Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-05

ing the train If reflection You have suggested
to mo in recalling the recoliectons Of nv for
ner visit will rather attempt in some larger
/ respects 20 point out the progress made by the
country in these two and twenty wears. ZAP
plausc.
In the first place. then, in the mere pout Of
population, have YOU considered that within those
two and twenty years the Population of these
United States has nearly doubled? HIVE you re-
lIeced upon the significant fact that is contained
in these few words--the population has nearly
doubled that another America has sprung into
existence, not only 10 take the place Of those who
have passed from the scene, but To- add more than
ten millions to the aggregate. Sir. | understand
these figures. The population in lsIo--thc first
census after my former yisit-in round numbers
amounted to seventeen millions In 1850 th5
population in round numbers was twcn,, three
millions; and in 1850. by the pms, estimate, we
can max" the population 10 be thirty millions.
Three millions Of these NAV be taken us mmi-
grants To whom our vast domnn has furnished a
home and refuge from the restitution and opprrs-
sion of Europe: but the other ten millions are
native to the soil. bone Of our bone. flesh of our
flcsh--fcllow citizens and brethren. loud ap-
plausr Ten millions Of brethren added 10 the
population. Mr. President, what achievement Of
diplomacy or OF war, what conqucsts of hostile
provinces, what annexations Of foreign islands,
can be compared to ten millions Of fellow citizens,
natives OF the soil--nn added population of three
America on that morning when Gideon Foster went
with his men to Danvers, to Lexington and 10
Concord. (Cheers) Then, sir, the great inter
eats OF social life that concern you farmers AS
much as the nayi gator, the merchant OF man Of
any proiession--railroad communicating In 1896
communication between this State and Westward
did not extend beyond Worcester. | attended the
opening Of the railroad from Worcester to Spring
field in the year 1879. 1t must have been two or
three years later that the rmd carried for
ward to Albany. suppose at the time Of nv
former visit to this place there could not have been
fifteen hundred miles Of railroad communication
IN the United States. NV, sir, there are % 600
miles Of such communications know many Of
these enterprises. considered ~ investments Of
property, have proved disastrous to those engaged
in them but what tvast results To all indus rial
classes in the community have accrued even from
til" most Improbable Of these enterprises.
Then SIR another great phenomenon has taken
plnce in these two aud twenty years-thc nayira-
ton Of the ocean by steam do say to you, sir
that never, without sober feeling--l never con-
template the history Of this navigation Of tho
ocean by stcam-but it seems to illustrate to me
IN the most striking manner, the slow steps by
which II great movement moves forward for gene
rations, for ages from the first germ--then when
the hour come, the rapdly with which it rushes
to final contamination. (Applause.) Sir, Prov.
dence offered this great problem of navigating
on the globe Az long ago as the year l543 there
wns II Captain in Spain who constructed vessel
in the presence of the Emperor Charles v. II
state facts sir, Of but limited notorety) and in
the prcs"nrr IF Charles v, ani the court nj Bar
ccluna. he exhibited vessel of POO tons propelled
by an engine construction which lac kept secret.
But ancient documents tell MS that il wns mon
stcr cauldr"n bollcr Of water, and that there
two moycallc whcc- on the outside of the vessel.
The Emperor was satisfied with the operation, but
the trcn ,uier Of the kingdom made great olirc-
ti,u 10 It's introduction. The engine itself seems
to hnyc splung Ia II point oi perfection hardly
surpassed at ,he present day; for are told that
1t was very expensive and That tie boiler was
very apt t. explode. Ianghter.) No encourage
meni was given I" th" enterprise Spain was not
ripe for it-tLc age was mt ri pc for it--and the
poor conriycr. Il certain Blasco de- Guerrero, wea-
ricd and Disguised AT the want of patronage took
the engine out of the vessel and allowed the ship
to rot in the arsenal and the secret of his machine
vas buried in his grave. This was in 1913 aeon
fury passes away and Providence offers tho same
problem To be- solved in France. In reference to
this we have an extraordinary account, and from
n source equally extraordinnry--iromt tho writings
OF celebrated female sir, in the middle Of that
century, equally renowned for her beauty. for her
immurali'r, and for her misfortune in longevity
for she lived to be- III years of age ghtcrl
the famou Marion de l'Ormc. There is letter
from this lady, written to her admiral in lG4l,
which contains these astonishing details 1t is an
account OF Il visit she made with the Marqu, of
" orcrstcr-wlrre do You suppose Mr.. President.
IAN account ol sono invention in steam uavisa-
ton made in n.alhou,e." Marion dc lOrmc
says in this interesting letter, that, in company
with tn" Marquis. she was crossing the COURTYARD
Of that dismal establishment. almost pctriGrd with
terror, and rlngng To her companion, when SIT"
saw friGhtul !acc through the bars Of the build
in- and Heard tins voice Il am moi mad am
not mad; have made II discovery which will on
rich the kingdom which shnll adopt it, Well,
she askci The ci |" what it meant; he shrugged
his shoulders and said. laughingly. mot much;
something nhoutlhc powers of steam" Upon this
the lady laughed als", To think that man should
20 mad ON such frivolous subject. The guide
went on 10 say that the mans naIuc was solomon
dc costc; that he came from Normandy four years
before, and exhibited to til, King an invention
lac had discovered by which, ly the power Of
steam. You conll move n carriage navigate tho
"ccan--in short if You believed him, said the
guide, there was nothing you could not do by the
power OF steam. Cardinal Rlchelleu, who mt that
time was France Itself. and who welded the whole
power of goNernment-and III truth, an cnlght
encd man, rs worldly wisdom sues--was appealed
To ly SJlumon de Costc DE Custe was pcr,c-
verng man, and he followed Cardinal Richclieu
from place to place; exhibiting his invention, until
the Cardinal, getting tired II his opportunities
sent him to the mad-hau,e. There he was SIR
and there, the guide went on to say, .'hc has writ
ten book. aud here is copy, called 'Mutiyc
Power Well, sir, the Marquis Of Worcester
who was an inventor, was much interested in the
book and incorporated considerable portion in
his well known work called The Century of In
venti"n. But you see sir, from this anecdote
how France proved in lG4l. as Spain proved in
l4j3, that she unable to take up and WELD
mortal thunderholt tApplause.) And 80, sir
the prohcm Of navigating the ocean by steam was
reserved for the -Ango-Saxon race.
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