Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-01-28

wanted, ts.-mihjs that viii appreciate lfutf
Ahs barbarian tatn1t appt ssiats il, v Itatlae
byrn IN Hew Eeaiand, or IN New TDaiano
The hentkh'eJ and brutifiad siIld. WHO'S
Thoughts arc born Of pfaiiditet vhaaa atttput
q HsIiaualisn whnsa moral sepsibt!t ss taVs
bHsn daily scared, rem Lis birth. With ths hp
IRON Of vicious elstulua and tonkiioss game
igscstu truth, eaunas knos it., vii not ~anibtact
It, whether bis father is called a ssTsgs ~ y
christian. IT We say thai the Conceptions aid
desires Of sttrt minds ara a ttafssfli, VI Divine
truth. what tn wa affirm the original ~ I'D
Hot IWa ii ifetant slatIsnts ~ 81 ssasntlati Il,
The on H'enra sf truth IN the sguI NJ tnan -
first, Tho essants, nj ptstot ypn If truth, no i
eHlsta in thu Uytns tnialllgancs, md sseond,
y, a htiman aouli sufflelsntly enlightened by
knowledge Ii cgHtsiEk il, sufficiently exhr.
fissi in judgment ~ understand il, and anffi-
elently free from evil III love II Tho iaftnt
are every Whit 40 ssssftisl ~ The fprlnhf
The human mind must bn an eulsrsnH that
tfntEt can sntsf i, Hni NJ freq f. III sslfa,nrkrt
from pride and intolerance, and truth ttay bs
It's constant aud welcome resident. tn flya
truth a passport 10 The souls Of ttntt, H. hnsura'
It . ltntne HHl supremacy IN The human heart,
thnfe innst be- sons previous awakening and
culture ni The ut ~tileGtlfsi aud mural nature"
The fpl'pw,ng should b. raAd by ell hhs
are engaged IN promoting the f~sIigipds Or be
'"iey"lent oratatlpps If the agn. il ia from a
larture Of JDrvtlie Taylor, at Tie "Sociaty
Library hs reported ff stnn ii thn flew York
papers, VIM w1i| say, aftaf reading this, tbat
'ollgten lrs rpthiug to do With public Ae ,p,ls!
Tbs snernss pf christian effprt depends on
Common Schools We will tata ftr III Illus
ration hat best # MI CAUSES, he bible ra1se.
Md. ladies' and gentlemen. If We wish IN &C.
rurn he triumph Of He bible, No must bepin
by s~Heutlnp The triumph # t,d,1hbn Sehsois.
The Issv. Or Dnn; M,ssjonaty 10 lnJia. told
The General Assembly that, from a want IF
know ledge and seisnr-. the Hlnieos we're no,
eapabIs"l estimating ths evidence Of The sos-
poi. which; ~ Their DARK, feeble minds, up
| peated Ike an old wife's fable, DR. Duff pro
posed hat tho Board Of NJ 4ssj1ns should give
10 tl1r i~ipnipes instruction III The various
branches df \ common aiuratinr, thai iheir
rnInda might hs able 10 see tho truth and in
~portanrn Of tho scriptures, Before The somer
| goes frEt'i Fl SOW 'iiH seed, tbs ground must bs
| prepared. Common gehopls f'fpst plough for
tbs bible. The seed will not take root II The
ground be not plnughsd neither ran The bible
be understood # Common School, have mol
gone bsfsre II, The btbls, then. th#, charter
~ 'i'@''T ~ b''k'F yf-''H ~ ~ WV ~ "
freedorn-H silireth in darkness, atld Tho dark.
'ess rotnprahenja It not" # Ternfnbn S,chnpls
arc neglected You viii keep in mind that
~ntnetrnn ont OF iWrr'Y receive from Common
Schools nII their abtlty 10 road the T. bic, aud
hat thnsr mist raad Hldetstandjn pIs, or 9th,
rrwjse, ~ these e. hrols ste improved nf
worthless. A great par' u the raHd ng y 'tb
the maIrtlty oE tIie peppls ts so wpFdy, ep mo
Fh,uirpI. 81" feeilr thaf The tbnurHt ruatrs n,
Judgement, the truth no rpnvtetinr. 4 we'll
attained scttol muster With ha primer, must
prerrdr the stitpJi master With hh bible.
There arc IN the United 5tatea, arrtrdtnt 70
'ha rensna 81 The general government taken
~ 1910, JlG $50 whits adu,ta nver tveu'Y
ynara If age, unable 10 read and s72,At4
children between the ages If five and atRtran
without the instruction.. m tie tne9nE 81 II
GptntdGn & hpp1 edufHtion / Aui yet re
resolve Ia give tfa II az to every n'nid md
Yetitt N tha United 3tnfss-s good resolution,
nit Should ue not also rrarlvs, that every
child aud youth 10 the United States shall he
Taught 10 fead - copy nf tbs Elhtr. The reaS
son that We spw ST. many seeds by fbe printed
pter, and Frr ~ frw frwsrr, ia, the peotle
are not iaripff to read intniiiprntlY ami With
4bfHtnp rnuvirtipna. A tract distribution pas
cod me II faw days nluca oud hauded a sailor
. tract, The sallnt burned II over and upside
hp~u, and SAID " cant read" and dfopped
tbs tract Ga thr Eronnd. Has our whole
duty been Unchanged by handing the Eai,or Il
t~rsrtl" SAID 4 reverend gentleman 10 tns, nov
three years since, have just completed .
tour for distributing tbs Billie under The d.
rertinn Of the American Bible Socistg. So
ven hundred and i've Bibles have been left by
me, hut Unless t~eac1efs arc ssnt 10 teach The
| ppepie 10 read them. | had better 20 and bring
back At lsast i've hundred Of the copies" The
wealth and energies Of the land are exhausted
10 rend the pflntsd pags. Should not The
friends Of ths Bible take Il deeper interest, IN
he Improvement Of the Cnrnnop Schools
To give tho Bible, nnasked, 10 the ignorant,
aud those merely able to pronounce words, is
like filing n blind mans house with fhe pant
, tugs of the MA stefa, or casting tbs seed wheat
~ The woods, Or bulldIng D granite trrnpIa in
the forest for The benefit Of the roaming aav-
ago. The rnipt also that most Important
and eT'ctual guard, support and ornament Of
virtues cause" standa ru Common Schools.
When the messenger If truth apeaka to the
congregation, he addressed mind, ha argu-
mems pre,aupp1sr .ntnd, and, unless the pro )
pIe's SCHOOLS have - a~d The hdtleDca up to
The pulpit, where j. The ministers influence 7
Az | have listened to a Rbod conrsfniive ar
gutlont from the aacred drak, and have seen
The people, With wandaFlng Iooks and vacant
| countcnancee, re13y 10 Turn /" tho door if any
pne should happen 10 pass through il, AT tie
very mnfrcn'! scj when the speaker ~as edu-
! ing am ri1ntfart contlus.oD, | have felt ~ !
/ have done VII IL seeing 4 pc son thruet his
band into a small aperture At or eomctl3ng
,thea, ,lf which he was nr'y II 70 rcafh "tih
the enj4 Of his fingers, and from ius beng able
70 |oarh it, he only pushed It further from bin
So with the preacher: he wAs iaboring 10 get
hold If the attention Of The people, but the
m "a was 10 feeble, ~ wandering, ~ vacant
that there Vas no grasp, and the great truth
fell powerIess To make an abiding impress,
s.on on an empty headed a~n'en~s Is AZ hope
less az to mike A mark on tho ocean. (Langh,
ter and apptause) We are told by the hlsto,
rians Of the French Egyptian carnpaign, thai
Bonapsrte foual, and attempted To reluce
GARRISON, she tered by A huge ID fort Hat
he wall been oftsnber, the b"siegers nigh
have burnt them. HID they been OF stone
even blocks Of granite, they might hav'
preached them by their cannon. Bot tn" vas
passive mound received the iron missiles with
out efect-hey inst closed in and "ere deaf
And the mighty engines ri attack and demo
:, ! lition were paralyzed and power3ess So il !
! with the preacher WHEN he p~reache+ 10 h
irpnr4nt, n strong aensatso9 ~ tn a~ud'ence,
4 "see.ng they see DOT, neither 10 they under
atand.' And | most respectfully beg Ieays
n remind the learned cletg7men present, in tn
- s GE,,,tt tta Fvrlt~L ar