The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-01-15

Ht ilntNis MNliln have display 81 we same
|exirnvaganre Ia favor az what ne Would
call freedom. as he nov DOES In aFuT az
slavery. Extremes meeL The principles
IL sreh men are mere matters NJ accident.
and take llieir cllarsrier fram lhrh ssso-
eiaiinns. The ohjeris whirh eall Them
into aciion are merrly me oerasion nol
cause 81 their display. We piiy the Ne
gro. who should ever heroine under charge
Of circumstances. The slave nf ssme phi
lsnlhropisss We know.
These mrn. The extremes Of parties
who are false bersuse they sFe esirssa-
gani. unnid deslr.y The Union Ifihes had
The power. Our great danger lies here.
So long As pnli.irs conlinne 10 he fhe path
in disiihriinn. ss long wiil il he crowded
by sneh persons. whose fmpndenee will
surure surrfss in fonifsis. from whirh
men Of merit retire in disgust. To enirert
this great evil. q her lsndable avenues 10
ambition must he opened; the attention 81
onr people mist he employed by pursuits
which viii withdraw Them rom political
contests.
Such is the new field ilai rail roads
are opening. To The promotion 81 these
works. nsny who have been most dis
iingui-hed for poliiical ability and sue
ress. in the south and west particularly.
are now eonsecraiing themselves. Ileie
ihey find fill scope far their activity. their
enthusiasm. and their eloquence. Here
sncress j. measured by The amount Of good
done 10 others. In politics il must gene
rally be purchased By The destruction OF a
rival. A man who serures the eansIrur-
iinn &c rail road. that would not have
been built but for his etfnris. Is benefac-
Tor 10 his race. In addition 10 the mere
material good il acromplishes, in cheaper
ing transportation, II becomes the mnst
potent schnolmssier in The land. What
a lesson does a locomotive teach! How
pnlgnanily does an unedueated farmer.
who has never been beyond The smoke Of
his own chimney. feel his ignorance.
when he first sees This wonderful inyen-
ton! lie feels how lille he knows COM
pared with what others know. He feels
how puerile have been all his ideas and
objects compared with those Of the parents
of these inventions. lie al once repudl-
aies his old learhers, and those ideas which
have thus FAR constituted his life. He re-
solves 10 rsll neither man nor tradition
master; but 10 inquire and seek. for him
sch.
I, is ilris freedom of opinion which is
essential 10 the true liberty Of the state.
In passion mankind are all alike. In in.
iellocl they are infinitely varied. In this
department Of our nature no two men will
agree. Each has his own theory adapted
10 his peculiar mental organization. tine
party refers the the external appearance
and formation oi the earth 10 FIRE; another
to water. One says that oil electricity is
identical; another sees manifestation Of
Two kinds. No two will agree upon one
point. This IS practically illustrated in the
great variety Of religious secls before refer
red 10, and the great freedom enjoyed 10
the true cause Of order which prevails.
In all countries il is The action Of the
masses that is 10 be feared. Men act in
masses in proportion as they are uneducal-
ed. They are subservienl just in proper. |
lion as they are ignorant. A demagogue
may influence the passions OF whole
community. aud direct ,hem-at his will.
This in why the prizes hood Of some coun.
tries exercise such an influence, and ex-
plains their opposition to education. The
Pope knows iha, eve locomotive would de-
throne him in the end, and he will not al
low them in his domains. He loses his
power just in proportion as his people in.
crease in knowledge. Despoiism and
education are the aniipodes, The enemirs
Of each u,hcr The world over. Every
rail road therefore is The coa,ju,or Of Free
dom. II educaies the people. l,develops
a higher interest than politics. Il general
izes our views. Ii attaches us equally 10
every part Of our country. II destroys
elanship. II delacl,es us from sectional
and party cliques. II lessons the import
ance of political questions in our eyes.
In fine. il takes away ourold and gives US
new ideas and pursuits which are identic-
al in every part Of our great domain.
Am. Rail Road Journal