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j .1'. . Iiv;:;;i r ."' ', ." -'- : -I: ':-vvf- i .i . if -, ' ' ; - i , v - ... f;-'-i; ; - ' ' . ; i - - X "'...v4..H..iL.-U I ' I, ' ir IF MM Aw .r - -' L I I I- t 'V: .! I M S if 7 V f-1 it is ORIGINAL POETRY - CAKEIER'S ADDRESS. ,rr tThe foUcvelng .-Addness",". which ;we hurriedly print oji a separate sht for tbe benefit ot oflr deserving Carrier, and Ins city subscribers,- rnny be -deemed worthy an insertion here by the geifal subscription ln-t. ; ;., ( . - . The world, in chainsvva toiling 'nenth the rod Of leagued oppressors tyrants, purple-robed, . i And mitred"nionters, froni their thpone9t surveyed I With fiend-like joy, the,- miseriesof tnan, ',. . jnna,80ui ana Birent" mo passions and the power Ahfce were bound, and midjjrhi darkness' veiled The awful. scene, where sweating nations1 wrought, In pain, the fetters they were doomed to wear.. . ' It seemed eternal ! age succeeded age,- ; - And still the" df spot's utirerenting hand V Severer grcvy, : and darkness more.profouhd, , , Still heaping gloom oh the ho"rizons verge, ; . Hid hope and Heaven. The poor man's bitter groan Evfbrted; by his toil, the widow's sigh ' In poverty and tears, reached not the throne Of sj)lendid royalty ; the typantV ear ' . V Was open only to the flatterer's voice',' , " . i And e'en Religion spurned the sad appeal , Thai 'rose, without an offering, at her -shrine. j - How dark the-night! How beautifui the dawn Tliat smiled, in promise of a glorious day ! - When the first PeHter gave th' .imprisoned mind . The keyto freedora, and.explored the way ; , When hope, awaking in the human breast, -Inspired hew joy, and the heroic will' - ' Cast off its chain, and the oppressor crushed. " i, Yet, noble Art, thy tafek is but begun. 'The day has dawned, but must be brighter still -(Before the promised triumph is complete, When old abuses, venerable crimes, -I And superstition, tyranny, and ejhains Shall vanish from a renovated World ! i How many of the families of man , Are fettered still ! How many lands, as fair As thi3,-the home of freedom and the brave, i Still lie in desolation, 'neath the sway, -Of powers that rule and brutalize the soul 1 Stay not iu this thy heaven appointed course,' But let thy potent influence petvade .--;.' All human habitations, till the jnight I las 'passed, and man is civilized and free. . ; - . For the Weekly Post.' FEMALE EDUCATION WOMAN'S MISSION. -BY C. H. WILET. . It seems strange that the world lias pot yet '" found out the uses bf woman. . Nearly six tlibu sand years ago, Eve was created and given to, A lam i for ah help meet for him; but if Adam underr ' t-. stood her positioivnd her duty and privileges, . he failed to impart the, knowledge' to his descen- dants. ' " ' j ; ; ; Till the coming; of phrist, woman was 'a slave ; and -shu& .his "dayj .sjjjb'is . still,; in most countries, regarded as a sort of beast of burden as a pretty, animated toy, without an ifnmortarvsoul, or asthe mere creature of passion and whim. In Christian . countries her nature has been' bettgr understood ; and in these she has been the subject; of education . and moral instruetioni . Ih-. themheihas madara-' V- X pid advances in the stale of being; and the danger now is that ilie spirit of , refor,m may advance .too far, and annihilate, all -social and political distinc- tions between the sexes. ; - ' ' -v There are those", pretended pliilosopliers, who contend that -woman ought to' dress in hialb attire' and to be allowed to vote, ta bold ofhees, to legisr laf,e, and comnand armies ; and these crazy re formers are, just now, making a good deal of noise, - andenlisting followers. Ik seeins-to the writer a matter eif surprise that man, who has mnde-'sp many discoveries, and sought out so many inventions, " should .never -have found out Jthe "proper uses p - woman and it does appear to him that the slightr - est ' attention, to the subject would satisfy very; one 'that the softer sex was wot designed to b rthe slave, the idol, or 'tlie polilieal equal of th otheK ' 1 C j . ' : x , ! vSlIe was made for an help, meet for man ; this is 1 'the language of tlie Scrinture-langiiage which all misquote, and which few havcuhderlstood, ' " Wrhat sort of a help would be meet or proper for man, suitable to" his conditionHiere i 1 All the labors of this world are -duaonsistingj of two" parts" there are two kinds qf nmnual -labor, two tinds of moral and two kinds of intellectual labor, each necessary v.to the success of the other, and to. the harmony and well-being of the WjOrld. ' In the woods; and fields, on the waters, in the -shops, and in the mines, man Avas doomed to la bor, and earn his Rving lw the sweat of his brow ; and he was fitted fojr this by 4us strength,' activity, Murage ; and:? hardilioodi ';. IMt his labors in these departments will not, by tbenjselves, insure com fort; for. he has to be clojfhed, to eat food which has been cooked and dressed, and to: live in houses, In the house, therefore, is another field of' manual 5 labor j a little world requiring more taste, tact and; de licacy patience and moralYourage, but less strength, and a constitntion xiot so rebust as are demanded by the tasks out oCdoors. ; For this sphere of ac tion was woman cjonstitutionally adapted ;..andwe fhave but to look at h-er frame, arid observe her. in stmcts to be at once convinced bf this. .' iVe political tasks of the huiiian race arc also double ; and while pan was made to legislate for, and administer laws among the full-grown and ;tur bulent 'mefnbersf "the . human family, woman was designed to instruct, control and govern the way ward natures of the voung and tender. From birth till "maturity the race is put under her control,; and thus shedms to- legislate and adjudicate well as man; Her. dominion extends over oner half. of the race vand her 4uties as a lawgiver are as' complex; important, and perplexing as tliose ot man, She. is also the mo Ail ijuide and instructor of: one-half of the race ; and her moral tasks are even' more responsible and grave than those of jthe other sex.' She writes the iir$t lessons on the humah mind ; she shapes tlie character of the man and wo- I man, and starts him and her on a, career; that will lead to honor or shame, to happiness pr destruction. . And thathe might perform these tasks-that she - miodit be content with these pianual, moral, aria pojiticat labors, and riot desire to usurp the place of man, Kxoa nas enaoweu ner wiiu intellect iikc man, - and withan immortal soul like his, but with more active sympathies more delicate sensibilities, more. timidity and modesty, more tettdernessand a nnid : er .disposition, but with quicker perceptions, stronger ' instincts, and a more confiding iiature.: ' Her person is fairer than .man's, and whileVhV is iioji so. robust, it is better suited to delicate handnydrk nd so her . - xnind' though not capable of connueol, labbriousl , applicatiop to one subject, nor adapted to bloody advejitures or complicated calculations, is better ' suited than that of man's- to the nice arrangements ot. domestic matters, to the kriowledge of youthful i wants and necessities, to soothe, soften, and subdue ' to love the natures of old arid young.. Thus lias na ture fashioned woman ; and if we take nature for ' our guide, can we;rmistake woman's mission, or fail . toWderstend-andrappreciate the principles on which lier education should "be conducted 1 ,. She is to be properlyfitted by education, for-jhe field fherein God designed her to' labor land be useful ; her per-.- son is to.- be made more fair, her -leart mbre pure, . her mind expanded and adorned withi useful stu dies. . . . i ,.r . ' i ', She was sent to adorn as well as moralize the world; and whatsoever tend to theeal improve ment of her personal charms should not be peg-, lected. But she was not sent taerely to he looked at and admired ; and those girls who are persuadjr ed into the belief that they are angels or deities will , soon find themselVes aliens in society, discon nected witli the web of human joys and sympathies, a burthen to themselves, disgusting to the real an gels, discontented, impracticable, unhappy, and everywhere out of place. , I. rWoman is part of the human race,;. intended as a help for man ; but not to till his fields, . drive his oxen, and delve in his mines. ' lie who so treat3 her'will find his fields, growing up with briers and brambles, and his house, andeverythingabout.it, dreary( and uncomfortable. The' 'beauty, sent to gladden his soul, will quickly fade : and the heart, . intended fora' fountain of happines, will 'be turned, to bitterness, and a source of strife. As 'already stated, her education should- tend to the proper developement of the charnis of her per son ; and all the good instincts of her" heart should be strengthened, all her tastes improved and refined,.' her affections should be chastened and expanded!, and her intellect developed, enriched with know-, ledge, proper to her sphere and duties, and embel lished with useful and agreeable accomplish: meuts. u Those who have paid attention to the matter " know that the proper arrangement, of household matters requires a cultivated taste and a mind which has kept pace with all the improvements of civilization.1 ; : ' i V These matters, can be so ordered ' as to mak everything Beauty to the eye and music to the ear to afford pleasure to all the senses df the touch, tasted sight, hearing, and spelling, and to amuse, delight, and instruct the mindj and invigorate, put rify, and develop the heart and its best and holiest affections. . It is easy to fancy such "a household- a little world, of beauty and comfort, over whose ' harmonious evolutions presides that genius of mo dern times, that product of the; Christian religion benignant and intelligent women, the central sun of a truly happy home, irradiated with her smile,: warmed with her 'love, and governed by her intel-i fence. . ' . e ' 'ii or is it hard to imagine a household the re verse of this a dreary, comfortless dwelling, filled with a Babel of harsh sounds, with a rank coin-i pound qf tt villainous smells," where eAery thing isul out of place, every thing looks ugly, and every thing; causes painful sensations; while in the midst of th dirt and gloom ?ipdlemeiital war stands a scowl ing slattern, whose looks send a chill through every heart, and in whose presence every budding fancy1 withers. ; j, f ' . That woman was not intended for" hard labor in; the fields and vofods, it is easy to see by her pecu- liar organization ;' and the intelligent reader will remember striking examples, in the savage state of -society, of' the; evils of such a system. Savages; have,; invariably, ugly, wives ; and the coinforts of their rude bombs are not often equal to those of the unreasoning brutes, even while these savages far; surpass the brutes, in intelligence. Their women do the hard work and while these are, in conse.- quence, unlovable,' and degraded to such a degree as to be thought to be of a race inferior to tbe men, tlie lives of both sexes and of alj ages present the most cheerless forms ot animated existence. The : civilized' nations of antiquity and of modern times, ' among whom -Christianity Avas arid is unknown, afford 'striking instances of the evils attending social systeins'iu which' woman is housed up as a pretty toy, or caressed as an object of passion only. The universal "corruption of luanners the utter want of integrity in public and jn private stations the total absence of filial reverence, of fraternal kindness, and of paternal tenderness, with a thousand other con sequent ills, fratricide, parricide, infanticide, are all mainly attributable to the manner in which woman ; is treated: ; And' there is on record a great and melancholy : example of the danger of allowing woman to stand between man and the world and its temptations ; of allowing her, in short, to take bn herself tire gui- danee-ot public atiairs. " With Adam, when he was made the proprietor of Eden, God entered into a compact, imposing con ditions by which he was to remain in Ins blisstm station; but woman,' tempted by the father of all evil, took it. on herself to question the propriety of this Agreement, violated it, and caused her husband to violate it,, whereby lie lost, his seat in paradise,; and doomed his descendants to toil and suffering and death, i ' -And, finally, in Christian countries, we behold the effects of female education properly regulated. Here, Avhere she is allowed to work in-doors only, and to teach and legislate' around the family altarr. ;ve behold races of men superior to all other races, and comforts and enjoyments to which the rest ot the world are strangers. Here", and here only, we find true patriots, honest statesmen, and active-phi-lanthropists'J Here and here only, we find virtue, chastity, honesty, love, and fraternal aft'ecti6n, truth, sentiment, benevolence, and sympathy. How won derful, compared' with those of other countries, are the comforts of these Christian homes1 how aston ishing are their improvements what harmony reigns in' all social, political, andmoral affairs ! It Was the legislation and training of a Christian moth er which -made W ashington ; and with that name the object of general contempt and ridicule ? If this is not implied, there is, no such thing as legiti mate inference. - Again," is it not, to a certain ex tent, that very contempt, which the writer com plains of, that he himself exhibits, when he says,1 "it would be ; no wonder if Rip Van W'inkle, (that is the North Carolina public.) should turn fool, and expose himself to the derision of all his contemporaries by vain conceits ot pis own su periority, and by giving to himself airs, of impor tance not natural to him,-but put intorhis head by the silly - flattery of some of his friends V Now, in. alf , candor, if the enlightened son " Fitz Van Winkle," cannot be taken in by the flatterer's art, why does he suppose that the, sire, " Van Winkle" himselfj can be, unless it be that he. considers him- self more vigilant and discerning, than the rest of the community ? Again, when the bashful re viewer fairly " blushes not only for the offerers of such adulation, but for the taste of the public that can welcome,or even tolerate it; he either blushes in! advance of any shameful exhibition on the part of the public, or he blushes because the public have been guilty of something shameful, and Aai'eexpo; sed themselves to the jeers of " our satirical neigh bors." But, I pust be allowed to object still more parti cularly to the assertion, that it is not apathy and want of enterprise, but " insuperable obstacles of nature," that have caused the depression of the State. I differ radically from the writer's view of "what constitutes a Stat ft.1'' A inor unfortunate' ,nd inore discouraging sentiment could scarcely TgJ advanced, than that the obstacles to public prosper :ity in North Carolina, are " insuperable," and that the people, as a matter of course, ": must either be come poor and dispirited, or the more energetic of them, seek a land more propitious to their exer tions. It amounts to this, that w.e have little or nothing to encourage us, that emigration to other climes, is both natural and praiseworthy ; and that the energy and heroic spirit, which made Holland and Switzerland what they have been, in spite of their disadvantages, would be'entirely out of place, in such a country as ours. I think it is clear that the writer s affection and his pride, hang with a frigid and unsubstantial adhesion toi the State of his birth. . J But the worst error into which " Fitz" has fallen, is the palpable absurdity, that aState, situated like North Carolina, separated from other communities by " insuperable obstacles'' to. commerce, should continue to depend upon' distant regions for many of the necessaries of life, ! instead of adopting the more practicable policy of " living within herself," and making up for the. disadvantages of nature, by the exercise of domestic industry and 'economy . Mutual dependence is the golden bond, he says, 1 and whateuer thou schalt gif over : I s'chal yelde to the whannefl com agen: Who of these thre seemeth to thee, was neighbore to him that fel among theuys f And he seide, he that dide mercy intohypi ; and Jhesus seide to hym go thou and do thou in lyk manner." I will, with your permission, add the brief story of Martha and Mary in the same chapter : " And it .was' doon while thei wenten he entride into a castle, an6f a woman Martha by name : res--ivede hym into hir hous. - And to this' was a s.ister Ma'rye by name which also sat bisides the feet of the Lord, and herde his w:ord. But Martha bisiede aboute the, ofte" seruice, and sche stood and seide, Lord takest thou ho kepe : that my sister hath left me aloone to serue ? therefore seye thou to hir, that sche helpe me. i And the Lord answerde and seyde to hir, Martha, Martha, thou are bisy : and art troublid aboute ful manye thingis : but;o thinge is necessarye, Marye hath chosen the best part : which schal not be takun fro hir." Such, you see, are tfie changes which take place in living languages. Wiclif 's version was made in the year 1380, 'and that now in use was completed in the year 1610 : so that there was an interval of 230 years between them. It will strike every reader, however, that the English language is much more fixed now than in former times. From the completion of the version now used until the present day, there have elapsed 232 years; and there are in that version 'but few obsolete or unintelligible words. Y. Y. THE WEEKLY POST. EDITED BY C. H. WHEY & W. D. COOKE. RALEIGH, DECEMBER2n85L 6 .... re, .... 20, -f -" designed by Providence, to connect, in fraternal (Union, the wide-spread family of nian." Butdiow, iu the name of reason, can the " free trade" notions of this writer ever be realized, 'if the. .obstacles-; to commerce are " insuperable ?" Instead Of preach ing such illusory doctrines, in the columns of a paper devoted to a 'widely different system, he would have been better employed in stimulating' his fellow citizens to a heroic strucTjne ajrainst the difficulties of their geographical position, and urg ing them toemuiate the Dutch and the Swiss, in the noble pursuit of a real independence. Instead of asking them to continue the commercial vas salage under which they live, toward those who seek to repay them .with incendiary interference with their institutions, he should have taken pride in fostering that 'growing spirit of enterprise which promises to place those institutions on a safer and more enduring -foundation." He rnajr, at least, be assured, that his efforts to perpetuate the depen dence of North, Carolina, on abolition Jowcrs, whether in Europe or America, will meet with'little or approval among ncr liiic.ugtmi Terms TWO DOLLARS PEE ANNUM, in Advance. r CLUB PRICES: ; Three Copies, . ..... $5- full price, Eight Copies, ... ..12 " Ten Copies .. ..,15 . " TwentyvCopies, i 20 " .. (Payment in all cases in advance.) 55 Where a club bf eight, ten or twenty copies is sent!, the person making up the club will be entitled to- a copy extra. All articles of a Literary character may be addressed to C. H. WiiEr, Greensboro', or to the Subscriber, Raleigh. Busi ness liters, notice?, advertisements, remittances, &c, &c, shouldbe addressed to W. D. Cooke. . Ad9rtisement3 of a proper character will be inserted atthe usual stes,. ' i WILLIAM D. COOKE, Proprietor. 55Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Weeky Post. . ; - i ? KOSSUTH. , r ' ' : - .... I It I, perhaps, fortunate for 'the readers of the Post, that neither of its editors has seen Hhe Greatdlungarian Patriot. Had either, or both been ilessed with' such an opportunity, the col umns if this paper, jnighi! have teemed with sickly enuncatlons ot'4he Kossuth mania, for months to come indeed, jnJging from .the effects produced on otlers, our wits' might have been, seriously in jured or life. Even as things are, such is the force of taslion, that we are compelled to indite an ar ticle 01 Kossuth : and we will avail ouselves of the are bound up all the dearest political hopes" of men. From woman was descended that cither Being, whose name is still dearer to human ears ; and nly through her was Christ our Saviour the Kedeemer of the world, connected with man. ; " And thus, if by lijer indiscretion' as a politician she lost us Ederi and"?made us heirs of death, she gave to the world the Coiiqueror of the grave ; and as a "mother and a sister, when man assigns her her proper station, and prepares her for- it, ' she will: atone for her former 'olly, produce to the world a race of Washingtons, and, herself guided by the glorious doctrines' of Jesus' Christ, lead; us back, through him, to paradise! I . nn if if tt it i n a rn t n m n ( UUM MUlUUiiUUl. . ' ' For the Weekl yPost. Messrs. Editors : A certain correspondent of the Register, over the signature of "Fitz Van Winkle," is reviewing, with acrimony, several recent literary publications, including your own paper. - I- do not'doubt that tlie assailed parties will be' able to meet this attack, with a,, gallantry becoming the occasion.'- With their defence, I have nothing to do. But this wri ter, whose patriotism, State pride, and public spirit, seem to be masked, if not entirely absorbed, by ex cessive fastidiousness,! has allowed himself to indulge in some sentiments ; and expressions,- to which, as one of 'the public, I cannot be indifferent. - He would seem to belong to. that small and exclusive class, w ho pride themselves upon candidly confess incr the inferiority of all irnmediatelv around them, and seek to secure for themselves ja relative eleva tion, at the expense of the community, whose char acter is the standard by which' they expect to be tried. There are some persons in the South, whoj seem to be ashamed of the country in which theyi live, and are ever: laboring .to convince' the world I that they, themselves, are exceptions to thej general! aegraaation oi tne uncuuivaiea masses among whom they "happen to live. That the writer I refer to, has imbibed some degree of this spirit, will, I "think, be apparent from the most cursory perusal jof his article. From what. other source could the humiliating assertion emanate, .that " poor North j Carolina,. so long doomed to silent contempt, or broad ridicule, seems now fairly in the way of being crushed, like the Roman maiden, Tarpeia, under the. weight of the burdensome donations thrown upon her." Is it then, true, oh the testimony of one of her children, that this yenerable State has been encouragement people. SOUTHERNER'. I ' For the Weekly Post. SPECIMEN OF WICLIFS TRANSLATION OF j THE NEW TESTAMENT. Mn. Editor : Before I transcribe.the Specimen, suffer me to make a remark or two about this re- "'markable man. Dr. Wiclif (Wieliffe) was born in the year 1324. This was about the darkest period of fhe dark ages. I Chiristianity had been perverted to secular purposes, and corruption pervaded all parts of the Church. "Wiclif, however, was a dili gent sfudent of the Bible. And as in this he pur sued fi singular course, so his mind was singularly enlightened by divine truth. The consequence was, that he detected and had courage to oppose the errors of the times. In the year 1372, he was elect ed Professor of Divinity in Oxford. His lectures attracted a vast concourse of pupils ; and he was greatty admired aridfollowed as a preacher. En dowed with uncommon prudence, as well as fervent piety, he did not at first directly attack the prejudices of the age in which he lived; nor did he, in the pulpit, delight; in controversy, but chose as the subject matter of his1 sermons, the doctrines and duties . of Christianity. These he delivered in a occasici to say exactly what we think of the Great Magya in particular, and of European patriots in genera ' - . The hole Hungarian race is a brave and chiv alrous iie ; and in the'' struggles of the nation with ; Austrixj our sympathies were actively enlisted on the sid of the former, because they were the weak er, the iiore braye, and come nearer .being on the side ofiiberty. They Avere struggling for nation al independence, and thus entitled to the good will of all independent minds; but whether they underitood the true nature of republican freedom, or ained at its establishment, are matters in regard to wiich, it is very difficult to form a correct opii Jon. -: Their chief man Kossuth, was the highest imper sanation of the Magyar character : heroic, under A circumstances, forever tenacious of his. purpose, I Unanimous, impetuous, and eloquent, his pride xf country was his ruling passion, ancl his love of independence not to be conquered by time or cir camstances. Such was the Kossuth of history ; sc known by his 'public career : but do we,1 know tlat he loved justice as Washington loved it, or sighed, for the republican liberty, which woo'd the iinagination of Jefferson ? We, on the Western side ' of the Atlantic, are apt to inistake the motives and the ' characters of European politicians ; and this mistake is natural inamuchy as it is ; impossible, for most of us, not to atjtach to the Vords , freedom, independence, &c, the fime ineaning when used by foreigners, that plain, simple stylo, and urged them on the con sciences of his hearers. In this way he gained a ..i , .i , r x i , j . . , 1 1 i ' A i i.i " : ptliey have m this country. But, m truth, the mio-htv influence: and was enabled, at. Iph o-rh. .-t.n J : J ' shake the toiinilatioTis of rb srrona- lmld ftf lOT;val samd language means different thinsrs .in different corruption.- He lias been beautifully as well as truly called, the Morning Star of the Reformation" He opposed, , in very numerous writings, most of the prcfelent errors of the age ; and adopted a sys tem of Theology very similar to that., of the Re formers as embodied in their confession of faith. The ruling powers of the Church, persecuted him sorely, but he was protected from personal violence by tlie friendship of many noblemen, and the zeal of the people. His enemies, however, succeeded in driving him from his College in Oxford ; on which event, he retired to his living, whence he was en abled, by his writings, to assail the hierarchy. There were many efforts made to have him treated as a heretic ; but while he was rousing opposition, and promoting reformation, it pleased the Sovereign of the Universe, in the year 1384,' to remove him by disease, and thus disappoint the malice of those who hunted for his life. ;- Wiclif translated the whole Bible into English, but only the New Testament has been , published. I ofier you below, the following extract from the. late edition of this version, that your readers may see . what the English language was in the ?year 1380. Y our readers may compare this sptecinien with the version of our Bibles nowjin rise, which, it will be recollected, was made in the reign of Js am es I, in the year 1610. , I have chosen the parable of the good Samaritan. JLuke X, 25 37. . I : " And lo a wise man of the law rojos up : tempt inge him and sevinge, maister what thing schal I do to have euerlastinge lyf. And he K'ide to him, what is writun in the Lawe, ? how redist thou ? . He answerde and seide, thou schalt loue thi Lord God of alle thin herte, and of alle thi soule, and of alle thi strengthis, and of alle thi mynde, and thi neigh bore as thi silf. And Jhesus seide to him thou hast answerde rightly, do thou this thirige and thou schalt liue. But he willinge to justifie himself seide tb Jhesus, and who is my neighbore ? j And Jhesus biheeld, and seide, a man came doun fro Jerusalem into Jerico : and fel among theuys, and thei robbiden Kym, and wounded en hym, and wenten awuy : and left- the man half alyue. And it bifel that a prest cn) doun the same weye and passidei forth whanne he- hadde seyn hym. Also a Dekene whanne he was bisidis the place and sigh hym, passide forth. But a Samaritan goj-nge the wey cam bisidis hym, and he sigh hym and had reuthe on hym ; and cam to hym and bond his woundis togidere and held hym in oyle and wyn, andleyde hym on his beest, and led de into Ian ostrye, and did the cure of hym. And another dey he broughte forth twie pens : arid gaf to the osteler, and seide haue thou cure of hym, couiijLnes ; and a'man born " and raised under the system of the old world, has no conception of the feelilgs and characters which are indiginous in the new. - Tlere are but three things known as realities and brized as such in Europe, and these are power, mony and fame ; these are the gods of Europe, whifcj every thing else is an impostor. Honor, hon esty,! paU-iotism, fidelity, liberty, independence, hope! fafHy religion, justice aQd equity are terms ol speech .often used ; and masks with all these nam painted on them, are worn by different class es, ad receive a seeming homage, - This apparent homage, however, is' not paid to the mask, but to the -Reality behind it ; and that reality, is ainbition or awice.' These assume all phases, and pave their way w ith tlie) emblems of virtues, supposed to be popular; but the semblance of these virtues is used just as we use coon-skins, and hickory poles in oui political campaigns. Coistantine the Great, finding, in the fourth centuiy, that Christianity had taken deep hold on the hf man heart, assumed it for his battle-cry ; and the cross of the meek Saviour and Prince of Peace, was the signal under which an ambitious monarch undertook to conquer. " Conquer by this" was the motto .emblazoned with the cross ; and it is to conquer that virtue, liberty and inde pendence are assurnecl in Europe for. badges and watch-words. Those in power undertake to estab lish their unjust dominion, by environing them selves with the holy sanctions of religion, and by a most perverted use bf the words right ahd justice ; those out and struggling to be in, rally the pressed Jo their assistance, ' by flaming appeals in the name of liberty and independence. The whole system of tilings is a stupendous imposture: all European society is a great masquerade, where all the varied cbstumesj are worn by a few characters only, aid where only a few realities are known. Revolutions there begin with the great and extend only to a change pf. dynasty;- governments are often overturned and new governments established, but the condition of the people Temains unaltered. And now. that a great ; republic of really free men has sprung up, on the western shores of the At lantic, powerful in resources, vigorous with youth, full pf life, fire and loye of freedom the stage ac tors of Europe vary their plays and gestures with express reference to this .immense assembly of ex citable spectators. Many of their dramas are fram ed with an eye to the western spectators : and all the clap-trap of the stage, all the devices of the hstrionic art are put in vogue to catch the ap plause of Ithese honest and unsuspecting repub licans, like a pit full of sailors in a theatre, the sympathies of these republican cause them to take mere plays for realities ; they are carried away by the throes and cries, of a mimic liberty, and ready) to rush on the stage, and avenge the wrongs of1 the play actor, who performs the part of virtue in distress. Some time ago, we were traveling in company with a very intelligent' Frenchman, a private gen tleman, who came to thjs country, 'simply to look and not to be looked at The last French revolu tion became the subject of conversation, and our companion; remarked, that he had witnessed, since the days of Napoleon, many changes, of govern ment, but had seen no change in the condition of tlie people. " I had begun," said hi, talking of liberty, " t regard the whole thing as a humbug, a mere delusion. ' Poets had sutog- its praises philosophers had pictured its charms, statesmen and -orators had'beeen inspired by its graces. Its name was invoked by priest and infidel, king and rebel. In all the bloody and terrible convulsions which. I have witnessed, its banner led the victors, and'its sighs breathed thro' the lips of the con quered. What is it, where is it ? I often, in vain, enquired. Humanity still presented the same for lorn aspect, under all changes the great masses of men were still despised and doomed to a condition more .wretched than that of brutes. . I came here to askwhalt liberty is, and I saw it ere I landed on your shores. I will not enquire whafryour laws profess," - continued the Frenchman, ." or what your politicians say : I will not read your Consti tutions, or attend the debates in Congress. - I saw liberty on the . shore before I landed I see it every where I see it now. Look there, ' said he, pointing to ia group of European emigrants, crowd ed into the ' fore-castle of the vessel "do you see those creatures! lousy, fikhy, brutalized in expres sion, without hope, pride, care or shame ? Such are the people where ambition and avarice have ruled for centuries, and where liberty and virtue are mere terms of art." " Now look there," and we looked in the opposite direction, and saw a group of Americans, plain men and women going to market and isurrounded with" baskets, boxes, and bags. The sparkle of their eyes, beaming with animation was in striking contrast to the ray less .orbs of the j emigrant autoriiatons ; and their liye- ly manners, energetic gestures and restless motions made an interesting and impressive picture, pecu liarly interesting, when viewed in near connexion with the silent and swarthy and listless forisof the dreary and wretched company which bockeM up the steerage. And it was this appesrfnee of life, and health and energy in the common people ; their hopeful disposition, spirit of emulatiii, pride, manliness and independence, which so pressed the philosophic Frenchman, and more thi.reahzed his fond dreams of the effect of real liberty. The mass : of humanity in Europe is dead, be numbed by a long and . hopeless bondjge ; it has but the faculty of sensation, and many f the finer emotions of the soul have been smotlered. To eat, to drink and sleep, this is its hajpiness, the boundary of its crimes : while there iss perpetual struggle among the few for the highe$i places, an eternal ganie, in which the common peode are the chessmen, moved at the will of the ganesters.. When revolutions begin with themt-and when from their ranks, another Napoleon sha arise to finish the labors of the first, then ma we hope for better things for Europe. The firslj. Napoleon was a stern, ; and terrible reality, tlie ehd of des tiny: neither ambition, in its vulgar fense, nor i avarice was his- ruling passion. He sW around him a stupendous imposture ; and whijdisgusted with the actual state of things, and imelled for ward by a restless desire for change, e hardly knew at what he was aiming, or what h desired. He trampled on "rotten dynasties, unm'ed hoary hypoerasy, and cut the fetters of imprned intel lect ; but when he had done this,' he still un satisfiedsaw that the half was not yetlone, but he knew not what was left undone, nor ow it was to be completed. And when he becjjte able ;to re-model what he had torn to pieces, gilied by the artificial philosophy of the school in wjih he was raised, his imperial policy tended but tb(ix power where it had been before Still the sis of life were sown broad-cast in the hearts of jl masses ; and in due trine, they will germinat nd ripen into fruit. I In the mean time, let our example sShine be fore the Avorld ; ?let our people still n&rle with the people of Europe, and our policy bjkaie more and more felt, as our greatness, trade 1J prosper ity increase,, and the right kind of Solutions may be certainly expected. But is it not a; retrograde movement Jtis to bor row light from Europe ? To import the politics and politicians I Why, when wewereithe mere rudiments5 of our 'republican creed, t.brightest intellects of Europe could not originator enact a law that gave us satisfaction even the ister-piec- es ot the Lockes and Shaftsburys exert the con j tempt of the; colonists for whom they je invent ed. The commonest member of Asseblv, is a better legislator for American interesl than the j brightest intellects among European pfcicians. And as to worshiping an idol from theii, is it not absurd ? If we should meet a Hungii in any part of the broad earth, we would resft him for the love of independence, and the heroaring dis played by his people ; and as to Kosst his lohg sufferings, borne with heroism, his lovfi country, -his zeal in hex; behalf, his abilities, and constancy-entitle him to the warm regard, toi admira tion even of every sovereign- Americafiritizen. But we have) still more respect for alrd-fisted, honest-hearted, sturdy republican Amerlti, where ever we miglt find him still more ltj and ad miration for' a great American statesinfuand ben efactor, inflexibly just, and seeking trpetuate the memory; and policy of the incompjfele hercL of '76, and of the. glorious and unequalleWashiriT ton. Arid does not Kossuth lumsejf-the very man for whom we are all run mad, rebnj us indi rectly, when hJa tells us, iu his first sr&b nr. ft. shores, that he has no- thought; even tV of anV1 thipg but - Hungary, of any - people, but Can he blame- American statesmen.' for similar;' professions with regard, to their cbuntryj and their people? A Major Hagadorh, of the-New York , militia, made a very foolish speech to Kossuth,' al most directly pledging to his support i he entire, militia of the United States. We., ares, of equal rank with the Majoron this branch of fie service, and we take occasion to, say distinctly that our sword and our military skill are at thejservice bf the sovereign State of North Carolina, arid of the sovereignty of the U. States. We owe allegiance to n6 other sovereigns, and intend lo owe' it'to no oth- er ; and while Kossuth has our sympathies, admi -ration, and even our- warmest frendship, tve expect as long as we properly appreciate his real great ness, to shew that we truly appreciate it, not bv volunteering for the wars in Europe, but by labor ing with might arid main for the wcjfap of our native State, the great and' glorious old, State of North Carolina, now needing the aid of all her sons. This is our say about Kossuth. i -.v ' A NUISANCE. '," We are as free from Sectional prejudices as most people :i indeed our huinan sympathies embrace the whole habitation" of man. Wo also concern our selves as bttle in tlie. affairs of others as any other living mortal ; and we never did know the gossip among our nearest neighbors. But we aire ipt to take an j interest in most things which concern" the public welfare ; and of this character - ane certain speculations on which we have bestowed a good deal of attention. '. There are men men whose names are! familiar among us as household words who are regarded at home as belonging to the gcniis Humbug, and who are known as having no pretensions to the Character of philosophers, scholars, thinkers, orvritersiof merit. These men are- engaged in the. fabricationjof books suited to certain latitudes of compilations with sounding, titles, tales of startling iinciderits,. histories of murderers, pirates, outlaws and desperadoes ; and their agents traverse our Southern region!, getting one hundred per cent, for seHingthe books and fill ing the scant shelves of the quiet country people, with the very offal of literature. There j arc mil Uqjiaircs at the North whose golden harvests have been reaped at tlie South,vf6r works which a well-, read scholar would not. permit to rest, for! an-hour on his shelves. And while so much is paidj for sttch books, better literature is poorly patronizeji. Tlie makers of such books, selling them at two and four hundred per cent, profit on the cost, can well afford to offer inducements to a"gents ; and this - these" agents are enabled to drum every cornet of tho country with cart loads of trash, while th4se who' publish with more honest purposes, cannot jbe thus efficiently represented by a corps of travelling elee tioneerers. ' 1 We mean no reflections on those who sel books honestly, to make an honest living no cenWre on worthy young, men of our own State, or old men who k ravel with miscellaneous books, many if them though making little, doing much good. Arid there is also a kind of book agents who, of course, are excepted : agents of -religious, ind chariwi ciations, pf local, or expensive' publications which could not be .published without the previous guar antee of a good subscription list ; but' our remarks are pointed specially at those concerned in catch -penny publications, sickly compilations intended to vulgarize nd feed 'appetites' 'already vulgar, arid flashy works designed -enly for those who iudee a lxok by its pictures and title page. . The makers of such books living North, of .Mason and Dixon's line, reap all their profits at'the South ; aw then, as is not unnatural, despising the people whom they have humbugged, turn framing abolition-' ists and join in the war on Southern rights and in terests, j Is there no way to abate this nuisance ? ,rh6. Southern people must learn to think for themselves, to write thejr'own books and make their own shoes. The Northern people are a " practical; shrewd, calculating people; and while; they make all: our coats and shirts, books and cannon, they have little regard for speeches in Congress and secession reso lutions. They respect only those jwhom they see disposed to help themselves, able and willing'; and to all such there are none more J complaisant and conciliatory than the Yankees. . See what a vener ation they' have for England, whdse genius' and enterprize meets them on every field ; see 'how, ag gressive they are towards less industrious and more extravagant nations. ! The impositions practiced on us by the North are a nuisance ; the want here'of a thorough home spirit and of a disposition to patronize home industry, is an actual calamity. ' . ... . i V his own U CAUSE AND EFFECT. The present may bean appropriate occasion to say a word in regard to the! effct produced on the minds of some persons who have' read the North Carolina Reader. i t. : ' The book has found its way into the families of many country people wlao live neafthe writer ;iand he has heard the heads of these families say; that they had changed long-cherished designs of leaving their "father-land. They have allegeoj as reasons for the change of resolution, .first, that tlie prospects of North Carolina were better than they had supposed ; and secondly, that their children (for whose benefit they had intended to move) had imbibed a feeling of enthusiasm for tle State, and were unwilling to leave it. Such a feeling of enthusiasm and' venera tion, for their birth-place, on the part of ihe young, will make any State a great one ; and that feeling which is supplanted that disgust for home, and early instilled admiration for distant lands, will make a desert of the choicest part of earth. Such effects of the North Carolina Reader are extremely gratifying to the author ; and he hopes yet to see the day when every school boy dn the Common wealth will be; ready to fling up his cap and hurrah for the Old North State. jWhen that day arrives, North Carolina will receive "more emigrants than she now sends away. j . , COLD WEATHER. Last week, we had, in many parts of North Car olina, regular old-fashioned winter weather. For five or six days and nights it did not thaw the least in the shade ; and it has been many years since we have seen tlie streams in this part of the world so locked up in icy manacles, j : :'- ; The air during all the time was dry and healthy ; and we presume the i?e-crop will be abundant and of the finest quality y j t : . At a late article urij? the "Raleigh "attention omuior.J.ar ' .painful njee "kleftn4 withMy are to be- ni ing' isthe e Reader, by;' of W . WileyVnnd tory of : i Tho con: - bor s to pro f- - - t Carolina pi ' taste-, and I Eke ; and ! -i - i . praise. A: propriatelV. ' "To.be cii rolinaiRtj Wheelers; ' "we presun) ; The fari olina, seem 1 solely on t ' a share of 1 ed with th 'edited by t of course t! 'tation of w sojne one '-v -nes. ; J i : holier, and the circulal they "may . maki-ithe homes, ma And then gone; who oracle, the man. , . The con: - ordinary c l attentioni ti to gratify rious, we w commentar . In the n liable to" tli birth; tha tcio much' v There r Carolina,: u it-is an un sm or "'fib's to tell the sterile and "more ungr tha aspiral a decrepit jician who its' disease pleasant a . Such i it is due t reveal his ipeaks wl aave no ri they do. i,uThe pe 1 to be able whether t improvem vrid fly frf hey have iffeetrons. ' 5forth Ca her i Ye laves ant nain ; N , annofr an is, have h V 1 123 4 The; at ugh d 'ersafly 1 eceivod i or itself limself, s uded to. aste,tQo Iwusly i art of ,tl 'om the -C, an elphia; i rs-of N erein m . iravfirrg no w tha iKorth , indee 9 BUch ' ; ytice.. 1 le Sout ate. . 5 Most o ressiona ad a N telliger tyr"fai oralsc '. the S lglishn hose , t ' ring of , ioJe G For or ice of Dund, i ow by rth-Ci ' ere ar own t dbyt: " rolinii ve- not (entit -, blishe. fes evi C in c fby'( jo has iter, a so ex often -3 l
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