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SHENORTH CAROTINS , : ( r Jt X.JJTGH:-PUBI.I8HED EVERY TVZ TOTiGtQli Twiy-JiwSbillMgtperYeat'-l H' n ' n in ' if i .1 . extract r: from tht Excellent Speeeb of Governor Strong delivered kfore the Legjjkturt of Mojfachu jttU on tht fl kjlant.'' The patriotifm of the American peo ple has been manifeft in upholding the pre feotfyltcm of national government and the continuance of our onion it obvioufly neceffary to fecaretefpeft from other nati ons and prfcre tranquillity among ur felvea i for unlefa bur iewa are circum fcribed within a narrow circle, we" mull perceive, thatdivifion would lead oa to dif urdcr and weikncfs, and cxpofeua to the lofa of national importance, and individual ltbetty. So long thefe ftatesare uoitcd, they will continue to increafe in power and profperity, but whenever the tics which conned them are diflblved. they will pro bably, decay and fall to ruin, by mutual jealouGei and intc&inc feudt. There it no evil tevwbich-fiee govern -.. tnentt are more expofed, than the preva T PES P A' Y -ytJNg 29,1862.; ; Vol; VII. Nuui. 325 ly ad'uatcd by the moftimpartial tea.,to Tj 01rloJ fetsuat with Allowing everj degree! the imerett and convenience of flie Popple.1 1 of pftk-jln the difcoyeriea, to. the fuftiuc- Competition for offices, of neceflkyy inves' 1 us iu pcf tunai ,. auappoinimcnt . ana iue difficulty of deciding upon Meteafiont ap parently equal, mull foto-times occafion emoarraiiment. out no material detriment to the public iatreft will irife from thefe lources, while the power of appointment, it exercifed with fincerc,' dtfire, to .feleft' able and upright men. It it only when , fubjeded to the influence of pjlCTn, intoler uce1, or parry project, thit this powerbt cornct & fcourgc to the people. 1 tt Utind and pirtintni,. fentimentt advanced by your Excellency,' upon the general impoi Uncc of government, to Uhe peace of fociciy, iin tendency .to promote the public bappiutf, ' and induce a compliance with the law or the Supreme Being, demand our nioft cor dial nflViit and approbation. , t , VVerejuice inthe exiftenceof that Nati- onai vonuuuiion, wnicn unitet trie rcopie . I -f . i . . .' lence of oarlT fpirit The extreme - 'wo-1. oi tue lcverai atatct in the bonds ot intef knee of thil foirit dtRradea the chr&crt lea, -and entitlea them o the. common pri. nation, and vitiatetthe moralt of the peo pie; it hat proved fatal to alrpoll every other republic, either by enabling a iuc ceffiful Chief to eftablilh hit empire on iit tuins, or by weakening Jtt ability to op pofe foreign invafion it ttndt to pcivcrt ;he judgment as well as couupt the heart, and render the fubje&t of it uufocial anri intolerant. Men who, in the ordinary Commeice of life, Would difdain to make ufe of deception, .. when actuated by the r?e of party, will give currency to reports, which at leaf! they frtuft think doubfful their frcttntdd patriotifm drgtnciartt into an cjgerncfi to fopport party pi incipiet j and in order to influence opinion! or meafuret, or to relo'iate fuppofed itijuiitt, they hive no fcrupJc in violating tle plained rulct of decency and ju ft ice. Our fentimcnty on political fubjecit will be different, but this divrrdlv. if in esoreflincr it we confine oar- j w r 0 fch ea within the limitt of truth and candor, will not be injurious, and if it produce an honourable emulation to promote the put) Kc Rood, , majr even Le ufeful. It i im poflibie that all fhould be of one rp;ninri, and itTt a reafonable Tndulgcnce" 16 Tufllrr eety man to rajoy hia own ; in many fttfet. however, an open and fair examination of public rarafure is nectffsry, to enable the people to fat m a conefl judgment concern ing them and if the current of npunon h different from oun, we "ffiayTridcirvoarrby early difcufuon, without. artifice or calu-n bj, to correal thejoppofed eiror. But the man who onncccflarily excittt puhlic alarm or rule nt men t, is a di fl urber of ihe cace, and whatever his pretences may be, he it afiuated . by. improper motives, and hat notegard to the intertil of hi country We flatter ortiMve6 that the mild cha rafter of our fellow citixms, and their ge nerai inroruiatton, win uve ot trom tm-ic exccfTcs of cart zeal, br which' ot her na tiona have been cifgraced ; but there is. fuch x propenfl.y to indulge this paflion, and it hat lo often proved deftruftive, that good men 1'aould fupptefs it in themfelves, and difcourage the appearance of it ino then ; this duty is peculiarly incu n'jent on Ihe public offiterx of the ftate, f&V if at any lime they Ihould unfortunately happen to he under itt influence; in (lead of euardih? the public. Inu'ull with Ready patriotifm. they might - imlifoieetly facrifke' it to pi i- I fate attachrrent . ' A prudeht and tempe rate couife of proceeding - ou the part of government, will generally produce mo'dt ratiorl and Jcquicfcence in the people ; and 2 hpprand truft, -that irf difcharging the dutiej ofdvr rclpeftive effiers, our imparti al conduit will prove, that we are the faith ful acciitt1 of the Commonweath., and not tbejiaderi br mjlrumenti of a phrtj ; and that we invariably endeavour to promote the peace and profperjty of our fellow citizen., and not to excite their palfions or cohflrm their prrjudiccs.' . ANSWER, ': 0 ttit It CU ft of Rfhrrfmtnt'ui? tn hfiifi Speech THE Honfe'of Keprefentatives rtcerve wuh pleafure & refpeft, the arldrefs of your ExcclltDCy to both branches bf the Legifla.' U'tet' 8mI Ctr in return theft, fihetfe'don grattifstioKf, upoa ihe recent inftance, of the h(h tftccm and ine'reaf:"? conSdencj of ihe CMtBt. mauifeiled in thelat'i election. ' Var fully aware of the delicate natureY cf tfiat portion of your Exeelletfcy'a duties, which ifgards apnointmentt to office, and Tirmly btiieve that inthe fele&ion ofcan di-Jats your Excellency has beep. unifgrO)- jfoSiA ( ihcPbilolophr of frDodoraaimet.' Unaievcr,arc;our acvamatjet ytu new whjrieVej Jlate (t)f- pcfsiaii.''su1if'.lti s-dQ tyetjr jroiid himd 'forced tifc mitAhirnofocietjr' au exitl.independeni of, moJplii;an4 h the irHraintiot law re' (ui&iel tofecuie the xifletce of tlitmO , ralifyj - Ff what put pofc is it that mfgif ? fratijxii or that lawt were formed Focwhafend it it that tkefehnvt hold out -rewards and puniflimentt Ii"U not that; maiaoot guided by hit Kaivn alone, that, he i pat urally difpofed to hope and to fear.l and rJiatvir'.gin4tors have employed this protenfitv of his; nature lo conduct him to blipmncJl and. to virtue t Can te.'ut jlitf of J rcligwn to icrcieiy theo be denied, "which - hold out fo many promifetand hr fai)li- heart V.it !tftroys every endearing tie jit ;onihilacirl frwety. Superflition and fariatlcifrt kW tbeir-brg'w ftlttteinpet'. cwtt'i&ri fyniT mti$$ii& Aaybe fii. Jietftitftfus in other fu'LjaV aswell as thbfe Cot,pt6td vv'iih .religion. lt ( not at ill conemdiaofy far n irffJi,vidual to beat:Oh'ce impioja and; 'erftriiou.-.JWe rniht Mo jdoc$ mftao'ieea cjfthil th reSdtrjs 6f Vhe .middle age fed forfte atheifls k( tHj times. On thefcthtr hand, every pinioft, religi ous, political, oi philbfophicai; mateieate tnthiiliaftf ajid faoatict.-- Mrre point of gianimer haeenCanred a civ int Hrld tcoutelb Uve iCU,- begun' in" naiant about the choice ot a rope daucci'. -yjf it not fair, then,' to impute to" "relicioft thoPp-elils I which ' him, cxiltet fndepeodent of it, Of - i ' . i . pnedjiy fuch powerful thteMenings of pnlhich Lwtjtl continue -to- iiill tvn if it nithte.nt l.Tbt: influence bf law & woralt I wereicbolifhed -- Menln jr vilegc'bf citizeria. No'.hing'ihall bt want ipg on our parts to continue, and extend its advantages to. our Fcilo Citizens, by the performance of fuch duties, as oo the part of this Cummonwcalih is now incuntbent upon us. ' ' The impnrtaftcr of the. union. of the States, and of theNaiiotial Government to our fafety and tranquility, c.nnot be too frequrmly inculcated, s We regard the pre fcrvation of both, as the moft facisd of r ur public Huties. In an extenfive confcJticy, compufed of various Stares, aiu'iui jn )uf . ics, and violent collilions of opinion Ere na, turaily exptvUd,' and it may foit 'i.nm happen, that local politics and prtdKicticvii, may acquire a dangerous ssfcvridency in tic pul he c 'unci's.' In fuch ftaftijis. piiet ce. moiicratioB, -and leliance upon Cor.lilniti ooal rcdrcf, wo'ild become all good citi zens. If iollca-i f this t.cinper, the puUic miud fhould b afljuated by C Jpctatc rtvo. lutionmo abandan the Tjnion,' or a prema-, ture d ' fuVlciTCe "b'fcor nreans to maiotain r the diioider and weakntfs incident to mail arid jariug confederacies would expi-fL u t" ihetofroTiionaivimpcrtjnciva We uuite with 'your Excellency, in'de piecaiing the 'perhkious effefls, of that party fpirit which has proved the bane of t-vcry Rcpulilic, and which in the principal, if not the only fource of tire calamitici which llirrnron a free and independent Peo ple. The - evils arifing from the txecfirve indulgence of tbit intolerant and unficia! fpirit anioivij thf.le who are-rrot the imme rtiaie igonts of 'public ."ffaiis, arc fincrc obliaclts lo peroral profpirity arrd private happimfs. Bet if any elective government, nor merely the People, hut their Rulers, At j H become inftded with this maligiiBnt fpirit of yarty ; if burlling from the con fines, of private circles it (hall (lied its fatal influence ever magiflrates & legiflafors, tlirn indeed will the public intercM? be' ficrificed to piva;e attachmcnis ; then will merit l.mguih in obfeurity and difgrare, while ho nours and promotion, await the felfifh and unworthy ; then will fuch a nation realize, ; that paper Coiifliiiitior.s ar fetble barriers againit the devices f fopHillry, or the af faults of violence. We truft howevefw ith your excellency, that the mild character of our. fellow' citizens, a"nd Uieir "general in formation, will fave us from thofe execfi't of party zeal, by Which' other nations have been difgractd. This fihjtary object is naturally promoted by the moderate and conciliatoiy fentiments of a Chief 'Magifv. trstf, When fanftioned by his conJttH and txnmplt V and it is tribute ofjuflice due to your Excellency to declare that your difpo (ition to alfuage the acrimony of patty, is not left'to be inferred from your declarati ons eny;, but is apparent in the whole te-' nor of your Excellency's public conduct. The inlertfini fpeech of PORTALIS, to the Legiflaturt of France, inclines us to give the general feature thereof, hoiuevir tmpir- Jt8lyTtr the gratification ef the publit. . After defcribiog the difordeted itate o! rcfigionrrTrarTcrprevT li'slo the accefllon" of the Fitil Confitl, he '6bferved that the affairs tf. religion theit fixed the anxlout "fo licitade o4 the government. In forrriing atfy' arrangement which-, fliotjid ' have the effect of relloring religious. traoq"ujlity, the fitft'queftion ' that" prefented itfelf, fas, ItVeligion neceffary to the fuppOrtof a ftate and to the happinefs of individuals ?' In endeavjiuring to (hew; that retfgion ii ciTeotial to the govern cntf nation?, the tje'f, law only regulate certain !):; reiigioti 'extends fo every part of o conduct. Laws iracb only to the! eiteVbaTHepcrtrreuf telipiow rtg Iilfiict the' iig 'I y a" hold., of the m; a ' lieh wje fpeaisof il? fate of iutlmjf,' ettjifider iheJjrnicTp1efcibrt whTitTttirl Tout ti Icund edXjt depends kfa on the excrller.ee of the fawsthao on tfeeir powr. This excellence " ill iltayt be Are or lefs a fuljsct of con tryverfy. Ufiqueltioniibly a la is more d rirafjlc in proportion to its e;c;llciice, but its pifncipf I nurit conliilH in its not b'ein en atgumer.t, but a deciiiou, not a iimpic poiitoiif but a Idct'. Of conft qiience a fyf tun 5f morals foun.!tt- on i-t'igic'n his, ne cxflauly, a .'egiee of force which no fyft?m puri hilofi'phical can ever pofiVis. The n ulut'uJe are much more irnpteflcd with wh'tj they arc commanded' to obey than w!i3vU;proved' to them to be right. IVkn ir; gei-.tral i quire to luvv.' their opinion !;x, til. '' li'-y haic mote rutu oi maxims thuu ol inooslratioti. He went on to difcufs the tjntftion how 4st fi etUbltitted rdtgion waa-t xpt'dienfe W thejflahility and crder of a Hate, andcon SnW that it was coi2lii'nt w.ith" the jufteft. pTitWulerof policy By -the-'influence ot' aneUihcd itligioo, he. arguecf, that re ligfoUt lifitimsnts acquire ' a character of enerpy, cf fkai'h.efs, and of ' certainty, which thiy coulJ never derive from the mere influence of fcience. moig advan tages of an tilablifiiHient wns the union of external ritrs and cere rhonifcs". True phi. lofopLy, laid he, icfpccl form s cinch at pride difpifcs them. Thert- is a dilcipliire neceffaiyicr condiict, as there is an ordrr n qulite Tor ideas. To deny the utility of rite and religious obfervancts in the prac tice of morality, wOuM be to deny the do minion of fenfible notions oer beings not purely imeiicclual, it would be to deny the exigence of the empire of habit. A teligi on purely abllrafled or intellectual, can ne ver Iceon'.e a nation.:! or popirlar religion. ' Can a religion, .which fliould addrtfs no thing to the fenfes or to t hr iugination, prelerve its empire over the human heart ? If nothing unites thofe profefling a cbur moo faith, would there not in a'few years lie as many reliioiie as thcte exifls indivi. duuh ? Have not ' ufeful truths hreJ of be ing confecrated by falutary ' irtflitutf.ms ? " tie juftnefs of thefe views he illuftrated by an appeal to hiftory, and (hewed, that ifevertheie has been atiy llitble belief in the r.i:1ercr of a God, if there has csiiled treneral Save need of fattk ti prevBf Ihetn ftoirtlselfig credit Uivt f;thty njjire a foim'oi, external wifV imp iu priici ve iriewrrom lupernitroat, an ftiibV)lhdieIigiotr li the ouly htakf whic& can protect ut againlt' Jhe Jofreota of faife : cpinions-o a ore or left dangcibvi kind. lich ihtelejitjsri onrtfrnBamfoaJWoUrd invent. ITet its siot fear the return of fa raticrfm. Our (i.anacrti rur illuminations, fecitte us againlt its approach. We honor litera ture, we cultivate the fcienccs by (hewing proper refptdt for religion ; we mty be pi ilefyphen without iuipiety, and pofieiTed tvjcl. Iditirccnts of religion without tanati cif.n" ! He combnts at length the pofition, that religion has been productive of dilor tler ar.d cMfery to mrnkind. Thofe crinots frvm which the oiifery oiieiitatet be traces tothtir fcurce, nd (hews that they could ni't uirh the fm!!cft degree of leafdn be alcribed t-. religion, hut were the effect of Cauics over which religion had no complcla co:H'oul. Gn the impo'taitce ot pubirc in liruciion he expatiates with much ability, and eloquence, and contends that without heai of-rcl'gicn this 4noll-ifitertfi.ing ob j?ct could never be accompliihed. " Sci. xr ce, excLrmed be, can only be the pur- . tio;if a fewi but with fclig ion- ioftruition- mt.y be gamed without being learned. It is religion which clifclofes'to man everj in terelling and uicful troth, without either the means or the labour of painful rcfearch.' On this prjint he quotes the frntiments ex prefled by the members of tae ftveral dc-' partintuii and aflccibliet of the republic, all of whom deplore the decay of rational in- f.'iuCtion.and earoeilly urge the cecefliry --of -or-sking -reh'gicua fcotimeiif the - ground work of the education of yotl. lit fay, "it it rtligious ideas which have contribut ed mote thrm any other - circuh.ltances to the civilization of mankind. It is by the afliflance of religious ideas that the firft le gators. fought to moderate and to foficti the pa (lion and afflictions of the human heart " He illutlratet bis ideas by refer ring to the laws of all the great legiflstors oi antiquity, who fbunded .their rules fdr the education of youth on the grand bafia of religion. He extends his viewt on (hia fubjrdt, and prefents an interfiling picture of - the effects of religion in preftrving the peculiar habits of focini life. . He defcribea with much feeling' the efTeft of thofe days o( red, which the ChriAian fydem has pre feribed. " Apart from our cities it is the fpirit of religion which prcfeivei the fpii it of fociety. The inhabitants aflemble and any uniforn'.ity of . cpiuinW refpecting the I-fee each other on day 8 of repefe. By ma nature & deliinstiou of man. it had exifled only among thofe worinrp, anu ur.ue . ... . y . . Of- '.Utt'j one fyfteni of by tire ties of an.eflab- liihed rclkion.-, WNiii'us inftftiUions, he maintained, coulu the gicat truths of re ligibh alone be piefer vedr and irwas placed under the fpecial protedtion' of the rreat 'Attihor of nature. He next contraded the effects of religion and atheifm,. on the hap pinefs of fociety. The fcepfticirm1.of an. atheiil, he remarks, tends as much -to dif. connect mankind as religion to umte them. " It doet not muke them tolerint, but ren ders them drfpofed to turn every thing fa cred into ridicule. .It diflol'ves all the ties which -tmite men together ; it driesup the" fpriogsof fenfibllity, and ftifles all the fporu taneoua emotions 6f nature ; it ftrengthens felf love j and ' makes it degenerate into gloomy (elf intert'ftednefs ;7it fubftitutes doubts for truths ; h givet new vigour to the psflions, and "if weak in -relilting er-' ror ; and infpiret pretenfiona without giv ing additional light. From licentioufnefs of opinions it leads to liceotioufneft of conduct j it hardens the tual ititert-ourfe the habits of-mntual aflcc tion are contracted. Tht.voaths who wifh,. to render themfelves diHitiguiflicd adopt an " innocent luxury, which tends mcie to fof ten than to corrupt their manners. After h e f cvere iHoirV, irJlr uQ io rs and r el a x at ion are at once experienced. Augufl ceremo nies ftrike the fenfes and intertil the heart ; religious exercifes prevent the dangers which could not fail to arrfe from inactive indolence. At the approach of-religious, folemniries, families are united in the mod endearing' bonds of affection ; former ene mies are reconciled, even the wicked expe n'ence fomething like remorfe ! Take teli gion from the - hcart-of man, and ly what will you replace it ? Ifit is not pre occupi ed by good, it mutt' afford a place for evil. , The mind- and the heart cannot long con tinue void." Thefe, he goes on to obferve, weie the principles, on which the govt ment acted in the plans they had formed for reftoring religious tranquility to fiance. He Gates the circurallancea-under wln'th Chi Mianity appears to have the le.il jr 'aims to fopport, acd vhc Catholic f Seta is to be ' ' VVs -
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