New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-23
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF INVENTION
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ADVENT or THE ARTS.
Man has everywhere made his debut In the char.
r OF ga Ors0n. Boon as the curtain rises behind
,hich there Is nO peeplng, as an untamed animal he
caps Gpon the stage, and rs such goes through tbs
yeDng act. The annals Of al tie people Of old
sgan with their condition SIS savages Those q
ae Jews form 10 exception their earliest progei-
os are represented being At ne foot Of Civiiz.
cons ladder. both IN arts and morals OF the
resent occupants Of the earth. the records Of the
,. h;sned trace their Orefsthers - various phases
4 tins same low condit on, beyond which a large
sEison of mankind has not yet advanced on iud
,si.0n d The infancy of the species
Mans physical wants first occupied bis attention
b the dawn Oi his being, he as ignorant Of 9th
rs a. his widest descendants aro now. In CON
non with creatures below him. his necessities were
ns monitors designed BY bis Maker 70 initiate him
io,o habits and awaken impulses that were 10 be
CONS distinguishing traits Of bis race He was 10
be thinker and a wo'keI All creatures act more
u less from reflection. Dit In him these qualities
Ecre TO be preeminent. He was 10 live by his in
,enuity and labor, according 10 a law from which
Do order Of beings on our globe are exempt, md
most likely on no others.
1t il irrational TO suppose that happiness OF any
lind can be realized, excep' as the reward Of 81
orts TO attain IT, In this respect ants and angels
ge probably alike Every living thing is furnished
With organs adapted 70 It's nature and the theeter
Of IT, existence aud on The proper application Of
fhese its enioyments and their augment alton are
made 70 depend knowledge comes not 70 us by
intuition, aud the tenderest insect perishes that
uses not the means given It 10 live All are or
iai1ed b preserve il by the dilecnt employment
Il their faculties, aud ali are urged thereto by the
nost pressing OF natural requirements. The spirit
4 The INJUNCTION that man should his bread by
he sweat Of his brow ives therefore nothing new
,ince 1t had been imposed as condition Of lie and
4 the enjoyment OF life from the beginning. IL
sed, It is not conceivable how Any OF earths dem
iens could have been disciplined for the work 8s
Cgned them had not their energies been stimulated
alo action by prystions. Man certainly could not
u the story OF Eden procaims philosophy and ex
oensnce unite in declaring that had he been en-
,rcled with perpetual ease and abundance, the
solh OF the slutton, with mind torpid as in roo
Ihytes had become united in him His sin was IN.
Solence and in a national point Of view that IN
eludss all others it is one for which there is no
orgiveness-can be none. He preferred, and 50
have his unreclalmsd and hafreclaimed descend
.n,s 10 this day. to live spontaneous food rather
than earn il by labor as commanded, hence IT was
a Blessing 10 eypel hm-a curse 10 let hun stay
Had he been permitted in loose idleness TO live
rude Natures state had been our state to-day
Q With brother brutes the human brute had grazed
No one doubts that at his advent ample provision
vas made for him--else he bad persisted in hi.
non ace-snd that il was continued TIL by increas
ing numbers the species was established He wa,
then urged 20 retil from location merely intended
as the cradle OF his infancy, Q nursery in which he
grow till strong enough 10 provide for hun
self His very nature and organization made lsoof
necessary 10 both mental ard bodily vigor, bat In
the midst OF plenty he bad no motives TO activit!
nor useful pursuits Without IL the race must
have become extinct. Even now, with all our
knowledge Of the value of science and art were
the earth 20 bYing forth, without culture, food n
yuperahundance, and continue to produce 1t, man
hind would inevitably fall back into barbarism.
As with man, 90 with all terrestrial creatures.
None came dill the earth was ready TO receive
them Every genera had its Eden, in which its
srst representatives burst into being, and weve
nourshed till strong and numerous enough 70 mi
grais. They too, were then driven ont.
H. therefore, wants had never been felt THr
ARTS had never been known. and without them
there could have been neither science. rehnemeni
cor morals. Happily, then.-thrlce happhy-did
sri,y OF soils. inclemencies OF seasons, scarcity
Of game and other food, force man 10 reflect invent
and construct--,o become an srtitcer and thereby
70 clear the way for the unfolding OF the higher
qualities of his being.
THEIR EARLY DEVELOPMENT
In the arts of modern animals we find those 81;
their earliest repres and in the handicrait'
d diving harbarans we may contemplate those cur
rent in Eden and IN the colonies that sprung NJ
sTound il for there is as marked resemblance
n the primal devices Of man. as IN those oil the
groups below him, and necessarily SO, since orieE
mating In the same wants, the same instructive I'M
pulses suggested aud viii ever suggest them
While pressing difficulties gave rise 10 primal de
No Ii tkat- t,anr
muiphca, on Whenever a marked advance took
place. j, seems to have arisen IN much the same Jay
IS among inferior Jaincs II we examine the habiiS
and actions Of these shall lind the same dlVefsl
" of temper talents and their consequences pre-
ysilns as with us. The ingenious and industrious
thrive the Idle and iuexpert su;er. Every creature
from the eagle 10 the ephemeron, the hon to the
hon ant the author OF It's own fortunes, good o.
bad Some in advance of their fellows modify sta
pic structures and siratagems - meet unusual en-
ergencies and are rewarded for their pains Inc
aro the inventors Of their tribes Novel cigcuri
stances suggest new ideas which becoms man
tested m new forms, materials aud practices. Pre-
cisey 50 with the ANIMAL Man As circumstance
changed around him. so did his devices and hence
useful results gradually accumulated aud the ave
aaes 20 civilization opened.
Ii necessities were the parents Of inv ention con
veniencies were its nurses and cBjoymenis IS
teachers As society improved. SO did these, and
keeping NJ advance. they oourted and ragged
il On Sngyesting new ideas, they kept enlargiu
human prospects and eliciting new desires which
required higher efforts tn fulhl. In this way The
most refined cf people have risen frori the rndes'
snl in this way people must always rise Even
decided acquisition IN the beginning leads 70 snNe'
.r and il 10 Others and others, 50 that the truth i'
BOW becoming apparent that sccessions to SeieDce
and Art can only cease with humsn prcgress an
The oouvere-when il is arrested they must oe
cine and as it re.rogrades they will disappear one
BY obe til the race revert to pnm1''vS isno'an'e
ind ,nieheity.
WHAT IS YET TO BE DONE BY THEN.
The faculties OF those who talk OF limits TO know
edge and to the fruits Of knowledge, are nascent-
They have neither fun nor hslEgrown ideas Of
Mans powers. and the miracles IN Agr1cultnre'
Chemistry sad Mechanics he has to perform -
Would they Judge Of the future by the past or dc
tersaine what is 10 be. by what IS Do teey ihi''A
NE earth Is 70 remain as nOw-the greater psrs
ard uoors, dark forests and morass \ arser-
much ierger-proportion Of their own species 700
% desatate Of mentsl and moral cultivation IN.
man 10 only entering on his tRsk--by few preiml'
nsry and scattered experiments preparing himself
70 set about IL
An !nhnity Of work is before him As an agricul.
tarst be has 10 lay and keep ensrsing the basis Of
NC social column. Al bat an insignificant portion
q hls splendid ps,rimony is yet wild land this he