Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-02-23
For tie EauettepiNs Obs1rrer.

to do the subject justice, TO give 20
give to- your numerous readers some
of the excellencies Of The late cad
dress before the literary societies of
Erskine College, South Carolina. p
Feeling that longer silence in rela-
ton to that able production may be
construed, in other quarters, as evil
dence of our insdnsibility toits merits,
| will trouble you, if you please, with
a few extracts from it.
Among the many beauties with
which this "Address Oh the ObligA-
tions Of American Youth" abouhds,
it is difficult to say which has the pre-
eminence; for all are gems of iaesti-
mable value. And yet if it we're
imposed on me as duty to select one
portion of that paper as, in my opin-
ion, more important than any other,
! should choose the suggestions Of
the author rs to the Religious Obi
cations of our Juveniles. Morality
says he, and he says truly, IFS beau
tiful; but without the authority Of
Religion, it is a picture without life
Again-"If governments would
horn to temper justice with mercy,
leA them open the Bible; and there
thdy see Justice Standing on the
burning Mount Of Sinai, 'grasping
ten thousand Ii uuders;' and, on the
other hand, they may see Mercy, on
the summit of Calvary, lift her am
pie shield to ward off the bolts as
they come flying at the rebellion of
a tire milling world
Again-"It is Religion which is
to give the moral world its revolu-
tons for God. Then, whether it is
your lot TO move in the, private
sphere Of life, or TO revolyb in the
higher orbits of State, give your in
luenee to Religion.
Again-"Remember that we can
never grow so great, as a nation, a to
become independent of the Great Or. J"
"Let OR YOUTH" he continues,
"ever be imbued with spirit of toi-
Grafton Whenever Religion stands
out in the Panoply of secular power,
Bigotry unchains her furies. Open
a fair field for discussion, and let new
born. Or hoary error, and ecclesiastic-
alin Galibility enter the lists against
the immortality of Truth, and we do
not fear the result Of the contest
Truth will be protected, like Daniel
in the Lion S den, or the Hebrew chill
Dire in the fiery furnace; aud it will
ari4e, uncruShed, beneath mountains
of power r.
With one quotation more, | will
clio Fe these extracts, lest l should
weary u ur readers The author is
speaking of our political obligations.
He says-"I our Republic is doomed
TO fall, it will be found that it nour-
isheq the elements of destruction
within itself. Then beware of the
venal demagogue, whose soul has
been desolated with the fires Of am
bition, and who heads the chdin-gang
Of faction, that he may, at a chosen
crisis, turn them loose, and, fro m their
riot, mount to power. Whenever
faction begins, to blacken over the
land, look out, and you may see it,
like Ossian'. sstorm-cloud, 'edgedrou
with lightnings; and then is the time
for you to pierce it with your innu-,
ence. as q conductor, to draw off the
fatal fluid"
Creme mBer that there is marked
difference between liberty and licen-
tiousnessn
Irrational liberty viii ever bear
the restraints of law and order; but
RIGHTEOUSNESS, like crater in the bo-
som Of the country, will ever spread
the lava Of ruin over all the fair plans
Of life, liberty, an q happiness.
Coming, as theke declarations do,
from the libsiof John Mr. Bright, Esq
John NJ Bright man whom
we all know, and knowing. admire
and honor-who among US will say,
nay, who will breathe :; doubt to the
effect that they are not fresh from his
heart? For myself, | feel well as
sured that IN what situation soeveri
AIr. Bright may be plaeed4-noW or
bereafter--his lealty to God, and to
our country, will know not any
change. Having no Interior object
for himself while preparing the '.Ad+
dress from which the above pascal
ges are extracted. be gave 'utteranq&
to them with singleness of heart
They are bis maturP I'D sentiments