Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-02-18

! gentleman. announced its completion, WI" :,
| further querv.-"What do you think q I"
ro,csr His reply was, 81 nor perceive that IN
regard 10 uour sources and sItrgies commit
ted on error Of one century IN Dsy calculation
| Are not those who doubt in regard to the
! time, and resources Of Kentucky, for the H0's
Road enterprise, laborng under similar mis-
take2-Ky. Rep.
| The present is called the cage of improve
| ment " and, though each generation regards
| its own as the ''era of great events" thus re
mark is nevertheless true of our own. Tho
| the ages of Newtoa and printing might very
| properly suppose that no inventions and dis
| coveries could equal The blessings bestowed
! thereby upon mankind, yet we, their descend
| ants. 0f the present day, look upon those dis
| coveries merely as the vestibule of the mag
nficent temple, into whose vast hall the wise,
the great, and the good, of every nation, are
now entering-and. if that were the age OF
great discoveries, the present is the age Of
great Improvement Yet, notwithstanding
Il is called the age Of improvement, it might
more properly be called the age If expert
ment The friends of liberty an the eastern
hemisphere are looking with anxious eyes at
the progress made in the degeiopement Of
mans capacity for seifgeyernment, now an
experiment in our Union, and watching the
exercised by these principles upon the diff
tereat European governments. Such ekpeu
meats cannot be eifectgaliy tried in day; 1T
requires an age To- test fairly the practice ability
Of any form Of government, especially when
that government emanates from the people.
What viii he the result of our experiment,
"timc aud the hour" can alone tell Its effect
even ROW upon the old werid is irreslstibiy
strong, and, IN the lapse of 4 short time, we
may calculate that the most absolute govern
ments will be obliged to succumb to popular
opinion. How important, then, is it that our
country should understand and appreciate
her interesting situation, and prepare herself,
by an uniform system Of morality and educa-
ton, to give an effective and beneficial di-
rection to the influence Of her example, and
to guard herself from the evils of popular de-
lusion.-Cong ress has shown, by the vote to
enquire into the expediency Of apprepriating
the proceeds ofthe sales Of the public lands
10 education solely, that they view 1t in its
proper light; and our country never can be
considered as stable, our form Of govern
ment must always be regarded as an expert
ment, until education places it beyond the
power of demagogues to delude the people
Fred. Examiner.
When we contemplate the last few years,
| none appear to be so fruitful Of yicissitudes;
none appear destined to become more event
FIJI in the annals Of mankind. Our vision is
not con6ned to this continent bat extends
and dwells particularly apon the shores ofthe
Mediterranean This magnificent sea has
been the theatre on which the nations, which,
| through past ages, have ruled the world, and
| become eminent for their renown in arms or
| in arts, have played their part, and, Ike the
throbhings OF the human heart, its waves
gave acton TO all the old world. The Egvp-
tan, S-s Babylonish, the Assyrian, the Gre
clan and the Roman empires have. by turns,
swayed its trident. Once the seat of refine
ment, of literature, and of science, lis last
few centuries have been enveloped IN almost
| total darkness. Now. however, the dogmas
Of superstition, of ignorance and bigotry
are fast fading away before the influence OF
true religion and learning. Tsae descendants
Of Alitiades
-''bave heard the call that comes
From the old battle fields aud tDmbs,
And risen and drawn the sword and on the
foe
Have dealt the swift and desperate blow"
| and the letters which have so long retained
! both body and soul in a death like thraldom,
| have been cleven. Their truly Macedonian
| cry to us, and to the nations who have imbi
bed their principles OF ciril liberty at tSrecian
fountains, is for the Bible and for education
in civil and religious liberty. God grant thai
| ii may not be heard in vain, for wisdom and
virtue are the stability off our times, and the
| fear OF the Lord is our treasure"
The Egyptian, too, is fast emerging from
that barbarism and darkness which, worse
even than that which envelopes their embaim-
| ed dead, has, since the age of the Ptoiomies
enshrouded their land
The Autocrat of the North combines with
the conQuests of arms the dissemination Cd
| learning -Four scientific expeditions, at his
own expense and under the protection of his
victorious standards, are now scattered thro
his vast empire, and science is ardentiy en-
| couraSed and promoted by him through all
| hls dominions. Its influence will soon be felt
TO the remetest extremities of Asia, and s.the
wilds and solitary places shall be glad, and
the desert rejoice and blossom as the rose"
and then we may hope that Pagan idolatry
shall fade away, and the respiration Of the
| Aslatic continent beat strong with liberty.
The days of the Gilman, and, with them,
the religion Of the prophet of Mecca, are
numbered The shock given TO its powe
and the liberal views entertained by its mon
arch, and bis progress in European customs
| and manners, have broken the decree of ir-
reslstible fate which bound the Musselman
to has creed and to his Prophet
In conclusion--What sublime prospects
would omen TO OAR view should this ms uni