The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-08-06
oaATEoH lF nR WEBSTER.
DslEered Iuly 5. 1851,
Affie cepifak. en- Ne ocresisa sf Layingfle Cor
nts-sfo'ie n iks E1fsnsisa cfke csp;foE.
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l Fril0w-riiizrns. there are some disease
niiie mind ~ well n ol lhe bady, disease
ni communities. as well rs diseases q
insliti:!uals. that must be lell 10 their awl
ruie; II least il is wise 10 lease them So
until the lasi rii;iral moment shall aIrire
hope il isnni iueseleni. and ceriainl,
q IS nol oliniended as reploacli. when sa,
i'ias knnw no stDnser expression in oul
language ihan lhIt which describes iis
rrsloralinn OF waywari son. he came
70 HIMSELF" lie had broken away from
al The lies Of lore. family, and friendship.
lie had iofssken every thing which he
had once regarded in his fall,sf's house.
lie had qsilled his natural sympalhies.
affections. and habits. and taken his Jour
ney into Ear country. lie had gone A.
way from himself. and oul of himself. But
mislorlunes overlook him, and famine
threatened him with starvation and death.
No enirealies from home followed him 10
beckon him back no admonilion from
others warned him Of his fate. But the
hour Of reflection had come. and nature
and conscience wrought within him. until
AT length "he came TO HIMSELF
And now. We men OF the new States Of
the South You are MI Of the original
thirteen. The baille hadbeen fought and
won, the revolution achieved. and the Con-
sli,nlion established. before your States
had any existence as States. You came
into prepared banquet, and had seats
assigned you at table, just as honorable
as those which were flied by older guests.
You have been aud are singularly pros
perous; and any one should deny this.
you would ai once contradict his assertion.
You have brought vast quantities Of choice
and excellent land al the lowest price and
il The public domain has not been lavislled
upon you, you yourselves will admit that
il has been appropriated 10 your own uses
by very liberal hand. Aud yet in some oil
these Slalcs--aol in ali--persons arc
found in Iavor Of dissolution Of the Un-
ion, or Of secession from il. Such opin-
ions are expressed even where the gene
raj prosperity Of the community has been
the mos, rapidly advanced. In the flour
islling and interesting State Of Mississip
pi, for example, there is a large party
which insists that her grievances are in,
iolerable, that The whole body polite is il
stale Of suffering, and all along, ans
: through her whole extent on The Mississip
pi, loud cry rings that her only remedy
is secessi ln, secession" Now, gen.
llemen, what in1iclion does the Stale ol
Mississippi suffer under? What op-
preston proslra:es her strength or de-
slroys her happiness Before we can
judge of The proper remedy we must know
something Of the disease; and, for my
part, confess that the real evil existing
in The case appears 10 me 10 be a certain
inqnielude, OF uneasiness, growing out Of
q high degree Of prosperity and conscious
ness Of wealth and power, which some
times lead men 10 be ready for changes,
and 10 push on 10 still higher elevation.
If this be the ruth Of The matter, her po.
lilical doctors are about right. Ii the
complaint spring from over wrought pros.
periiy. for that disease ! have no doubt
that secession would prove q sovereign
remedy.
Bui | return 10 The leading topic on
which | was engaged. In The department
Of invention there have been wonderful
applications OF science 10 arts within the
lasl sixty years. The spacious hall Of
Ihc Patent Office is al once the repository
and proof Of inventive art and genius.
Their results are seen in the numerous i'm
provemenls by which human labor is a.
bri,lged.
Without going into details, il may be
sufficient 10 say thai many OF the applica-
lions of steam to locomoiion and manu-
Iaclures Of electricity and magnetism, 10
The production Of mechanical motion; TO
The electrical telegraph; 10 the regislra-
lion Of astronomical phenomena /; 10 the
art Of multiplying engravings; the intro
luclion and improvement among us Of all
Ihc imporlan, inventions Of the Old World,
are slrikingly indicative Of this country
in The useful arts.
The mel work of rail roads and telegraph
lines by which This vast country is reti>
rulalcd have moi only developed lis re-
sources, but united emphatically, in me-
Iallic bands, all parts Of The Union.
The hydraulic works Of New York,
and Boston surpass in extent
md importance those Of ancient Rome.
But we have not confined our attention
o the immediate application Of fscience to
he useful arts. We have enlarged the
pounds OF scientific knowledge.
Sixty years ago, besides the brilliant
discoveries of franklin in electricity, scar.
ely anything has been done among US in
he way Of original discovery. Our men
{ science were content with repeating the /
experiments and diilusing knowledge OF
he discoveries Of the learned Of the Old
World, without attempting 10 add single
lew fact or principle To the existing stock.
Within the last twenty five or thirty |
cars remarkable improvement has ii