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, 7 NJi K L h K 1 Ci II S T A ft : A O It T II C A K () h IN A O AX. K 1 1 E. ( - I.ITKODlCTCBr f.LCTl'lIE. . Head to he Kaleigh Mechanics Asuriaiir, at the uj wting of ilieir course, July IStb, 164 W' . V ST Jr HtPAtl, vsq. ', ' Af tl" Hume tf Memnnii, when played sq.'in lijr ihe beams" ol lle attending nun, gives (iMih Miotic beautiful thougli nut lt un,n jour Speaker, unset neiouird to the jiiac iit'e id sweet ml grarelul elocu tion, way yet, ly the cheering smiles of jor cm. fi gure sud apptubatsou, and by Ihe intrinsic exce lente uJ magnitude of the cause lie represent, lie enabled In dif fuse ff r tti epace through which lie shall irav., ibt Itghiu uf reason, order and el (queni e- , I'lii occasion, gentlemen, and llie re rillerlmnt it noiri. are of a character lo play nub! upon the feelings, ami to ex pand am! eletaie llie heart. Wr are met with Mi sopviiuis se lite laws f llie iou:itry and llie cu.tiins of tlte plan; with io equals tete those whom intelli gence ami honor and personal indrpend rni e may have conspired tt designate and lig'-ily. It is well that w are thus assembled. It is welL that time occur in. which the community it impelled tu ponder upon and rt,iect the true sources ol its intelligence nl poweij and lo do honor to Hie men who tiiive nevir yet disgraced the toil lliey ('and upon rid cherish at me.tr own. moreover, uettuse on aut.ii uni --- we call to mind the item integrity of Siir.uM xUe roround anil unfai.ing i itelWt nl riLTOx :he venerable aim pliei y of FAKKiiifi n1 rtch from audi nanus. ioiiif witji l'ie Ughts of fame and encircled uy.the splendid coronals uT renown, renewed ardor in the gre, at efforts we are nil's pg for the advancement ami perpetuation ol human Happiness and free dom. We live in in age prolific of vast im provement! ami wonderful event. The iiuimn mind, belong 'fettered and broken by creeda and bewildered by the shadow of a baleful superstition, now stand up erect in the full ties, and- tnaj-sty ut its primeval power t looking back and gather ing all lite wisdom and experience of the jait, no I springing onward, with eiKuusi ktHt and alacrity, in realization of those mighty Ac resplendent anticipations which c!uter -around the bosom of lulurity. liitman Jibert)! what great achievement . lusUhtt lefmnperformud in (he-progees ut the last century? what throne hast thou not shaken? what form of Government Im.t thou hesitated to weigh in the scales " of pditical jus ice and equality and what rending and triumphant shouts of ictr nt imu not sent lortit. ttour alter bojr, 10 startle, arouse anil invigorate the nation?. In the elder world, Greece, with her hallowed waters and her glitter ing ltes, has lifted her rrest, rent hy the . lightning of a thousund battles, above the ilust ami the desolation of vanished contu ses lorn from her liriibi the corroding manacles of arbitrary rule, and sent her shrill fierce war-cry abrna l upon the wings -'of all the winds. Her struggle was des ecrate and fearful. Geniun and Intelli gence, patriotism and injeftijnble teal onef rted it to the hopes' and sympathies of universal freedom yet she fell, entan gled but not ' degraded, in the meshes spread for her by the tyrants of the North: mf the genius of liberty weeps evermore ; Ufhilstalw -eiublazona- the- names uf her cslljnt pnes upon the unfjding scroll of jin mortal jiy. - And here, gentlemen, in this chosen land, we have grown, in the space of a century, a grat nalio in the forests we were sent io inhabit. The rot al Kasle, which erst revelled in the lizht of classic climes, and H,tnf,t.it 1itdtar Inn.t ,rf,in Willi ttt allrSj ""' " " " 1 nil ins luinuitui kuii,Bi, luiiuui, un r& nantls hit pinion Irons the Allaatic to the Pacific seas, and ; views, in all lha wide circuit of his pervading vision, nought but the brightest and most convincing eviden ce of individual hamfiness and national grandeur, magnificence and strength. uver nils naiioweu son, wnicn na oeen drenched la a mire by the beat blood that ever flawed from human veins, the foot steps of unsanctioned domination shall i never come. Beside the altar of freedom, i built in this western world by unfailing hearts and fearless hands, it is the piivi lege and the duty of all classe and con dition to assemble -SUV) rejoice. Here at least, the mechanic is (lie equal of the Eirnud aristocrat and the untitled nabob lere where his fathers fell, beneath the 8-' erf ltof tint oroteelwr- nm of the llepuoitc, nts ' a hJTtu" vo w a a ice it d, 'fwTiTcelen ty anil power, to the 'great ar'cTiiict and ruler of heaven and of earth. , Vuur Constftution Informs me that the entire object ; bf this-Aoiiaiiou is "for the purpose of mutual iuiproremeat and assistance of ourselves and families, and such of om t ffllow-citizens as may, by . verejortttne biLducf u tu want and uia tress." That department which more than any outer hics lite aiicwion, inrces uiscnmi tiatuta udWj tical philoph , It uiarks the bounda ries and prescri'ies the exact limits of each danet as it rolls through the void of spare, propelled onward and onward until its motion lost to our feeble vision, it be comes one of tli.e shining orbs whirh are railed s'stioniry. ami which .beam in alt Ike el'utgencc and beauty of creation. It ensbleaus to prophcrr Hie precise advent of some new glory which in the beginning of ti"M- eomiH-ncel ita march, and though approacumg at the rate of millions a tniii u'e", Jias sjot'.tft a'led its lilit on our I.Iit'. It h ws ' the-anker his path to the ric'i pis'ssin luddi-n omlcr gfuund: it diclor io the i-i rified seaman his court o'er the mountain wave, and to the wearied pilgrim his journey through burn io; deserts to tilt Ian I of promise. . The alls into .us and rxrrrii mnt tubile. inse subliwe of human intellect. . Without it what a picture would life present! Like soma dismantled ship or deserted f ortress; like the city of th-deadit'wouM dissolve intuits wrigiial elements, and mair be - co'iie a prey t the wild passions of prime- tal nature. All thearis, everj species of architecture.-mining, navigation, survey- ing, trigonometry and tln w ci'O.trucliiins of modern times the adaptation d steam to all ilie requisites of war and peace are guided ami goeroed by . its . snakier nrifserutioD of this nt-Ue steer calls fHiiMiples. ICndoed with tliree what im-; me mysTenes associated witn tneir exta mensi'y of piwer bdoigsto siience! "li"ce lne !u,mI ""J r,ure expended on it the sla wht h tlilter above, the mefcrfeir consliuction shall never be revealed ors nlitcu lUsh - al-in" the limizon, ine panels which wander in the mnlwa ay fir, the fitful lights which gl. am and uisappra the sattellites woich tev. lve arusnd TTietr centre, e systems mhicli cinle the uni verse and the universal sys'em ilfell tre known and appreciated. "I bat which ex cites only the wonder or alarm ol the sav ag, br allies new hopes and timllua new njirliin in the boom of enlightened philosophy, The ex'eot, value, utility and nevesitjrnf its culirnition rs no longer a quest inn. It is one of exact caliula tion, its inethml are clear and accurate, its ends U-ncficial, snd its results beyond the comnreheiisi'oii of finite minds. . None Is 'ino.redirerily availaMiv liiitrilinae-y life or so instrumental in adding new luxuries to lighten the care of existence.-Where da we not require its pwer or request lis Mir llie very garment we wear, tnc food w-rat, the dwelling we inhjWit, the drug whii h restores health and the cum forts we. enjoy all point to it as a source, Of hat value would he steam if its pi in cipUa di-l not direct the application? Many and variou have been its des titutions and designations at it suited the prejudices or opinions of writers. Since the appearance of Lap'arrt t'uvjer, Boyle a 'id jo' hers, more accurate notions have prevailed upon thia 'subject, and I now pronounce it to be that intimate acquaint ance with nature and her laws which is tlirerted by skill to uses of practical im portance. It controls our sentiments, nd points to object of necessary acquisition; it sharpens, by exercise, tlte reasoning faculty it shows us by a s'mple and easy process the entity, perfections and good ness of Omnipotence, who raodueeef hi beautiful and lovely scene out of chaos, who .regulate our actions, advisea our minds, ami has pronounced certain perma nent rules for our enjiyment and safety j and it communicates delight by exposing to the illiterate and learned the naeea of nature, as displayed wieiry flower w-hich blossoms, each eight that dazzles, and ev ery heib that grows in the field. Desti tute of these capacities, how could wees chew what is noxinm, or welcome what is essential to security? Without them how could we divine that clothes will warm, or the rool draught refresh, our wearied limbs? Without that instinct of mture which leads the wild bea. we should hold life by even a more ruecariuus tenure. By our senses we perceive objects, and through comparison the deduction of rea sontrace their bearings and conn-etoina. We hoard up result alter result; joining cause and effect , we note down resem blances until Pe general source sliikes us which must have produced the whole: as Nkwtox, from a certain established law f nature, deduced .the principlea of mo tion. There are two kinds of philosophy; the one of spirit, the other of bodyi and this is necessarily an, as it depends upon nature, which is only another name for ev ery thing that exists, animate or inanimate. , . ? Y The iihuosonh of spirit has no eonnec- lion. wi'H the material univej-se, anu ts hence railed abstract; when treating of the reciprocal tlultes or life it assume alill anotlter title, and is called moral: it then suftVs a subdivision. .Updr that of body ranges mechanical philosophy, which summons u together at tjijs lime. This science is one which discusses the properties of motion and the power or forces n cesary to produce it. By it we invent machinery; and that department ol'it called practical, treats of their uses and construction. When on' body is br.iufht in ronlact with another it must either produce motion or rest. When it prmluvesrest, the forces in op-.ratiop coun teract each other an I thence results a state of equilibrium; when it produces loption une is greater than the other. Any object funtinues at rest or in regular motion un-JiIi,n.LfIlJ'j.BW.fi--J'orco be applied, and J Uieii. a. ihange i gradualeoV by the prrwr"j uocal-at rengit ot itic acting hoity and' fui; Iowa tiie direction in which such' acting body operste upon it Those which impart motion, a est steam, water gun pow der, wind, human and animal atrength;a!l which derive their being from hea, giavity, and llie strength of mail or beast. ,By the pnwera of micnamsm we mean .certain simple enntrivanr tiy ihe endleaa conr biatinniqf which are made all machines howee .complex. These elcmen'ary instruments are 4he screw, the inclined Diane. th nullsr. the wnle. tha hwr ih of these we see our land covered with mills, hclmies, distilleries, g n-boue. splendid mansions and 'noble public edifices. ' Bt It we travel with alums the rapidity of the whirlwind uposi our rail "roads, an I our cities are furnished with a fresh and whole some beverace. By it we maintain our rank upon the ocean and shield the land frm foreign' insolence and niinrrssuin." To gie a historV f th pWhiophy of .n-atnanics wouiu occupy 14 jnwte lime than you have leisure Io bestow. We might ascend t the antiquities of Egypt and wast your patience in tain and unsat isfying Iqu'.iiee in rsperl of those who resrnl the pyramids of her Kings, who were the founder of those gigantic and enormous structures the wonder and delight of mankind. What counties numbers foiled that the melnory of Cheops might live! We might become d zxy in , st.e endeavor to learn by what power or I 'rce these at once rude anil poliliril re. uiaius.of the past were constructed. What ; skill, what ingenuity, what combination 1 were requisite to il up these mountains that w ill forever reunin as monuments to the pride and m.thingnssnf human vanity! . 'llie UTY names of their patrons are shrouded in oblivion, while llie inert stone and the sluggish marble tower to meet the ' heaven of heavens! Destined to continue j an enitma to alMCcee.inj. jgeneratiirjr.f. i o i me uwn m uaw man note sou inr tfamp i f the archangel proclaim the end pprarTjof iiati re. We might then drsceud to the lan-l ol fancy and ol song to behold what is yi-t more noble. It was the boast ol Egypt that sculpture was known to her ten thousand years before that and other arte were transplanted from itself and Aia into Cree. e, by Pythagoras and Thales. In Thebes the hieroglyphics, the figures of birds, the form of men, the grottos which sarved fT tombs, her temples and porches exhibited greatjaote in painting and sculp ture. 'I he Greeks, howerer, had made but very lull-progiessaslaleas the sacking of Troy During the fust Olympiad more plied and delighted Corinth, Athens and Sicyon by glo ing representations upon the canvass and marble. Sculpture re ceived fresh zeal and encouragement after the battle of Marathon and progressed until it has attained that height 01 grandeur and delicacy which it now presents. The statues of Minerva and Jupiter, by Phidias, have ever been regarded as a model for the exquisite delicacy of th'ir proportions, the beauty of their featureaand the admit ted skill of the artist. In the dinner, the very eye of ths goddess reems to speak, and one would almost believe that he stood in the presence of a superior being. In height this specimen of fine art is about thirty-eight feet, covered with a' Grecian tunic, holding in one hand a victory six feet in length, and in the other a lance. The slield.shich reposes under one foot represents on its surface the battle of the An a tons; on tl btais of the sUtue is c; r veil the birth of Pandora and other tradi tions; iebjJsT you .percjevec: .her.::.tragip buskin the contentions of the L'pi'hs.and Centaurs, During the Kleusinian festivals a young girl or great beauty plunged into the sra. and having remained there some time, emerged without garments, with her hair floating in gtscefuV ringlets upon her shoulders and bosom. When the multi tude who were present beheld her, the u niversal shout pioclaiined that "Venus wss rising from the ocean Praxitrle being present conceived the design of his Ven us, snd presented to the world such a union of art and science as to surpass the origin al itself. Th'sage hss produced an artist who united the perfections of both Phidias and Praxiteles -one whose master perfor- mince Hits city boasted, and the crum- b n j remains of which are a m-mcnto cf4the n irrow and a irtlid views or its Lg'lature. A few months previous to the destruction of the statue of Washington, an attempt was made lo place it in such a condition, that it might be easily removed in case of, accident. But lo save a few miserable pennies, that which cost North Carolina thousands of dollars was sacrificed, and the proudeat effort of human genius to per petuate the lame of the greatest man that ever lived, has disappeared- But great and important as hae been the inventiina, improvements and .discov er etin these and other departments, we hsve yet scarcely gained a joothold upon the material wnrM; the physical universe is a book so replete that we may read for centuries, and then so small ocr progress that the field will be yet green and the prospect as inviting to those who follow. Before all ahall be known Ifaat we are per mitted to know, imagine if you can (he speed of light; let it travel with tenfold rapidity; let it continue its progress in such a ratio that the numbers of Arith metic-fail to give any accurate conception of tune; and all this wnnld be leeble to illustrate the measureless years it would requre beyond and beyond to lesrn the secrets which surround us in every tree,' " leaf and flower. When we look abroad upon the bloom of nature; when cas'ii'g our ta.e upward weA behold the .stars which stud the firmament of tleaven--hw does every heart best jith repture, how doe evet f oel ie w unistm lu 1 the jsreat ; luWceoTilT ThaO"n lime! I he nations of antiquity had but little cnncepljon of the application of math ematical science to many of the uses to which it is now applied. They. had, in deed, scarcely any knowledge of it at all. They coutd not predict tlte advent uf any new cornel; they could not calculate the return of one: before known.. Without any distinct notion of their own jdanet, they attributed every ph nomrnuti of na ture, and even the results of its regular Uwsv-to imaginary reuse Their-gmlr were supposed to be angry or pleasetLat each change in the aim-sphere operated favorably or otherwise on themselves. , f.ike the ruda In'lian whise nntulore.l mind 8ft C'lil In clouds 01 hears him in the wioii. : 'fhe least observation is sufficient to prove that moJern nations have cause to rejoice in their superiority over thu ancients in thevatuab'e results produced by. a union of science and force in the mechani al pro iluriions. The ease, ei-nvenience and se curity of the present day ' most' be attribu ted aUnntt entirely to this grand art. The perfection which attends labor might in duce one of the least superstition (infancy' that machinery was itself instinct with life and motion but for the pulley and contrivances which operate before the sight snd the effect which instantly follows. What it required vast number to con- summate, we now percleve upon the touch of tome intricate spring or a simple jerk by the merest simpleton. llow astouisn make no use ol them, ing and east an idea is it that the conti- To prevent such evils as an act of ju tuity i.f eparate pieces of wood csn eahi- ti.-e to the WVat, and for the- wtirity and bit to ua what cost our predecessors days prox rity i f the Union, the Lakes .hukl and oith's of onn milling toil! We per- init no element of nature to remain idli it comes st our command and pi-rforma its function with the .velocity of air: Earth, Fire and Water obey our slightest nod. TIioms trades with' which you are mainly conversant, .and whirh generally prevail iio lhu icjdiIj acanerj admit of exleo- sion. 1 he articles which you inaniilailure are ts excellent and arc executed in a workmanlike a manner as if purchased in the best establishments of Iomloi or Phil adelphia. What has admitted of and what is perhaps the most, wonderful tia prnveineiit of modern times is the applica tion of steam to rail road. I use the term imprsvemeut because they were undoubt edly known in Egypt. Those construc ted of wood hate ever been used in Ger many, while travellers inform u that there are now rail-ways laid of none along which the immense rocks extracted from qoarriet were carried to erect the Pyra mids. This cradle of rcience is the mother of almost every art which we now possess, though she did not in some instances ad vance them greatly. That rail roads have lesisted fur so lung a perlutt'lhe" IhClemcfP cies of weather, the rage of ignorant fe rocity, the desolations of war .and intestine commotion is truly amazing. Almost every thing else winch may indicate the existence and extinction of life has perish ed the canals of Rome and her Appian way Jive only in song the atory of the poet and the traditions of the later trouba dour remind us but of dissolution and de cline. In this country large investments have been made which have revolutionized our commerce and must at no remote day change the face of the whole world. Ei ther extreme of the United Slates will soon be connected with the o'her. The Pacific and Atlantic,' the Northern and Southern frontier of the Republic will ere long be linked together by' rocks and cliaina more durable than their rugged mountains, by lines and counterlines. In their conMruc tion we now have facts in. the place of hy pothesis or vague conjecture. The man ner ef laying raila. their expense, duration and repair the science uf embankmenta, the most secure method of fixing the iron, the properties of the engine and the prober shape for cars the laws which prescribe the necessary nexure, Hie precise operation of such tlrxures on the permanence of the raits and the mode of adapting the velocity of the car to cause the least friction so as to avoid the cost of rrpaira have now been well investigated and assure every success for the future. The final triumph of this mode of communicated over every other in the United States cannot fail tu excite llie mnslively emotio among thoaevho stood by it through good and evil report, who remained firm as ita champions in its dark est bour. What has operated prejudicially to rail roads her is the fret that most off them commenced without sufficient cspi- til, then by creating a vast and overhang ing debt which prevented the compai i from making dividends; thoo&h this, ol course, was more the fault of-engineers an I othfra who made the surveys. I have lately received a letter from Yankee land staving inai a moat ingenious discovery a arisen from the skill and perseverance ofa mechanic, by which cars may in luture be propelled up the highest mountains. The most practical and scientific men have examined, approved and do not doubt ita happy consequences. io bt continued No. III. Council Bi.urr,yv IT, 1841. TO MR. CLAY. ... - Having merely rnomerafed a few of (lie many advantages of a Navy-Yard and an Academy at Memphis, Tennessee for in a case to plain, argument is useless let ut take a glance at some of the other et tablishmeuts necessary to make the system complete. With a Navy Yard in the West. national foundrv also becomes essentia for the purpose of furnishing ordnance lo the vessels built and equipped there. The expense of transporting great guns for the Navy, from the Atlantic, across the Alleghanies, to the West; or of freight ing them sround to New-Orleans, and thetrr e up tii Memphis, wu.!d cast as.muehT probably mure, than it would take to cast them la thf'WM, AVher i)us luuudry sliuuld be situated. I am not prepared to tay, further, than that it should be on the waters of the Mis sissippi, ubont Memphis at an intermedi ate point between the Gulf and the Lakes, and convenient to aupplies of coal and i- ron. In .ureinz the importance of 3001I trun. lo'inury would 21 ve lor 4 ly necessary to reiniiiii you 01 ine lan.niat in me last war, i remind you of the fart.that in the last war, ! - . , : p., . 1 . - r we had mote men ktlleirm theiAikeiby the olSe enemy. It is a terrible Hung in ac- j tionj nnd a great damper upon the biav. ry 1 of the most gallant iarf when tie is afraid ! ol hit own piec e. intimately connected with these estab. lishments, and with the prosperity of the S ulh and Weat, is a system of nstional defences on the Lakes in the North, and on the Gulf in the South. Of Ihe latter I ha, I tpeak in my next. ,: : , : in a war with Lngland; or, in a case of separation, in a war with Canadawe should Itrst Jisve to build the ships, before we could have any Naval force on the Lakes. The. enemy mis-M eet the start of us. and. ! before we could send out a vessel, bom bard our towns, burn our villsget. or de stroy our Lake trade entirely, which is ma ny timet more valuable than theirs. There-, ft re we hate (he more at stake. At (he return of peace, the public arm- tuch at a national foundry would give fur India Island with their black a our vesselt of-war, it it only necessary to iments, afford to the South snd f r-d vse!s there, would be liiatnt ami laid up to rut for the public dismantled. could be tapped with a steamboat caiict from the waters of the Mississippi. You were the Hercules of the Nati-'nal Road; the same powerful arguments whii h you us-d for "proving the importance, the na'ional character, ami the eontitutinnalit v 'of that umlertttknig ni tfli t be renealeil -;:.t. rrl. . ...:.i. - e - r i im ne, 11 t, win, more lorre 01 elo quence ami reas'Jii lor a INaral Lanal. , In war. the armed steamers at the Mem phis Yard, could run through thai caiiul, snd gain the inqioitant advautage uf sink ing the first blow upon the Lakes. They could sweep the inland waters of the ene iny's commeice; and, by gaining ttithk timely hluw, easily maintained, the supre macy of the Lakes- At the return of pear,' these vessels, instead of being dismantled there to rot, could be withdrawn by way of the National Canal, and r turned to their former posts in the Gulf of Mexico, nr in protecting the revenue on the Atlan tie'enast. The cost of the armed vessels which at three year.' war with England would leave upon I liif Lakes, would well nigh suffice to construct this (an.,1. Hot ilif S,TviiMnll Lanal, like ihe Najynal Road, whether it were ever required for the purposes of War or not, would be worth its full value, and far more than cost, to ihe Union. Mn-this scheme all the West, from L-'uiHiana'up, are deeply interested, for the incidental advantages to those States would be very great and which you will comprehend at a glance. Union Jack. Council. Bluff, July 20, 1841. TO MR CLAY. Sir, Let us now look into he condition nf our Naval establishments and means of de fence in the South. Take the map of North America, and cast your eye on it from the Capes of Vir ginia down the Atlantic coast passing s round the Florida reefs, into the Gulf of Mexico to the remote South-Western cor ner of the United Slates a distance of a bout two thousand miles and you will not find a singfe Naval Depif, laLwhirji even a sloop of-water, whether disabled in a gale, or crippled in an action, could be re paired. Not a great while ago, a small Revenue cutter, had tu be sent from the so-cal'rd , Navy, Yard, at ... Pensacola, i Charleston, South-Carolina, lo hnvt her titln calked and tome slight rrpaiit made. .Now, take the other side of the picture. Go back to Mason & Dixon's line, and run your finger towards the North on the map, that you may see what has been done for that region, in the way of Naval defences and improvements In the waters af the Chesapeake, you find two well appointed Navy-Yards, and one Naval Station In the waters of the Delaware it another large builfding Yard less thsn two degrees far ther on. you come to another extensive Dock Yard st New-York and a Tew hours thence, m lyo more Boston and Porta mouth both in the watera of Mareacliu setts , Yt in all fliit partial protection, and unequal distribution of the national boun ty, the South and the West have complain ed no', In these matters, Southern and Western statesmen have taken groun ls far above local interests, state prejudices, w sectional jealousies; they have ecu pied the high eminence of pstriotismjwiih a free wHI and a liberal hand, they have been a mong the foremost lo Vote away the public money, wherever and whenever the honor, thesaiefy, or the welfare of their rounlrv, required it. Without asking whether this or that Slate would be most ItencH'ed by a Naval appropriation, they have striven In make Ihe Navy all that tjje dignity of their country abroador itt safety at home, requires it to be. A despatch vessel-of-war sent from New York lo Pensacola, in ihe Gulf of Mexico, was thirty-four days in making the pas tage on one occasion, and fifty six on the other Upon an average it would take twenty or thirty days for a Naval, force, from the nearest pari of the North, to car ry relief to the property of our citizens in rUaGulf of Mexico, In consequence of ruch unequal distribution 1 the public DttelYartrstano ropeati power, witn their steam-ships-of. war, are actually Jiearcr to our commerce ! 11 .. t if r 11 .. . . in case 01 war, tney nave, much, nearer than we, secure places of rendezvous lor vessels of all kinds. To us, there would be no sufficient shelter, nearer than Nor folk. I protection Irssdueto the South, thin to the North? Doet the vicinity of Ihe W.- i. w .. r . a a . : I snuia isianua with I heir black a-moor res-. iments, afford to the South and esoecial . . . ... . . guaranty, that in warahe shall enjoy im guaranty, that in warahe ahall munities and be exempt from dangers uu safely of Georgia and ihe Carolina, tlu loteKrrty uf their soil are 'es acred the product nf Western Pennnvltania and Virginia of Ohm, Indiana, Illinois sud Missuuri; of Iowa, Florida and Wiskon ein; of Kentucky and Tennessee, Missis sippi an.l Alabama. Louisiana and Arkau sac which pass through the Galf ol Mex ico on Iheir way In market are all these interests, I say, left thus exposed, because (hey are of lest importance in the Fetter, at eye, than their tislers-intcrests in the North? Or shall the defenceless tontlition of the South and the West, besacribrd lo the telfUhfleit of the North and the East, which hitherto have been ascendant in the National Councils? No sir. Atcnbe that rather lo the apathy of ihe founer I wo on the subject, and lo their numerical weak ness in the legislative halls of the nation. It rests wiih you to rouse them cp. Un der lmnew apportionment ofre-jr,. tites, their representations will JhT!',! tllllkP of the Nflithern an.l kl: i - - .i, mule Bt, ou the Hihm-s of I onreis. IWdering on he Gulf of M;. ' the I.UftiU ..I f'nl.,. 1 . . . ... . ,.....,. .bus,, I) mii2', beMes erouin of mall " the Miates of Texas. Me. ,H.-..",li . " f eMll VfHIr Aineiica; any. or all oTu"h, are iy Uu'.ied States. .... ..... "h & The Gulf is ihe M iliterrs ean uf louniries;, whii h, o.iiitg to the-wU,it.' he Suuth, (-.ul4 and Hie B.ihamaa East, is as much closed asainst til. Cent lluiill"ll the itt'euil uf ITIn:.i. 1 ""a, St ., Ihe Mediterranean proper, except thrs the straits uf Gibraltar. f Tlii only iiass from this Gulf belotim I -( niiu ut iia miuu'ii ur . ureil m l. ...1 1 . 1 .. ... v "t "trcnsi, rv-y t el 1 ne Uibralla, - inrite mraiir, Willi a uaronr SUsceptj btjng strengthened and remit red iiuu-J nahle as that. 7 The South and the West are btttrM core, nor Iheir defences coinplee ( this be nude a strong hold, where ths lie vessels may rendezvous in r, iej merchantmen retreat for safety. 1 France has made Toulon, in llie J iienanean, her great Waval estahhilineuL spstn 100 nau tier artnngena. wkif. lo" t'J FjaJlcjuaj Spam, Pensacola is to us. Though Spii, 1... .1 .1... I I. V ' I . . f . t. nan ine uock-i ariin 01 ravai anu Uauiz, and Franee those of Clierberg and Brett . 1 . . r .1. -. . .-. - nuiaiue 01 me itienuerranesn, ine txii-es. cies of war toon taught each of JhemaHt importance of good Naval Stations at Car thaena and Toulon. From the experience of Spain, and tU exnnple of France, let the South smhU West learn a lessor; and r. solve toprcMJ t:ie suiijecr, snouiuer 10 snnutuer; nor I give over, until the Naval sialilishm.entit P macula be made the Toulon of the Med iterranean, 'if Pensacola hat many advantages.- It natural position is important. It is iattt midst ol our live-oak forest, aa.it werr; and it is convenient lo excellent timber anil Nsval stores, and has all the resoarc es io mske it an important Natal statist, And it should be abundantly furn'uhrt with all the materials, means and facili ties, which are to be found at ihe Nurts, building,.- equipping, and repairing vr men-of-war. Suitable Depots, and pU. res of rendezvous, ought, also, to be sup plied along the coast of Georgia North ml South. Carolina. - - 1 his subject has been often Iresteilsf before, and with ah ability to whirh I dan noi aspire. . 1 nave no higher aim -Una niT.'ly locall your attention, or lint f some one of your compstriuts, to it. , - . Ukion Jack. AltlEUICAN KII.LC KOCIETr. Near Ihe tnitldle of our Biblical jest 'A has frequently been found advau'tsgenas ts t oinmunirale to the Auxiliaries si.di tends a brief statement as to the condition of lbs' Society at that period its success, wants, prospect', &c. r. ha statement ihender signed now make for the twenty-sixth year. Firtt, Ifomf - Operaiiom. I' Sirce the annual meciiiig iii May las!, tie rail for, and the distribution of ths Scriptures, h..s been highlyencoursgiiift.. The isues from the depository in the inunlus of Msy. June, July, August and Septem ber have been II 1,217 Bibles and Testa ments, which is 50.GSG copies more ths the issues of the corresponding months of the previous year. It is a plra-ing circum stance, also, that a large nroi oi tion of these books have been called for by those Auxiliaiiea which are engaged in system atic sspply of the destitute, and cone quently they have gone into Jhnse vert households which had ihe most nred nf them. In the States of Maine, New-York", Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wiscnn sin Territory, Rente ky.Tennesee, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia this good work . snow in progress in more or less sections. The tame work should bv all means It. continurd and extended until every State, county and village is well suppl'ud with the blessed Bible. , V -w But how shall this work be accomplished? ; There are various modes of procedure,! ' the wisest is not always adi p rd. Sr ' times a sweeping reso'utiiui to supply i panted by an ecle iaslical body; biKiksve ordered with little of calrula'tion orres ponsibility as to pnTincnli they were scat" tiered fo g hurry;wiLhout peruwary retura, wunout much conversation with lite re- 5 Ir!en,,.-i n'!;: cnnquentlyzirfefret- CflUrSa tnV ulllslllal It. nrnen Inr ml. Weill regulated Bible Societies; moneys to mint w - ... j r-....H,a v y, V- U S 1 M I""" f " ' extent should be collected trwre books r ordered; they should be sold for whole sr part cost whenever this rrh be done, shi4 always distributed with kind, faithful ad monition and direction as tojhe use to bs made of them.li Nojlufy jean be more iw periouton churche or "private christlsHi, ilian to see that every household "in their neighborhood has at least one Bible. it the moral cotidiii.intLalLJ':!i,l'",!'0t fivihg without 11? What other msnstf grace art usvd when ihitTit neglected? . W hen each family in a ei'Uhtyiifuri"stf ed with 1 ncopv. the nextjnquiry i.h are the childn n those of Sunday-School and othert supplied v with-Testamenlr rr No'hing stimulates a t hild to read so aa to have a Tea'amertcr Bible nfiloi. Every child, if possible, should possess a c ipy with ita own ranre inscribid o 'he first Irat. Hired servants should ihea i be teen lo: also rmigrante from abroad ' ' which 1 1 5,C0O arrived among us last jesr) hould be early supplied, as well t ' numerous' seamen, boatmen, ransl meB, age-drivers &r, who hate generally Sabbath, and thus stand in the more need of Ihe Bible. Steam-boat cabins and hotels " as far as may be. should also be aoppMj , Let any good man look around him, and he will see every year and month more of Icis persons who ought to be furnithed w'B 1 V 01 tc T ri si ti P et An ci it w ai li S t it o ti tl nt ci at d in M al ci ei ci w b b si tli A at H e w r tu ci cl et fr lli 9! ). If' It .1 tc ei ft y
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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