Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-05-12


New Orleans, tut England, too, well ns lins i
was Obliged to shout at this. (Cheers Alb Eng
land, merry old England! Br,rnin, GrenI bfadli;
you said that rs long III earth sprouts the "c'n nnu
grows oaks, As long rs the sea rolls OiIlo", -"
would he mistress of the mistress mechanic 0,
| naval architecture; but your sweet little Queen a"'
her prince consort, and all your eyes have seen ''
| scenes off Your coast-the gala day 81 Amer
sailors, when the model yacht of America spreau
her swan like sails, and walked The waters Ike sh'hs
Of life, away from every Plymouth built clipper
There was another shout hataday. Ard y"u nave
oeed taught, too, more art than you knew IN IN
waltz Of The spindle, weaving the web and warp u
cotton. These ara truly triumphs. And sci
snce. astronomy, mahsln atcs chemistry, natural
philosophy and the fine arts, music and painting, ana
architecture, and all the ordinary arts OF peace ana
war, dependent upon the MECHANIC srts Tor their
utensils and arms. Fulton was mechanic. He not
only taught the secret 10 his country OF applying
steam, aud the art TO Norris of winning the victory
o peace, but invented, TOO, the most dangerous ell
CINE of He took the torpedo 10 England. and
trial of skill blew up the brig Dor"thea, III The
presence Of The Board of British Adwraii "
| Cheers When the favorshls report was made to
4 Mr.. Pitt he saiG, .Why should England mid America
in teaching how 10 defend her coast against the Br
| tish navy I" And Franklin mechanic and he
taught hs country how to snatch the tiiunierbuits
from Jupiter, and Colt how to apply the lightning
| TO the "lurpedn," that single mechanic can
sit on the bank Of any river roads:esd by the
side of galvanic pile not larger than hat crown
1
toms 'orpedos," send Franklin's electric spark 10
submarine magazines which would blow the whole
| British navy out OF water. And the secret once
| known, mechanclsm has not stopped at applying
galva,sm and electricity to the Of war; nut The
mechanic Morse has made iron nerves for two worlds;
and the continents and the send Intelligence To
| IN. uttermost points Of the eEr;h by fluid quick
| and aentieut as that which flows through organized
| beings from the brain covered by any pis.maier.
And the learned MISUNDERSTANDING, law and
| 1rDen MN a
arts and their Perfection. Where would oil have
been but for the mechanism Of printing But the
t0nguts of men and angels could not enumerae these
innumerabla dependencies. They infinite in va
| riey and connection.
=: The object of the Institutes is to exalt the dig
nifty of mechanic labor. Who shall d-spise the arts
| ul,nn which all elss 10 dependent! What civilization
! shall despisa labor upon which every civiza'l"n
depends Who shall! tread upon the arts by which
man ia fed and clothed and housed and transported
and is raised refinement and the taste of the fire
| arts and the enjoyment of an elevation III the moral
scale which cannot be reached but b. physical iln
| movements Morse is q mechanic, Fulton was h
| mechanic Franklin mechanic, Sir Christopher
| Wren was u mechanic Newton was mecbaric-G0h
is a mechanic. The trumplls OF mechanics are III"
tr;uInuhs of mankind (Ch-ers \ German noble
man once. on visit to Italy, being msn Of the
world and pleasure. spent most OF h!s lime at he
theatres where he much annoyed al The deriaion
constantly upon hi, country nr her Bostian tenn
perament. In turn hr proposed an entertainment Tor
| ltdilnns.
and The whole presented was one vi the streets
of Rome. The time WAS night. just beiure the dawn
of day. a weary traveller YVES made To appear IN the
desnlae street, seeking whers he might fluid shelter
and accommodation. He could find no inhabitants
awake HI threw himself down upon pi6ZZn and
waited for light ard the inhabitants To rise. Whist
he was sleeping, the ghost Of Cicero was made 10
appear and approach the stranger, who awok-,
rose took out watch, IN. barometer oi that day,
to see the time Of night. The ghost surprised,
| ,,d ool,.d vhsf in wal The stranger tyug;urd il
was a mechanical instrument to MEASURE tune
sWonderfu," said the ghost. WHO invented THAR
THE Germans, said the stranger. Next he took out
An almanac to sea when the day would break and ih.
sun rise What is thai! said the ghost The stran
ger explained the art of printing aud the astrnn"mi-
| chi culcu atoms of the calendar Wonderful, most
wonderful" snid the ghost, "and who invented than'
sThe Germans said the stranger. BY this tim"
the day began to peep, and the stranger being impa.
tien to be taken in from the street, he beat IN. doors
in vain and last drew pistol aud fired It of, {"
. arouse the sluggish sleepsrs. The ghost stnre!
efrighted, and asked, ''What 10 thafP pistol snl
gunpowder were explained Wore wonderful SIM,
said the ghost And VINO invented tha!" THE
Germans" said the stranger. "Cirrat and wonder.
full people And whilst they have been progressing
in all these art., what have my people been doing in
the centuries since | WAS upon earth just then
one of the laZZar0ni of Rome appeared, and the
stranger said There is specimen Of Thy country.
, men," Day broke, and the ghost vanished Ger.
many had invented printing, the barometer and gun.
powder Rome had been sleeping Ia decay and death.
in her dreamy drowsiueSs over pnst greatness, aud
the CONDITION of her lazzaron frightened away the
ghost Of Cicero. And, my fellow ci'i1-ns, have we
done al which the ghosts OF departed sages and pa
trio;s wond expect Of us in the great achievements
of phvaical science and lnrcIsaic aris7
g. The tn I'd object OF the Mechanic Institutes IL to
. multiply occupations among men, particularly among
us in the agricultural States.
\ few professions md vncations in ETtion will ro;
, and cannot support dense population and raise II
pecpl 70 wealth and power end sll.aIG them i'll any
Grand progress Virginia has heretofore been pco
MED bv ,,anters CiivnrS, lawyers, doctors and man
nal operatives. She has been distinguished NJ ell
; for mechanism, and has relied rna"Iy upon pos
-r ,inlv u! proiucii"n-lhe source of agriculture
The mechanic arts have not been hnnored, fos'ercd
ant: promoted ~ they mast be- and as our bcs' lntrr
es;s require. | rejoice that Richmond and Lynch
burg Petersburg and Wheeling. are beginning 10 lav
,, hold on this lever of power and progress. Never
was there such workshop for mechanics As Virginia
unY is She has inrxhaustible mines of iron, coal,
copper aus! salt; and inernlneble forests OF timber
Wood iron md coal nre all that mechanic. wau;.-
All we want is for the popular mind Ia be aroused
aud for the proper beginning in the right way tn be
: mnda And though we have reason proudly In THINK
soms ben.facfnrs, such NJ al Anderson of Richmond
lpropr-tor vi the Trearssr iron works and Sw-e
new of Wheeling and others, their fellow laborprs
and coadutora, for pioneering III the work yet we
cnu hardly b. said To have made n beginning. tn"
,hoa. ot J. II .rsor would vanish with sharns were II
. 70 come and be Told that We stll bay our household
furniture anl utensils, pl0ugh-, hoes. axes aud
helvt. and OK yok.s horse buckets, broom handles
brooms and clothes pins, and Carriages and harness
! ana clothes. hats, shoes. boots, coats vrs''
pants, everything something OF everything. from
, OId England and New Eugand. How ia GU
independence of this necessity ~ be ache'"u
answer bu. in one way-hy school for m-chai'ics
" We have the most magnificent mass of population II
, the world for the personnel of such n sch"",. lh'
number of yon,hs for common schools, maj ma
female, under II year OF eye, alter dI-countime 10
h9 I1.lf.
!. number f: for acsl",ncn education, after discount
i iny 49, 3I3 whic. would not be srri. l. 81 10 IL
= number Tor which we ousE; to proviir COLLEGES arc
di.rnur.irg 70IS6 for the same reason, ls a. ith'
1890 lawn. for the University IN orr own S'a'e u
I..- than I112 Of TINT numhrr tl.72:I we mus re
aolve to have jgn at lenst in Mechanic; ana Farm
.rs' Institute College. attached n The University
Throwing from the calculation $50. %"atH'' 'ns
and fa,nsp We have 1926 whose minds need hh'
must have nen's food AMI We, fathers AMI sons AM
husbands. are worse than infdsls il we do not iho
|. rally provide for this host OF safe n"u'eho,n :"
I pupils lC!cers) yearn to set the University "
Virginia a university III truth, a fountain OF Nno"
4 ledge universal in lie teachings and practical III III
, application of knowledge. We want eoiieS" az
ached to it, which will embrace PRACTICAL app''e'
school Of
= !. Agricultural chemistry botany geology '"'
natural history.
!, :. OF natural philosophy, mechanics and machine
3. Of veterinary surgery and comparative Hnato
my.
j. Cv engineering, by iraulics' hyafostn'ics AM
T architecture
! OF doma,tc economy statistics AMI history:
E. Of hrsbandry, soil. climate, crops: rotation
+ trade. markets. team trsnspnration-An Investment
Of 5000, 900 will establish such school, The iEitreS
upru hn; rum. and the pay of two hundred and nifty
paypuprls will put i; into successful operation f."
q that number and TWO hundred an. fifty free pups
wish AL The house,, and all the machinery and stock
and model farm winch shall become nursery "'
n w order of men of science teach and engage II
> III new vocations, varou. anil numerous, which W.
ne-d in ten years We can make arcvo'ution-ac iv'
and socin revolution which shall eSal; the arts an
dignity the labvrs Of msn among ns-wnich Sh"'
n ace labor un on high a. the blessing, not the cnrs
OF the human famjly-which shall link the trad"
with thu professions together in great brothcrhn''
oi .oc al union and domjnnn--whch shail arm tn,
State in the full pannpy of oil the powers OF "srlcn