Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-09-03
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 1877


canal. that thir; our Empire State,
might be enriched thereh, =.
The Triumph of intellect, Let h
wander back TO the time of our strurules
Tor liberty. to ascertain ifthe consummate
eLoqHence of Patrick Henry was of no a.
vail What bat ''earthlv victory - Of
NINA caused the name of great Caessr to
stand against the world, aud placed The
brilliant name of Napoleon ofthe page of
history! Perchance thou savest it was
bravery on the field Of battle. Art thou
OF home and savest thou that the mind of
thy Industrious countrvman planned no,
his many victories? Art thou Of France
and sayeSt thou that the intellect OF thy
greatest General never developed itself in
the cabinet " HoHi SoH qili mi n ppRSo.
Art thou OF h1S land Of liberty. and savest
thou that the " P0fer Pafrioe , GisnIave5
no intellectual superiority? Art thou of
Englhnd, and sdycst tho. that the mem.
ofy OF the = Bard of Avon y is not re-,
Fertd throughout the domiuians of =. He
SioSt Gracious Majesty - Art thou Of
Scotland, and saycst thou that the ant nor
Oh "averiy never manifested the posrey
OF intellect Art thou of italy The Ian4
OF poetry and OF song and knowcst thou
NOT that the pride Of thy country was the.
f0fen'ed Iasso Ar thou Of Germany.
ana knowest thou not that the Lie pro
doctions OF Goethe adorned the ht, ratur..
OF thy iader land p Art thou al tIa-
happy Ireland, and savcst thou that tine
uhf'Vhiicd eioQHeHce of the .msuted Ro3t.
hhiihet Is not recognized through every
county OF the Emerald Isle -
The Triumph Of TnteEe~it Itmada lhr
author of - iliad th,. most celebrated o
the ancient poets, conferred upon Ierot-
o,us hlgn rank as historian, created
Hippocrates the father Of phNsic. and
Draco the most celebrated law-gIvar #
Athens. Was IT not Brightness Of 3n~fs
that raised Scion TO the government of
his country Was it not genius that hid
the detormitiss of A~op. who, although
but slave and enduring he hariShips Of
HerVtiude, was IN iSier Of mighty intel
icct. And what but the cGtens.re know}-
edge of Confncius made him cy.rlwa X
known.
The Triumph Of Intellect Why il took
CInctnnatus from the plough rs he was
tiIIing the soil, I'd advanced him TO the
dignity of Consul, at the age Of four score
years. 1t gave to Py thagoras lie title oi
philosopher, that be might as.nnjsh tn
world by great discoveries IN astronomy
and mathematics. 1t made the eloquent
Cicero one of the most celebrated men oj
antiquity, and whether We ragald him a
an orator, Il statesman, CT pli!OSoph r..
= Hi vision and his hon. ST r,mr.
Ihrragh oil lne couHlr, raised us nam
it from the gentle Atlantic to the ever
flowing streams Of the mighty Paciiic.-
By il Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Benton
and Wright, have Commanded e the ap
plause OF listening Senators.' Through
it alone Wills, Bryant, Hti cc,5. Sprague,
Wilcox, PcrcNal and Morris, have reupcd
eternai glory. 1t has clad with rcnown
the names of Writ, Irving, Cooper, Paul
ding and Bancroft, and enrolled the names
of Dumas, Bulwer, James, Di,racI aai
Sue. on the scroll Of fam.
Hail thrice hail the g;orioas q til .s.-
teIlyct Not to mar alone has IL, i.lFRgl
been limited, for If has grac sd the brow Of
He mans, Landon. Norton, EdGcNorlh,
Sigourney, tcphens, t.n5ury, C4iiis and
Davidson.
Language is inadequate to dc,iraata the
hiumph at intellect III all It's beauty ana
sublmty. Behold with what tIciUq the
learned advocate eXpounds the ltw- 81 the
land, and by rapid flas les Of c'oqnence re-
stores the captive to his liberty mark Ee
the noble sentiments of the sacred preach
er, as they wend their way 10 the Eter-
nails throne hi. thee to tn capitol, aad
note the "purer language o. one vino has