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- Ours are the plans of fair delightful peace, unttfai-p'd iiy paHt rage, t live liRe brotliers. 5- .-- roii.xxxix. SDITORS AND PRO tR Ifi T 6 S , ' Sub cwrTibjr, three doHtrs per aTanumofte restJine withoit the State wiH lie to the. s'ttidv of tfie' dead - iinflruafires, is thrown ?t way ;or could be more valuably employed -in ' the acuirenierlt of sorae' art or-mysteryt which more" lmmetliafeljrcoii duces to the comfort or well-beingof sdcte-1 y.-.t ; ' ; ; j. ' .If this assertion were strictly true, there would be an end "'oT i the discuasiori. : In what cqiisisfci the perfection of our species; is a vejry debateable question ; the ..roam- mff-ana untutored sayaee armnr oetieves, l n K . warn v Atnnn nf nt ll Vrar a iulcriptim ia advance. ; j RATES OF AD VEJi TISING, ' For every l&Cives atz ypcV first inaerti6n ... J t. ... . . I.oe . - one do.ur ; eaca . .mnc - i0ng, is lace of nature-is opened Court Order ana Juuicial. Aovertisemepts will , . .... .h.r.rfi.i 25 iw,r cenK htsrhers and a. deduction to nis warrdenngs, so loiiff as he can un- 0t 33 J per cVnt.will be made from the regular molested pursue theeer lipon the raaun prices, for advertisera by the ytr. " " J tail! top, or supply the te? wants of a pre- rf i.iTTKns to the Editor rrnist Wpoit-baid. .Icarious existence with, the natural f ruit3 of Infancy is prone to. intitalioir ; it is a law of nature which catmot be bvlated,--Let u then' select for our models those t works which by the Concurrent testimo: ny of all ages, have been ackhowjedged to. te excellent. By imitation, I do not mean that slavish copying; which," at apish distance, affects the famish more than the l beauties of its author. I mean that freqqent 5tuty "and critical examination which Is necessary to imbue i the niind with the spi rit of the author ; which teaches uts what is worthy of aJoiitatio; and that which hould be avoided': in fact, that search land Lscrutmy which is necessary to" find the road to excellerice, whiGh serves to indicate its steep and thorny path, as - well as its pleasant retreats and delightful prospects. P R O'H " Mr. SnEPARD ADDRESS, Brfore the two Literary ocie(ieslof Ihe University of JSorth Parohna, on Com; mmctmtnt Day. . V - . . . Gentlemen of the Philanthropic and Dialectic Societies 5 i - Upon this occasion, in repewing my ac- ouaintance with you as memoers 01 the two Literary Societies of the University of mv native State, it is impossible for me 10 repress the feelings of old -associations, or 1 ,he .econecuon , --S" i cita, which hnorennff amiusi uiesc scenes, a can ue ec . . .1 ,.r a a v.A.wv a t forget though here I am forgot," imagina tion forcibly recais the joys ?nd sortoWs, the friends and the follies of the sunuy season of life. Let me payja passing tn bute of remembrance to the absent, while 1 acknowledge-with much gratification!' the ireeable associations of the present. The scenes ot a Uotlege : hie leave, per haps a deeper and more agreeable impress ion upon our minds, than any thing in pre- rious or" fdtttfe years. , It is there-the vista of life first opens upon us, exhibiting its alltmng prospects, its animating scenes, and its en We bound lrora tWvalieVr he fully complies with -the end and aim. of-his existence. Tho indolent Turk, reposing upon 'the' lap pf ' luxury, dreaming away a life of ease and sensual gratification, believes he fulfils his destiny, sa long as all his personal wants are ade quately supplied.- In our mechanical and utilitarian age, we hear it boldly asserted, that'all is vanity wjiich contributes ,to- Uie refinement and the polish of society What is Society I Is it the. nierc aggre gation of individuals, where numbers alone constitute merit ? Where the humans pe des are to be enumerated like a . drove of cattle, and the only question for the consid eration of the 'Philosopher is, how many can "the fruits of the earth be made to main tain ? . Or rather is it not the Corinthian should adorn the solid col- existence? Is -it not the civilization, ; where the lights and shadows of life are-collected to a focus, " here whatsoever things are true. whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever lire . lovely, whatsoever tnmgs are of gbod report, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise in them, they shoulu be collected for the ornament and embellish ment of a race which the disposer of events as placed in social relations. It is a melancholy reflection, -that in oiir country, near the middle ot the nineteenth century, we shoulu hear it asserted in any It requires, bo we ver, but a very; superfi cial acquaintance with the ancients to ap preciate their distinguishirW traits. If the observaUpn is correct, and.Lee.no. reason I to doubt its truth, nothing (can, please many and please long, But just representa tipns of general nature, " there can oe no doubt of the superiority of the ancient over J the modern School. - The distinction between the classic and the modern of romantic style of LtteraUire, is as vast as the different aspects of that nature fronx which each dne.draws its slores, and which each attempts to describe. .The one represents-her when she is in her usual attire, calm, sunny refreshed. by the genial breeze, abundance nd pleasure joyous, in her train : the other represents her freaks youthful, votaries enejetic ideas, autl tliat practraal cornmu, sense not to be met with in, the Frivolous literature of tire day wlilcliiiervatfes '.titer- under- w r standing, by keeping the imagination coustaiitlyand 'uijuiioiisly excitetU Proud ami turbulent Rome, the ter roi of ntankfiid. the,invrnc1b?e" of na tious, bovveil before tjie btvilization of Greece, and. became a jcaptive to her slave. The history of the .. uoriua. testa the fact, "'that vvUereyer.tiieJitera tuie of. Greece has been cidtivatedV.a. high state of ci vil izatioti has"ieeu pro Lwbich I cannotvresist '$te iemntatloq jdt'.i... ; suitaoie an opportunity t 01 maauLng,a e w. ., passing remarks.. , I illude to . a system 6 popular educafiori " It must be apparent -to r th e. mos t superficial, observer, that . the., en- 4 ttireSoutherri Country is deplorably jftefi I Oient in the means oT disseminating . educa- , Itiorigerierali) ;iriong-the people; Of Qpl- leges, we nave anapundance, wnere tnose persJhj who have the eaps can.be educai. tedV JBul of tliose I Incipient pflniary schools, which sKpuM carry mental aliment to . the door of Ine ripdfest citizen of, the republici , we are extremely deficient; . . N , We are tryhig in this Country an extra- .- 11 v irnviarir Wo rlrimrf trrkm ira roe. traints like the well trained courser panting respectable quarter, that the study of An- Placed as we are in an age of great men- j when she is disturbed by storms, or deluged tal activitv, jn direct contact with older na- by the occasional flood. tions, who have passed through the various The one is conversant with objects grand gradations assigned for the human mind", and beautiful in themselves," needing no .we must take care, least, excited by fashion, trick or disguise to impose them upon the or depressed by ridicule we permit our-r jnind, but striking the most unsophisticated selves- to be led astray by some temporary understanding as agreeable to the ordinary idol of the day, or deterred from the path course of events ; die other, drawing its of reason by: the sneers of our coutempora- images almost exclusively from the imagin- Lries. Our youths nave the spirit of the ation, shocks us with its unnatural tlistor-. high blooded courser": let their training be tions, and coihpels us to lash our . fancy to severe, for the'race. is long, and the prize its wildest mood, before, we can appreciate is great. its beauties, or comprehend its object. Among those persons who repudiate' the .When Homer brings" his Gods upon the study Of the ancient languages,, yet who do stage, they speak an intelligible language, not consider Latin and preek as absolutely they reason as mortals of & large growth ; a species of black art, a aortrbf magic, tote -the romantic school introduces us to beings, shunned by all well disposed people are whose nd and object we cannot compre- to be found many, who, while" they admit hend 1 the necesstty pf some, system of study, s withered and so wild in their attire, give a decided preference to the literature That look not like, the inhabitants o the earth, of England, as best adapted to'our age, and And jet are on't. of more immediate utility. The one-cultivates the imaginative, powers Were the merits of the two Literatures un- at He expense of the other faculties pfthe doubtedly equal, the bafe fact that one is mind, and; if by any sudden concussion, the the" production of a living language upon dreamy yotary of fancy ahould be aroused which time has not fixed the stamp ot late, trom his mental stupor,, he will discover hould make us pause in its selection. perhaps: too late, that he has mistaken the Fashion, caprice, and party spirit have such blossom for the fruit. direct influence upon our taste, and the Jn Rome, the love of liberty was not udgment of our contemporaries, that by f conhiieu.to a lew individuals whomaue universal 'Consent, time is regarded as tne politics a trade; it penetrated every dHrcd..ItAyas its influence which rolled ordinary experiment in troyernment; an ex back the tori cut of Gothic ignorance perirnent .which gives to numbers theeni aiid barbai'isin, which, 1U1 ring the inid- tirend almost exclusive control over the die ages, covered the fairest portion of lives, the property, and e ell being of EuroW. enveo,,e the worKr in darkness. Arabia g that every citizen is ualifiea by ed-v and Egypt have benefitted mankmd, Q6n. toeseihese ddicate and im-, bj tire study of the exact and severer nnrtant tpllata? r.VIMirnia. thA widest of sciences; but aiming thse nations civi-J he. undertook the reforma- iizatruii luuHJc tv .,B,a vu - J won. ot the" morals ot Sparta, lam tne ioun-r. showed fofth with meridian splendour dation of his. System in the education of Their highest aspirations were the rude every citizen who might by any possibility, efforts of barbaric pomp, op the ctiin- be called into the. service, of his country. - brous magnificence of a rich but taste- The simplest husbandman prepares his less splendour. The Pyramid of. Egypt ground witli care, before he entrusts to it will staiid an object of wonder to p s- his seed, or before he expects a product, terify, and a mnumciit of the coat-se Is it not more absurd to. expect order,-so-, atid uncouth labour of its peo4de, 'rudis Jjriety of deportment, and all the virtues of no man time. In who Values our ex- mnoA tK- wrf innls-ha-tk anvMt Europe, at mis aay ihe petty striles and low ambition of after his reputation for sanity, would venture to We, to our residence here, a embracing mttmate a doubt of Oie importance .of an ac- controversy upon that subject,; which once disturbed the literary world, has there lqng since ceased, and the mutinous spirits, by common eonsenti have returned to their al legiance, and acknowledged their fealty to the illustrious dead. - In our young and ambitious country, where we seem to think , that we are, by instinct, all that man ever was, or ever can be, lingering doubts are.yet sturdily .main tained upon this important subject by few querulous disputants I will hot, Gentlemen, do you the injus tice ta suppose that vou have been" such grade of society, until it embraced the nation. The name of a Roman Gitizen was the pronoest.as wen as tne most i-espected title thn)Ughntit the world ; the intensity of the feeling was hcight- the purest and happiest days of istence. Within the College walls, the first aspi rations alter tame ot the elastic and vigor ous spirit of youth, are breathed forth, una whether they are mocked or realized, we revisit the place of their birth with feelings which, although of a melancholy nature, yet abound in pleasant recollections. v e linger with delight amidst groves consecrated to genius and to science, where " Not a leaf but trembling teems With youthfuf risions and romantic lreara. only just arbiter. Should we adopt as our model the decisions of English taste and Erisrlisb criticism, we would surrender our judgment to the whims and prejudices of an arbiter, whose opinions are as capricious . 1 n - r 1 1. - as tne nucxuauons m ner enCJ to a passion ; it absorbed all other change, We would imbibe all the ults . r . and conceits of a Literature, which is now -solely ocenpied m imagining new enjoy- cons.deration of this peo,de. whose, djs- ments and new excitements, for trie sated ...... aorjetites of a VoruDtuous community, eh- preheuded every thing that could add ervated by luxury, and offering wealth and strength tb the body, activity to the honors most lavishly to the fortunate ad- limbs, tr giace to the motions," and We are reminded at each sten of some I ungrateful recipients of the bounties of your Ijlmost forgotten tale of youthful rivalry, Alma. Mater, as to partake of these doubts, or perhaps the remembrance rushes upon J or that any thing Lean say can add to your st ia id ti ns, of some young friend suddenly arrested in his career of hope or anticipation. As Students, you are familiar with these workings of the fancy; detached by your occupations from the cares and pursuits of life, you scan exist for a time in the regions of the imagination; you can look beyond the indulgence of the appetites, for those pure and ethere al pleasures which emanate entirely from the mind, that living Jbuntain of the beauteous and sublime. Having en joyed the blessings of ed ncation, - you will hereafter estimate thrs mental luxury as one of its richest treasures,; the distingush "ing" pre-eminence of the intellectual man, over the gjovelling son of earth: a possess ion which enableans to eseape for a period beyond the reach of power, pain; or poverty, and while it creates for us a world of our own, enables as to' people it with our ab sent and departed friends. , . . : Coming, Gentlemen, as 1 so. recently have, from those pursuits, which are un- conviction of tlie. importance of a knowl edge of this interesting subject. I could not, however, resist the temptation of adding my feeble testimony whicb several years experience in the world ha3 tended to cop- firm, of its indispensable. importance in eye ry, branch of the liberal professions, and o its necessity to any thing approachmgexce lence, in that arena where it is the hPe P most aspiring 1 American youths, at some period of their lives, " to flesh the maiden sword ' ..It is tfue, we have in the history of .our country many! bright examples of ther tn umph of unassisted intellect; rare, however are the instancies,-and few- are the-mind which can rise superior to the disatvantage of fortune. On the contrary, what exalted mental excellence might not these. individu als have readied, if they had been fully pos sessed with the rich stofes.of experience of those who -had gone before them? And moreover, fewi even of these gifted persons, ! .wKxa AirAvir r 1 1 v-a sci rvn indirestaqne moles.' Witbout being-ac-I w.M:.j. - j been their noxious exuberance, tne lew coou seeu 1 .:r.u.:..:.,'M ...Atef ..ao iviuo uiuiwy, vucvw,v. VJ, cuwu urcuauoMv.. v,,. - Wftd hv innrance. have been contrive for it new venturer wbo can f 1a 9 c 11 Tt Closely connected as we are in language, feelings and old associations with our pa rent stock,and unrivalleds her Literature ' undoubtedly is among the nioderns, It 4s yet much to be regretted,-that we import aiong with Manchester Cottons : and t 6lremetd Cutleryi her litrarv dicta, whjch scarcely endure as long as the fashions she, sends us., - Such is the despotic power exercised by British criticism over American Literature, that we are told by one of our -most suc cessful authors (Mr. Cooper,) who at." the some time is, the most national in his feel ings, that our literary men hold their repu tations at the mercy of the British pressor Onr boldest and most redoubted critics tremble-for their decisicKis, until they hear they are endorsed on the other side of the waters They remind us forcibly of Ovid4s description of Elcho, . ' Nec loqutprida ipsa duiiclt hec otiare idcfrientl. Tbe imprimatur of Oneef tjhr most learned Universities, would be considered in those parts of the Ifniorr,- where learning is most regarded, as literary treason, if it were r-. ceived with a sneer by the'Edinburg or Quarterly Reviews. " As the ancient Greeks formerly travelled' into-Egypt to .gather the learning of the Priests, so our candidates, for Literary i v in an ,.n, v-- v'eT ItQm . - . - I u ( X A a.O (3V v m. lortunately now conducted. m such a man-1 great m their generation as they undoubted-' uftnnr, Trpspnt them elves before the -A ner, as merely to excue the more selfish 4 ly were, have made any permanemvimpres- mePican public qualififed by a London puff, leelinps of the human heart, ltowas .with sion upon tne acre in which thev lived. f i;a nao r hp.ip - nhMlifint some reluctance and misgivtng,. that I aC They appear among, us as those freaks' oft countrymen. We shallnever escape from cepted your invitation tO deliVePan address nature, thebrilliant Northern Lights, shed- ihis disgraceful vas.-wiUoe, until some great "imin tnese .wans, sacreu to tne mvesuga- umj aruuuu uieiruwn pams a.ongnt out litprarv- Waghinvton shall arise, whose n ticm of truth,' and the production of beauty, .transient splehdOilrr but never becoming fluenjce with his countrymen Will be - suffi- 'le ultimate objects of Science.and Litera- thxed stars in tne nrraament. . , Q genius J c;enf t6 achieve their mentalindependence. tare. Ihave thought however with Auso- however bright, no mental powers, how- rn thampnti tim. -however, vou mav do nius, that what.Caesar judged I was equal ever,-acote, can-ever reach their due grade mocb; you can rouse the youth of" our to, I might perform. . - in this intellectual age, unless they arefully. couhry tont)bie exertions, by pointing out possessed ot the recorded wisdom 01 tnose to theitt lh6 monuments' of antiquity, and sages' who haVe gone before, them. . The Stimulating theirexertions to rival their contrary opimonts a pernicious neresy in faTne by telling-them, as the French Sot- the education ofopr yofilh, which has too weTe rnidst the sands of the des- ofien left them Jas gallant barksstranded ?rt, that from their lofty summits a tbou- upon tne snore, or noating upon tne ocean sand centuries are regarding their actions. 01 life, wnnout ruuaer to guioe or sans to jt is very foreign from my intention, to unpei their onward course r attempt any thing like a comparison of While we are told in the lucubrations of k leir minds before they approached the sa one of our jPhilosophical Societies, that-me JrTjiteraturer ' To do such a subect justice v,cu anars. - 1 ancient. languages win perisnunaennemas i wnnid reouire a- learning to Which A. make' Th ere are few SUbiectS whieh mnr vi- of knowledge destined to OeCCUDV the hOlnrt Vrretansinns. T ran barelv thrnW nnffor ivirr m inn " ti ri ararTr JqnMotiA a nitrYm - -5 . 1 : . , .1.' . - I" . . ... , ' , Cur me posse negem, posse quod Hie putatl Duly impressed with the diflxculty of an gering your tlatteriqg summons, and ebn- cious that " f?il dicttt fosdurd viauque hoec Umlna tanet1 Intra qua puer est. I have endeavored, at humble distance. imitate those sages of old, who .purified v rnntrihiifA in ihe nrliiimio oAnrmt'mr. I man: mind." we find everV fantastic rrthceo-l..in.".Ari.;A:i. 'w j j vuuvohuu i -. . ' s-r ruut buiBiuctiuvii, uic uiiryto vuiiuc7pi,iuus 0! tS rnnlk -kT tmntmwr n - i THntl AVAV ril)iiMl1 Alia A tvnon nwmrtA lf ln I r V , 1. '1 ' -i. 1 rj:. ji'- - luutu ui uui wuuiiu inn M.nv uu, w i w t aiuiujvu0 uuaraKaiUiD wi v i Ai-nnp wnn rrns npin phtcrit nprmnutn in lch I conceive more interesting to this morbid literature of 'England, where? ingTootand flourishing among osV ysernbly, than the relarive impottance of a jdoiof tcay .is the jest of tormorrow, f tak- casionally picking up upon Its beach; some' iiidr acauaniance witn Classical i.uera; I - AO A VfcAniaL-fs-lt' 1MAll1iltl An MMsf ALltl Av4Ti . 1 ' " - - I O ' O D -"r- I UlwtJv kfOMUIiy LOO h tkOlSJl Ur country particularly, such learning is J that infancy with great care and jealously, Inefther the skill or the courage to launch , .... miutiTniueu, am wc iuu -uiicu i ici it exnimi-iuRn in ma nrMS m hotr.. i nis n;irn unon iia wma ana ummess exieni. near j ; ., ... : ..1 . ., - . . .1 ...... .. t... . . , erieuinconYersatton,;tnatiiejnme i ltnout the lortnahty and aeeoruxrl of man-1 either to explore itsKnown wonders, -or to in uiuucxiis oi our umvemucfi ooou, ana wnnout us vigour. iteen rw mauen xreasuTos grope our way amidst the intrigues and venality ot Courts, where In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, 'Tis avarice atl, ambition ia no more. ? Apart from tltose examples of individ ual and great moral excellence, which continually attract our . admiration -in the earlier annals of thc Roman com monwealth, the study of the Greek and Latin, languages si best calculated to c radicatc a delect in our national tante, which threatens to "become permanent among us. -I allude to that propensity among lour literary men,; as well as statesmen, for clothing the simplest ideas in such 1 a multitude of word, that it requires ; great labour and perseverance to hunt out the grain of wheat amidst the mass of chaff. The study of tjiat terseness, and simple elegahce of style', which may be said to be almost peculiar to the ancients, Inch. makes the sound ah echo to the sensd, would -do 3 much ttu banish from among us that barren ana voluminous taste 'whictV evaporates iu a folio the spiritithat wotfld scarcely suffice for an epigram." If the object of air mental efforts; as well oral ' as written, is to operate upon the feelings or understanding of othet'S, it certaitiry becmies a matter of primary1 impor tance, that they should be clothed in language whose .matter and manner would strike die. mind, and notexliaust that attention it was mtendeu to rouse and stimulate, Can we suppose that the hfstoricjs of Heroditiis or. lluicyli des. vuld lia-c received in cb plaudits from the assembled miiHitudes at thx; Otyiripic Games, or lived down to the remofestptjsterityi models for hni tat ion, r that Demosthenes could have aised the courage of the tlegenerate Atheni ans almost to madness,-had they have used the Am ei i Can formula for achiev i ;..r vr(ll'nri. nnd announced to that II. Q , v. - . - , - - spiritual multitnde, mat xuey were n hcMit to eo ' at length into the. sub 1ect?M This monkish, taste for mea-i S4inng litcratui-e oy its jengin, is iuai-. ring its influence and narrowing the sphere of its exertions, awl in tir State documents and busrness paper fs an intiiterablp grievance.as well as a great wiaste of time. It why no means ei-ft-avagant to say, that the eftuily f clas sical literature does more to invigorate the understanding, to chasten thp taste, to elevate tli tone of honorable.ambt tion, by its' nobfe example, than any other metttaJrursaii It impattt X6 its t trust I may be pei-mitted to mark .miUed to choke by their that their exclusive study produces an uhftranre; few eood seed unsocial fcel1ng,and abstracts the mind whicn a ron.rous nature mav have planted. too much from that attrition in society, The age 0f power and force is "passing a which is necessary to. polislt and. refine wWt thatof artifice -and chicane is suc- otir coarse natures. The universal ceeding; the race is"too longer to the swif hurst ot indignant sympathy which ier- nor the battle to tbvOroflc; let the under- vadrd the cTvllixed World, in the latfe standings of the people, by wbich; alone; contest of Greece for freedom, was a they can be effectually controlled!, be, cor- iiiriif tiMhnfo nf ileen-felt resnect for rectly cultivated, and our fair land .will, no t. r.H.,fni' It u-A.4 not longer be convulsed by those scenes of tur- disgust at Turkish-barbarity, it was bulence and violence,, which threaten dis not si mply u pure spiiit of Christian graee, if not destruction to. our njUons. . ... ' t 1 1a i...!... ' tut I cannot for a moment.suppose that the ap- ciiaruy tor u1pruu.cu,.c,1, u., M;at -.n the South, noon this roused the succour of Europe a,,(l I vitaiiy important subiect, arises from that mertcaj ipvas the recoiiecuou oi ner ;nd ;elfish philosophy which doubts suges, and the renown of her heroes; thg Capacity of the-people for self-govern- I i.n nnlt.lt i.f liAH It Miff J 1 1 a , illlVQ. r . . , i- .1 . 1 ...V-T-V, v ia nwii 11 mi nv,i ui . ;,'Mm('nt. nr wnicn i ears me lniuuisc wint mbibed in our youth, which called npou aenerai education would give to the com- us. witlra narcnt's clairn.'.to defend our mUnitv" Those Qualities which ennoble greatest benefactor. We felt indignant our natures, do not shine aloft like constel- that the u clune ol battle atiu ot .song " iatmns, the possession ot agiiieaiewnere sluiiihl hr trod h"v the -savage and the lv to attract an idle gaze; .an all bountiful hotter nhd beneficent Creator has scattered theiri ,.nniiatft vim for the time I am, con- at Uie feet of man, like flowers, needing on- -w 1 v - , I u: kAt Kat mntr enrin cr nn m sum ne, th in by urging tlits.sinijrci puiujiuu., .vr.... r. - ,, ;u,- a.tcnti...,. in tl,e .iril,. iff? 'TJ? ' , J i ' - ..r i- ..,,f lordly palace. The neglect of general ed- ntlUI tlie liUlKuauc ll uhcdi mun guacc illustrious men of auiiqnrty : Thesr studies (says Cicero)re the foodof youth; and the-C(Misolation of agi-J tbey adorn prosperity, and are the comfort .and refuge of adversity; they, are plea sant at home, and no incumbrance a broad; they accompahy us at night, in our travels and our rural retreats." Be not discouraged by any difficul ties.; and do not lor a moment permit yourselves .to doubt whether our age uv country should venture into tlie list of fair, arid honorable competition. ' 'Tis not tlie .space between Babyce and Cnaciou which alone produce brave men: but vh ashamed of what good cause, and more inclined to avoid disgrace than 'danger, there are the men wuoare icn iuic iu mm wivum ucatipn, which prevails in the South, js not only a reproaeh,to our legislation but . gross abandonment of those principles of equality, we so strenuously profess; for It is a ridiculous mockery to talk of an .equali ty between ignorance and knowjedge-r VVh'iJe .our social relations are- embittered, and the recesses-oflhe domestic circle daily penetrated by the angry disputes ehgen. dered by the evanescent and frivolous poli- tical topics, of the hour, it is melancholy, to reflect jthat those subjects vitally .essential, to the-purity and existence of pur institu tions, can scarcely attract a passmg notice. North Carolina has laboured Ainder peculiar disadvantages, upon this subject. .The Re v- .i..t:n CA iemnrr ffhm a recent e youth are c6rtesuMv biding fromdie. ts base, resolute in a nd sufferings of an Indian war, maintained nearly single Kindedhya sparse population, with exhausted resources; she yet. . went v neroicany : uurougu .iuai,i.w,B struggle without si murmur: ... . M the close oi tne war j.ue ivp.uiu-. tton, she, with otner ooumem ojuavc,, uu a liberality unequalled jn bistoryi surren-., dered to the Ueneral uoyemment not puiy Until the genius of Bacon had tauglu mantrinrT. hv the slow bUt Stfre Process of .nrlnrticfr rftasfininor. to ffo abroad into trie w " - - Q O K. world and .explore the mysteries ot nature,? , nrnfitflbu SOUrces of revenue, bnt the mind of man, trammeUedby fancies and in immei: WMtem domain, for whieh conceits, endeavored by a vain philosophy, , , , dearlv paid., Sheared tus vol- whicrulrewJrom its own resources alone, to untarjly of her strength, she has been. . left account for all the operations of nature; j - j, .uAY,nMrl.-lft &trno-leitb ex- hypothesis siicceeil hypothesis, paradox ha ted resdurce8; Happayrbircat Jn- 1 1 1 J n ..n.V iha mini act ) . - - '. " ' was. pueu upon paruuA, vuvu "v"r Mustry and economy, contending wun ex- was inextricably coptounaea oy iw own iu- difficulties, the has come out from terminable jargon. Ot was the gPry ,01 the crucible of the Revolution, with, her Bacon.to have rescued philosophy jrom in lhon0ur antouchediand she ciiwaow perceive ootta nt hft mnhkfi. 3and to have .introduced U . . , ' - - 4l. 't r t Ak.tr nf her to the world without. This natural I -&-lT-mow , A(i au the ad- order ' and connexion, extends likewise to Yantages 0f education are about going forth our moral being, whose judicious cultiva- m of vou. doubtless, to tion is essential to the complete symmetry & occupy stations mUfe, where your example; perfection pf.the wholejplan of creation.-.i, "w xeruons may exercise vast influ-. I call, sayslVldton, a complete and gener-1 w- countrymen. Do not Cor- ous education, that which fats a man to per-t AVin nn-r residence here,- to the sour-i, form jusdy, skilfully and magmniQUsly, I j kn0wledge which, have been here j: v,raA Kfnr.vrtn mnst be attn- all the ofiicesr both and war. Let 1 c ana this private, oil , . " j;antaved before vou. must be attri- ininnetion I "r ' . e., peace and war. Let this wise injunction the Wer part of lyotrr future suc h fulfiled. let education become the band-i , Li.:A-. ; lite- sv tnn. tn . - ' ...- . v - i . i cess anu. uiwyuw-u."v' ; . -.-r- maid of nature, and man, lasnioneu in. tne , these btessinrt trniversal i labour to image of his creator, endowed witn yapous . .niv l1nnrvnnr w faculties vastly,superior to: beinffs. wilt stand anr emanati&tt . beautious mind, .upon- ,fPX; o4in r ti .. maguinepnt creajion, wiman ?wvCv thy steady and nnyieldin 'advoeateaf na andTlookipg heavenward as "the body at , n I must forbear trespassing r ntMuAor and to bcnefitrrebnntryv- than f S of barren and idfe declamation aboat liber- and eqtfality: mg enshrines it. niuch longer upon your atiention, lest4 tbe liable to the harge which I have te- prbbatid,- arid s well intq a dessertation, thai Which w as Gesignea lor. a lamujar auvpja. There js, however, another subject cio allied wkh the. one to whu:h 1 have en deavored io cell your attention,- aiid upon i ,Frti' T!!nrtIi ta aick- Which men ahdnatieBs.iii whan er.tbr Of Tvatb- cud Jitatiee.'
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 17, 1838, edition 1
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