The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-15
THE WASHINGTON UNION.

No~ ~h,n W cpsae - ssntlfs az ssiirh.ss lndisnc.
q uis Iesi 9Th thgse - ~ rts~snt those q the
49,, -. \. 49, s.s.s,,, ,.. 49, an y ~,
iofiag T~si..l a ~ t.ss H. htaiheniui - thc old
Wogd. wbieh etlal IA aisasst a,siIoviu AZ ~
faiure siaie ~ NJ @ul = ~ Haihitn u Ms
annhlinfn itef tesssfs aiisatse u ~ As~rs, Mo-
hatatsl.riain ~h1r sll sIssualsla nsaisiAiias
the sI4riinAi la Il nainla until ~ naals stilcs tis
gena u Isqgls saa ~ tseusss an s'agaani ssosid
- rtct. The thfistien caurh - tataet 49, hp~
40 they uumiae en- ihe sfaEni dy HI inaarsee ahich
Is bexsins and la.ale chs gsine ls5aft
puhle oisitiou IA eyets ssaha - t.lssnAalaf fhrre
have tcen natl ai,d lslse ~ oihcf rfis Who have
degetefaesi and ,sli1sd islistlaaiy Mia tsr sgial
and political pfganiAatins aslli il,ef aszf Iay l b.
cUne hoisle-s Bas anso1x Crsti4A ntii5is here
laIsiic insiascs - fsand 1iss mas hast lei plitl
cal rSwef and scfnetpx le1lags ~ teif ss ensfy,
they may have advanced "a loss si pass than
more fortunate rivals bot Ia wli a them has thc
standard u individual exeseues ien raissd ~ wtih
II them has Bot the stasr u sigtae wirona dcs.
cd which u them, lnertl b tsyund the tsIs a
political vel - Heai feacBrfaiisa III al ~
them pnblls opinion maSk out tle rebsm, and n
every Christian community rinng and slesatng Agen
cies operating uFta thai pal,lie elinian.
Bat II the church i influential n ths great
work Of human progress than lefosofoFc NAV not ne
he said also " The shoalf whsn has tha Feudis
OF letters been united n pfesentg sicn has a
tended common Jurisdiction iaaiy individuals
and nations before When have tbs "a Btsfcoutse
and communication between ~ mcSalsts bsp iatan.
tsneous and complete When has the I4uIsas
in ideas been extensive and thosUugl and alate all
when has it, II intellectual wealth been great
its machinery for scientific investigated poWrt-
full and active, it's spirit Of Inquiry nellnt and
keen Thousands are now engaged In extending tise
boundaries Of human knowledge where employed
before and the cxertiOns 81 many may ~ simultaneous
ly directed to the solution Of doubt pfnhittn, f1r
which should probably have depended upm tho so-
lated efforts Of individual IN lAst times. >
Never was the host Of observers ~ nature nune.
skilled have their and appliances
for observation been eiicent complete. Nightly
they sweep the heavens with glasses Of unexanp puweg
upon voyages of discovery into the realms 81 sIc from
which they return wththe knowledge VI ~oss some
times systems OF worlds unknown before Daily they pTy
into the most minute secrets OF insect life and cxp~e them
to human view. They mprison and concentrate the view
less fires of the electric stream and direct them against
the hardest and reluctant bodies III they latter down
their walls and reveal the laws Of their internal compo
ston They WELD la the mathematical analysis in
strument OF wonderful and daily Increasing powers before
which the seals loosened under which Ntnc conceal
ed her secrets and doors opened 10 reveal treasures
that have been hidden for ages past and richer than any
that Aladdin saw It's inexolable logic demonstrates the
existence OF another planet and la Nerrcr Adams
becomes the Chmnpolon To read the ieatic symbol
der which Nature had yeed her meaning The Ameti-
Walker detects in almost forgotten oscnraton
derentia expression OF its orbit, ami forthwith inte
CRATES its and maps its path through space Never
did human speculation soar into the boundes realms ii
thought upon u oftier wing, direct lis flight with
holder and more intelligent spirit OF inquiry. The day
may be said to have when the school has
thing to say, either by ieeN or word Of mouth to every
intelligent being within the civilized world from the
professor who pores the reports Of philosophical
ceties to the reader of the newspaper that day book Of
human thought and history from the scientific student
who sits beneath that professors chair gather words Of
instruction from his lips to the less qualified auditor who
seeks information from lectures Of popular form
Science no longer rejects all connexion with mechanical
pursuits in the prcsumptuous spirit Of former Times but
it is making its alliances with the Workshops aud ele
waiting the moral dignity and importance Of all honest
occupations and adapting them TO the wants Of the mind
us well US of the body of
Such are the mighty agencies of the school which
being directed with all their energies to the great good
of human advancement. How CLOVIS the heart
the prospect before it, for the increase Of power and
efficiency TO be observed in oil the agencies which
working for its improvement The occupation Of COM
merce and that corporation Of the guild, as il has
been called consisting Of those who engaged in trans
errng from hand TO hand the productions Of human In
bor and the accumulated commodities which constitute
capital have had s,ant Justice done them in moral
point of view. The vast services which the merchant has
rendered to mankind in relation to his material comforts
have been sufficiently acknowledged but his agency in the
civilization and moral Improvement OF his has hardly
been properly considered. 1t the merchant who
ied Joseph away from the murdorous hands Of his
brothers. and established him in Egypt TO become the
stay and support Of his family, and his when
1t was threatened with extinction from famine 1t
the Phunican merchant who bore the germs Of cviliza
ton and the gift Of letters around the shores OF the Med
errancan it he who sowed in the sensitive and sns
under his lovely sky, the flowers and the fruits that have
made his genius immortal and constituted the ideals
which have been the exemplars for all succeeding ages
He pcnerates into every known region which is
ible the camel the ship even to the human foot
step and may say, with the ancient mariner that he
passes like might from land to land, to exchange not
merely the productions Of the lands Of different aud dis
people, but in Sort the productions Of their
minds also their modes of thought and moral culture
III the wild hordes which roam each in its respective
circuit the plateau of Central ASIA know anything
beyond the boundaries of their horizon it is
probably due TO the Hndoo, Hebrew and Armenian
chants who scale its sleeps to satisfy something
than the physical necessities of those people That the
educated, intelligent AngloSaxon mprchant, whether of
the senior or Junior BRANCHES of the family, is prime
agent in the work of human civilization would
disposed to deny If the obligations of the world to
have been great in past times what
to expect from it with all its increased powers for the m
uc n the perplus OF Hanno the Carthagenian that
of Neirclus the Great, important in their day.
what shall say to the voyages Of public exploration
or even private adventures, 10y which often
circle the globe ITSELF II the commercial marine of
quity which slowly and cautiously felt its way along
the shores OF the Mediterranean did great good what are
VIC to expect from those lines of steamers which find
path everywhere upon the boundlcss Deep and reduce
days and weeks the time of circuits of human inter-
course which formerly would have been either impossible
else required months and years for their accomplish
mcnt? Indeed, there of the agencies of human
society which have increased in favor and efficiency
than this
/ believe it was Frederick the Great of Prussia who
said If he King of France not gun should he fired in
Europe without his leave. The day TO have
when the union of but few capitalists would be
sufficient to realize proud boast for they hold in
their hands The snews OF peace and war and is almost