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YsisciPle which ennobles and disnifies
human nature; . friendship based upon
the professions OF . candid mind, and
having . legitimate connection with the
other virtues Of . similar character. In.
sincerty and doubt may attempt to tear
the vsSf from the breast where this princi.
pie 10 fossered. and impress upon the ere.
dslity Of some. that Il 10 the result Of \
connection formed in the Vicious propen.
stiles Of man's degenerate nsturc.-
From Friendship thus, tina, nowsf Of isesvsniy
seed,
The wise extract carth's mos, hyblean bliss;
So sung the Angels, (hcar that Angel sing. -
Angels from Friendship gather hall their Joy"
Clsnsmen, we have reared . structure,
based upon tho immutsble rock OF truth.
which has had ats origin IN obscurity. amid
the scoffs Of pride and the frowns OF ene
mics. Bu:, gazing through the dark vista
OF sgss 20 come. aud 81 The same time
tracing the rise aud progress Of other iu-
siitutious. eonsscrated TO the promotion ri
Virtue, il induces me 10 say ~ you, Go
on Live close TO your principles. avoid
ing all things calculated to mar that uni
ted feeling which should exist among us.
aye, know the time arrives, tho dangerous time,
When all those virtues opening now fair,
Transplanted To the worlds lempesiuous cline,
Must leave each passions boisterous breath to
hear"
For your encouragement. reflect tina,
the promulgaiors Of the Christian Reli-
gion were once . clustered few within
. the walls OF Jerusalem; men OF lowly
birth, eonte nd:ng against the wisdom o.
the Jewish San Hebron. But the prin-
ciplss taught by them have been dissent
mated through the world. dispelling the
dungeons gloom. and makics the palace
aparadise. And its promulgaiors have
gone whore ''Seraphs gather Immortality
from lifs's fair tree. fast BY the throne OF
God" Sixty years ego. thirteen
dependent colonies. reused by oppression.
unsheaihsd the sword Of Liberty; snd
though ocean grosned beneath the war.
like implemsn Of their Invaders, un-
daunted they stood, their leader man Of
ordinary opportunities, they fought and
Conquered. And those thirteen colonial
tributaries have expanded aud become
twsnty-six fourishing States. containing
millions Of freemen. and governed by
laws unrivalled in ancient or modern
times. Thus you perceive that institu.
lions Of humble origin have become the
models Of greatness. while those Graded
IN nobility. aud famed into existence by
the breexes OF fame, such as the Jseobins
Of France. have sunk beneath the curse
OF their own corruption, and with their
heliish motto, Crush the wretch. mean.
ing the Saviour, and their presepis OF re-.
voluiion and blood,hed have sunk into
oblivion. bearing the utter detestation OF
all honorable souls. But, brethren, the
principles OF that obnoxious sect. though
in . more polished state. now exist in our
swn country. with Philosophy ~ their
motto. taking IL a. the rule Of .heir life.
VAIN are the efforts Of meo 10 sustain that
which 10 evil. And cisnsmen, If in after
years our pure principles become cor.
ruPsed or defled. By ths aspirations Of
one in search Of preferment or fame. and
this Institution be welded a. the means
OF acquiring IL. that very moment il shall
cease to be what II should have been. and
the inevitable fate attendant upon devia.
ton from principle and profession, must
fall upon our Institution. Guard well the
avenues leading to virtue. lest the pol.
luiing inhuenes Of vice should low there.
20. View the state Of ell earthly things.
they bear the mark OF mutations stamp.
Though we should stand upon Che para.
pet Of fame. and revel in its momenlary
home. the next breath OF espricious fsio
may cast us again in the depths OF OBJ.
scurity. Tho irsnsitory existenes Of all
created ihings. bear ample testimony to
tho facts have uttered.
Wtri, ismains Of those nations which
existed Centuries sgo' Where 10 Rome,
IA
Alas! The Mother Of Republics has be-
como blank IN creation. Where il
Venice. the City Of The Ssa," Her
magnificent beauties srs % If they had
never been. Where 10 Grsecsf
"Bn, nh Ills living Greece no uorei
Cline Of the unforgotien hrave,
Whore land from plain TO mountain cave,
Was freedoms home, or glory's grave;
Shrine Of the mighty nit be,
That HAS Is all remains Of lhcc"'
Thebes. with her hundred gates, has
erunbled into dust: Athens. With her
splendours, which commanded the ed.
m'ratios Of the gazing world, is trampled
by the mindless Ottoman. The Spartans
perhaps, Of all The ancients. we're :he
most warlike aud viTluovs. yet they glo-
red IN their poverty, and advanced clearly
the idea, that il not only tends 80 make
man more daring. but moro virtuous. II
we consider the institutions Of the differ
ent states Of Greece generally, We fad in
their formation and administration,
more direct add efficient tendency 10
foster the yeomanry than any other elsss,
"a subservieBcc TO the laws thereof.
Thus that equality which should exist
universally among men. ia all nations.
wa more clearly demonstrated 10 the
administration Of their Laws. and the effect
produced was not that collision in society
which existed between the Plsbians and
Pa,rioians Of Rome. but the consequence
was thu, the poor were respeets1 equally
viii the rich. and in their mutual Goa
eoTenee aud respect The siings and
moral degradation. and political suppress