The southern press., 1851-09-08
For the Southern Press.
MECHANISM, NO. XX.--By Josiah M0IbrOOk.


i For the Southern Press.
MECHANISM, NO. XX.--By Josiah IIoIbrOOk
About one third of human beings are of schoo
age--from four to eighteen years. That clas
in the whole world numbers of course thre
hundred millions; in the United States eigh
millions in the State of New York one million
in the city of New York two hundred and fittv
thousand; in the city of Washington thirteel
thousand
The muscle, mind, and soul deposited in thi
portion of human family constitute create
magazine of power for advancing and protectin.
the nations of the earth than all the navy ship
upon the cean, and all the forces and munitions
of war upon the land Examine it, In one da,
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 pat
riotism and to science. These tokens and fruit.
of generous impulses might be so distributed az
| 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 vet
Grams in this kind of warfare, a month would be
a large time for them To rouse &c patriotic action
true national deience--tbe entire American
forces, with whom is deposited the magazine o
power embodied in young muscle, mind, and soul
| In such national warfare, rather warfare OF
nations, the Empire City would not be permitted
to share alone the glory. The young spirit 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 throwing out intel
lectual, moral, patriotic pusations, at least
equal to those they received Let these two
great emporums of power unite their forces,
and let fly their missiles under skilfu aim, an
a simultaneous, nay almost instantaneous up
rising of all the young forces of young AM
erica 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 antagoni is, would show resistance to be
useless, indeed impossible; an immediate sur
render would be ennounced, a great victory won,
and though every heart was pierced, not drop
Of blood shed.
Should any one doubt the certainty or the
glory of such victory, let him count the forces
| for obtaining il, and calculate the amount and
the power of muscle. mind, and SOUL bounteously
and wisely committed to them for just such
deeds of moral heroism, for just such bloodess
victory not so much with smulantaneous
groundirT Of arms, as with an instantaneous
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 vouny American
forces number six millions. No one needs but
a chance to bring the muscle, mind, and soul
committed to him for the work, to engage at
once IN preparing instruments for this great
moral warfare. For procuring these instru-
ments they resort to the great store-house OF
their Creator. They provide themselves with
metals, in all their native beauty, fresh from the
mines, not permitting them to be deformed into
the shape of swords, maskets, and cannon balls
Besides metals fresh from the mines, they equip
themselves with crystals and gems sparkling in
the mountains. BY the magic power of the
pencil I'd the skill of their young hands they
delineate the basuty of the forest the life and
activity in the al, dwelers and sporters in the
ocean.
Such weapons thus prepared could soon num-
Der more than the inhabitants Of our globe. In
useful minerals, sparkling crystals, rich gems
drawings of quadrupeds, fishes, birds insects
reptiles, trees, flowers, fruits, farmers imple-
ments, mechanics tools, and housekeepers' uten-
sls; in exhibitions of mechanism, with its first
elements, numberess combinations, and illimt.
able uses with untold exhibitions of nature and
art, capable of being drawn from this exhaust
less magazine OF power and skill, constituted OF
yor q muscle mind, and soul, foated in national
ship and scattered by armies for national defence,
might soon provide such a defence for nations
as would at once change ships for canuons and
armies for muskets into distributors of the pro.
ducts of science, wealth. and morals for the bene.
fit of all and the injury of none
ExPERMRNTs.-The products of nature and
art, pre-, red by the young hands of New York.
have been distributed through the 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 or
skilful workmanship from Mexico Oregon, the
Fee-jee Islands, China, India, several islands of
the Mediterranean, Greece, Italy, and various
other nations and places upon the earth.