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0 - ' . . . ' . . - 1 v l-IL X . nALUIUUt;(X. Ci) FiMDAY, KKBUlTAUV iscrV vol. xviix. I 'JI - l ...TUB BTARiKy i J.iJVf-CroJia Capetle, LWVIIENCB . LEU AY. . SUfif. 'h Wlars prr i SJJs V att . IMnL W at th "4. las i I .4 -tt-A seats, fir V lill lrnrr.' la th SmUotS M I On A Z tyjumta wy The se dfvrc4 by U. Ponrr.m the d .Li . rha bid fcstrodoeed by hntn asta- j blkn PoTiUeal College m Sta&vmg 1 .. . MraeaeBL and lend to -rtotlaa.' io order to eorvwct -vr.r Uiiont, and prre-a sVj'eoistJWtlc motives, e kal Okeught prefer to Wt - tit far oMnlkatssn, .wiose the taMhtwsrtnf neen. A ,iiLm iMt a fcrta m tha eeanty W -.u. . , .wfc ikaM aountie n Ae State whit pnv into the t.-nT.rT of tea, lea than famsaud dollars,shoul4 be entitled to tend one tknv nutirtr ovov a thousand, and !.. tlun two thoumnd, twot and Owae ptympr - l i f,,rkii.ii accord? V) tfcia rlw wfmld e one fcuadred ahd eefc t ptioTWerthat .i.. u.f. .h.ll tim TmramcvitU irx) mdeieaible title to the appreatkat, for yart from die day n whkh thct wieht eater eolleRa, aurmttne HrM MM of whUsh, thci are to It tamed fhi-oush a oere of dieinliii and ihrtrttftioa eo'a- for-nable to hc rtle ol. eonrj nu rm- inr r-maininr three fear. In eonaidui-atKio of the rduf gyon they ahaJl natfc rtoeiw. tliey art to ivribrm the dty of instrnetora at oeh m,mi in the State, the recto and mOort of th eotlea mj( akiuk. pro;er to aifn them. Th appren tice i - direrted to be aeli-eted from. anionic all i.V. t,....it. of tin; StRte ho ihall be within nix tnonUi of the aae of fifteen year, and the eatftti' fMkpr-. hTI not exceed ia value the anra of a ihmircmd dotlara. A fundamental role of discipline, tliehSl direeti At the apprenticea 1 diridctt toto ' fire classet," which htnrrn ire st ail time W be actively enwged in agricultural labor on thexItogtann.t .1 aencdtiira, ine uui pre .;.,ctv' iM-t " ttmf a rector and fifteen riMtirX ti be ehosett kt nball hereinafter be dirertedj he ) .--noi-.f.d " under the narao and tille ol e . ,r iutnra of the PolhWuil OUctre of N r'.tiA. It thro dirccU that the vnitonbe choaen hy a jomt ballot of both Homes of the I iflilafure, and bold their appoinUBcntj dtWmjf the ..lnm nf a maiorhT Ot th mem'-iere af the same; and ioresU them whMv.Uthorrty to appoint r rector, a president and four profuor for the e llec, nd prcacrlbe their dutfest to aeleet tlie r..ntifea aCTceablT to role lakl dowo hitlie bill, to fix upon the time for th commencement of the rperationa of the college; to make all dis lmraementa neecimnr for at nnrnoact and to carry uitofffect thedetaUaof the Ml. Itmverti thera, in nhort, with full powen of legislation, m n miprtaininir to the eollcee, eonforra- abW to the Drojiioni Of the bill! ""a. in order to enable tnem u ranircjt!""- direett the Treasurer of the State to borrou' and tl.cir kandi the sum of two hundred and iwn thnnund dollar: twenty thousand of whi..J. f n ti annrooriatcd l the purchase of a liiY. unrt aonstrucUon of neceasan buildinea! and the remaininpt xW hundred thousand doUars.to be vested by the lector and vUitoram a pei nianeht findt the mteretti of which to entire forererto the bonctt of the eollrK, uljt to the raaanee ?int and eor.:!l ofthe rector and visitonn under the autliortty wd aaperViiiOii xne igimawtre r mtiuned in that bttl, a propMition o noVel m it eJou-Reter.and, ij dopted, o important id its eo aeeuentea, I trtirt Ucuso will bear with me moment, while I open to them aame of the m fiwor of tt. and declare to them, the ' ,kik Kttw imneUcd Me to effer it. ;' Ti ay thrt the object of Biia meagure, w to elerate .....i .i;.;r. ik rkaracter of North Carolina, and x.ttf rnntkiuance of her safcrY, tnd the enlarftement of he hppi :' by- etiliphtenind nnd liberulawg tne iactuuca m r .r. ... u nnthin? Irs tu'avi the lUmuioQ .rMMi iwniw the isasa -of nerehderen, is at once to announce the ittRRnitude of ka import-nee. Sir, if it be mJh wlieh ghwa to man the dominion ofthe world-if i be that which CiBtin KuUhea him from (he mute that perish, tod Mr most exalta him ti an equality wvth heaven, then the precewr, by whifh H mii.ty MtribtUea are Uelopcd and fcarflfcnised, wAvfrublaftwh. iect of fcaramount onieration. r ButifprpibK' and tfadeoiftlile aa b ftta troth,' and orgd -upon from aource-rof oraculw aamdtiesa, North Carolina ecm m -r tov remaad most , ally iupenwhle it$ wkile many of heR atster Sutt We addised thcmelve to the subject rthi H areeiif enei'MT and leal, whij indicate "Wiclr scte of the iu.lity-f iU knnortaneef whUeHti? Jmve' most liberally deroted tlifir best resource totbedeTflnpemcntoftlie moral and mfllecfn :il tncrrie of tlnir people. North Cuxrfina, in tiiis, a1n erery ' other uWiul improTement,! ha J..,.w..l In tnm file and flounder on. tt alazt tad a lazKin Pee behind wery Other memWrcf ... I, X. 'imi ak kviv ilicpfifkiuitMl i, i. timn'fhe waabroucht to N ami full Kciree of her degrftdatiou--it Is time that lha pH . kuw k i.u.t waled her enereiea in death. 'should be broken, and ter thoughts ahmrd be ..;A r..n tin. huhknul contemplation of low and suhordmste cCjeers ?' -.d mm lrd mtererta. Would, you- ask x .1,1. 1. mkn done-w'ould iron sk ha -cnsuinmfttion to devoutly to be bbed," 1 to be accohnlibed? r I answer, ehir'e the people ihrlr mmdt he Lent of Science anil' of truth confer vpoB Utem $MJ ttpaejV of thinking enaWe them jualiy w aj.piri:u weir relation W their ewtfttiy gWeAem l aeeand understand tteir rhu Qfcd mteretv anilthe pro irailing iustinUoTnature-fcill imprl themto aaaorl UnA ih tki-m If thi Tmitohion bearinir, as I -conceive, wpen Ua my ethe impreat of beauty and ot trutb, abotun yet orwra w r- . . e . l . J ' - Tk rvl ktd'vd er-dira l-m tm mw w " cm. Vk. it M a iam iinad k J. ln4t witiW " r m alteiwpt ta snake ta f-anaWna ttih Untk lmaMM, (ken. a an e4jrt f taniwy mMvtnar, aU wUhm tur tiLr a ati Hw of aV" u"it in turea lo hild bansij'AraW r r--- -. Ta ContrM) at 7. whe del 2mtjowa waw aniMtwatH in UL kKirwarh ) 1 fear tfew Waww to repr atnL nf htw mrber Vtt isk-b freak from tU Wattle rt l-. aonatrr. awd rrt reetinf ia the Uoa4 nf tr (MaM wkittf Uir Bre 4 iitrionailaa of rwit tttoit aheok Uus iiity tMewat, m the arbnea of the ball and cha sahrn wwre s'-thBt sk1 ihiTerin: b thrirrnr rreaotroal as fate ml a and auurad awfrntn. nmoms; on f aeaqpim at uantJj nmaOat tkosB terrSila eosinrfaiatM, they ware not bard bf their (Wl.Sanrfiuwt. waiter whiRk Wa a fXrasanitX tnev ar!wawn (nvrtiiion, enjajaing k a dwty e t)ic LreisUhare Wch they the treat!, to tarwvMe ne the trna ral wdoeatinii of tJiaif pwnple. 'Tw thn krnfDP- tnna the pl.ad Ch MBnf abame f ihoaa bo bat neretofora tM-Mpied & nlaeea vfcick wa now ill, that dory Ua neeebea perfnraned, thotteft eecaaHnallv nuniadad nf it k iilmn. rout Mmdual e own bdf,aa4eaUmc4 eaattailT arrnea to Jt m U nnnal meaaairos nf the . . . - a a ' . rasing an4 tmCj pliS tkwJr OwNt aaeaVtn WuW. Uk-t tnn 4vjfttt. ra sttro tW son law t tbr nnU !-. Uj Ife DM-rrat SHimwa f cuv..MiiT. It a favCb.anr nn.Jjt as vbe pvk irfetery caliciLKnwJ lotrvtrfa.. try, ttkM th-mpli ami4t-triiC(Us Na nwJ furUiura, Ur be ral wnrttir gn. krrKrd, at lie ruari. at' kr a Uvc rtttipiotk. af tkeir jUc1 ba, tnen no naaajwc of iKrv , sentibUhV. to the beat mtnreaU of hie neonl.- Tba Uegailatufa from time t time haTS anortfd wiuttne aaiifeec.nr aaonouc a barren rewluthti mHtt farp't bat at" yet thr kav done nothing der ejairt in relation in. Tb did. indued, at lha la4 Ktsion, art anart aome triflini branches of tne revenue, wtjk-n -tnay ween phMtnan to atrm The Utirari W:' llut if not ad.led the .. i t . : . prewnt et-nertuon-at least mutpa away neturr k aecamniatrs sumciemrr, to an Jm etiustual am to-the penple. Sir, this ia not the vat to treat Wis mutter a taaaatuect not to be dallied with.' i would teise uon it wkh tha determined emr- gy, wita wntcit, a arowtuRr, i would grapple a ptant m tne surge, -ivtom ambrsee as a mea- ure.'on which deoen.lad. our last our only hone. of saoial iirmroveinVnt. T Dolitical eialtatinttc and if the measure I tjow-tetitler you, be not aS eepted, or an ma snlcientnyatem for dinetomadns education among mt neopw be not adopted, I shall sat down, m despair, over the irrechuraable degradation of my eoitutryi' Ilut, ty heavens, J wit) not believe it 4 cannot believe yon ivfll turn away ronr.facee, and scfuse to saiictiod aud ap prove tli in measure. I cannot believe, ydu will unsnnpiteiiiy ueciae inniottr people are meapa- meeiviruie or excellence, ana tnat taey are omy r ' n l vm, ifv lib ' IUVt MIV , ikmen, ) - tomiiy il .rtj-jrt. of Mral km a rIHn) Miarmx shitarakitftwniohava aaJ m a5y Ur-Wd k, jTifcry bad a. Well tk-o, TVs aas kasweth kia lha si Ju mvanrki bat larsrl ,1h not. know, people U not lllerl', I've Dcnphvdo not n4w kaww, aooaxVr what tVy nVk THr do ant twnuder, that the sW toonal irorrrwawHi. bar toe hroa the Uiua of At ar fwAjanunn, Stri mvetu4 wstti a slronx Sontrotd otcranovtnf thmiporaiit nkjrrO of rrr-!ftoa, is now but attnsrtiae. aoat IfkL. vert ofsuxMwer. everv eaarattal iwiereatftfW neoplcj and, csrtctUv, that tha thirteen men. depute by nWm to the natkmal k-aHsbintrp.-nrt pronoiy every say nailed apon to arable aars. ttonslcariae mors dccklvnlv and it!lv anna flboir rigbu and welfare, than'da fhe whole body of menvaren, whkh we bars at home ha to am orn, in 4 su -weeks' eo ef k-riiltv It w not srss appalling than sUagnstiag, to reflvvt an - r -"-P i.i.ji-1117, ui rm-m m f m, KHirn ior WTOrBQ, ana UfU- I htsrssnt eOmrmiaiaaliTn, haa preased th wb tkmi to legtumaie'bastaW, 'tW are eas ing mt I juts apnn s whhm aolfekadaand anxiety, cha j eUipaadoua eperatjonit, ent.endior, Bjii'liot! oT I ractm-Mtia of his wJi known deep st4 ttrsti-m Jojoney , drawn vWrathe noekfta at'tt nt.; .'I iivr ft' F.v'n as the brutes that -perish, save that they Iave a more noble trough", and wider tf .n I would invoke the rcniut of my eoontrv to come to my tide, and aid me io persuading you w wit. nuuiuun oi uira Tnemurn, oir, n tne- were Indeed to anocar amotir us if the eenmtaf X. Carolina were now present kerlf to you, alio sre enargea wild tue destinies of her people, in stead of the roajey. of a guardian goiliien in stead of s radiant biow, ud an eys Eashii-gliglit c dignity on thisasncmldy. you would markher'irM. S pallid front, and sad and ahaoiudml eye, '.' and u lie hollow accents of despair, kb wnrtla de mand ofyou; m the langUe of admonition and reproof, why sit ye hertij all th while kae?" why assemble hers from session to cession, and ezpeifJ your time upon ephemeral objects, Vhi(e you nrKlect the very salsation of the republic! why meet jam here from year to year, to seuffhj over subjeeu, unimportant t) the 'pitblie and tri fling in themaetves, jar to squabble about the dis position of a clerkship or a jadgeship, whilstth' Wwr wnom an tins is intended tor whose benefit government was established; laws enac ted, andiudge appointed whilst the fteeftfe are left to rust in priiuCTil ignorance "Totting fi omsire and how expentlunr Hf Jkye, haw c5uen.l -- "mjtj rumwi noaest, laoonoas, and aslPdevcaed -North CaroUni, h ct penned in iwim, it it irausserrM to thoae JbtMea, who do themeclvea-the justice, to send to their National l;riUfture, a at topers, and fooli, iatid vagabonda, but aseis men whole eharaetesn and btlunrt eomnund for the sntmsto of Uiebr people, a decided preponderance, there. , North Carali na, the CtU Stle bt the anioa, In bninbors and in trinsie reotsris;yet the Very last, in political digrtky, Sh e'xereises less iufluenc andcoo- truit ernte measures of tte natioiiaf emvern raant, tfrsn the Bttl gfMe of Uelawnre. wHh a SMKle represOitativsv Ior the amr,ihriate and emphi.tie Unguajt of on of the Unr, men in our national dalstion, of whom we nmr be justly proud. North Carolina It tV lr-li,nd ofthe union; Yes, sir,"- we are tlisf tnimbti ie of tlie union: " In the sweat nf our faces rt s earn oar Ij-ms (," and pay to our matters th:it Uicy di-mamjof us; rail uciium wiucn we urnvr irora it, with aome honorable eseeptions be it jpokotvis the privilege of sending a few Wffc pa Washing ton, to be staHod and Uttm-d there dttrine the winter, on aorf oith proeceds of our enjnlai bonr. If ever we dlrtnrb OisUence of the hall .of Odin, and mingls in tli dm of it gladiators, our " voices is like that of one from the wilder ness, whom no one heareth, " The expression of oar wishes is met with bitter arorb. or wkh calm contempt, and cold neglect, 'from the National Leptatut-e, Juid tbe National Oovemment Wby Ilocansc llir orgMis tltroughwhirh, in great measure, we choosa to eommuoieata n-Jth them, are not entitlrd to rtsnect themsel vers, and Giouatj therefore, command it for us. But if, in '-I lu' ntnimptimAi aT ..on.. I ... - n. eal rirarsr as4 Wjtl rf. 1 sffrsa, list snrh saaanwwa, as aa e-trsrswa rrgnrd ta be diraay sa ana aaiiaatta f iVsr smIti, Manut eataaasaa taa Sanaa af t frfU a Norlb-CM-wluui sJ.t c4 I .IJ k rest wna ara weUr4 kre, aader tb sa ares! and rapwJa ratijali in to guard thra boaar, arearrw lltesrnrVta, and piwie l.rU.-ir rllatr. If fan will couUaua t M euU botr, tyooraraMfcaied, and aaafwsma tohr sniw lhravwan la days of hrspirausa asb M snoatYJsad it alU be warn and Wis an, to ra pettaar prrwiU U btssma aae and vsrta -awvaa. U aw r-he an iAMwlat ta ttniubariaw rnasv gwa, IanatwtdtnpvUktksotvwtna tnasnrs I aow teadrryna. It i (undad an the stUssMnnof anr htabdity mt tk aa laeskrad aVW-nvfirans'eilaaataiato mM oar people, and propow-a, lbtwrfrvta arlect frwa the at feral aortjonr of the a tate sack a navtaia af our y SaOMi mm nm sMvensnaily shVrete, and ssMeanlde tliem u t seatsnaa solha,' that wa mar smalify ibrsa la Brtrw tW Snhera. - Let nat iU sad pradrnt mea of lha koasa be startled at me onts at tar sstntouoa nothtng sutravsgatit, no. Utmf p-t4 in the eotuataa of the word, is steaded.- -It la not, propoard ta matraet oar yukng snaa hew a decorate their aodssa, to tame m draw a rooma, and pratda aboat iM.xtsra andbe ecieacee, butta instil into the bsartt tha saagnitada ofthe trot, and the kibcci&.T nffthe ehastaat and sevvtwst priaciolcs ofvktnn and lha trasteesx ' ' - j f lubdasnphv teteaohlbenv as tha.earri-i.il rm. While wa sit herd engaged iq ristenktg td peti- Uipls af edtKidttmyUiat tha Ant and most sacred nu5. m s uuacn ss aa tuny io hit aoaktry, anil sualify them, attkaamattmo, tljcienUy to peri'cmk. AUis tobewmdocledeft tha, most rajit! pnaeiple bf ewtnoniy a sarm hvta be ejtn. xUUmwi. nna plaia woadea.btitldings taaetrdatrd. ,-JaW at nT, - sov apa tht am vt SmM t bi W J t ir' i ...4 1 Itu" SWT MUi I.. asaui a. rr hi bet, thre-oHi' ara t tW rrwxt bety td a? ba rriacmberwJ, a theeaa J ' t - - " i saMtwfMM! bTwaatbwf aWid ard.sMiTW. aa4 arvatdaa. itnj trm suuvrg r.:ii Mi WlpMValt one viwl'l bscntslily ot lie aJtfHra of tb ftis briora ywa. .It x , ot sropaaa tomtla raitiawro cvrms ei i ba liwriif . C'1urlr4 tnesa, to twh aa oar pacaht. kt is ta dam aa snhkk Ufb- xtBt.v at (a adertaXe ai 1 . a . . . . i . w 1 1 i it iwj.iw w m a iute i pamraaant-. and anA'Ica'abla title to thrtr serrtva, fat Mt ' years frona tha. J on a t k k thrir edacatiaa soaw snettrest sod thst. aftrrtli'-v tljitl bee ra son." porVd aittk bistre at rd t- thies at tha TolU tsraf College, they ara to ba distthtad throe rk. tha 8ttr, at aarb stations a Die Raster and Vb sitnra of the vdleg ahall think prepar la atin thrvn, and there eerve the otber (lira yrars n djSscBitMttwis; aroMtg thrsr amintrVtaea the be Beats of that edweatioa, had that diarmftne, wkkn) thetf eowatry shall have conferred opea I Vera. t We shad thus have aimttd for onrtHixs 4 bodV' af mstrortors eminently and efflclentW flifird" ta npernen4 th mnrtlity and iatetlw ofthe Stale, andlq give a just anil enliitrvied dsrretioa to hi- and wbca Unmiet Schonlt shall have VetC rSMhliaised thmn:h'rt tha Stata, the Political College can rvniaitf t roeas for the eoneentra Am ft (he gcn ct me t luatrv. ft wmrtd be aucleaa,rand which tjia sentiments and nffea tines of the people would ftn ta it "sraalif Hra ' iff sad soul ta Cm State-Mi would be t bar. wim tinw me n wx, a tteart, eiuauv enifsaatiig. and animahu all her Tarta. anJ mU .v - - a i nd animatiu all her T-nrts. anJ woald aeoa a"tJ- aork the stnpidsnd slDh perju'liees aw sntf tamed bv ma pnrtjna af our ptrTple ag-tinst t ha a-. ther. v Tha mea wha shjoiil l. He educated thera, would bn partiealarlvqualtnod U eontrfliota ta this result. One ofthe prinrij.loof themeit.ore, i to estend the aid -sf the'Siiita' ftlj'n tlioi ho are nnaLVe to educate themsrlves. -. Tsken. - tbereti.re, from the humblest Trrada at life, ansj , ss the only autvai-d asgns of the eolUce Ou', as a famlamenul rata bf oaeipliae, mm yoong mea arc to be diyidad into five alnsss,sjd in tart to ba eoeslaaUv wd ia agriealtaral Ubotirs Oa tha eoUrgc firm.. The mflueaee .fan instituUm, founded and conducted on thaw priBciWlas, would ot be Uite4 U ks awomnniHtrs. It won Id have an o sal tin? efTees: on tba Mntw r tk. whols aanMnatiity, snd strsngty'tund to create ajc,,Ilra 7 ednewtmav they would, when they ra. quire the sanction of authmity. I would direct youl to the sentiment M uiose eueioi ' valor won, aJtose isdotni( titapUiheit our liber ties. . The man nho, aneniving, reciTii-u: homage .of all hearts, nnd hoe name life a rhrm af'Jt Vnrl.iuita the" world whose form shallowed forth apnsatfce s ail, in the attitude of entreaty, would seem to pactum snu penomiv ju to the adoution of bis tavorite. tuasim.' 3 h.it sainted, sage, in die uat words addressed by him to his country, m Isnguage the' most earnest and rmi,K,i invito her attention to tliis subiect These are kii wnrdsi tis suhstantisllvime.that vtrtac n morality ia wwary sprg of pepy to Son, and age to ago," deaf as the adder, and dark as Erebus fjht would tell you, you were a degraded anil a despised community ; bat only to, because you would ba so. Shittrould tell ryo that North Carolina a as a lion m the net, an ea gle without liia piniorts, Sxed upon tlie' earth. and gazing at the sun ia despair, and she would eon jfre you.to make One generous, one manly ef fort, to redem and tipnthral hei to Ukc, at this moment, a firm and noble stand in support oiinemnnsacreQ rigliu ot Quroamty to silence m your b carts the west. st ions of every aeUi&h passion, and act with a single eya to tti.c honor aud the kitcrctti bf your eototry. She ould remind you of tlie frailty of liie, and tin iniruc tnliry of virtue. She srowt'd tell t ouf ihaflirae scoffs and hisses at the' grandest achievements pi man, ana crusnes, na crtimtjlos, the proudest monmenu tnw power , but that late rtaeit iiad no eontrouj orertutue, essentially eternal, jt should live, liktf'iiiherab smiling itbpye ilX stftrm, wpen oc iru imtdi irom iukp naprun g, Glioma have re turned' to the clod of the vsUey.'. She would warn you that the flight of time wrj rapid and irrevocablei and with a Voice, like tile mu sie of the spheres, site ould implore 4-od-to K'ize upon ithe .asiiitig .hdua o make it your owu.ajid reftdiT it immortal, br'eouseeiatieir it to patriotism. Uicered ahd elated t the effect of her admonitioir, her form now buoyant rth hope; iitr urow tniguianR anu nutnnig, anq. iier eye dilatingf-tcanng the shroud .from her face, and swmniDtr wiut an emphasis that should white an echo in vcty cottage of.Carclinat a lonepf (-vuimgtucu anu cvmnuuiu, me wuutu ex. claim to youas the mired, Arise I thou ean'st, anH miM Va . ., I. w.n VaL tm r.f I. A. only to will to be to.''- She has moral and intel lectual energies, whith, if pat into action, would command lor tier an nonovahie ana an enviaoia elevation in th pniotv an elevation, where the proudest should conceive themselves honored in her smile, blis hat. udeed. thauirh all suiknown. to the world, name dear alike to renins and to science names, which the allndurkig hand of f. . m 7 m .. ; -i li r t isnre ww uienrjoe apon me prouuesi puiar oi par temple, and . ever , which tttef most approving smoes of virtue have been Beared. Tie virtues of Henderson alone, mk;ht atone for" (fee errors ota vicious See. and win from heaven a Ctucdon' Lfor AsJrailties and Hs foUiea; Like s) proud-tow er ocotner twys. time-wottk but unyieiuine mat lifts its brow to heaven, itsei 0ie image of btef-J nity, atanaing smtdst desolation, he stands, , m, ail tha gVandear of liitelleetual solitude, open, a" Sonne waue, over whose dreary and cheerless' bosom the ey of the mind searches elsewhere m vain for shelter and a resting place. 'If theiT .u . . li n ' ..... " i .i ec l snswu prevail every wiicrc me a uearui oiieci ing and of thetight. Whim would I repair, ns (lid the way-farera of lrael tojhe moral iountain, an subUmciy typjned mthe rockol ue tlesiut. : io him wpuld I repair, tb vennvate, refreskvaad w tam my spirit, at to an exbausUess source of truth. of virtue and of -tvisdom. But though we have such men of might amo.ng usv they continue here in tlie Mwoodsof ff; Carolina. diifUos quietly along the stream of life, their noble energies lost to (heir country, and expended, chiefly, pa mere private professional pursuits. .Such i the di-plo ruble absence of high feelinsj nd patriotic pride a mone our neoole aueh their nrofbuad lenorwice. not only ot' what concerns taeir honor tneu- enlighteaa.1 toe of aetuiment, and just sense qfedlasM . Who e arr, ihaVac3 h sehsa wmiti"n;r' a aiarm jnt doe not We ra magnanimous eiKMigM in- professions. WaMv-weaar republicans, aitfl profess r) Irre tirvirtuesaudCir libertvi bor-wben ft aetae to set-ylia wenre nailed apon for thntrun touch stone of thoheavt, we aboar at anea the erontinn ofthesa prof. ssf)ni. Ererf tsunV xpari.tif,- must have wAtimed lm of thls.' I have wvi !f ; hcil striking exeinpbficati'ms f the ctv 1 We ! met with those,; ho wot' ail magnanimity, in I professhna, but real meaanoas htsv.ndUct who, i "P Plmnea f aimplicitv appronchiug to cbjldishnesa, and renerositjc bordering upon en-' thuaauia. eoneealed a degrae of guile sad of sel fishness, that would have aagmentad'tlie Address of the primal eedneeiv. A'os, ahy tlie great Bon ' Jnaa of lid- himself, ..wha- tihunphed over the wuie.oi onr nest motner, u-as not more waving mora artful, end, like turn, it is then- greatest lus nry, with mslduoiis ereeifiirs, twind their wsy" into the ansuspeeting brttrt, only to deposit Uwlr prison thereahd leave b'aukooed, if not blunt, ed by the eontsirmn. Inll hnna von all sn Innk around yon kt the world, and see nH dignities depend on rirthew Do y ou not werV'where be- turardamnnv their coentrvmen, have Tnore t&i tnonryann amuenea with tnem, tnataeef ti enal ahii'tlej.hut higher btrth.and better fnrtunrf tpna tUieir. own. It Is hnnossihla at this time It ennnvrnte all the sdranugea which might vesiiK fi-om Brh an-institution,', or even atVeoitakiV ta -dismss the cVtaim mf the manrure Hwlf.' Kiy hps,1ioweTcr,mohg other reatone for epjsiJj, iwn, n may or oqjeneii to, on tne ground ot tha smallneat rf the nursbsr which it fironosea ta educate. . To this, lanrwerj that tlie paromesiT' ui.jmr- popiiMcwiH uuiiisaaaait is over such a CXtensivs) vpacev and the condition of nnr u.l aonoerns, foi-bkls, at Ite tim, the thought of ed. ws, nr pvopici oo a is, ineremre, prtu -posed tnsetcrt from smong them tw portip, T mow flmds sstS enable ns to educate; and sjuaU-' fjr them to instruct da'nthen." . It may ba n : twared, too, that If the number rjfyonng men t 5 be educated, com pared -wkli the whole nnmbeK of the Statu, be ttuall, theatttn to be raised by tm State to stinport and. educate thenv eompsreA with theTwhoTe amount of tlie fiisilt of the States ,', ispmport'ionately small. The Interest of ft might be raued from the nronertr of North Carolina.. id so trifling would be the portion which eacb' ,a' portion which eacb man would mn that, rmlesa rr.m'mAt,. nf It l.a tltese piping time o peace, tlfey Wa utterly J hold. viUains, insensible to all the obliratibhf of tcrce,y woul" nn'ceeivo. V Many gentlemen in a" i'-. w. ..v ..iiHwiii wiiu iwhc I iaq : -V Sita.lea,iuW to the great trust confided to them, H ''dreadful; ft is horrible to reflect, what our po- pm may sutler rrom then" im potency, m great and dangerous emcrgeneiea. And can w be so in bituated aa to indulge the lhne. that we arc to ba left fotever to the calm and undisturbed enjoy met4 of ouririshts-rights, w eat)lisb which, the wealth of durfamerswas esWstetl, ant their oettpiooaponrea lortii ntteterf Ueiieve me' on! - LibetIV 1 ik llivinitv.- whtin Tm- mm if im nd io ba won, so neither can it be kept, by the oflferiiiKS of dullness, and luxUry. vlsdo. and virtue iUshc can pwiiitiate her miIos( od never no ' "nn-) appear o iveiy ,m ,uer eyes, a when his gloe qf ms'd js ded in gore.' iir tlie time dl some nav tie time i cominc.' hnt; w.ilKttt tlie inosthcrolcat mildness, masnitnimitr. and forneai-ance, not this State onlv. but tliis n.;rktv Rsliu. i. liili. -.l 1.. ... f O - 1 1 1 "1 1, a. wmiH.l.11 Willi vuhtuisvu Uf 1 u........ J w I l.lLa l.u. f- 1 1 M..fc.r .Mnic, i.J mk mn 111 uicbjh. iioi llll I HI the balls of legKlation, rather than "the tented a. .1.1 li .1... . .. : . . . I 1. .1 l. l l : uvvi, tiiav tiii:sui;ji9 ui'my vj ue utsoiueu, invoiTing national liberty, or national slavery national r. utence. or uauontl death;- Jn suoh an event. wiieh tiwt enija aliall arrive, a ben the storm that ia no silently collecting its wrath, shall actually burst upon us, 'what VilThcr our attitude? Ate. bwhitt willbe tlie hesrhigbf Nortji Carolina, whh such men m bet nstionsi council, as Daniel Herv ringer,' WHli Alston, and Lemuel, SawVer? Will they protect us I can they protect us J h notoTiotis, th?y beitlier have the sagachv nor Oie energy ta Bo . -They have uot the smilto stand up io presence o the mighty :-meu a kh Ahora thev are absurdly cluned. and ht their ft cm mlm. 1, but boldly, aasW-four ig4rt,! and'kdvoeate our mt-resU. Janlon me, sir, I dd not.refard tniS as a proper pnyv to onany- vulgar epi(tvets. I hayq too much respect for tne gentlemen." with nhoml m associsted.'-and Wore -whom I now itarsA-Tl have too much'reitpect fop mrselfv wan tonly to iiuhilK here, in e.3jonsct" perBomU nottiuty.,' . cnerisn none iqwaryseiuier ot tjiose unfortunate mehi but I feel indignant and disusth ed at the degradation ot toy country, and H it nit. ocr sense oiTpaDisa jjuty . tnst i stieaK, a hen y siiy tliat onej of them, Is not only a-ahont talents and withoat cteracWr, hat Whhout free-ehey---that heis not ohlyi Uve to mean and low pro pensities his own, hut n-pimp s'Kl a . caxorcr to tUeselSsh and thelordid pasuontof it mali iMint Villain . ftnit 1:1 o rul.Mn. ' Tu k..a governed by a fellawhoas himself governe'd by the t'ederll Government, ho bold sinecure under the Federal Government, and in the la I VCart has Docketed ten thnnaand dollara from th treasury of (im onion,' without Wing rendered srsingie act 01 aervioe tor it; ut lias aoutmnea here, at home, . lounging About the court ol the country, and slandering our most vhtuous and useful citizens, onlv h . thev were honettr men than himself,-awl heranse, here at home by their country, Jo :knetr, Iim both, they had been more honorably noticed and advanced. One might V-ave cxpeetf d better things from his arc: but the whiteness-af his hair, bleached by tlu frosts of fifty aintcqv forms a singular and; a tad contrast t6 the darkness of the thnutrhts thnt .-(rail below.; Butlfbrbeats . It b a sufficient pan.. ihincnt to hitn, to be At hat be is. ,lt it not ho, supposair, that becsTisp t thus allude to the char acters of meaa men, who hold hkrh stations id! the ceuntry, that I am the lea refienlful of site honor ot my eountry.s. i love my country, and would die .for heiC Ves,ir, if ha offering of my poor life could in ancrht advance her interests, or her honor, heaven knowa I would lay it down,' as promptly and as cheertuTyJ"mt ever gallant en tered the bower of onsenUrir niaideni but tbouerh ith all her. faults Ijtgre her still. I Will not flatter those faults I will not flayer her rank vi ces and follies I will not bend to her idola-a-iss a pntknt knee, nor try aloud, in-awsh) ol an eehoi" hut rather bold a mirror uti hi her,' which, y reflecthijr hertnorat deformities foil m her face, shall trach her. if possible, to turn wr. in shame and terror from them. . It is riirlit it is neeessarV. she should see "how she it eulled ant" dishonored,. She doe not Irnow k she tloet not tee 1 H and allih ills she bears, art to M moralitv and patriotism. vhtse wealth alnae . cures to them the smilestm.l honors of the-world, when, too, m the very neqiiiaHiorf' of it the have violated not only the fcUnIlv fcelinRa of nature and hdmanity, but thjaurtieiitprmeiples of truth nd i i .1 i.. ktaui. . . V. . I urn may flava ronuaa nrs mother; his father, hit l. 1. 1 i". : . . i i .... mi. . ! wriir, ni.iricnu, ar nu eoontry, a ne tis done ft in a way totereert himself from a prosecution,' ahd va ht ears, ough ho may basely have put ' iatn his aeckct ten thousand dolfim nf tht .u. . i . I... . i . . . . - w c yeuw wihucq sa dsevec tamierea 4 smgie act ot scrvite, yet having secured hY ht may tarnish feasts, and honest man will conde scend to share tbem Nay, more) he may e-b taia place in tfce lyisluture o( his Ctnte,and tliere procure thje passage af ai) act, for hit own private ana espucuti oenent-s-ah act, bearing upon iU very face a lie, fend bavins- for its bWect noth. mg more nor lass than' the 'secnrimt.a leeal fee in his dishonest ahd ftabing pal mi" and yet hot only escape the sengeance dtie to crime, buton tinua tp legiMfete for die err peoptatie has thus ucuayeu anu uisnonorea, teaiiunon ron. tlie guardUniof&e mQrality, as well as the nights of mc p-uiic, wmryur uicea against xnese ADO minsUonsi hd by adoftln the system of educa tloa before you, prepnra the wav for extermina ting these, avils. The people should be instruc ted to respect nothing bt virtue to riespise'-and tread upon villain, though hit litobt W arrayed in mid and fine lir.oitA'. , ? -f W - ? ' fhemei-e tjftliert f tKiei"'i n'stifutidn asthd-one proposed, woulu strpngly tend, tn'ac. eomplish this resuJCi. It; woujd be a sublinvrW noble spectscle to fee llliodj of young n en, a&ao cisted togetlier under the sanction and tistronaire f .u..; : .u- J j i . t . VI HJWlll J tlircci Him egBlUBIVe ODJOCl of whose education, should be the atttimneat of excellence-; It would relieve them, too, from the denrtHliDe oonscioutnesi ,f dertendenc. tit knew thst a hilft thev were Qti al ifv inr tlienmelve's to serte their eountryi tliey ssoulil, in a opuraaof heaiujtui etreie,,j)roi!tKe what was necessary to utaih and sufrpmt themselves; . It vreuld dig- nuy shdouk and matte ft resiiec table, not eiilv in their eves, but thnsc of Xhe Comraunitrt and would thns . furnish a powerful incentive to genc- dred times s much their share, of it Vsnuld a-, mount to; to ihnprove the bread .of game cocks r and race-horses. Ttesides, a hundred men, edu rated mthe 'manner proposed,- would be worth n,t the State more than hundred thousand, with - incra tnuutcringgi eunaation.', if '-: 7. '.-i In iia hffus, and innXl coithtrlei. ire'.finil ; that io tliflicnlt frtdidang-erott emerfeticjetyV'. the fiifety-of th) many fins drpe tided oq th ' feaT and id a decisive crisis, a hundred rich i roeu- woum noworth to ui ur more- than ue ".rascal ccnin(erswa.hic1i sliouU expend v ' ubon thenr They ThiIit worth to us wit , Ji&ertle ; Sir, jvoufd'jott ask fir fed iiwanct' bf the ajnaiint; influence, which eveu en great rninJ, happily cultivated, antl fairly de yeiopea, eouid exercise oyer toe tnteresU, tha character, and the fame even of 4 learned and a powarf ul nation. v None whp have com- mnned with him, ever can forret -the divine' spirit ttiat-lfrrathes and bunH i twr linsi ; , ui me iiiiiiruriai ncoinsn tajca. . a an wjrnor, J he has done more for his conntn-, than tveB ;v man before did fqr bU Country. tie has res-" ted Scotltnd.'frotn ConipafaUre-JjbsCAirlty f and oblivion,- , and made Her holy, 4ml haunted rertoirs E,yry- ,tale of hie nativ: landhM been lighted up with art of hit jjeniut, ami' her mountains and lier cavernt are peopled tsrttli the children of his finer Aiong tne pag-e, ner cnteis ano; sages Tife like "fptriu conjured from the vast doeD." and ataml embodied there, In the eternal pani ' t.. ..r, .u. -. ..1 . ... 1 k . . 1 . . upi ui umu Tiruni vunc(:u py ntsiory, ana consecrated by genius Theif though ibeir deeds, their very forma, have all 4he warmth and freshness of life;' sndwe Ueaf, and aec and almost feel thcjrtwfth ta palpable 4is iinctncs'sv as if they -yet lived, ajid moved; . and had their beinr." ' Hut whence the trtigh,.'-' ty powerth.at could tbni, with the fj-okV " ttf an enchanter's wand,? ' kail back the van..; isiiea moaeis- ot pawj-exoeHcnce, to act u ;i'- - raMndustry. it 1 Impossibhs to detail, or even monitors of livinr- msn, ' persuading us by toanticifte.tlieraanv advant-Yves which mkfht r.K.t--i.. :..ii.AL...t.fL :J. their eloquence, and exaltinir us by their ex. asnpie, to tne pursuit ot virtue andceUet-K).f. yy hence, I aaVj tins mighty tlnsmagdc-po-"-erf j.The Original capacity must indced.hare' come frotnT.t-ayen; hut its dVure-iiisnfwas, thtf -frhit cffduiation ahne. Hut for the epnt?. mganu ennooiiiiij mnucnae pi caucation, XeaScptthinwclt, i&$$ar'i,Z& In life's low vale t arnotk ftad nined atone! VTurt drop'd into the grave, ..twptded ami - tinknotni," t- ,'jv -. 'u - In education, alone, may consist the differ. - ence between' hWnund, ' ml that if ;tnany i youth, now toVVmar at the handle of a nlonrh. in the fields of Carolina and the elements of as great a heart might be found beneath th6 ' tattered rtt of many a helpless bftyNay, J" use 11 upon myseii. to aay;iiiat t.xio know a tnan.Tcared and living among us in, pro-'. found obscurity scarcely less divinely rifted, than Scott h imself, w ho, if hit lot haxf been cast m a kindly and intellectual region, would iii octriT me oujecs 01 universal lova ana admiration whose -apkitj; if; it had been courted into expansion, fend enlivened into scuon, wouid nave neen a messing- to his country, had an ornament, to humshityj jbut, , alast alas! too rentla and too delicate, to ' meet and master the rupged stornj of vulgar passions ani atupiit prejuu.qes, tnu spirit M ' fast retiring within the dark 'and icy cham-r bern ofV despair. I speak, and I could weep' whilel speak, ofthe immtrtat Ehvin fat. chattel Yes,' though his tiamef be Tiken tny own, nriknown to fame, yet here "?,lh foe result tothe'eountrn, from tlisf.ajrrkultural it partmcnt of the oollepc. AgriouUure; tb6 most important interest of North Cajslina, for wo are ess&ntiall v a bodv of (aimers, wcaibl ihan1wi i- 1 1. r. '.L .nmunvu imiu i cim-jii betaiu;.xiic nroiessor of agikulture, woaldhe chosen for his. k,nowl? tJdtre of the elementary m-ltielnkt'ai well a the practical details of the scicneev anil, in tlie con uctand government of the college fiirn,siht would be. emmratiy serviceable? to'the Vhole eomrhunity, .;,Next m i:portflnc to the depart- nnv 01 airriciuiure. . me muioiry liroiessershro. It is admitted to be incompatible ith the snirit of cue government to kectt.on.foot nobody of mcrr:iane5; Tina hence n has oeea laid down as one of the cardinal principles .of our republican V'f . ui i'i i:if nuiuia tuouia ne leutne ee ence ofeur libeHie. Is it not greatly important theft, that they th'-.u!J be efficiency disciplined ami ili-tracteil' ' VV ho that has attoaded the ar rays of on militia, and witnessed tkeir eltimsV and "Singraoelul evolutions, but mutt laugh ta scorn uie mes ot mrir ouuriug ciiecua i resistance to a disciplined foe?' I am sure I !o hot err. when I say thnt ten thuusaml nien, wjho had seen service ten thousand courageous snd disciplin ed troops, thrown npon the coast of Xorth Caro lina, might overrun the State ith fire and sword. Let not my sentirhents be misunderstood.-v The light of hedven no where shines upon $ braver or a linrdier race than that of Nortli Csrolina. I do not beiievetuerei On earth a peotilc, withhold-' ear hearts, or stouter nanus, ttian those we repre sent 1 Put the hisloiT ot all lime hi. sheVn, that in the field, the besi and noblest "efforts, nf valour are vain without discipline. - If we would be wise. tnereiore, anu act upon uie lessons Pt tlie past, let ns now. when k is in our Bower .iar the faun. . .. . ' . .... ". .'ii "t . ....... . ... - ...... nation ot a reneral mtuary euucntlon tor our pee-1 01 rOT country ana uie woric, mm to call .1. , Uil.Jj..:u.il. il. .1 iji.j.1.,!. I ir . l.l,. - v - ,".-.S.".-t 1 : ' s ' t 'VA' ' li 'V , -;- - ,3?- -i AiWvC1!.,,'.. right, WttairfctWMs mwely jliti-jnle. Jf it WdesiraWe tlwt Uiey, thonld fcc Uie-1 A' iSeeAtkpageJ t . . X ; n : -''A, :S.'V'Av'';'';----;'-'. 'St. -ff Jfi X J
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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