Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-01-17
NUMBER 46.

ausnices the race OF lie. Here the sus-
lenanee Of the mind is served up to all
alike, as the Spartans served their food
upon the public table. Here young Am
bition climbs his little ladder, and boyIsh
Genius plumes his half hedged wing
From among those laughing children VIII
90 forth the men who are to control the
dcstnies oftheir age and country; the
statesman whose wisdom is TO guide the
Senate--,he poet who will take captive
the hearts o. the people and bind them
together with immortal song--the phlos'
opher who, boldly selling upon the ele-,
mens themselves, will compel them to
his wishes, and, through new combinations
of their primeval laws, by some discovery,
revolutionize both art and science.
That common village school is New
Englands farest boast-the brightest
Jewel that adorns her brow. The primer.
pie that society is bound TO provide for Its
members education as well as protection,
so that none need be ignorant except from
choice, is the most important that belongs
to modern philosophy, IS essential to
a republican govornmeaN Universal ed
cation is not only the best and surest, but
the only sure foundation for Tree instItu-
tons. True liberty is the child OF knowl-
edge; she pines away and dies in the
arms Of ignorance.
Honor, then, to the early fathers OF
New En- gland, from whom came the splr-
it which has built school house by every
sparkling fountain, and bids all come as
freely to the one to the other. All hon
or, too, to this noble city, who has not
disdaned to follow the example OF her
Northern sisters, but has wisely deter
mined that the intellectual thirst oil her
children deserves as much attention as
their physical, and that it is as much her
duty to provide the means OF assuaglng
the one as of quenching the other
But the spirit of the Pilgrims survives,
not only in the piety and knowledge OF
their sons but, most Of all, in their lndeIa-
tgable enterprise and indomltable perse-
verance. -
They have wrestled with nature TIL
they have prevailed against her, and COM
i. PEELED her reluctantly to revise her own
:. laws. The sterile soil has become pro-
e .ductive under their sagaclous culture ana
>. 1.-The barren rock, astonished, hnds l'sei.
r covered with luxuriant and unaccustomed
n verdure.
Upon the banks Of every river build
G temples to industry and stop the squan-
It behring's Of the spendthrift waters. They
e bind the naiads of the brawing stream,
J, and compel them, like the sad daughters
d of Danaus, to pour increasingly from their
n gIttering urns the sparkling treasures OF
r their crystal fountains. They drive the
e dryads from their accustomed haunts,
). and force them to desert each favor
lite grove; for upon river, creek ana pay
j. they are busy Transforming the crude Tor
est into staunch and gallant vessels
q From every inlet or inden!ure along Inc
rIrocky sho ire swim forth these ocean BIRDS;
d born in the wild wood, fledged upon the
e wave. Behold how they spread their white
}. pinons TO the favoring breeze u wlngthelr
- flight to every quarter of the globe; the
q carrier pigeons of the world! 1t is upon
,. the unstable element the sons OF New Eng
/ land have achieved their greatest trl'
e umphs. Their adventurous prows Vex
is the waters of every sea. Bold and rest
y less as the old Northern Vikings, they 60
1t forth TO seek their fotunes in the mighty
Y deem, The ocean is their pasture, and
n over its wide prairiea they follow the
s. monstrous herds that feed upon the azure
it Gelds.-As the hunter casts his lasso npon
u the wild horse, so they throw their lines
lie upon the tumbling whale. They "draw
q out Leviathan with a hook They
IS ALL his skin with barbed IRONS" and IN
G. spite OF his terrible strength they "part
re him among the merchants" 10 them
e. there are no pillars of Hercules. lhey
ct seek with ayidity new regions, and iear
,e not 10 be "the first that ever burst" into
unknown seas. Had they been the COM
ar nanious Of Columbus, the great mariner
is would not have been urged to RETURN
4 tbonob he had sailed westward TO his dy-
fl ing doy. ~. an
~ teua 10 thy ancient fame and worthy OF
i tbv ance trial hours. We, thy children,
have assembled in this far distant land to
. celebrate thy birthday. A thousand fond
70 associations throng upon US, by the spirit
ID Of the hour On thy pleasant valies rest
rs like sweet dews Of morning the gentle re-
" collections Of our ear ly life; around thy
% hills and mountains cling like gathering
e mists the mighty memories Of the Revo.
), luton; and far away in the horizon OF
!. thy past gloom, like thy own bright
t Northern Lights, the awful virtues OF our
e Pilgrim sres! But while we devote this
V day 10 the remembrance Of our native
!. land, we forget not that in which our
i happy lot is cast We exult IN the re-
d Election that though we count by thou
ct sands the miles which separate US from