The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-19

toHtA9e9 {foW %tSt F-}se- J - ~ u
Again: s.lt il only neccsnry tostrayeI over
The sssril, mount>ias 81 Cesnsesieut' MHs's
Oh osslss. vermont, and NOV hsmPss,fss. 70
the .iif1srncs hstvoen indolence and industry,
sxtnsvaea nee and sconomy- w o there see me
scenery. which would take the place OF our IN,
painted ansions dilapidated cabins, win mud
chimneys. and no windows broken down RAN
fences lie De cvergrow n with " eeds,and thrown |
away halt exhausted. 10 be taken up py pine
thickcss. beef cattle unprotected from the In |
eenlsncy Of winter, and so poor as barely 70 |
preserve lifs." Essays, page 4.
And again; .ssShali we pass unnoticed the
thousandAi Of poor, ignorant, degraded white
people among Us, who, in this land OF plenty
live In comparative nakedness and starvation
MANY me is reared In proud South Carolinas
from blrtl, to manhood. who has never passed
= month In which he has not some part Of the
time. bsell stinted for meat Many mother Il
there who will tell you that her children are
but scaniily supplied with bread, and much
more scantily with meat, and u they be clad
with com orinble raiment, IL 10 at the expense OF
these sca,sy- allowances Of food These may
be startling statements, but they are neverthe-
lsss trus; AMI, II not believed In Charleston the
members of our legislature, who have trayersei
the State in sisctioneering campaigns, can at
test their truth" Esssys, page -
After such statements a. these; alter the tes-
tlmony OF hundreds and hundreds OF sys-wit
nesses; after the proof. furnishes oy she aegfs-
| putes Of PRODUCTS, published in our Patent Of
nee reports, IL IL drawing little too heavily on
/ our crsdulity 20 say thai the white man at the
South 10 sdus,rious- Industry proves itself by
/ its resulls. as the sun proves itself By shining
But slavery Is hostile TO the Pecuniary ad-
yancement Of the community in another way.
The slave must be kept In ignorance. he must
not be educated, lest with education should
come knowledge of his natural rights, and
| the means Of escape. or the power Of vengeance
To secur, the abolition Of has freedom, the
growth u his mind mast be abolished. His ed
ssa,lar. aIrsfsrr- 'sprsnss,sssi By sssfsss, 'H'
!. Ns.,2 49, > sea-. a ~ ssussls-s Be ),
i ksts7 -. y g. lsc1tLs>. n fhys1czl
sssne 4. isess n.aeIs r.spsrfcr h " hsfsa
10 a Iasai ~ Aset1e-ss sse dIQsasaaly q tha
eagle. IL is through mental strength only that
man becomes the superior and governor OF all
animals.
But Il was not the design Of Providence that
the work of the world should be performed by
; muscular strength. God has fIied the earth
and mbuesi the elements with energies Of great
er power than all the inhabitants of thousand
planets like ours Whence come our necessa-
ries and our luxuriesl-those comforts and sp-
planes that make the difference between a
, West. and New England villagei They do
not come wholly or principally from the origi-
nal, unassisted strength Of the human arm, bal
from the employment, through intelligence and
/. skill, Of those great natural forces, with which
the bountiiul Creator has filed every part of the
Z material universe. Caloric, grayitation, en-
FEASIBILITY, compressibility, electricity, ehemi'
: cal afinites and repusions, spontaneous yelo'
cities; these are the mighty agents which the in
IL r. - Of
msnt. The application Of water and wind and
steam to the propulsion Of machinery, and q
/ the transportation Of men and merchandise
from place 20 place, has added ten thou
sand fold to the actual products Of human in
> ldusiry. How small the wheel which the stout
!. est laborsr can turn, and how soon will he b
+ weary. Compare this with wheel driving
e thousand spindles or looms, which a stream o.
/, water can turn, and never tire A locomotive
4 will take FIVE hundred men, and bear them OF
n their journey hundreds Of miles in day. Looi
{ at these same five hundred men, starting from
, the same point, and attempting the same dis
= lance, with all the pedestrians, the eQuestri
. ans toll and Hardness. The cotton mills o
= Massachusetts viii turn out more cloth in ON
n day than could have been manufactured by al
is the Inhabitants Of the Eastern continent durin
the tenth century. On an element which i
VI aneie.t times was supposed TO be exelusivel
Wl-uln thc ContIol VI gus auo Nttcfo
= was deemed imPiOus for human power 10 in
q trads even there, the gigantic forces Of natur'
= which human science and skill have enlisted /
tkeir service, confront and overcome the ragin
or the misunderstanding tempests and tide
Escaping reefs and lee shores, and earsorin
D iirinb,phanl around the globe. The velocity
= winds. the weight Of waters. and tbs rage I
: stesm, are powers, each one Of watch Is int
..if<1 - szssz lAsa Il. tss s1zsagsh ~ "A q
e - <@,e ! ,inxte >rrs. Ann All shsss snsz<i'
b. -rr<1 <rrt ~ - ccsd- 1en4 4. > 'e>lifs51
3 iaI< 2 <-rrs-r-thaf >. ~ s.11czEiea-
Ill 4oc l1<ss~el .14s ne wofk d tie woI
" Sllookf BE done b human bones and sinsws, h
~ would lave gwen US an ann rs solid and stroI
:, as tbs shafr Of a steam engines and enabled I
y 70 stsnd, day ami night, and tam the crank Of
n steamship while sailing 10 Liverpool or Calcutt
=. Had God designed the human muscles 10 do u
n WORK IL the void, then, instead Of the ingred
70 entsDf gun POWDER OF gun cotton, and the expal
siys force OF heat, he would have gwen US han'
a watch could take granite quarry and break i
=. sCsid acres into suitable and symmetrical block
~ a. easily as We now open an orange. Had I
attended Us for bearing bnpdens, He w0ud hs'
gwen Us Atantean shoulders, by whichwe cou
in earn the vast freights Of railcar and STEAMSHIP
as potter carries his pack. He woubi ha'
al eivea us lungs by which xe could blow Atets b
ASK
at Bntihstesd Of non arms, and AtlanteaI. shs,
ne ldefs aud the lungs OF Boreas, He has given
" miId, a seul, a capacity Of acquiring know
Iedge, and thus OF appropriatng all these enc
glfs Of natuie 70 cur own use. Instead OF a 4
cseOIae and microscopic eye, tie has given
,,s powsi 10 iayent the telescope and the mic
err kscope. Instead Of ten thousand hngeEs, Tie h
". EgSen rs genius inventiyeof the power loom Al
Nd the punting Pres. Without a cultivated int
leet, man IS among the weakest Of the dynan
pa; Ical fofces Of nature; with cultivated mtele'
= he cenlmahds them all.
ndaow, what does the slave-maker a1l
in sbo shes this mighty power Of the intellect, a
III Uses only the weak, degraded, half animal
forcea OF the human limbs. A thousand sla,
"" may stand b rlver, and 10 them 1t Is only
ag- object q fear or superstition. An intsllIgs
man snrpasses the ancient idea Of a nser-g'
he stands BY the Penobscot, the Kennebec,
Meuimac, on the Connecticut; he commar
mr. each 10 10 more work than could be performed
as hundred thousand men-to saw timber,
Il make cloth, to grind COMMAND they obey.
sse norant slaves stand upon coal nine, and
ca, them il is only worthless part Of the inaaim'
Nv earth. An intellent man uses he same mine
'he print million Of books. Slaves viii seek 10
tain the same crop from the same field, year al
les year, though the patalHm OF that crop Is
mi. haustei; the intelligent man, with has chemis
mr. eye, sees not only the minutest atoms Of
OF earth, but the impondeTable gases that perme
ars il, and he is rewarded with luxurianf harv,
hey Nor are these advantages confined 10 these
70 partmeats OF nature where her mightlest for
'o Oh are broukh into requisith,n. In accomplish
: = S,,'; more nesfset tssn nan ~ s -,
gef nom pswc1fsl in whatever requires sfrens
4. Whr<hcr I'M u1< nj or in small onerafions all