The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-06-15
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A JUDICIAL CHARGE

Ihe believing eloquent charge % .
Grand Jury vas recently delivered b.
Chief Justice IlOnblower. Of New Jsr
ser. The arguments are 30 just and 6or.
ei1ls, and 20 pertinent 10 The prsseal con,
dlsion Of society, that We consider then
deserving Of extensive circulation.
Gentlemen efths Grand Jvrg
Although nothing Of psbllc nature hs,
oessrred silhin oar knoslsdss since nc
lasi Urn Of Ibis Courl. 20 which il 10 az
feisiiy our duly 10 call Jour attention,
yer. neshng. 40 ne de-. upon lhe omen.
'hs q nsp year. in The efiaymsnl Of
public peace. sns 81 rTivals sersriiy, 70
may be pernillsd. in visw OF our soeiaI
relations. 10 tender 10 you peysrally, Inc
sslaiaiions ol friendship, and our bssI
wishes for your continued health and hap.
piness. :.
The Transactions az The pact ysar hare
become mailer Of history. All thai ne
have said and done, in public or in private
life. whether lor wes. or Tor 40. during
that period. has slsesdy bern recorded.
BY On uneuing pen. in thai volume oul Of
which, when IL shall be opened al the
great last day, ne shall b judged.
In entering then. upon ile discharge Of
oar several and spproprists duties. 81 The
beginning ri new year, IL becomes Us.
40 intelligent and accountable beings. so
lsmniy 10 review the transactions Of the
one that has passed. and. where ws have
done wrong, or emitted 10 do that which.
as riIizsns. snd heads Of families. ve
ought 10 have done. seek, by more faith
fulnss in future. 10 repair The nisehiefs
We have occasionsd. .s.4 ~...~
The world, o. this day, Gentlemen. 10
full Of expsdient. for improving and me.
l'oraling the condition ofsocieiy. Among
other refarmsrs. and new modellers Of our
country and The world. we have the sori
alisis, the rsiionslisls. aud The nanscen-
each, in their turn. inculcaiing
their peculiar doctrines. and, by come new
and wonderful discovery. shout to enligh.
ten the world, renovs,e HE Earth, and ele.
sa,s human nature. shove The wants, Tie
wees. and the vices which have so long
effected mankind. ~,..- s.. -
According TO some Of these new iheo.
ries. or yagaries. we have hitherto been
living in profound ignorance oil The nature.
aud duties Of msn--we have had
a sort Of accidental existence. resting on
no common platform OF truth. and govern,
ed by no fixed. unsl,erable. and eternal
principles Of right aud wrong-we have
hitherto been strangers to social and pub
lie virtue and hspplness-and society. in
It's best and mos, cultivated form, has bsen
bu. crude and mingled mass Of mind
and matter, grovell,ng together in The
dark. and struggling for thai ligh, which
is just now bursting upon the world from
the cspaeious minds aud giant intelIecls Of
a certain class Of lecturers.
! mean 10, 10 speak Unexpectedly Of
learning, nor 10 discourage on attendance
upon those public addresses. which, tax
ing revelation for their basis, are calcula.
ted TO instruct and improve os. in our
manners and morals, or TO enligh,en and
expand our minds on The grea. subjects
with the veil being Of the
world. On the contrary, would incul.
cate upon oil, the duty. a. opportunity
offers, Of listening TO those public inruc-
lions, whether from the pulpit, or the lec-
lure rooms. which have religion and tue
science for their bssis. The astronomer.
the geologis,. the chymis,. tie historian
and The traveller. and many other teach
ers Of useful and practical truths calculs.
ted 10 lead US up to HIM who 10 the un-
created source Of ell light. and life. and
and to harmonize eur minds
and feeling, with The revelations aud doc.
uines Of The Bible, deserve our thanks,
and ought TO be sustained By the libersll-
" OF all who love their county. and re-
joics in the general welfare.
II 10 not TO such tha, We object. bu! 10
those new lights ,ha, are springiag up in
the community, whose visionary schemes
OF soc al inprovesbility are unset'ling The
hopes Of men. poisoning the fountains OF
domestic peace, and undermining The
very foundations OF our religion and our IT,
berries. Boast as they may OF their high
Intellectual a,tsinmenis, their ph'losoph'c
views Of truth. aud their more than spos-
lolic mission as teachers Of true wisdom
in every thing ,ha' relates 10 the dignity
and the destiny OF man. and shine as they
m.y as literary stars Of The frs, magnitude
in The con installation Of wi. and learning that
is now pouring its enligh,en'ng beams up
on the minds Of men, they know nothing
and they can teach nothing truly useful and
valuable to man. bu. wha. they have Dor
rowsd from the pages OF revelation.
All else, however beautiful in vision. or
however specious aud brilliant as exh'b,'
,ions Of human in,ellec. and learning. 10
ll,Ls. il any Thing more than the result Of
inhIsl philosophy and scholastic pride.
We object no, to the mlshtiess display.
If ,be novers of the human mind, and