The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-07-05
process of melting it down into a

l contemplate that the earth is en-
dowcd with the principle fife that
the signs OF the life thereof, would be
impcrccPliblc to our scnses-tlat is
to say, i'll q latent state, were it not
for the irritation Of the sun upon its
surface that its productions, to wit:
the Vegetable, and animal kingdoms MS
we'll rs thunder, lightning, dew, wind
and rain, are but its signs Of ifc,-thc
result of the irritation produced by SO.
lar heat; and IS evidence OF this pro.
position: so far as tho polar regions of
the globo have been explored, there
exists nothing Of the Kind. 1t is scarce
~ necessary To mention in this place,
the fact, that animal and vegetable
life, rs well rs lnc.coric, and aerial
phenomena, diminish, from the central
line, towards the poles, until they, at
certain line, entirely cease to exist.
contemplate that these productions
and phenomena, arc the result of a Ger
tain law, recognized to be the same
with which, science is quito familiar,
i'll the animal and vegetable economy;
and that this law, is the best evidence
+, nur Sonrne ,,f .l,, !,
n,;nrinI, of vi,,,;iy ~ ,no n.S.i' " :"
,hrrefor. f,r,Ecr n,,n.nn,,n,, ,,o,
The mcc,;ur of ;h. ;cy surr,cs nf ill.,
globe, was the first step OF the opera.
ton Of che force Of tic law in question,
sistanc, ooai,st ,hn ,,o,vor or,La l',.v
jnr sun. Tho ,u,n;,, or ,ho nn,nr
;,in mir ,y,.,ho rn,, -, i';,., ~
onlv y nrrnor,,;o, c,r H. m'','.,, ~
y.o,,,l,ir onI ,n;n,ol ,,,,to rI
nrHrrssr, first cnnm,ann,I =, .,
aions nj ,hc cn,,,,j ~
AMI ., cyi,cmcn H., ''oN r,,, ,,u ''i;, i'.','
,h,y. vas. Lnt l;,,ln mr 49, Wy ~ ~
inin,,ns us tl,t III, a.. ~ I"5'
| o,,h cnr,h cvis,.I ,rI ,n,,;reI 49,
| lhrir .yis,.nncc hrt ,or, l;,,i, nr,'.
.l,mrr, Tb; .oro,,I ..,o''isl, @ VI .""'
and So ON I'm in ,Lc nr.lan a,n,o,;'
c;,j TC1noc,, ,i,c hi.i,jy dr,,a,,,
| n, ,li. rr,r;r. ~, ,t,, .',T".n - ''',''. ~:
cyis,,pcn ia cv,nnd Il, a., ,,o; ~, =,
some Inr,y rirb, u,;Ioc
con,cmnl1,r ,h,, tho r.,,or ~ ,,,o
rar,h hls Neon onI l. crnn rm. VI, -;
mirisbinr IN .i,c can. ,.,,;n
a,mosnhGrc has beam a,I ' " n,.r ','v ,,',,. ,"'
mcrcasjnr. ,ba, ono nnr;nI ,r ,;n,n n,I' ~;
BODY Of water w,s vrry narrn,v - WV @
| tween the North and Snr,L ,,arr;us
of ice ana that in the s,mn r,,;n ,ha,
the nj. wa, increased il n,,nii,y ,ha
process Of the mcli;nr ,,nyn ~ ,ho
ice ON each side Of ihc rn,,r.J ,;na M
| under the sun. hcc,,nr slnwar ~
progress, in rs much rs ,br u, IN ,hn
ratio OF its growth (olbcit tn -, !, .n
pears trunsGayeuN .hut nut Iho Gnr,,
heat and Ii9h. of The sun vct s,iII !
cuntcnplatc that the ,un wiIl con,i,'r,
to expand The solid matter or,hc c,,,h
| aul Ill the planets first into , l;nr;J
| and then INTO = r,sscons .,,,, 'm,;,
their Su. faces became blended in CON.
tact with itself. th,n vii, ,h,,n ~,
ayuin,a composed, one y;s, u.hu,m
mass, OF all the worlds in the archrl
universe. The process is SLOW AMI
progressive. After the water i oll
| converted into mir. tbis mir will hocnn.
allynuaseL by Icnrccs NOR, ami nnro
nnl Mil. cysnlunlIv brcn,,n nnG, -
! sustain animal aud vegetable ]ire-
Aianlnula Will degenerate down in
the scale OF zoophitic cxjstarce then
The solid granite itself. and a|l the
llinty monuments, CONSTITUTING the
consolidated earth, will Ly the Same
process, be converted into i liou;d
state, which will, by the same process
assume lie 9asseoes. and will ,vcntu.
ally ill up the space Of 5000 900 OF
miics-the distance from oar globe TO
the sun. What power will then ,wirl
oN'lhis mighty ncbulous mass of mat.
ter, again, into rapid motion coudrns.
ing il; on the principle of q mechanical
law, into worlds, is head work for the
gods.
SO much in the form of prc)imin.rv
remarks, essential, in order to attcmpt
the answers 10 the foIluwin" geolori.
cal inlerrogatores propomlded, and
| a. Nhif.t, ,,t l,, Il