The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-08-01

inc ambition, what but the infuenceof virtue
and the triumphant power Of education could
cause oil the men ofsthis region to lay aside
their daily avocations to worship here to-day
before the altar of their countrys The'peace,
piety and wisdom Of Sharon must, undoubted-
", be traced to God. Her matchless inteli-
gence must be ascribed to her literary insttu-
professors!!! AM
"The village all declare how much they know,
IT'S certain they can write and cipher So!
While words Of learned length and numbering
sound,
Amaze the gazing rustics ranged around!
Ands still they gaze, and still the wonders grow,
That heads SO small can carry all they know"
Let US, then, initiate Sharon in her onward
career! Let our senses enjoy the beauty and
sweetness Of her fragrant Rose!!
But, joking aside, let US, in reality and sim
cerity, stand by that ennobling ambition that
scorns mean action, that aspires to do good,
that is merclful to fellow foe, that desires pu-
ffity Of heart, that is meek and poor in spirit (;
0Hu tuS ctiiVSo. " PiomoNO ou'oOiVSo ~ Wv
acceptance and appreciation of God. This is
the ambition that gave Greece her Arisides
and her Plato. This is the ambition which
gave Rome her Fabricius and -Cincnnattus,
her iBrutus and her Titus. This is the amb-
ton which gave England her Alfred and her
Chatham, her Locke, her Newton, her Hale,
. and her Nelson, This is the ambition which
sent Howard to suffering humanity. This is
the ambition which gave Ireland Wellington
and BurSe, Curran and Grattan, Moore
and Goldsmith, an Emmett and Montgome-
ry. This is the ambition which gave Scotland
Scott and Burns, a Byron and Campbell, a
Bruce and Wallace. This is the ambition
!. which gave the Swiss their Tell, and the OPP
pressed Poles their brave Kosciusko. This is
the ambition which sent Capt. Smith from all
the pleasures of "Home, sweet home," to the
savage wilds of Jamestown. This is the amb-
ton which sent the Puritans to the bleak rock
Of Plymouth. This is the ambition which sus-
tanned them while laying the broad and deep
foundations Of the Liberties we now enjoy
This is the ambition which gave the world the
puliosOpuy Vi tuC poiitiCul WinuuiH
of jefferson and the unspproachabe and unat-
tainable perfection of Washington. This is
the ambition which gave the United States their
Henry, their Writ, their Adams, their Perry,
their Clay, their Decatur, and their Jackson
This ambition il indispensable Without it,
we can neither promote our own welfare, nor
be very useful to Others If we desire power,
we should acquire fund of knowledge in or
der to discharge all the duties its possession
would impose. If we desire an honorable
fame, we should cultivate both the head and
the heart, that II be just reflection of the re-
atty! If we desire excellence in letters, in
safts, in science, in knowledge, in morals, in
Phiiosophy,i in the grave study of TIE Law, in
. the deep refec1Gne Of Medical science, or in
the sbsorbing u : Of public life, We must IA
/ Dor, ardeu,ly, devotedly. and with unslterable
pertinacity, for Gthere isno excellence without
gyat labor:n This is the fiat Of God. The
man actuated by.t this faudable ambition knows
its truth. Accordingly, he is aroused from his
slumbers. He stands redeemed from the shack
les Of vice and idleness. He sets before him
some noble object of pursuit This he par
sues with single eye and a steady aim This
is the business Of his life. Every action he
performs, he will endeavor to make subsidiary
to this He examines his heart, he regulates
his inclinations, subdues his passions, and puri-
fees his motives and his conduct. This is the
work of iaudable ambition. "Ambtion,
powerful source Of good and i'll. thy strength
in man, like length Of. wing in birds; when
disengaged from earth, with greater ease and
swifter flight, transports us TO the skies" This
laudable ambition outbulds the Pyramids. sits
monuments shaillast when Egypts fall" Is
this not the case? What has ambition done!
Has it not converted this wilderness into a cul.
tiyated garden9 Has it not raised poverty to
wealth? Was not Girard poor boy about the
streets of Philadelphia! Did not poor Column
bus discover the New World? Did not Fulton
apply steam to navigation? Was not Sherman
promoted from the stool of Shoemaker to a
seat in Conevessa Did it not promote Frank
lin, an humble Printer, to the legislative halls
of this great nation9 Did ID not give us the
victory Of the 9th ofNIanuary! Did it not
give US Story and Marshall, Clay, Web
ster, and q Calhouna Has not this patriotic
ambition carried Liberty over the borders
Does not our star-spangled banner, now, float
from the walls Of Matamoros! Does not the
light Of our own constellation enlven, even
now, the dark. oppressed soil of Mexico!
Shall not our equal laws and free institutions
bless the benighted and enervate Mexicana
viii not every hill and dale, every town and
sequestered hamlet from the Isthmus Of Pana-
ma to the North Pole, and from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific, hail the American Eagle and
bless the dawn Of American Freedom? Who
can prevent our banners floating in the breeze |
DER the ANCIENT palaces Of the Montezumasl
Is not our banner based on the word Of God |
HasHe not always preserved its honor! Has
He not ordered and shaped its course! Did
not His, fiery pillar precede the children of Is /
rasla And will His presence now abandon the
descendants of the Pilgrims! Did He not
speak from Sinai, And will He now be silens
a II IL