Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-09-03

On the responsibilities Of good example, and
for say whether. loving virtue better than vice-unon
rather than dssension-peace with its morality, plenty and
iocund mh-more than with its violence its usts, its
and its desoaton will retad advance the
of God and Man.
One word now felowcizens on the old North State So
veregnty in herself and Of the oldest in lie conederacy
What has she DONE Wha she doing perpeuate the bles
sings which the acts OF this day II years secured here How
ranks she her competitors in the glorious of human
regeneration If the historian has traced her origin with fidelity,
there but little hope her primitive settlers Says
Bancroft: While The whole world fire by of
unparalleled extent the unpublished inhabitants of North Carolina
multiplied and spread the enjoyment of the g personal
liberty. 1t the liberty of freemen in the woods. North
Carolina like ancient Rome famed the sanctuary Of
aways and might be said with but exaggeraon, that in
Carolina every did what right in his eyes,
tribute neither God Caesar. Our subsequent history
throws dscredt this for there is State in the
Union whose character commends itself honest
wise, and enlightened mind Attacks upon the UnGn-a brl%
trial refusal honest abies-a disregard of time honored
nstutons-mobs, sectional bitterness vagaries in law politics.
and religion have, degree disgraced stained the
escuceon of all her sisters but paocaIy, honestly quietly
and without varlabeness shadow of turning North Carolina
has pursued the tenor of her way And yet eowcit
this is but negative of virtue al best If we should
be asked for the evidences Of our the fine
what point the ruins OF sing statue? The
catalogue of the Internal Improvements which adorn and enrich
State comprises granite Capitol ard Rail Roads. The
Road carried through by the ndonitabe energy and
ausess enterprise OF small toWnte other already sold
der legal forfeiture and decree while the wealth of the State
is allowed to flow through foreign channels, and swell the i'm
porance of neghbors, who delight and who consider
their dignity involved in sneering Rip Van Wrinkle. is
only of late that have far participated in the panthopc
of the age incorporate pita for the relief
Of the Deaf and Dumb.
And how has Of Education prospered amongst
Is known my audience that the State in which they live
the State which, The patriotic words of the song they have
often love- cherish and Defend, is beow the
Educational scale Surrounded the North by Virginia,
the West by Tennessee, and on the South by South
Carolina her darkness rendered less visible by the mental
night Which b. riders her. Yet considered alone, lis startling
fact that twofs of population that make and unmake laws
and governments, only incapable of subscrbing but of
reading their Our character for honesty, hospitality and
the social virtues, is the effect Of ignorance-s
caused by the small number of degrees that have assembled
the scale of mental graduation; the result Of suation and
circumstances which be readily enumerated but which,
foreign the present OCCASION will omit Let the inam-
matory influences which have disturbed other communities fall
upon and the conAAgraon which will would
convince that only because have
dncemens be otherwise. Who that this exemp
from temptation will continue! Industry then, beseeches
you-enterprise prays you-State prde safety prosperity
happiness, ion in petition for the better education of the
people, TO effect ts system must be devised better
The have. We get clear of the radical
error-ha it is better do much badly. than little ceN We
must put away the idea that The Schoomaser is TO be
poorly emunera,ed than lowest mechanics that he who
and engras The mind the buds OF virtue and inei-
gence and builds tman desrvesIes than the handcras
who houses; that Mr.. Anybody from
where; that Jonathan fresh from the meadows Of New England,
the hopeful native, graduate Of his school, fit be
trusted with the preceptors wand. We have time
90 this sui wish suffice say. the instructions
of uninsruced teacher worth the havng and the
people have instruction. This fact startling under
present system, continually arises and will down at
bidding. The people have instruction for, in the name
of the living God ii must be proclaimed that righteousness shall
be the liberty and violence and chcaney shall Sc the law and
superstition and craft shall be the religions and the selfdesuc-
tive indulgence all sensual and unaowed passions shall
the only happiness of that people who the education
their children But duse healthy knowledge pour out as
you d. this naton light and TRUTH God pours
sunshine and and in the words of the inspired leader
against power would excaim fanatic the dis
unionist and the soldier Let them on The people will
only beat them back, bat laugh their assaults In other
times their crimes were heard of with dismays not SO now
Let them be abroad they WILL They do nothing IN this age
the clear calm eye educated and the pure hear
Of vrtuous people, against all their evils and machna'lons
And now eow-cilizens with full knowledge Of pres