Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-01-28
BENJAMIN Burton, has been elected
Sheriff of Horny, and James Beatty, Clerk.
Extract from an address Ly IFaiiam Ipist.
SELF-EDUCATION.

EIGEGI JTOHR UH AuuICSS o9 "Ets~"t "'>s.
SELF-EDUCATION-
FHr Education, moral end intellectual, Of cccry
individual, must be chiefly his o,cn ,cork
There is prevailing aud fatal mistake on this
subject. 1t seems to he supposed that if 4
young man be sent to grammar school, aud
then 10 college. he must Of course be scholar,
and the pupil himself is apt to imagine that he
III TO be the mere passive recipient of insruc-
ton, us he is of the light and atmosphere
which surround him. But this dream Of irdo-
lenoe must be dssipated, and yon must be-
come active and vigorous co-operalorS with
vnur teachers aud work ont yair- -I.lrn di~iisls.
lion with an ardor that cannot be quenchcd,
perseverance that considers nothing done
while any thing remains TO be done. Rely
upon il that the aucentS were rSht-QutSQue
auc fortune faber; both III morals and intellect,
we give their final shape to our own characters,
and thus become, emphatically, the architects
of our own fortunes. How else should II hap.
pen, gentlemen, that young men. who have had
inst the same opportunities, should be continu.
nlly presenting us with such different results,
md rushing to such opposite des'inics? Differ
ence Of talent will not solve it, because that dill
ference is very often in :,vor OF the dlsaPpoint-
ed candidate. You shall see issuing from the
walls of the same school-nay, sometimes from
the busom of the same family-two young men
ofwhom the one shall he admitted 10 be genius
of high order, the other scarcely above the
point of mediocrity; yet You shall see the ge.
MUS sinking and perishing in poverty, ohscur-
". aud wretchcdness; while on the other hand,
Won shall observe the mediocre piodding his slow
but sure way up the hill of hfe. gaining slead-
fast footing at every step, and mounting, ut
leneth, to emlnence aud distinction, an orna-
ment 10 his family, blessing 10 his country.
Now whose work is this. Manifestly their own.
Ihep are the architects Of their respective for
funes-
The best seminary oflearning that can open
Its portals 10 you, can do NO more than tu al
ford you all opportunity Of instruction; but i,
must depend at last, on yourselves, whether
YOU will be instructed or not, or to what point
you s. ii push yonr instruction. And of This
Se assured-I speak from observation certain
truth: There is no excellence ,cthom great labor.
1t is the fiat of Fate from which the power of
genius ccnnot aGsolve you. Genius, unexerted
is like The poor moth that hutters around the
candle till it scorches itself ic Death. IL genius
be desirable at all. it is only of that great and
.nasuanimous kind, which like the ConGor of
South Amcraca. perches from the SUNNI: o.:
Chnrborazo above the clonds. and sustains it.
self, at pleasure, in that empyreal region, with
anenerey rather invigorated than weakened by
the effort. 1t is this capacity for high and long
continued exertions-ths vigorous power Of
profound and searching investigation-ihis ca-
reering and wide-swecping comprehension Of
inind-these long reaches of thought that
"Pluek arigh, honor from the palc-Eced moon,
Or dire into the bottom Of the deep,
Where fathomEne could touch the ground,
And drag up drowned honor by the locks"
This is the proves aud these the hardy achieve
naents which are to enrol your names among
the great men Of the earth.
But how are you to gain the nerve and the
courage for enterprises ofthis pi,h and moment
will tell you: as Milo gained that hoc signo
DiHces for this must be your work, and not tha,
Of your teachers. BE you not wanting 10 your.
selves, and you will all accomplish all that yonr
parents, friends, and country have right 10
expect
Duties ON Silk Goods.-Should the Revenue
Bill Of Mr. Adams, now before Congress, he.
come law, the duty on the following articles
will he % per cent, and valorem, siz:
Black and colored silk crav;rs.
Ribands ofevery description.
Silk poke, hdkfs. Of every description.
linen cambTie hdkfs.
Susp>nders. hats, gloves, hose, socks and mi,s.
Silks, shaSls. searfs, wells.
Umbrellas ana parasols.
Embroidered cas,.uere and velvet shawls.
Braids, corset lucets. cords, gulloons and lacets
Millinery Of every description.