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‘The entrance <’f 'thy Word giveth light’
JAS. NATHAN ELLS, Editor.
Associate Editors : H. C. HORNADY, Atlanta.
J. M. WOOD, Newnan.
A. C. DAYTON, L. Fayette.
D. I’. EVERETT, Florida.
ATLANTA, G-KOFtGrIA:
Saturday, April is, isc>3.
THE PRESS.
The press, in whatever respect consider
ed, is a fruitful arid interesting topic. For
what it has done, it deserves our regard ;
for what it may do, it is still more worthy
of our attention.
It has accomplished a great moral and in
tellectual revolution, but this, unlike most
revolutions, has been peaceful in its charac
ter and beneficent iii its influence. Steam,
in its application to the boat, thy ship, and
the car, has been to the press the most effi
cient of handmaids—the former stimulating
the latter to exertion, and distributing,
world-wide, whatever is published. To
gether they have done wondrous things; it
is their certain destiny to accomplish far
greater. The genius of our Fultons incal
culably increase the power and usefulness
of our Franklins. Common honor to the
printer and the machinists!—joint laborers
in the same great mission of social regener
ation and the extension of the area of civil
ization. The progress in the mechanical
arts, particularly in the present century, has
multiplied beyond computation the sphere
and power of the press. The surface of the
earth has become a vast net-work ot rail
roads, while innumerable canals are auxili
ary to the diffusion and exchange of infor
mation. The air above us, by the aid of
modern science, is no longer a “ mere clau
sum ” —it is open and navigable. The.
courses of travel are marked by tens of
thousands of wires, along which are borne
a great and increasing commerce—a com
merce whose freight is thought, and whose
wings are the quills of lightning.
Prolific as steam is in blessings, social
and political, it becomes not only useless,
but direful, unless properly directed by
pre-arranged pipes and valves. So, also,
the press may be powerful for good or ill.
Some restraint is necessary. We should
rather avoid putting too much than too lit
tie restriction on the press; prune a tree
carefully and it will flourish the more—top
and bark it too freely, and it w ill die. The
freedom of the press mainly consists in its
exemption from censorship prior to publi
cation. Th< only restraint upon it, tolera
ted in this country, consists in the liability
of libellers to prosecution before a jury of
the country. The liberty of our press
should never be surrendered. It is not the
growth of a day, but an off-shoot from the
venerable tree of British liberty, into w hich
it was only ingrafted after much delay and
many difficulties.
W hen we consider that thousands read
newspapers, or hear them read, w ho do not
subscribe to them, we perceive that the
press of the present day has more than
Briarean arms; it penetrates into mountain
gorges, and its influence is diffused amidst
primal forests and blooming prairies, scarce
ly opened to the eye of the adventurous
backwoodsman, The newspaper is read by
millions who scarcely read an) thing else.
The general literature of a country is
indicative both of the morality and tastes
of its inhabitants. The best guaranty for
the purity and integrity > t the press, is a
sound and \ irtuous public opinion. They
act reciprocally upon each other. Let the
people frown upon c>riupting and lying
publications, but preserve, at all hazards,
the press in its freedom, lor it is an essen
tisl part of our constitutional liberty.
MEETING OF BAPTIST CONVENTIONS.
Avgusta is the Place.— The Biennial
Convention.- Our readers will notice that
.t n/us/u, (fa , has been substituted for (\>- t
lumhia, S. C., as the place ot meeting ot
the Biennial Convention. Remember. then.
Augusta is the place.
The Georgia Baptist c onvention (annual)
will be held at Griffin, < n Friday before
the t'.’ th Sabbath of the pi < nt month.
We have perfected arrai gemer.ts which
will secure to our readers prompt ami full
reports ot the proceedings of both ot these
con ventioi.s.
Light is but the shadow of God.
The Legislature and the Printers.
In to-day’s paper will be found an appeal
from the Printers of this city to the Legis
lature, protesting against the passage of the
bill introduced by Mr. Bigham, a few days
ago, “to abolish Printers’ Unions.” We
I are persuaded to believe that Mr. Bigham
has not given the subject the consideration
which its importance demands; and that on
more mature reflection he will become, con
i vinced that he is attempting to do the “dis
iciples of Faust, Guttemberg, Schoeffer and
■Franklin” a great wrong, by seeking to de
prive them of that right w hich is claimed
' by, and belongs to, al! men —the-right to;
put a price on their own labor.
The Editor of this paper is a practical
| printer, and regrets very much to see any
effort made by the law-making power to
deprive “the craft” of rights exercised by
all freemen. If a printer has not the right
'to put a price on his own labor, has any
other working man that right ? If the Leg
islature wishes to regulate a printer’s wages,
will it not also regulate the wages of all
other working men? Why single out this
. class of our fellow-citizens, to practice such
■ gross injustice upon, without interfering in
; any manner whatever, with any other class?
Are they less worthy or deserving than
j other men ?
.1 There are only two Printers’ Unions in
J Georgia, and not a dozen in the, whole
’South: and will Legislators (who, we will
J venture to say, know very little, and prob-
Lably nothing, of the workings of a Union)
declare that their influence for harm is so
I great that it requires the strong arm of the
, law to put them down ? We have been
-a member of several of these just-discovered
. j hurtful (?) associations, and believe them
■ necessary for the well being of their mem
.• bers.
During the period when the science of
philological ethnography was in a transi
; tion state, it was much feared by some pi
|ous persons that its researches were point
ing to a conclusion adverse to Revelation ;
and other parties could ill conceal the pleas
ure with which they anticipated that its de
monstrations would falsify the statements
ot the Bible touching the original perfection
of man and the unity of the different races
of the human family. We are told, in the
sacred writings, that the first inhabitants of
the world were a single pair, and that from
them descended all the nations of the earth,
c This pair, of course, and their immediate
descendants, spoke one language, and this
language was, after the deluge, broken up,
by a miraculous interposition, in‘o a nuin
l her of idioms. We are not told, nor is it
I probable, that the original Adamite lan
guage was abolished, and that all these va
rieties were so many new creations; on the
contrary, we should expect that, however
different these tongues might become by the
I confusion introduced at Babel, and by the
incongruous habits of different tribes, there
would still be traces of a common origin.
( It is the acknowledged tendency of philo
logy to establish this.
Thus it has happened with language, as
with astronomy, geology, and the hiero
glyphics of Egypt—from all of which, at
different times, an unfavorable verdict has
( been anticipated on the truthfulness of the
Bible—that every conclusion arrived at is
in entire harmony with the testimony of
the Scripture, which ‘can not be broken.’
History, science, and sound philosophy, can
never be found adverse to that blessed
Book which bears upon its pages the im
press of Heaven, and which has been ex
posed to every possible test through a suc
cession of ages, still proving itself to be the
word ot God, which liveth and abideth for
ever.
Ti skai.oosa Association.—We are in
debted to Elder John Thomas, moderator,
for a copy of the Minutes of the thirtieth
annual session of the Tuskaloosa Baptist
Association, held at Concord meeting house,
'j l ayette county, Ala , from the 20th to the
>22 1t t September, 1862. The circular let
ter, upon * Christian Responsibility in Na
tional Calamity,’ isan able production from
the pen of brother J. IL Foster.
To Correspondents.—The lines begin
ning, ‘ O meet me, father, meet me,' are re
spectfully declined. 1 here is no poetry in
them. Good prose might be made from j
them.
Ihe Two Pilgrims,’ ’The Mother’s La -I
ment.' and ‘ Angels with Us,' are on file for!
early publication.
2 •. ‘ ask attention to the article from
the pen of brother Campbell, in regard to
the education of soldiers' orphans—the in- 1
digent orphans of our soldiers who have
fallen in the present war. In this commend
able work, we trust that Georgia will ‘lead
off. W ould it not be eminently proper
that this subject should be discussed before
the large and intelligent body of Christians
from various portions of the State, who
will meet iu convention at Griffin on next
Friday ?
SS SS BA? W S 3B A. K 815 S .
Acknowledgment.
Brother Ells :
Permit me, through your paper, to acknowl-* ■
edge the receipt of eighty dollars from the First '
Baptist Church in Atlanta, towards my salary '
as “Army r Evangelist ”
Griffin, April 15. J. 11. Campbell.
Notice.
I
The Baptist Historical Society will hold a |
meeting during the session of the Convention,l
in the latter part of this month
Adiel Sherwood,
President. ;
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Colporteur’s Reports.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1863. j
Dear Brother Hornady :
1 now make my January repart: —I left
Knoxville and visited Strawberry Plain,
'.and distributed tracts; thence to Mcrris
-1 town, where 1 preached and distributed
tracts and papers; thence to Jonesboro’,
where I preached and distributed tracts and
papers; thence to Cumberland Gap, where
I preached and distributed tracts and pa-
> pers. I found all the soldiers very anxious
1 for them, and I think, from the signs of the
■ times, that the. work is doing a great deal
1 of good. I only collected three dollars that
1 month. Pray for us, brethren.
Yours truly, L. G. Cobb.
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Atlanta, Ga , March 1, 1863.
Dear Brother Hornady:
I now make my report for the mouth of
I February : —I left Knoxville and visited the
soldiers at Loudon, where 1 remained three
days, and preached and distributed tracts
and papers ; thence to Tiner’s Station, w here
) 11
I preached and distributed tracts; thence
to Chattanooga, where I did likewise. I
then returned home to this place, and vis
ited the hospitals and distributed tracts. I
only collected 82.50 that month.
Yours truly, L. G. Cobb.
Atlanta, Ga., April 1, 1863.
? Dear Brother Hornady :
• I now make my report for the month of
March:—l have visited all the hospitals
and camps in this place, and have distribu-
; ted 66 Bibles, 265 Testaments, 115 Hymn
■ Books, and tracts in abundance. I also
1
■ preached to thtnui. I think, from the desire
J they evince to obtain them, that they are
i producing good effects upon their minds.—
| One soldier has professed a conversion at
the Fair-ground hospital, and several others
seem to be greatly concerned about the sal
vation of their souls. Do pray, brethren,
that the Lord may bless this good work. —
' Nothing collected this month.
J Yours truly, L. G. Cobb.
OUR ARM! CORRESPONDENCE.
■ Headquarters 31st Alabama Volunteers, i
Vicksburg, April 3, 1863.
. : Dear Banner :
Port Hudson has been assailed b\ the
, water-terrors of Farragut, with a strongde
. termination on his part to unite with the
, I fleet of Porter above ; the Yazoo expedition
has penetrated into that river and its tribu
, taries, with a view of compelling us from
the Gibraltar of the young Confederacy ;
the Yankee iron-clads have again attempted
to pass our batteries, to join Farragut at
Brown de Johnson’s wharf. In all their un
dertakings, they have most signally failed,
and the proud “hilled city,” frowning grim
defiance to the enemy, and Port Hudson
too, the guardian of liberty beicrw, still live.
These strongholds live in the hearts of the
patriotic sons and daughters of the South,
who w ill ever point to their gallant achieve
ments as examples to be followed by their
beleaguered sister cities. They live in the
undying remembrance of those w ho have so
nobly contributed to their defence. Vicks
burg and Port Hudson live as a terror to
the invaders round about them—w ho have
striven for long months to reduce them,
that there might not be “one stone left upon
another” —and *as the pricking, painful
thorn in the flesh to the Yankee govern
ment. God grant that these places may
have existence on the banks of the majestic
rixer when Yankee avarice. Yankee treach
ery, aukee despotism, and the despicable,
poisonous, rotten Yankee nation, have en
tirely “ played out.”
Two of our prisoners, captured by the
enemy at Arkansas Post, made their escape
from Porter The other day, and report that
Lancaster was the name of the iron-clad
vessel sunk by our batteries, and that the
other, partially iron-clad, now lying at
Brown A Johnson's wharf in a very shat
tered condition, was the Monitor. They
say Porter was much chagrined at his ill
success, and more so, if possible, at the
deafening shouts of our bovs on the bank
of the river, when they saw the Lancaster
go under, and the frightened Yankees take
to their small boats. It is said that one of
our shells struck one of their yawls, in
which eight nr ten were making for the
Louisiana shore, and the w hole twist— boat,
blue e > and all —were seen no more.
They were doubtless jammed beyond the
middle of the century succeeding the recog
nition and prosperity of the Confederacy.
hat will become of Banks, the succes
sor of the Brute, I know not.. One thing is
certain, he will not risk anything. Their'
j inglorious repulse at Port Hudson rests
upon the head of Farragut, and not Banks,
' where it properly should. Banks is a shrewd
j Massachusetts Yankee, and he thinks it bet
iter to hold a position at New Orleans than
{to make a fight, get a thrashing, an J be call
led away to Washington to account for his
failure. Consequently, he will lie low and
\keep dark. Though, in truth, Mr. Banks
•ought to be in the valley ot \ irginia, for
“old Stonewall” may be sent round there
i before a great w hile, and he will need Nir. I
Banks, his efficient “Commissary.
The famous “Yazoo Expedition,” intend-:
ing so much and accomplishing so little, is
thought to be on its legs. Since the
repulse at Fort Pemberton, they have been
lying idle. Some of our papers say we will
get the whole concern, “ lock, stock and
barrel,” before they get back into the Mis
sissippi; but I hardly think so. I have no J
doubt it will result in a dreadful loss to
them, but small gain to us. They will de
stroy their gunboats and transports, burn
up their supplies and small arms, and prob-|
ably sink their heavy guns in the river,'
where we can't find them, and make their j
way overland to the Mississippi, if the fall i
in the river should continue. Any way, 1
am satisfied, it will be a barren project to 1
them. . j
Rumor says Gen. Bragg will be sent to;
Mobile, and Buckner to this place. How 1
wish the department would send old Brax
ton to this place. With his disciplinary
powers and expedition in fitting up an *Jir
my, as no one else can do m our service,
the old Hero would soon work some chan
ges in this quarter most, necessary to the
public safety. Some think the army is I
wanting in discipline over here, and he could !
soon right that.
Li haste, yours, T. B. E.
[.For the Baptist Banner.}
• Christ Receiving and Eating with
Sinners.
The Pharisees and Scribes murmured
because Christ received and ate with sin
ners. But He vindicated Himself by par
ables, and taught them that “ He came not
to call the righteous, but sinners to repen
tance.” The purity of Christ’s character
was not sullied by thus mingling with the
publicans and other notorious sinners, be
cause His object was to do them good and
encourage them to come to Him. Christ
came to save these poor abandoned people,
upon whom the‘Scribes and Pharisees look
ed down with contempt. And, on one oc
casion. He told the proud priests and elders
that the publicans and harlots would go
into the kingdom of God before them.
How unlike the example of our Lord is
the conduct of many of His profess'd fol
lowers. Some associate with the base and
lewd, not with the hope or design of resto
ring them to the paths of virtue and honor,
for that is not attempted. Or if a word of
reproof is given, it is in such a frivolous
way, and counterbalanced by bad example,
that no good is done. Christ did not trifle
thus, nor did lie teach us to so mingle
with the vile as to bring reproach upon our
names and disgrace and scorn upon our fam
ilies. We would plead with such, for the
sake of the church of Christ tnd the wel
fare of those who rise or fall with them, to
stop and think. But there is another class
more culpable, if possible, than these. It
is those who would scorn any attempt to;
redeem such as are not now worthy of our
association. Is there no hope for the poor
degraded? And if they repent and reform,
must they still be rejected? Are we more
honorable than our Lord, who received the
very chief of sinners? He never scorned
those who sought His holy teachings, but
would raise them to honor and joy in the
world to come.
Do you ask, what can be done for these
poor, miserable persons? Much can be
done. First encourage them to attend
church, and if they happen to sit down by
you, do not be so rude as to leave your
seat; and if they are awkward in manners
or dress, do not laugh at them— it may
keep them from church. If they are sick
and in want of attention, go and administer
to their wants; give them earnest but ten
der admonitions; pray for them,giye them
good books; let them know that they are
cared for, but that they w ill not be received
into society unless they reform. If such
become penitent, give all the instruction
you can. If they profess faith in Christ,
the church should not be hasty to reject nor
to receive; give them time to prove their
fidelity, and if they are faithful, the church
should cordially receive them as brethren
or sisters in the Lord.
Brethren, may it not be so, that we have
failed to do our duty towards those degra
ded persons whom society had rather drive
away than reform ? Let us pray over this
matter, look after the good of the church
and community where we live, and try to
follow the meek and lowly Jesus. Then it
may be that many a Mary Magdalene will
wash the feet of Christ with tears, and say, ■
“Much I love. I’m much forgiven; I’m a
miracle of erace.” D. Rogers.
■ Powers P. 0., Ga. I
[For The. Baptist Banner.}
Jesse Campbell.
Atlanta, Ga., April 13, 1863.
Last night—seeing the lights of a church
window beaming, and hearing the bells calling
upon mau to go up to the bouse of worship,
; their clear signal-like notes reminding me that
this was the day of rest, and it behooved frail
| humanity to visit the temple where prayer is
“wont to be made”—l wended my way to the
First Baptist Church, and quietly seated myself
I amongst the numerous auditory.
A soldier has comparatively but few opportu
-1 nities to listen to the Word, though this is said
ito be a Gospel land, and therefore it, was with
' emotions of gratitude and pleasure that I found
' myself in a church again, and reminiscences of
my boyhood came over me. Again I was a
child, and distinctly I could see my father and
mother in their corner pew, and old familiar
faces all around me. Even the oak tree that
stood at the corner was plain to my sight, and
in fancy I could hear its branches moving against
the window, just as it did years ago, when
swayed by the wind
But my revery was broken by the choir's
opening hymn of praise, and then an old man
rose. I need not describe him, for who of your
1 readers is unacquainted with Jesse Campbelt,.
' For many years past he has stood forth a sole
. dier of the Cross on the battlements of the Gos
-1 pel, clothed with the “ armor of God,” and wield
{ing the sword of faith, defying all enemies ot
; Truth, and encouraging and strengthening his
{ co workers and comrades to fight the good fight.
Va n indeed were my pen, did I essay to de
scribe him. Mankind can never pay his just
tribute. Ilis reward he looks not for here, but
iin the “great hei*eafter.”
The old man rose, his hair glistening with the
Silver token of advancing years, his eye spark
4ing as by inspiration, and with a voice low, yet
<®car and distinct, he announced his discourse
upon the unchangeablcuess of Christ, who was
“ the same yesterday, to-day and forever.” With
calm ami solid reasoning, he portrayed the in
stability and evanescence of all things human,
• and then startlingly contrasted the inimutabilG
ty and firmness and sameness of the Redeemer.
Rising with his subject in a masterly manner,
! he argued with a clearness and force that defied
I all refutation, and his audience, spell bound,
1 (myself among the number,) listened, entranced
j to his native eloquence.
Did you hear him describe the meetings be-
I neath the moon's gentle light, and the prayer
meetings, that day by day, and night by night,
are held in the camps? Did you hear him de
fend the soldier from the imputation of being
more “wicked than others”?
Did you listen when lie spoke of the gratitude
I with which the soldier receives the Testaments,
tracts and religious reading of all descriptions?
If you did, was there not a resolve in your heart
that you would aid him in his work ?
Ye who are at home in plenitude and ease,
surrounded by your families, enjoying the bless
ings of life, the privileges of a Christian society
; have ye no heart for the poor soldier, who, on
the battle-field or in monotonous camps, longs
' for the news of a “ protecting Saviour” ? who,
' far away from family and friends, from wile and
child, from father and mother, exposed to temp
tation and vice, yearns for that Bible which tells
of an atoning Redeemer, a sin-offering, a Medi
ator—who would, with gratitude, receive reli
gious works that, like holy mile stones, would
indicate to h : m the way to Heaven and happi
ness ?
Say, will ye not remember the soldier? If
so, aid Jesse Campbell in his work. The abili- I
ty, the willingness and the will is with him;
and that long he may be spared as a “ shining
light” and a “beacon in the highway,” is the
prayer of A Soldier.
The National Uapital.—Mloney
mania,
A correspondent who spent several days |
in the city of Richmond, after saying that [
nowhere, and not from a single individual, i
did he hear any allusion to the war, pro- !
ceeds thus:
I often asked, can it be possible? Is this
Richmond, with t v<> hundred thousand Ab
olitionists within two days’march. Every
citizen seemed intent upon mo: ey making.
The shops of the tradespeople were filled
with goods. The Jews were unusually busy,
and wore happier faces than they have for
1829 years. The streets were crowded
with soldiers, or with men wearing the garb
of soldiers. The hotels are filled, and re
staurants abound with guests. A single
meal at one of these establishments—a
beef-steak, one dozen oysters, and coffee—
cost five dollars. A partridge, 81.25. The
hotels charge from 85 to' 87 per diern. —
Apples cost 25 cents each, and while I am
writing this, in the gallery of the House of
Representatives, a gentleman is making a
speech on government finances.
.tTiisic?
Music is the soprano, the feminine prin
ciple, the heart of the universe; because;
it is the voice of love—because it is the
highest type and aggregate expression of
passionate attraction, therefore it pervades
all space, and transcends all being like a
divine influx, what tone is to the word, •
what expression is to form, what affection
is to thought, what the heart is to the head,
what intention is to argument, what insight
is to policy, what religion is to philosophy,'
what moral influence is to power, what wo
man is to man is music to the universe.—
Flexible, graceful and free it pervades all
things, and is limited to none. It is not
poetry; but the soul of poetry ; it is not
mathematics, but it is in numbers, like har
monious proportion in cast iron, it is not
painting; but it shines through colors and
gives them their tone ; it is not dancing but
it makes all graceful motion; it is not. ar
chitecture, but the stones take their places
in harmony with its voice and stand in
‘petrified music.’ In the words of Bellini,
{‘Every art is the body of music, which is
■the soul of every art; so in music, too the
soul of love, which also answer not for its
workings, for it is the contact of divine,
i with human.’
From 'he Savannah Republican.
Education of Soldiers’ Orphans.
Savannah, March 31, 1863.
Mr. Editor':— l ask for space in your col
umns to repeat a sugge. lion, already made -
through some (>t‘ our religious papers, in
regard to the education of the indigent or
phans of our soldiers who have fallen in this
war. It may not bo improper for me to
mention that I have labored among our
troops, from the beginning of the struggle
until now, as a “Army Evangel
ist,” and this tact, perhaps, has drawn my
attention to this subject. It has, at least,
given me the opportunity for learning the
character and feelings of our soldiers, which
some of your readers have not enjoyed.
It should not be forgotten that our army
is composed almost exclusively of volun
teers, who have proven themseives among
the best (if not the very best) soldi' rs the
world has ever Seen. lam satisfied this is
owing, in a great measure, to their iutelli
g. nee. Leaving out of the question the sol
diers from other States, of whom I know
but little, it is true of our Georgia soldiers,
that the proportion of those who can not
read does not exceed one percent. I make
this statement deliberately, and know
whereof 1 affirm. And then you will.scarce
ly find a company that does not contain,
sometimes as privates in the ranks, gradu
ates <>f colleges and Universities. Such
men know and fe« l their personal responsi
bility, and hence “ everj man’s a hero.”—
Many of these heroes have sacrificed their
lives in our defence, and if seems to me
Mr. Editor, that gratitude, if nothing else,
should prompt us to educate their orphans,
at least to such an extent as will qualify
them to appreciate the rights and privile
ges which they will enjoy under a free gov
ernment. It they had lived, th, ir children
would not have been doomed to ignorance
as well as poverty. Can nothing he done
to prevent t-iie entailment of such an evil
upon them ?
I believe it is perfectly practicable to give
to all these poor orphans in our Slate a plain
English education. (I trust many of them
may be still more highly favored.) Up to
the battle of Sharpsburg, there were left in
Georg'a three thousand six hundred and
eighteen widows. The battles which have
occurred since, and other causes, have prob
ably increased this number to five th uisanJ.
Suppose there are three thousand of these,
whose children must be educated by chari
ty, or never be educated at all. I think, it
would be found, on investigation, that not 4
more than two children to a family, on an
average, could be spared to attend school
at the same time. Some of the larger hoys
have already grasped the handles of the
plows which their fathers left standing in
the furrows when they rushed to arms, and
the larger girls are aiding their poor moth
ers in making music with the spinning
wheel and the loom. Yet even these may
snatch sufficient time from labor to acquire
such education as 1 propose should be given
them. Suppose, then, we have to provide
tor the tuition of six thousand orphans, who
shall boat’d at home and attend school ia
their own neighborhoods. At 810 a schol
ar for tuition and books, it would require
two hundred and. forty thousand dollars per
annum. Can not this amount be raised,
year by' year, to accomplish an object so
important? It’ not, lam mistaken both as
to the ability and spirit of our people. The
question as to the best plan for raising the
necessary means, I leave to the wisdom of
the people. “ here theie’s a will, there’s
away.” If this object shall commend it
self to favorable consideration, the want of
means will not be allowed to prevent its
accomplishment. .
Some may inquire, Where are the teach ,
ers to come from ? the men are all in the
army. I answer, that our women mustbe
corne the instructors of the youth, or the
children of the rich and poor will grow up
lin ignorance together. Happily for us, as
a people, we have women in every neigh
j borhood “worthy and well qualified,” who
will enter upon this work if the necessary
countenance and encouragement are afford
ed them. What a blessing it would be to
our country if, in the providence of God, J
the rising generation should be educated
by such teachers. Why, many of tho wives
and daughters of our fallen heroes would
engage in this business, and thus gain a live
lihood for themselves, at the same time
that they may be a blessing to others.
If this work, Mr. Editor, ought to be
done, its commencement should not be long
delayed. All the arguments in favor of the
timely education of our youth generally
bear with double force in favor <>i the or
phans, whqpe cause I plead now, and whose
cause 1 will continue, to plead while God
shall permit rue to use my voice or my pen.
If Georgia shall lead off’ in this good work,
her noble sisters will soon follow her exam
; pie. J. H. Campbell.
Word* of Trntii.
Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb, in publishing
recently an order for the observance by the
I troops under his command, of the 27th, as
a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer,
; gave utterance to the following noble ami
truthful words, ami we trust that all our
Generals and commanders as well as pri
■ vates, may be guided by similar senti
ments : /j
“There is no more appropriate place for
grateful hearts and an abiding faith than in
the army. Let the army, upon whose val
or and gallantry the country leans with
hope and confidence in her hour ot trial,
manifest their dependence upon and conn
deuce iu Hirn, who has given them vieto
ries in the past and who will in His own
good time give them new triumphs in the
future. The soldier who goes foi t h to meet
the enemies of his country, with a h'-nriJ
full of gratitude for th ■ p;mt. and with a
strong faith in the luture, is doiiui) armed.
An army of good men is an orm\ of brave
men.”
M eep for love, but never- for anger: a **
cold rain will never bring flowers.