The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-13

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have marked the period in question
In whatever high, it bc couicmp's.
cd, the ninc'ccn'h century must Ger
taia'y he regarded as among the mos,
remarkable periods in the annals Of
time. /, can be compared in impor
,ancc only with the dawn Of the
Christian era, or the last half ot the
fifteenth century The period 'hs,
witnessed the revival Of learning, and
gave birth to those erca; discoveries
aud inventions which have shaped the
character Of modcrn civilization. BE.
sides these, the world has seen ~
other half century Of equal or even .
Of similar importa ,cc, Any ono Of /
iis successive decades, whether VIC
regard the world Of politics or the ,
realm Of science. contains great @
vents enough to mark almos, any car
lier period with ,ransccndant impor'
tancc. These events have followed |
each other in such raIA succession
that We are no longer able to attend
to their separate characters, or to
study their specific results, bat arc
hurried on from causes to effects in
endless progression until we are lost
in the strange bcaildcrmcnt which
they produce.
| In Europe tho period in question
has witnessed the imperial career and
the fall Of NapoIcon--the restoration
and final overthrow of the Bonrl,ons
the permanent ,riumphs Of British
power, aud the indefinite spread Of
British commerce. the progress Of
salutary and long expected reforms
alike il England and upon thc cont.
ncnt-the giant strides Of Russia from
oriental barbarism toward a place in
the front rank Of civi lied powers
the altered condition of nearly all the
nations Of Europe rc--thcir free consti.
tutions---thcir new relations of mn
; tual intsrcsts and a,nity--,hc advanc.
iny intelligence and the dawnins free,
' dom which arc now shedding their
!. benisnant blessings through aai clas.
es of their people. Events like these
fu rnish materials for the contrast o'
the boldest character between The
: scenes which met the eye Of the
: thoughtful observer in Europe fifty
!, wears ago and those which now gree
his vision as he looks forth upon th'
l. drama Of its affairs.
J. II from the old world we turn T.
II the new, We meet transformation
n still more wonderful. and are present
J. cd with contrasts still more surprising
Il How different was the American Ir
d ion fifty years ag1 from what We no'
II find it to be. Fifteen States ,in
's between the Atlantic and the Mi'
Il slssippi, and containing but five mi
le lions Of people we're then Just ernerg
II iuG into political Importance. The
!, were then cnyironcd hy foreign op
"a er. aud formidable tribes Of Indian
n still mcnauccd their wildly cytc"de
'e frontier. Their limited co'nmcrc
III was just beginning to pat forth N
1t vcnturously upon the ocean Hhc'
r. il WAS often subjected TO insult an
at outrage, which. with bat a fctb
VI navy, the arm Of government was ~
~ strong enough to redress. The u
n tional character vas bat inn crfcct z
formed, and the resources oe ii
sc country were almost wholly md
o velopcd The sites Of some Of OF
M largest cities we're then only tradit
cs places Of Indians, and the tcrritorI
n OF several Of our most powerful Stat
y we're then unrcopled solltudcs, III
"a which civilization hal scarcely ma'
its first entrance. In The wear ls'
l Fulton lad not launched his fir
OIL steamboat upon the waters Ct L
ar Hudson, and the passage from Pi.
n burgh to New Orleans required
'y much time, and involved far mo
ch perils, than does now trip TO {
-he cutta, or even to China. It is t
cst last half century that has given biI
mt to nearly all those mi'icles Of mode
The art By which space has been ami
orS lated and knowledge diaosed as W
the wings Of the wind The rurch;
Of Louisiana, the growth md nj
ufacturc Of American cotton, the
cession. Of Flprida and Of Texas, ,
al, extension ofthc republic to the s'o
ny. of the Pacific, are cvcn's sufficient
tho themselves to render the cra to viii
,c, they belong. famous ia our annals
a1 the end Of time.
III But besides all this. ne" ph.l'
be. thropr has arisen in tire world. II
est manty has acquired thousand T
ave rs former iuportapce--its rights
.,o better understood and more genera
ia ACKNOWLEDGED, aud rs interests la
ork become n silject Of care ard enai
rer ilns'ip 10 every government 4
t1s every pcop'e Ia CLri'tc'dotn.
tIf 1ia'lsc Intelligence and 'irtne-to p
'or. vent war and securc the blessings
it. ui;,ersai losce--~,4 sgrra1 chIifu'
ave ity amoas heather nations, hnd
.ri e1alt the human race TO higher c'
Sc, dit.ou Of LApiIne.s, and hplt s'a'