The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-30


Number Of Patents issued to the fifteen
slave States, &c
Difference in favor of New York, AZ
Glass No. 22-Number of Patents issued
10 New York, 3s
Number of Patents issued to the fifteen
slave States, 2s
Difference in favor of New York,
Total number Of Patents issued TO the free
State Of New York, from 1870 10 lS47: ASH
Total number OF Patents issued 10 the
whole fifteen slave States, including the
Distinct of Columbia, 2276
| Total difference IN favor Of New York, 2295
Hence It appears, that not one-half as many
Patents for discoveries and Improvements have
been issued 10 all the slave States IN the Union
as TO the one free State of New York. II IS,
moreover, worthy Of note, that here also, as IN
all former comparisons, the excess is, in every
class, in favor of free institutions.
Now II is not easy to conceive how a stronger
case could be made out, To show the paIalysing
etiecto Of tyranny and servitude upon the mind, the
genins and the enterprise Of a people. And It
should be kROWH HHtO all men, LET It Be proclaimed
throughout the length and breadth Of me land, by
erery iOreT Of freedom, that the Empire State, CON-
D'eacHg rith population in 1890 Of only $40, 100,
Tess than sirfh Of that Of aIthe Stare States,
and nth area Of only 46, go square miles. less
than oRe-sireeHth Of that o! all the Stare States,
has done more, |aT more, VithiH the last half cen
tRTy, for the advancement Of society, and for The
ahaeiiOTafi0H Of the condition Of BaHkiHd, By dis
eoreries aud Improvements made ia me productive
and economic arts, and in the applications Of SCI
| elee and Of the POWeTs Of nature to TIE practical
purposes Of he, than all Of the fifteen STARE States
Of The Union. This proud pTe-eminence which
the State of New York occupies by virtue Of her
numerous discoveries and Improvements made in
svary department. f praniia@l ~..Ne. as.l I'd ihA
useful arts. over all that fan portion Of our great
country where tyranny and seTvitude TeIgn, Is
one Of the legitimate fruits Of her free institu-
lions, and Of the general intelligence of her peO-
pie. A result so remarkable cannot fail, | think,
to attract the attention Of rejecting and mtelli-
gent men. Ii viii require but an imperfect
knowledge Of the extent to which New York has
availe herself Of the and OF the powers Of nature
in the work OfpToductiOn, 10 convince such men
that the labor performed annually Cor tins great
State, by natural agents through the appliances
OF modern science and AIT, Is probably far great
CT than that yielded with reluctance and extorted
| by the lash, from all the SIX hundred thousand
slaves of the Old Dominion, and of her proud
daughter, Kentucky.
The facts now before the reader suggest many
interesting subjects for reflection, to 4 few Of
which only, | will call attention.
lit will be observed, that in every cumpar-
| Ison which has been instituted Of the Improve
ments that have been made in that department
Of industry TO which the slave States claim 10 be
| exclusively devoted, the difference has been
| found TO belargey in favor Of the free States
There can be no doubt, but that large
proportion Of the inventions and discoveries
which have been patented for the slave States,
were either suggested by Improvements that had
been previously made in the free States, OF were
actually made by persons who had either emi-
grated from the free States, OF had been etluca-
tedeither in the schools Of the free States or by
teachers who originally came from the free
States.
Total number Of Patents issued from
the Patent Office in Washington,
from 1870 20 to 1917, IA, 999
Total number Of Patents issued TO the
slave States during the same period, 2,276
Now could we deduct from these 2,276, all
those that either directlyOr Indirectly, had their
origin in the free States, take IT that the num-
credit. wOnh become ''bsantifaIly loos," 10 al
degree that would somewhat surprise our ingeni-
Gus and inventive gentlemen.
Awhile the inventions patented at Wash
lngton are an important and convenient crite-
non by which to estimate the progress made in
the arts in given time, they are by no means
the only criterion. Many new and valuable
processes are annually discovered by our coun-
trymen, many ingenious and useful combina-
tons Of the agencies and elements Of nature
are devised, and great improvement is made in
the skill and ingenuity of machinists, OF which
the records of the Patent Office give us no ac-
count OF the truth Of this assertion, no one
can entertain doubt who knows any thing of
the processes Of the arts who is at all acqnaint
ell with the lnnnmerable and nameless improve
ments which mark the path Of their progress to
perfection.
Now It Is fair to presume-and no intelligent
and observing man whose travels have extended
beyond Mason and Dixon's line will regard the
presumption as bold one--I say II j. fair TO pre-
sumo, that large proportion of these unrecord-
ell Improvements have been made in those por
tons OF the country in which the great mass Of
the recorded ones have had their oTig,n.
5.-A learned writer has somewhere remark
ed, that "Thephilosophic study Of facts may be
undertaken for three different purposes: the sim
pie description Of the facts; their explanation OF
theirprediction; meaning by prediction, the de
termination of the conditions under which siml-
lar facts may be expected again TO occur." We
have already INDUCED quite extensively in the
descriptive. In the way Of explanation we have
occasionally made a suggestion, while as
prophet, we have sand little. and our pretensions
have certainly not been high. In the present
stage of our enquiries, we feel strongly inclined
TO turn philosopher and to INQUIRE with all ear