Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-12-29
For the Intellgencer.
r,teIIectnaI Capacity Considered.

Intelectnai capacity Considered,
rHs PAST r-PRRsENr AND FUTURE.
n Dr.. D. l. SANDERS, Of Huntsville, Ark. -
essence of intellectually, like manv 9th
nature, is known only by its effects
J, GLOWING the shadows and phaptoms
toa on its origin, we shall tear awav II
d theoretical conjecture. and let it flo
se pure fountain of its author. As to-
here is one axiom fixed and settled yiha
roughiinto being by some agent, 70 him
ID living action and intelIigeD.,. Thai
after could ever quicken itse' into active
and motion. without the ring impetus OF
,esnt, is soecism TOO -osurd IN itself to
srous refutation. KS self-evident, that
s;eb has no impulsi~ motion in itself, must
ni.ut upon a ing power for its actua.
moerus. rving energy and physical
80 !, tbcfr natures, essentially different :;
m,olsing the power of motion pei. Sc,
a,er has direct reference to a moving
mai matter has not this living energy
ia settled principle and consequently,
N demonstrabIe, that the principle and
II fIwing action did, originally, come from
who has life and energy, per Sc.
5rinciple and energy of intellectually in
ems 10 be susceptible of great expansion
rosement. In the early ages of our race,
othing of the original state in the garden J
RES and powers of mind were sufficient
saa rre-eminence above the beasts of the
imong the ancient Hebrews, The power
,ry was cultivated TO a rkable extent
rev forgot the law, delivered to him by
!: while the intellectual powers of some
To hnta II
by memory.
originality of thought. however, and ei.
reich Of mind, which dives into the cham.
he earth, numbers and classes the ores and
decomposes compounds. and ASSAYS the
nd properties of the simple elements; brings
rlisilIon new laws, which have sIumbered
be arena of nature, and forms new COM
entirely adverse 10 the simple elements
j little known in their day. Some mayni.
jestiges of intellectually, may be traced in
ent Archives Of Greece and Rome. The
sment Of The arts and sciences; the relics
icaI literature and deep erudItion, betoken
&,erfuI development of intellectual power.
| s!irIings of the providentiaI distafI:, how.
/ dese dawniDgs Of Intellectual maiestv, are
,gtin to sIumber beneath the sa BILE coverings
t,n darkness; and gross barbarity-hushed
q tie impenetrabIe shroudings Of healhen
zee heathen mysticism, and gross darkness.
ser Of intellectually may have been ilu-
. IN bese days Of oriental brightness and
was lost again in the wreck and ruins of
bl iilapidaiion which succeeded. The in
hal giants of Greece and Rome. were buried
Eh The lofty steeples and magnificent relics
Eir demolished cities and desoIated nations. |
Ees,iges of the venerable predecessors, we
1me strugg!IDgs of the dormant man some
/ surges. TO wake from the lhraIdom of that
'sarkness which hung in sable curtains upon
,re and some coruscations of that dawning
s1ch soon after broke in burning effulgence
The Intellectual world. Q
The present ogc, however, the springs of in
,ua strength md ma Jesty, are touched al the |
.ia The gigantic energies of the dormant |
WHICH sIumbered occult in she Stamina of
;sgiioal creation, stirred and walked by the
beams of the dawning light, have sprung
nto vigorous action ;.the clouds OF darkness
tsi-t- t.vtse long broodej in sable |
tons over The Treasures and stores of know
have been scattered by the brightness of
rn Intellect. ADdGreece, the ancien, mother |
arts and sciences is exhumed, stripped of her
iIngs of ignorahe and superstition, and
ht forth IN her nitive mantle Of uncovered
10 speak her anCient classics 20 the iIterati
present day.
: restless spirit Of the homogeneous, like
! dove. stops not here. Lighted by the torch
he borrowed from his ancient sires, he
onwerd in the strength and grandeur of
n intellect; bearing thereon the engrafted
Ind brllIancy of modern science, while he
les the secret cha mbers of nature; spies out
1den laws and treasures; brings into requi
new principles of motion from newly dis
clements F; thus, leading out her dormant
es which have slumbered from the creation,
IS with the grandeur of the whirling planet
The bosom Of the great deep; filings iron
over the ruggeGness of the mountains, or
bis subterranean tunnel beneath the surface,
with the wings of the morning he rushes
ole 10 pole. Or beguiling her moro subtle
ergetic power-the winged lightning or
MY, he teaches her to move upon rods at
ling dart with the velocity Of thought over
ce: and bear the word of intelligence from
city, or from land to land. Science, yet
and Frightening upon the intellectually |
nodern sage, looks up from the subIunary
earth, measures and counts the distance |
mber of the heavenly bodies; surveys and
ihe surface of the nearer planets, and al
olds converse with the inhabitants of the |
ese be the workings of intellectually in the |
age, What may we not conjecture of the |
Even one more century progressively |
ed upon the present, may lead US into scenes
ly-and powers superhuman. But should
'nings of an adverse Providence call down
'In of disobedence, hide or darken the ra-
nshine of our civil liberties; brush away
ming glory Of our national escutcheon, and
with the stupendous relics Of our ancient
ssors, 10 the darkness of wasting and desc
we may look forward 10 another nation,
ceedlng age, who, PhRnix-lIke. shall arise