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, SORTS ClEITLIIl "Powerful in inttllcrtual, moral and pbjr&iral rrwtsitfi, tie land of oar lirci ind keme of nr BffcfJioai."" " t' TEBJS Tut Mhn li idisrtr, T7 VOL. XLI V. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1853. NO. SD. W.lLltSCDJCa, Edilor . f .,. .. , ADDKKSS OF THE . linn. Ktinuelb Karncr, To Ihe llratlualmg 'last at Ileal J'aint. 1 nin aware that npningy does not suit the occasion, mid yet 1 owe it to myself to say, that liif fears, lest Imay fail lo meet your ex pectation, arc in proportion lo the short no tic 1 have had to prepare for this imposing ceremonial. Yes, imposing 1 repeat it is such it must be t. you,' inall it associations, .ind fiii'Ii. I assure yiHU-dfL will ever he ith mo. This "I iv is Ihe anniversary of die hat tln of .Hunker Hilt, mill nn this day you lay aside the trrrrti xta fnrihe toz" viri.'h acrf- euioiiv no impressive to the Knman vomit a ceremony honored a a public observance, in j tie with the elements, and which tinted your the forum or the cipilah The scenes through aims and cmboldoned your hearli for a con whieli you have pissed, with so much credit J flii-t with the trials ol a soldier' life, fAp lo ourselves and pride lo your friends and , plause ) In the course ol my observation of ountrvmeii, were not designed to be a mere j my duiies here, I have been forcibly struck i.li anil amusing ceremony. 1 he rigid ex amination lo which you have lately hern uh i. c'.i d in the elements of science -mid if ar'.s. u i not for the purpose of liirtuiiiig yon, or ol amusing those, who, under the stern dic- l lies of duly, have mule this last trial of your fiincss for those services which your country expeeis at your hands. J he severe and try ing ordeal through which you have lately passed since you have passed through ilun scathed should raiher be lo ymt a source of rejoicing, 8. nee it aflords to yon an evidence of thcliigh appreciation in which your coun try holds the services, requiring qualifications such as you have exhibited. And then again, what heartfelt gratification it must afford those who have superintended your instruction, In sec their labors crowned with success whilst at ihe same time, their duly to their country, that has confided this great trust to them, Ins been amply fulfilled. - The' same may be said in regard lo physical training, which coitsU-. tutes so considerable a portion of your instruc tion here. Ii is not designed for mere holiday sport, hut for development of physical strength and vigor, and especially for the practical ap plication of llmse great principles in nature, which lie at the foundation of all science. These exercises may appear trivial to some, hut he lias read history lo but little purpose. w ho does not know that the physical education of youth has ever constituted an important ete- ineiil of the greatness and power of nations ! ! Achophoii inlorms us that it was owing to Ihe j birth, loriune, or social position. How beau early training of the I'ersian youth in the man-: tifully and harmoniously is the system of edu ngeincnt nf the horse, that llieir unrivalled cation and discipline which you have been cavalry became Ihe terror of surrounding nn- j taught here, calculated lo conduce to this end. lions. Another historian informs lis that the Von owe your good fortune in first obtaining Scythian ambassador, who laughed in derision j admission here, and in this day reaching the when he first witnessed, ibcgymimslic eer- goal ol your Jong cherished hopes, to none ol cises for the Athenian youths, was forcibly ru- those adventitious influences to which I have miiidrd by his Athenian companion that it adverted. The object of your country in was lo this rorly training youth thnllhe Greeks sending you here, was to njake you useful to were enabled to resist the ronib ned efforts of , your fellow countrymen. Those entrusted the barbarian world. The young Alexander, wiih your education have been governed by when iiiiineuvriug his phalanx of Macedonian I this a-iine great - cardinal principle. They Imys, was already laying, the foundation ol ; have, in nicely balanced scales, weighed the that career of glory that ultimately carried ' I .bars, the achievements, anil obedience to hi in in triumph to the Indus; and the young duty, of all and every one of you. The mode Napoleon, when engaged ill his mimic war- j of your selection, and llienethoil of your ill tare lit tin: school of Uridine, wias maturing 1 struciinu, are a most beautiful rellex of the in enihrv o those mighty combinations, andjiiiiure mid working of our liee institutions, strategic operations, at which ihe world so ' There is 111 royal road of birth or position to lung stood aghast.. In barbarous nations ! admission here audi presume billi-r expe where there is Itn mental culture, physical ricnoe has thoroughly taught every one ol training is the only clement of sirctrt'th. It is j yo a that there is no royal road to learning this lhat renders ihe lleilouiiuif the desert, mid here. ((! .eat applause.) There isjio inequality the Cainanehe of the prairies, so terrible ill 1 recognized here, but that of merit. The very irregular warl ire ; whilst lliey are utterly powerless against charging squadrons and im penetrable squares. It was the coinbinalioii ol these twi elements of strength, mental cnl- livauoii aim puvsicai uiseipiiue, which uevei oped those peculiar trails in the Grecian char acter, that baie never, perhaps, been equalled sinre. I'iicir warriors, sialesinen, phih'o pliers and poets, thronged to thn Olympic games as well to complete in the lis's, as to honorific!! athletic by their jmsence; and the crown of victory thus obtained, was equal ly prized with that of the battle field or with the honors of the forum, the academy or the porch. It is ihe combination of mental and physical discipline, that constitutes Ihe peeu liare.vcelleiieeiif ibis itistiliititni, and you,geu. llemcti, have now reached thai period in life, wh.nl reflection and experience cannot fail t teach you how to appreciate the sell-denial on I tie- one hand, and that self-reliance on t '.if other, which you 111 ty have regarded in the early pari of viiur course as the hard and cruel t'Xaelionsof unrelenting discipline. Often, no doubt, have you wondered, when mounting guard in inclement weither, when performing in barracks ihnsr duties which in domestic life pertain to nie.ni d hands, when, partaking of that plain and substantial fare, which expe rience has proun to he most promotive of physical vigor and conducive to health, when debarred the privilege of reaming at plieasuie amid Ibis scenery ofhcautvnnd grandeur that stiirnuuds voti, $0 tempting to the buoyant heart of youth, that the icquireuieuls of tlia rigid etiquette, so indispensable to unlit: r .' discipline often, 1 nay, havu you doubtless wondered why you should bo debarred from those enjoyments known to the sons nf luxury and of ease. But the benefit of alt this se vere discipline now begins to dawn upon your minds; and when you are hereafter brought in rude contact with the world and lo the discharge of those manly duties which your country expect of you, you will appreciate its value in its full force. You will then see that not only ha " adversity its uses," to use iu idea of the grea; JJnglish hard, but that, being taught the duties incident lo adversity in the days of prosperity, heller enable us to hear the burdens anil adapt ourselves to the ex igencies of fortune, should adversity and its tri als afterwards beset us in otir'journey along the pathway of life. You will ihen bo the belter enable'd to appreciate the triads and difficulty ' of those lo whom your country entrusted your education ; how they have viewed with pride and pleasure your proficiency and good con duel, and how thcirheart have been rent wiih pa ii in ..being compelled lo viil with their disapprobation your aberration Irom the line of 'duty. Instead nf looking on them a harJ task-master,' you will wonder at llieir gene rotif forlieuiance. anil your heart will swell With gratitude , and affection for those men, who laid the superstructure of your usefulness and your fame, upon inch a -solid and endu ring foundation, '.(Immense applause hy the radets.) And when, hereaflor,' in ihe di rtiarga of your professional duties, whether i:i the milHary service of your country, or in the pursuits ol civil life, you shall be subject, ed to hardship and etnluranrc. whether bi v maei igin the enemy' rountry, or defend nig our own II ag on our own ami whether exposed to the privations of gurr.aoi. duly, 011 our extended froiiticts, or to the dangers o.' ravage" warfare, tmid the Snliiudc of our j western' forests whether to ihe pestilential lc ers ol our Atlantic coast and alluvial streams, or pinner ring the way of civilization over our rugged ninjntains whether suffering from ihe fangs of hunger ami thirst on distant marches, or enduring the tedium and inactivi ty of life in camp whether called to serve your country amid the snows ol Wisconsin, the humirtg sands of Texas, lb vsst plains of Minnesota and Nebraska, or the gorges and tie jli s of California and Oregon your mem ories will recur with pleasure and delight to your schoolboy days at West I'oint, where you wero taught those habit of self-denial ; and sill-depciidence, w hich enable you lobal- wiih llie'-faet, how entirely subordinate the the ornamental is mjrde to the useful in the course ill. instruction, at W est I'oint. 1 mean no disparagement In the collegiate institutions of our country so far from it, we have a cause to leel proud of the high position those insti tittions have elevated and are still elevating the standard of learning amongst us. But in ; common with all other collegiate institutions of ihe world, llieir main purpose seems to be lo convert youths inio men whereas, the main object here at West I'oint seems to be to prepare youths lor Ihe discharge of those duties which devolve upon them when they become lo be men. This system of instruc tion I regard to be, uot only in conformity wiih the laws of development and progress founded on natural principles, but also in strict adaptulion to the spirit of the age, and the genius of America, while, the philosophy of Ihe schools had for ages fettered the human mind in regard to the duly of man and the means of arriving at -truth, the enlightened judgment of the world wherever opinion is j tree, has been fast verging to ihe conclusion ihal the duty of man consists in being useful lo his fellows, and thai truth is to be arrived at not through priori assumptions, but by process nf inductive experience. A government in acting ou this system, is bound lo aid in developing and applying for public use, the talents and energies, and virtues of all, without respect to ihe conditions of nmlo.'in wincli ytui wear, your restriction to the :.inie kind of fare, ofqtiarlcrs, of oVdiencc lo until only, all serve to impress on you ihe great truth, that equal merit will secure to you equal honors tint lip that sleep ascent, from the top of which " fame s proud temple shines aliir, ' the road is broad euuuidi for every one 1 of you to march abreast. And then again, what a striking lesson is ta'ight you, by all ihe associations connected with your course of instruction here. Have you pinspecls of H ealth and independence at home, which ren der all effort at pecuniary gain on your parts unnecessary! Here .yon have, been practi cally taught the moral truth, that money is valuable only as a means to the aHainmcnl of lawful ends lhat its mere possession entitles no one. to superior rank over his fellow and that knowledge and virtue are far more desi rable than California's mines. On lite other ham', are any of you poor , in this world' goods! lie not discouraged, f sensation,) in the position yon now occupy, and in thepos. session nf those attainment!) which secured to you lhat position, you have thai which is far " more precious 1h.u1 rubies;" a friend, of which neither llne world or misfortune ran deprive you ; aVireasiirc, which the wise and good appreciate much moro highly, than rents or dividend", lands or herds, or fields, rich for the harvest, (Great applause.) Have you high social position at home, where the lienors and amenities of influential friends Mid fash ionable life avail you! Here you have been taught ihe gor, moral lesson, that these ad vantages, tl. '-arable and pleasant as they may b:', should never allow you to look down with disdain upon the plain obscurity of humble and unpretending life. So lint you see, gentlemen, the occasion, if prnp?rly considered, speak to all and each of you, the same language of encouragement and hope the same excitement to "deeds of high and noblo daring." You, from this day, enter on that career of usefulness, to which your country has cdled you, ind for which il claims your genius, your attainments, and yriur moral worth.... -The other collegiate in sliiulions of the country teach an education msrely preparatory lo the study of a profes sion. Here yon have, in four short year, received not only your education, bill your profession loo. Von have performed Her culean labors, I admit, but yet your task of usefulness ha just commenced. You will soon be called onto apply practically, and for useful ends, either in the military or civil line of your profession, those great principles of mathematical and scientific deduction, the technicalities of which may have often pin zled you,' and the ' uses nf which you have, no doubt, often wondered at in your hours of ludy, but the importance of which will bum upon your minds in striking force and exhil ira'.ing beauty in (lie practical detail of your profession. It is your good fortune o live in an age the peculiar characteristic of which narks the dominion of mind over mailer. In order Ujeont'ol matter elfieienlly, an acquain tance with the unchanging law lhat govern t!io whole material world is indispensable.- The principles of curves and of angles, of inaieii il forces, of chemical combinations, of light and shade, are ihe very same, whether demnnslraied on the black board, or pcac.i rally applied in the revolution of Ihe batde liciy, ihu man-CMvres of lra!rgy,'. the span ning of rivers, the delineation nf nature oil the speaking canvass, the measuring the courses and orbits ol the stars in fact the entire sub jection of the elements to human control, whether in defending ourselves or in assail ing our foes ; in developing the resources of our own country, or 111 ministering to Ihe wantsand comforts ol man. Yes, gcndeinen, yours is indeed a high calling, an ennobling profession. In ibis ngcof rapid progress and Startling innovation the demand for a knowl edge of applying the laws and principles of science to the arts, and to the pursuit of iu dtisirial life, is constantly increasing, and is far in advance of the supple. In this age. Commerce is universal queen ; her genius presides over the conncils of civilized nations; she has been, for year, their surety or the bond nf peace and some supposed or pre tended violation of her rights and privileges wilt probably be the first signal for lotting loose the elements of destruction lhat have been accumulating for year in' the Ktfropean world. It js the. commercial spirit' of litis utiliarian age which is tunneling mountains. bridging rivers, exploring mines, rearing work shops, levelling forests, excavating doc in fact, waging a perpetual conflict with the ol satcles of nature. In doing this, science must direct what muscle and smew execute. This great field of men till labor is open before you. Your country needs your assistance, not only in fighting her bailies against foreign foes, but in developing her resources, and in strength ening her power. Take any of the great sciences, in which you have been so thor oughly taught. Military engineering, ihe highest department or military science, is designed not only to enable you to carry the enemy's strongholds, hut to do so at the least possible loss of life, and expenditure of time and treasure. Paradoxical at it may seem, a feeling of humanity heie intervenes to soften the horrors, and lessen the costs of war. As tronomy is not now studied, as with thcChal des and the Egyptian, for the pastime of the solitary shepherd's contemplation, or a the groundwork of priestly imposture, but for the more ennobling purpose of expanding the mind anil sublimating the conceptions, by- coininunion Willi the stars, and the more useful object of measuring distance, econo mising tunc, establishing international land marks, and by measuring the courses of the spheres, to enable those who sail under our flag to carry il with safety and despatch over the tracklcs deep. (Applause.) The-tfjtes of chemistry arc not to amuse the lonely stu dent in his solitary lower, to minister to the hopes ol the miser 111 his search for the trans mutation of metals, or lo the delusions of the alehytnisl in his search for the philosopher's Stone, but for the more noble purpose of in vestigating the hidden uses of n..ture s pro ducts in applying them In the useful arts, to Ihe rebel of human suffering, and (lie pro longation of human life. You have not been taught drawing, such an important clement of instruction here, merely to beguile yout idle hours, hut for useful am! praclical ends. Maps are lint more inJispensalilu to a knowl edge of geography, than is drawing in the various pur.-utts of your profession. The laws that govern light and shade, the rJ.i- tions of objects at a dHta'iee, the eonihiiia lionrof tire forces lhat regulate machinery, ill all these and many others, the dilliculiics of vision can only be supplied to ihe mind's eve I15 the linealions and groupings of the pencil. It is from the charts and drawing of the Ivp- ographical engineer, that in extended opera tions, the commander is enabled to exercise that wonderful coup d'lril, which often ter minates a campaign by some sinking cuup ill main, llow forcilily exemplified this was in the eompaign which terminated at Waterloo. Napoleon saw with the inspiration of genius, that ('ualre llras was the key lo ihe. eani ; ain. Hence .Napoleon's positive orders to Nev to seize this position at the earliest po sihle moment, and lo hold it at all hazards. Bui Wclling'on also saw the same thing, hfcnce his orders, issued from the ball room of the Duchess of Richmond, for his troops to concentrate 011 liuairc Uras, not by divis ions, but by batallions, by companies and by squids. Had Napoleon's orders been strictly complied with, Ney might have held Quatre Bras with twenty-live thousand men against the whole English army. With the balance of his forces ho might have fallen upon the rear nf the Prussians at I.igny, and annibila ted them Ciroueliy's force could thus have been made available at Walerloo, instead of being sent lo watch the Prussians tho battle of Walerloo, might have terminated different ly, and the fate of the world have been chang ed. Of course il must have been owing to tlte-Ul.iors ol their engineers that these great ctjinmiuders were enabled lo see at aglance the relations between distant points, and the natural obstacles intervening. Carry your selves, in imagination, to the headquarters of both, on the night previous to the battles nf I.igny and Quatre llras each of them sur rounded by hi corps of engineers, who were pointing out,, on the charts and drawings spread out before them, the strategic relations between different poTiiUs and proving by mathematical demonstration the great impor tance of getting first in position at Q'tatre Bras then think of the results and you will readily see the great importance to a mil itary man of the use of the pencil. (Deep interest manifested, and loud applause.) Or if, perchance, some of you may possess c spark of lhat "fire divine," which placed a Kapheal, a Corregio, a Titian, a Vandyke, among "tho lew immortal name that were not horn to die," what field you have before you! How many heart aiirring subject in our colonial and revolutionary history are there yel to be immortalized on canvasssubjects calculated to arouse your patriotism as well as fire your genius. Who would not rather have the en during fame of him under whose instruction you have sat, whose genius speaks from the canvas in the great picture of " The embark ation, ol l ie nlgrims," winch adon.s the ro tunda, than sll the ephemeral notorie'y which is effervescing in the two ends of the na'io lal capitol! . (Very deep fueling manifested. Mr. Weir wa present, and all eyes at once turned towards him, while his own, mois co ed by a tear, fell to the floor hi look be traying thai almost feminine modesty which is o often allied 10 genius.) , Aud so, gen tlemen, in regard to sll the oilier great branch es of science which you have been taught here. Their object is to make you useful, in yourenintry and to your lellotr men. I wish not to be misunderstood. 1 do not de sign lo pio'laim war sgi nil the graces and ihe ornainc.il of life. l'r from if. 1 The graces and ornaments of character are in most of ilu relation of life, a coin;ioii'-'iil part ol ili ...Ait :. .- , ... ....... . .,jnu. than in the davs of chivalry, m nronorlion to the substitution of moral for physical force, in - - - . -- . , controlling the destinies u men and of nations. A proper regard for the courtesies and amen iticsol'life is not only indispensable to iherhar- acter of a gentleman, but also to ihe application of high menial and moral worth lo ihe pub lic goon. Humanity, generosity, motlcstv, 111 wnort, it ine pri'ato virtues Known to social file are especially tho province ol the soldier, and should serve ns landmarks to his useful ness and fame. Whatever refines the feelings, pur ilies the heart, and elevates the concep tions, appertains 10 merTrseliil. It is a mis taken idea In suppose that severe discipline in mathematical and scientific induction, is either designed or calculated to render ihe heart callous or the feeling crahht-d. There is noiliing in it incoueisir a wh the most sensitive refinement, snd the most tender Slid poetic sentiments. Far be it from me then to wish to dispel that poetry of feeling, llin.t halo ol hop and of joy, which beams In your hearts and glow in your faces. 1 would not. if I could deface that coleiir tie rose with which it is the nature of youth to paint Ihe future of life, 011 first entering on the duties ol manhood. I hero is enough in the asso ciations connected with this spot, to kindle the fire and excite the enthusiasm of youthful feeling in your bosoms. Hero you have for four years been treading on classic ground. i Here is here a moral lesson, a poetic idea. connected with almost every object that greet your vision.' I In grand and imposing scene ry is well calculated to elevate your concep tion "through nature up to nature's God," and to excile your reverence for Him, who "laslnoncd the everlasting hills. The pla cid streams that run at your feet, on whoe bosom floats the commerce of an empire tells you of the greatness and .wonderful resources of thai country whose Hag Slid whose honor you have lo defend. One of ihe most striking incidents of our revolctionary history is here brought forcibly to your minds. The delive ry ol this posl lo our British foes might have prolonged for ears that war of freedom, The history of Arnold, whose former dwell ing is within the scope of your vision, cannot fail to teach you that genius, and bravery, and public service, without high moral worth, and stern devotion to principle, arc "as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." fOreat sen sation.) The ruins of Fort Putnam, which overlook your daily parade, and of Fort Clin-j ton, within tho limits ol your evening walk, cannot fail In suggest to you the hardy endu rance' and daring valor of bur revolutionary fathers, within whose rude fortiiicatiolit was often recited ihe story of our country' wr ings, and wl L'h, as long as they are spar ed by time, ore ever reminding us nf how much we owe to the giants of the heroic age. The legends connected with Kosciusko's j haunts must suggest to you how often, when reclining on his lavoriie rock, with die silver Hudson rolling beneath his fuel, he wept al the thought of his country' fall, a id looked forward lo the lime when young America, then struggling for freedom, would cause the tyrants ol ihe earth lo tremble. The monu mental marble eoiniiieiniiraiive of Ihe nielari choly end ol Dude and his comrades, whilst il extnrp from y.m a tear lor their late, con soles nu with ihe reflection that if a like des tiny should be yours, tho gratitude ol your country, and Ihe afleclion of your com (un ions in arms, will mil sutler your names and your exploits In lie consigned to oblivion.- -((.'real sensation partictilary among the offi cers.) Surrounded he an eh associations as you have been I'm years, there ft lilile'danger of your thoughts becoming 100 prosaic, or the current ol your feelings running in too stag uant a stream. Indulge, then, my young friends, the Impulse of gladness, and ol joy, to their full extent. Enjoy ihe luxury or anticipation in meeting thu 'velcoino and kind greeting of friends, ol family, and of kin dred. Drink deep of the draft of pleasure, at the idea of donning the livery of your coun try i 1 exchanging the musket for the sword in passing from the duties of obedience lo those of command. Revel in the V iglil hopes of revisiting the scenes of your childhood in witnessing a filther' pride, a mother's love, a brother's sports, a sister' enchaining smiles; or if per chance the face ol some lair one, who mav have pined al your absence, is wreathed with smile at the prospect of your return, quafl die cup of nectar 10 ihe very bottom give full scope to the impulse of "love's young dream.' Il is an ennobling feeling, a senti ment hallowing to the heart and chastening to the mind. (The applause here became perfectly uproarious, and the intense excl c inentofihc cadets showed that ihe speakerfiaiil touched the 'electric chain' withajnitenlhariiluj All these reward you have now7 by-your constancy, your perseverance, your devotion to duty. And yet, bright as is the rainbow of hope, lint span the firmament of your future, I ought perhaps to remind yon lhat you will not always find the pathway of life strewn with roses. Trial and difficulty, disappoint ment and sorrow, are the common lot of all the sons of men. ' Success and honor, and fame in every relation of life, are only to be attained by paying tho price of fortitude, ol patience, and of toil . The curse of man's first disobedience, "lhat in the sweat of his brow he should eat his bread," is tho condi tion upon which success is promised in every human pursuit And although you may rtov have to " till the ground" with jour hands literally yet you will find, that every bless ing which Providence has vouchsafed lo man, is upon ihe condition of some corresponding saciifice. The rewards of honor and of glory in this life no less iban those of iho Chris tian's triumph, aie In be reached by a con stant struggle with nis elements of evil by " fighting the good fight" of duty, and " keep ing the faith" of principle and of truth. When brought in contact with ihe world, its selfishness, its cunning, il deceit, its jealousy, il envy, and the thousand other " ill that Heih i heir In," boware of the reaction, of suddenly waking tip to the aad realities 'of life. Think not wiih the- poet, that " ibis world is all a fleeting show, to man's illusion given , seek no retreat from disappointment in the gloomy reveries of the misanthrope, jut, a difficulties thicken, let your mollo be "light nn. fight ever;" and Console yourself wiih the reflation of wis martyr. " ihe grcati-r the trial, lliegreater lh crown." Andif " u needs be offences must come," he sure 10 avoid the wo" prouo inci-d in holy- writ. sainst " those from whom they .-In come " especially, lei nia admonish yeu lo make honor your polar st.if, as you journey on along the toy-age of life. Worship honor with tin- I :.i..i... 1 r .1. - n & .1. ! 1 -i..i) . me 1 ar.ee inr me rising sun. 1 Suffer not the unilortn o.' tour rnnnirv inbf ' j 1 tarnished by any act lhat can bring reproach upon your names. 1 el the. eagle 011 your button be emblematic ofynur conduct, a it is of your country s pnge. It your thought and your aspirations s.iai aloli 'in .the pure ,ud ethcrial region of honor, integrity anil truth, far above die low impulse and vulgar preju dices of ignoble inula. And if, perchance, Under should aasad you, live it down by the rectitude of your lives,, till it authors shall hang their head in shame. , f Enthusiastic applause.) The crusader when starting tu the Holy Land, with his sword belted around him by the lady of his love, took not a more solemn vow on the altar of honoi, than lhat, in which you this day consecrate your live lo tho aervice and honor. of ' your, coun try. (Applause.) The sword of your coun try is itself the very livery of honor. : (Ureal applause.) And whether it shall in your hands dunk. deep of ihe blood of tho enemies of yonr country, or whether its hilt shall ever continue enwreaiheil with the garland of peace --whcllier after the carnage of battle, or in the quiet evening :Df -life, let il be re turned lo the acahbarJ without a single slain of dishonor upon it blade, f Very great en- alion and p;daiie.) ' You will ihu he ena bled In preserve it for your children, and hand itdownai an heirloom to your posterity, as Ihe living witness of Ihe valor anil virtue of an henored sire. An American officer has a high responsibility retting on him, unknown to lhat nf any oilier nation -in. Ihe civilized world. ; In other nations, having large stand ing armies, their strength and power are main ly physical. dencndinir unon number. There the want of themora is compensated lor in the physique. In otir country, where neither public opinion nor necessity countenances large standing armies in lime of peace, our officers constitute the true element of our strength. Thi is strictly in accordance with the character or our Tree institutions. Our institution being founded in, and depending for their duration on the affection of the people, we rely, in tho conscious security of our atrength, on the patriotism ol the masses, a the element ol pl-j steal lorre. But a mental and moral cultivation are hot weed of natural growth, we inusl rtlv upon the profes sional elevation of our officers as the main bulwark nf our strength, in order to make pur physical force effective when the hour of cri sis conies. Many striking Illustrations ol tile truth of this were afforded by the incidents of Ihe late war with Mexico, Mere daring and undisciplined, valor could encounter danger, confront batteries, and pour out bjood freely, Bui it was soon discovered thai reckless ex posure in the . field constituted no evidence of fitness for command. It was for Ihe eye of science tidiseoviral aglance the pivot points of battle, lo calculate with precision howgreal expenditure nf life was necessary to effect the desired ends, anil to know when the Calls of mercy required the hand of havoc lo be slaved. There was not a bittlc-lield from Palo Alto to' iMiiliun ijel Hey 011 which ihe elements of science and skill taught here did not tell with effeciive force. Nueh great re sults nil 1 1 such sleuth r means, and such com paratively inning cosi, eoiini noi nave necii ell'ci-ied, but for the scientific instruction mid hardy discipline obtained al West Point. Her sous poured out (heir blood in torrents, many of llieiii sleep ill t ieir parent dust lull they fi ll like Wolfe in ihe arm of victory the tears of their comrade bedewed their graves, and history will record their exploit for the admiration of posterity. Of tho (urvivnrs, I would not speak nf the fact, lhat many bae had filched from them the honors lhat were their due, by those bearing more lofty li les, but that history, with its pea nf steel, will do them justice, and lb.it t ie an! cr reflection of the nation is beginning to acknowledge their claims. What must have bee 11 the feelings of those, at whose feel they sat for instruction here, as the latter read from time to lime their gallant achievements, and their melancholy ends. How their heart must have been wrung with sorrow at the recital nf their fate, and - then v again, how their bosoms must have wel!ed w idi pride, a they witnessed ihe crowning triumph of their labors. (Very ap parent feeling.) Hut to return, dho duties, responsibilities, and requirements of an Ame rican officer, compared with those of other countries, are in proportion to the value and the affection of our people for our glorious inalttiitions, compared wiih the crumbling ami time-worn institution of the European wnild. Ye, gentlemen, what a high mission, what a sacred duly is yours, Yotl are the chosen guardians of your country's freedom, her in dependence, and her glory. Yoursi a sacred depnsiir in having to protect and maintain the dcar-boiighl privilege purchased by the blood of ilur revolutionary fathers lo defend ihe soil watered with their blood, and in which icposs their honored dust. To you is entrust, cd the honor of that flag, which ha floated in triumph oyer so many fields of carnage; and rather lhan suffer il to trail in dishonor, you should swear by the ashes of your sire that yon will find your winding sheet in it fold. (Deafening applause.) Next lo liberty, let me admonish you to love and reverence thi Union. ' A 111 American, you can have but one country that country i the Union of these Stales, a symbolized by the star and snipe. In order to preserve our freedom at home, nd maintain our position abroad, these Stales, like lite G races, ns al present, should ever remain entwined by llm arm of ull'ec lion, in harmonious support ol each other. Cultivate yonr love iif the Uuiwi then as a sentiment. Without it liberty il'elf can ho contemplated only at an abstraction. (Ap plause.) , .'Tis his which gives us our iden tity among the nation which enables lb American to walk erect in foreign lauds, with Ihe; proud contciootiiest nf n title, scarcely less prized, lhan thai of Unman citizen, in Koine's most palmy day, j 'Ti tin which carries our flagjn triumph over every set, and which is the beacon ol hope to the oppressed in every land. Under its fostering care and protection, wO have subdued a continent from ihs dominion of savage toljlude, and eairied the blessing of civilization, science, religion, liberty,- and law, from ocean to ocean. Lelit lie pursued, and whose heart does not swell with ihe iupiiire of patriotic pride, as he eon- template our future destiny ? I'estroy It, and hose gaze is ' strong enough lo pierce the dark fuhpe lhat lie beyond 1 At what sliiiue si I wj worship, to what Mecca shall we turn when thii dome of 'that tcmp'e, whose dnrir pillar rest nn the Allrghanir ami the Hoeky Mountains, that is llow halheil in hue of livmv light, shall he shrouded in pcr pttuvd darkness! What American soldier . I . r . - ran. without tiorror, contemplate lhat future. .u h. .u .1.- li..i 1. t. .... uiuni piiMii 11 me viin I'll oniiun am n neled I his coal, break, in despair, that sword, which tie received lor hi country a defence, and be compelled to exclaim, in ihe agony of hi soul, "alas, I have no country left." (Ureal sen sation and applause.) Next to Ihe injunc tions of holy writ, study", reveience and main tain the ciinttitiiliun of your country. Upon its broad ind deep foundation tho fabric of our Union and our freedom rest. 'o le acred should tl.be In your affec'ion, lhan was in ihe heart of ihu Athenian, the rallied palladium, which they supposed lo have fallen from Olympus, a the peculiar gift of their goddess. " The constitution wa ihe gift of a heroic ancestry. !jt it be your pride and your duty to maintain nuddefrnd it. Let il be preserved pure and unimpaired, and the fabric of our free insliiulions, whether from foreign violence or domestic discord, my rock " from turn to fou,r,datiitfl nne" yet, like that " limue" spoken of In the great sermon 01. the mount, whi :h " was founded on a rock." il wilt stand firm and secure, defviiur the "flood and storms" of the political element. The dying appeal of Culgachus lo the ancient Britons, was " Think of your country, think of your posterity." Kbould it ever be yonr destinies to- fall in defence ol your country's righf and liberties, let your dying appeal to your comrades be 'Strike for ihe constitu tion which we received from our fathers strike for the Union,- the last refuge of our hopes." .(Great applanse.) In conclusion, f;antlemen, let me admonish you to cultivate a 10I v leverence for the christian; religion. I speak not of it as it it expounded in creeds. or taught in sectarian schools, bul in reference 10 those moral precepts and everlasting Irulhsi which paint, at with a sunbeam, ibe du'y.ari man to God and his ftllow-nien. , I do not i peak or it in Ihe seme in which the Pharisee practised obedience 10 the Mosaic rttual--i( regularly paying tithe of niiuu aniws and cummin," and neglecting the more weighty niHiicia 10 nc law, out us u cuniprcncnsive injunction of the duty nf man, tu work jus tice, love mercy, and walk humbly before God. .1 1 would not vindicate ihe 'philosophy of the ancients but. compared with the ser mon on ihe mount, it is all Cimmerian dark ness, compared to the blaze nf Ihe midday sun. . The Chrisiian religion i the great -civ-ilizerof ihe world the tiihduer of ihe pass ions, refiner of Ihe affections, the comforter of the n filleted, the rewards of the just, the teach er of those sublime virtues, which approximate man most nearly lo the Author of Ins being. It not only tell us our duty lo our fellow and our God, but it leaches us die- true-secret of patri otism, the condition of national greatness aud renown. It cultures in its precepts Hie great moral lesson, which history ha inscribed in letters of light upon the ruin of part age, und the rrunibling monument nf fallen dynasties that " righteousnes cxulteib a nation, but sin ta a reproach lo any people. yS - ABOLITION IS DISGUISE.' ' There are not many Southern people who lake tho trouble to examine very particularly or carefully the various tract mid other simi lar publications iHueilTiitie "Northern press and which are slrewn broadcast over Um land. Soma of lhe issue are designed In accom plish very different purpose from their osrn ti'ile ones. : We have no feur nf the nnrtpn pert of Ihe fanatic (chord. They can do bin little, mischief, because ihe public mind in well informed as lo their uiili-HSlnvcry, Free Noil opinions, and therefore i ullicicn'lly guarded. We never dread a aerpent wheu we uo il ful ly exposed to viuw before u. We cart turn aside or crush it, at our option', liul we are not so safe against Ihe reptile when he is eon eenled in the gran through which we- are walking. We have been indurrd lo write thu by noticing in a little New York month ly, which hear "die popular name nf the ' Youth's Temperance Advocate," and which, we suppose, ha a large cileiilaiion at the South, a very dexliT iusly inserted tribute of praise to Mis. Harriet Bceeher Stow, mt-anl. nn doubt, a an Abolition lesson 10 he engraft ed on tho young minds to which the "Advo cate" ia addressed.; In that "paper of June tat, on the last page, will he found the article 10 which we allude, which run a follow; !k, Harrikt B,j8rowt m Exoi anp. The' talented authoress of L'nele Tom's Cabin has come In great notoriety and honor in Ihe world. She ha been, invited lo Knuland; and there she has been rteeived and hoimreiM for her work amid the acclamations nf thous ands, lit Liverpool she had a purse of small collections, given to her, sinouiiiing to 135 pounds sirrliug or 600 dollars: and in Gin gow, the Kev. Dr. Wardlaw made her a speech, aiid n large entertainment was made for her. In Edinburgh he wa received with great enthusiasm; and from jhat city she will goto London, where she will be received with greater bonne than re bestowed on prince. There i in, the bread of tnen a love of freedom aud humanity; and they who labor wisely for it promotion, will h reward ed. The itory ol Undo Tom and little Era ha drawn tear from many, eyes, and will continue to do to for a long time lo come." , Now,we have the least imaginable nbjee tion to people' making fool of lliemsrlve if they choose lo do o by thus ridiculously at tempting 10 swell an already overfilled bubble whii h will soon burst anil ' leave il present admirer to wonder al their ' usion. . '-W ears not three straw "how ihn -aiilhores ;f Uncle Turn is beslavered with ihe merelrii'iiiti and nonsensical eulofiet of her ivolces. She is not lo he hlmnrd half a mill h a they, for she has a perfect right m make ni.mey. if the can. and all she etii, lint of the simple noddies who r boose Ui buy tier bonk. Jug gernaut would have hi en but n very pitiful and harmless pieei of pagan mechanism if il had not been tor the wretched creature who rlpMui to make a God iif hiin, arid who thought it In be the qiiiiitcsciio,.of earthly happi iness lo becrushed -tinder the wheels of hi chariot.'' Bul we afe iligretsing. ' Returning lo the subject of our comments, we ask is not ihe above effusion ' in the "Advocaie" about Mr. Sinwe calculated lo produce false and mischievous impr i ns upon the young mind about Kouiheril slavery ! Doe it nol in term charge inhumanity upon at1 the owner of lave! . "There i in the breast of tnen love of freedom and humtinili," insidious ly remark this paper. Yes. and w tell the aulhor that there is also In the breasts nf men another feeling for Ihe manifestation of which never saw a arealer occasion lhan is pv- mnUil in lhi whole Alxdiiion business, z: a detestation ol fraud, la'schooil, Itypoerisv u..,l : ui..... ..:i ..r ...i.:..i. : t: u .'. null llli,llllli 4I U H IIS II llllUOICIil-, III f . Hie exclusion of everr ffood one. make n. .k. .1... .r.v- ' . " "P I in, i.inijH mi in I ihe character of the Abnliiioni-. We speak .., - iisb, iranng room ror a lew in dividual exception 10 our remarks which pos sibly may be found. We do not brlieve. how ever, that more than one in ten thousand 01 ihe Abolitionists in ihe United State or Great Britain emertain for the slave a millionth part of the sympathy which they so loudly and impudently proles, , If rthey did, they err taildy would not bo. as thev mrn. in .-I.,.. league with the maler for they boy, sell, eat, drink, wear and enjoy, tn-ihe mmum', wiih out any scruple or reservation, the proceed of alave labor. , The truth is, that but fur the Abolition loom of New and Old England bul for the ships and capital employed in con teying Southern product 1 1 the world's mar kets, slavery could not rapport itself. Bui,' on the other hand, were ft nt lof ih com merce thus created bv alave tnhnrthcrn ,.,,l.l he bet little profit to the "ship o4 iters of the North and in the huge - cotton (pinning and weaving strucmres of Kngfcini", which give prosperity to her cities, employment anil food to millions of her. people aud security and stability to her Government. This one argu ment is enough for us. in dealine wiih il Al. olilinnisU, as lung as tfrey eal, drink and wear, or in any manner deal in cotton, rice, tobacco. nour, eugar, or any Hner article of eommerrt produced at Ihe South, thev sian-t Drociselv in the same guihv - trlation toward .l.,vrrv. that they charge th Southern ' people wiih standing in, Thtia st of Nessusupon their backs, and we tlfy ihem to tear it off wttnout tearing otr also their skint and the fleah under it lo the bone.sNn. die will never Ut this. . Mad t they are,, therr i too much method in their madness (r them ever voluntarily to subject themselves to nakedness and starvation lev (restitution nnd it suffer ings in order lo prove what doe not exist vizi- the honesty, sincerity and consistency of their avowal in favor of negro slaves. Tliey would sooner see- whip nnd nianaete sent by additional ship loads from their harbors in the South, lhan abandon the personal use, domesjte comfort and rich profits t them- elve qf lave labor. Whew an Abohtiooiai. . t. -i. : :. L : . -1. - intinioir, luvcigus ngmsi me oiiutll on r, count of its slavery institution he inveigh in the sains breath equally against himself, hi neighbors and every Northern : raimminity ' for one and all, he and they, an le guilty.-, of a r-"rticipalion in Ihe crhne. if it be one. US they falsely and maliciously charge, ,They are individually and collectively, d iiiy -eujov -. ing the fruit ' of (lave laboi ti a Kuuiln-d shape, anil wiih wlwl ort of cnnrimice can one of them ihrow tSlone al Ihe South' 'if Inltlli (enter. - - A rtiHflCLin l'KK.TheCrairur Lake, iii me town ol Mwilian, Onnmhigua cimiiiy,: . Y., are curinsitie, and are supposed lo be of volcanic origin.! They are, hy the inhahi- -t ints about therer culled the Green Lake. One of them ia on lire top of a hill, and is In ' ihe form of a lea-cup. y The bank are two hundred feet high, and the water four hundred feet deep. The water appears nf a deep green, bul when taken up in a glass, il is per fectly dear mid transparent. , Treesand liuihs. which fill into the water, soon become en- w,i.w wioi i.riKui K.rcvo BMifsumiTr, wiliril, on being exposed to the air, become hard." The timber decay s and leave thi incrusta tion in the shape of hollow tube. Wood at- tinted wil'i thi; wnirr and bnrnr I, emits strong odor nf sulphur.- farmer Who rr.- v sides near, once heard a great rush of water, " ....I I--I : . 1 ... . . w.lil lirwniiig li'llllll .iw HIV (SU flflllg OTVr the bank. He' war afcirmr.t and lied wnh hi team, bul the water soon receded In it usual level, and he reitsrnerf Us hi furrow, -more puzzled lhan instructed; Major.(,'i;mt.rai, Uil.ry. The telegraph has already announced the death nf this dm- liiigiitshed nllieer. lie was a nadve nf Ma ryland, Mid (erred wiih distinction in Ibe war of 1812.,,; Front the post of Ensign. 10 which lie wa appointed on Ilia lOth id January, I Altt. h rose hv Wfvxtln tfn,liili,,r l tl,i,li ,-. he livid at hit death. II it unices in Mexico were of a ditlingutsbed chnrticler. '.; Al Con irern ne leu me assailing party on lioih days, aud finally carried the work wiih .the havn- . net in a atyle which hna rarely been surpassed. , During the whole of these eveiilfid days, his Brigade endured liardsoips, and performed ' smions worthy or a place beside the wildest . 1. ..r .!.:..!... 1 : f :.- - t. r.i. iwisii. iHM.qn-v , . Afeo. I. crstiur r. mnnn thus speak nf iu ', ; " The opportunity afToidetl tn Col.. Rilev ." by hi posiiion was svrzed by thai gallant veteran with "alt tlyt kdl and energy for' which he i distinguished. The charge ol his noblo Brigade down lite slope in full view of friend and foe, unchecked (veil for a inouien', until he planted all his rotor upon their fr- . t . t.. u .... . i- .1 ... . . 1 - uirv sir ,! n afcciDi:ir inai - aiiimaieii the army to the boldest deeds !" - f - WiiuiUr, say one of hi biogmpheni, wa the conduct of Col. Kiley in ths battle along the aqueduct leading to the . capital, ,11s tormed soiii of the en 'inv's posiiioue, mnl on the night nf iho 13 h of I)i eemb-r, 18 17, had armed before the principal gale, lie entered Mexico next morning in company with ihe Commander-in-chief, and remained for some lime at ihe head cf hi tronps in the capital, lie was afterwards Appointed hy President Polk, Mili'ary Governor of Cali fornia, anil called Ihe famous I'onveniioii lhat ail 11 ted in November, IBl'J, Ihe Conslitut 011 which was liibinilted tu Congress t and by set of lhat body eomeqaent tlicrrcn, in 8rp l imber, 1830, California was adiniilul into fu'l meinbersliip as one trf the U. iSUtc. -.V. O. lift. i . As Ixnrmioi- Hkmck. He mentioned some week since tho method pursued lo gi I clear ol ihe carcass of a dead horse bv a man in Halifax county ; this week w have heard of a way adopted by a Warren man lo gi I clear of a grassy patch, which, we think, t ufiieieuily novel to bear telling, and it more ingen.ous than tint adopU-d by ths Halifax iiku in hia tiilcmma. A friend ol ours living certain number of miles from Warreiiton. planted his potatoes this spring, and, from some cause n'gleeieil In work litem until Hie grass had grnwn a thick on the ground a the hairs on a dog's back. It wa a heavy job to clean out that polalne patch our friend fell it In be so, and dreaded hi iiuilertiikn it, o he jus! made hills mi mvollter spot of ground, dug tip hi potatoes dial hail began 10 grow in the old paieh, and set litem mil in the new one t ) thus gelling round ,hu iiecr-ify of wvei.ng ; the ihl nur. I He onghl In lake out a patent iinnu d.aU'ly 1 . 1.:. ..1..., rr.......i I I f ,11 '-'I"!.. ' W',.,.fl'F, .','',
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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