1
EIENI3BaDIE(IDIU(&IHI FAM"
YOIX MR I.
"THE ICNOR-tNTAND DFAiR.il) ED OF EVERY NATION OR CLIME MUST BE ENLIGHTENED, BEFORE OUR EARTH CAN ILiVF. HONOR IN THE UNIVERSE."
GKEKSIIROUGII,N. C. S T(JU Y, SKI1 T M BKK 19, 1829
Till". ;ilKKNSB()R(r;H, 1 ATKIOT,
h pri.ite.i ami publi-hed every Saturday morning, by
WILLIAM SWAM,
U Twi Dollars per annum,' payable within three months
from 'he outc f the first number, or 1 hret- Dollars after
the expiration nf that petil.
I. s.-Wriher will be .it liberty t" discontinue at anv time
,:'.:;. the first three months, by p vin- for the numbers
m- :'.eil, armnliiiK to the aljovc terns; lint no paper will
V- (I:, i.utinueil until all arrearages are paid, and a failure
iv latkra discontinuance will be considered a new eneage-
the thread of (his eternal enacting, amending, altering
and repealing, or laws ; sous to know when he is
doing a lawful or an unlawful action. , .
The objects of (Jovcrnment are said to be two ;
the preservation of the citizen's person from violation,
and the preservation of his right in property. The
lower branch of tin Legislature i- denominated the
tixicg better was implanted in communities as it is
in individuals, to prevent the stagnation of. human
a Hairs and to stimulate our nature to its highest .ca
pacities of improvement. Our country, rabidly as
it has advanced, has not advanced rabidly enough
for our ambition. In many respects we are far below
th". nations of Europe, and we cannot wait with ia-
-at. t J : '
, whn mav become responsible for Ten copies shall re- unimccs-ary m tolo, and
popular branch, is chosen by the people generally ; j ti rice im:i! Hie gradual progress of time shall pla.e
and is, therefore, considered the especial guardian of ti- on a level witii them. W e pant for "more space
personal rignts; wmiht me oilier uranc.i is cimcii re m the world s tlioiibt. Uur homely doiiioiic joys
freeholders only, to be the especial guardians ot per
sonal right in property. This, precaution, a- taken
dv our v .on-uaiiM'U, appears lo me to do. aosiiiu
df overpowc l.ig cln pi",iee as it h i I .evi ... it i e
fore, and perhaps will neve, hour a;;ain. When s
it that the pen of Hurk ruled the fne mini- o S
ouutrymeu, like (lie wand of a ma-icia ' I' .is
when the fruitful apj aritiou of the Frerch v .u
tions, starting hi) by hi- -ide, awake. -ed his jva
that lie snap bed the heart of pro ph ev a .d . .i
slianee, ponied upon the ear ufhi- cou tr su h a
soul Milxlmi: song, a- linn, id in tra ee in r i e-1 . ; i
li 1 till the season ol da-i'i and mi. illation v "s ,.tr.
To come to onr-(lveo if the Ameneaa lo-o t. ft is
ever lu' iiuiilie :)owe"pi strokes o vii iicr'.'. e i-
Olldi
nee
t, tl.
wron.-calc.
.1 il.l. .--,... n iMml llr.' .if MlTCnt Will
riruie ou, s, , , , ,
, i.r.mr Mib.cribers: ""-M' tw "K ' "'V 31
ilsobemadeto authorized aen'siop pi
And warranting their s .lveney or 1 cioil;i.
a i) v K i ' n s r. ?. 1 1 '. n ' r : j.
.in;
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i al ulaled lo giv: Hie pre-
ll is absurd, bee uise
lould
sh
ot exceeding 12 lines, be la ;.av msu i. d th. -e times
0
fur
be n;ore lin.ilv Mardee, than an (mu.1 auioent ot
personal propeia v. It is Iota I! unnecessary, beeatiM'
ma wcil re'i! ited and freeiroveri.nie:.l. a majority cf
the people will p;?ess prcpeitv of some kin A
. .. ... 1
stroki s
jue.li' e. it vva- vhen the ei ted horror- ol 'v ar
si iMtudf lired l;te heart' and the
k I
oi,r Inuni.ie, tpnle, i."ios:ciiialious happuu s, seem-i
t line and inip:d. V- lor some mop' sple.idid j
fortune. V t: w ant the world to riiu with our re. '
iium to talk with adrogation of fields v.on by the j
valour of our troops, of towns and lleets dernoli-lied I
b the thunder ol our nav, ofcharinuc M'nales iianu- 1
in with breathless ivnlme on ilie loii-ues of ai !' ' doe- not cent ioeally ri; '4Wit h st i roi: r
v; ol -ubii.ii.i ! our oat-, di
ol our 'l.'olars, the pndound v. i-riom .l owr iun-t
a j
r1
oi our
ami
i
I li my and our Aim s.
I .el us not therefore sitih because our Con rress-!i ill
I; - th. no-
erudition ''!-( crtu.-ioii of (ireere, Uour- a d , ug .: .'. I .'or
race e l 'it al men r- nol ci ei' l. a r .n o iill i i" e
jut
i .....l u;mitv.hv r.ent lov eac.i Mirr.ec'iUiir io-: i ji -:i . .. r ... . t .
oneuouni ' j naru ior mis win prevent i.ii rnirorn tnirusung ie- , i:ik; ail
lit ition those ot greau i . .io. .. ........ e I uislative ovcr to one. w in has neith
losoi
UU'lr
Ue want o see -li!nii"r cities ' unlelt u hen their von e are noMiearJ i.i the Laou.il.
our streams, the h.de faee of our la id smi- I 'l would be an emuieieo mist ike t - suppose trial all
msiaiive iovcr lo one. who nas neither oroortv. ror n n-m tivate. .nr-. . , ...l. ,.f , ;..i l.
All ktersaiiu coniuiuinoao.., - Wiul u ul . probity, fit he posses nronerlv
lativetothe paper, must be k sv-i ..;), or Uu-r;
attended to.
vil! not he
COMMUNICATION.
f f,M -nsM tmJ.Hr. if U W4 v Hhf.9f .
it ir s uour fi'Aiil v.'ith nv.drstv anil ease."
For fas f.'sihusnonorr . v lmior.
NOK I H-CAHOI.IN . No. IV
1 v f ' i i ' a i . it t or Ukit.: -i;ti i;, &-c.
-1,T1 e less, the creat, M-t o;,;.a'. ,rue,
Tlr.a lout hint; one, must s;. ,'..e t!:e ot irr tr.fi." Pope.
it is a
security (hat he will not meddle injuriously with that
of others; if he have honesty, his sense of justice will
be a snuiciei.t pleue. It rios a p.'cp. nderanee to
t!,e wro.iy scale, for. bv i-rvnt nv rvl rani (iinarv inirnii-
nUius to the posssimvi ioertj:t it intunates uiat
the whole business and metir cf our litres, coelsisiiin
the .ccu.uuhtion and monopoly of wealth ; and that
the whole tfcrTgn orovernu.eijL is to secure this mo
nopoly : whereas jie hia.- or iiiipulse ought to betpv
eu to virtue; a:id, if any are abridged in their privi
leges, it should be thoe, whom moral depravity has
1 (.is.iuaiilieu Iro.n exercising tliem with discretion.
lln. Mm tok : I ren i lo '. py Vur columns. Show mc a virtuous pcoole, cnjoing liberty and e
flr ahiee our kiiulr.e--, a:.d ;o :m the patii nee of (,,,:, ni;us', and I will a-k no lu.-lher pha!r;-: f-rth-i-your
readers, on a snbji c'. w!:ic!i, U :nc-t, must sound i, ,., v an, fnjaality.
r....n.
"hike a twirc told t.de.
Vexing the dull ear of a d:"v
But if ever we commence the
Beifion. we must bcirin ft th"
vork upon
h! i'rlihee mi
' J ' L
foundation. It it is our tie-, m to !iav e ivpuo.it ;,n
interscctir.g every district, and uni. e.-sal weahh, like
a rughty river, roUii.g iu li !,, from om t ln inily
ol the empire to the other. Some of these' are le
gitimate aral laudable object's of ai.tl;ilion, w!uh
others arc purclusiug at so dear a rate that a desire
after them is one of the incst uufortuuate passiou.s
lliat can enter Hie Weasf of a nalioiu iewe sn'irt
len with a passion for glory, that noisy goddcj who
drives her tlamlug ehaniot over the earth, delighted
with the roaring of her own wheels and the gae
which she attracts ? V.'e forget that the period of a
nation's greatest glory is not the period of its greatest
happiness. Its years of tranquil enjoy .nent roll on un
noticed. Those are too tames theme for the liistorie
i.use, who loves to record daring at lueveinents of
our, struggles of terrific passion, and tnuiical
Scenes of sud'ering. On thc.e she lavishes heriiow-
ers cf 'description', "oh these she expatiates at length
Though I have clove, ii is t!.e privilege of any j
citizen to do, sujested several amendments to the I
r m l w ork ol rctor-ltustitution and la.s, where their lealurcs appear t while she passes over with brief and careless notice
ba-e, ami found our' fiiili-republican, or burdensome ; yet our chief com-1 a much lonirer inace of a nation's existence, unsr'na!-
a rock. It would b.vfol! i.. ei et t a splen- plaint is, that the Representative of a minority oftheliz.d by striking events, but spend in happy repose.
n a badly con-tnir!t I, and toiicring old j people form a majority in the Legislature of the I Thus a river may flow on with deep and tiuiet cur-
law s, administered by republican ma rim
is renin
t ' i
Pl'.. I.
be
r:.llli(d i.c
n-pui.- j
IV- I
. i
via i
aite we set out with repmmi .m In -d prm i
Slie root he aristocrats al. the iri-e aii'i t
ln :ni : if the tree be an-t a ; i.k a
publican fruit, any more tli .u '"i. - i.tubl tcet,
biiii ' forth good fruit."
That majorities shall govern i- a rrjiubliean axion J
and 1 believe the ba-is o t all popular governments, j
V li "' "fV, i imd.' islali.l m'"i,ii'. .ut n iTiet
- - . ' . . ii- . I . . n .. i t-
ber. Anolher repuniu an niami i-. urai an tiic-u, vi;
are riially bound by the i.iws, -shall enjoy an equal
participation in their enactment ; or. in other words,
that all men are equal. ImiI our ( 'u.-ctu!i..n pro
Tides thai N. ( '. shall be gov .Tied bv majority ol
unities: yet these counties . i e r-e:v a. I !tr:try divis
ions of the Stale, without ctnaid to i (i;...i;;-. either
f territorial contents, or of; hi i. umber oi inhabit
ants. It is provided that eaelt of ihee divisions hah
end anctpial number of representatives tt the legis
lature; and it happ'ii- that thn '-.valei part of ihesc
oufuies are small, or thiidv inliabo'cd ; whence it
Mate. To remecv thi, we insist cm the calKpg of a ; n nt for hundreds of miles, the convenient thorouglare
CoaveiiMoii, as indispensable. jot die whole population, and yet never appear in
loivrORr. j th coimns of a newspapes, or be -honoured wit!) a
.?--!-- , po-.-i's ?ong; but if in its progress it t chances to dash
hi: llc j i),
'. hid the il c. u fit n :', r ulmott tri.c.
)'haU'"r i"r tvri'r, nv vMtf f'.rth rt,t:h'y iv;:',"
elivered u t'h ipcl Hill rn ed.e,day, Juno 2Kb, . 1-,-jJy
ncror hng to the .inneal n.ii.tTicni oi the twn L-fe'-irr
its water? ovt r a precipice and from a fnghtlul cata
rarl, that ?inglr sptt -abrKraU nttwrtiou arrd writ!
renowii. I he words of (hp nnet are but loo
. II o rrii'w d hi tUo hitnrr .ijiiv- -i f.nA; inrthcm to appreciate till
uai
liiat
"omes tp asx, that a minority ot a. - oeojdc supply a
Societies, belonging t the ' rivcrsity, by Wii.i.iam
Il(K.pi k, A. M. rrofcbMjr ot Aaeienl I lingua jjes in the
L'luvers' j.
(CJ;., Jhtltt .)
el;h i.p n the dangers to be apprehended
from the iaiinixtiire of icit igner.; among us. Happily
i this dai.'ger will grow le;s with the laps of time.
I he ordinal emigrant hwomes a much more harm
less t iii'cn than he was in his own country. Op
pression and poverty may have rendered him a 'lin
gered revolutionist there, but the easy Vircumstiui-
ces in which tie soon places himself here transform
Vhe paeh of glory hads but to the graVe".
fircat ta Units are called forth only hy great
exigencies, hi ordinary times, they slumber un
known, or evpend themselves in ipiiet schemes of
dome-tic us'.-fulness. And shall we regret that no
calamitou-event occurs to throw these talents into
IxVcier prominence ? Shall we wish a whole natou's
mighty body to writhe in a convulsive lit, that we
mi ) have the pleasure of seeing the actions of its
large muscles ? Let us remember too, that the same
try ing times which provoke into pubiic view talents
flu t rfie valuable, alo rouse lliose that are noxious
If an inglorious, tranquilty deprives us of the light
when wc should receive from sublime exhibitions
I. .,..,. .. I'.k I 11. I . . . . 1 - ...1.1 t i 1 . I II I 11
Braioiin oi tne neiMi-eiiuoi .s in m v-eoenu s- ins i naii'.oier, unu ai wicu nun to tne r.os ut-iOie lanu r ':. o...,.o :-. . i 4i. i , r the hidiet oitcll ol beaul Ilie I
.. .1 . I I 'i I i I ... ..I., ii i l 11- i i xrt VI IHUI i 11 mill 5rt us mi; Urtlll rlliu ILie IIOIIOI Ol , - ,
aemb y. it that both . as if outfit to he. were other tlvat n;.s cilered him an asylum in its bosom. If he i i i . i . and Ilie hue e t and mora s ot
. ; n " i i . ;.-!, .k,. i'ii ,; , ,t ... , ' . I witnessing gigantic powers employed only to (It strov. a,,u , l "ion. u,
H.iiigs euui,the n.ajoiin inhs. 1 1 nee it i, that the I .eaves children alter lam, they constitute a mostval-!,,, f f ' Vui,.'..;r . i f(.rli. these the nuns of American ambii.
mllueiice or weii;ht, which one man lias above ano- uable species ol population, ios.-e:;siiu' the improve- :i. ........ i i . ,. i Withouf enw to other. die t' or oi I
. . , ... . , I , , , : ii f ii j. -,i ,i ' . our nei '.looruoou uecauae percuaiice n nuyni semi j , . , .,
,er, ... making the laws ol he .state, ,y uinch all uicul, b.ought from older countries withthe patn- fo(lh flom ,ts bowe,3 some oflt, ? "1)o wc core thousands of our iHlow me.
are to I governed, ,s as one to tvvo three, four, livt., t.s,n of natives. Lcs.de., th ; m lux of fore.gne.-s aJ(t for milili, mi(UVII ? Aas . l3S 0;mMdcr being more dircwd than we u, tin
Ac. according to the population ol the county he .pay must abate, as our territory !3 hlled with indigenous ' ... . , i,(c ,r ,,i i . , , , , macy. I3e il ours by indistrs , fne.
. i . i . rei :. i t l. i. ... i .. . 4...i:.:.-i.-i- i . i . .
nance to lnnauit. i ..is is iicnnci eipiaivuui iepuu- lauiiiupiea. inu u 16 tone nocu, lliat tne :.ampie
hcan ;hut it is n sore vexation, and a llagra.it injustice, ot ou. ui-:Uiulious, together with the progress ol po-
1
Seeing a majority are deprived of their iuct privileges
bv this defec t in our constitution, to sutler it as a tie
gradation ; and, when the sufferers shall know the
frxtcnt of their wrongs, and that the means of peacea
ble redress arc in their power, patient inuurance will
become pusillanimity
The Constitution provides that ev ery county shall
send their Members to the General Assembly, and
ach of several towns a Delegate to the House of
Commons. This makes the Legislature a large, un
wieldy body, and the expense of Government enor
mous ; the more especially as the Sessions are annual,
and ve. v protracted. This is an evil which might be
remedied hy lessening the representation, by shorte
nint' the time a Session shall hold, or by holding only
ISienniU or triennial Sesssions. I?oh houses might
"be reduced to half their present number, without di
minishing their capacity for doing justice to the whole
Slate, provided they were chosen upon equitable
principles. The term a Session should continue
might safely be abridged to tine half the time, to
which they are prolonged. Once in fne or seven1
year's, a Session might be protracted to a greater
length; as, thus often, it might be necessary to legis
late on matters of greater importance. Hut half the
ommon length would-be quite adequate to meet all
Hie exigencies, of incorporating academies, libraries,
ami lodges-, of legitimating children, and restoring
delinquents to credit; of establishing new turnpikes,
toads, bridges, &c. Meantime two great points
wou.ld be obtained, viz : the saving of a vast expense,
and the prevention of redundant legislation. For
whilst the members of the legislature art; lounging
htttvLUie metropoUSv4ll)iig ' grerun.,.uu,rdi u iim,
pla)Sng at cards, attending diversions, eating high
seasoned dinners, drinking cogniac and Madiera, ano
singing inerijy the tune of three tlollars a day, a show
f business, must Jj.e maintained. .Iienccv tlienroper-.
y, the persons, and the very lives of llieirconstituents,
.ire jt opardiauu Ur t except a lawyer, can keep
litical philosophy, will more & more' meliorate Euro
pean governments, teaching sovreigns that it is their
iaiteeb of a single hero. Let us ea?t our eyes on
Home in the days of her Julius and her C.tto, on
France in the das nf h r Louis XIV and her Na
poleon, on Fngland during the campaign- of her Mail
iti. . .iki.'fv.r i t p.i.-rvri siiw.. .... a.., 4.. i 1 1
un. niim-i i" iu: .en nun ututi 3 iii:iiir,oi in ii ai;c i i a i n i ( xr i nr i
.. i- , l 1 t . . , , borough and the exploits ol her iStdson. U ou d A-
their sul)ects happy. As such benign changes take ! i ir J i i i . i
n ,i , , tl-' , . p . , 1 rnenea be wi ling to earn such ce ebritv at such an
ju.iee, iiiu nmtn.i;i!iein.s iu CllilgtilllOII Win SUDSIi.C,
and thousands of restless malcontents, who now si"h
for clvsian lidds beyond the Atlantic, will tl;eri seek
thut h.ipiues.s at liomc which they before thought
wai only lo be found in the new world.
Against the danger that threatens us from servile
iuserrccliotis, ii surely becomes a wbe people to
make timely provision. If no fears were awakened
by growing numbers and incurable discontent, still,
the necessary degradation, and invisible viciousness
of so large a proportion of its inhabitants, "would
demand remedial measures from a humane enlight
ened nation. That slavery is the baneful parenj
of the vilest morals, every virtuous family iu the
southern country knows lull well and deplores that
: i I. . I I . .. .: . i :. ii - . .
u uoitis wiiuin us own wans a louniani ol moral
poison, which in spite of the most watchful care is
.ontmnually diilusiug around its baleful intluei.ee
and infecting the hrnlth of all the household; while
public te-timony to the s tmeinournful tact is furnish
ed by every jail and gibbet in the land. Many of
the state governments have awakened to the import
ance of this subject, and wc may hope that the prog
ress of political wisdom and an increasing, sense f
ihe magnitude of the evil, will -enlist the remainder
w ho now stand back in rndillerciice or despair, until
at length a unanimity shall be cliectcd, by which the
collective wisdom iind resources of the nation shall
be put into action for the exterpatiou of the bitter
iQut.fxyiLuOiir soil.
A survey of the multiplied blessings. which already
i Town our land, might seem sufficient to beget a per
fect contentment and that all we shall ask of ilcav-
tuvis. a coiitinueuce...oXUie..jvaint'. coxubtion, Hut- it
.s certain w e ale not sati-tied with our present at
tainwmit ; und perhaps tliis nailer.- tlirn f om
t , ' ' ' ''-'.
expense, and pore out like water, the blood if her
sons and the terrs of her daughters, merelv thai she
mir'.i boasi of a few splendid victories? Neavin de
tent1 us from such accursed ambition, and such "bad
eminence1'' in the production of misery.
IV wc burn with emulation toghe birth to illus
trious orators.- These too, are the product of a na
tion's throes. It is impending dangeis, it is keen
suffering which alone call furnish the requisite sub
jects, or kindle the requisite passions for the display
ol eloquence, t he brilliant thunderbolt is the child
of the storm. When was it, let me a.-k again, that
appeared the immortal speakers who have illustrated
their respective countries, in ancient ami modern
times Greece heard not the thunder of her De
mosthenes till ti.t!' 'Macedonian conquerer was on
the inarch with chains iu his hands to put about he.
neck,: nor did the tongue of Cicero utter its most
powerful notes till his country trembled or smarted
under the treasons and spoliations of Cataline, V er-
res and Anthony. France never knew what it was
for - 'he voice of a popular debater to command the
bayonets of a nation till. the concussions of her Revo
lution struck put the corruscations of Mirabeau.
And when was it that the Hritish parliament bowed
to ti e resistless lorcc ol human speech, and every
Fngishman, yea, .every defendant of englishmen,
gloried m the claim,
'TuatXliuthants's la.nuty;c,.raa Avi .nwjthcr topst,
It v.is when the Hritish fleet was battering down
our towns, and the Uritish Ic 'ions .were caryirniHi;
' e-
e; - ' e
I o
iv-
oc ihroul'h our fields, when the blood v troubles ol
the Indian tomahawk-were 4amelks4y-4eiiued-with L-oard. noida-wi;iU the heart to lake horn
Hritish artTlJ. ileal tlie i.i.li A i-i ..l cuirit nf I rhnt.-n I Y. iiii.o bv l i -t I. '' ,' l .: ' I I Ilie lui i-
test'jjfied thy swnalu wfbis cwuutry witk luch WurU ( thrusting away iu disgrace, and spiUdully jj.owli. g af
.U II Oil
the eloquence and all the wiilo n ciu h we own, is
collected in our ( ongrt ss, or that iho.-e either in
Congress or out of it who make the i!iO"t noiev are
the most important personals of our cation. To
borrow an illustration from Mr. Hurke, let tis not
imagine, ''because half a tloea pasrhoppcrs make
the Held ring vith their importunate chink, .hat
"they 'are-' mrrn toitv the' mrfr iTibafvrtanls' f .f the tWf d, "
while thousands of the great t attle re; o-c hei-eath '
the shadow of the oak, and rhew the rod rt -si lent e:"
It is perhaps as well or bettt r for our vourln ihal in
lier thaiouite davs,ber great men -ho.dd be I'-'n'.u-ted
through various parts .f 1 1 1 - emnee. th u cih t
ed at the metropolis. f)ur national dt ' tie- e..v ,hc
less -jdeudid, the world's -jae mav be - 'ti n . d
hat pci haps the nation i- a a:..er. Tii, a u , .e
character-are the nalt ot 'Is npuhlie, wh'i-i uii ity
ileoemls nol on itJ acciifiiul atiou in one spo', b .l on
its diilt.rion. They sprc.id a who -nme sea-, ai.
ing through the general nu-s Whi!. ih art iitnet
y engaged in the putstiit of private life, the art he
ornaments of their sever I neighbourhood- i.e tlif
fusearoundthe.il the mi'd radiance of ci)c virtue,
and are the focus of liht anJ heat to th. ir iittle
spheres at the bar, on the beii' h, r in the pulpet
maintaining the laws ami watching ovi r the ino.alfl
of I heir couutrx , stttinu an evanqile of ho or, 'uu lli
gcuct iii palrioti-rn in the nid-t of their f !lo eiii ens
comicUng their eironeou- opinions, liberalizing I1 ir
uairow mimls, slaving tin ir heatllong pa sou , n h-
leii-i ol . h' ' . I ' j' - r
tluci'ig among th m the nnp.-ox emeui- ol uu- ge,
stirring them up to trenerou- ent rp' i-e-, t "n !i i
and fo-terini; -euuiiaries of h i.tue: , a ,1 cms
lighting up new su i- lo illum inte tln-r c u try
whe n their own lat beams -hall haxe sin k 1 .. tiie
west. TIh mav, too, wilhout aji; eniii ie t on
lress. be pu.-hing forward the genera! wel' lt in; ot
the Union b leading Useful inea-un s iii the L ;isla
ttires of the several Slates. Aha. t-me hoiil.l any
public exigency call for their sei v it t -, hey are read .
at the summons of their country, to uide her coma i!s
or to wield her -word.
But I said there were legitimate and laudable ob
jects of our ambition. These are the culture o''m:r
name soil and of our native mind the )-utry ' N
ace ot our eoi" y
OUT CllltliS. i'
on. I ? u -e'.d
ivnij slau 'htt it d
tha i vvi hiv. , -f
intrigues of he o
ahty and the ha id
of art, by a diligent improve nent ot the hb -s.ngs of
peace ami freedom, to make every pari ol ni laiul
smile like the garden of I uen --pres-mg lioni tne
earth's full bo-orn the greate-t iio--ilile iea Ii! of
nutriment for the increasing millions ot he. i i.'lu. n,
and, by every facility oi tran-eoi 'ation. o -i no a : die
proceeds of ourlabor withea-e ami n ,htv Iron, i it;
mountains to the ocean and Ipmh the . e.i io 'he
mountains tlie-e are achievements v. huh vvi . y
attempt and hope for without uul and w:hnel
sumption victories over imna--alile -i.a
I !.-. . I ......... y. . .1 . .1 . .j 1 1 . r '.I..1 fl.A. 'J.'.l. ...
llLinis oi sen in.., ui in mi .j
wielding, ail latent faculties of nature, t.'l ihe s , , 'El
ation of the inanimate as well as the animate. I a. r' I
to the will of man, shall make good til( charier al
lowed him by heaven, of "having dominion ov ei the
works of (iotFs hands.''
But there is yet a nobler subject than the stn fari of
the earth for us o meliorate and polish the t ihcr al
mind. It seems to be an admitted !o ti me, thai hit
best guarantee wc can have foi the permanence o".
our free institutions, is the intelligence of our people ;
that the more light they have, the heller will thev ap
preciate and the more zealously defend, the pit ions
inheritance bequeathed us by our fathers. I'rocenh: n
on this principle, most if not all of the meuii" is nf
our confederacy have taken some measure- tor (he
promotion of education ; smite indeed have got gn at
ly the start of others in this rat i' of honor, aJ
are nosH reaping the fruits of it in those liberal md
magnilicie.it public work- lo which p.;hh n-tel-licence
will infallibly uive rise while some aie .i It
at a mortifying distance, behind, 're larded hy ihe hea
vy clogs ot ignorance and sordid parsnnoux . M..nc r
people intelligent, and you. make them i itc pn -mg,
.They learu tkua judicious cvpendilure ol pnhl t ..mo-.,
uey is the truest economy, the be-t ait ot '"'"
rich. Hut an ignorant c ommunitv , vy.th Hu ry
spirit of a miser, will he tn f I , d upon its u-t ! k-j
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