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VOL. VI.
ATHENS. GEO. SATURDAY* MARCH 1*7? 18.18.
NO.
52.
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Jure.
1st Monday, Baldwin,
Richmond.
3d “ Decatur.
4th “ Camden.
Wayne, Thursday after.
Glynn, Mon. thereafter.
iM’Intosh, Thursday “
Lilierty, Monday "
Bryan, Wednesday “
Inferior foiiHs.
EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Last Monday in DecemlxT and May
1st
do
do J
:iouary and June.
24
do
do
do
do
3d
do
do
do
do
4th
do
do
do
do
2d
do
do
do
do
1st
do
do February
and July.
; 2d
do
do
do
do
3d
do
do
do
do
MR.
M. PALMER’S ADDRESS
BEFOKE THE
PHI KAPPA SOCIETY
OF PKAtUa» COLLEGE.
Phi Kaita Hall, Feb. 22, 1S3S/
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to ex
press to .Mr- B. M. Palmer, the thunks of Society for
his appropriate and interesting address just delivered
in the College Chapel; and to request a copy of that
address for publication in the public Gazettes.
! Columbia ;
1 Washington ; 4th
Montgomery
! Tattnall;
Emanuel;
Scriven ;
Burke;
MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
1st Monday in July and last in Jan’y.
do in January and Julv.
1st
in Fe’o.ua ry
and
August
2d
do
do
do
do
Isl
do
in January ji
md July.
2d
do
do
do
do
1st
do
do
do
do
3d
do
do
do
do
4th
do
in October and April.
Lincoln
Hancock ;
Warren;
Wilkes;
Taliaferro;
Franklin;
Rabun;
Gwinnett;
Jackson;
A OVERTWEM EJTfS should
number of insertions marked upon
ej in, otherwise limy will bo published iill Jorbid
and charged accordingly.
[p-Notico ef the sale of Land and Negroes hy Ad-
uinistrators, Executors, or Guardians, must i»c pub.
hslicd sixty days previous to the day of sale.
The sale of Personal Property, in like manner,
must be published firty days previous to the sale.
Notico to debtors md creditors of an estate, must
> published I'orlv days.
Notice that Application will bo made tolhe Court
of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, musl j
be published four months.
Notice that Application w ill be made for Letters
of Administrat ion, must be publishedfAirfy days, and
or Ifitters of Dismission, six months.
t^ents ior Hie Stunner.
Lawrenerville, A. R. Smith, Esq.
Carnesrille, A. E. Whitten, Esq.
Clarksville, f * EVV - Ks, b
Monroe, Leroy Pattillo, Lsq.
— mi—hi i|-»i7prg-miii nwii-*-
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
2d Monday in January and July.
3a do do do.
do January and June,
do February and July,
do in February and 3d in Aug.
do February and August,
do January and July,
do June and December.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
4th Monday in January and July.
4 th
1st
19t
2d
1st
1st
: Habersham ;
I fall;
Walton;
Jones ;
4th
do
in do do
Jasper;
4U>
do
in January and July.
Baldwin;
3d
do
in February and August
(;Ol llT CAL 13Y 1>AK.
From the Georgia Journal.
Sillier ior Coiirls.
January.
1st Monday, Richmond,
2d
Chatham.
August.
1st Monday, Stewart,
Floyd.
1st
do
in July and January.
2d
do
in June and December.
1st
do
in January and July.
4th
do
in Oct., and 2d in May.
2d
do
in July and January.
4th
do
in January and July.
3d
do
in May and November.
OCMULGEE CIRCUIT.
Wilkinson; 2d Monday in July and January.
Greene ; 1st Tuesday in January, and 2d Monday in
June.
Morgan; 1st Monday in June aud December.
Putnam; 3d Monday in do do.
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
4th Monday in January and July.
Phi Kappa Hall, Feb. 22, 1838.
Sir In compliance with the above resolution,
the undersigned, as a committee appointed by the
Flii K-,ppa Society, lender to you their sincere thanks
for the good fulfilment of that trust which she had
confided in you, in appointing you to represent the
Society in public on the day of its anniversary, by
the delivery of so “ appropriate and interesting an
address” The Committee in the further discharge
of their duty, would request a copy ot that address
for publication. By complying with the request, you
will much oblige tho members of the Committet*, as
well as the members of the >ociety.
Your most out. s.-rv is.
PETER WINN, }
M. E. BACON, (Committee.
R P. TRIPPE, S
Mr. B. M. Pai.mer.
this festive throng, the fair encouragers of
merit—not, as in the days of chivalrous pomp,
tw wave the cruel signal to a murderous deed
—but, in the purer taste of modern times, to
view the tournament of,mind ; where the lists
are more extended, and where each who
strives may win a prize. On this day of glad
sap
more clearly defined, usefulness is ackuow- relative to the nature of conscience to de-
ledged the criterion of greatness.
But upon what does usefulness depend ?
tor be it remembered that it results not from
the fitful efforts of a wayward mind, but re
quires the establishment, in theory, of fixed
rules aud a close adherence to them in prac-
r.ess then, lest us pause amid our grateful lice. To be useful then, it is necessary to
Gentlemen—Although averse to the publication
of any thing not expressly designed for the instruc
tion or entertainment of the public, I still feel un
willing to violate, in withholding my assent to the
roqut-st of Society, a custom which precedent has
established. All scruples of this character must
retrospections, and, a9 tve see the halo of glory
which encircles the goon of all ages, consider
how we, like them, may enshrine our memo-
nos in tho hearts of a grateful posterity—
Leaving the history of that institution whose
organization we commemorate to be traced
by other hands, suffice it here simply to say,
that it has existed for eighteen years and has
struggled with difficulties; as to panegyric
upon its merit, refer we simply to the men
whom it hasanually sent forth, many of whom
already shine as brilliant stars in the galaxy
of greatness—they are its epistles of com-
im-adalioii. To the concours* assembled on
ihis, its 18th anniversary, is proposed a more
useful theme—a theme involving principles
which, if they form the basis of action, will
render us great and beloved as our Fathers
are: “ What is the true end of rational ex
istence?”
Life has been called a stage—men the
actors who must bear a part. To those then
compelled to wear the buskin and the mask, it
is important to decide iu what guise they shall
vanish, when they conflict with the expressed wish i appear what character they shall assume
of the body of which we have the honor to be fellow- j Yet, ere these queries can be resolved, it must
members. While, therefore, 1 cheerfully submit 1 lie considered that it is not of choice that they
“the address” to your disposal, accept, gentlemen, j treu j t(ie 8|a „ e . nn d deriving from the fact of
my acknowledgment of the delicate manner in which i • , .... ... ,
you have expressed the will of the Association. ,,u;r « e * ,9tenc * “ b root lhe y ander
With sentiments of true legard for the gentlemen
of the Committee, and of unswerving attachment to
our common Society,
I remain, very respectfully, yours.
B. Jl. PALMER.
Messrs. Petf.r Winn, i
M. E. Bacon, (Committee.
R. P. Trippe, 5
Twiggs ;
February.
1st Monday, Stewart,
Floyd.
Paulding, Thursd. before.
2d Monday, Clark,
Macon,
2d
3d
Randolph,
Cass.
Walton,
Crawford,
Early,
Cherokee.
Baker,
Jackson,
Meriwether,
Forsyth,
Upson.
Leo, Thursday after.
4th
March.
1st Monday, Coweta,
Morgan,
Si
ith
Clark,
Randolph,
Cass,
Macon.
Walton,
Crawford,
Early,
Cherokee.
Baker,
Jackson,
Emanuel,
Upson,
Meriwether,
Forsyth.
Lowndes;
3d
do
in January and 1st in June.
Thomas ;
1st
do
■n January and July.
Dooly;
4th
do
in June and December.
Decatur ;
2d
do
in March and December.
Telfair ;
1st
do
in April and 2d in October.
It win ;
4th
do
in January and 1st in July.
Laurens;
1st
do
in June and December.
Pulaski;
3d
do
in Junuary and July
AppRng;
3d
do
in June and December.
Ware;
4th
do
in do do
FLINT
CIRCUIT.
Bibb;
2d Monday
in February and August.
| Houston ;
4th
do
in March and September.
} Butts ;
2d
do
in January and July.
J Crawford
3d
do
in May and November.
j Upson ;
2d
do
in do do
! Pike ;
1st
do
in June and December.
| Monroe;
2d
do
in do do
Newton ;
4th
do
in do do
Henry;
4th
do
in January and July.
guidance of another and superior power, aud
since all others have the same connection
with this ruling power, they must hold a mu-
j tuiil relation to each other. This relation,
| when ascertained, expresses the will of the
I Supreme Power—his design in their creation.
The performance ot that will, as it is the dis-
charge of man’s moral obligation, must be
ADDRESS. | the end of his rational existence :—what then
lVhat is the true cud of Rational E» . is the Creator’s will respecting man ? As we
■Nteuee i j look around upon the vast and varied creation,
The remark has been made and, from fre- j tve see order alter order rising in regular gra.
quoin repetition, has passed into m adage, j datum, and ail with mutual subserviency. Iu
that “circumstances make men.’ As an ; the lower grades of being we can readily trace
adage, it inuy be allowed to go unchi llenged, j their ranks and uses : they seem hut as att
end to carry along with it all the authority j tomata, and life tin* hidden spring which moves
which its pilb and currency confer; provided them. But mail gifted with mind and kuow.
form right judgements. The sentiment some
times advanced, ‘ that the nature of opinions
is iudifierent if tho practice is but right and
if sincerity marks their adoption,’ should
be forever exploded. Indeed, it is hard to
conceive of an opinion’s having any nature if
it does not influence action. Man is so con
stituted that he cannot be wholly a theoreti
cal being; the simple proof of which consists
in the fact that of all the wild fancies which
stand registered on the list of Fanaticism, not
one nut has relation to anticipated influence.
Opinions must warp the practice or lose their
essence. But even acquitting the assertion
of the charge of absurdity, the position must
he declared untenable. Though opinion he
not the bust* of action, it has its influence—
it assumes such stability, such permanency
as the character of the individual will allow.
Should he be eminent, the very sway which
ho has acquired over the minds of his fellows,
is the legislative power which enacts his pass-
ing—perhaps unfixed judgement into a law.
Thus what was but the opinion of one man
becomes the creed to which thousands ser
vilely subscribe. The seed has, it is true,
perished in him; but from it has sprung the
germ of an Upas tree spreading death and
desolation around. This influence, unper
ceived because indirect, materially affects
usefulness: and when it is considered how
many are the subjects on which difference of
opinion is unavoidable, and how constantly, in
the common intercourse oflife, these opinions
must be interchanged, the mere aggregation
•ermine whether it be « an act, a habit or fac
ulty the nature of its influence needs no
discussion. Nor be it supposed that from its
intimate connexion with the sanctity of Reli
gion, the restraints of conscience should not
constitute u topic of consideration upon this
day devoted to another purpose than the con
templation of sacred themes. It is a point
which arises naturally from the subject pro
posed; which is simply to ascertain what arc
the duties of men as social beings, the ground
work of tiie investigation being laid in the re
lation which man sustains to lus maker.—
That regulator then, which has been implan
ted in the breast solely to guide and direct
the actions of men, ought to be considered.—
And it is well here to remark tlmt so long as
men are moral beings and under the inliu.
once of moral toolings, it i« vain, it is absurd
—yea more, it is criminal to omit the consid
eration oi moral restraints. Regarding con
science then simply as a moral faculty, its
I province is to give cast and coloring to the
’ sentiments aud to exercise u watchful surveil
lance lest men swerve Irom those principles
which tt recognizes as embryo actions. No
logical deductions are needed to prove the ne
cessity of heeding this moral counsellor. To
those who mingle in society and mark tho
progress of events, this necessity is apparent.
Whatever be the station which he may occu
py—whatever the grade in which he may be
cast—whatever the employment of his life ;
man never detaches from him his moral na
ture—is never free from moral temptations
and iu consequence is never released f rom the
control of his moral guardian. Yet being a
moral agent, he may, and often does, silence
the faithful Mentor; and it is this disregard of
mural restraint which has produced derange
ment in the complex, yet originally harmoni-
ou», mechanism of society. All systems,
it be understood wiih the restriction which
truth imposes. Bui that the mind of man
comes forth from the Creator’s hands “ with,
out form and void,” and is then cast into the
September.
1st Monday. Pike,
Gilmer,
2d
Lumpkin,
Pike,
Sumpter,
Taliaferro.
Columbia,
Fayette,
Greene,
tourens,
Madison,
Marion,
M»nroe,
Gwinnett,
Union.
Gilmer, Wednesday after.
3d Monday, Butts,
Elticrt,
DeKalb,
Hall,
Puinam,
Talbot,
Murray.
4th " Bulloch,
Cobb,
Dooly,
Newton,
Walker.
Washington,
Wilkes.
Effingham, Thurs. after.
AntiL.
1st Monday. Warren,
Wilkinson,
•J
tJ
4th
Sumter,
Morgan,
Taliaferro,
Coweta,
Lumpkin.
Columbia,
Greene,
Madison,
Laurens,
Monroe,
Fayette,
Marion,
Gwinnett,
Union.
Elbert,
Butts,
DeKalb,
Hall.
Talbot,
Murray,
Putnam.
Newton,
Cobb,
Walker,
Btsiloch,
Dooly,
CHATTAHOOCHIE CIRCUIT.
Steicart;
Randolph ;
Lee ;
Sumplei ;
Marion;
Muscogee;
Talbot;
! Harris;
I Early;
j Raker;
Macon ;
2d Monday in April and October.
Paulding ,
in May and November.
4th do in do do
1st do in June and December.
3d do in May and November.
1st do in June and December
3d do in do do
3d do in do do
2d do in January and July.
4th do in do do
2d do in May and November.
CHEROKEE CIRCUIT.
3d Monday in May and November.
Wilkes.
24
Campbell.
Carroll,
Dade,
Camden,
Hancock,
Harris,
Henry,
Franklin,
Montgomery
Twiggs.
Tattnall, Thursday after.
Wayne,
3d Monday, Emanuel,
Habersham,
Heard,
Glynn,
Jones,
Muscogee,
Oglethorpe,
Pulaski,
M’Intosh, Thursday after
4th Monday, Scriven,
Lincoln,
Rabun,
•-Y
October.
1st Monday. Warren,
Wilkinson,
Cuss ;
4th
do
in <io do
Cherokee;
1st
do
in June and December.
Forsyth ;
2d
do
in do do
/.umpkin ;
3d
do
in do do
Union ;
4th
do
in do . do
Gilmer;
1st
do
in July and January.
Murray ;
2d
do
in do do
Walker;
3d
do
in do do
Floyd ;
4th
do
iu ilo do
Dade ;
1st
do
in June and December.
COWETA CIRCUIT.
Fayette;
3d Monday in June and January.
Carroll ;
1st
do
iu February ami August.
Meriwether
; 4th
do
iu April and October.
Tronp;
31
do
in June ami 2d in January
Coweta ;
4th
do
in June and Decemnor.
1 DeKalb ;
2d
do
in July and January.
j Campbell;
2d
do
in June and December.
1 Cobb ;
3d
do
in do do
Heard ;
4th
do
in May and November.
ledge, and but little below the spirits of Im
mortality ! what space fills he up in life’s great
picture ? No higher intelligences rise above
him, to whom he is subjected—so lar from it,
of error on these individual points, may he I whether political, civil, social or reli"ious
immense. Could History reveal the causes ! are constructed upon moral principles und are
operate by the same. Conse-
iron mould of circumstance thence to assume that viewless spirits leave their mvsterious
such shape as blind chance may direct, is a ) abodes, to watch, with unseen fidelity, his
thought too iiumdiaiiug for the dignity ot mmd j wandering steps. Why this care and protec-
to admit; while the moral consequences, which 1 tion from superior beings? Why is he endued
result from the literal interpretation of the with powers ot mind aud soul ? Why created
doctrine, are sufficiently monstrous to startle at all, and what is the end of his being? Does
us into scepticism. Reason would rather ' he live but to die ? Is bis nature so transi-
consider these modifiers of mankind as tho tory that, in a breath we cry, “whence?”
parts of an extended and systematical system , and •« whither?” This would be a capricious
by which the great Originator trains the pow-! exorcise of power; and something within us
ers which he has created; as the tenements, j revolts from attaching caprice to Omnipotence,
ttie shells of nature, which cover the natural , Such considerations press upon us the mo-
developeinents of mmd. But it is a profitless ( mentous inquiry, what is man and wherefore
task to ascertain the precise relationship exis. j does he live? ’l’urning to the record where
ling between the actions of men and the cir- , is chronicled the date of his existence, we have
cumstances which produce them. That these 1 our answer. Man treads the new-created
latter are possessed of plastic power will be j earth, the Lord of being and the Priest of na
allowed by all who have studied character; 1 ture. He surveys bis realm, gathers the in-
and arguments, to the same point, may he j cense of praise from nil that own his sw ay, und
of the decline and fall of the institutions of
men, as w 'll as it traces those declensions,
touch of the evil would be attributed to tho
secret influence of opiuiuns cherished but
professedly unpractised. Discarding howev-
er all metaphysical discussion and waiving
all appeal to the record of the past, the char
acter ol the times in which we live settles the
point, and presents additional motivo for the
formation of right judgements. The feature
which above all others characterizes the pres,
ent age is Utilitarianism. Ail opinions,
which do not bear directly upon interest, are
discarded: all sentiments, all speculations,
all theories arc thrown at once into tbs cruci*
ble and tested by trial. The maxims and
dogmas of the past are called up for reconsid-
eration.' Institutions reared upon them totter
and fall while the Sampson Reform bears
away the pillars, the blind Sampson which
heeds not the thousands who reside securely
within. The present age is uu age of con
diet—conflict of opinion. Governments are
insecure : monarchies, republics, aristoc
racies, alike tremble. Religion flees ofirigh.
ted from the jarring strifes of her standard-
bearers. The fundamental principles, upon
which Society rests, are unstable. All is
change. Old doctrines puss away aud lie
buried in the heap of things that were and
are not; while those new and untried fill up
the vacancy. Consequently no vagary so
derived from the days ol Jubilee, the festivals i lays the concentrated worship upon his own wild but is admitted to trial—not to the slow
2d
3d
4th
si
i roup,
Liberty,
Irwin, Thursday after,
Bryan, Wednesday after.
May.
1st Monday, Burke,
Appling,
Ware, Thursday after,
2d Monday, Chatham, ■
Lowndes,
Campbell,
Montgomery
Il.incock,
Franklin,
Caintlcn,
Twiggs,
Dade,
Henry,
Carroll,
Harris.
Emanuel,
Oglethorpe,
Habersham,
Jones,
Pulaski,
Heard,
Muscogee.
Scrivcn,
Lincoln,
Rabun,
Jasper,
Telfair,
Houston,
Troup.
Initcd Stales Courts.
Sixth Circuit for the district of Georgia—Jamf.s
M, Wayne, Circuit Judge—At Savannah. Thursday
after the 1st Monday, 3d May—MilledgetiUe,Tiiun-
duy after the 1st Monday, 8th November — Rules day,
the 1st Monday in each month, upon which days all
writs are .eturnable to the Clerk's utlice in Savannah.
District Court—Jeremiah Cuyler, Judge—In Sa.
ranuah, 2d Tuesday 13th February—2d Tuesday 8th
May—2d Tuesday 14th August—2d Tuesday 13th
November. .
November.
Bulloch. Wednesday be.
fore tim 1st Monday.
Effingham, Friday after
th& 1st Monday.
2d Monday, Jefferson.
3d “ Burke,
Bibb,
Appling.
Ware, Thursday after.
Lowndes, Monday there,
after.
JJecember.
1st Monday, Baldwin.
2d Thomas.
TO CARRIAGE MAKERS.
fSj HE Subscriber, residing in MONTICELLO,
A GEO., oilers for sale, his
Carriage Establishment,
On good terms. Any yonng gentleman wishing to en
gage in the business, would do well to call and exam,
ine it, or write to me for further particulars. I have a
Ssapcrior Lot of Timber,
Am* a sufficient quantity of Stock, with small con
tingencies, for 6 months operation ; all of which I of
fer for first cost. As 1 am determined to sell, I
would give a bargain. Tho Stand, for a limited bu
siness, is not Jobe surpassed in the State.
THOS. H. B EVE NS.
Monticello, Feb. 10—47—9t.
GROCERIES.
T HE Subscriber is now opening at the Store for
merly occupied by Messrs. Sims, Lawrence &
which,in every nation’s history,mark an epoch, i altar of devotion. But it belongs not to pro
and stay the rapid year’s revolving course to J iano lips to speak of man’s connection with
view a nation’s joy. Why should July’s beat j Infinity. Let the concentrated Levite, ap.
bring to the inhabitants ol tins wide-spread ! pronchmg the sacred Ark aud taking thence
land, a Saturuahan feast when all are free?— j the mysterious roll, read to Immortal Beings
Why amid the frosts of a February morn, did ! their everlasting destiny. Let him, who in the
the echoing peal of the cannon usher in this j vision of some Patinos isle hath secu the man-
day’s gladness ? Let the inquirer turn to the | sions prepared as the spirits’home,reveal those
record o! American struggles, and learn why j sacred mysteries to inquiring souls. Man
we should love our nation’s birth-day. Let | hath other duties which relate not directly to
him read the pari which a Washington has j h'.« Maker. Pass we to theso: for the unclean
acted in the noble drama, and learn why, by ! lip may speak of them, aud requires not to be
happy sons, a Father’s birth day should be j touched with celestial fire from off the altar
hailed. Illustrious morn ! we welcome thee! j borne bv Seraph hands. These duties of
other days appear with face as cheerful, and I which we dare to speak, are subordinate ones,
claim our recognition—but we heed them not; j and such as relate wholly to the state of du-
aud they pass forgotten by, until lost among | ranee in which the immortal spirit is held ; to
the ghosts of departed days. Not so with J the connection existing between the sons of
men as sojourners in the vale of life. The
test of time but ta the.immediate ordeal. Ad-
venturers have arisen in politics, in morals,
in religion ; and, like “ will o’ the wisps” glea-
ming athwart tho darkness and confusion,
have decoyed men from we!) trodden high
ways only to be lost amid the mazes of exper
designed to operate by the same,
quently opposition to this first principle in
morals has arrayed, one against another, in
fierce and hardy contest, principles originally
intended to co-operate, aud produced jarring
and confusion where only union and combi
nation were designed. This remark is not
an unguarded one. Cast an eye upon Socie.
ty—examine all its departments. Whence
is derived the mogictao-like power of the fac-
tious demagogue? How happens it that by
ringing changes upon some cabalistic word he
raises spirits at his wilt—arouses fa the souls
ot misled partisans all the powers of darkness
and misrule? Why in politics is the com-
plaint heard that parties have forsaken meas
ures, iu«d sold themselves to men «addicti
jurare in alicujus verba magistri V* Whv, in
affuint ot the church, has the banner under
which all should range been displaced by the
rival standards of A polios and of Cephas wa
ving over opposing bands? Because passion
has usurped the authority of conscience. So
poworful are tho temptations which assail
men in every station and rank—so apt is he
to yield to the dictation of interest—so prone
to submit to tho assumptions of power, that
an enlightened conscience is needed both ty
teach him what to think and to make his con
victions of duly effectual in regulating his ac
tions. That conscience may be enlightened,
it is needful oftoi. to ponder upon th© rela
tions which a moral being sustains to society
—comparing them with those higher duties
which result from his connection with Deity.
By doing which, not only will correct princi-
pies be formed—not only will just and proper
i actions result from those principles, but the
character will receive a cast dignified and «n-
iment or plunged into the mire of fanaticism, j nobling. It will acquire a firmness which
Oftentimes too, conflicting opinions, pushed ! will add that strength so necessary amid the
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thee! Ere the rising sun hath time to gild
the morning, a nation rises up to joy. We
climb the mount Remembrance, nnd from its
summit view the dim, shadowy form of our
Fathers as they flit across the long-drawn
vista ot the past; we note their acts of glory
and of goodness, rekindle the vestal flame
which burns on Freedom’s altar, and with
hearts encouraged, descend to do again our
Fathers’ deeds.
But not alone is this day to us a political
Sabbath. To those here assembled it. is hal
lowed by other and dearer associations. We
meet to celebrate the day on which was laid the
corner stone of our Institution, whose object
is to perpetuate the reign of those principles
which render the day of commemoration oth
erwise so glorious; whose object is to spread
true knowledge and true refinement among
the sons of worthy Fathers; to link in the
chain of amity and love those upon whom their
mantles have fallen. Here sits the youth *»f
ambitious hopes, who pauses in his toil to in
dulge a golden dream ol fancy; and antici
pates the day when Herald Fame shall trum
pet forth his praise to the winds of heaven.—•
Immortal messengers ? who shall* during Na.
ture’s ceaseless revolutions, waft it across
every land. Here, too, are met those of riper
years with the laurel'wreath as vet umvith-
ered on their brow;
end of rational existence, (as man ts asocial
being,) is usefulness. Let the irrational liver
scout at this announcement if he will; the his.
tory of the world, as well aa reason, proclaims
it a truth. Once, indeed, it was thought suf
ficient to say of one’s existonce, that he culti
vated the rood of grouud on which • father
lived and died—to vegetate upon the spot of
his birth, and die only to nourish the soil for
the production of similar weed. Others again,
who fell within the leapings forth of the im
mortal spirit, sought how they might impress
upon earth the marks of their existence.—
Glory, with its false and fitful glare, seemed
ty these the oi.ty desirable end at which to
aim. Alexander strove, in blcedv charac
ter, to register himself upon the roll of the
Gods; to form of the conquered world one
universal temple in which his wa9 to be the
ouly shrine, Caesar labored to build of the
rums of his country a spendid mausoleum in
which he and his greatness might be forever
entombed. Bonaparte, in later days, has at
tempted with the sword to carve his conquer
ing name upon every capital in Europe. But
these are gone and no remnant is left af thetr
fame. The waves of time, pressing fast upon
their deeds, have obliterated the trace of their
footsteps; while the vapors which exhale from
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bebn
to extremes by opposing advocates, produco
the most destructive as well as wonderful
phenomena in the mental world. As upon
tho wide ocean, conflicting wind* sometimes
seize the light waters and, sending them up
in swift gyration, create tho dreaded water-
spout which speeds along the plain, leaping
from ridge to ridge upon the surge, till cross
ing the track of some unconscious bark, the
coincidence of contact is broken and the wa-
tefy column buries beneath Hs failing weight
the victim of its violence—ami no trace is left
of the fatal deed other than the gurgling of the
waters as they whirl, in malicious sport,
around the spot of burial: so in life conflicting
opinions create the moral and mentui water
spout more destructive as it crushes m its
fall not a passing few, but communities of
countries aud land*. Yet as in the natural
phenomenon, a single discharge from the
smallest field piece causes the huge mass of
waters humbly to seek agais its kindred ele,
meat; so in morids and in mind, one pellet
of reason from the battery of truth will break
the charm and save thousands from being bu
ried beneath the force of accumulated and in
furiated error. The character of the times
in which we live compels to the choice of opin
ions, nor can any hope to influence others
without the full avowal of the principles upon
which they act; since men, professing now
to think for themselves, can be satisfied only
with the . reasons of actios. If then these
things are,so; if to be useful, we must act
anghtand if to act aright we must think anght,
theh the syllogism is rendered complete by-
appending the legitimate inference,, to be use
ful we must form right judgements.
Nor is this all : to the formation of correct
'sentiments and especially to an adherence t ty
them where formed,-is
ened conscience. It is the previncVof the
moralist to enter ihto metaphysical subtleties
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fluctuations of life; and a consistency truly'
to be admired amidst the contradictions and
dishonesty of the times. A third requisite
for usefulness is an informed and liberal
understanding. The amount of information
must vary with the grade of society in which
each man is cast; consequently no standard'
of information can he assumed as the tneas.
ure of usefulness. Yet it may be boldly said,
that, as a law, influence is always proportion,
ed to intelligence; and it is influence which
constitutes usefulness. The truth of this
principle is deducible as well from logical rea
soning, as from simple observation. Mind
exerts the power of a despot igiren though its
chains are of the soft and silken texture of un
perceived influence. And the proposition
holds true whether mind develope itself in the-
shrewdness of rustic life, or in the gigantic
attainments of polished learning* That in
formation then which bestows infl lunce iu
each separate grade of society must be ac
quired by those who, in that grade, would
have their influence felt. The higher tho
rank—the wider the orbit in which man
move*—the greater necessity exists for infor
mation and for a greater amount of it. This
point should be well considered by the Intel,
ligent of the present day; for in accordance
with the spirit of Utilitarianism which now-,
and particularly in our country, so extensive
ly prevails, a prejudice against a systematic
and symmetrical education is gaining ground.
A fashion has, in some slight degree, obtain-
ed of dividing all the acquisitions of learning
among tho Several professions—-of apportion
ing to each: their modicum—and of frowning
upon ail attempts made to'obtain extensive
find uatveirdal ' knowledge.' ’ The’ evil, has
crept into systems of eduoation which profess
to teach those principles alone upon which
each individual profession is based to the ex-
ciusion of others, A —ntnet *l>i« nrnn mn «so«t
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