The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-14

faci-tba almost perceplbe disturbances in the path OF
that staT-to infer with msthematsa pecIsisn thai
there exists 10 that space Which, al
future day, science would disceTn seacy an fact
has DONE by powerful telescopes and careful
observation. la such results these, when ponder
upon them when We estimate their relations. we cannot
but how marvellous the effects which ar, which
the mind OF applied 10 the command oil nature, has
been able 10 accomplish.
Let Us pause at such a Stage Of society a that TO
which we have now arrived, and in which We live.
will not speak OF supendous OF aroi those
vast OF the old time, which sill stand IN The u
sublime and unequaed maxnihcence, the pyramids Of
Memphis The mighty temples q religion a. hsrnse sno
OF later day. such the basilica oil 81 refers al
Rome, or ST Paul's at London do not ask you TO
upon them, bat TO bring before the minds eye nose
daily objects OF experience and observation which, IRON
the very fact that them daily and hourly, have
ceased TO impress with their wondrous qualities 10
heir relation TO The action OF man upon na'as io
instance familiar object all OF the Interior OF one
OF those great establishments oil manufacture IN ouI
counirysome huge collonml OF the eastern or middle
States IN which you see ,ns os Of ,bs seaIo,o
The knest statuary MARBLE nay, Than even me gaver
on the most beautiful object OF silver or god 10 which m
finite per oil human art has been applied 10 the CON-
plete construction and absolute adaptation OF machinery
and in which the collection OF engines each with It's
attendant human being, do correspond aud cooperate
that to it impossible 10 stand aud
pause in one OF those great operative establishments
without being filled with wonder and admiration
Take another illustration. Consider ship, shaped
for speed, for capacity, and for security upon The
ocean See her st-nay, enthroned--upon her appro-
pirate element, with her canvass spread TO the well
come gales OF Heaven, floating, like poetic Wis
ion grace and beauty upon the Swelling waters
then enter into that ship suppose her 10 be great ship
of war; add all which belongs TO An ordinary vessel,
those appointments OF military force, with those brave
who WELD them the hour OF danger and then
carry the mind back and dwell apon that great OF
thought, continuance, experience and intellect. which
have all been connected together in the composition Of
that great ship war Or, again, take another Illus
tra,ion equally apt although without reflection may
less take army in the 6eld with all its brave
men, their arms. and cannon-eyeryhing that goes to
successful combat and you will lind that all science all
art all experience, have been summoned, it were
from their profound depth to furnish forth that COM
bnaton Of mechanical force Of iron and brass with The
defend our country in peril when called forth by the
severest struggle which is subject, and The soul
strained up, up. 10 the very submily OF human ef
You admit them that this is an illustration OF the APP
picaiion OF mechanical force. Now, 60 step fur
therto that society Of which we part. There
tine when the first man, and the first womsn-he the
Of the strength of manhood and she the
personhcaton OF all the loneliness OF womanhood--
when that frs; and that fret woman began human
society. And if we say 10 woman, IN the language
Of Milton,
"Thou fair defect Of Nature
il, of pe.ulani reflection upon exit from
Paradise like the great Engsb poet, say this yet
second thought, abiding thought, the reflection OF all
s.
OF support, that coseness OF relation which
belongs nature, if il could not be had otherwise
were well earned by the loss of Paradise. say. begin
social institutions with but two human beags constituting
and then you have the patrafchal society," in which the
father OF the family 10 master and ruler. But il YOU 60
beyond that. 10 The commencing accumulation Of tue hui
have standing the head of society priest and soldier
You have priest who ibinks-who gives legal, moral
and religious direction to socetyyou have soldier who
the agent Of force by which bad passions be
pressed and the movements OF society TO be main
tanned in their true direction And this s no. imagi
nary or assumed nafura. condition. No long time
has elapsed since. upon our own continent OF Amer
lea, in the midst OF the savage tribes, which
hover in the interior OF the continent in condition
Of universal hostility say, the time is not remote when
all these dispersed myrads OF held in per-
feet order and subsection uader that most beautiful inst
tuition in its adaptation 10 the government of savage men,
the mssons OF the Order OF Jesus-when upon the
placed missionary priest and BY the eide OF that priest
placed prssidai soldier, and that priest and that
soldier maintained the social order the subsection. the
material tranquility among these myrads Of savages,
which we, in the neigbboring nations OF America vaiay
attempt to accomplish even BY army with banners
say, then, that i sociey be analysed. the abstract
type OF il rs, thinking who suggests ideas, and
doing man TO give authority and force to those ideas
And il you look this, complex society," the fac,
remains unchankeaby The same. except that with US,
whereas Tree thought free action, and Tree Institutions,
characteristic OF country, here that thought and
force ddused through all the component parts OF the
community. II is the corporation Of the thinking man
perpetuay constitutes the engiaeTy Of the social sys
TEN.
Now, then, assuming this. let US what that point
is upon which stand. | say nothing OF The forms
OF government, OF the relations in which government
exhibits itself in constitutional organizations; speak
rather OF the progress OF ideas and OF thought And
in this viewf ask you 10 reflect and wha, ii is
that constitutes the marked specific pecuiares OF civil
ration and socal advancement our day IL would
that the human mind, in its INFINITE dveTsties Of
combination and resuls, al stage OF the Of
society having received Impulse gwen direction,
maintains that mpsse until it reaches its very maximum
OF power and development And thus is that in our
day cannot pretend that the love Of the beautiful,
in the cultivation OF tasie the carving oil the statue IN
the painting OF the picture, IN the construction OF the
edihce 10 any other act OF mere taste, we excel
those who went before us. We bow still with hum
sic times of Greece Nay, more, il would be vain
in our day 10 aitempt-ndeed. we do not attempt-to
supass that untold msgnhcence which belonged 10 the
ancient Aseyan and Egyptian empires much OF which
remains, after being thousands OF years buried in oblv
ion and dust 10 be in day exposed 10 the wonder
attempt, should fail--io surpsss that unsurpasea-
BILE msgnihcence OF those great Oriental Empires.
And again. proud may be of civilization
proud in the United States especially OF
knowledge OF the ART OF government yet remains to be
proved that we able TO equa that extraordinary. that
marvellous combination Of wisdom manifested in the gov
eminent and legislation of the Romans. Nay, must a..
sumo that there ypeso the highest progress OF our
race which, having attained their perfection, nature
has were broken the mould and thrown IL aside in
order 10 devote herself 10 Of development
II we inquire hat that Of development is which
especially characterzes day, IL ia impossible to doubt
candid observer for instant hesitate say that
that which constitutes the eminent characteristics Of
day ID the consummae development OF Mechanic Art
that Mechanic Art which has given the command OF