The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-02-16

tune, during the present session, 10 witness
The removal Of one of her number from
,h1s world Of sorrow, yet, Judging from
her situation, aud the healthiness of the
surrounding neighborhood, it is hoped such
mlslorlunes val not often occur" What
noun, either expressed or implied, does the
partc!ple "Judging agree with in the
sentence which | have Just quoted |
would, however, willingly have passed over
me communication . sub alto silentio," and
nave permitted i TO be consigned 10 that
oblivion which It so Justly deserves. had
not " DIsclpuus attempted 10 handle. so
numerically, no; myself alone. bu, others
who were, formerly, multi discinul;" in
Ihe same College IN which he is now "Dis.
cIpulus 3 aud also large and very res.
pectable class Of my fellow-citizens, who
obtain their bread by the sweat Of their
brows. Read the following sentences
'she has given up the idea of COMBINING
two sciences diametrcally opposed 10 each
Other She has entirely laid aside that
part OF her profession which has taurbt
Tie young idea how to cut his foot, and has
concentrated all her energies in the adj.
'ancement Of knowledge observe the
extreme bathos of the expression, "has
taught the young idea how TO cut his foo, -
" DIscipulus " would have us believe. thar
The science which I" has taught the Young
idea how to cut his foot" as he scienti.
cally expresses it, and the science which
" advances the young idea in knowledge -
are diametrlcally opposed TO each other"
no, that Is acquainted with the past and
present history Of our beloved country.
does not know, that the brightest Jewels in
the dadcm Of her fame hive been acuuir-
ed by those who have, at some period of
their lives, been manual lahurers and That
the most verdaut laurels in her wreath Of
Liberty have been won by the cul,iyators
OF her soil F.! Yet "Discipulus " would have
US think, that none but he, and others "sui
generIs, are permitted to ascend the mount
OF science and Of song; and that Acrcul.
turists, or those, 'swho teach the younr
idea how to cut his foot" must stand at an
awful distance, and not even attempt tto
climb the steep where Fame's proud noun.
49, 7h'u'S diuI' DlSCi)ulls seems To
be poet in spite Of himself Read the
following lines, VIZ:
rejoice in saying the tmc is near at hand,
when she will take her stand
among the first Colleges OF the land"
After eulogising Davidson College /" ad
astra," to which | have not the slightest
objection, he introduces the following SEN
tence, At the commencement Of the in
sttutlon, great many came for the mere
name of being at College How does he
know this My opinion is diametrical.
~ opposed " to his on this point. Nav not
=" DisciPuus " be at College now, for the
:" mere name of being at College ~ 1t is
perfectly "obvious," that "Discipulus "
has embarked upon the vast ocean Of Lit
erature, without chart or compass; and
that a disastrous shlpwreck certainly a.
waits him, if he does not speedily enter
some friendly harbor.
In conclusion, advise him 10 peruse,
at leisure, the following line, selected from
a Classical Author with whose poetry he
IS, or ought to be familiar, " Macte, nova
VIRTUE, puer, sic itur ad astra.'
AGRICOLA.