The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-10-23
MERCHANDISING. Xxx.
BY JOSIAH HOLBROOK.

About one-third of human beings are of
school age-from four to eighteen years That
class in the whole world numbers of course
three hundred Millions in the United States
eight millions; in the State of New York one
million in the city of New York one hundred
andffty thousand in the city of Washington
thirteen thousand.
The muscle mind, and soul, deposited in this
portion OF the human family constitute great
err magazine of power for advancing and pro-
tecting the nations of the earth than all the
navy ships upon the ocean, and all the forces
and munitions of war upon the land Examine
it, In one day, in the city of New York alone,
this kind of power, if permitted to act in the
direction of its inherent, patriotic impulses
might produce at least one hundred thousand
specimens as offerings to patriotism and science
These tokens and fruits of generous impulses
might be so distributed as to plant the seed of
similar fruit in each of the hundred thousand
schools in the United States-rousing to action
similar impulses in some five or six millions of
young spirits, always charged and ready for
onset in any noble enterprise AS New York
numbers large army of young veterans in this
kind of warfare, a month would be large time
for them to rouse to patriotic action-true ma
tiOnal defence-the entire American forces, with
WHOm rs uepOstu tIlc IidBtlLiIle OI power EN-
bodied in young muscle, mind and soul
In such a national warfare-rather warfare
of nations-the Empire City would not be per-
mitted to share alone the glory The young
spirits in our National City have got a taste for
it. They, at the heart of the nation, indeed,
constituting the life blood of the heart, would
claim both the right and the power of throw
ing out intellectual moral, patriotic pulsations,
10 tla,, I 80 Al,
two great emporiums of power unite their
forces, and let fly their missiles under skilful
aim and a simultaneous, nay, almost instanta-
neous uprising of all the young forces of young
America would be witnessed for giving battle
to the Old World. A knowledge of the power
of such forces and of their sure aim at the
hearts of their antagonists, would show resist
ance to be useless indeed, impossible; an inn
mediate surrender would be announced great
victory won, and, though every heart was
pierced, not drop of blood she'd
Should any one doubt the certainty or the
glory of such a victory, let him count the forces
for obtaining it, and calculate the amount and
the power OF muscle mind, and soul, bounte-
ousy and wisely committed to them for Just
such deeds of moral heroism, for lust such
blOodless victory, not so much with a smulta-
neous grounding of arms as with an instanta-
neous and general rush to arms for an onset in
the same great battle to be sharers in the glory
OF victory and OF triumph. These young Amer
lean forces number six millions No one needs
but chance to bring the muscle, mind. and
soul committed to him for the work 10 engage
Mt once In preparing instruments for this great
moral warfa1e For procuring these instru-
monts they resort to the great store-house of
| their Creator. They provide themselves with
metals, in oil their native beauty, fresh from the
mines, not permitting them to be dcformed into
the shape of swords, mriskets and cannon halls
| Besides metals fresh from the mines. thew eonin
themselves with crystals and gems sparkling in
the mountains. BY the magic power of the
| pencil and the skill of their Young hands thew
delineate the beauty of the forest, the life and
activity in the air, dwellers and sporters in the
| ocean.
Such weapons, thus prepared. could soon
number more than the inhabitants of orr globe
In useful minerals sparkling crystals. rich gems
drawings OF quadrupeds fishes. birds. insects
: reptiles, trees, flowers fruits. farmers imple-
ments, mechanics tools and housckeepers, utep-
slls IN exhibitions of mechanism. with it's first
elements numberless combinations. and illimit-
able uses; with untold exhibitions of nature and
art capable OF being drawn from this exhaust
less magazine OF power and skill, constituted Of
young muscle, mind, and soul, aoated in ma
uonai ships and scattered by armies for national
uciehce, might soon provide such defence for
nations as would at once change ships for can.
mons ana armies for muskets into distributors Of
tne products OF science, wealth, and morsfs tor
the benefit of ALL and the injury Of none
ExPERIMENTs.-The PRODUCES of nature and
art prepared by the young hands Of New York
have been distributed through he States and
over the world In return have been received
similar specimens from most or all the States OF
our Union also, works Of nature and OF rude