The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-24

TO the mind by the wonderful developments of the
In physical Improvement The Iitans and the iubal
Gains at work among men and the Vulcans are thu
derng their anvils among the gods The enterprises
OF earth gigantic and monstrous that piety
is almost afraid lest human power Is exceeding the
bounds of humility towards heaven Never IN any
age was there such a stir amidst the atoms of mat
tor material nature s Sexed In all the dust OF
her dominion and earth and air, and ocean and
light in all their parts and elements, put into
the whirl of motion The years of old Time are
qucened into seconds the miles of space shortened
TO span power multiplied in the ratio from the mere
might of animal muscle to the fearful poence Of steam
and electricity farhing candle is turned into more
the Aladdns lamp which pours its floods OF light
cities and along pavements and highways and the
himself has turned painter and printer and the mighty
waters, whether hyperborean bound In ice, or ripping
liquid ON the Hean or lying thick and slab the Dead
sea- floating in 'msts around the mountain curied,
the great deep and the springs and the clouds all
are made to give up, to give up, unt ~ ID asked,
the have secrets Is earth to have no hiding
places ? Is there to be unknown lhe result OF
this is plenty food and rament and locomoton with
out limit and habitatons up to crystal palaces and all
the world for immediate neghborhood by quick intei-
gcnce and human comforts and luxuries of mind and
body, which exalt and dignity us with civilization
which the world has known before and which,
guided by sound Christian philosophy, foreshadows
peace on earth aud goodwill to man. Cheers
Wonderful wonderful and all these wonders come from
the wand of mechanism Every humble operative in
the world contributes to the grand result Toll then
patient and lonely laborer To invent to apply 10 con-
troll guide this magic power is the necessity for me
chanic institutes They founded
First The cooperation of labor and
Secondly The principle that industry is essentially So
cia He here read passages from Wakefield and Ever
EFT bearing upon these views.
The objects of the institutes are
First To perfect the mechanic arts. So important
is this that every of power and production de-
ponds upon them, and the people who do not keep pace
with their improvement, and who do not make their
products of themselves, will fall back in the race
Of nations Agriculture depends upon them and their
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its sowing and planting, and reaping machines
Manufacturing and mining and the forests depend upon
them for all their machinery their engines their levers
their shafts their spinning ennies their panlng ma
Chimes their sewing seamstresses their sawmlls their
grinding mills their every variety of cogs and wheels In
all the mazes of minute and mammoth construction
Commerce is dependent upon them for its ships and its
cars and for all the appliances of transportation and nav
CATION, by land and by sea- And what powers OF loco
motion there in this century compared with what Co
lumbus manned to discover this continent Then Spain
the proudest maritime power And look back to the
most gallant vessel of her Armada and compare it with
that merchant clipper of modern days, built in America
and aptly called the White Cloud But canvas is no
longer the mighty motor Compare the White Cloud
with the first model of steamer. Compare that
model with the Great Western and the Great Western
with the Great Eastern But yesterday there was
submity in the power Of the horse his strength his
speed his neck clothed with thunder his endurance
mentum. Now how little is the power of his wind and
bottom compared with yon locomotive, which breathes
which perspres which snos and neghs and rushes on
lightning speed and tres No triumphs of America
exceed her gores CT steam One day behold handful
ofmen behind array of cotton bales awaiting the coming
of mighty host of veterans the wellfought fields of
Europe continental /; city at stake. There
landing and pause before the many attacked the
few. Supense agony. The ordnance belched forth
their flames small arms ratified and FLASHED there
the deadly assault and the bloody stubborn defence
Arms ceased the smoke of battle cleared away England
arrayed against America and New Orleans saved
Cheers. How did the American heart bound! How
did the American voice shout Gladly proudly, every
bosom heaved and exulted with patriotic joy. Long
since that day of battle there another triumph less
swelling to the American heart-a victory in days
of peace by America Old Englands SOIL in the
presence of her merchant princes her gentry and her
bes. There was problem in mechanics to be solved,
grade to be by locomotive, with certain weight
to be transported British machniss and mechanics and
science gave it up premium offered in the form
of contract the terms of which American mechanic
Norris, of Philadelphia up. He engaged to
the grade by his American locomotive. 1t was
made it shipped; it reached England and the
trial railway prepared But jealousy threw every OBJ
stacle in the way What American impudcnce to dare
to do what British skill failed in Inc calm consciousness
of strength in the mien and composed bearing of Mr.
Norris seemed to say he would do without fail The
house nteposed Obstacles; combinations of English
artirans formed against the trial AT last all osruc
tons removed beraty and justice pcvalc and the
engine allowed the test of its power The day
for IT, and crowds Of spectators went to the Apart
from the great crowd, near to the locomotive stood
few anxious hearts, group of Americans full of fear,
out Iull nope. Inc locomotive was male ready Nor
. ris applied the steam The machine, like living,
moving, breathing thing, seemed to become impatient
"Put on the weights said the master mechanic Ton
was added to ton. What! no murmur of too much
The envious critics surprised They expected
Yankee plea for less than contract bargain; but no
there Mr. Norris stood silent until the English ceased to
add more Are you content, said he, gentlemen,
that the locomotive shall draw so much r. 1t will never
draw that thought they, and feared the friends who
looked but moment more and the friends had all
doubts dissolved, but not by the engine. Add dou-
BILE as much more, said Mr. Norris. 1t done. He
then calmly took his station, gave signal and the
chanics giant, like greyhound the slip, bounded
at the OF its masters hand, and walked away
with double its burden like thing of life Oh then,
from that little American group went up shout like
that which bursted from American bosoms when New
Orleans saved. loud cheers The glad, the
glorious feeling sympathec---the ENGLISH cav and
shouted too. victory of arts triumph of peace
like this to the triumph of battle the Joy of
two nations vanqushed well victor is to the Joy
of only England walled at New Orleans but Eng
land too, well as America, obliged to shout at
this Cheers. All England, merry old England
Britain Great Britain, you said long earth sprouts
the acorns and grows oaks long the rolls bill
low, you would be mistress of the ocean mistress
ohanc of naval architecture but your sweet little Queer
and her prince consor and all your eyes, have seen
the scenes off your coast-the gala day Of Ameri
saiors when the model yacht 'Americl' spresd
her swanikc sails and walked the waters like thing
of life, away from every Plymouth built clipper There
taught too, art than you knew of in the
waltz of spindles weaving the web and warp of cot
ton. These truly tiumphs And science astron-
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