Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-03-28
PROMOTION OF HAPPINESS
:" All good and far

---A III good and far
or pest deserving mans attention here,
Lie IN two words, Science and Virtue. "
Science and Virtue are the elemental ,e
nets Of happiness. They are the grand con-
STUDENTS OF Whatever is exalted, honorable
anu permanent. National ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ana prosperity are entirely dependent upon
'hese enhohiinS characteristics oftrue great
ness. Indeed The pillars which support The
srea' iaofIc oil ecclesiastical and rational 60.
vernment, are literally constituted by these
qualities. Unknown To science and min
siructed in the beneficial results uiprac,ic,l
virtue, the condition of our land would bear
OUT 100 perfect resemblance of the dark
ana sunless HadeS our citizens like The
uh'ulored Savages; aud our nation like the
uhci'liiZed and wild barbarians OF the forth.
-Ihstead OF enjoying the rich pleasures OF
knowledge, rendered more refined hy the
GENIAL rays OF virtue, we should eXperiencc
horrible and almost Uncomfortable safe of
human depravity aud mental gloom. beinr
unenlighiened in the grand mysteries O.; ma,
lure, conception OF our intellectual dark
ness and extreme wreic!edness, would
scarcely he ideal But where the sciences
nave G'ifused their rays, and the graces Ct
virtue marked their footsteps, we behold
picture transcendantiy grand. sublime and
peopled with beast like beings, and filthy a.
bodies OF ignorance too disgusting 10 admi, of
description, we now behold a different as.
pect and this has been effected by The in.
PRODUCTION OF science and virtue into our
land
The present touri.hing condition Of our
country evidently owes its enlightened adj,
'ahceInent, ITS happiness, peace and right
eonsness, to the eXertions and noble sacrifi.
ccs OF those interchangeable nene!actors who
have toIled INCREASINGLY for the promotion OF
these two uncquol:cd and ,ns aiuabie Objects.
Science connected with virtue, stands in On.
rect opposition 10 ignorance connected with
vice By The one, man individually and
nation cpiiccively, is elevated 10 posts Of
| usefulness and honUr by The other, he is
iehased, degraded, and made 10 assume the
| lnierioii'y of the brute. Under The ausuices
Of the former, The arts are cultivated com.
fnerce ilouri'hes, and industry is promoted ::
under the base influence of the latter slotl
cIeeps 10, ana all the malignant passions aud
vices, OF which man is susceptible, hurs,
lofih and o'ofwheIm The nation ia the gems
ef"i deInge OF mental dsPravity as if
"ihe Winds sprang swiftly from The yswn,
ing cages,
And blew a wild tornado through tie earth
IS II q band u warriors forth had rusld.
WIN flaming torches and with glit',iog
swords,
20 ravasee kingdoms, and destroy whole
realms"
" behold that nation or country in which
'he sciences bave attained high degree Of
perfection arising from tie Ger,hs Of oh,
ScuFHy and baf5ArIsm 10 uGiuence and re-,
ncWn. huS, where The sciences arc sut
tered 10 bc cultivated, commerce will flour.
Ish, agriculture will progress, intellectual
requirements necessarily will follow. and
the people viii finally be exalted TO the sum,
rnil Of earthly ieicI;y-but when VICE and
! juXrFy supciscde fIttua, however exalted
ara hlsbIy dignliied a station thai nation
may have occupied, il will !all rom lis loE,
y e,c,aUon oi lame aud glory 10 state Of
Indebtedness and dcgrajai,n.
I ln order that scieuce and virtue may pro.
mote the happiness oil a country, il is Dcces.
! sdry That they be the basis OF il, general 10
'l'lcni government; that the officers " no
STAND at The head of public affairs 10 men vl
wisdom, aud the eXaCtets men oG IighieouS
ness.-Under the administration Of such 90,
Nernment, peace and prosperity would cnsue
TO the people, and happiness be secured 10
the nation. II such are the contributions OF
science and virtue 10 the happiness of na
ton, how impOrtant tha! they receive the
greatest possible attention, and the most as
siduOus cultivation of every individual. al
any expense Of lime, labor aud property
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