The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-23

night, Ia ljs!n more clear than 'ha, cf
MON. produced Ly tie t9nto.,ipn of a
substance as intisible ~ tic air Of
heaven. Then the wonders OF the rail
way Lad not cn'e red into the heart of
,he prophet or even tie dreamer. and
no oi'e was 50 presumption. ns to ,t,nk
o' turning the ligitnings of heaven in
10 "a pen that human had. mn, direct.
W!;hin this period halt i zea plan.
e'aIy bo1ics have been added TO our
system, Tie miner, deep down in tie
lower strata O. the eari'l's crust. has had
lis lamp pro'ccted from Tie *, la,iyc
gas by the wisdom of Dayy. a1d tic pa-
tieh, 6 olo2is, IVA. ru'sncd those strata
as sne ica\ - OF book. ard declared
that they !orm one Of the volumes wnicil
Na.uie Las been wi.l,ng for n thousand
as-s.
\ hundred years ago, the physician
bad 10 iodine among LIS medicines, and
tie Swedish, uhe,nis, bad nat then given
h,m ch!o'inr 10 purify h.. hOsp.ta.,.-
Jcnner haI no, discovered the means or
i'"'NN'''.i '""'Nll'' "-''i.-t it.a. taiIl
aud loaIi.omc di-ra>c which So long
>cnurc,d the world neither Val ;l,,s-.
powerful agen's iOr rrnderi il.c sv,-
I'm ihsenslIIc 10 pam. even un;ii cur
day, dNc,,,d surgery Of it> trrror.. So
L. Ia las Lea, shea upo the progresses
u d. .7.ga anl HIiI.,,on. aAd lir uni.
naIc elements Of the h,u i have been
dcicsmlm'd wish such precision tia, H."
'cvcr's tres MAJ Lc detected. as the kin.
die IN the veins, Ious before the patient
Is aware of their presence; and it has
even become dcm0m>trablc. that tie
iishiesi though, as II fits through the
bgani, wears some sensible portion Of
tLW organ.
Within this hundred years, .he En-
glish laws lave been illuminated by the
IaL.Ant Intellect ui Bia i tone. and the
world has been thrilled and rocked n, Il
forest in the wind, by liz cloqucnce Of
such orators rs Eugkc, PIT, SneriGcn.
and Pelcisal The luNur!an; Grli, Of
poetry aud romance, have LtCn cu,ar.-
ed, " the genius OF Cowp"r, Gray.
Young. Goldsmith. Bryant Scott Moore.
/ Goethe. ScAll.r. " .cmhd. licrtrr, AMI
host ol noble names that will ever
hold Il sacred place in European lilera-
tare. Within ihis time. manhimd has
bern blessed by Howard and n Wash
ins'on; who we're contemporaries, and
though under far different circumstan-
ccs. hSed only for the good Of their race.
But what changes have the diiirrcn.
governments Of the world undergone
Oar Own nation, then a dependent on
Great DrIan, has burst lis barriers,
and Ike the Nlie. oyrr<prcad all the
aijacen; country and bir,i it. From u
feeble am! insignificant appeuda2c TO
The Ergli,h crown. we lave grown to
be the second commercial nation. and
the first great na,iunal defender ot Lib
erty and Justice.
J, wonlI be interesting, had we time
and space, TO glance AT he history of re-
form IN each nation successivcly. for the
last hundred yoars. Bu, we may sum
up the grand rcsul, il few brief SEN
lencc-.
The iualicnahc rights of men have
been arhuowlc,i.oh, and II has been sat-
i.ftr.criiy demonstrated that The ncnn'
est African Ia,> a good right to the l'h-
cr.y Of h.. desert, a. the nr'I"-t In
I'll ,hman Ia, 80 tie freedom of hl'
raiks and pa'l,rs. h0l cor "QIcm'Iy
FINLAND ha, i-r'arcd the S'ayo trad"
piracy. AID in his li-''or, Judgment
n4c,, or the o:hrr enlightened nations
hs>e concuircd.
Tie predictions q astronomy l"ve
been rrudclrd crIta:nlics, and Thousand
Of stars la,c been added to the rreri.
ou.lv a,mo-, iuuumcrab!c worlds Of ,hc
rni,cr>r.
or Chemistry. n. it now exists, We
may say hat j, i almost entirely no.!
en- science, nearly ali !!c principa. "a.
es aud maay OF their compounds. hay
in- been discovered within tie pcriot
, We are contemplating.
IN short. the human intellect, n cen
IrIy ago. haG not haii the power 10 li,'
above ihr du.l material clay. that i ia'
now. Then man E1cd not for ha!i 'i l.
rights. knew uc; i,If his wr,ug~. AID
MAS slave 90 No,och and manmon
4; bui since tia, time Sod has b en- ahroa.
: in IT," world ,eaclio. ma" oF Isu;i
and Right, and Justice.