The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-07-25

is by means Of these arts alone, that IT Ose IN
ternaI improvements can be effected, which
sind our wiie confederaCy together, unite our
inland seas with the ocean-ihe common
boundary and highway Of naiians, bring eve
~ producer within reach Vt a market. and
teEd 10 euualize the value Of lands in all parts
of our wide dsaaain- On these topics | am
SURF. speak to neither ignorant nor uninie--
es,e,I ea7s; and The efforts which the people
of Vermont are now making 10 secure 10
themselves the advantages OF the improve
rsenis TO which | allude, are az credfable 10
their intelligence. as they are honorable 10
their public spirit. LHIhe distribution OF The
bounty of the naiiannI government. the pow
or Of the larger states will never ALLOW 10 our
smaller commonwealth their Just share and
whatever millions may be lavished on ihr
favored West we must be content with such
improvements aa the means accuu ulafed
by our own industry, aided by the enlighi-
encd I.5eraliiy OF city capitalists. shall enable
us 20 make. II Is baereiore a highly ehcour-
aging cause o.: ho5e and satisfaction, That
Vermont has al length put her own shoulder
10 the wheel, without waiting for Hercules
and we have every reasSn 90 expect, That
another year or two will place our territory
blessed by nature, or more pampered by the
partial bounty of the general government
What greet ad vantage over you in fact las
the farmer who lives on a turnpike road ten
miles from Boston, il the grain which was re-
moved from your storehOuse al sunset is,
while he sleeps, hurried 10 market on the
wings OF steam, and delivered al Tie city de-
20; before he has time 10 transport ihiIher
- - 4 A nm ha
tore lie reti.ed 10 rcst2 And why will not
our waIe.-power be as available as that Of
Massachusetts. when the cotton turned out
by our factories to-day shall be afloat IN The
Atlantic tomorrow?
Il is through the mechanic arts alone, that
we can become truly independent Of foreign
naii1hs. and establish an interchange &C.
tween the producer, the manufacturer, and
the consumer, which shall increase the wealth
and tighten the burdens OF each. by retaining
srnong ourselves The net proi;s Of labor, and
ihus avoiding the drain OF The precious met
ais lorsupplies. The mechanic ar;s are wor-
lhy ul patrons ge. also, from ihcir progressive
Character and the promise they hold out 10
us Of acquuing complete mastery over in
animate nature. The progress Of agricnl-
lure. within The last halt century. though
Frea: in itself and full Of future promise, has
beeh but tardy movement, III comparison
with The swift advancement of The mechanic
nris The steamboat, the locomotive, the
power Icon, and the power press, have all been
bought into use since The beginning OF the
Present century, and what d revolution have
Ihey wrought upon the face Of the globe
How they have brought together and linked
different STATES and countries What mill
I,ns have They clothed, and what millions
caighIened Suppose we were al once ~
DC deprived OF Nh SO great gifts Of mechanic
ART, aud suddenly cut off IRON the cheap and
abundant supply Of the means of knowledge,
our necessary clothing fnubled in cost, and
our products reduced 10 half their value for
Wanr Of speedy and economical means of
transport TO their market, or intelligence from
the scat Of gorornmcni. from our distant
friends, and from the old world. as well as
our personal communication with other paris
ofoIr country. retarded and delayed for want
OF or accustomed means of transport and
iocnmotion. what value should we mt at
zach hese now almost unnoiiced blessings,
and what Efforts and sacrifices should we moi
be ready 10 encounter 10 regain them Yet
we may well Judge of the future from the
past, and The progress Of natural knowledge,
upon mich all mechanical art is founded,
authorizes us 20 expect that The remaining
hall of lie nineteenth century will be as fer
tile in improvements as the portion of il which
has already elapsed. The mechanic arts arc
emincnily democratic in their tendency.
They p"pplarize knowledge, they cheaper
and dIuSr the comlurts and elGGancies as
we'll us The nece<saries of life, they demand
aud dcvelopc intelligence in those who 1ur-
sue them, they are at once the mos. protiia-
bic customers Of the agriculiurist, the most
inunircnI patrons of the investigator oil ma
Iures laws.
Thus, then, fhc several branches of produc-
tlvc industry, for the promotion of which YOU
are sssoriated, mutually cherish and depend
upon each other. The hordsman, the plough
man and the mechanic are fellow laborers, not
In.lcrh competitors, but co-workerS IN a COM
Eaon cause, and every measure that tends to
e!"va.c any one ofthcm ut the expense of an
o'.ter, must in the end intallibly provo detri-
mental to the best Interests of them all.