True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-12-17
From the New Y0rk Organ.
DIR COUNTRY'S HOPE.

1t is not on the efficiency of our army
the extent Of our navy, the strength OF
onr Notifications, or the physieal resources
OF our soil, that we can rightly have our
expectations for the enduring welfare OF
our country, and the permanency of lis i'll
situations. Deeper than all these, lies the
principle of its glorious end.
Every page of history bears evidence of
the momentous uniruth that the prospect
ty of nation is in direct ratio TO the intel
ligence of the masses. that compose it
General education, then, is the strong bull
wark of our country, as knowledge is the
basis of true greatness in individuals. CT
vii privileges, mutual rights, political
freedom and religious liberty, are all de-
! pendent or the degree of intelligence that
prevails among the masses. No inteli-
gent people were ever slaves; no ignorant
nation was ever free. TyrantS cannot
rule, despots cannot crush, demagogues
cannot mislead, might cannot uSurp right,
when the people hnO,0 themselves.
But closely connected with the subject
of Intelligence, is the subject of temper
ance. All the nations that have ever
emerged from state of barbarian night,
and become renowned in store for advance
ment in the arts and sciences were, daring
such progressive improvement temperate
nations; and all the Kingdoms and en-
pircs, and STATES, that have reverted from
leaning TO ignorance, crumbled TO dust,
and whose names have been bloucd out
from among ,hc nations Of the earth, may
trace dissipation from the first step thro'
every successive change in their down
ward career The philosophy Of this mat
ter is very simple. The hHman mind can
never be stationary. Like every thing
else in nature, a condition of existence IS
perpetual change constant motion. Its
various powers must he constantly cXer,
ciscd. LIS restless propeuSlieS must create
feelings, aHd those feelings will impe 10
action, aud the intellectual faculties the
observing and reasoning organs-wIl be
employed IN seeing objects to crafty those
propanslics and feelings.
If the senses and appclenccS are in u
pure and unporvorlcd state. the propens-
ties will be beautifully balanced. and the
intellect will be exercised in procuring OBJ
iects adapted to the best good Of mans
whole nature, and the moral and inieloc
tual powers, ugdisturbcd by the corporeaI
demands, will be free TO expand into the
regions of philosophy and sentiment. BH
if the animal instincts and the natural sen
sibiiiticS are deprived, the controlling pro.
penSiIcS will he unnatural and morbid,
and the intellectual faculties will be en-
pIoyed in seeking the means TO administer
To the morbid dcsires-thus still further
vitIating the organism and bringing the
whole moral aud intellectual nature uldor
the dominion OF the merely animal I'm
the former case, the moral and intellectual
powers are developed as the propcnSiies
are BEAUTIFULLY exercised; in the latter case
the intellect aud the moral sentiments de-
generate as the animal passions become
morbid aud ovcrpoworing.
As with individuals, 50 il is with ma.
lions. When a BATON becomes intcmpe-
rate, the general mind runs To waste, and
the base passions dashed mp fury, rapid.
ly sink the whole mental construction i'm
degcneracy and boaStiality A temperate
people must, IN The necessary course of
lllti1si bttoAit uil lttttilGtUt uiu moral
people. All men are naturally inclined 10
practice virtue aud seek knowledge-be-
cause such pursuits are adapted Ia the
greatest number aud the highest gralifica-
ton Of their mental powers, and conse-
qucnlly conducive to harpincss-whcn no
morbid or depraving influence operates 10
derange the balance nature has wisely in
slitulcd IN the several systems and powers
that constitute their mental organization.
In view Of these considerations. tho first
duty Of the true patriot, and christian. and
Is TO labor to extend tempe
rance principles aud strict temperance |
practices throughout every section Of his /
country aud all classes Of society. when |
this IS doue throughout tic land. our pco /
pie will be iu a condition 10 be instructed. !
moralizcd and chrsiianized. /
lud our counlry's prospects for the future,
more suspicious than have ever dlsun-
guished any nation, in any preceding age
1f the world
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