Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

siderable extent, cy EnsheE rPilRioH' !
The marks of serr,l',y and %vassalaee
arc seen Wherever We turn III eyes.
Obsolete forms. loary Preiud;cea. pc
llical abonia Aliens. ami national ab-
surdities. derived from past eyes OF
ignorance and harba.ism, bind our
freest Thoughts and plisy our hN!es'
e~xeftions. We have no national 1T
era;ure--we hive no healthy public
opinion; we have no mind we can
call II owns; and more than all. wei
have 70 coda of laws. but continue
10 borrow the anc:en: decisions OF
Westminster Hal, and constitute
hem tic governing principles OF Al
meriCan courts: thus tacitly ucknow!-
edging that we are incapable ct 'Ta-
lining a code lor ourselves. We ara
! oaiy rctrogadinc. falling back INTO al
worse than colonial dependence or
f.uial bondage. Moncpoir--tar
reaching aud wide spreading monop-I
Io}y--is stretching forth is countless
aims to grasp all that is worth pos
sessiug Of lie, liberty, and human
happiness. Legislative power, IL
stead of shielding anl Protecting tic
rights Of all, exercises IFS ingenuity
n robbing the many. according to
law TO fill the Golfers of a few. OPP
preston is now yelled under Specious
!~dis.uises and consecrated names, &
the people submit to the most odlCus
!. and cruel exactions, without seem
ling to comprehend tie heariless ty-
%r1nBv with which they are burden
: al. We allow ourselves to be fiat
tered, deceived. and then plundered.
Have vc not the wisdom to npprecl-
ate our blessings, the virtue to snjov
Them, or the courage TO protectthem!
Must tie fruits Of liberty, like the
!, apples Of Sodom, turn to ashes in our
grasp? Why is all ,his' The an
swer is ready. We hoard our liberty
as the miser does his gold-it is not al
lowed to beused, improved, strength
ened, ana increased. We venerate
it, it is true, we rejoice in it: it is OUT
h pride and our glory; but we DO not
a cultivate i, it is not prunsd of its ex'
II ~crescences, weeded Of its parasites
Il its parched roots are IN watered, it'
d iroopiag foliage uncheeref by I'VE
: ming care. or morning toll. IL wa!
u planted in tears and blood. but since
Il then il has been left to itself. W.
is depend entirely upon its hardy vigo'
IT to buffet the s'orm. We seem Il
l. forget that even more danger is TO b,
Y unprecedented from Tie ,wining ivy
e than from the :emPest's blast or thu
is iishlning's stroke.
=; Glorious as is our system Of gov
q ernments. it is far from being perfect
J.. Our patriotic fathers laid the iouEda
.e ton broad and deep--wi,h Hercuic
it an vicor they raised those ponderou:
RS co'ums that tower SO sublimely il
?; their unparalleled grandeur: "thc,
H. Completed enough 10 demonstrat,
the possibility Of the task ond insur,
n the perfection Of the design, whcr
death overlook them, leaving il for III
g to finish. Where they left it. there
It yet remains; div waiting for som,
in patriotic generation to raise it 10 it,
< destined height, while haply the mos.
q; and ivy leaf will stand for its ~inscrip
ID ton, and time. the destroyer, vii
5 0Dtstrip the builders hand" Wher
re Ill the people rise in the might o
Is their onnipotence andlay the crown
e, iEg stone OF glory and JOY!
C Another wi. The great object
e. Of education are in this country al
c most wholly neglected aud misunder
le stood. allude here more patticu
Sc larry 10 the health Of the body an,
n the purity Of the mind. The ancient
~ understood the intimate connection
o which exists between the two: henc
u their untiring attention to the devel
cs cpmsnt not only Of the mental, bu
l.; also Of the corporeal powers. TIL
n physical education OF their childreI
ID was commenced almos, of the yer
a. hour of birth. Bat the moderus seer
e. ;ohave forgotten that pupils have DO
le dies to be disciplined, or morals, Q
y. indeed any OTHER faculty, save ,ha
AZ OF memory. The result is a wa
Of check and premature tomb. Tn
he habits OF industry, economy, and mo
n. ralitv. are neglected, and the stu
IN dent emergeS from his cloister. al
g most as ignorant Of men and Of tn
or system under which he is 10 live, as
ye he had been cropping all his liie-tim
- among shadows.
e. cannot dwell upon the enormou
lie evils Of a national ignorance-,h
.ir deep reproach with which it cover
to us--the dangers it t~hreatens-or III
ist burdens it entails. need not spea