The Arkansas advocate., 1830-05-05

mottO oi one who was foremost among theni, they assumed the high ground, that resistance to tyrants is obedience to ood.o 1t is impossible rot .a be struck with the visible providence and order of events, which produced at the very crisis of the fitness of time, when society was ripe for improvement, an alomaly in the history of mankind, a people whom education andcircumstan- ees,physical and moral, had co-operated to prepare for the high commission. of being the acknowledged repository and supporters oi the principles of universal libefty; for where in the pages of histo- y, will you ind a nation offering resist anee to tyranny, irommotives so wholly pure, sentiments so entirely generousg Nay, more! Search again the records of iliustrious men, and among whatever names may be there recorded of integ- rity of purpose, of holiness of zeal, of the glow of inspiration, of the impulse ot sentiment, or of energy of character, find me onez whom freedom could with out regret have chosen to be the cham pion of her cause; one, in whom as in Washington, almost every good quality, youchsated to iIls,li, was concentrated, seemingly for the express purpose of fitting him for the hamburger of new tract of ages.
 By considerations like these, connect- ing our. history with the fate of humani- ty, just view is to be acquired of Washington's character, and of some of our most important relations to him. The struggle is not yet over, the experi- ment not yet decided. Like Washing ton, we are set for the defence of uni- versal liberty. Like him we have per- is to overcome, foes to encounter. for the times are not yet past that try mems s souls. Every facility is offered us for playing wei our part iii this great s,e- tion. Knowledge, the life blood of free dom, is in constants healthy circulation. Science has reared her temple, the foundations of which are the foundations of the mind, and the summit of which is amid the heavens. Sine sits not within, as formerly, in cold inhospitable dignity, requiring to be wooed through all the yicissitudes of hope and disappointment, before she deigns to smile; each portal has been thrown open, each avenue made easy of access. The great and the talented of the earth have been sent forth to give strength to the faltering and to quicken the aspirations of the IT. resolute. h its very cradle the infant mind is now taught to begin it's career of improvement; and truth has become the play-thing of the infant understand ing. The encouragements fo mental improvement and scientific attainments peryade every class of society, and many an example is there of eminent victory over all the disady antages of wealth and station, to prove that merit and ability are the essential elements of loftiest dis tinction.
 With such aids, what excuse can we have if We are false to our duty; if like Washington's, our views do not rise d. bove the influence of party feelings or narrow prejudice, and be governed by their wide, expansive bearings on the interests of mankind; bow earnestly should we study every means of main tainingin their integrity the institutions, the privileges which he has left us. And by what means can this be more ef- Actively accomplished, than by the ser vice to whichthis day is devoted? While fulfilling our duty asmoral beings inren- dering the homage due to eminent vir- tue, we are giving the world the surest pledge in our power, that it's interests, its happiness, perhaps for ages, are safe in our keeping. It is one of the noblest features ii the human character, that the excellent of the earth are thus able to obtain potent mastery over our af factions, and that the triumphs of pat riotism, virtue and philanthropy, far sarpass in energy and permanence, the utmost efforts of the conqueror with nations at his chariot wheels. The ca
 reer of the warrior may indeed be glo- rious, and we may be unable to with hold our admiration: like him of the is- land rock, ambition may make he sum. nit of the Alps 9 stepping stone to do- lninion, and the mind may be unable to conceive the vastnessof its undertakings; but though the elements be thrown into confusion, they will in time resume their proper harmony, and posterity will lcold- ly regard the author of all the commo- 1 ton, as the mere hero of a gorgecas pa-'