Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-11-16

uiactured by all the inhabitants Of the East
ern Continent during the tenth century. On
an element which in ancient times was sup
posed to be exclusively within the control
of the gods, and where it was deemed i'm
pious for the human power to inrude, even
there the gigantic forces of nature, which
human science and skill have enlisted In
their service, confront and overcome the
raging of the misunderstanding tempest
and tides, escaping reefs and lee shores, and
careering, triumphing around the globe
The verlocily of winds, the weight of wa
tiers, and the rage Of steam, are powers, each
one Of which is infinitely stronger than all
the strength of all the nations and races Of
mankind, were it all gathered into singls
arm. And all these energies are given ue
on one condilion-lhe condition of in,ellI-
gence-lhat is of education. Had God
intended. that the work fthe world should
be done by human bones and sinews, He
would have given us an arm as solid and as
strong as the shaft of a steam engine, and en-
abled us to stand, day and night, and turn the
crank Of a steamship while sailing to Liver
pool and Calcutta. Had God designed The
the human muscles TO do the work of the
world, then instead of the ingredients of gun
powder or gun cotton, and the expansive
force of heat, He would have given US F1ants
which could take a granite quarry and break
its solid acres into suitable symmetrical
blocks as easily as we now open an orange.
Had He intended us for bearing burdens, He
h,u 4 cto IL
by which we could carry the vast freights
of raiIcar and steamship as porter carries
his pack. He would have given us lurgs
by which we could blow fleets before rs.
and wings 10 sweep over ocean wastes
But instead Of iron arms, and Allantean
and the lungs of Boreas. He has
given us mind, a soul, a CAPACITY of know
ledge, and thus Of approprialing all these
energies Of nature to our own use. Instead
Of telescope and miscroscopic eye. He
has given US power to inven, the telescope
and microscope. Instead of ten thousand
fingers, He has given us genius inventive OF
the power loom and printing press. With
Oh, cultivated intellect, man is among the
" eakest of all the dynamicnl forces nf pa
lure; with cultivated intellect, he COM
nands them all. .. . A thousand slaves
may stand by river, and to them it is on
y an object of fear or of superstition. An
intelligent man surpasses the ancient idea
IF river god J.; he stands by the Penob>eo,.
he kennebec, the Merrimac or the Connec-
lieut.; he commands each to do more work
han could be performed by hundred ,h,n-
sand men-to saw timber, to make cloth, to
grind corn - and they obey. Ignonn,
slaves stand upon coal nine, and to lhem
i is onl y worthless part of the nanimte
earth. An intelligent man uses the sane
nine TO print million of books. Slaves
will seek to obtain the same crop from tn
same field year after year, though The pabulm
ot that crop is exhausted; the intelligent man,
With his chemists eye, sees not only the
ninuesl atoms of the earth, but the impol-
lerable gases that permenate it, and he Is
rewarded with luxurient harvest. N,r
Are these advantages confined to those de-
Dartments of nature where her mighliet
orces are brought into requislion. In a.
whatever requires deIicacy and
precision, nature is as much more perfect
han men, as she is more powerful in what
ever requires strength. Whether in great or
n small operations, all the improvement in
he mechanical and useful arts comes as d.
'eclly from Intelligence as bird comes out
IF shell or the beautiful colors of flower
out of the sunshine.
PoxvFP OF THE T.DJEs We conv save