Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-01-21

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sintended-for a more useful and noble
spurpsse show you amidst the double
nlght ofserror and Of passion which obF:
scuresSiy your journey through life, ihe only
ways OF pleasantness and palhs of. peace,
fUndoubtedty learning .ofailself is graceful
and ornamental, and kuowledse!is power.
bat Learning and knowledge attain their,
true beauty aud full power only when
dniled 10 virtue, and this union is ennobled
and, so&to speak, saucti6ed by piety,-.
making the highesl condition of oursna
ture. Learning, morality, religion, =.
these are your great objects, These in
lheright understanding Of them include:
all that is desirable. They CON rehend
those lesser morals, The agg gaze sof
which nakesa gentleman fitted 10 Sadorn
and delight society ly-they comprehendsall
those. sentiments which become a cilizen
born TO "a participation 10, The government
|ol the sommonwealtB and salI. those deep
convictions aad lofty. aspirations which
belong 10 sheiia OF eternity. This is my
.conceptionsof 8aSs object and purposes for
which we are associated. If we camper.
5sdade yonsto entertain corresponding.
idea sof your duties, our task will be; an
easy one. shall be joint laborers in
tihe same field, cheered by 1he sure pros.
pect Of a aSiuxurianl harvest. This. our.
seed time, wilIbe a seasonsof hope and
Joy. while We looksforward with eager and
couhdenl anllcipalion5to the gloriesyof a
rich harvest, and still farther TO- the gar
sneriug of ait:@here fheresis no rust, and
thieves can1ol break lhrougb b nor s.eal.
d But besides The nlferior and paramount
value ofahe moral sentimenls.io which IS
have alluded, they aregof. immediate and
vital consequence 10, us here. ;,Ihe good
order and successful administration or
The College, depends entirely upon their
influences. . 4 ~ -
YoushayePassed the period Of coercion
and already are moral agents. In all
communities laws avail bdfs fslittleswithou
5a prevailing sentiment 10 sustain. and car
:ry them OUT in theitS true spirit. -. Quia
:gateunt leges sire n,oTibas, = is true every
where, bur most emphalicaiIy irue .hefe.s
SQnrsgoYerninent resolves itself aimosl en-
.tifely 3inio ap appeal % lha seneesof shon5S
or and duty, Withoa which our laws are
nugatory,5 and theft mpoient penalties
carry y.nossanctio The fear of the law
which pronipI 10 a cold aud refucta1fi
obsefy vance Of ii. may secure from punish
Inent, but, as O principle of action, must
+ar@ays TaiFoI aay f'osoTa5fs shccess; aud
government,whos deficiency depends.
solely upon it, must (ailin its mnip Objects
You cannot. young gentlemed-yoin:
ought not 10 be governed by mere dinl of
law,-you must feel that there are other
and higher rules than it imposes,
other and higher laws than are 10 be found
in our statutes-laws in your own bosoms,
written On your hearts-lheNpenalty for
disobedience 10 which, is the consciousness
of wrong-and' the reward Of obedience,
The consciousness Of right. 6. ,,..r
1t may, and perhaps must be necessary
wherever human nature isto be governed.
to invoke The interposition Of The law
but our habitual, and by far most pleas:
ant, aud as we hope, most efficient appeal
will be 10 your honor and sense Of right.
We do not indulge The cbimerical ex-
peclatlon that moral discipline can be SO
Tar enforced as 10 supercude an occasion
al application Of penal laws. Our cbser-
val'on OF life permits no such hope. for
in no association whatever--no seneles or
councils. can be regulated by the mere
discretion Of the membeEs-Lnuch less
can it be expected froin' the ,houghlless-
ness and passions Of The young. Acts of
discipline must occur, and when the oc.
casion requires them, they will be firmly
and promptly applied-but what we do
calculate on is the prevalence OF a perva.
ding sentiment, that will render such
necessity infrequent-a sentiment which
will inspire more fear of offence than of
punishment.
The impulsiveness and impalience be.
longing TO your time of life, naturally
make the degree Of exertion and industry
requisite 10 your proper advancement,
irksome andspainful to you. Indolence
presents herself 10 the youns-aye! and
to the old-in thousand seducing forms.
Industry is Of hard and grabbed ,aspect.
The one seems to point to snoothe and
howery path-lhe other to a.rugged and
painful ascent-but around that seducing
path Iurk all the ills of life-and thar
toilsome ascent, at every step opens wi
der and wider broad and beautiful pros,
pect, aud leads eventually eventually 10.
those elevations to which the noble spirit
aspires. ;,..
Indus,fy:is the prolific mother Of many
virtues. She produces as well as sustains
Them; they all cluster around and nestle
about her, growing and strengthening by
care. Genius itself, that divine quality
which seems TO be instinct with innate
power, and to rise by i,s own upward lem
dency-genius itself is pumed for its
highest flights AMI trained 10 them by iu-
dus,ry. 1t it an utter mistake 10 imagiue
that any endowment can dispense with
labor. 1t is fatal error into which
young men fall; no great achievement,
ever has or ever can be effected without
il; the mode of its application may be OBJ
scure, but its presence is not the less Ger.
lain. We have heard of the forest-borp