Carolina patriot [April 20, 1838]

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NEW SERIES, GREENSBOROUGH, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 90, 1838. VOL. II—NO 9.
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To AN l.\li..nrKU.\iK lil'MIA-MJ-Un,
dw not LUUCII tne leiuulmg glaaa,
\ou IUU i ....i „rinK .i up—
A i.. ■—i'^^"i'•■''"* *.iuiu
Hi.il ■.,.....;...,. cup.
Look, Henry, i ii >uul uuled shack,
kOUr rllllkK!, £•-•--') ' >'
Tb*) Warn you a<U. a DOSHMeSS VOlCBj
'I j..fc veu .nu-l lt.rn off uie.
Wliv nil) V..II trust uu C uii MUIICS
Ol'i uch u troacii i^ur twi—
WI..1.-1 lie i- aming ut tow bout
A deep uuJ dc.uly blow.
Vou know Ihe tears I've alMMl li* }uu,
Ana must I weep in win I
\S I'.I you not Ion- your littio ones,
Your ivil'c and homo ajju'ii!
You uecd not liar my cCMurc now;
1 will ma name the paal—
Bui UIII)I meet you with uuuili', . .
Aim love you to the l«*l-
Bhouid itacra greet you with a ii-uwu,
Ut coiuij pawi you by—
Tutu ri-.i is oiui .UIIU, uuthtulheart
Uu which jou may rely.
O-.r little is.be- r-lmll -bare our joy,
mow U1CMH.II we shall bt;
in,, in ..:,.. „' nil boai ;ou x'yi
i, .. .!..: .. .lib tree.
I.ossor' i.ni. UY WAR.
., small purl "I IUO vicious U| w
an:.mi ami tli worSH li
diors,
«as found
O..I)
I- r.-!l I.. Ill«
I....-.,.... luoriahi) among soldiers, g«
i rail} III youth or middle lit*
lo ii.'n.i'i wit- c< marly twice M great
as among galii -■:■'"-' ln •"""•• "' n'"
the, In. on an sv.r-gc about tbre. W'»i
and even ... |waco their life is probably , ir;//
.. I lilt-1 II ot twenty years. I by"
1 \;...-..!-. Hardship* and diseases often
ok.- dew 1» loi
1)00,000, a year | the expenses of a coin-
UMNI i duculiuo lor all the chllldrcu oil III''
plubi , WOUld not exceed #200,000,000 a
year, nor ihos.- for ton bigocr branches,
0190,000,000, unui.-u is nl II,.- Uoaptl,
wall an average salar oi (fiUO dollars each
CoUill b.- Iiirlil.-lu il imu lo in l. ItlOUSSJIU
souls Im 9400,000,080,—mall. »I-I.I,O.MI,-
000; HlnU the bare inter. H at MI p> re. I.I.
on Hie war . gpousea of t'lirisi.-uuoiu lor
only taeniy.iHo yean, would Lir.iai; an an-nual
iiii'uine ol 6!HIU,ui>tl,lliill; uiiirti null*
lolia room titan would IK- U qulaib in p-np-port
the llutUIUWaua ol loarnlUg and lie
Cttriatiau ri ligion lor lb.- HIIOI.. »..rld !
Uid you ev.r impure (tow iBUch «*e bad
ppent fur narf In eigbti (ii'iiin from
1*10, u ji.nod of p.-aee, HI- paid for war
puipo-':- nearly blilt'.'HHl.llllll, and IcM
lli-'in uiie-fiitb ol tliat ,IIIU tor Uu- p. ace-lul
operations ot tiiiveriiun lit. In toil)
one warn Iroin fi'JI, our enure eaoeuaea
aiuouul.d to mine than 0*43,000,000,01
wbicb only a Mule more Ibao #117,000,000,
one Ivienti-tbnd pjrt of tin- whole were
for c i ul officers. The war ayatetn coat ua.
in one way and aeollier, not leal (ban #50,.
1111.1,110(1 a vear eVell in p. aee ; an av. r a-of
more than #187,000 >i.ry day! All
tin* expenaea and loaseaof »ar lo our na-tion
iince Uie beginiiuujof our rlctoluiion-nry
struggle uiu-i L<- mere than two, thou-
Mild million* of ilolluitt ' llie v. ry Inl. r. BI
upon whieb, ainouulini; al six |K»r cent,
lo #130,000,000 a iiar, would more, thin
iliir-.v all our m cessury . xpenaea oi edu-cation,
religion, and Uovcriilueiit, utthoui
/hi- war tjfMli IU '
Who p..\ all iln« I Who endun all in
other evils of war 1 Who can, if thej wul,
put an i inl to aiii— f.-ll d.siroyer! I'A.
/N-O/l/t'. And Will ftli'J I'll ilo .1 ' I-tin
;u all resolve to nur. ■ i . . ...
,. III. Ul ..IV I) nk|' tin
ea,. s out l.-iit. "' the nun rs
.-r ttiJl nearlv nine
-one
IpUllbs, III aunt'.
in// Cell
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(Ml r\\»K I 1 • IM'ii- Mil,:
1 Sll. iuu io , iii, .ii. i- Iloit - ItU
Iher .- e. lis.der lo .->, i.i lul. coiifi.h ...-, If
il.. ,.«.. i - MSI', » i --li has so oil- 11 111 ..K
i:\iKv. TS raow
1)K. KKK( llt.us DISCOURSE TO THE
UBCHANICS OK CINCINNATI.
I i. lueuiber the Hull- when there was no
sueb llllllg as i.itil.lily op.nly adfOCatud
in the land. "Ii was imported from Prance
during the reToiuUouat) struggle. After
ibal lb.- lirsl public assault that w»s made
upon lb. Bible was by Tliom-.s Pfeine, in
Ins •• Age oi Reason." When n came, it
went like an rlccirio shook through ill.-
land, and far a time shook ihe conlid. nc.
of Dtanr—esp. Ciallj of young men. An
era of discussion followed sod of rentals
of r. ligion, and after a while the tide ot
infidelity begun lo ebb, so ihst ailer a Inn. ,
ii laarcely appeared, ..mi was no long, r
ostentatiously display, d in high places.
Men no longer coveted Ihe uaine of In-lid.
I, as indiealire ofeoUrage, knowledge,
and ul. nt. Since iheu, the epidemic baa
revived, and has extended to a clas- of in u
not usually aneClod by it, a class ainong
lln- most useful, and usually not the least
uiiuous of the comiiviniiv—the laboring
•la...
li. . ■
II. d d.C
t. hare
•I.«- of
eulaiiou of tracts, and by ooitliu-amation,
ih*- Apostles of ti.H.I.-l-lurncd
ilu-ir footalcpa to Ibis laru.-
ihe huinsii family, well knowing
li .1 -I d.-llo-innta-
l-^ii the »ii
. \ -i peaceful iiibabi- j
1 1766, lln "- w. re in
I, -, IIIHII twenty conligii-!
u>
o...' maniiice no
|tU WltllOIlt man Of
iln- |"i, II :b bm
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An
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1.1 I'oi
your .I. <-:• on-, will allow tbeio Ui.-ir
iu i^hl ..-nl . t.'. el . anil that vou H ill II
siifli r dillieulii. -, however formidahlu i -
appearance, oi liowovor raabionabl. ihe n
ullages ItU witlioui o, i -ior on which llley may I"- foundiil, lu
nniK—»i lb'- I'r. n:ii butcberiib I jtiyc yuu into m- glooini uid p n.oi-sais,
"the dilcliea along th • a, into which tbi aJrocaio* for <!.-:..
III.IK-II \\. r«- on-u lileialli Lior: ...-tii-l comlucl you, II irkeu im -
.el .i nut coagulated i.:.....I I-'IL, unnatural voice, .Mi.-ii.. - you i
;|„. A ...■ ,,.:i- of pi-asauts, 11|| pcop|. •■'. America, knit mg.-lh.-r,
•., .:.. . «.i-- lying Wen they an-, by so many cord- .,1 all'cti m
i,,k«d infants, ..; 'cm m> lom-r live loguthor as members ol
., -.-,. io'i nl ii smear. Iliheaami- family; ca:. no longer continui
,, ,. . !, iraiislixed willv ihe mutual guDnlians of their mutual h.ip-ii
■ : in one ni.ii.iii-- II \;., -., .- c i In I. I'IIW-I-III/. ii-
.... i siill sticking in Ha neck !' „ .- L.- ••- r |. eel llo'iii-hmg i
', I,., „.- oi single billies—H pi re. il us . •>' lu the v,i •-. wh
,. .'ii.inni; ai Dri-sslen, 80,000 ;|p tulantlj i IU you, Dial Ih lor.u ol t
;,,., iii.-i-.o : il l.#. lau,
Bun I -n oi io
i.ui- •.—.1 I- i-.. I
(Hill. in ..... I. ■''!-•
I., in.ih.
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III I a-
I ... ■ --I ol
ill,11.10 : nl
II ancient
ai Aibela, 800,.
r 3li"),00ll ; and
■ mni'-tit ri'coinmoiidid Im jinif .!.••;..
is a iiov. Itv in the pol.i'ii world j i i il
Im- mi. r vil bad a [,!-ici- in the th on- -
of tie wildiat proj- i-ii.rs; thiil it rashli ai
I. inp(S ttllll It IS llll|.ii--lbl'- lo I :u,.,'
i . ol
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pre
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II. I.!d
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. linn -.
.- lu. I.
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lion v
-II it-ni- i
in-- e.i.-.uv-^don.-; j tempts mi il it is impossible to .
I riisaUm mori tb*i a J \Q, my cQiintrymi'i^ali'it yourearaag-nnsi
; ,ii,.l in Hi.i oi in- i' nt Tro; not,,,,. unhallowed langu.tgc^ Shut vnurlieart-
,, ;, ill -' In tho II -i »*■'*-. . - - - ■ r i <-t the poison u!l"'hil COIIVeya ; iM
-:, tli.-re |» rished in six moiilhs j Kltitlfi'il Id I, which flows in the veins ol
... II half i Ilion, and during twrlve I Ain.-ncan citiz"ii«, ilia mingled blood.
,. id., r.-eent ware, in Europe no less nuo'li they hare sh d m d f. n-e.of their
.,-, • i . . ii • '| In- army ol Xerxes, -..i.-p .1 riguis, co ■ cr.ito then union, mid
1,1, ,,,,;. in . 5,000.000, was Mill. , xcite hunul at th" id a of their b.-oouiiui!
, i, __ .j. i .,\,, .....-. to -i |. .. ih'i.i- .tli* ie«. nv.ils. i in IIIII-S. Ami if novi in
/ !i". biitch'.ri d in thi district .,r, tub.- shunned, h. IIM-<- m . tin ....
,... in ui, ami in two citlea ! alarming of all novelties, lln most Wild ot
|. |Hml. ueii-s, 1,700,000; and |H|| proj>.cts, ill most rash of all attempts,
historians -.fS.ir- us that alia-11- 'mat ol ri inline "' m P"*1-*' in "'■''' ' '"
-i iw.-titv -ii.n >•::r 'i In*|preserve our libertica -uid prooiotp n-..-
1. .;.,] ,ii average of hall ba,.pin -•. Urn '-■-!n i-Hi •<!>. ten. m ..•
:..! in tlif- fits! four- I ,| i \i, ml. d r. public lo b r> i" eti d, ui- r
II eiglttceti millions:)! hrcnuae II mi) comp i-- ahal i- in « '
.- i.:...n null ,II in, iv one yi ars by a singl- j|, ,t nm the glory ul' in p ople it \ ■< i ■
li.ii,,!'! t;T ,II w >r sact li-, il 15,000,. |ea, Ihol, whtlsl ihy h*v. paid a deoi n
II .,, ,. .,. ,,, .', >«,-!re <'i - irs 80,000,-1, ir ird to the opnuons nf fiiruii r tim-s nnd
Oim'j .',, ,.; l|,e <V. ■: • 10,000,01)0, ,„„ , union-, Hi., hivi nol suff-t •!
V
ml ih I'urks, on.
.. .,( i i Tartars, SO,
\ i. i-koua ih "'"I total
.lam, ui no I. >s Ibaii
Million, eight, i n inn' «
.1 ition now on lb
(ho number
t ..- ,| !', ' II i
II l.llllll Ill
ll- iitii.iii. |l . |a -
i.l i'- vtei .. -. -i
ybi i, • 'i'. .
as man} a. .11 ib.
glob. ; and llurk ... .jectilt
to havi Wen thirtyfir* thousand miltitxu!.'
Tie itiridental losses of war arc from
tin-- io ;.i Huns as great astta diruct ex-fits
-h •.'■■ "i
<lslo.ll,
!'.!.-
'.I: ,.| i- ui ratio i lor and |-II'>, lor
or l-.r ii.iin -. io oi mil lie- siigg
of ill ir own -oo I aonse, thn k nwlc.lg. nl j b thvniijoti 'hat ol Ihe low. r animal
i!i ir o-aii dtu ition, and the 1 .-on- nl I heir I winch neither instinct nor rrasnn atou
lint if they could sue,-red in pcrTcrliue
'in voiiiiir .u..-.,bauies of Ihe laud, a host
would be array, d againal Chriattanity.
Tii.-r.. i. ..mi,- dilficulty in meeting mh-
I im on tins ground, tor its effort is to im-press
the inttida ot iis votarica with a pr. ju-
!,rt. iigainst religion and its tniniBlers, as-nblilg
II. lln ui bid mollies, stigmatising
i ir . Ini.e-i, r, and holdnig lie in up .is
conspirators agamat ihe ml' licet, Ihe tils.
i'. iiiii Ihe happin-aa id mankind, li i-li.
I.- Kill l?f in. i.l'-is of the l.ir.l J> sn..
'.ni.t, ilun-ig in. i.-vol-itioii try struggle,
W'TOYlhe ipostlea of liberty — Old cr- icll*
I. and i-r. u fought lor (hi il country. Ii
- tin- lint ih.- iT-.u iiiultini.li of ih" pi-
^ :- IVI r on III. .1 k-i- , . night and -I ■..
•v II,,. for ill i ir, i ddm, indep. ndcnce.sm
nni-na cf our he loved Isud. Hut Ihi
i ion that know ihish.is gone off Iti
••• .- . and ihat which haa succeeded lanul
■ . ir-/.. d of ili-. inAueucc of chnaiianit;
. • . ,. In. vetn ui oi .ear ricuwn i and 'li
. -Illlli l! Ol 0UI -:. tltUI ::...
I . popiilar ui... ui. ue in of tin- optn-
...- i.; young in* ii, do . not ot' course tin-
-. -.. in -li^.i. ii pr j i-li".- agtiusi christt
III.IV, hui ohji'doiii ir. obtruded ueo ■
i in and rivils .r. inatnuitctl of Ihi most
lallactous kind which thev know not how
10 in-w- i. S ... rs arc hurl, d it r« llglou,
whi V l^c arrows, infln-t po.^iei wiib the
Uroke, sn.l .-r. ate too often a doadl) wound
which lb. y kn-nv not how to lieaj,
li his th- r. for long been tny d.'S-r.-, to
;i i<| ae^... if posaible lo the « ars aiul the
i arts >.f this int-ffcettng and importaui
•I .ss of mi fellow '-llllti'is, win. lute no!
ICPI «s io tb .rid- net s .-I r. T> latiou, noi
I'II- tmie nor ihe in- an. ior an oxteuaivt
i iveatigat^o i,
I have submitted io your consideration
. i my fir-i li cture, the evidence of tsod'a
!> nig, and nf In* characti r, in in) r coud,
vplatu.d ih.- nature and obj 'tot Ilia de-nes
a id'lhi-tr couaiati uc) with In c ag. ..
--V and I'-eniiul d.ility.
v\.- now co tie to tin- s.ibj- cl of a revc-ition
from (soil io man.
II iin.l mad.- a moral government, fn •
in i tceouutable, we shall u ilurally . «p- .i
... li ..I sum. tvh. r.- the precepia and aaitc.
, o i. of thai g,iT, mm*"it ss the in. sus ol
securing lo man bis imliri.1ti.il a i.l .ocial
: well-ht tug. And if we cannot d scot, r M
i i.i th.- constiiuttoti of lliiugs by tb. ligM
it nii-iri . w-» iu'!.'. inok lor it Iroin vbnr.-.
\..a ii is . inl. ul to III. slightest iii-pic
ion, dial man was not made in In* gind- d
tod govirued by In. instincts, apjielites
. ..i ptssiona : as nnnitals ir.-. fur whili
•i .- gtitile animals safely to Ihe end ol
in ir h. nig, lln- inaiiucta and ipp titi a ol
ni i. if bit lo themselves, would soon he
ins rum. Man w is made lor a d.sttii)
., lor
lias ihe past history of the world been
such ss might he anticipated from the uu-
P'-ivert.-.l aisdoni and goodness of (lod '
.No. ll has been a history of ignorance,
si.d disjioiisiii, and pollution, and dehnsc.
•ueut. The whole creation has groan, d
and travailed together in pain until now.
Six thousand years hare rolled away, ami
inscribed an every page ,,f their mel-ancholy
history the insufficiency of the
light of nature, and the necessity of a rev-elation,
to secure the present and lulure
well-h-iug of man.
A book has come down to us which
claims to be from tied, sent to us in com-passion,
for the illiiiiiiualiou and salvation
ol our ricr. This book contains the pre-dictions
oi a coming day, when the sad
fusion of our woild shall be reversed, and
tin- long drear; night terminate in a day
of " Glory lo tio.1 in Ihe highest, on . art li
|H-acc and gixsl will to man !" The truth
ol tins claim, as contained in the ftihlc,
Christians believe, and skeptics doubt.
A principal csu.e ot doubt, is (he si-ledged
sufficiency of (he light of nature 10
secure (he w. II.being of man for time and
eternity. And, doubiles*. if the light ol
iisiiir. be s'tlTieienl,.aml a revelation is s
aernuoui
though I
out a pure and couiprcluiiaivc chart of um-veraal
duly.
On the contrary, though a common ne-
'•csstiy haa compelled tho world in aelf-defence
to stigmatiae aome actions as wrong,
scarcely a vice can bo named, which haa
not 111 pagan lands been sanctioned as an
act ol religion, or enrolled among the vir-tues.
Pride, falsehood, theft, murder, and tin
most dchaamg lapuriltcs, and ihe most un-natural
crimes, have been sanctioned. The
best men in 1'agsn history, were with fen
it any exceptions, men who in Christian
lands would he r.-gaided aa atained by
practices of flagrant immorality. And yet
ilu-y shone aa lights amid the despair and
darkneaa around them, and as exampl.-s of
purity amid the masa of deeper pollution
by which they were environed.
Beyond llie pale of Ihe Christian revel-ation,
the life and the comfort ol man is in
light estimation—aud are sported with as
tho tneana of luxunous gratification.
Tlii: gladiatorial shows—ih.- treatment
of women, the abandonment of infants by
lln ir psr.nts, and pareuia by their children
—the treatment of slaves—and the con-tempt
and opprctstsn of ihe common poo
lb. n none has liecn giv« n. for! pic by the rich and learned, arc iliustra
1 is almighty, hi is nol wont to 'irons of this position
■ hound in vast sup. rtluous (fleets.
By the ligfK of nature arc nnd. rstood
ih,i knowledge of ti.nl, and of the tneana
nf our fir. s- nt aud future happiness, which
may IM- l< arn'-d front his works ; and the
ni ci ".ill of a n v. Intion ineludi s not mil.
The light of nature has no sanction
sufficient to form sod sustain a puro and
happy state of siKrtetr.
The earn rience of the whole world show
thai Ihe constitutional advantages of viriui
land ouls of crime, are impotent for ihe
such information as could be obtained onlj [formation of moral principles, oud a pur
fioiu (>'od, but a more dcfini'i keowl. Igeland ifficaciwos public, sentiment against
concerning things dimly seen, attended presumptuous sins ; sod human laws are It-a
,ili innr. pnwi Mul sanctions, and includ- milti d and feeble in their power lo rclornl
,,,g th.- in-as ol th. ir pr. s. rvaliou Slid I and c I. vale society. A large portion ol
universal • xtefisinn, and practical clhcact iiln- rirtui s on nhn-h ihe happiness nl 1-itn-m
tin actual reformation snd elevation of I ilics and of cominunitios, aopoiids, csiinot
and in linth r.-spc^ts the instlf-jbe piodu.-td by coercion, and a larg»- pm-of
lie- light of nature sn«l the nc- lion of thi violation of right, and Invtsion
...iv of s revelation an ni.cif at, [of public and domestic purity and pcac. At
1. Th- I izht of nature bi« in rer been I happiness cannot be restrained by human
ifRciciit to maintain the evidence of (iod's llaws. Tin se cannot reach th-- heart, nor
g and chir-ftT. or to pri rent Ih'- Drcv- j pr- r. nt motives, nnr rcglllati lb. thoughts
■r rac.
i. ncv
)• i
I oi Ihe most general and .! basing
dolairV'
The Ir srenry hn.l.rs, and men, nnd dev-
-I.
|H>pi
il i -rtiti" ill.ins ;
i-s nf .I- ith and
liblr ai.io inl ol
i
pi.--:
and -inc.- . .nut lie -. V':
.:. ,i ition, • 1..-1 .ui ineri:
IIIOIl. I .
Tin- i \;. II-. - of
I. i ml - i uc .. uid
dollar* ii •' ... and tie re
■ !"!ii In txvei i iu I Ihri
•'.;-. Knglind lavisltrd upon l.'-ril
' .-on. for only -;\ years* scrvict , t.- ir
I -.-, mul null. In twinlv years from 170<
k-li' war -'up
v\.
own . xiiericiici ' To this inanlv spirit,
postertty will he indeblnl for flu posses-sion,
and I'.e wnrld for It. . \ linpli . ol Ihi
numerous mnosa-ttoui displayed on iln
\n ri'-ui tin Hi'-, in favour of pr.vnl.
ngliis and public happiness. Had no im.
port-ml Btcp been taken by 'It I ider« i
i!ie rcvolnti . i, for » in i i pr c id nl roul
>iol be .. '■• r -I . b .1 no gov ruin
lie. II ril b-.-ll il. "I ai. el| .I.i \ i'-i in-.d
did nol pMS'-nt llfilf,—(he peopli of Ih
<l uillf) llim, and which is s. .uriil only by
tit. .up. rusniu ..iiln r- lealed govcrnmenl
of Uotl, without nit,I!I, every where, thi
1 r.suli b is IIIi.II ignorant o aiuj deb isi incut,
dospotissn and anarehy.
Rut where shall such guidance and ■ ■!•■ -
'tng i Hill nc.-. IM- found ' Noil, of Ii .
::, . origin havi ctt r b en found 0.1 • »rili
1 ' li i nt I'm ih perfection of our u.iiur
; i i-i l..r lh.it rh-vtttioil and happin. ss ol
\ Inch evid nil', man iscapablo« Tocul-iii.
ttt- ., fiv ha. nlwnya in tven naiion
■ b- .-ii i ast.
Kgvpt ndvanced with h< r
skv. lln
s, u.ii ".:;tii-.!s, v:d r«;»ti!- ,—go-Is ol wood
n:d **•.-.• , have bt »-ti worship|M .1; and 'h-
■o isti'u. -its of ties worship hate In • li
I is* s'...| blood. The temple a firm h-I—.
- loghti r-house, s-nl s •".', ot polltilion.
These art th. dnk shades which every
n I- r, ,"iv-ro i chriatianitv, and th glooinv
..---ii-. whn-h lie in atnhu.h to rush upon
ua when In r guardian prelection n aban-doned.
I cannot go into tha horrd atatiatics of
Idolstrv. I hire not lime, ami Were I lo
,'., so, it would ontv be lo pile polltlVO I
ti|siii pollution, and blood upon blood,
Bui what In. ihe light ol" iiaiur,' dom-io
reverw. ir.i. rbnditton ol tin i'.yi
.Vo.l.l I Nolhiug!
And iii it is hailed as the rsi'ngivf i
in"v «ti-i up.,. ih ehristian world. To
dispel its (i irsucas—wash aw 11 Ms pollu-tion,
and . ni ■!■ inn.- r« i ti-l xr: d devotees
.! superstition, and,i levati the priest-rid-d
n miillo id * to inti Ibff ucc and virtu.-.
Hut oi what pig■• of history tin sucfi
inn.npiis ot n-im-*s lit'fit recorded? In
r.ig.i>i nit... i«, is there no ;ui--tlino !/,'*• r. '
a. pptcsl-rtddeii p. opl.'. The priests ol
iln pagan worship are multitudinous. Bui
il is mil pvri nl ih- ir ohj.-cl in enlighi. t,
! Imt rather to darken ihi hnmt i inuid, ihtt
llley may nap the harvest of dupltcttr.
iii rid oi priest-craft! ll is rhristianili
woh her imniatrv and instuAtions, which
k- eps elf Ihose birds ol nighl wli'.-h llll Ih.
ni^ait ivorld with fear and trembling, add
i .trams thi«- flools of pollution, which
nth- iwis- would hurst upon us, cirr- ing
.i, a.linn;' civil institutions uivou their tur-
.11 IV II, .
'£. 1u lie- absence of th'- f'lins'
latin i, no j'lsl sti-l eh, --ritiff cone
iht pr.ivideiiluil goreruincnl of <.,od bar
pr. ruled.
I'.i.nf liiv b i II nscribod lo chine-, or
in l it.-an immutable certainty in ihe na-ture
oi things, or lo ollisioiis of two con-flicting
divinities or lo tnvriada nf local
rttpiro, i arth, an
I.l by their cor-it
with
^nor pr* v» ui the conceptions of sinful du-siri
. Amid a world prone to s:n, and lush-ing
hi idlong wuh passion and appetlti
ihcy can only prohibit snd punish actions,
\nd nl llic«., onlr such a. can b- proft d
in a coin of juslice, and not one probabl)
j of a ihousnnd Which war upon social safe.
I ty and order.
Tie re is no omniprcs. nt God of purity
'.-vcr pursuing th-- wajs of .transgressors,
and no arm of jusfico from which ih. re is
| no flight, and 'o which Ihere is no iisis-
Itani-i-; nnd no Sanctions oftioirsitern.il
to drier from pre
"IT
tlods, inbsbiliug as iht
and si i, pollllllilg Ihe
'Up ,v , liple, ,iil.| agll
i • i ipi irr.lls.
3, I I III. nh.' .r: of l!
uncertainly h is prevutli •'
uiitnoii.iliiy of I hi soul in th'- riiiuri- .1.1..
IIIHII one ihniixvhl United Slates might, nt Una moment, hat male ,i 1'itr hi- • vi r\ nation Thu Urueks and the Romans had their Ely-
II Christen- been numbered among the melancholy nc. j been asy. "'»'• fields, where tho spirits ol Ihcirmigh.
ihou I such j ions ol misguided couiiciIs; must at hist Kgvpt'ndrnnccd in civilization With her ly (h ad assembled lo lalk ovor the deeds
hare been laboring undei ih- w.-ighl of massy pyramids reared lo Ihe sky. But [of tune; nntl Hi. ir Tartarus
.one of tho-,- forms, wli n hive ciii.h.d | wlul" her kings and nobles fren rolling in punishmoiit for the vulgar,wicked,
lie lib. itn-of the n -I of inaiikiuil. Hip- splendor, her degraded millions toiled thefr But the whole system was reject,
pill fur \ue nc i. h ippil)', «' Irtiai, for lb'- life nut for lln- lull,- rico winch w.is lice- | Ihe iiitelln'. nt as the fiction of |»„ is
istniti <»p
ian Rove.
pi tons nl
would nut supersede llie necessity of in-slriictiuu,
racist they could MtglVfl ii'inpnty
tn tin II kuowlidge. -Much is said ut the
• llsuiuieiits of Ibe ami.nl philosophers.—
Suppose they did attain all the wrsdoin and
virtue thai is useiibed lo tb, in : lb. re wire
but a IV w of iu- in in an ism ; and vv bat
could lime, or four, or tweuty schooliiias-t.-
r>, in a g, Ilir.illOli. do lo. ducat.- the p. u-pie
of the I lilted Stal. s '. SUfipo-e all llie
uintheiualice ot his day bail be-, n confined
lo Newton ; What would have become ot
Ihe science in the gcm-raiiou succeeding
bun, when he had guile uff the stage 1 ll
will not do ua talk of Socrates ur Pluto,
two or three dim stars (bat two or llirco
thousand years ago shone with a greater
brightness than Ihe world atound llieiu, on-ly
because that world lay in such lutal
darkness. These philosophical teacheta
stood upou an eminence, and around thetri
might cluster a few, while all llie rest of
mankind remained in the valley ut tho
shadow of death. But the Christian relt-oion
provides teachers lor the great body of
mankind, and il is llie only religion that
does. If we read history this fact stands
oul on every page. Even in the great nnd
Civilised Human Empire, the most |Kilish-od
and STealthS al one nine on earth, no
one thought of such a lliing as education
the despised and oppressed people, n hum
ihcy sueeriiigiy called llie " igiiobiiy vul-gus."
It was not supposed ih it arli/aus,
njeC hanies, agriculturists and sailors—
conv|si.ing now that luiinens.: body ot use-lul
sod r. sp. .led CIlln ua—could be nn-piov.
.1 in tholt in-,Mi. I ni elevated in their
characters, by acquiring knowledge and by
cOmpi. hciidiiiggeu. r«il truths, '1 It. y vvero
utterly Uiiuui ui the question, at.il were
..Hiked ni-o., almost as ol a dillei. nl nice
from ihe highborn nod w. aitby patrician,
1 he\ were conllgued uv. r iu to the iguur-anct
and .1. ba.. uieul ol UII instructed, un«
cared-loi human iinuiii —aud plllloiophi rs
...ul satirists spoke oi ib. ni ami ridiculed
Ibum as gone ! ll did DOtCOmt mlbiti the
caVUipasa ol their ihonpbt to c.nry lln inllu-
, nee ol learning and liberty down in iho
vast multitude, tlie heaving BOB of human
.'Cings thai rolled lu biuial Iguoraiuu and
Slav, iv beneath tin.m.
Bui wlisi tias Christianity done ? It li.ii
done wnst sncri a religion as Christianity
aione cuui-i do lor Ihi L'tcal inassul su-i.tv.
I. us-1 iiniv., iigm abroad from lie (hiune
io ill. eotiag.. 1. baa taken tiic lour cor-ners
ol society auu lilted it up log. llitr.
li haa laid low the mountains aud raised
high the rallies. It has exalted huinaiuty
Iroin Us low. si depth, oi sia\i ry ami igno-rance,
and is tilling ih. rarifi wnh know*
-",".','"'.'.S' '• "«' »"u "tluc- '• ""^ h"* "'•- "I'l"1 "»■
..1 go im, and it has taugln the haughty
uiouaicb thai be is but a mail, and that ins
in. aiusl suiji el is a mini. It lias united
ail ihe lieails ol us ttue loliuvn rs in uiiu
glorious eiili rpnz.. lor eatlb's ii.i.uicipa-
Toil dud il,vaiiuu.
I uiu not uiiacquainlod with tin flippant
.iss. riion ul skeptical minds, that Uud can
.lo by nis oiii.npoi, ne. Wlldl in pleases,
and reclaim and sate as w.ll Without as
wnh an stoiHin. ut; can inake impossiolo
possible, Wrong riglll, luiiy ins.-, and cun-ila.
l.Cliou consist, ul.
Bovernmcly
wick. tin. «s^wt|th,otrl Which, Ihochnstilu
Uonsl penalties M crime, sud ih,.- aaunliotii
of hinnaii lnw« ari but cobwebs I.i th, in-undations
of wit r«, ur tin awocpiiigdes.
oh--on of tin* and slonn.
A hi-r dcl'ici of iln light of nature is,
ihat ii has no institutions,sud no uihoriz-
. d teachers of piety and morals, fot Iho
|. petition nf known truths, and the slati d
instruction of mankind. Suppose thai we
had from nature all the light iliu n-vuln-
I fei could girc us ; supposi ihil Ihe lighi
of II'.lure should unroll Us hro al Iniui. i
it'iwari ihe sky, whereon in lettr-rs of fin
hould be engraved every prow pi ot ihe
irnvral lawi whal would ihe result be!—
We should giz" a f- w tinu-s upon 11. burn-' lJut 0 lb. v .ire tree age
me pie.-, iill it ht-eaino familiar, and Iben |muralgoveriijuunt, and r
li men .ne Machines, doubtless tiny can
li- governed by O.uiiipoUruC. as luucii
Is, and in-..t
ward and je.ui.-:i-iiieul
aecorJiug lu 1,1- u dusliniua; v>«
imglll as w. li assilim tin possibilili ol >ie-siti
lu Iho oib.of hi arm ivh end "by t )ui-uipoi.
HOC in thuircircuits, as m muids gov.
..nndirreststibl) bytheaam Omuipoieucc,
A gixid story is rciatud
lluiiipiire), Ul A.llll :lsl ( '.1
inoiniiig. In lore recitations,
stud-nis lAStcued a live goon
lib nt « ctisir. VV ben tin. I'r.
oi President
allege. * tun
some ol tho
ii Hi. I'ii |.
dciil i uler-iedtiiu
loom, and dlscovored ihe new oc-
, cup.nit ol his seal, lie turn. .1 on his heel,
[coolly observing, " guntleinun I porcuive
you have a competent instructor,and I Will
tiierelore leave you to \uur studies 1"'
Mi', iii .lit i. « Letter,
Bihle, a dirk
r.-i.. cling in.
place of
•d In
10 — ,1 nature.
. .• tub .1 nn au i.igc of #1,1 18,11 ,
ilnv -ir.r.r, than u million -/" dollarn whol, human race, ili.-i pursm .1 a new and
for irnr o/'i'i'; and in one hundred hnon noble course. The. accomplished n Millions wasted their days, unpiid and
il icars In i war debt grew from revolution, which Ins no parallel in the an-1 uupilied, in her quarries,-or in laying up
I ■ .- /■ inillimm to inon limn Jour nals of human society. 'I'n y reared fab-1 those jrridl piles nf folly, nnd inoiiumeiil
■ „., of dollum. Sh. spent ne. if giivcrnmi nt. which li ive
ii i- itiotiiirvvv.tr nlmut #000,1 •• on the face of the globe. I hey formed the
, . ,.; Chnstcndoiii, luring design of a great confederacy, which it is
• f- iv.itto iran Iroin 1*03, e..-t inciiinb.-nt on their i" ora lo improve
bai • i I...,I..I ntin ■ and I luatc. li ih ir works In t ray im
inon
-I ' ."
!.;,..ii. In sides man; Ion s r •• lu id
,m m\)fi/n i '' "
-.•-.-> HI . liMim
ihi
' ' ' li Inn . - 'i ■■ - '
-,. To ' p
. .; i n Bible al
i fl -'
,,'.
n modi I of oppression. The noblest spociini IM id
auci ni architecture, uhose stupendous ru-ins
excite o-ir wondor, -ir,- but the memo-rials
of an troii handed despotism, which
--ru.il' d the nations ileii btlill ih, in.
ihe dovict ol priests and legislators—r«v»-
' piscd by the liivontofS, ami countuiianei d
I oul) for gun and popular restraint- Whcth-
. i r t In1 soil iv, re iinnioiial or not, men ot'
th.- most powerful muids and . xtcnsive re-
| search, and palicnl ll ght, could nol Icll.
but b. In v. .1 nu.I hop. .1—mil lot. ml with
Ihat uncertainly which attends always opin-ions
nf whose truth there < M«I no mean.
neglect and disregard it. We need a
voicn and institutions for our inslrucMon,
uid r> peiiliou and cufurc. in. nt Inn upon
Inn-. Miracles Ihethsclvt s wnuld gtoW
.tile snd familiar. Even llie Bible, sue-lai-
i'-d as ii i. by miracles, bit to itself,
would not he sufficient : its irutbs must In
rt pi ati d and imps, tied, A'-cord'ng 'o llie
laws of mind. Iinpressions wane and truths
:r ■ cffv'i d, unless otti n repeated. Our
condition requires nn Older of in* n w!ios,
huaiiii ss ii shall be tn explain and enforce
by argument and persuasion, < v.*n who
We know. We need a day set npirl for a
univi rs.il convocation, for the express pur-
;.ose ol receiving instruction and new nn-liression-
Tins oily will keep up Ihe mor-al
loin- of aocieti—ink"' th'- work.* ol
j lii.l, am! lb.- light of nature, and Die truths
,.f revelation, and (iod's cierml govern-] ""•
cor- mcnt.s reality. Bui th" light of nature fO Till: HON. J"U.\ I4UINC1 A.iA.dS,
l''0,r I provides no institutions for Ihe religious W.VSIHSOTOS.
I and moral instruction of mankind, ll pro- i M'v rtr.vRSia: I propose (o say a (• w
■ id- s no sabbath of rest lor th,- body, and , words on Iho qui sliun whi On r Ihe banks
refreshment for the mind. It has iio su-1 shuuld r. suine specie payments 111 May
ihoritt and no influence 10 convoke men f next, I do this bcc-iuls my posilitiu scorns
lor Ihe worship of Hod snd bid them lay 10 justify, if mil require it. I or nineteen
aside iln ctr.s of ibis world lor (hose ul years I have been lounocted with iho in-the
soul. [stitution which caused tin- lusl resumption,
If we had, therefore, all tb'' precept.! and during all tint p. rmd my ell'orts have
me ...uv ior our knowledge of duly, wi [been directed lo stcure 10 (he country tho
11. cd a revelation to proud,- for us a 8nl». I benefits of .1. sound currency, and 10 banish
bath, devoted tn the sublime purposes of from circulation ever) flung but the pre
recalling in from ih.- toils and p...mis of CIOUI notes ninny- convertible
life, 10 the worship o( dod ; to provida in-': into ilnni. I ihnik that m. otfu r currency
.tiucinrs win. shall devo'e their lime, and
talents, and energies, to llie cxpu-iinin of
lln- word of God, and to intusc sur-h a spir
it of gem nil education through III
t vi ry
ciu-is metals and not.. ,
111(0 them, think no otic cur
is safe or tolerable, and thai m should now
return to it at th,. first munieiil it can bo
done permanently. Por this purpose the
great I inslitution 10 winch I belong has mad'.
rlcclions, wc wniulcr at the fi-wucss ol
• 1. It t|. ■-. i-rrcd in .-' 1 1 tb sir 1 1 1
,: ■ 1; on, ihi I flie.wol
-nil ml I IS ill •' : . - , .
I by I I ol
......
\ lernlic gravitation 10 iln- earth, of of becoming sun
' • ' '
d nnd In, ly, b 1. marked (he history
of in I'II win 11 ah union, d 10 :i nil in pn ■ r-ration
nl-- 1 ■- \ id no li 11 ' >ri'' ""
. . ■ ,,! IM loan ihv, or en ;. nl ■;,-. ■ ru •
.1 ■ 1 : -■ 1 itbl 10 bid him rise. W
, . ■■ -
I. The llglll ol indue lin. never
.,;. -I iiu.l tn iinlim d an aecui 1'
1 ■ ' m .1 morals.
Tn. nun ! ..: in 111 1- lor. Iitnil
. -,. Hi
. -•■'-. -. ! •• ■
ll v.l-ll
111,1-
n 1 X-
i • 1 .«!
I
mass of socii tv, a. .hall thtnw open the ^rcit 1 fTorl.. Since
doors of knowledge to all. It m only bj lasl it In. bought
-ircb moans ih--it mankind a"- . v. r brought ■ ncsrlv ^8,000,000 1
into the best form of human society, and now, wilh a cipiial
tins is develop. i| only in Christian lauds,. its not.
and in close alliance nub Christian insti-' while 0
unions. ' !i .If .1 1111II1 ,1 lo iht
Admil th ii a few men, of transe.-mlnnl
-.--. i- :,;•;. grasp . ' I Cl - -' Ul ..'
:::■•■.. th.-ir d
die su-l'i'ii-ioii 111 May
Hid ad.led to Us vaults
1 told an.I -ill. 1. and
■f t 1.rl, .fill 111.1 ins,
in circulation arc six 111 ' 1.1 .
ji en , alt 1 pay nig 1.1 in III ut
(ioieruin nl ■•: !,.- I .
■ .' 1, mi i'-1" I- " li I-- 11 1 ulliotis, IUIJ
cighi i ' - mliions ol ids in lln
-■ <>.r III