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ATHENS, GEORGIA, MARCH 15, 1834.
NO. 52.
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YOUNG LADY ON HER MARRIAGE.
By Edward Fitzgerald.
They tell me, gentle lady,
They deck thee for a bride,
That l.he wreath in woven for thy hair,
Thu bridogroom by thy side;
And 1 think 1 hear thy father’s sigh.
Thy mother’s cs-lmor tone,
As they givo thee to another’s arms—
Their beautiful—their own.
I never saw a bridal
But my eyelid hith been wet,
And it always seemed to me,
As t hough a joyous crowd were met
To sec the saddest sight of all,
A gay and girjiuh thing
Lay Raids her maiden gladness
For a name—and for a ring.
And other cares will claim thy thoughts,
And other hearts thy love,
And gayer friends may be around.
And brightor skies above:
Yet thou, when I behold thee next,
May’st woir upon thy brow,
Perchanco a mother’s look of care,
For that which decks it now.
And when I think how often
I have seon thee with the mild
And lovely look, a nd step of air,
And bearing like a clild,
O how mournfully, how mournfully,
Tim thought comes o’er my brain,
When 1 thin < thou ne’er may’st bo that freo
And girlish thing again. _
I would that as my hoart dictates, ,
Jus!, such might, bo my lay,
And my voico should bo a voice of mirth,
And music like the May ;
But it may not be! within my heart
All frozen are the springs,
The murmur dies upon my lip—
Tlin mu»ic on the strings.
But a voico is floating round me,
Anil it tells me of thy rest;
That sunshine shall illume thy path,
That joy shall bo thy guest;
That thy life shall be a summer’s day,
Whose evening shall go down,
Like tho evening in the eastern clime,
That never knows a frown.
COMMUNICATIONS.
FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
EDUCATION — NO. I.
Perhaps no subject is so little talked of in
rivute circles, or discussed in public. Jour-
tils, as education ; and certainly it is true,
at there is no subject fraught with more vi-
I importance, inasmuch as all our political
ivil and religious institutions, arc to stand
r fall upon the intelligence of our country
cference is "Ot made to Colleges, or other
cminaries of learning, by which the few only
io benefited, for Colleges, compared with
he elementary schools that are found in ev.
ry town, village, and hamlet, are hut a drop
in the bucket, as it regards numbers or intel-
cctual influence. Primary schools, in which
he elements of science are taught, and where
he many are made to partake of the streams
hat issue from their numerous fountains, are
those to which particular reference is haJ.—
Why it is that so little interest, or rather,
conclusively shows that the parent thinks the
teacher the one, and only one that can correct
the general deportment of the child. From
this fact may be easily discovered the reason
why children are so incorrigible. Their pa
rents'send them to school, expecting that
the teacher can do all towards making them
intelligent and genteel. In regard to the
moral education of a child, a teacher can do
nothing without the aid, the co-operation of
the parents. He may restrain from acts of
disobedience and vice, while the child is in
his immediate presence, but when he is out
of sight, he knows no moral restraint. Con
science may, and has been, highly cultiva
ted in small children, and perhaps a child
never existed that might not have been so
managed, by a correct course of moral discip.
line, as to shudder at the least moral wrong.
The discipline of tho moral perceptions is
the exclusive duty of parents, white the child
is in the incipient stages of childhood. If it
is neglected at that important and interesting
period, when desires and habits begin to form
(which is much earlier than most people im
agine) the probability amounts almost to cer
tainty, that it never will bo advantageously
managed. The subject of*early moral dis
cipline is ono full of importance to parents,
to communities, to the world; yet, few, if
any, are fully sensible how deeply it will af
fect the interest and happiness of their chil
dren, both in time and in eternity. Is it not
too frequently the case that the seeds of de
pravity are planted and fostered in the infant
mind by the mother, or nurse ? Too much care
cannot bo taken on this point. Tho general
outlines of character are drawn during the
three first years of a child’s existence, and at
this time, above all others, the soundest sense,
the clearest discrimination on the part of the
parent, should be in full exercise. Children,
at a very early age, may be taught to know
what is right and what is wrong, and as soon
as the perceptive faculties begin to develope
themselves, so soon should a course of moral
discipline be adopted. No part of a teacher’s
duty, in the whole management of his school,
is more unpleasant than the management of
a scholar destitute of moral principle, for all
such feel under no obligation to do right, and
if they act at all in compliance with any re.
quisition, it is from necessity, rather than duty.
Take a case for illustration. Two boys are
sent to school whose mental energies are
alike vigorous, one in possession of highly
cultivated morals, the other in possession of
natural, and acquired depravity—the same
lesson is assigned for both with tho request
that they should be prepared to recite it per
fectly in half an hour. The former takes his
seat and prepares his task, because it was the
request of his teacher, and he knows it wus
his father’s wish that he should do whatever
his teacher desired him to perform; .while the
latter is entirely neglecting his lesson, and
busying himselt’in mischief, having been mere
ly requested to prepare tho lesson, and not
knowing that it was wrong to disobey. The
teacher tells the delinquent that if he is not
prepared to recite his lesson at the appointed
time, he shall be punished; the boy then
takes his seat and commences pouting and
studying his task, making himself, teacher and
school fellows, all very unhappy. As the
government of a school will be given in
providing, in legislation, for the education of j The Almighty hath set bounds, impassable to I tion, more prolific of glorious results, than
all its citizens, as well as internal improve. I every nation, in every epoch. The hearer that, which has been transmitted us by our
ments. Within this purview, the Deaf Mute I the era of the Milleuium approaches, the I Patriot. Fathers ? Beneath its foster;jg in.
comes: He is as much a Freeman of the States I more inventions come to light; and refine. ] fluence, this infant, Hercules of Nations has
as other citizens: And though (I might almost ments backed always by benevolence, and a arisen with a rapidity beyond all parallel,
say criminally) neglected of instruction, hy his Christian guidance preceding the train, will and the eye of the Patriot can see in the dis-
countrymen, that neglect does uot constitute I attain a brighter sphere of everything on tant perspective, Liberty, beckoning her on-
one ace of a legal disobligation, or an impe-1 earth, worthy and good. I ward to the accomplishment of destinies, Still
rious observation of piety, to disentangle the! Progressing in politeness—in politico-eco-1 more glorious. Can it be, that our beloved
reluctant Legislatures of the weight of respon-1 nomical business—in ever new and ever sub-1 Country, so prosperous in the commencement
sibility resting upon thorn, for blind and wilful stantial machineries, and in Education—men, of her career, is doomed to perish by the dis-
non chalance in finding a remedy, apparently I in future ages, will have no uneducated deaf cord of her sons ? The Empires of the East,
so remote and scarce, that stands now at our ve. I man. Shameful would the very thought bo to the Grecian Republics, and Imperial Rome,
ry doors. Shall the broad streams of public fos- coming rulers 1 But our own times lack other all bent beneath the pressure of age, and the
torment, and Legislative provision, flow alone I improvements, moral as well as physical. A j accumulated corruptions of centuries. * We
towards supporting the College and Acade-1 people is never extraordinarily refined or civil,
iriies? Or shall not a small portion of such I ized until ignorance is hooted entirely beyond
munificence also lave the long calid and parch-1 their domainal boundaries. That system
ed bodies of our unfortunates? j which eyes mechanical advancements, has
It may be averred, and with a species of presciently in its view the educatorial vigor
truth, that I do not care to controvert, that I of the other system, which ensSrines judg-
as the State, after some years, may reap the ment. We have seen the Deaf School Sys-
full fruition of what money has been applied tern rise near the beginning of the 19th centu-
to Colleges, it is therefore a praiseworthy ry; but we are likely to permit it to rest far I impure, so in the political, the institutions we
consideration, to launch out tho funds towards from our domicils, until the very middle of venerate woqjd become corrupt, without the
such appropriations. I, with all men, agree J the present century. , We are supinely trust- agitation resulting from the excitement and
to this as an excellent forecast of the body-1 ing to ignoble time, and the natural move? vigilance consequent on political differences
politic, and a wise scheme. But is there I ment of better chances, to inspire not our* of opinion. But when those differences of
nothing to be given to the Deaf under the pre- selves, but our children, with a philanthropical I opinion are not confined to the measures of
tcnce of not getting back, after a vista of j determination to illumine the midnight dark- j an administration, or the expediency of a par-
years, the fruition to be reaped in golden in-1 ness of intellects which, if justice were done ticular-train of legislation, but arise from a
telligence by the public? We cannot tell them, had been our coequals in the enlighten- diversity of sentiment as fo fundamental prin-
what after years may produce in Deaf Men: j ed paths of Revelation, and have done some
thing truly for that famed generosity so con
spicuous in Georgia. * ' J. J. F.
will hope that the fairest form of Government
which the wisdom of man ever devised, is not
destined, to afford a melancholy and solitary
instance of premature decay and dissolution.
That political differences should exist in a
free government, is both to be expected and
[ desired. For as in the natural world, without
motion, the very air we breathe would become
why it is that so much unqualified apathy is subsequent number, nothing will be said at
manifested by so great a majority of parents,
and the community at large on this subject,
indeed n difficult, question to solve. Ma
ny parents suffer their children to go to school
ear after year, at that period of life when
c miml is most easily biassed ; and the prin-
iples which are to guide their actions in af-
r life, are generally fixed, without making
y efforts for the improvement of their minds,
ind the developcmcnt of the various faculties
f those minds, save employing a teacher for
the purpose of instructing them. They think
lhat a very important duty is performed wh-.m
at is done, that they can do’ no more 'br
their children, unless it is to provide a .‘ew
cheap hooks and a sheet or two of paper,
present of the manner in which the boy above
alluded to, should be managed. The time
is coming (it has already arrived in many
parts of our country) when something will be
done, and a deep interest felt in schools. Re
ferer.co is not so much had to the increase of
tho number, as to the improvement of what al.
ready exist, in regard to moral, physical, and
i tellcctual discipline. And what is to effect
this important enterprize, Legislature acts?
No, they cannot do it. The Trustees of schools
and academies ? No, they can do no more
than to furnish teachers, -and superintend the
pecuniary business of the school. Teachers
must do it, or it will never be done; and
what they do will be imperfectly done without
what benefit to Society: what improvements
what political measure of important useful
ness from such men may greet Society. But
it is enough, that those who procreate and
rear children, arc morally bound to look after
the education of such: And Deafness never
made void such obligations—the more espe
cially, at a time like the present, when the
means of their instruction arc directly placed
before our active vision.
A wise man has said, that « Mankind are
more generally inclined to follow folly, than
to be guided through intricate path$ by wis.
dom.” I see no right, or reason, to doubt
this assertion : Look abroad upon the total
world—the totality of men—what paeans do
they chaunt to wholesale murderers? Napo
leon, for instance. What care do they
evince for refining the hearable, and ne
glecting the deaf? The South, for instance.
What applause is given to the crowned
rich man, and what studied overlookiugs
of penurious men of genius, and poor indivi-
duals, who are ringing along a harmonious
cotillion in the full blaze of gala days! Wit.
ness all the world! Instance Europe, Asia,
Africa, and part of America!. Ah, then!
this is but n kindred spirit that courses through
our Southern statesmen, making the : r gor
geous hearts to utterly overlook every thing
in creation, that would elevate so poor, so
wo-begone subjects as the uneducated Deaf
Mutes, to an Equality of intelligence with
themselves.
The deaf arc indeed a poor race of indivi.
duals. Even if educated, they cannot hear;
and that nullity of one sense or two, forever
precludes them trom drinking the streams of
light and life that flow in mercy from the Pul
pit upon the open-eared multitude. No lec
ture on tho abstruse sciences by itinerant
metaphysicians—no unravelling of political
mysteries, or unfolding of the science of
States—cheer their hearts, and illume their
brains. A starless night, or a veil of Cimme
rian glooms, enwrap their mental, as well as
’ FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
, Nacoochce Valley, March 1st, 1834.
Sins:—The publication of tho-following
Meteorological Observations, may be useful
'and interesting to many of your readers, as
forming a table of comparison relative to the
temperature of the atmosphere, and the quan
tity of rain which falls during tho year, or in
any given period. If you desire it, I will
take a pleasure in furnishing you with month
ly tables, beginning with February.
rith which to commence and finish the' .* edu-1 the co-operation of parents. It may be ask-
| cation. The whole responsibility is ;hrown I ed by some what parents can do in this mat-
I on the teacher: he has the entire direction 1 ter? They can make their children honest,-
of their moral and intellectual discipline, their I moml, and conscientious ; and when this is
parents not acting even n9 collateral aid. In J done, the .duty of teaching will be easy and
; some lew instances, they may make some in-1 pleasant.
I vestigations touching the child’s proficiency.
bo far as the ability of tho parent will allow
[ and ns is frequently the case, if the child
\ happens to possess rather an obtuse intellect,
A. B. C.
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Mean Range at 12 M. 59 3-14 .
O* The quantity of rain which fell daring the
above period, was 6 2.10 inches. M. S.
FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
Washington’s birth-day at j. a whence
ville, (ga.)—22d February, 1834.
The day was celebrated by a large and
spirited aud forcible manner, advocated the
adoption of the Preamble and Resolutions;
and they were also advocated by others ; and
were opposed by Elisha Winn and others;
who addressed tho meeting.
Oa taking the vote, the Preamble and
Resolutions, as submitted, were adopted by a
largo majority. -
T U j > i of Mr ‘ Williams, it was
Kesoived, That the proceedings of‘this meet-
tug be signed by the Chairman and Secreta
ry, and published in the Southern Banner.
On motion of Col. Hutchins, the thanks of
the meoting were tendered to the Chairman
and Secretary—when the meoting adjourned:
THOMAS WORTHY, Chatman,
Jno. N. Pendehghas3, jSec'ry._
FDR THESOUTHERN BANNER.
UNION AND STATE RIGHTS MEETING.
According to previous notice, a large add
respectable number of the Union, and State
Rights Party, met in the Long -Room of
Messrs. Nixon & Haley’s Tavern, at Dah-
loahnega, Lumpkin county, to-day, (28th
February,) for the purpose of enquiring into
the propriety of forming a Union and State
Rights Association. . *
Gen. Richard Dunlap was called to tiio
Chair; but declined the call, and alleged as
a reason, that he was a citizen of another
State; and as such, did not consider himself
at liberty to interfere with the local politics of
Georgia. He tendered his thanks to the
meeting in a short but pertinent and animated
speech; in which he gave his views upon the
great and absorbing questions how agitating
the political world;.. which were kindly re
ceived and heartily responded to by the meet*
ing. v i '
Col. Joseph Shaw, on motion' bf Col:
Charles H. Nelson, was then called to the
Chair; Dr. H. Shelton and Milton H.
Gathhight were appointed Secretaries;
Col. Stephen D. Crape, at the request of
the Chairman, then explained the object’bf
the meeting, and offered the following Reso
lutions for consideration: -
Resolved, That this meeting deem it unne*
cessary to the advancement of fru£&,anddan-
gerous to the liberties of the people, to forin
Political Assdciations of any kind.
Resolved further, That this meeting do how
postpone indefinitely, the formation of a.Union
and State Rights Association Of Lumpkin
county. 7' ‘
The above resolutions were discussed ai
length by Messrs. Crane, Nelson, Foster and
Gathright: After which; the Chairman gave
his views upon the principles therein con
tained, and put them' upon their passage;
which were unanimously adopted without a
dissenting voice; ■ ' - v -
The Preamble and Resolutions adopted by
the Union and State Rights Meeting at. Sa
vannah, on-the 5th, were, (on motion of Cok
Crane, and seconded by Col. Nelson,) read
by one of the Secretaries.
Col. Crane then o/Tered the following Reso
lutions, which were unanimously adopted: :
Resolved, That we heartily concur in, atid
cordially respond to tho principles and senti
ments contained-in the Preamble and Resolu-
ciples of government-—When that diversity of
sentimbnt threatens in its agitations the.foun-
dation of our institutions, it becomes the duty
of every, the humblest citizen, a duty impo
sed upon him by the veneration he feels to
wards the institutions of his Fathers, by the sa
cred obligation which devolves upon him to
transmit them to his children, to express fear
lessly and distinctly his opinions, and to hold
himself prepared to sustain them.
Resolved, That in attachment to the Union
of these States, and in a determination to sup
port the reserved rights of the States, we
yield to no man or party of men, whatever
name they may be pleased to assume.
Resolved, That we hold ourselves prepared
to resist, by all constitutional means, invasion
on the rights of the States, or aggression by
a State on the legitimate powers of the Fed-
eral Government.
Resolved,'Thht acknowledging to its fullest
extent the fundamental rule of all free govern
ments, that sovereignty emanates from, and
is inherent in the people, w.e acquiesce in the
doctrine of Thomas Jefferson that the State
and Federal Governments, the organs of that
sovereignty « are co-ordinate departments of
one simple and integral whole”—that in con
troversies between them, “ the ultimate arbi
ter is the people of the Union, assembled by
their Deputies in Convention, at the call of
Cougress, or of two thirds of the States,” and
that “ they are to decide to which they mean
to give an authority claimed by two of their
organs.”
Resolved, In the language of tho same illus
trious authority, That “ It has been the pecu
liar wisdom and felicity of our Constitution to
have provided this peaceable appeal, where
the resort of .other nations is at once to force.”
Resolved, . That until all constitutional i . . ,, ... TT .... , a .. p . i, ti .
means have' been exhansted-and an award | P»saedy y .he.Unmn and Slate High*
'of this ultimate arbiter obtained or in
faith sought to be obtained, the action of a |
State with a view to obstruct a law of the
Federal Government which is intended to op- i
erate throughout the States, is inconsiderate,
Meeting at Savannah, on the 5th, except those
having for their object the formation of a
County Association.
Resolved, That said Resolutions be append
ed to the proceedings of this meeting* ; and
. • -« -x — —— ■ - . . - - -.-ij - , . . - . ,, . . . I that the Same be signed by the Chairman and
Iheir physical temple of knowledge; and only respectable meeting of the citizens of Gwm* dangerous and illegal—calculated to produce counterai „ ned by t he Secretaries, and pubi
so far as books and papers will elucidate—to nett county, assembled at the Court-House, anarchy in our«government, and ruin to our L. ghed ^ tbe p edera i Union arid Southern
these alone, the children of Deafness will go. on the call of a committee previously appoint- present happy institutions. Banner.
How much bdtter chances for a ready and I ed for that purpose. The committee had" ad-| Resolved, That the p«wer claimed by a f
[ State to arrest the whole machinery of Gov
ernment/ by obstructing the execution of a!
general law of-the United States, is a power I
ever-flowing beam of intellectuality continual-1 vertised the meeting, and invited the « citi-
ly salute the capacities of our superiors in zens of the county, withoat regard to party
■physical accomplishments.. I do not say men- distinctions,” to attend, About 1 o’clock the ,
tal—because, show the Deaf the means of I meeting, was organized, by calling Thomas I not founded on any provision of the Federal
an optical education; and then, by medium I Worthy, Esq. to the Chair, and appointing 1-Constitution, but caij result only from “ that
of their eyes, through midnight vigils of per- Mr. John N. Pendergrass, Secretary. natural right which every people have to re
severing Scholastic routines, and an indotnita- Mr. Pendergrass (who had been nominated «ist intolerable oppression.” _
ble prosecution of the one road opened to what for that purpose) read Washington’s Valedic- J . Resolved, That the proceedings of the Fed.
was so long an Eleusinian Mystery to them, I tory Address—prefaced by a few appropriate I owl Government do not authorize a resort to
they may, from a certain very high eminence j remarks.
of mind, look down with a species of secret I Col. Hutchins then addressed the meeting
pity on many who have more capacity than I at length,-on the relative rights of the State
and General Governments—State interposi
tion, &c.; and, in conclusion, said that he
had lately*read the proceedings of a meeting
of our fellow-citizens of Chatham; and that
II. Shelton,
M. H. Gathbight, J
JOSEPH SHAW; Chairman.
{ Secretaries.
* This Preamble and Resolutions, with the excep
tion referred to, are the same aa the Preamble aijd
the six first Resolutions adopted at the Lawrenceville
meeting on the 22d February, and contained in thd
proceedings of that meeting published to-day, to
which the reader is referred. [Ena. Banner.
they; but who grovel on the earth in a stupe
faction of illiterate, or even lettered content-
ment:
The civilization of our times is not com-
(O’ The following correspondence between Mr;
Flournoy and Gen, Harden, has been handed u;;_
with a ropiest for publication. [Eds. Banner.
Gen. Edward Harden s Dear <Str—-In
FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
Messrs. Chase. $ Nisbet: .
Gentlemen :—I beg your permission to
o teacher has anathemas heaped on his I intrude on your valuable paper, a short Essay
head, iiimply because the chijd cannot be on Deaf and Dumb Seminaries: The public
made to understand why 10 less 3 is 7. It mind has not been prepared for a discussion
is too frequently the case that teachers, when j of this natnre; and, amid the all-engrossing
they have ascertained that their patrons do I topics of politics, Banks and Lands, it is not
not feel a lively ii.t« rest in the c mse of edu-1 likely that the people will step aside toscruti
cation, become indifferent themselves to the [ nize what has ever been considered a losing
su bject—such conduct on the part of the tea- gnme of business in the Southern regions of
cher is censurable to the highest possible de- the United States. Seminaries flourish to the
gree. If he finds that there is not a recipro-1 glory'of the Deaf, in the North and in the
city of action between himself and patron9-iu I West: In the South, only, an entire blank -
the education of their children, he ought in 1 is seen, for the hopes of the friends of this
justice to himself and the scholars committed very unfortunate body of people. And unless
to his care, to make a double effort not only to the chain of silence is-hroken, by some one,
interest those scholars in their studies, but al. who will ever break it ? Who is the first
so, to interest the parents in the children. It Orator that will nobly stand up to advocate
is an undeniable fact, that parents have too such Institutions in our State ?
much confidence in teachers: many throw I The South,-indeed, falls not below other
the whole burden of moulding and directing 1 sections in the o rmber 6f its Deaf Mutes,
the mind, morals and manuers, of their sons By a reference to the Census of 1830, will
and daughters, on the teacher. Who has not I be seen a sufficient*number, at any rate, to
heard it frequently remarked by parents, impress every Christian Philanthropist, and
when speaking of the manners of their chil- every Patriot/with tho necessity and import-
dren, “they are so, awkward -I am really ance of our own section of country’s keeping
ashamed of them. * I shall be obliged to send pace with the advancing civilization of the
them to school to learn manners.” This | world; And. that pace can only be kept, by
this natural right.*
Resolved, That a separation of these States j
can result only from a resort to that natural 1
right—that the doctrine sought to be impres'.
sed upon the people, that nullification, or I order to effect a proper understanding in rela-
what is equivalent thareto, the power of a] tion to the various points of Federal and State.
w _ _ State to arrest at'will, the movements o^f thej distinct powers, and to elucidate the constitu-
plete: Future yearn may exhibit uTtheTa-1 tho principleS expressed in the Preamble and | Federal Government, is a peaceable or Con. fional bearings, and veritable sovereignty oC
miliar vision of poster
if now possessed hy <
us by their surprising 0 .. v
nitude, and e'xhaustless value ! In the days of Association.” He therefore proposed for the j Resohed, That all “ Political Associations tors of both parties,, to meet together, at some
Homer, or of Abraham, what puny materials f adoption of this meeting, the Preamble and formed to* control, the people, and embarrass I suitable and Convenient plate, and to argue
k " 4 men to build with—what velocity for tra-1 Resolutions of the Chatham meeting, (with; the constituted authorities of government, are thoroughly, on a broad basis, this question be
ing, and what awkward and precarious I the exception above .mentioned,) together with I at all times dangerous to liberty, .an s ou I fore the body-politic. . , ; • .
_i n y_ _ .. .1 1 —ir 1 thn frowns of everv American who is That this mav soon be done, in the. earnest
had
veiling, — - — —.— . ... \ ---/ ■-x-- * . , . .
naval transports ? Even in the more refined I some other resolutions drafted by himself. I receive the. frowns of every American
times of Horace, of Virgil, of Cicero, or of The Preamble and Resolutions were then I proud of his country. , , •
Seneca, but few progresses were made in irn-1 read by Col. Hutchins, and submitted to the 1 Resolved, That we high y approve o
provemeats: And war—a scone of doings meeting, as follows; measures pursued by the administration o. the
so peculiar and so favorite with the Ro- The adoption of our present form of Gov-1 Federal Government, in placing un er t e
mans, received not it9 last finishing touch un-1 eminent, constituted a new epoch in-the Civil ] control *of the State fn r or ^ P. u IC
til the comparatively peaceful age of Chris- History of'Man. . Monarchy, a hereditary,
tian Nations. Another, and a far hotter era, Nobility,' and an established Churchy bad, - .. .
has dawned on ub; and still novel and vastly! been deemed essential to the existence of well j to embarrass the govern e ee
more useful innovations upon antique models^ I organized Governments. The great experb- “
gem-around us treasures on treasures of the ment oif Man’s capability for self Legislation,
'utmost importance. Old Homer thought j in was reserved for the Sages of the Revolution,
foncy indeed, of superb chimeras and splendid I Au experiment,which according to its results,
carriages, belonging to Gods, and to Gods on-1 will in the sequel, serve to erect upon the ru-
ly; but what would have been hissurprisehadbe I ins of aristocratic power the just rights of man,
seen on terra firtna, swift Cars darting splen- or fix more securely the foundations of such
That this may soon be done, i« the. earnest
wish of :r ,r, ■. .-v;; yj ■
Sir, Yourob’t hamwedef
J,J. FLOURNOY,
... . ' Of the Union Party-
February, 1834.
Athens, February 8tli, 1834. ^
Dear Sir—I received your communication
M, That th. course /irsued by our entirely to ecoode to the propoa ,on
Senators ■» Congress, Forsyth nnd Kin’g, and which you ouggoot, andi *11 ntd m any plan,
Sr-Ropraaanbavoa, Jeoe£ Wayne, <gmar. which oan conduce to the end ef ntak.ng us
Schley and Coffee, in relation io the United JrWirtn to fact, m aurpoUncul epunons and
States Bank, deserves and receives our high, action. You end I must love, and wd detent
est approbation. ; ■ * ' ' Ihave.oilen „,om to dod,
- — - - - - - -I It is a diffe^cr.ce 1:1 opinion a3 ;o its poweri,
dv\\y along oGr Rail Roads, and Steamboats I power upon the prostrate liberties of the peo- 1 Resolved, That it is inexpedient to form anj ^ ll3) :ind induces you to cling to
cleaving the liquid element, and flying, like pie. Our Sires, in the prosecution of their Political Association ; that the Co an d the Union Party—whilst I think the other
Iris, from point to point ? ' object, had resorted to our present form of and Laws of our Government .State ^ ^ ^ gejjuine - viow of
So, tb/n, m an equal ratio, like an Epi- Government. That, like every other human Federal, are our guides , an the 0 p; PCt> 3nd intention, of thefederal coup-
gram, will other improvements, of more use- institution, itis imperfect, we do not deny. But support without giving bond to • j ^
— • "~ii— r rn wTHinlirwi MTurT 1 1 *
fulness than ours, bless coming generations. I who can devise bne more free from imperfec-
