New Orleans daily crescent., 1856-06-27
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tiyity hi well of Interest, If
any Sc really as ship
tlle raall hos keels every
iaea s anyas bleaehed breeze; his holds
stocked the disc and wealth Of every
land. F555gs si
When 1asen went for III, seeking the goIdensaeece
when the veliturous N NoIsemen turned their bows
bold from The lclement Hebrides when
Columbus passed the pillars Of Hercules his course
directed our own Azores, there vas full W
much tonanee and tthe spirit Of adventure mixed
AS the CONNIE senfi
tllent that inspires the efforts and prompts The puI
suits ef this age Drake and Vespucus ~ Soto
once de the earlier nayig atolsz7Were
steeled to: their perls and abors by underlined.
i'll the Vest De The Happy Isles
sso much dreamed Of. pzarro mission of
In which, lf the 1aaafes we're
great the hopes were ie1ate n
None of the sent ilaents inspired The past,
encourage tle present Now, rules the
ieaI Before tIs Keel il laid Of the future sovereign
t,e III the merchant mind plicatons
Ill creatfoi eteralined. She shall divide
sIaaln boE md hnrd rde1some capacities the stormy
i'll tle tIante, she shall cut, cloud
placid waves Of the Pacific. She shall
aiase tle ygale n Ills chosen home among heaice-
be1gs she shall all the year round do battle with
q SShe Inonsoans and phoons Of the equator sS#
The plan of the creation being perfected, every
having been determined on To ocorrespond with
the probable needs il par ocular and in every
detail and adj artzan called
siton the stnrd pine of the Northern
forests and the heart Of oak from the middle States
iron from the mines of pennsy lYania KUN and tar
from Casolin copper across the Atlantic, and
thousand other essential ingredients, accumulate
and begin to assume shape. The skeleton il clothed
wood, it Is stretched the metallic hide to
oppose hard blows and cut many pillows The nasts
their plaees sails are furled on the yards
the great product Of skill and enterprise lies in
repose At the Into her capacous stomach are
discharged loads upon loads Of the produce and
manufactures Of the country destined for tar.away
lands that the raisers and makers know not Of.
perchance, even by name, Men and a master are
supplied to her; she is escorted by steam into the
great iderness Of waters commands are given and
then commences her ttleYoyage FOR strange lands,
under strange skies and peopled BY strange faces.
ship has burst into free life, and moves for the
the strength and ability Of another
Hercules. or her there is no more growth she
springs into existence full-fedg her future is
decay. 4 4sss
# The ship merchant watches her The concep-
which, months before had inspired his brain
have been born and made visible. He has created
y being which not sentent, is yet by the
waves and winds endowed VII motion and inpreg-
mated with being that goes forth preach the
azioms Of rotberhood of labor and Of profit. He
has produced great for the diffusion Of
increase Of hap pnessa and the improve
mentgof mankind. Private interests and individual
gains have been the primary motive; neyerthe
les, merchant ship is none the less missionary
that goes forth under the stars and preach
toa lands, tongu and kindreds Of the growth and
greatness Of the Republic Of the West. All honor,
therefore TO the noble ship and her builder.