New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-04
THE WORK or TVVEHTY-Two YEARS
ADDRESS OF EDWARD EVERETT.

bo.,en On Wednesday and Thursday at panvers
pain tie Hon. Edward Everett delivered an address,
Which was much applsuded AheT abiding 10 for
,cay Agricultural address which he delivered III tho
o,... county in 1895 Mr. Everett proceeoei 20 point
op- the pr, rress n the country since thst time
In the frst place, in the more point Of population
Have Won considered, Sir, that IN these twenty-tNp
srs tbe po,allston Of these United eies mas nearly
donhled Haze you reflected upon the significance OF
The foct contained in tlfcse few wOris-the poi la-
t;ou has doubled Another America has sPruDs lnto
existence. not only TO take the place oi nose VINO
have nss4ed from the scene, bT to add more than
10 eco 900 10 the aggregate. Sir understatc these
frures The population in 1910 according to the
cs,sus of that vear-r,ich the first census after
nv FIST visit 70 the p!ace-the p"piau" oi te
Tinted States amounted in round numbers, -
Il 600 800. In ls-9 the population, III round num-
hers amounted to $1,000 ,O0D; and IN iSD, by the
best ct mate winch we can make, the population
will be 80 600. $50 Three millions OF these
NAV tye token a. emgranis - whom Our Fa-f 1Omef
has furnished refge from the destitu,ious and o3'-
pressiOns Of Europe, and the other tea millions are
natives oi the sol bone Of our bone, flesh U Cur u 81,
felow-ciizcns, brethren Ten millions Of bretliren
added the poTtiatiou. NJ President VI AZ ac.. Te-
ments - ipDu scy war, what como i"-ts % h~ l.e
provinces wia yatiOnf oi tor IN aids, cai ~
compared 10 ton millions OF ieJw-citiTrns, NATIVES Oi
the soil ADDED - the pOpuatior-thr' times a. many
a. the whole population % America 'a thai morning
when Gideon Foster went witt the n IN 81 DanVefs tp
Lexington and Concord.
1L.n ST. the pleat interests Of socis life that
cern you farmors much they do the navigator or
the uer hant DI tie Ci any profession, raitfpaa
communication. for example why, sif IN lo5' tne
communications from this state westward did not ex-
tend beyond Worcester. | attended the opening oi
the railroad from WorcestertO Springfield IN 1879 and
il must have been two three years later tha' the
communication was carried still further forward 10
Albany suppose that al the time Of my tormer visit
to this place, under the auspices Of the EsSez agI
cultural Society, there could not have been fifteen
hundred miles of railroad communication in the whole
md Sfr here arp -
thousand miles of such communication. know that
many Of these enterprises, considered a. investments
Of property, have proved disastrous ~ those en-
gagged IN them but what vhst results to AL the iHius-
trious classes Of community have accrued, often
from the most Improbable Of those enterprise.
Then, Sir, another great phenomenon oi those 'Wo-
aIdwenty years-the navigation OF NE ocean ny
seBm-whoy the growth of tie penod that has piel-
yened since last lad the honor ~ Gddressins ny iei-
low-ctzens Of Essex County nt Danvers; and DO
saw Sir that never, without sober feelings, cometn-
rlate the history ~ this navigation of the ocean by
steam II seems TO to illustrate IN the most striking
plaDner the slow stems by which great Improvement
forward for generations io' ages, from the st
gcr and then, when tie hour has come the rapdity
with which il rlshes D. its final cOn.lmnatlon. 81,
Providence offered this great problem oi navigating
the by steam to almost every civilized nation CD
the globe As long ago as the year 1888 there was
captain IN Spain who constructed steam vessel
aud in the presence OF the Emperor Chafies the
fift.-I state facts "i but limited not"1ley-
in the presence of ChaY'es the Ftih, IN the hhr-
hor OF Barcelona, exhibited a vessel of two hund-
red tuns, propelled by sn engine the construc-
ton of which was kept seer, bat the ancient
documents tell rs il waa monster cahdron ,9f
boiler Of water and that thcre Were two movable
wheels on the outside Of the vessel. The Emperor
was satisfied with IT. operation, bat the Treasurer o
the kng1Om made great objections to IL intiOnuctoA
Tie engine seems to have at frs. sprung To port o
perfection hardly surpassed IN the lft.en ddHst
was very com IiJcrd, very expensive ana the Dohef
was very apt TO explode. Sir no encouragement was
given 20 the enterprise. Span vas not rpe Tor II.
Tie age was not ripe for It. The poor contIVer,
Vasco de Gomez, wearied and disgustod with the
want Of Patrons took the ensne o "i 'ae 'esse, .a,
Of the machine buried in his grave. THIS
was the result IN 1913. century passes away,
aud Providence offers the same problem TO be
solved by France ana in reference 70 TINS, we
have most extraordinary account from source
equally sxtraordinaIy-a celebrated female IN the
middle of that century, equally renowned tor her
beauty for her mnoralitics, for her mstoTunes, ana
for htr unpevtyfOr she hved 10 tie Jl years Di age
Marion De L0r7ne. We have all read Of her in the
modern writings of fiction. There = q letter written
by ths lady to Of her admirers u lril which con-
tRius these most astonishing eJalls. Sne gives an
account If a visit with the Marquis OF worcester the
English nOhleman well known IN the history OF IN
yeiton to the mad housc in Paris. She was crossing
tie courtyard of that dismal establishment, almost
peirifed size says with terror, cneng 10 her com
panlon for eaicy when she saw q frlghttu face
through the bars If the building and heard 's voice,
saving, " am not mad om not mad andha made
a discovery which will enrich the Kingdom that shall
II.
meant. lie shrugged lis shoulders and laughed ard
said "Oh, net mucn, It. something about the powers
Of steam Upon this the lady laughed also-that a
man should 90 med upon such frivolous subject a.
Tint and the guide went 70 tell her that Ihis poor
solomon DE Coste came from Normandy -four years
before, 70 exhibit to the klng an invention by which,
by the power of steam you cOald move carriage, you
could navigate the oceGn-iu short. IL you c0dd be
hcye mm said the keeper there nothing that you
Cou'd not do ~ the power of steam. Wen now, Nj.
President, what followed upon this Cardinal Richie
lea. WHO France embodied, welding the whole
power If the kingdom, and was in truth most saga
cloGs ard enlightened man, as worldly wisdom goes
the Cardinal would moi heaI word from the protector
aud turncd lls back upon him. Solomon De Coste
was peTsevering man, and followed Cardinal Richie
lien from place to ace. exhibiting his drawings and
the Cardinal getting tired of him him o th. mad
house There he was, aud there he seen. The
guide went TO say that his mind = 50 full of the
subject that he has written book and said
Ae " here il q copy of IL, called Moving Pow
" ers. The Marquis of Worcester was very much
struck with the appe0Iauce of de Coste and much
Interested with the book and Incorporated considera.
Die por ions of II in his celebrated work, The Cen
Jury q. Inventions
.Sm you see in this recital how France proved her.
self in 1851, Spain had proved he's Il 10 l5i3
unable 10 take up and WELD this mortal ;lunderbo,
No, Sir; the problem ot navigating the ocean by
steam was reserved for the Ahal0-SaNon. ar from
the time Of which am now speaking the pes mechan.
ical skil # England was turned toward this nven-
ton. Experiment after experiment was made some
times with no success and sometimes with martial
success, liN some time after he middle OF the est
century, and 50 late a. that, though he germs Of
invention had been floating about IN the minds of n
aeriouS men for more than two hundred years, the
steamer gne-uark You, do not the yia,a-
ton OF the ocean by ste6m-,he sieam-engne The
engine that scarcely inanimate Titan. that living
buuiug mechanism, was brogg' leary 30 its ,r.ec-
ton ty James Watt. James Watt took out his Patent.
Sir IN l7by that great year in which Wellington and
..tu hl m. Au' ral 81 he