Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-02-13
IL j. enthroned in the hearts ofkings:
IL 4. a., affrihufa n Cod himself
II y an attribute 10 God himself,
And earthly power doth show Itself the most like Gods

When mercy seasons JUSTICE
heard have read and now present this interesting
address with the lveliest emotions OF pleasure Ii Is
couched in language chate and beautiful, and breathes
sentiments calculated TO touch the enderest chord Ii
emanaton from grateful hearts, and what is graft
tude, but flower expanding to verna sun, bud
opening to the gentle shower, breeze that has played
with the rose the pink and the violet and stole their
perume2 Without the use of metaphor for further Illus
traon II IS the disposition to be just the willingness
render 'vaue received for benefits conferred 1t be-
longs TO the honest man; it is a redeeming quality
worthy of being cherished wherever found. Those who
strangers its impulses sunk the deepest pit
OF moral depravity We must however, be careful that
the sentiment not servle one for them its tendency
that gratitude which the child manlIests for kind and
indulgent parent.
fund has been raised Indiana for the support of
tins institution The people pay the tax most promptly
and cheerfuy No one has been found so destitute Of
principle murmur. The Governor of the State
and the Judges under just deep obligation
those securing education at this lnstitntion Tor the
labor OF the latter as great tina. OF the former and
the expenses of all borne by taxing the people and
as taxes fall equally upon ALL the parents of these chill
dren exempt 1t is perpetual fund.- and pa
rent knows but that IN time he may reap ITS immediate
benefits IN the person of his child. Ii is sinking
fund.- sinking misfortune and elevating happiness and
its benefits free and open to all. Those who now
reap them will wheel into the line" in the
plIshment OF mans destiny and entering upon LIES
stern realities will in turn contribute to its support
They stand then. contend, upon the footing with
the proudest of the land their conditions is not of
dependence in to morty, for what institution
there IN the land whose endowments not be traced
to NATIONAL State individual benevolence? Have not
the proudest defenders of country the magnates OF
the land been educated institution founded and
sustained by the naton9 Are not indebted nation
al llberaty for the fund that sustains our State
University? What is our common school fund. but a
magnificent bequcst the benefits of which the rich and
the poor willing TO embraced There is nothing then
to modify the pride dampen the ardo but every thing
heir inSfif utiO resfs n
urn and enduring basis, their teachers have proven
themselves abundany worthy, they have performed Ia
Dor and displayed solcltude equaed only by the
cess with which those abors have been crowned These
young and young ladies will quit these peace
u haunts and enter the busy throng They will take
position IN society corresponding with their moral worth
and intellectual culture To the time spent in this ns
tuition they will with pleasure in their ripper years
1t was the opening to them of a sealed book. Here it
was that the store houses of knowledge unlocked
and the cheering hopes of religion revealed. Here il
was that they were first admitted into full communion
with their fellow men and taught the eventlu story Of
the past Here it was that doors opened, that
would have otherwise remained forever closed. For
these things they debt of gratitude which time
will never elface That debt is due Superintendent
and Teachers whose solcitude and toll have wrought
such happy results. That gratitude expressed in the
address which now present, so far as words can ex
press such obligation That those who control this
institution equal to its responsibilities and worthy
the confidence of the people, the improvements of which
l have spoken abundantly demonstrate. Nothing but
rare qualifications and infinite pains could produce such
Fruit Let us, the Representatives Of the people aid
them in cherishing and sustaining interesting,
mendabe, so praiseworthy enterprise. All that
shall do for such institution this within the bounds Of
reason, will know meet the appreciation of const
tuents.
has yet turned deaf to the calls Of humanity
that she has yet refused put forth her OF
strength in behalf of the down trodden the oppressed
and the unortunate that by her the arts and sciences
ehal
of benevoence, she has educated and given ntel
the and indicated triumphanly the lib
erty of the press The liberty of the press That is
word that ought to be lightly spoken. 1t is word
when understood OF protent meaning for prosttuted and
subsidized it sometimes is (and God mas made
good thing that cannot be made the instrument Of harm
the press has been messenger of glad dings bearing
light and truth the inhabitants of all lands civizing
and outstanding ear;hs darkest Intelligent
free and interrupted it is friend to freedom scouge
to tyrants the palladium of liberty and the bulwark of
truth While the press is left free, of opinion may
be tolerated; for it will be speedily vanqushed by the
triumph of sound principles. The influence of the press
upon this broad land is glance. 1t is best
seen by those whose vision is the comprehensive.
The dews of Heaven fall upon the earth unseen and I'M
felt still they the land with verdure, the fields
with fragrance and beauty make the woods redolent
with music repenlsh the sparkling fountain, the muir
muring brook and the rushing river and impart TO all
nature freshness and vigor
The newspaper press is, in my opinion, doing good
service in the country 1t accommodates itself every
condition of e and places the elements OF knowledge
within the reach Of every citizen of the Republics for
like the wind, there is spot which it cannot travel
Ii reaches the humble cabin in the wilderness, find II
in the seminary of learning in the halls of legislation,
in the consecrated sanctuary in the savage's wigwam
and the soldiers tent, in the palace and in the prison
At home and abroad upon the ocean and upon the land
it confers its benefits upon the rich 'and the poor, the
bond and the free OF the printing press 1t has been
fanciluly said,
Were stricken from the dome of night.
printing press, If stationed there,
Would fill the a hair
And shed a broader light"
None have greater benefits from the press especially
the newspaper press, than that unfortunate class oil
whom speak. care not what mans intellect may
be- il must have food upon which feed, TO enable
him to commune with himself. There must be basis
for thought if not the world is man, dreary JOY
less prison-house, and death welcome messenger
BY the aid of science the tongue Of the mute has been
loosened, and his unstopped. He has been taught
to read, and that is him perennial blessing,
pure fountain OF joy yelling up its sparkling waters to
gladden. his journey through life Ii enables him to
commune with the past and the present and to look for
ward to the cheering hopes of the future.
This group who have signed and presented this adj
Dress seem joyous family of children gathered around
the parental Threshold We look upon happy iaces for
science has discovered way make the crushed heart
glad, and the dim eye sparkle The parents OF these
mutes may rejoice in their distant homes The tear o
grief may be dried up; for that God that touched
Isaiah's haowed lips with fire,-that God that holds
the destiny of man in the hollow of his hand-that
God that marketh the sparrows fall hath watched over
your ehildren-hath tempered the wind to the shorn
lamb. You parted with your beloved ofsprings with
bleeding heart; bat Joyous indeed, will be the greet
ing on their return The child of misfortune, shall be
soace your declining years. and ultimately honor
ed and useful member Of society.
Barbarsm displays itself in utter disregard Of the
rights of women, crushing her under the weight Of
heavy burthens in putting death infants that do not
promise to be vigorous and generally in conemnng the
,as of humanity The reverse of all this follows in
he wake Of Christianity and civilization. These cruel