Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-12-01
WHOLE NUMBER 7S6.

tiisd the wisdom Of the policy Of forming suci.
ety by developing ihe individual directly, rlth.
er than BY forming the individual BY the power
Of Society. Il Is not intelligence thar dlslin.
guishes tie New Eng.ander, y others arc equal.
ly intelligent. Il is not religious character, for
that is held 10 common with other people. Ii
is that every individual has been trained BY spe-
cial education, 10 ugre-ment with the spiriI Of
the whole community, 10 be fearless, iHdspsH-
dent, sell f.SHsiaiHiHg actor.
10 the South there is a greater power in pub
Tic enthusiasm than ia the North, but no power
ia individual action. Now England is called
cold unenIhusiasuc in her social institutions be-
cause her life lies in her indiyiduaism. Whe.
Iher New England is cold and heauless and un.
enthusiastic 10 her individual men, let those tes-
lilv who have come into competition with her
sons in business, or who have asked ihem for
their munlfcent charities. Ia other places, IN
der other suns, there are enjoyed equaIly-per.
haps insupcrior dogree--many institutions which
exist 10 New England; other colleges are per-
fhaps gres,er lhan Harvard and Yale; but where
on earth beside is there such a number Of men
each Of whom is so much a manl Where on
earth IS there so harmonious and well-adluseG
a union Of public power and private lbeuy!--
Where is the law 50 strong aud the rulers so
strong because the citizens are so free and so
power!uliu their iHdyiduasml God BE- thank.
ed for those rugged shores and bleak hills! The
world will be forever richer thai tie soil was so
shallow and her treasures so undesirable 10 GU
pidiIy-for she was LEI alone, and became the
/ Palestine Of America. Again, God was the Gov.
ernor and men were free-as they always are
when God rules. Secluded and sheltered from
nierrercnce-encouraged 10 The most robust toll,
4 that toll was an educallon; for it was not al the
/ galley-oar they pulled; il was not Slaves soil
/ that they titled. Their work was theirOwn and
1 they loved it. 1t was so hard that the hand So
| licited the head 10 help il; so the head thought
while the hand rrOughi; and the people grew up
10 habits Of invention and intel gence by the I'd.
ucalon Of hard work. SOmany permanent eau
/ Ises never acted for so long time upon the hu-
man mind under such auspici0us circumstances.
But for what have they been trained! Has
such preparation no prophecy in it! Only they
who have force Of character can form charac.
ter; they that are TO train must be themselves
thorough bred; they that have been trained, in
THAI very fact, ought 10 perceive their vocation.
God has through TWO hundred years, by unsus
pccted ways, reared up power such Os never
stood before. Such men, and the capacity Of
forming such men, we're never youchsafed TO
any equal number before.
Just at this point, and not ill then, the bar
ricrs gave way, and Europe poured forth her
millions upon our wilds. The North gave up;
the South kept not back; the sons came from a.
far, and the daughters from the ends Of the earth.
Was it accidental that New England was so
prepared 10 be teacherl Was il accidental that
|, Europe sent her scholars to her school, at such
junction? Yes, Just such an accident as lha
which gave Israel a leader, and Moses people
I and Palestine a population. And now, me-
thinks, the fires have kindled 10 such degree
that they must have the air or they will grow
dim-lhe ianfe must sond forth its light and
} heat. The tools are forged, the munitions are
stored, her hands are full, the field has opened
) glorious in its opportunities beyond all parallel
The voice of God is heard louder than a trump
ct, crying to her" Freely ys hare reccired, freely
give" Let no true sou of Civilization be deaf
: My Molher could my voice 60 over your bill:
! and through your wales, would cry with all I
t sons pride and love: "Let no one take thy
crown" But why should | cry! the whole
world speaks unto her.
The dream Of Time and its awful nightmare
is passing away. The sleeper, restless ant
e changeful, is fast awakening, and upon our time
i and upon us. has come q work Of master-scope
r and brighter glory than ever caught prophet'
o eye. Are we worthy Of our age and It's work
e Parents labor for their offspring, and so do gen
}. erations and ages lol their ofsprings While 70
d six thousand years the world has groaned ant
l. lravaed. Art has slowly perfected itself; Lear
ming has augmented and purified its stores; Civ
IS il poIity and social institutions have gradual.
n enriched themselves. AT length, the world o
IT pens 10 their beneficial influence. We are thei
if almoners. With such a field with the force Q
!; such civilization, with the inspiration of sue
o a religion, with theimpulses Of such a manhood
k as has been bequealhded us, shall we in thes
" latter days see the crowning struggle of time 6
- forth 10 its issue and strike no stroke! No NOR
shall that Voice be heard saying go ye fort
!. unto all The Corid" but the sound has neve
! ceased to echo. Every groan Of the Slave IS it
$ echo; every wall of sorrow is its echo; ever
# petition from isle or doatrous continents ever
e revolution invokes you; every uprising Of man
T., struggling for the liberty OF manhood and III
ST equality of civilization is an invocation. Bu
amid all these sounds there comes one louder
# deeper and more earnest. Is it the wind th6
# comes to our ears signing across the praire!-
8 Ii is the voice OF our kindred that dwell there
q Is that the roar of the Forest or the breaking Q
Y the lakes upon the shorel 1t is the sound of tn
: mutitudes, loud as many waters or as might
:. thunderings. Itrols from The vast basin OF tn
!. Mississippi, along the far-travelled Missouri, an
/. from the mountains whose snow it drinks, an
II over Them from the shores Of Oregon.
i 1t is the Pacific calling to the Auanlica-dee
o calling unto deep. Fhe multhddlnous dweller
3 between these shores are our kindred; we laugh
!. those lips to speak. For they yearn at even
II tide. For us they sigh when fsver-scorched
v and turning to the East with devotion foDde
i than the Oriental, they call for father and moth
a er-nanes in this land next in love and sanctt
10 the name of God. When that solemn invo
,o,;r, 10 lie rnop tho Fact XUithnut ansUer he