The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-20
ADDRESS OF Mr.. puII.I.Ips.

Samuel u. Phillips. esq- ~ this county.
was issued from the press Of Messrs. Z. J. Ha
a SON. and Is neatly printed. The addcss
one Of marked ability. indicating high rsns
ef thought. and an inIiinsie scquainianes viii
the materials for cnrcrt and useful fhinkin
! furnished by the pages of history. Afier
handsome ezordian. and just tribute TO Gel
/ William Ice Davidson. he orutor proceeds 4
the consideration Of ..same topics in Romal
History Of special importance to the Americs,
scholar" These topics ar well selected, an,
are discussed in a style .~issh Is calculated D
render them both Interesting aud profitable
Having space only for bdef extract. VIC pre-
sent 20 our readers the conclusion Of the ad
dress, which contains just and proper esti
m sss Of sle Christian religion, aud Of the Mis-
sionsry Judson. whose life was an illustration
o. lis principles:
The circumstances in the history of
Rone which have been alluded to, are
well calculated TO- excite us to its er-
amina tiun; yet if We arise from that
study with only an accurate idea Of
the dates and results of the battles
fought, or Of the details or the various
policies Of the parties and the issues
uf their sfriies, we shall nat have
gathered the best fruits Of such occu-
pation>. The histories Of various ma.
tlons are but sections Of the history
OF the civilization of Man, and, a, :
cordihg to the remark of DIR. Arnold
already quoted, derive their principal
interest from their conncxiun with
that. A chief dcsi,leratum, as il strikes
me, brought 10 light in that more ge-
neral history, is the discovery of some
agent which may control the operations
Of human energy, powerful aud ready
as this has manifested itself equally
for destruction aud for creation. That
desidcratum is obe supplirdonl by the
Christian religion, aud hence the inn
poriance, in a temporal view, Of diff
tusion nf its truths. II Rome derives
chief glory from the part She bore in
its Earlier publication. surely with our
greater means of intercourse with the
world, without far more extensive
promul, alton we shall be adjudged re-
ereant to the interests or posierity, and
to have lived to but a selfish purpose.
uropcrations IN this department hith-
erto give fair promise Of a mole widc-
spread benc, olence IN the future. PrI-
vate charities aud indi, idual sclf-sacri.
fce have doticd the world with Ameri-
can missionary stations aud | may be
excused Tor remarking. that since the
days OF the Apostles, no character
has appeared approaching nearer to
the apostolic standard than that Of the
late DIR. Judson. We are proud of
insttuting the parallel suggested by the
eminent abilities, Kindred ambitions,
and similar careers Of the three great
men who have been so recently lost to
our country. 1t so happened that in
the year 1 l2, about the time they came
together upon the public stage, a young
American Of like age, with equal in
tellectual endowment and training,
and no less energy, TUNED his back up
on the visiuns oI hls early ambition, and
upon his native land, to carry the fun
dameutals of our civilization amongst
a benishted and degraded people. OF
the loltier purpose which then animate
ed aud ever afterwards sustained him,
| do not now speak. My theme leads
me TO mention him as a forerumner Of
civilization, anda protagonist upon the
arena where are 10 be won the chief
honnrs ut our country. During iorty
years that man revisited his native
country but 0nce, but once deserted
the labors To which he had devoted
himself. Ills career ended in the era
which closed the courses of the other
three = mot 20 SOON perhaps as the ear
llest OF them, nor so late as his wh0
survived longest. Here then, gentle
men, we have for consideration another
career Of paraIleiism aud Of contrast.
The remains at the Three moulder in
the dust Of the land they loved so
we'll, and Of which they were 50 dis.
tinguished ornaments;-His, as became
one who had sundered the ties Of kim
dred aud OF home, were delivered into
the embraces Of the vast aud wandering
deep. About the relative excellence ol
the Three, men may long dispute; but
History will place them below the seat
on winch shall be elevated the Exile,
the Prisoner, and the Martyr. Few men
who have reflected upon the reasuns
which affect the awards Of History,
but will prefer the probable claims oi
the Baptist Missionary upon the atten-
ton even OF America live centuries
hence, to those Of either Webster, Cal
houn or Clay: and when that civlllza.
ton whose seeds he watered with tears
in Indian jungles. having encircled the
earth, shall return to her early seats at
the base Of those snow y mountains oi the
remote East, his name shall be house
hold word ia the strange tongues that