Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1852-06-05

seek io improve mems moral and religious cOnd
li'n. 10 shnri, We seek lO word upon mind as
well as on matter; aud IN working on mind u
snlstges The human intellect aud the human
heaH, We know. wh' we work upon maieT-
ais immortal and impershahle, that they will
bear the impress which viii place upon them,
Through endless days to come If we work up
on marble, il will perish II we work upun
brass, time will effect IL. II we rear temples.
they viii erumbp tn the dust. Bu' IL we work upon
mems immortal mnds---ii we imbue them with
high principles, with the just fear Of tod and ni
their fslI0w-msn, we engrava ON ihos" table,
hing which M time rfiacr, and with all
| brighten ane brighten Ia all eternity. And, ny
| friends. that charity whirh So keith not inr
d, applause, that charity which Pndlrrth all ihng,,
hearpih all things. is MT mnre t'sting1ishrdly
noticed in any pat Of the glnb' than unng Ou,
peonle The persnnal alendsucr ou The ponr
the bunlies Of all lhoss who have The means Ia
prnnoip the happiness of the nonr. aud adminis
Ter Ia their walfare, have been great. Aul above
al tha, Ie me say, aud let il b. kn wn TO those
who wish to know VIII 1t q ,ston has hesn, what
Boston is. what Biston will be, what ,slon has
has done, aud will do, let me- say to you; thit
Boston has given, within The last twenty i've
years, brtwern five and six millions 0t d1llars fn
educational, religious, and charitable purposps
through the United States, aud through The
wo ID. IChesrs
Gentlemen. my heart warms-my blood glows
in my yeis when | consider the nuntcenl
gifts, grants, and provisions made for the pur
poses of rduraion, FIR The mmals, enlighien
meni. and religious instruction of the ciiizen..
and for The rplipt of the poor by The afliencs al
Boston, and never consider the subj ct without
having my attention attracted To u venerable cili
zan nav in my eye. thai Honorable Thomas II.
Perkins. lie sat at the lrt Of he chair. Three
cheers were then given Tor Col Perkins viii
he. al nay request, rise aud show bis benevolent
conntenarce Ia the people Col. Perkins arose
and received three more bparly rounds of ap
pl use,l God bless him lie Is an honor to his
city an honor to bis State, and an honor To his
country Ills momory will be pPrlumpd with
The glory 0f hls good deeds, and 20 down as
sweet odnr Ia our chldren's children. Gentle
men. The happiness of mankind is not always in
their own eantru hat snmebing accidental, or
rather. 10 speak more properly, provideniial. IN
the condition Of things which govern il. We
live in N age so Infinitely beyond he ages that
preced d rs, that We can consider ourselves
nuw, in Ibis our day and g neratlun. "a emerging !
from the d ,rk ages-as just getting in'p III" light:
We begin tp see where we are ; we b"gn To
see a new world--a Drw rush OF ideas comes /
over us. We caDnot remember the past, be-
cause we cannot have time TO investigate fully the
present or to evolve The uur. Genll"men.
when the great Iiumholdl stood IN the mountains
Of equatorial regions, amid their gorgeous foli.
age, their unsurpassed flowers, their genial
warmth and under the brilliant const:llnti0ns of
the south. his heart burst, gu IN an stf'sioa 0l
sympathy toward the nhabittnIs OF The other
parts Of the earth "IInw unhappy" said he,
are ihnsa mpmbers OF the human who are
doom d To live in those melancholy regions we
call the temperate znnsl" Aud 81 this genera.
tinn gentlemen. uprised To this temrersie gone.
, Eliminating "n these happy spois. looks back with
n sort Of interest," upon he generations that bay"
passed awny, We think hem torpid, uniformed
and unenierprising. Aud we'll We may think ~,
in the mid.t of the splendid achievements "i
science. skill invention, enterprise aud knowl
rdJe that have been generated in our day -
Gentlemen. Mr.. LOrke saws, that tim" is mea-'
Irsd by The passage of ideas through mems
mind. II that be so I'VE live giPat while in
a few revolminns of the earth around the sun. lf
new IDEAS, new thoughts. new conemplaii0ns.
new hopes, constitute life, why then, we have
we'd mlirh whether we have lived many or few
years, according as they are usually estimated.
I he age i. remarkable Thoughts press upon
crowd upon rs. We used 10
.ay provrrbay that n thing vas done rs quick
- honght. But that is llnger ng IN d. m rK'
,ression nnw a days. A great many think that
hings are done much quicker Than thought.
Thought csnn'd keep up wilh "l-clrchy. Will"
W. are talk ng The ihpIgh's rannOt travel a. iasi
Is rleririciiy can ri . them 10 the world 80, :
,enismsn. we live much, though our years may
~ irw. For my par, do not rnv, any 81 The
'snriahrhs for their great oninber oi Jear'.
They did MT, any Of thru, see half as much MS
We see. They did not any of them. erjoy bali
: much as we enjoy now. And, IN truth, did
oI think very much Of the years Of M"lhusaleh
~ earth. There are many nov living who
an mra-urp fav"raby TO themselves their lives
viih bis, thought they have not been shy year.
n earb. We ought I, know where we are. :,
We should confirm in all respect to our Chris
an dulies. and rnjoy our privileges thankfully =
I'D cheariuy, resolving to pr,fIrn our duty a
zen, a. hfisiian and as pari"s Genllen"n, r.
nlisi say To you, every true Ameriran hear :. =
'es thai i has c"unify, f'rmed not only ~
aston not only in Massachusetts, not ouy 10
lew England. bu foun~d u, that great nni"n 81 =
,~se Siaies called the Unird Sialrs Uf North :,
mrrics. lpplausr We reiHrr ia that
y ho wisbr- To cui pf right aud lri; aud par -
ihi- graf brotherhood We see here to da,
.legaie mem''ers from one Of the gr-a'eI
,.risiian dpnnmita a inus IN The United States, w
,ming from the Nanh probably certainly iiDtn
South ana West Aud who is moi glad 10 see
I'm 7 ipplau-r They came as frirnd- 'e
nd who w.uld wishio see hem IN any Oh~I VI
Ipaciiy And as ior myself G-niirmen. b'd pa
~ weicffnr--[ tue HrmD-fs # The heihodisl 81
onf f-nce n,.w io-e ia n lody ii bid you wei
sn- io FaBruil Hall. The binh-place 81 Aa'eI ~
a Librny. Welcome 20 Boston, the seat - a.
,mm-rcr. enterprise aud literature. Wslc"nn