Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-03-21


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aat America Is destined IT. ihe
course ~ time Go bc the great cen.
ire u Freedom, Civilization ahd re
lqiOn, and titus 10 81 ihe Regeneration
NJ the World. IN the ages that arg
passed, see have seen the rays ~ So.
snce and the beams 81 truth first llIu-
mining the counties ol the East, and
then passing onward, like tie llghi
Of Heaven itself progressively tow.
ard the Wcsi:-Chaldca giving kh0wl
edge 10 Egypi,-Egypt to Greece
Greece 70 kJme,--ltome to IBERIA,
Gaul and B-llain,--aud these three 10
succession 10 their respective settle.
ments in America;--tlll these last shn.
king of their dependence. and rising
IN the foil dignity Of their united
strength, asserted and secured their
freedom and took their place among
the most enlightened and most hon
ored nations Of the earth.
From that moment you have gone
on, rejoicing like the sun in his course,
increasing in population, in commerce
in liberty, in,wealth, in intelligence IN
happiness, till your people have pen.
etrated thei primeyal forests, and
spread themselves as cultlyators OF the
soi from the Atlantic almost TO the
Pacific, till your ships cover every sea,
and till the Message of your PresI'
dent, unfolding the measures Of the
past, and developing the prospects c!
the future, is looked for with interest
at every court in Europe, and read
with eager and intense attention by |
the humbleSt lover Of freedom, in ev.
cry country in which It is made public.
Commanding, therefore, as you now
do, a position the most favorable to
national greatness, to useful influence,
and TO honorable renown; the vast ~
terror OF your extensive surface en-
bracing every variety OF climate, soil,
and production; and your extended
sea coasts furnishing ports Of attrac
ton to all the world; with the Allan.
tic Ocean for your highway to Europe,
and the Pacific for your approach to
Asia; your mighty rivers, rising cities,
populous villages, increasing colleges,
temples Of public worship, and adult
and infant schools; what is wanting,
but time, to place you at the head OF
those nations of the old world, who
less than a century ago, derided your
intelligence and your strength, to boti
of which you have long since com
PEELED them 10 pay the homage tina
was justly due.
While others, therefore, visit you
shores, charged either with merchan
disc to sell, or gold and silver to buy
venture to come among you, freight
ed with no cargo Of goods for you
consumptlony or with the precious me
ais for purchase or exchange. In tn
midst, however, Of all the hustle an
animation that fills your crowde
marts, there will be room, | hope, f
one who brings only the knowledg
and experience acquired by years
travel in the Scrlpturai and Ola sic
countries Of the East, to commuElca
10 those who may have leisure and dl
posi,ion to hear, and taste and educ
ton to enjoy. whatever can illustra
the history and poetry of early day
and above all, whatever can tend
unfold the beauties, confirm the pI
phecies, and gives strength and for
10 the sublime and important trut
contained in the Sacred Volume OF Q
common faith.
Tie mode that ! have chosen
the commune alton Of the INTEREST,"
details with which the past hlstc
and actual condition OF the Scrip
raj and Classical countries OF the L
abound, namely, that OF oral disco
ses, or extemporaneous lectures n
appear to some to be less dign'hed
tits undoubtedly less usual, than
diffusion OF this class OF informal
through printed books. But 1t =