Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-01-15
Amerfcstsl Hope.

AmcHhCNu AAVt'c'
"Wha, an absurdi,y!" cries some critical
reader Of The lille OF ihis article, "Whal an
absurdi,y 10 cluim anylhing peculiarly Amer.
ican in iIope! Bye and bye we sha, have
ESSAYS ON. American Human Nature and all
sorls Of Amsricaa universal things. lis o
poor, miserable, unpardonpble vanily!"
Bui, sir critic, begging your pardon for
in,errupiine your eloqueD, ora,ion we HAYS
roi attempted 70 Amerlcanize Hope, for il is
a very comfortable idea we cherish, thu, In
all nations Hope IL performing an excellent
mission, Lighting amid presehi darkness
starry beauty 10 cheer the ,oillne sons Of lib
erty and progress. No; Hope is not Amer.
can. buh universal, and !. Is abeautiful fic.
|ilon which abe old pocls speak Of, when
Pandota's box OF Evils was cmpied on me
earth, all Inc good angels fed, save Hope,
who begged The Gods 10 allow her 10 re-
main 10 cheer The saddened lot OF man,
She remained, and her smile chased away
the blackness Of despair, and gave man
courage 10 endure presen. evils and to toll
for better days, - 81,
No, Hope is no, American; bu, still there
is, in a noble and magnificent sense, such
hing as Americap Hope--a tendency 10 OK.
pect better and beller results as lhe reward
Of study and effort, in every departments oil
invention and industry, Take on illusira.
lion from the American Reaper, that aller
bearing awayihe prize al the London Crys'
lal Palace, has lately won the championship
in Paris. kwould seem that II there was
anything like finishing the hope Of American
skill, here would be an instance oi u. II
nigh, seem that no one would cry "Come
on MacDuf," for the field would be left
completely 10 MacCormick; and ex-Presi-
deni Fillmore, sitting on the Top Of the hay
sack in the trial field for.Ihe con.esling ma.
chimes in France, would no. only clap, his
hands and wave his hat 10 enthusiasm Tor the
triumph Of America; but would also have
pu, his hat on his head and his hands in his
pockels, satisfied ,ha. invention could NOT
farther 60. But this is no. The case. Amer.
lea knows that all the world is awake 10 riy-
airy. and the strength and peculiarly oil her
hope, is, she feels certain OF achieving sue
cess. Hence In a speech by the Hon. X.
| G. Winthrop, in which be spoke ofshe Mas
sachuseils Agricultural Society founded in
l792, he sale: ,,r.i a....,,,.-,-,., - '...,.
"hs premiums are a, this moment s,imu-
lo,inr The invention of whole country 10
furnish US with even better mowing ma
chino than those ,ha. have already been The
admiration and wonder Of the crystal pala.
ces of both England and France. And
believe we shall have a better"
The exien, Of tho business already done
lin ,be manufacture Of Reapers,. and The
worth of the best invention may be some.
wha, In agined from the fact, that in one
Itown. Rockford, ILL.,, al one manufac.ory,
Manny's. three thousand were made las,
wear, amounting 10 abou. $4OO,OOO!
As another illustration of frankness T., al.
mi, ,ha, the finishing touch has no, been
reached in anv wo,k, and the reliance ,ha.
America will lead in new ,riumphs Of in
yen,ion, we always admired the language Of
the ingenious Hobbs, when he aslonished