Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-02-16
Chief Justice IlOrnbIower's CHARGE.

ders the following most excellent CHARGE 4,
Chief Justice Hornblower of New J.rscv
recently delivered to The Grand Jury of New
ark.
HESrLEMEs or rnE GRASD JURY:
Although nothing of public nature hn,
occurred wlihn our knowledge since the lns
term OF TINS Court, to which 1t is o9iciaiiy ou
duty to call your at,entian, vet, me etnv. a,
we o. upon the openlng Of u new year, il
the cnJ'yment Of public peace ard of private
security, we mny be permitted, in view OF
our social relations, To tender to you severn /
w Tue salntations os friendship, and our bes
wishes ior your continued healtl, and happi.
ness. Fr'
The transactions of the past year have be-
come matter of history. An that we bny.
SAID aud done, in public or in private life.
whether Tor veal or for voc, during that pe b.
T'od, has already been recorded, by an uu-
cr'ng pen, in that volume which shall out =.
ast 'he records Of time, and out of whi, h.,
"hcn l, sha W be opened at the great last day,
we shall all be judged.
In entering, then, upon the Discharge of
eur several and appropriate duties, at the be-
ginning ofa new year. it becomes us, us in
tei'igent and accountable beings, solemnly
to review The transactions of the one that has
passed; and where we have done wronp. or
ohhitled to do that which as Citizens and
heaos OF families we ought to have done :,
seek, by more faiihlulness in future. TO rcpoir
the n'ischieis we have occasoned.
The world, at this day, Gentlemen, ia full
n' eSprd'enis fer improving aud mciorating
we condition OF society. Among other re-
formers and new mode Hers Of oIlr country
ana The world, VIC have the Socialists. the
RationaIIsts, and the Transcenden,ali.ts
'ach ~ their turn intoxicating their peculiar
doctrines; and by same new aud wonderful
discovery about to enlightcn the world. reno |
vnte the earth, aud elevate human nature
above The wants, the woes, and vices. which Il
have SD long afflicted mankind. /
According to some oi these new theories. \
or vagaries, we have hitherto been living in 4
profound ignorance Of the nature, destiny II
aud duties of man-wc have had "a SORT of |
"ecidcptal existence, resting on no Common
p'atiorm OF truth, aud governed by no fixed. Il
bhu'tcrab'e und eternal principles Of rirln
ana wrong-we have hitherto been STRANGERS |
TO social and public virtue and happiness
and society, IN lis best aud most cultivated
form, Las been but crude aud MINGLED mnss
OF mind and matter, grovclling together in
Tie RI, aud struggling for ,lut light which
~ just now bursting upon the world from the
c"pacio"s minds and giant lntelccts Of q cer- I
tam class of lecturers III
mean not 10 speak disrespec,fully of 1
""'"'nS nor to discourage an attendance
"P'n 'n"se PuOIc addresses, which. taking
revelation Tor their basis, are calculated TO
instruct mud improve us IN our MANNER, and y
morals, or to cn!ightcn aud expand our minds Y
on the great suh rcts connected with the I
wcN-beinS OF the world. On the Contrary. Il
! would lhcucate upon all, ihe duty, as 90. Il
porlnhhy offers, of listening to those public / u
instructions, whether from the pulpit or the !,
lecture room, which have religion and truc u
scleuce Tor their basis. The astronomer 81
inc se"ogisi, The cRymlst, the historian and "
the 'raVe!icr, aud many other teachers ofIl o.
useful and practical truths, calculated 10 lead
Us to iiM, who is the uncrealed source of ali IN
light and life and bIcsscdncss: and 10 hsr. ~
inoIize our nnds and feelings with The rcvc. b'
latiens and d"ctrncs Of the Bible, observes c.
nur thanks, aIfd ought to be sustained by The ''
''oeraIhy oi al who love their country, aud 4 tl'
TcJ'icc ~ the general welfare RI
IL Is not TO such that we object: bm 10 II IN
hose new lights that are sprnging I'D IN the re
Immunity, whose Visionary schemes of So 10
:laI inPro'eabIlhy, are unscttIng the hope, Io
II men; poisonIng the fountains O: domcs- do
ic peace, aud undermining the very tounda |"
!ons at our religion and our liberties Buast lo
Is 'fey may OF their high intellectual attain. IN
nents Their phlosophic views of truth, and pc
Ii'ir more Than apostolic mission as teachers ol
" lruc wisdom ~ every thing that relates 10 81
nc, dIsnhy and the destiny of man; and ~
'he as thcy tnnyas literary stars of the frs. '''
magnitude IN the constellation of wit and an
eams upon the mind, of mo, ,hsv LnnH sid
othng, and they can teach nothing truly of
sefnI and valuable 10 man, but what they pn
ave borrowed from the pages Of revelation 10,
IH else, however beautiful ia vision. or OH
owcVer speclous aud brilliant as exhibitions no
human intellect and learning, is little II pn
ny'hIng, more thnn The result Of inf Icl pbl- me
'sophy and scholastic pridc.
We object not To the mlphticst displovs of ma
'c powers Of the human mind. and can liza. an'
N with delight 20 every exhibition of b,oh but
a,tajpmrnts # ,bcv will n,.I,. sci
ave undisturbcd the well foundation of our cat
WI, religious and political Institutions cXi
lhc Bble can furnish Ms with the names oa'
nj writings Ut better historians aud states. Sia
zen, oi more profound geologlsts and chym- MS
Us, and wiser civilians and jnrisis, than any out
our modern teachers, who are generously ''nf
vorIng the world with their wonderful dIs ana
'ver'cs III the science o: mind. aud the true III
ncIprs ot government aud social existence cou
osrs and Job and Solomon and PAM b,v. don
ny since been dead. but Wi.don still Eyos resi-
'r have any fears 1t will die with the all
igh'cst intellect that now shines in the cltl
hole circle Of the licrati.
Our fn'hcrs, in wisdom, and under the rui to
nee oi kind and overriding Providence, and
I'd the deep foundations of our social lnsti. rIcd
fi"ns on that nncreatcd Rock whI,h is more and
rabIc than the everlasting hills, aud will The
tive The annals of time, and the fair faDric soc
the universe. The Bible aud the sublime 'hci
iihs and doctrines it revcls, lie at the very hCe
tom OF our civil and political institutions who
d the moment we abandon that platform. glor
q seek to base our government and the nd 'hro
hIstruiIon OF our laws upon any other ioun. wet
ton, public liberty will perish, aud private aud
ms, social cnioymcnts, aud domestic pence, SICK
u give PLACE to The reign of terror revenge nam
d cruciy. l
let bu, The Goddess Of Reason be set up nIy
cur tutclar snini, whether IN the naked "''
80 oi Partisan prostitute, or dressed IN the w