deposited on the
mantelplcce. They were. indeed, most in
genlous specimens of American art, and
are worthy of admiration. They were
the busts-sorne finished, some with only
one side of the face-sculp tured out of mar
bic by the machine of Thomas Blanchard
OF Boston; and so ingenious is its operation.
that by placing in 1t a small bust or statue,
as a copy, however large orhowever small.
1t wonld bring out an exact copy Of any di-
mansions. whether miniature or colossal.
which might be required.
While the new conner at washington was
admlrlng the specimens, and was compli-
mcntng the ingenuity of the Yankees-a
word which we never employ in an oppro-
brious sense-he was joined by three intel
Ilgent wing members Of Congress, two
from Massachusetts and one from Connect
CUT who addressed him without intrednc-
non; aud one of them said, with graceful
smile: You see, Mr.. - what we can
do; and will YOU not grant us some enconr-
agement and protection for our ingenutv!"
No, gentlemen" was the reply. You
are the last people in the world who re-
qulre any. Permit me to saw that YOU do
not yourselves sufficiently appreciate your
own ingenuity. You do not do Justice to
yourselves, nor indeed to all of our gifted
countrymen. Such ingenuity requires no
protection. Undue season. it will DEFY all
competition from other nations. Blanchard
has brought this business almost to perfec-
ton, without any protection. 1t is not the
law, but his own genius, that brings these
beautiful busts from the raw material. He
deservs the more credit for it, but he did
not ask you to protect his busts bva duty on
foreign labor. Besides, gentlemen, remem-
her the old maxim. that necessity is the
mother of invention
The conversation dropped with courtesy
on both sides; bat is still remembered with
pleasure by one Of the actors. And we
now say that an ingenious and enterprising
people, like those of the free people of the
United States, are the last to need protec-
ton or to ask the advice, much less the con-
troll of their official servants, in the applica-
ton of the talents with which gracious
Providence has blessed them.- Union.
SILAs WRIGHT IN THE WESTERN STATES
We find the following in the Albany Atlas ::
"a letter from a citizen Of one of the ag-
r:cultural counties of Western New York
which we received to-day, has the following
passago:-"IIaving been a delegate TO the
recent Chicago Convention, and having
travelled before and since through large
section of the west, | took the opportunity
to learn the feeling in that quarter. as far as
| could, on the Presidential question, and |
can assure YOU found it to be such as to
strengthen my faith in the fact that Sias
Wright must be the democratic candidate,
'n spite of lamentations at Albany, and else
where heard his name very frequently
mentioned, and always in terms of the high
est respect and appreciation.
''In fact his defeat last fall, instead Of
having the effect intended by those through
whose mstrumentaIty it came, has had
quite the contrary one, instead of diminish
ing his popularity or casting a reproach up
on his name, it has served to increase the
one and elevate the other. Never did he
stand higher with the democracy of the Ma
ton or among honorable men Of whatever
party. And then the manner in which he
submitted to that defeat and retired to pri-
vate life. has attracted the attention of the
American people towards him, and given
him position that well may be cnyied by the
lOlticst minds in the nation. How vastly
above the pjgmy by whom he was superse-
ded, and the miserable factions who have
sought his destruction.