The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-25
INDEPENDENCE IS A DREAM.

An independent man is q glorious OBJ
jecI in lheory. but in practice an lmpos-
slblliiy. Independence is state as con-
irary To the laws 81 nature a. The laws OF
nations. With regard 10 the Iormsr. lO,'k
through the whole creation, and you will
see how beautiful il IS eonTlsrd; thai eve
cry thing alive. or inaniIuaIe, shall be
TAXED together in chain ol progressive
dependencies. The flower Cannot bios
som without The assistance Of the sun; the
heat OF The sun is tempered BY the show
er; the moisture Of April prepares The
earth for the fragrance II May; the glow
Of June ripens The fruits al summsr. and
produces The variegaIsd beauties u the
vegetable world.
Take a short view Of The animal sys-
ten. Man teaches The horse 10 be ODE
dent; the horse in return. devoles his
service 10 The use Of man. The milk Of
The COW would be painful. were il no, re-
lieEed by the exertloa Of human inIlus-
Try. and human industry is rewarded by
the produce. The faithful dog loves The
masier by whom he 10 ted. the msn is
indebted To the brute for keeping the wolf
from the aock. new debt ol gratitude
here begins; and thus YOU may stretch
the line from the ant or The mole hill. la
the bulky elephant.
Every thing exists BY favor. ALLEGATION.
and the dependency which some affect
10 seal with seorn. Man, Of all others,
has the reason most potent Tor sdmiTa.
lion Of Ibis benevolent system. The
mos. helpless tribe Of animals, he is de.
pendent from his birth. Born almost
without instinct, he comes inIo the world
a crying. feeble creature. Indebted TO
his mother aud nurse for years that his
brains are nm dashed out: unable 20 pro
cure susienance Tor an hour, he 0aes all
his boastrd faculties TO .he industry oil
Others. lie CLEANS one idea ia hi. place.
second IN another. and oil the knowl.
edge Of which he is 50 ridIculou.ly proud,
Is but rne vast loan. fur which he has
bseu a dependent on tho invention and
the ingenuity Of other men. lie arrive.
al buy hood; were he then left free and
independent agent, in the name Of llea-
ven, wha, would become Of him, lie
might run about like a wild cat. or o
monkey, aud the glory nf creation be de-.
graded to the state of The brute. Nature
has ordained dependence as The origin.
the final cause Of emancipation and Irec-
dom.
We now take man in his last and most
important state: he has reached The age
81 one and-twenty j. no then!
Without the experience Of men double
his aye. he would he cork floating on
the surface Of troubled ocean; a mere
feather, subject 10 every gust of passion,
every puff Of caprice! Dependency s,ill
preserves him: lie depends un f4,her
fnr instruction. on a friend fnr advice, on
wife Tor love, on a child for duty, on
the world for every thing! A man alb.
stracled from ali these tics is a savage:
he is a monster divided from his species.
a link hewn off from the long general
chain! A social savage is a farce, a Jest.
a.grimace! No man ever was, can, or
will be. really INDEPENDENT man.
The rich must depend upon the poor Ior
labor. the poor on the rich Tor suppnrr;
thus the grand machine moves on IN sub
lime simplicity. EARRING atoms are com.
posed, aud every thing finds its proper
level. IL is this teaches the parent IN
watch IT'S hIlle offspring: il is this in.
s'rucls the pinus youth 10 remunerale
parents Kindness. when second child.
hood makes The father again depend Eur
lie on the being 10 whom he has gwen il.
n Remarkable Instance of Fanaii-
cism.-The structure of The brain, aud
The investigation Of the phenomena con-
necsed With mliter aud mind, have long
employed the researches Of the mast Gel
"bra'ed philosophers. A Me-. Herman
G"!'z passed many years IN anatomical
'nVes''g uions Of The brAin, aud IN eudea-