Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-21

MIR. Rive met the ohjec ions Of some "ho
oppo.el II clcmc because If rs noreltg, y
snow ing thai II was no innovation upon orr
policy but lat the Identical .ys'cm bad beea
pursued towards the james K. aud kanowhl
the Chesapeake AID Ohio aaJ be ltapPab.a-
mock Canals.
But grant Mr. Speaker, tint by this resort
we are truly exposing Ourselves To tins o!i-fe-
pcated and hnokneyed charge Of cnibai KIN IN
netr sctcme5 for the complrlionof our works
/ j. this the time and occasion WHOM We can 1t
moved from our purpo.c by tllIs cuchoo-H1le
Of novelty and changel We I've 10 times IN
stuct with change; aud Al every step Of orr
progress, we are required 10 modify and vary
our views and o r. course II pdapl ourseresfo
the exgcncies Of life When contemplate
the revolutions, social aud material, that are be
ing const ntIy wrought II our midst; am lea
~ to denouncc Il as rank empircsm 10 treat
The disorders. Of angnlshing State with Ger
tam old remedies, which, however approved
IN the past, are now cllelc and unavalIlng ex.
acny because suited to Other tunes aud other
conditions. Sir viii you bind tie stalwart
limbs Of the Commonwealth with the swad.
ling clothes Of her inlaucyi VIII you refuse
10 keep pace with the times ard TO consult the
new lights which experience ana science are
ever bringing to oar asssiancel GA the con
trary, every rhing around Us admouisbcs US
that we live in times when, IN The glowing Ian
guagc Of Bnfkc,-"He high roaas are brohen
mp and Ae ,eatc1s ont, oqdNc files q80yd no
pycccdcnt."
Yol lave only, Mr. Speaker, to look abroad
upon the nations of the earth; and every y here
with few EXCEPTIONS ancng all people and
all kndreds, you witness at work the clements
of incessant amelioraton, impclling them Tor
ward in career Of surprising activity aud
Improvements If we consult only the records
OF The brief span which you aud |, Mr.. Speak
or. have fulfilled what marvels do we not see
III the progress of discovery upon the very
subjects we are considerngl liz our day, the
Ijoting. sprlbgless stage laundering in that Ser
bonan bog-an old. fashioned Virginia road,
has been supplanted by the gorgeous coach,
speeding ON with its glad inmates over the
smoo'h and firm surface for which we are in.
dcbted TO the discovery Of McAdam Hard
ly hDs our gratifying surprise at this improve
M ~ subsidized, before we are startled, and our
special wonder aroused by that extraordina-
ry and romantic Engine,--for which valleys
are filled md mountains leVeIlcd-pcnctratin
even now the remote Businesses Of the land and
opening up and diiusing new and abundant
streams OF commerce and wealth. Around us
and on every side, we witness that last and
greatest triumph of sclence-those magic wires
that are, for each syllable Of time and with the
celebrity OF thought itsclf transmitting the vari-
cd orrespondence-social, political and com
merclal--of all parts of our widely extended
country. In view of these results vieine IN
their magnlfcence with the extravagaaces OF
oriental fable, 1t really does not seem vain to
suppose that the time shall come when these
mysterious cords shall pervadethe whole earth
and like the nerves TO the human body, render
the sohd globe itself, senient and RESPONSIVE
to the wills and passions, the hopes and fears
the joys and sorrows of the whole race that
! lnhahItl 1t. We are even now on The eve of "A
new lnvcnton,-0 pacifc rcroluti0n, | may
call it, such as science aud genius can alone
mplsh-which proposes TO inaugurate IN
all propelling machinery, in the place Of the
dread power Of steam The harmless, though e
qualify potent, the less costly and more conve.
nent agency of heat.
We have thus been permitted Mr. Speaker,
IN Our short lives to see some OF tie effects OF
that grand and uscraloble movement thnt is
manllestly urging mankind resjsjlessly for
ward to an improved destiny we know not of,
concealed beyond all human ken in the I'M
scarchabIe counses of The Omnscient As in
fancy we Tx our eager, Specializing gaze on this
restless, hurrylng multitude, TO the hoedtQl ear
thcrc seems 10 come up, ever and anon, ~
mysterious yet audible tones, the stirring Col.
like command, coward, onward, onN ard
with this true and genuine progress Of the
age. know bat too We'll aud feel too sadly,
that the wicked and perverted ambition of man
masks and confouuds his own mad schemes oil
innovation. | think | can discern them and
am ever ready TODD battle against hem. But
1t IS the solaco OF the phlanthropist to believe
that one common sentlment-one profound IN.
stlnct-an Unsuitable and God inspired vearn
i ing after better lot and higher civilization,
] informs this hole movement and shapes
+ all It's ends A truth so beautiful and coasol.
hngl canaot better commend Mr.. Speaker, 10
your Judgment and taste, than in the words oil
the poet:
For we see that through the ages, one increasing
purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men wilencd with the process.
of the SUBS
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