The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-11-14
PRnGRFss o. REEoLUTION.
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Iher nature. su5deE; bal revelations are
ordinarily slow. Revolutions. ! means
such as essentially ehsnse he face Of 40
eiely, and give > new direction 10 hu-
man affairs. In pursuing The pages Of
Roman history, ne are struck with The
observation. IIow numrr0us ihe consul
sions-h0w lev. comparatively ihc rev
nlulioas that occurred. during the long
llapss az ia eFenlful and chtquered PERI
oGl Il Vas > resalslian, indeed. uhen.
Two centuries ard bali aller ia ioLnda-
lions were lais. The race Of kings was
exleimina,ed. and he Commonwealth
established The suhjugalion Of Italy.
and The establishment u political equsll-
lty between The palricisns and The pabe-
lisns. 400 centuries afterwards. dslrs The
peri0d Of snolher. Wien The age of Ro-
nan splendor succeeded. Ii Was anulh.
e.. when. under Constantine the Great.
the Empire VAS divided. and Chrsliani-
" established; and II Mas siill another.
and The l.sl revolution that IL ever suffer-
ed. when. under the Emperor cf the
West. lis sovereignty was delivered 10
The Pope. and il assumed lis present form
of Ecclesiastical poliiy. These we're re-
Eoluilons indeed; revolutions which essen
tally g. permanently affected tie character
and condition oi the people revolutions
whose epoehs. il is true. are dated ~ par.
IicuIsr periods. YET in regard 10 which, j,
vas, 10 each case, The work Of preceding
sges 10 pave the way far their final accom-
plishinrnl.
To al individual who takes a view Of
the world. 81 The present period. il musi
be obvious. that tie nations Of Chrislen'
dom are. al this moment. on the high
road &c revolutionary progress. The
voice Of Liberty il heard IN the earth,
and towards The goal ii LiherIy and L
quality are the nations tending.
IL We iske a retrospective view, aud
contemplate the origin Of this mighty
movement. and iss progress hitherto, We
discover causes to have been in operation
Of sufficient number and force, TO account
for the production Of a wonderful result.
According TO an eminent philosopher
Who has recently treated the subject With
great ability, the crusades. and tile deyss
Eating wars which, for so many ages,
continued tn be wsged by the English.
had a powerful influence. By decinaiing
the numbers, and dividing tie wealth at
the mobiles. The creation Of communes
contributed to tie same result, By intro
during an element Of democratic liberty
into The bosom of feudsl monarchy. Tue
invention Of firearms squalized tie VII
lain and The noble on tie field Of ba,Ile.
Printing opened The same resources 10
minds Of all classes. The posi- was Or
s4nized so as to bring the information TO
20 tie gate If the palace: and Protestant.
ism proclaimed that ~ men we're alike
able To Ent Tie road u hsaten. Added
10 all which, The discovery 0f the Ameri-
cen Continent, aud The consequent OPEN
ing OF a thousand new paths 10 power
and fortune, 10 tile adventurous aud the
Obscure-snd we have The causes which
have not only contributed TO giving a
new impulse to The human mind-sIi in
pulse Of potent ene:sy-but have also
most efectuslly contributed TO diminish
ing The differences in human conditions.
ard TO promoting that general equality.
IN regard 10 wealth and power. towards
which, in lis gradual development. The
nations Of rhrisiendnm are tending; hat
equality Of conditions. which reduces
lie distance between the lord and The vas
sal. and places the msdesman on a level
wIth the noble.
The gradual development Of The equal.
,Iy Of condiiiuns il, therefore. says the
distinguished civilian 10 whom we have
just alluded, a proEiden'ial fact. and il
POSSESSES all The characteristics Of = Dr.
wac decree; it is universal; il is dursblr;
u constantly eIudes al human inierlrr.
emce; and all events, as we'll as all men,
contribute to its progress. Ii is not ne
cesssry that God himself should speak.
in order to disclose 10 Us The urqyesiion.
able signs Of his will. We can discern
Them in the habi,usl course Of nature.
and in The invsrisbIe tendency Of events.
| know, without SPECIAL revelation, that
the planets move IN the orbits traced by
The CreaiOr's finger.
The master spirit Of revolution in mo
Jern ages, was The man that lifted his
voice against the thunders 81 Tie Vatican,
aud seRiured to proclaim that man was
! free. That uIan was Marin LuIher.-
Compeers indeed he had, numerous aud
noble, predecessors, SUCCESSORS. and con-
temparsrIPs, whose names. enriched with
honor; will descend wnh his ia future a.
ges; but To hin must be assigned. by
/ boIh friends aud enemies, the Distinguish.
ed honor Of enstamping his name aud
character on that remarkable period. II
was he who struck the keynote OF Lib.
eryi whose potent voice broke The spell
which Tor ages had bound The human
soul; whose lofty intellect discovered,
and whose danntess lnirepidiIy asserted.
the rights uf enslayed and suffering ma.