Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-11-05

slde the shade well the glory Chrendom easily
seem In the old world beside royal palaces gin palace:
beside churches brohes-besde our hospitals are
gaming heIs-and beside magnificent stables for King.
hsrsss homeless thousands Of the Kings subjects
whilst an idle nobility quander prneey revenues,
worked laborers starving cry out of reIess dun
geons forbead the songs of the opera succeeded
Song of the Shirtand graceful literature the
crimes of graeeess eentousness-and golden splendor
which cannotbe imagined shines beside the dark shadows
of squalid misery. that be described Butths
told, is in the old world How is it home? Much
better but yet there is much to improved Fearu large,
also and muom the forms ignorance inequal-
y and inquy. FearIny great therefore, are respon-
sbiities and duties nted and partial education belongs
to large part of population. The progress of science
has been marvellous and the of knowledge wide,
but still there remains prevalent ignorance in the simplest
truths. For example, acquaintance with the alphabet
of phys oog and natural philosophy, would from
many pains and penalties almost universal Everywhere,
throughout all communitie in relation the body the
intellect and the moral nature, Is laundering guesswork
vainy endeavOring do what only by
knowledge Take a single example. How few of our
know how and hat TO BREATHE We make mistakes
gous the putting together of fire and gunpower and
the rapid of diseases of the lungs and
SYSTEM killing thousands before their tms. And labor is
divided should be. Physical toll, have shown is
of necessity than but mulitudesa doomed
necessarily, while dyspepsia and gOu and numerous
nameless ills steps of much mental labor and
the pay price for bread intended for
topay Lputan children, in statue, strength and cons
tuon becoming the sad inheritance or legacy OF the
classes society. All suBerings out to tell
that WISDOM wit learning, eloquenee, must dwell in
healthy esy bodies upheld by sound bones and moved by
supple muscles and nolrished by moderate digeson
we are little value in this working world All life
intended be the work of the body seeing that all
think and love, well as eat and drink. Nor
all life be thought and love- seeing were made to eat
and drink Besides how manymen feel themselves, under
the present from of society, out ofpace Some think they
Shakspeares but alas they follow trade
Raphael command cotton jenny dig potatoes And
hundreds of Byrah doomed to drink ueps in country
barrooms dream poetry amid fumes of Gipg tobacco
juice and clouds of its fragrant incense There may be
truth in this, and the old patent fool of custom and
fashion may cheat of mute Mons but laziness chests
MORE the of labor leaves dream,
whom Ged created to act.
But where is the remedy 2---
Our OF treating subject directs attention at
the whence help against the unequal
distribution labor, the exorbant commands of trade and
ulaion, the base idolary property, is
The claims of mind he preferred friendship be
established between science and bor the former leaving
laboratories go of the peo
pie machinery be substituted for steBed bones and
exhausted muscles ;acies for INSTRUMENTATION
be increased take matter, knead give form,
breathe into irength, and almost make tve and quite
make 1t the servant Of all work. simple justice must legis-
place selfshness, horrible lie, Provi
dence human beings kill them of by starvation,
must be exposed, and famshng millions learn how mould
themselves into able bodied and harmonousy men;
science be applied 10 agriculture is to mechanics
the spread of knowledge diminish the amount
ual labor brains busy with Inventions that
present nicely adjusted powerful machinery
shallappeaE kward and lrdy compared with what shall
supersede it, awkward the Indian contrasts
with the floating palaces upon Mississippi the baggage
mule of the ps with the screaming Notwithstanding
like from land to land flying backwardsa forwards
like weayers' sttles weaving distant villages into coptigu
cities, manage in person, making every
sailor navigator farmer chemist builder
architect and everywhere teach the wellnfored head
guide the deNteTous hand labor be made honorable
aud all become willing share it, the Oyererowded pOles
ons mustbe thrown back upon the farms workshops to
profit by their learning there the incarnation Of vanity az
and shnes feeding upon honest toll and thinking
live by its wits that is by ou5wittng its neighbors
learn its duties and improve its elegant esurs matbema
cans poets and artists well
their fellows and while at work must longer look degrad
ed feel intellectual culture and worth
will nobility to be respected, whether with with
equipage; all that embellish life with the
of the sublime and beautiful giving graceful rn
duty, cheering and eevatng the We cease
atte wealh merely purchase labor and bribe talent
obtain outward prosperity at the expense of souls
and thus loyalty mind will hasten brighter day. Men
will who for themselves,-beneyo-
ence and enlightened senerest will their happy
marage,duty become radiant with the attracveuess oe
priv and reverence for the human soul every cond
ton will abolish the slavery Of ignorance, and develop
mental and moral strength that will conquer matter ubdue
and repenish the earth according the original commands
the wilderness PARADISE beauhed and adorn
ed as the equal home Of all.
Butwhle speaking of the dignity Of labor and the origin
of free from the cultivation of the mechanic
call attention TO the art preservative of all
arts, and which is before eyes now, working
change in the whole world by giving perpetuiy the dis
coveres, and widening all industry.
say allude the of Printing The press the PalIa
dunn of Liberty, Once Liberty the dream of the hour
the admiration of secluded assemblies, she
praise lips fired with rights but now
she breathes through the permanent exeIon of human
thought and bids fair spread her eagle wings the in
creasing wealth and ealaIged desires the opulen
society the world has The discoveries
of science and the charms of genius have attracted
every But the diffusion Of knowledge, by Of
press awakens merely the transient bursts popular
feeling but constantly mbues the minds fthe mastersprs
ho direct human thought effects are lasting upon so
ciety perPeua renewed in each gener
which inhaes, in the ardor of its Youth the
and the spirit fhe freedom of old Greece and Rome. This
art has modified whole face society counter
acted of ancient decay; developed new
principles of e-for socieyby bringing the energy and
has shaken the influence Of despotsm throughout
EARTH and has infused the Independent principles free
the very armies that destined TO en-
authority. II is eXtngCshing the injurious
elements society, and though the ins;n
of evil as well as good its evils gradually abatng
while its power Of improvement is lasting effects. Its
abuses are alluded bat the abuses press like
Grecian and Roman liberty, will
world while agency for good like maxims of
liberty. and the works of its genius viii perma
neuy continue enfranchise and elevate mankind The
forgotten while the other, acting Jon the mpoy
ed fabric society, which has nbued with increased
vigo which communicates will continue bless and i'm
prove the race.
Thus have shown, by appeal to historic fact, and
try by the introduction of wants, and comforts,
and powers, have completed the destruction of the
eudaI power have originated all modenree governments
this day its chief and only reliable safeguards The
of their operation divine The changes they
produced and producing, like the changes naure
unperceived the eectual and
beyond They gather their
secret manifest only their effects, before which their
enemies almost without struggle. Like Time,
greatest Of all nnovators they gradually but powerful
w. changing the of the whole moral world where
supersttions of eete of religion, worn-ou
government stand in their way they
their foundations by correcting public opinion and
promoters ready marshal their their de-
they have time only escape their supposed