The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-10
Liberal Studies.


ora,;on ON Liberal Studies, delivered be-
e. The philomathian Society of Mount ST.
Marv's College, Nd, by o. A. brownson, L.
IN nisa vigorous and eloquent produe-
,;,n though there are some OF Its views 10
xwh;ch we can by no means subscribe whiie
mo do not deny that they are insrepidiy pro
claimed, and ably advocated
The leading purpose of Mr. Brownson is
..'show that nation is great and good, wise
and lust only in its noblemen ana IT'S gentle
onn He maintains that great na'ioh WIN
oft mobiles or gentlemen, titled or untitled is
,rbeard Of anomaly He draws hiustra-
.;ons from history TO show that the aristocra-
80 r,ale tho nation, and determine Its rank
.ra character among the empires OF the
oo~+b never .he people as detached or as
t;ncuished from them. When Athens hour-
isbed, il was, according 10 Mr.. Brownson'
because of her nobility when she feii' II was
not because she had not men, because her
nopulation had dwindled or her wealth oeen
exhausted but because she had no Ml4'laoes'
mn Aristides. no ThemistocieS. SO 100 ne
5s.es the decline of Rome from the corrup-
also mentioned in proof of his proposition
At the same time, Mr.. Brownson AYERS thai
no has more genuine love and respect for the
neonle than the wordy demagogues who
r,ake II their business to fatter and cajole
them. that they may use them, but / tell you,
Young gentlemen" he adds, however demo
craticaly inclined you may be, that God
gives TO every nation an aristocracy, titled or
untitled, recognized or unrecognized by the
civil constitution, hereditary or unhereditary,
whose mission it is TO guide and lead the peo-
ple, and to direct, sustain and defend their
interests. When these are true and loyal,
your nation prospers when they become
base and corrupt, or when they lose the man
ners, sentiments and virtues of their order,
there is, save in Gods gracious providence,
no longer any hope for the nation" 1t is
clear that Orestes A Brownson, l.. L. D., is
not a candidate for Congress.
The remarks of Mr.. Brownson upon ano-
Their subject, that of the slavery of the South
and North, are uttered in his usual bold and
emphatic style, and will stir up hornets
nest of abolitionists about his ears. 1t Will be
remarked that the orator is New England
man, and stands in the front rank OF her
scholars and men of intelligence.
You of the South says Mr.. Brownson,
ssconsist of freemen and Slaves, of gentle and
simple, and so do we of the North In both
sections we find at bottom the same distinc
ton Of classes, though while you have the
manliness to avow il, we have the art to dis
puise il from the careless observer, under the
drapery of fine names. You call your slaves
by their proper name, and while you impose
upon them the duties of slaves, you relieve
them from the cares and burdens of freemen
we call our slaves freenen, and impose on
them the labors and burdens Of slavery, while
we secure to them none of the advantages of
freedom The only advantage we can claim
over you is, that our slaves being of the same
race and color with our freemen, are individ-
ually less hopelessly slaves than yours. The
class is as permanent with us as with you;
but individuals of the class may more easily
escape from if, and rise in their own persons
or in their children to the class of freemen.
But on the other hand, if our slaves are I'M
ASK CtI Vain aSpctto iOSS 0ie'Co eAoh youAS,
our freemen are less free than yours. The
Southern gentleman has a personal freedom
and independence, which we rarely find in
the Northern gentleman, and which give to
Southern manners charm, a freshness, an
ease, and a grace, which our Northern man
Aers, am sorry to say, for the most part lack
at is of no use to war against this nevita-
BILE distinction. To attempt either with you
or with us, to obliterate it and make all free.
men can result only in the destruction Of free
dom and the reduction of all to slavery; as
the attempt to make all gentlemen can end
only in leaving no gentlemen, end in reducing
all to simplemen with low and vulgar tastes.
habits, and manners. 1t is then our duty to
accept the distinction of classes as a social
fact, permanent and indestructible in civil
lied society, and conform to it in all our DO
litical and social arrangements"
However wide may be the dissent from
some of Mr. Brownson's views, it must be
admitted that he is a very original and indie
pendent thinker For our own part we like
to hear man say what he thinks, however
erroneous his opinions may be.
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