The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-01-16

sRoR MAY De SAFELY TOLERATED, WHEN IL
COLUMBUS. MISSISSIPPI, I
pass an enloay upon that University the
genial daughter oil my. owl. Alana .Mttcx,
to which the youth of all tie States of this
great Repnb ic resort for instruction. and
IN which, as / hear. all are formed
~ For virtues nobleryiew,
By precept and example loo.
s. say lite or nothing of these things-
Won are acquainted with them all but I
mIst bring one interesting circumstance,
less generally understood, before your Mt
tention viz:st that the improvementinte teach
ling, in traves ling, in newspaper-making,
and ropu alton getting, is nothing in COM
Eparison to that which is taking place in
witchcraft. This is a fact. III 1864 there
could only be found throughout the Whole
of New England, one misarab witch, by
name Ann Hibbins; and she was cd, ugly,
and cross, and, therefore, naturally enough
burnt on the plea that she had guessed
laughter aud applause your folks are
rather given 10 shrewd guessing-a little
VI w
looks, were the subject of the ma.edictory
comment Of two of her nei9hbors. Now,
in $50. gentlemen, there are III New Eng
land thousands of fema es notorious for
their witchery. and who instead of being
aged, loatIlsome, and repu!sive, are young,
love Y, and attractive-T anghter and cheers
witches who instead of being committed
to the flames go about inaaming others,
laughter, and this with the most perfect
impunity, aughter and cheers, though
they are perfectly we'll aware that they
themselves and their charms are the daily,
hour Y, constant subject of conversation 10
all who have the painful pleasure of being
acquainted with them. [Laughter.] But
il Is not on'y for the triumphs of beauty that
New England is now lamous. If the ivied
chapel is still the cassie meedf ofietters,
may not Longfel!oy and 1lchnor place 1t
on their-hrow! II the laurel belongs TO
those who wosthi.y narratc, as well as TO
hose who perform great deeds has it not
been noby gained by Sparks, Bancroft, and
Prescott? Cheers.l Ii high and hon
oraDe reputation is the natural reward of
varied requirements and Brilliant eioquence,
has it not been as justly won, as it is mod
est V worn, by the accomp ished Everett
Loud cheering II the golden days of re-
publican commerce are again 10 revive,
and the Medici of America again to vie in
enterprise and magpificence with those of
florence, may L not inscrfbe upon the list
of your lo:d Y merchants the names of Girls
wo d. Grinnell, and Perkins, of Appleton
and Lawrence? And # you gentlemen, are
all anxious to possess the portrait of the
finished gentleman and perfect Senator, is
there any one more tit TO sit for the picture
than the dies cendant of that dis tin 5liished
governor who enjoyed the doub honor OF
having contributed to the first school, and
furnished, at his own expense. the first
barqne which belonged 10 that State of
which your Winthlop-our Winthrop-is
the actual representative? And il / extend
my inquiry still further-if | wish TO dis
cover a man whose young imagination was
rpened among the solitary scenes of to-
der life. and whose many judgment was
formed amidst the daily and active busi-
ness of great communities, can you not
point out to me such a lnan-one whose Ell
oqnenee is poetry he d in chains by reason!
whose sstatesmanship is philosophy reduced
to practice! who stands second to none OF
Americas chisdren-I sllou d say superior
TO all, if the tall and venerable figure OF an
absent friend did not rise up before nc
whose star SHINES from the west as yours,
SIR (boWin9 TO MT. y ebstef,) his the east
of tile hemisphere, Tadianton all sides with
intellectual ii GUT Three cheers. Cen
tlemen, I love your country; it's amongst
the earliest and the most favored OF Eng
land schldren; and, methlnks can stu
trace the characteristic features OF. the pa |
rent N the lmeaments OF The DIPPING.
do not, indeed, believe that the magnetic
influence OF common origin IS yet ex-