The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1843-01-05

of reason Instinct was sufficient for l.elE The bea"
yer had its hut-and the bee its bowcr but was
advancing. The race ought 10 be considered as
an identical man; who subsisted through al tme-&
the destihes of humanity being subordinate to gu-
ding Power-not lelt to swing to and fro. The Great
Being superinended intelligent life. and conducted il
to results, rs certainly the planetary system carried
the ealth to its perebeion If sparrow could moi fall
without mis- permission how much more nation! If
lie had care for the ee,ng hours, that not even mos
ment could be lost-how much more might we dis
Germ his love IN departing centures The Present was
the child Of the Past and proud of its lineage. This
day Of our ilo aud history could exist, il the Past
had not produced it. Had the horse of Darius failed 10
neigh, said Jonathan Edwards, the fu'6Ment of the
prophecies would not have come 10 pass and if Cleo>
pards had been quarter of an inch longer said
Pdscha, modern history would have taken avery diff
ferent course. Where was cereal grain first grown
where did the OK and the first grazsl Letters too
which preserved the thoughts of the great minds of
men. No record was ancient. but the lrst records
orour alphabet were more so. The signSofthe zadiac
were communicated to US from the remote East So
with numbers OF the roots Of words child in the
lowest form oil our lnlaHt OCnOOis COUlu
sruction that had not required tens Of centuries and
hundreds of nations gather together. If ladies ex-
amned their articles Of dress, how many centuries did
it require to bring the fabrics to perfsctionso with me
tails n the rocks pearls in the shells of ocean and
what beautiful fabrics were concealed in the web of
the silk-worm or the down ofthe cotton>plant!
The Constitution Of the United STATES. was an alb
stract of all preceding experence-of elements derived
from remote origins from our Anglo Saxon race from
Greece from early ASIA not less thanfrom our English
Ancestry, and our own colonial life. AS the Msslss~
ipp is formed oflributares not Of which could be
spared, anG all were governed by laws-so were ma
tons governed by rules that certain as water
decendIng towards the ocean. Every preceding event
mus: have spired to form the present age. These
formed our institutions, not one of which could be
spared and which had but one termination-al the
throne of God. The pursuit Of history therefore, was
one of the most hopeful cheering and profitable Of hui
man employments. We there observed tie genius of
humanity, and the Providence of God. which were
still producing good in INFINITE progression. No age
had separate being. We were cheered by the rays
former centuries lived in the sunny collection of
all their light. Our thoughts free and indestruc
thIe, and took eternity as their guardian We were
children of the Past with which were inseparably
Connected We should respect the ages that were gone
by, for thus History the power to teach the soul
tina. which is the life of our le. She embalmed and
preserved the life bood not of maserspirits only, but
of ages of our race History found promises of Joy;
even in footsteps among the graves Of nations.
''Not God alone in the still calm we find
He mounts the storm and walks upon the wind