Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-05-17

.f1l class Of men who are by nature en-
lowed with greater capacity foE invent.
ing and discovering improvements 10 the
useful arts and mechanical combinations,
than for acquiring wealth for themseiSesi
>asAnd who has stronger claims to such
,protection? whoChaye done more for the
benefit Of the people to whom they look
for prctections who, with equal pride
and consistency, can point 70 exist
ing monuments of,heir genius and toll, e.
rected both on sea and on land, SimpaTting
wealth and prosperity TO the country aud
to the world? ~,
ssThe various blessings Of enlightened
society, can be tracedto the ever active
and inventive powers Of mind. The face
Of nature, the aspect Of things, the doings
Of man, are all clothed in the garb Of the
INVENTORIES workmanship. The astonish-
ing revolutions in the manners and Gus
toms of, society, which mark and distin-
guish one generation from another, arc
carried on by the ever-moving power Of
inventive genius. It is mighty, perva-
ding, expansive force, rolling silently on
from age to age, changing, adjusting and
recognising all tliesHorks Of enact Il
accelerates the march Of civilization, dit.
fuses the light Of revelation, facilitates
the acquisition acknowledge, obyiates tho
necessity Of much physical labor, multi.
plies and enlarges the comforts Of life;
gives efficacy tothe efforts Of philanthro.
pists to improve the moral condition Of
their species; indeed it is difficult togseo
what it has not accomplished, for nearly
all we do, from our going forth in tho
morning, till our return at evening, is by
the aid Of the products Of inventive gen.
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The apparel with which we are clad,
the food Of which we partake, the Vehi'
cles in which we ride, the seats on which
we repose, the publications which wo
read, the medicine which relieves our
pains, the music which soothes and de-
lights us, the articles which furnish our
dwellings,, the implements of husbandry,
the vessels which float upon the ocean,
the artificial channels for the transpofta
ton Of the productions Of the soil from
one part Of the country to supply tho
wants Of another, all have incorporated
within them the inventors skill, and have
attained their present degree Of perfec.
ton through his labor. And man, what.
ever may be his occupation, scarcely
moves during the liyelong day, or per-
forms single act, during the whole
round Of his routine o. business or pleas
ure, without having constant occasion to
thank departed inventors for the conyen-
fence, facilities, and comfort afforded by
their mechanism. ,..... ...
The faculties Of the human system de.
icien. by nature. or impaired by acct
dent, are restored to the unfortunate by
the inventors ingenious hand; he has
constructed the mighty iron horse, and
given him apparent living motion; shod
the earth with iron roads, upon which
he travels with almost lightning speed
from one end of the country to another.
He has bridled the armament with mag
netic reins, to guide the electric chario,
which carries the mail thousands of miles
minute; he has anticipated time, anni.
hia.ed space, bridged the ocean, and
made rivers as dry land; nay, he has ex-
plored the regions Of space, grappled
with the lightning Of heaven, and made
it the peoples's obedient messenger
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