The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-06-18
ENTERPRISE.

by some new discovery in the mechanic arts or
sciences, the exhibition Of some hitherto unob-
served phase Of physical or intellectual life, or
the application Of the great motive powers to
the uses and requirements OF man, almost In
credible Iva its extent and refinement. Many
OF the great fields of physical labor are now fiji.
cd by machinery, and little, indeed. in compar.
ison with what WAS formerly necessary to oh.
tain q comfortable livelihood, is the actual toll
by which we now accumulate boundless wealth.
All over our broad and fertile country immense
cotton md woolcn factories convert the pro.
ducts Of our own ilocks md fields into every
imaginable species Of fabric; from the warm
coarse cloth, for which the New England farm.
ers oace depended on the skill and industry of
the careful housewife, to the light texture, ns
graceful and delicate, and almost as fragile,
nv gossamcr, now displayed in our fashionable
saloons by the descendants of those very nota-
bic and pains-taking mothers, and p~rofting by
tho example and experience Of the old world
we arc constantly bringing our manufactures
to a higher state Of perfection.
Vast numbers Of iron factories have been
erected, in which, not only the ore our own
country produces in great abundance, but that
brought from foreign lands, is wrought into ev-
cry variety of machinery, while schools, collie
gcs and churchcs-in themselves the grandcst
evidences of our national prospcriiy--rcar their
lofty structures throughout the length and
breadth of the land.
Truly as a people, il not universally as indi.
viduals, we are revealing in the great and glo-
rious results of years of deep and painful study
to our honorcd predecessors. How many such
years were devoted by the great Fulton to the
construction of machinery for n steamboat and
.hc application Of steam &c that machinery p
To how many hours of misery and depression
was he subjected by discouraging disappoint-
monts and unlocked for dificulticsp And how
many times, in the consciousness that he was
laboring for the benefit and Improvement of
millions then unborn, did he in the strength of
n vigorous intellect and n firm purpose, rise SUI
pcrior to all obstacles and finally triumphg
Look at the patent loom, now used in most
of our extensive factories, which saves millions
of human beings incalculablc toll, and produces
fabrics which human fingers with all their skill
and cunning could never do. That great in
vcntion was first originated in the brain of n
lad fifteen years of age. 1t was his dream, his
ambition for years, and when strong in the ma
tnred genius Of manhood he gave the result of
his labors TO the world, and felt that he had
truly assisted his fellow creatures. That one
thought repaid him tcnfold for the labor of his
life.
See the effect of this one mans labor on the
social condition of his country. We not only
value the rusult of his ~untiring energy and
firmncss, but IL is invaluable MS an example to
our youth.
Look at the modes Of transportation and
communication now SO common in the United
States. Long lines of Magnetic Telegraph
connect city to city, village to village, for thou
sands of miles. Splendid floating palaces glide
rapidly through waters, where once the splash
of the wild birds wing, or the Indians light
canoe, alone disturbed the solitude Of nature.
Where ssie solitary traveller wound his weary
way through broad prairies or unbroken for.
csts, startling the graceful fhwn or the prowl.
ing wolf from their woodland haunts; on the
banks Of noble rivers, and IN delightful v~allics,
that long ago thrilled 10 the wild war-whoop
OF the red man, the scenes of dark and bloody
encounters between the white pioneer and his
savage foe, now stand throngcd cities, pleasant
villages, aud beautiful aud highly cultivated
fields, while the shriil whistle of the railroad
ear as Il whiEzeS by, tells Of busy, busting,
active life, And how was this accomplished
How were thc comforts and clegancicS of M.
introduced nom the Atlantic shore to the un.
cultivated wilds of the Ear Wcsty Did some
good fairy transform with her magic wand a
waste place into a blooming garden, a desert
wilderness into \ PARADISE II was indeed the
good fairy Of industry, the magic wand OF res,
lutte, uutiring perseverance, II WAS the slow
but steady stnakc " the farmer aud mechanic
Eiioyt a0cr effort was made repeated failures
were only thc Incentives to u,olc dttofnincd
sRl cftybal resolutions 10 secccsi They
werc not all men OF ecpduS, ha, mpn OF Sstion
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