The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-07-30

g Westward ths eourss u empire takes iis vsys |
The fou1 Ora a<ls already past.
"A 9Th shall eiose The drama wilh The day:
Tiue's nolirss stEgsinE % The last"
] This extraordinary prophecy may be
ronsidered only ss the result Of long fnre-
lsighl and uncommon sagaeiiy: nf fore
lsighi and sagsriiy stimulated nevertheless,
hy exriled feeling and high enthusiasm.
So clear sisian Of what America would
heroine was MOI founded on square mlles,
or on existing numbers. or on any vulgar
laws of siallsiirs. II was an iniuilise
glance into fa,uniy; il was grand con.
Ireplion. slrnng. ardent, glowing. enbrac-
ling all time sinre ihe rreaiion The wnrld.
and al regions Of which that worlds COM
posed; and judging Of the future BY just
analogy with lhr pssr. And The inimiia-
bic imagery and heaniy with which The
ihoughi is expl, ssed. joined 10 The coneep-
, lion itself. render Il nne &c ille most slrik-
ling passages in our language.
4 On ihe day oI The derlara,ion OF lnde-
, pendence oui illuslrioms fathers performed
. lie iirsl act In this drama-an sci, in real
imporlanre. infni eiy exceeding that for
which .he great English poet invoked
: "A muse Of Gre.
A kingdom 90 stage. princes 10 art,
+ And monarchs TO behold the swelling scrne.'
1 The Muse inspiring our Fathers was The
! Genius of l.ibeny. al ON fire with sense
: Of oppression. and resolution 10 ihrnw il
! of: The wluIe world was The Stage. aud
: higher characters Than princes iro,l l.: and,
8 instead of mauarrhs. countries. and ma
: iions. aud lhe age beheld the swelling
: scene. How well The characters were
> east, aud how well each acted his part,
d and what emotions the whole performance
e excited, lee history. now and hereafter,
% Iiell.
]. Al subsequent period, bni before The
e itlecIarallon ol Independence. the Bishop
!; of 81. Azaph published Discourse. IN
= which The following remarkable passages
4 are fund:
y I'll is difficult far man 10 look into il,s
y destiny Of future ages; The designs u Pro
'e whence are TOO vast and complicated. AM
W onr own powers are loo narrow 10 adml
e. of much satisfaction 10 our curiosity. But
g. when we see many great and powerful
10 canses constantly NJ work. we canno
'al doubt Of ,eir producing proporiionsbl
~ effects.
ne .The colonies in North America hav
~ not only ,akea root and acquired strength
he hut seem Fastening with an accelerate
en- progress 10 such powerful State assma
~ Introduce new and important change
'e- human aHairs.
re- /. Descended from ancestors Of The mn
IS improved aud enlie ehieued part Of The ol
f'e world. they receive. as il were by inheri
~. ance, all the improvements and discoverit
M ef their molher country. And Il happen
fortunately for them 10 commences The
llourishing Stale al time when the hl
man understanding has attained TO The Ire
use of its powers, and has learned to al
will, vigor and certainty. They may ava
themselves not only Of ,iie experience an
industry, but even Of the errors and ms
:. takes of former days. lie, il be consider
ed for how many ages great part Of ili
-. world appears no, TO have thought al al
- how many more they have been busted
ha Turning systems and conjectnres. viii
,;. treason has been lost in lab, rinih
= words, and they never seem 10 have suspec
ed on what frivolous matters their mint
. were employed.
i. And lei il he well understood VIII
81 rapid improvements. what important di
i. coveries have heen made, in Few year
. !. lbv few countries, with our own at The
i. head, which have al last discovered Il
nj right method Of using their faculties.
Va. May we mol reasonably expect that
ur- number OF provinces. possessed Of the
use advantages. and qniekened by mn,u
the emulation. with only The common progre
re, Of the human mind. should very consid
lie, rably enlarge the boundaries Of science
md .Ths vast continent irself, tver viii,
they are gradually sprsa,ling, may be 60
an sidered as treasure yet untouched ofn
ne iural productions III shall hereafter aiIo
,ril- annie matter far commerce and con,ef
an. lplaiion. And il we reflect what sl0'
our OF knowledge may be accumulated By I,
,en, cons,ant progress Of industry and obst
sble Irasion, fed si,h fresh supplies from /,
nm. stores anf nature. assisted sometimes
those happy slokrsof chance which mo
crc All The powersof invention. and someiiu
me. by shose superior characters witch ar
ran, occasionally 10 instruct and enligh,en
and world. il 10 difficult even 10 imagine
prsI. wha, height Of improvsment their dis
een, serics way extend. 8
ious .And perhaps they may make as g
nee, siderable adsanres in The ~ + ofciril g
our eminent and ,he conduet Of life. We b;
. OF reason 10 be proud. and essn jealous.
/, a, our excellent constitution; but those eq
, At liable principles on which is was tarm
an equal approximation. (,he best d's'
nry. sery or political wisdun,. and just