Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-07-14


$ You will then best fortify and secure thi
: Union by the education Of your children
This will be the surest guarantee to ther
of those privileges and blessings which W
now enjoy This will be the sure mean
Y of perpetuating the freedom of our Reput
3 lcan Institutions. II has been said b.
7 somo eminent English writer, 1--WE thin
5 Lord Bacon,) that knowledge is power
and if this be true, in regard to tina
= "wretched poor man that hangs on prin
l ces' favors," how emphatically must it b.
S so in relation to those born in land o
!, freedom, where all enjoy the most perfec
f political equality, and merit alone wins
3 distinction. Here, from the genius of oul
, institutions, however poor one may be
however obscure his origin, the road t
! preferment and distinction lays as widely
, open to him as did he boast the blood o.
all the Towards. And though all may moi
f aspire to the dignity of the Legislator OF
the ermine of the Judge still, let it be re,
collected that it is from them that these
derive their Gpower, consequence and in
huence, and how shall they make a judi
cious choice if they themselves are igno-
rant of the necessary qualifications befit-
ting men for such high and responsible
stations? If they are unqualified to ex-
ercise their high privileges ms frnomen,
whom they conferred little brief avthor-
ity become forgetful of the purpose for
which the power was given, and "play
fantastic tricks before high Heaven" and
may find themselves, when perhaps, ire
trevably too late, become the sport of the
demagogue and false hearted traitor. The
education of the people must ever be con-
siderod the safeguard of their liberties
tho sheet anchor of our csuntry's hope
And in guarding and maintaining the hon
or and glory of our Republican Institu-
tons, do you my fair hearers, take no part?
Have you no duty to perform? Aye, you
have. 1t is to you we look for that first
impulse of pride and generous patriotism
that thrills the youthful bosom, 1t is you
who give the first direction to the youth
full thoughts, and as you mould the plastic
mind, so will il ever be. This you will
Americans. The matrons of '76 done
much to secure the independence of Anne
RIGA, and will not the ladies of '3S lend
their aid and influence to perpetuate it,
Sparta had her "mothers," and Rome her
"matrons," and did the fair daughters of
Columbia stand unmoved when their ia
Tiers, their husbands and their brothers
we're struggling to- break the tyrants chain?
No. History has recorded il, and genera
lions yet unborn shall hear with wonder
and admiration, of the self-denial and for
titude they exhibited at times, when it
night have been thought that the stub
BORN heart of the harder sex would have
Yielded to fate so adverse. They not only
the deepest sympathy and con-
:ern, but magnanimously contributed their
'in-money, their Jewels, and even their
lothing. to old III the cause of their OPP
ressed and bleeding country. Fingers
hitherto unused to aught, save the pencil,
he harp and the lutte, were now engaged
n plying the distaf and needle in making
p clothing for the distressed and halfna-
ed soldiery. The wife babe the husband
peed to do his country's battles, while she
heerfully took upon herself the discharge
f his domestic duties, and while the sis
err buckled on the brothers. armor, she
xhorted him either to return to her in
riumph, or die in glorious combat. The
id afforded in the revolutionary struggle
~ the American ladies', can only be appre-
lated, when we reflect how very circum-
cribed is their sphere of action. When
hangers thickened and misfortune lowered,
what reused Columbia's champions to he
'oic deeds and daring exploits? 1t was
he sight of lovely woman, arrayed in all
ler misunderstanding upon them smiles
IF appreciation, and exhorting them to for
.itude and perseverance,; and though wo-
man has been stigmatized as the cause of
much evil in all ages Of the world We
would ask, who can recount the blessings
she has heaped upon man? Virtue, valor,
and all his noblest qualities
have been called forth and fostered by the
smiles and care of lovely woman:
"Auld Nature swears the lovely dears,
Her noblest work she classes;
Her prentice hand she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses."
And now:
"Breathes there man with soul SO Dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own my native land"
When we consider the vast Importance of
this Republic, pre-eminently distinguished
amongst the nations of the Earth, for her
arts, sciences, agriculture and commerce,
and above all, her political liberty; and
then think of the high and exalted desti-
ny that awaits her; we have abundant
cause to be proud that we are her child
rem. Blest America-home ofmy fathers,
country of my soul, long mayst thou re-
main "the land of the free and the home