Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-10-25

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tions and conclusions, for the edfca,iou Of a
popular audience. The mass, therefore, OBJ
tain in one hour what il would take them
months 10 acquire by The same process that
ho has adopted who addresses them. Hence
the ines,imable value of Lectures. i.....
The young should bs encouraged in attend
ing them, for time thus employed will enrich
the mind, apd lay The foundation Of usefulness
or coming yean In Republic everything
as regards the solidity oTi,s character and the
pormanence Of ito institutions, depends upon
the education OF The people. Wealth sustsins
royalty, and ignorance pays obedent homageI
to its arbitrary splendor. But in Republic,
thank God, intelligence lie tho criterion cfI
character, virtue il the living, lasting element,
Of greatness, and an honorable ambition is the
magica secret Of succccs. Here no man is
tho doomed victim Of a stern necessity mol
man is chained down by fate which human
custom which firm determination and a noble
resolution cannot abrogate. Our past history
and our present character, in national point
of view, is full Of living and glowing exam
pies OF the truth Of this statesmen, lawyers
tdlvlnes, poets, warriors, merchants, mechan-
ics, aye, and even laboreB have lived and are
living, who have demonstrated tho matter be-
yond dispute. Examples of their efforts, and
proofs Of their suoccss are on record all around
us /; they live and breathe with fervency tina,
has made their names ilnmOrtal. Their deeds
have constituted our grea,Grso and added ma
terially to the splendor Of our character amohB
tho nations of the earth. We would point the
young man who is trifling away the golden
moments Of his youth, to Henry Clay, as one
Of the mobiles, examples in our history. From
poverty and all mlrner of embellishments IN
early life, he las risen by degrees, and tri-
umpNcd over every obstacle ,ha, obstructcd
his pathway, until he has reached prouder
eminence than any other man has ever yet at
tanned. in any country. Where is there
another instance of a man, without power,
without patronage, holding no high Office,
with nothing TO give, and possessing nothing
to he sought afiet, who has been co surround
ed by the people, in masses, and without dis
tisction Of age, rank or sex, who gather
around him with admiring homage, and al.
most lofty reverence. They look upon him
with amazement. and grasp his hand with a
ferven"y which is ac,uatcd by the homes, i'm
pulses of the heart, dsen,hralled from its fal-
sity And what ia this Why it is the
homage which nature pays 10 natures grand
est endow ment II is tho tribute of respect
which the best element Of our being, intellect,
pays to the attribute Of Divinity, tits own
kindred in its nos, exalted position, its high
est grade.
And who may not attain il Who may
not reach the Alpine height Of thought ~
Who may not embesh Reasons throne, un-
Ill It's golden splendors dazzle the strongest
vision ! Every one-ere-y one Some, of
course, must occupy prouder Posiiion, than
Others slthough all will be honorable. The
degrees OF intellect are unqucstionably fixed
but mono are 30 afflicted, unless it is in some
few instances where God, in the inscrutabls
majesty Of his wisdom, has thrown that cold
and terrible mantle Of idiocy over the mind
that they cannot rise in the scale Of hoing.-I
Yet j, must be done by severe labor and cease
less application. Wo all allow ourselves
more relaxation rom care and study than wha,
the system actually requires, and hence VIC
accomplish so little. Too many apply them
selves to what they voluntarily make a task,
and as soon as tha, is hnhhed, and i, is Of
ten bu, half done, they seek amusement that
only leaves blank and too often blot on the
mind as well as the heart. five will, ,oc can
lift ourselves ftom debasing ma,erialiy to en-
nobling spiri,nslism from brutal sensuality to
honorable intellectually from the dcgrada-
ton Of humanity to the asce,icism Of Divinity