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-p -U"; 1v-- . ''fc-S-gfr' 1CSBt0( ami yet;nnt1ier, Take ex-i vihi. hi& Lke riiotlunican ihrow a! devoted tolhe stSW tFffiJn 'n JSrefllftj ttiti'ifefi; r" Ics ar 7 'J- -J1 n 1.1 tart, t.im.u i f f . B-.-v 1 1 ' J 4 p ppnts for wh , In ?2ccp tin lhf;fti n vitiijti on, I ha v'e gi ve ii trifyftoor wis tii ch tjri but 0 nxy.TMici on h o w e v c r-h uo b I e , . Jed if lit ef a ryj cix.erciseii ia n un fr eque at wPPfvln the iembtes of t he iM ii$es, I n.nl Him'r oiUnmpil i 1 h r h a rar I pi - vim 1 sWtW pMM,tvn' : thofsctOFIroafrr Ien?tlHin ,v V ' ; " ' " 1 "'v u ""g.:i nfse uvea n jir.Ifjl'pijyWf fefprthm 1-p r.oti i"'poi-veverii:p; inlliMtry. Herho seek a WVllin-Hnnc4 :untif Uifr v..s u m mi l , must tlirect his flhvht w'wh 'tir&ow&ckTge& acconHnslT.", " a'ruinj; that never tilcs and aniye tluit ..- 1 . . -S. - - knwrsinmoers. menial mytiisfv is the .Hf ' il anner ueloce'youjn obedience to liaVeftSsijifeii flact.I any vanity to tenienecruai aniif poysicai worm, rte$!EJshnI day discovering somVhew asKf ; nv,yer toforelen ilfustrated: by gvnitfsadtjrste and Vloqire n ce , r H ajiftJit) we v e rv no ob jtfbut JrgoodlhL re VUw'pia;:i acrficej if any" tluri caii sajjron thubecasion shjill h'tive thee five t rtif anioi at i ng one. virtuous plin rtplko giving1 constancy to one generous ijppufkr vir to one r.oblfe resolution. ifciip well linnjjine, myiyotiri frient's, the k$ofioni feej on this return of the annfialfCidlegiaie Jubilee -your joy at haf passed honorably roygh another year- f preparf tion lor thegreat tltitics of Ijjej It he bright h-'pPfof the futurej whtcli puj cherish ,wrth all the enthusiasm of jmtfh. There are other hearts,1 which pal I) i tat e on this occasion in sympathy with yours.'- Your parents, your instruct .prsj the guanliausof this Institution, par takle of, your joyfatxypur past success, and ttttiliallyjoin in your, hopes, of the jfuture. Jfi feeTrny is IessTljyely, if Ibeijr hopes arefless vividVit is because they are min gleiJ with a deep anxiety .it is because they ; have .traveller! over me ground )'ou arfs.oojri i to occupy, 'and have learnt the ilatigers.now tiidden frotu'your sight. You look before you; upon the great road ofjife, and. it presents itself toyourveye, snjooth as the Appian way, disclosing at everv step the roost beautilul lantlacapes, l-vtb every thing to invite, allure and re . ftfesh you on your journey. XI will not at tempt to disturb thisdeHghiful vision. 1 would not, if I could, tlirowa single shade ever this bright perspective. It has been, wo doubt wisely ordained,! that no gloom 1 -3 . : ' . - i ajnticipations should imir the joyous sea- spn of youth. Iifdtilge,, then, my young theiuds, while yet you may. wbite uncon thiriinated liy & unsuspicious of the vvjit ld,. indulge in all their freshness, the gay li!jvs and cheering aspirations, which be fniir V.'culiarlv to your age, and which :onsiitu1c at once its Wessipg anu jis harm. ; , ' . .. .-' 1 V It is-my purpose to -direct your atlenti n for a tew moments to one of the most , jpiwerfui principles of .our '-nature, one jv.hit. i!(yMi now leel in active operation, jatid upon tlie proper management of jv.hich de-sends niuch ol the happiness and r'ir.r:or' 'iiritt respectability ol your luiure slives. 'l'lre desit'e of distinction, the am jlj.tion U excel finds a place in every ge ,T!ei ous bosom. Indeed, o universally . is ii!:e pi iii ci pie diiTusttl, that scarcely an in lJiidtial ol the human family can be said liit be exemp.t "from its influence. ! It com- iijenees .with the hist expanding j faculties d ) uuih, and conliuiies, grow ltigi with the growth, until the-'latest period ijf life. 'I I'.e iVoice (if praise is sweet Cvd-n f'o the j prattling infant . and it fulls, not unheed- mI, on eas that have bceu dulled by age. I In eveyr state of society, .from 'the most ' hiiibarous to the ti)ot refined, in all the. i'.i!lVi eni departments and pursuits o! nian liiiid, this audiiion to excel, modified ilrj in ul iin;st ,i iifiiiile variety as to i t s objects iriil .nveaiis oj: accorpplishriicnt, : is to be lounu exerting Us ntnuence with more or less powerv ar d ker for good or for evil. tt voukt be doubting the widotn or Pro idence to suppose that a principle of such potent rrupgy -trd birch unlvei sirl exist-' Truce hail not. bt eninphtnted ju us for pi'iit ami useful purposes. It is true that, !lhe all our passions, it is capable of being jVcryerted ar.d abused. While op, the oiie jituml it )ks largely , cwntributrd til the pro pvs o f c i y i ii i 'itu i on an tl 1 1 . e 1 1 e v e I p p e me n t Sol the human minf while it has given . I'-t th 'o all tliej tvontlcilul abhieyemeuts in T't and discoveries br scienc;rto the j 5;endid prod.uciiotis in ancient a.ml mo j f.ni litejatiJie, which delight,1 ilittrutt i d elevate 'as .yet. on the other hand, ' d has too oltyii Ceen t lit liuilful source ot ; c liur jjiid o isei v and bioedhejil ami de- v;!;unir. In o.,e-case, .it is ambition, V'le and vi'i tuous, yuisuing - tobTe'etvt - noble fitain"-in. the othti,'ambith vHJunstliatTrnil man in manl Whl'Af f nSs.p!rrctn if i e rf U: - i tsul f t n - vnn p vtn.. vh in- IS' v I h i ( i 1 1 1 f u f a n i 1 1 f n 1 1 o n iyf fi-li i c h' p t i r c p s? are moans s'lliMn'f.u" .f'l0' secured. tfcmM ne.briefl to adyertttl som which Vradii v prcseni-t1iemllyesatidjn'hich ai-e adapt, oil to ev.erv'ficilton to vnidr vou ihav be peculiar charactetvstic of civiLfzed sor.ipt v. Thi. savage butl'fbors for a scany daily subsisfenc, and r tUe rest of his life iC snenr in bodily exercis'N in the; sports off 1he chai iDcrocious battle, or in s'ofh. falMiidolence.' , V hen 'diet light of civUi-, 4L.V ' ' 9 I H 1 1 U I" I l. t n lilt- UIIUU. Illltll Will cmseimis of the powers !of intel lect and proud of the superipi (ty they corner. s ne cuuivaies inem, lift per cetves his views ctinstantly extendjug and his fSculties befomius; more and breim vijrotiiteli 'He looks abroad through the and is.e; secret of nature winch charms and instructs hun. One discovery but makes'him hc more eajrer fof another IIe4ihdI nothius too subtle, to, elude his grap, nothing tool swilt ti' escape hia pursuit, nothing too strong to resist Ids; power. There seems, indeed, to be scajcely any limit to thie extent' of intellectual improvemjeiit than that which is implied by the frail and per ishing tenure by whiclrtthas pleas&d Pro vidence that we shall hold ur corporeal tenement. But remember, nryf young friends, that our minds can only become thus vast and comprehensive byrconstnnt exercise and by unremitting labor jn add ing to their stores. Exercise is not more necessary to preserve healih in the! bodily system than it is to give vigor to: the in tellectual. It is an immutable law of our nature that enervation is .the necessary and inevitable effect of sloth and indo lence. The mind not only requires, like the bodv, it fit exercise ; -it Jiisiftemniils its appropriate food. You muststipplj it wilh facts. You must furnish it daily with new accessions of knowledge, j The art of printing, that greatest of all arts, ha. enabled )ou to ser.e arwl appr0pnatc; to youv ow n use the fruits of the experience, the observation and reflection of others for thousands of years. Not to avail your selves of these would be, in some mea sure, to relapse into barbarism. It would be as gross a follv, as if a mariner were to undertake t-6 traverse extensive rind dangerous seas without the aid of charts, whiclrthe enterpiize and observatiini ot others had provitlrd. But the acquisition oflknowledge is not alone sufficient. It must be accompanied by reflection. The mind innst be so disciplined as be able to disphso of the facts.it receives in pro per order otherwise they will form a huge, misshapen and' useless.-mess.' To crowd the nutwl with knowlcdgx,jvhen its reasoning faculties are suffered to slum-1 ber, is like oppressing the tomach wi:h IoimI when it has lost its powers of diges. tionT A bile therefore, you avail j(jur selvesofthe reflections and information ofo.lhe.is and of your own observations, exercise your' understanding in separat ing truth from error and in drawing :Vuch: conclusions as will. best enable you 4k to act well your partjn life" the great pur pose of i I knowledge.; . Thee.is aicom-i mon mistake among the uung,J and per haps in!;ici'particulaily among thtse of collegiate insiitutions, that while indus tiious application is necessary; fori ordn nary capacities, genius requires no exertion-. . tt is an error, .which ha;s proved fatal to many a youth of the;fairest pro-mi-e. Be asured, it is "an ierrror whicli you cannot reject with too much prompt ness and reiect forcfer. You read tlie productions, of the master s pi fit's i of. the ages in hich they lived, upon; which (he stamp or genius of the higltest Mrder has been imposed by the concurring voice ol all mankind. Think yuu :! tlmt thrseim! mortal works sprung from the brain jf their authors without t fl'ortr and j in full nroportiou, like the fabled Pallas from ihje' brain of: Jupiter ? No; my yoilnig .friends jj if we Could summon before us these illus trious dead, they wouhj tell; us -of their long course of preparation!; jdhat their iniiitls hail been disciplined from early life ; that' they had diligently collected knowledge from every accessible sOBPcej; that they had reflected long and deeply $ that theyHabore(lvfdf!y ears irj improving theirMunderstanding, cultivating 'their taste, and purify ing Tind exalt iiig their J imugtnation All biography proves tnat by such iiieans, 'and ;suchnly, can solid and permanent literary distinction be ob tained, -v.'""' . rjtj .'i;':-T'l T-' i. But you must nqtniy ittdtistrious I; vmi must rn-rsevereiin your industry,- Let evvrv point vou reach be ,only--the 1 plc.e-f Ucqutsi Ta-newfepaj:turei"t ..t t " 1 i ; lr L'-.t Ll t; 1-J ttotf you inake lJe 'the foumlatibn hap tteanre on treasure. Like Itim, itri no ;uiei irom ine acciimn- piarjiceMHfptRij nnirifivjx- can f tin pan Ration, ami, unlike hfin, the ..happrneeslauci) (iishiul'nnobiin2.t('$jrtvc!4rfo exer- ...... ...:it r. . I '. e ' t. yiuAvjll derive from your riches will be j founded m the.noblt-st, instcall the ba! est rtrinrinlpt: fif finr n;tnrn '; T.nf- m t 'il i f ticultics dishearten or defer you -rAthe let them animare your y.cal Persever ance canjevel mountains and' elevate, val lies. Aim at the hirhrst leiriee of ner lec.ion, and you mamafelv act upon tut! conviction that what ha been accomplish- j b 1 v vere;lhersimtes oCbftiuf y are bemn 'd by- others' may be attained by yotu j in.'dl auiih:y It-is 'Ve inUueuce ol Indeed, ?since no Hunts to ihq human in-1 iema1eoVieFyiiil1iehrfpry;ement ofyour lellett have yet been defined, why niay ! ou not surpass iiiose, wno nave,pie- cpcled you . ..!, - i I trusl, my younff friends,! you will not be startled by this recommendation of con -lant diligence. You will fi.-m a most erroneous, notion, if you sy.ppoe, that you are thus'exiiorled to a hie of pain, ol sloon or oT irksome toil. I.nhorxl ipse vohrpitn. ) You will find that occupation is one of the 1 seci ers ol h1ippiness You will find in the j purstrit iff' knowledge that .what f he clo-i qut nt . Psalmist ist has said of religious wis- (Join is true, to no small extent, ofth.e wis- doio 9f- this , wmld- all her way i are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace,'5 ' 1 ; , . IiPt inP lir ftp n ntn vrrn . oc rinnl Utr mf-i rK of obtaining distinction,. Hie practice oil u i ue iiiiuui virtues. l ?oe;i K oi i in se. now, onlv a? cimnerted with iny subject. i x . antl not as enjoined upon yojtjbv the 'high est of,a!l obligations, the cofnmltutf of your I 1" 1 I . ! . .1 1 . 1 rreator. It is true tl.ere l;.ivf;M)een in-l' stances in whicli individuals have gained a niche in the Temple of Fame, whose characters have been sullied by vice and sometimes stained by crime- Jit with how much more lustre would they have shone, if virtue had been associated with their talents ? The admiration, tlvy re ceive is not an unmixed admiration. While their intellectual attainments invite us towards .them,' we are repulsed with horror by their moral depravity. Who CsrfTSu' f'ai J. t) b inipj oTlby an a-so-has nut felt the keenest mortification, in cialion vlfich fliers to yo-isuchs examples, 1 .1 rr- . 1 r 1 . 1 : . I. . t " 1 1 - . . j. . . . i . . : V 3 l eaning me eiiusions or tne most poweriui bard of modern days, who wrote with a pen of fire, that such brilliant geniusshould have been obscured by vice anl4oo often prostituted to the most unhallowed pur poses I How much more lofty would have been his pedestal, if heJiad suffered 'it to be based on virtue! .Such instances, tho they do occur, are exceptions to a general law of our nature. Indulgence of vicious propensities, carelessness of moral obli gations, have an inevitable tendency, not only to destroy the moral! : sense, but to enervate the intellectual faculties. Be sides the waste of time they often occasi on, they produce pain, discontent, fret fulness, remorse, indisposition to serious occupation or serious thought. The mind ;rradua!lv loses its tension and sinks in an equal degree with the moral principle. I The practice of virtue, on the other hand, ; gives self-satisfaction, peace, serenity and contentment ; the mind is suffered in qui etness to pursue the even tenor of its way ami ihe course to honor and distinction is left unobstructed. Firmness ami decision of character art indispensable to vour success. The wcaki . . . . . . . i vacillating individual, who is every thinf bv starts and notning long ; wno itM:ui.iin.ii m "j'11 . . N . , I I I - I .11 to every sally of capnce and impulse .( Miicn, uc coutpriseu in amr anu imper feclinss who" is the good-natured victiil ! f Vet summary. In tliedrst jlace. it is a of every artful or imprudent associate must never hone lorise beyond mediocrity; Let vour resoluiions le wiselv formed aiij steaduv executed. Wben your conscii ence and vour urnVrstanding point to th object ol your pursuit, suner not your selves to be diverted to the right, or to th left by the importuniiies or the gibes oi sneers of others. Recollect, too, that tlx: former in re is not nicoiupaiiuie wm the ' sun viler in modo." Urbanity witf adorn, without impairing, vmir firmnessj Honorable in all vour thoughts and pu y ... ... , l incompatible witl! poses, you should have nothing to enncea , and therefore candor and openness shoul mark your Whole cniiduct and charactei From "the man of dissimulation, the mai of art, the suspicious man, we shrink wit( innate dread and dislike. ' Candor, alon! inspires confidence . and commands re ipect It mav be useful to urge upon all, whfr wish to excel, the necessity of 'relyint .. . I 11 ...... . , unon tiieir own exerrions; ti y ihim- k'u .wUonf itini :ills id wealth ir infld - lilt m . 1 " --- - . 1 nil.il r'ifnd&. thev maviiP used totSeCOll cir 1 iu 1 ,v ....... j " " but not to supersede, 30111- ehoris; 'aid fortunate indeed'Avill you be, if you d F...A rlir in viuir. advnrp hicnt If. you are destitute of what ara usually considered Avrirldly advapta rt-is. he nut discouraired cheer yourselves mm Mi ihf reft erti mv thati utnler our ha DP ' - ., o , t nnlUi.:A institutions, there is no roy J I .1. .1 .1 . 4 . , nn.l 1lJt ......... -. i . , .- I'Oilll HI UOIIOI aiHI II IS-WIJV. nun, aim iiii Mmo of the most, illustrious individual of this ami either ages Wave risen from t humblest Jto the highest stations, unaidfl bv power or patronage or wealth. In the desultory reipark I have.bejn addressing to you, I have not spoken tha influence, aI' the Christian religion promoting your success, even . m iiis life. It is. a theme whicn Deiongs inrfe appropriately to holier lips titan onoek ith I it... Tat T t v lA n! ltd P,l fr R. sacr fire. Yet I may be pardoned for assuri the KHwe.. Vv!nc'in'ef andinoHtutatious i.'. :i 'k ,i .. - . lion nd,riihin can brin ?ucli iinpoMnu; power to sustauf ftd strengthen.. you in vppw' .liniiitf' I'itcnl ii t irt r -. 4. I evcrvjfirhHml'esoi.utum.? H ..-R.iiMe,toi(Jiiore; ar$ I wjjl hasten to coutleki tonic vhii .L could not it i i t , i bo t h 1 1 tjf t int r i rf ;'rc i n I po r t a m c e and becausetvouid be dlng injuslic- to vour gait a nlf rvfpil ft"y ow'D. in an ascm mindrfgi'Girwailort of jtit)r character. V(inni.n;hasUVngoMlaineiJo jieilorm a ij) o s t -1 rn.ni) rtantf. ndxt i n ft hV? morn! govern- jnent ortKefurfl The"iOlherorms the fMvtiu!tra"etitstilmyd:i mind, amrin s i I s m to yh eH pml boso -i 1 1) e H rs t pr i n -ciples ofiyitttruljsjacMMr. & The;sister re fines ai'id 3ftT?etl t:fi:elilrs!$r mahiiers and iore tuVbiVfynUfeeUirgXothe brother. 'l'hepassinntoiJii virtuosi mistress wuri- fies lhe.-j)tinteiijs 5-c levies thf thought ( the lo.ver3lKse bi'-H him ii) the chains oirpaisituoily tup lead him i.'i W:.path'fyn)h'M,.TJieiw,ile biiiigs to ihe aitl oflver husband a tljnder syniMihy that robvsorrvMfiis-tf,ir; iortitude lliaf VcJiyJ? tIis uesw. -'o-pcuxience ever valiant, adu un instinctive sagacity that li'verjlaltei s. ouun u;isvner uHiiu'ike , wiiinaii, tn-n . .i. . .i - v . . . i" .-I -- w.i'.i v . i .: wi i iuv i;itys4wie:i; uer oi;i ;i i ea .ui aoun rat.ioii a tt(1rr expect eil. lief personal n'es$of vvce ilivry s'hapt j sucli lj)rtituIe ! in every sitaaioiim.whH 11 wel-are tailed , i.i j- 1 , 1. ikj-i in, aujn iupi-iV4rn.ie av iij, nei utMit. : r,M:u ini')in sj?icinajjiimiiiic.-i "ilii 'Hiippil'iu oUfttituedlatioh, without j every cyie to is end. 'i rulhyiuone is diminishing thfese cUiins4iasdiled oth- unchalig&igblc ; and a' party can only Jje feis ol ili highest char'acfe'l'. 'l'hc culli-1 secured from degeneracy by a coiistabt J vation ol her Jitellect4 tiaAite!tainau little j recurrence. 'to the truths on which it is Whei ecan yim "jneet ).t4'iiiJ..-i;chTe lined This lwc.v'ciS is seldom attained. The intelligence: snci deicttif taste; such ! Hi mocric Jarty wheji -first organized puratv.ofMl)o'uhtr'SjiclYeriialhs(ni(!- jca'me i'reh from the glorious school d' the upouMo.Iieiirlid ttruef'-as!!) woman E j and .thesovereigniy -of the states, were sus-Psft-iTtif fVil lip'innii if'-jift h v- !j.n. I t:iimil A'!;ftaVprviMir hut disiorei'ested 7.eal. eioiuensu ine most capyanugfiiuiJii .r Not only wilt you s feel ? he influence on jour mental powers, b u ty i u r e n 1 1 m e n t s will be freed rom all thtjir gross Hess. In "youth there jcan .?carKlj$'e found a iiiure efiicreutcorrectivefvcious pro pensities than;the societfeof Virtuous and ntTp lWArirWuflrarrt jJt-.ifcj.-t.l r milled; to turtfjiur a moment .to iur fair auditors, and remind thn th?it the.iriflu ence I. have truly ascribed to them was not intended to gratify their vanity or swell their pride.?-' .Njal b permitted to entreat thyinv by all;;i eiV, o v'cl i ness, by all ihe eridgai in; tiethat bind them so closely to ouHiearts, pt t forget their destiny, tnd to neglect ,t'e high capacities with which they are etijpjivcd, but to be our bright exempliirs, aSrl to (;heer on out youth to all which h on oriole sSnVition can attain ami jiir to whicb r ougit toapire. My youngilriends, t Ijaye ftus advert-! ed to some otMie meajis HV;wNch ytu may j acquire an eininence w iv-jh nt1 nian should blush to posije sses-s. A e.t u ihav nsk whv should vou' sek it ? I s-'iould o'ot consult the brevity, jwhich, in 'y opinion, is a ! valuable quiiltty in af; aililress ol this ! I t . Tf 1 1 . 1 iinr'sort, it 1 w ere. to enter -i.t large upon uiis ' I..... .. . f , Iv1.... Iv. ..r. k "Let rtiiy answer, avor vour vri'uiin ipiauien in your josoin. ; You jca.n not, ii Id you ought not. , if vou couldibtally exngutsh the atnbi , turn io-Mret. f. Tltcii, I iiafc alreauy remarked flier is 'a pleasure in the -vetv -means !vou take Ito accom'plil'1your ol-ct.-1 Vtiat may .appear toil -Jo the. lndMerent "spectator. constitutes ;nr,c ot the Ugliest enjoyments me hunter t?ls in tUehase. And whav (fan be moe delightful, what, can assimilate u mo tie -nearly,' to Him 1 whose image wo bear, 'Tfhan the' exercise ! of tlie poert:which sterioriiy confers, of hesjwiiiblessingidi others, : In'the estimate of happiness is praise, ttjo, to be sytUt nouglf ? Rven flattery fi (ids 'many' luwilling Auditor. But who cn deny the". fascinalfHg power of the j v (Vice of praise, when ( sounds in unison ! with the set ret whispers of conscience ? ! Yet we itiaV ventutn suggest to your ; a ftill highr mtivc rhough our bodies .'...... .,7. ..;. 1. 1 rr- !' 1 II,,! i lll!,t lllll' wl-kll-it lli ; .m- ijci lamut . v., j v '" ' tintnortal fwfe know 1 , jTjW- A e C piiH i in this woild 111 a orv slate, and u- vy-, I that we ar cwnimandjgf ,to improve our j tklents. . IVlay it not thuf, in propor- t on as w'cuit'.vate ojfir inieneciuai and itorai facilities here bjlow-, in the same tlrophrtioiwijl ouf capacity be 'extended jr eniovirieut in amtior and a- higjier iorld ? . May;-; nut 'hi',, that this ambi i ion we feel; the Mivinity that stirs .!!:., , i .i:.. -S.S ... .-,!. ,,.f.l:. i riioiii us, eauui EfU' iu. uiu suuumc rl)iect : . )' ' m My young friendskj-know I have dis- mpoi n f ed-Mie-"flat teri jg ex pe c ta tio ! you ltd lorme-rcxpectarmns which I early alprized Vottkcould Y pt be realized. I me herewfrjh no-viff'- of -making exhibition of oratocal talent. I came lely to-'t'rilatovM"' Useful precepts. "hich liave long reGey ed the sanction ot t ewiie ahrllgood, ail to add-' my strong a d sincere attestation of their truth, .with iv low-man in?all. Ji variousyirfrlaions--pl' Suffer meigtinclu(,le ijj the lanjuaseid heard froru; .he venei;ab!einV ifey.ered Pres. neat 'of mv ATnia Mlifer. ' rTiaii vears ago. Vhen I stood in thftsia!iotjff wiucn soint or you now occupy. oj;am tiiat coull impart to it the riclf (ap'ric$ lodious ar.iN impressive tones of elpmjence in which ifell from his lips,, amXwlifch still seem tt Hinger. n my earT" nd would-tha-ir might not onlv be Bx.etl'n vtmr niemrv as :t has leeo in triMie'M lie cheris!itil in vour hearts ami regelate., vour livesT . W HATSoiwfiit THiScr36.vR,j3 TKUK : VMf ATSOKVKR Ti4 INGSAK1? .UONpS T: -Jbiv-s-'!-' .- U:HATSOUiEK THINGS AUK JLTs;j'; WHATp.Oj l.VKIt TIUGM ARK'lOVRIsY; VHATsidliVKU' THINGS yMiEOp GOOD lySBT THIU1 UK ANY VJjM CUE, ANJJ .IF '4'Ml?nFlBRAIfV fT Tl!f 'iF1TT4.-l rl C 1. T" II l'P3 j'' JfT " The Riv. Dr. SAMiy:r, S. Smith! ""TTCdet of Pnncetcfiv College, tliflciivnefl .schoiairthe. arcomrilisiiVti tTOiiilcman in 11! witljis-nitbiisanJ v.'lio united in. hLnsf If, us-j as t'.ic author of. this .address could, llie'n judgis and as lie yow' helieves, fej'veu'f pipty with K. pure and' jefctccfu! and eloquent oratory aa ever rulorned tlife'niilnit. - ;' ., POLITICS FOR PLAIN ViEMOCRAT an:oEX-v.r.Ar.T ot? the nraocjr.4T.ic pjinTTe . Fov the jIdladclhtua Commercial Intelligencer. Eerything has1 its season of decay. . .1. ... .. : .... i-.r. revolution. ; Its principles, louud in the purest .devotion to constitutional freedom Ardfhf devoted, without reproach, the democi altol "..that day toilerl Imt for. office or homtuf! ,;for fredoln' ; and IriuaVph ed, notllaggran(!ize themselves, but to elevateiffid bless tlveircountr.y - Afterpi protracted struggle tlie. Democ ratic paiHy, led on by Jefferson, succeeded in obtanvnig the administration or me go- . -Tl'!liitlxa.iiiier of lip.mnrrar.v floated n triumph. The patriarchs of the partr were elevated to the high pla ces of tte. government ; ami the. policy of Jefferifpn. republican and therefore mild snon hushed the growlings of discontent and'-envff, Yearslapsed. The -fathers 'of the-party -left ilie stage. lThe opposition was general! abandoned ; and the mass of the FtMlra1ists mingled with their old an iagonistsi Tiie weapons of the party 'grew runf s pric.iplesTwene not re-as- sorted because lliey were notdeiuei j and the leth-gv-of security and ease crept o'v.er Democracy. .h , Ihe aspect ol the party gradually ami inseusibtv changed. V7ie after another. the principles ol Jotter son were frittered j away. Tiie inheniance of principles so ; nobi.y wen by the sires was soon dissipa- : . 1 i . . 1 V . 1 1 J : .1 1... t. ....... j ten uy u(v sons , hum spieiunu out uiei- ritrtcioujjj scncines d government seduced the pai tT from iss ancient faith." The barriers tap!' principle were fevLdled, and every aspirant whatever his protttical-creed became, democrat. Officerwei'e multiplied. i'he increasing i ...1 1 .. A t. ... . .. 1 . 1. ..r 1. .. r. l. SMI t lilllll AX. lYCaiUI Wl LIICUU'(,llim'.lll UHiPIl ' , & , , . , f' rP, . n '1 r 1 i 1 1 Tin 1 .1 .1 ill' 111 111 riimiii'i. 1 t i;i i i split Intli various, angfy and office se k ing factious, all equally selfish and equal ly levoi( of principle. Politics became a tradc.-I'-'' The lust of office grew into a ruling pssston with our people 5 and our pidjlicalicontetitions eventually presen ted nothing but a degraded unprincipled and loahsome squauble for :ttie paltry spoilS'''ofotlice. ' To gratify theso passions, it wa -necessary to efiutrol the people. The.:iugeiiuity of selfis craft soon effected. this; A par ty machinery was erected, bWhich the oeoot'e :eie corrupt or cheat iby the of- fice teef es', and the sacred ioe of De mocracy .was profaned to cover the vilest sc(iemes of - political imposture. One check a added after -another, until it becameJmpossible for the voice of a free man tofreajjh the public councils through the iiitnndiate obstasies of caucuses, caba!s,1lcreiies, conventions and other corrupt'fpolitical devices. ThusJ deceived, corrupt, or controlled, the petlple were and are no longer free. The ri.U of suffrage is a mere shadow, a mockery. The office holders prepare and propos to us our tickets j arid we per form Ihe em ptm ceremony of electing them. if : Witiii these facts before him who will ventut to designate which is the dennn; ratic farty ? Woo above alt ' will hunt in the;, ranks of tpe .administration, for those vho beat the sacreit ark; an.dv cher ished: he vie stSl fife of l)e mocracy Ilejjvho in these gloomy and troabloiis timesj would cherish the principle whicli lifted (pur country to tljat moral and po ll tiealfleminence from which she is now sb radly-deaeending, mst lift.hiA eyes beiroiil stia confusion asid clatnerotexTs- faclitf. Reflect that reL . :r'iv ?kV rerthU&ififi n :.? c rati' c tf v. vvaafand vheriT.it frPK ft pet u kj v Tf s : . It i- " i xjie. ituiowing anqct. I 1 111 esting tt!;.iic-of ourt't...! . . ietftljow' Iledlfv .or succce . . the credulous pjblic f; a ti..ii :;'i' 1 . - .-A . , . bitiin2enioa3-Uecepti'.)ii: : It will be i rei'ic'l . ' 1 raiders how lc:i tMvI . i hellor had deluded . yl his perpetual mutism.1;. V. 2 cnme va put into p m l 813.' Mr. Fulto 1 . - believer in ilcdh TerN zi ff i o ugh ; h u t d r e 1 1 s were daily tyolfnr to s"ee thovtm'der, he r ' - --1 1' 0 ' "" s t- '1 ' .ill" y 1 L te r t: f e w 1 ay , H,4v e r' he by .some .of f tiafrj ef rdsto, i 1 1 . It asTn an isdated h offset in t! : f . I b e c t yC , J n fi ? y s 0 r t .v.- aut. a if : AirPUltfu Jiad cntcfeCiKo rc;; .1 t.i i t was" exhibited, lie" exj 3i)acra nkjtputiyn. " extlai ..ie Jtf. 4 w h v. Tc. .-lea nun to. iirsiaigursjrttmiD i! ue ,inu inn veu b y iiti alxk ?whrch at wavs . j. .d di)equl puw.er, add tliejjfor an u ... , velocity ins ihe.course of jeacivrevul uu anda uicc aud practjcal e;yy p- ret ivc v tu.iL.iue suuiiu i s out ,lil.tUfUrULtii, .11 utj ' 1 " . 4. was-iws osie-usiuiefmovuig paer,. 11 ruu have had an eqaal rotarjfin,yti5rv,aiiJ t! soond would have bejea a3.wa?4l.e u.un !ie - v p After omu litt couveSatiju .itb, Y the shopman, Mr. Ful.toq iijnqt hj$itate$v' i to declare that the nidii ncrvra's ah't m AfcjH- if? sinou, and to ten tne getwernratithatue'sa was an itnposter. NtYithstajQing:TtlicVv anger aaid blu-ster vvluc t IheSo cliargta ex--,if U tliio a3ceattaud I supptrjc1iiin in the attempt, lie, 4vtu Id dt ' J J tect it; at the risk of pa,y inspffi. if he failed. HavingobUiiieifJijIj knocking away some ew tiiibei(EC; of 4 lath, which appea4d .t iw:uo :M machinery, but to go from the raiifoftA the nanirte ta-'.tbe .iivJ lC-ytffi maclfuie steady. I?t was foundthala cat-i gut string was led througji orieof these uths and the frame of the machine! tu tlief. head of the. upright shaft of 'a pVincijjal; wheel ; tnat the catgut was conducted , through the wall, and along the flprsJofT the second story to a back cock-lft, atST distance of a number of yards frpm 'tJi ., room which contained the machine aridf there was found th rnioving power sThis was a poor old wretch .with, art .inimeuseK beard, ami all theppcarancefhavtri5 f suffered a long impiWuia$ttfw1P wfieb they broke in upon Jiihi, wits ! uWdoiisctou! of what had happened betovv,. an'd vkho white he was seated on a stool, gnawing a crust, was with ou 1'hand. turning a ! crank. "The proprietor of the perpetualv motion soou disappeared, the; ;iiiubTde m u I isheik the uiach 1 oet'he destru'ttionof which immediately put a .siop j tOMLhaif , which habeen, lor so long; a .ime an(L to so much profit exhibited in . fiiilalel- phia. Ihe merits ot ctlus exposure wilt, JJN appear more striking, when 'we CO')siderT ,v r that many men ot ingenuity, learntTrg;aiju science, i:ad seen- ilie machinel- borne I , . - i. . . I it- g ihciU written on the subjefct: notaew of w these were its' zealous advocates, . ahd others, though they were afraid io admit . tliat he had made a dtscoverjr which.1 io lateil what were believed to be the estaiV ' lished laws of nature, appealed also afraid to deny what the iucesdaht motion of Wis wheels and weignts seeiied to prove. A prediction rn5TaiU1Idnr r?. serves a siuar anecdote tp er, a son'of mc of the first stleri in Ma-. : sachusetts. He wai marieu!ifjnl661, i6: Rebecca Wiisrow, and bejrig oti his ,jr ; 10 Yarniopth, .' with .'his ; riUo' 1 'is " ped for the nigit at the house of;We Col. :! vJorham, at ISarnstable. tic nibrrfr i conversation with tlie new.lyr..m'arriedxoiir:,.';. pie, an 'infftiit Vks 'Jntrodtrceij';Wa.i;.'''kJ three weeks old, ?l,d Ihe nighj of het T bin h was mentioned to Mr. Jjicherre obscrved, that it was' the ve.r "nigV od ; which he - was married, Jandtkldn" the chil.l in his arms, presented it to hisbridei ' 1:. saying,? nere, my tiear, is aiUle lady, bom otr the same night we 'were married i l wish you would kias her, tor 1 intend tut . have her lor my second wife." ! I will, " i ;, my 'ileaT,?1. she rejoliedv to please yau, h:)& but I hope it will be fong belorej your in tention is fulfil led. ? Then, taTsinkltlie 1 uabe, she kissed it heartily, am.l W gavf 'lgi it into the nurse's hands. This jesting K M prediction was eventually verified Mr. ' Thachyr's wife u.jd, ami the child, ar riviii at mature age, actaully beoauie his secoud wile rn ip4. - 'Specie The Stcamfcr Henrietta, whicl arrived here a few dayigo froto.:'VPUii)iiig ton, broUgiit:8t00?0U0iwiSpecie for the Branch of U. S Baik ui'that town. , f is 4 M ri 9 1 X- . 9 ; m : m Mil m w 1 ' 4 ':''' 1 ; i "' , J "- f- . iV 7. .... .. .1 rr A ,'i .'.fv-jf , . 4 17 ' ? : tt ' hi
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 19, 1834, edition 1
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