Southern telegraph., 1838-08-01

snectatoI! No feature chln-ed--not a
'iaeanen' el'ored, The s1me high. expan-
a'Vc forehead. The same benignant asDect
remalncA. TIE, the eve was din. which
h"i"re had 7hone with intense briIhancy
e 5 e""mad 70 slnnber, rather than sleep.
re gohoes' Of repose presided at his
death, and slIil kept her ceaseless wills
with his corpse. A Patrick Horny stood
foremost IN the van of the "forlorn hope"
scanning with sagacious eve the extent
OF the danger and the means of its repul-
sion. Uniting in himself the expanded ele-
menis OF true greatness. he thought not of
personal judgement. No visions of
piiice and emolumcnt hunted his brain or
lowered around his pillow. But glowing
with tervent patriotism, his sentiment was /:
"For thee. fair Freedom, welcome all the past i;
For thee, my Country, welcome even the last /"
Determined to scatter, if possible, the con-
verging rays Of despotsm which seemed to
centre upon and blast his idolized country,
he reused all the dormant energies of his
soul: with The impeluositv of the tornado.
and the resistless free of the avalanche.
he carried moth conviction and persuasion
into the hearts of hig fellow citizens. With
eIoquence, combining the fire of the an
clients with the closer reasoning of the mo-
derns, he awoke apathy from its Iethnrgy.
and induced prompt, vigorous action.
A Franklin, the Nestor of his age, was
present to influence by his example. guide
by his wisdom, sustain by his fortitude, and
assist by his prayers. Deeply versed in
the arcana both Of physical and mental sci
cnce, with prophetic ken he saw from the
very onset the result of the struggle. OF
him it has been subIimnly said:
''Eripuit colo fulmen, sceptrumque tyrannis.'
But why dllate upon these and other OK
ceptions TO the common finitv of human
nature! They are not dead,-'hev live
live in the hearts of % grateful posterltv
Their material frames have decavod and
been assimiated 70 The dust If the earth-
but their spirits. pure as ether and buovant
as the breeze, perhaps now hover DER us
and approve our conduct. For we have
met in holy cause: no less than to com
memorate the epoch from which America
dates her political existence; to admire and
worship the fabric cemented by the blood
Of our ancestors; to rejoice at that dav,
when nation, rising in the majesty of her
strength, threw off the letters Of oppress-
ion;-for was man ordained always to be Il
slavef
"No! Nature stamped us in heavenly mould ;
She babe no wretch his thankess labor urge,
Nor, trembling, take the pittance and the
scourge!
No bold American, on the stormy deep.
70 Gail upon his couHtry's name and weepr'
An equality in all acts and privileges
constitutes the cornerstone of republican
g"yernment. In our policy ths equ lily is
tn prominent feature. The advantage and
profession Of each class are carefully and
equally Consulted, The laws are wisely
framed-dre they strictly enforced? The
materials are here--are they properly en-
pioyed? The germ IS unhurt--but where
is the energy to make it rise and develop
its properties? Herein lies the deplurable
deficiency, especially in the south. The
sword is not wanting-but where is the
arm to WELD it2 The body polite is un-
sound, since it does not appear to acknow-
ledge that justice long delayed is not JUS
tee. that its nature has been changed, its
original principles perverted. Assuming,
however, the position that good laws exist,
and also the disposition to properly execute
them, s,ill dolly 70 appreciate those laws
aud understand the principles upon which
they are enacted, requires sound, liberal
education--not merely mental, but also
moral. Since in all abstract reasoning,
where no application is made to practical
purposes, the intellectual faculties only are
enployed-vet whenever the question re-
fers to rectitude, then the moral faculties
come into requisitIon. In other words, as
the rectitude of any proposed subject de-
ponds upon the powers and susceptibilities
of those to whom it is addressed; and as
there must be a correspondence between
what is demanded of moral agents and what
is given them-therefore an intimate ac-
quaintance with the latter is indispensable.
Hence it should he an object of primary inn
eortance to diffnse correct and extensive
knowledge. The advantages resulting, in
dependent of what have been mentioned.
are numerous. Among the first lis national
reputation. To attain this reputation is
difiicult--to regain it, when once lost, al
most impossible. Mere physical power can
not generate it-nor can mental, strictly
speaking. Yet the latter, in effect, pred0-
inmates over the former. The reasons
seem to be these: promising that great
strength, whether exerted for or against us
excites a feeling of fear, of respec,--and
that as national glory is the renown which
a nation possesses, the esteem in which it
is held, power is requisite, nav, a perfect
sine qua non in the origin and continuance
of this glory. The reasons then seem to
be these: the former is evanescenl--the
latter imperlshahle. The former is, from
its very nature, liable to be deeply affected
by external causes-the latter, under any
unlavorable or propitous,
will exert its legitimate effect. The former