The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-29

noa ohiy gives knowledge Of truth, bat
habits Of siriue. and dispOses 10 whsls.
yer . night in conduct The men Of viz.
the and no~ledgs and sound judgment
are iAs educated, and therefore iBdepen-
dsni citizens. They only are capable Of
forming and directing public opinion;
therefore they alone are truly free; and
The s,ass itself ID fres only while these,
BY inausaeinE popular sentiment. govern
il.
lie Who knows hos % spply the wis.
dom Of The pas, 10 present snerssacies,
"he 10 good conscience joins The pow.
CT 10 think judiciously and therefore %
aet with discretion and 6rmaess, is alone
truly independent. Tie l. 70 think deep
~. though The many are superficial; and
soundly. though The multitude should be
IN error; and 10 judge with ealmness.
and 70 act steadily. while The many are
passionate and ehsngeful. He Is 10 look
into the causes Of things. 70 point out
concealed danger. aud tell his country.
men the risks OF liberty. He should
have resources for every crisis in affairs.
and be able TO distribute jus. eensures,
As well a. meriled iasors. Such = man
10 even more Than mere fleeman: he 10
the proper. though unacknowledged ru-
Ter Of his nation. lie farms the sent.
ments Of the people. and thus direct,
their choice.
Now III. being The part and character
Of the educated citizen. IL shows. &c we
mistake moi, What 10 . good education.
10 sum. j, 10 such en- one ss gives 10 the
posssssor influence. He who has no H.
,srary culture. 10 no, Of necessity bound
BY The popular determinations and ian.
cies; nor 10 he Of consequence freed from
them ~ho 10 harmed.
For whoe.sris under he control Of his
own passions 10 not free, but 10 under =
i~o-fold tyranny. HE inespaeiiy TO 20
vsrn himself. makes him Of course The
hslpless prey of external tyranny. Tie.
being the subjsc, 70 passions within. 10
therefore subjse, also 10 porulsr de,srmi'
nations, arising from msre ignorance or
passion. but which he cannot control.
Among Us. - every where else. ,hen.
lie 10 the freeman whom The truth makes
free. ..-e-.-r
And ell are slsvss besides"
Tha, sdue,,ion 10 defective. in the ma
,urs Of things. Cor freedom. which con-
siss only in intellectual culture. But the
unlearard even. Who 10 delivered from
the dominion Of HE propen,ilies TO vice,
By whaisoevsr culture, 10 free indeed
and may yell and safely be content. Eli
has o discernmeni tbs, 10 not easily de
erivsd. lie will not, by popular show
be often led 10 eouniensnee what's wrong
nor TO believe what 10 false. The mint
conscious to i,self Of rseiilude. brings in
} srnsI peace amidst external disorders sn'
changes. and securss repo'e Tor the Cpl
. ri, ,ha. no s,oyms can Disturb. The ex
/. ample Of The life Of good man will sls
. SURELY form those about him 10 the like
|. mesa of his own virtue and reeiiiuds.--
i. lie will no, only deliver himself fror
|; the tyranny Of fallibls popular opinion
j but will keep others free by the inauenc
4 of his eonscisniiousnsss. For eoodnes
4 ~i,h sound judgment. generally divine
correctly 10 10 truth. and scls discreet
}. % to duty. Bu. bad sentiments and con
]! duct overthrow the moral influence {
Il even the mos, learned. With all poss
. BILE mental requirements. known error
j, Of life will greatly abridgs. IL not who'll
:. destroy. the ability 10 create or 10 dire'
y popular sentiment. Therefore 10 10 81
o. sen,isl 10 the very nature Of things. Obi
?, he Who would 10 educssed for freedOn
,r should be truly vir.uous and good, az we
4 40 learned. Wha,sver then forms ms
to goodness Of heart and correctness
es life. 10 a very essential par. Of the meat
ly Of education in order to liberty.
by II 10 therefore humbly submitted
~ consideration, whether the presen, plaI
10. Of general education are not inherent
m defective. Il 10 believed that the ben
e. 6t they do confer. is slmosi neutrality
BY by the wan, Of what they omi, to gi'
ID or wha, value 10 q little lesrningi On d
lie, currsn, of un,smed passions. the indi
ne. dual 10 hurried away. and 10 lost to hi
10. self, to his country, and hsppine's. q