The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-08-01

exact or applied, no form Of polite literature,
no description OF social improvement, IN
which, due allowance being made for the
means aud resources at command, the pro-
gress OF the tnitel States has not been
and in some respects astonsh-
ing. At this moment the rivers and seas OF
the globe are nasigated with that marvellous
application Of steam as propelllng power
which was first effected by Fulton; the
monster steamship, which has just reached
oar shores, rides at anchor in the waters in
which the first successful experiment OF
steam navigation was made. The harvests
If the civilized world are gathered BY Ame.
ricaa reapers The newspapers which lead
the journalism Ut Earapr are pfuted on
American presses; there are railroads IN
En.ope constructed BY American engineers
aud Travelled bp American locomotives !;
troops armed with American weapons. and
ships .of.war baiIt in American dock yards.
IL the factories Of Europe there il machinery
II Amerieatl invention or Improvement in
their oDsersaturIes, telescopes OF American
construction, and apparatus Of American IN,
yention for recording the celestial Phenomena.
America contests with Europe the latrodue-
ton into actual use Of the electric telegraph,
and her mode OF operating il il adopted
/ throughout the French empire. Amerlcan
authors II aiaost every department are found
on The shelves Of European libraries. II Is
true. no American Homer, Virgil, Dante,
Copernlcus, Shakespeare. Bacon, Milton,
Newton, has risen IN the world These
mighty gentase, seem % BE- exceptions in
the history Of tie human mind. Favorable
clrcn instances do not nroaace them, nor dues
/ the absence OF favorable circumstances pre-
vent their appearance. Hnmer rose IN the
dawn o[ Grecian culture; Virgil flourished
/ IN the court of Augustus; Dante ushercd in
the birth Of the new European civilization ;
| Copernicu, was reared il Polish cluster /;
/ Shakespeare was trained in the green.room Of
/ tile theatre; Milton was formed while the
elements Of English thought aud life were
fermentins toward great political and moral
revolution Newton under the prnaigacy 81
the Restoration. Ages may elapse before
any country will proiuce man like these ;
as TWO centuries have passed since the last
mentioned Ut them vas born. But u II Is
really matter Of reproach to tie Inted
States that. in tue comparatively short period
4 - AhSA NAAsAShNN - - tSSHtS h1sN hse
alle1 another name u this lllustrlous list
! winch is equally true Of all the other nation.
Of the earth. they may proudly boast Of one
example OF life and Character, one career 81
disinierested service, one model of public
virtue, one type Of human excellence, 81
which all the countries aud all the ages NAV
be searched in vain for the parallel. need
not-oa this day need not-speak the peer.
less name. Il Is stamped on Your hearts. !,
gIlstens in yopr eyes, It j. written on every
page u your histury, On the bastie.heids q
| the Revolution, on the monuments Ut sOut
! fathers, on the portals Of your capitals. II
i heard in every breeze that whispers over
the fields OF independent America. And liz
was all our osn. lie grew up OF the soil III
America; he was nartured At her busun.
She loved and trusted him in his youth She
honored and reyered him IN his age. aud
though she did not wait for death - canoni1e
his name, his precious memory, with eaeh
/ suebeeding year, has sank more deeply intt
4 the hearts Ut his countrynien.