Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-23

INTRODUCTION OF Man TO THE WoaLD.-No OF
until the introduction Of mali upon the earth
do We find creature whose WORKS sensibly al
feet and modify the aspects of nature. But
when man appears, how mighty the change
which he effects Immediately on his creation,
he takes under his care til. vegetable Produc-
tons Of use and show /; it becomes his business
to keep and dress Il garden. lie next becomes
tilcr Of fields, then planter Of vineyards
here he cuts down great forests there he rears
extensive woods. lie makes himself places Of
liabitation; and busy cities spriug up as the
trophies OF his diligence and skill. Ills labors
as ;hey grow upon the waste, affect theappear-
ante Oi vast continents; until 1T lenSth, from
many hilltop and tall sWire, scarce rood oil
ground can be seen on which he has not built,
or sO@n, or plantedi or around which lie has
not erected his walls or reared his hedges
Man, IN this great department of industry, is
what none Of his predecessors on earth ever
Wcre-a &c tellow-wOrker" with the CREATOR
he is mighty inprOver Of creation. We re-
cOghl2e that as an Improvement which auGpts
nature to mans own necessities anu wants, and
renders it more pleasing both TO his sense OF
tho aesthetic and to his more material senses
also. He adds to the beauty Of the flowers
which he takes undor his chdrge--tO tho deli
.cacy and fertility OF the fruits the seed OF
the Wild grasses become corn beneath his care;
the grcen herus grow great OF root or bui5, or
DuIky anu hGCCulent ol top ana lcat Tue Wlld
produce OF nature sports under his hunds; the
rose and lilly broaden their disks and multiply
| their petals the harsh green crab swells out
| into golden-rined apple; streaked with GRIM
SON the productions OF his kitchen garden,
| strangely metamUrphosed to serve the uses Ul
his table, lear tUrius unknown to nature an
occult law Of Change and development inner.
ent to those organisms meet in him with The
developing instinct and ability, aud they ART
regenerated under Ills surveillance, Nor is hi
Influence over many Of the animals less mark
} ed. The hubitS which he inplrts to tic par
ents become nature in hls behalf, in their oil
spring. The dog acquires under his tulelag
the virtues of fidelity to master, aud atteCtiU
to friend. The oS and horse learn to ASST!
him in tue labOrs OF the held. Tho udders
D the cow aud goat diSteud beneath his care ia
. beyond the SIZE necessary in the wild state, ali
: supply hini with milk and tho other varlol
( products OF the dairy. The fleece Of IL
U sheep becomes finer Of texture and longer
i fibre in his pens and ields and even the d.
Gle silk-worm spins in his sheltered consery
. tories, and among tho mulberry trees which
has planted, Il larger and brighter, and moi
. gsteniug COCOON. Man is the great crcatul
worker Of the wurld--its one created beiu
that, taking up the work Of the adorable Gre
!. t0i, carries it on TO higher results and finds
u field Tor his perSeveriug ingenuity and skill
. every province in which his Maker had ezPai
: ated before him. He IL eyideutly-to ado
and modify the remark OF Oxen Gods ina
u "manitest in the hesh."-Tsstimony 81
a .agss.