Delaware Democrat. (Wilmington, Del.) 1857-1858, 1857-10-17

.r BY BURLINGTON Barr .
In considering the influence the direct use OF
machinery has had upon the welfare of mankindt
We shall consider man originally as the weakes,
fall creatures. In large portion of the world,
he food Of man grows spontaneously, and our
irst parents had nothing more to do than pluck
md cat the fruits so bountiiully set forth by an
lll-wisc Creator for their sustcnancc.
"-But man. siys Burke, "is the only animal
who cooks his yicln-i :" and this process could moi
be gone through without the use of machinery,
withsot instruments. These were at hand in
wood and in stone. The next generation took
tho second step-thcy titled the ground, kept
flocks and herds, with whose milk or whose flesh
they supported life, and with whose skins they
clothed themselves, and hence the invention Of the
spade and the knife. With pasturagc followed
hunting, and hence followed weapons Of defence
tse spear and the arrow.
The next age Of mankind still made further
Improvements, and was marked by the iutroduc.
ton or iron, and the reduction of the metile into
tools This discovery wus not only one of tho
most useful, but one Of the most wonderful
achievements OF the genius of mankind in nny
age Of the worlds cycntinl history. The training
Of animals for draught and burden, must have
been another achievement of considerable impor-
lance for dome.tic use, in the rude ages of man.
kind, yet without machinery their services would
huve been next TO useless, and the pillow and the
harrow must have created mighiicr revolution
than any other agricultural implements since dis.
covered. YI
we now find next 10 agriculture came the
man, uTrr nc rfuu rdistd sufficient aunntty 10
satisfy his own immediate wants, would lei The
plow stand in the ihrrow, and tho weaver having
clothcf himself, would have no further use for tle
shnitlcs- Thus with the wants OF three.6flbs of
mankind closed against them, any thing produ.
ced or manufactured must consequently perish on
their hands, and now they felt the pressing ne.
cessiiy of inveniing some suitable machine calcu.
lated for the safe transportation of their industry
10 other parts of the world, in exchange for com.
modities they might need.
We might add to Burkes definition Of man.
that he is the only animal that makes his own
clothes, and notwithstanding he may subsist on
the spontaneous production of the earth. no soil
has yet been discovered which is known 10 pro.
dnce clothes. Not being furnished by nature lik,.
other animals with covering, that necessary de.
icnec against the inclemency Of the Seasons
Here was u Case Of all others where machinery
was most indispensable article of utility. Ii L
true the earth furnishes the material for clothinr
in great abundance. The spindle and the loom
were the nicnns CT answering that cardinal in.
quiry ofman, " wherewithal shall be clothed1n
The spindle and the loom have in all ages been
consigned 10 female hands, aud as long 20 as the
days OF Solomon, industry and skill in this CHI.
ploymeut were the chief characteristics of an cs-
md ,,.,'',,. nm, o seoseth WOOL ana max,
h,,ds q, H., ..;.m ''""uS' sue iyeui
.s ~ r'' Sp'nu'c' anu her hnnds take hold oil
.,.a I.Sn, sns ,iAe'h nnc linen and sclleth il,
No, ar'',i e. -. ~ ,'o ',e'en,n'' Snhe Is
honsoh.',I j. sg" 'o' her nousehola, lot her
a a. -, = .'Du''u III scarlet there IS no
~; -. 49," W. eau ueiihi'ciy stlte the pre-
s,ss s'','o WIN .''e manufacture oil cloth COM
w. It y '''Oic ''an probable That the
"',uo'uie oi 'ii's ar'icle was about stationary
-, u'ieo 'nousahu years Inc most exquisite
's'".. VI .''o ioo,n SHOWS that II arrived at its
III one OF ilie most ancient OF the
XII. ~. Vi inc world Dlnnsk, That most beautiful
ao,ie' 50 inuch Tue delight and wonder of our
e''u's' Eyes neirays IN lis very name its origin
)" ',ot Guy winch was Tic birth place of Abra-
MANS steward
NO very important Improvement took place in
'he manufacture OF cloth, until within a little
over nan century SINCE when the spinning jim
ny ana soon after The power loom, or in other
words ine new continuation of the spindle and
ulc ICON, 'nc otl'er machines the steam engine
ana Tue WAFER wheel another era in the physical
eonio't ana ci'ilization Of the human race. BY
ilie productive powers OF Englind have within
ha'i century bccn increased ten fold and she
has become one oithe richest nations otihe Globe,
and money flows in upon her from all quarters OF
inc world, ana the sun never sets upon her do
'hinlons'
However II would have been in vain that the