Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-02-21
For III Cara ESQ.

For ~ C..ro7 ESQ.
5Ir. EDiToR--Has it never struck upon
the inferior irecesses Of yUps mental Or
ganiza'ion, causing the lo'eit principle Of
thought, therein cont inst, 10 manifest
i1sei; in s,me outward ana Visible banner,
tina, this sorld-lhis l:u'e ,world--oi ours
is very great weird after all; AMI that
our o.n uHtry is the greatest co,utry in
the worc, end esPeciaiiy that ths present
age 'ranscends In Iot'y magnfcence. ell
ne oge. tina, have gone before. Compared
wia the grand achievements, the mighty
undertakings and ting astounding discoveries,
that are constantly being produced before
our eyesl-lke The scenes Of some vast
panoramic exuib!tioG--how tame, how in
significant are ali the events sthai have
hitherto transpircd in the history O. this
mundane sphere! How little IN our eve,
appear the II ightiest schjesements of the
Al xaHders. the Caesars. or lbe Bonapa,tes
OF aucie' time compared with the world
Renowned actiunsoe r&"FIllibusteroI!s'
Walker and Kinneys! And, perhaps il IS
not going too lar, 10 assert that the word
presents no event at all comparable t.
the heroic cuhdnct of our brave and war,ike
President in the siege and capture .! Gl-y-
town. In science, too, we see the sane
wonderful achievements going forward.
Who would dare, at this Gay to compare
the discoveries o! tie phiosophc Franklin,
with accumulated wisdon and practical ex-
perience of lnod-rn "Spirituailsm"!
Why, sir, his discoveries are but the
merest Chid's play, alongside Of the gi-
gan'ic "unioldings" OF the authors o! that
system. True it is, however, he discovered
that electricity and lightning 0re the same.
Blu, We they not made know the lung
HIDDEN fact o that toe soul OF man iiseii
THAT winch thinks, eLd does aUd ACTS
10 nothing mJre nor less than lightning -
Aud tnat from the great mass of the raw
materil, somewhere existing ia the un-
iverse, d certain definite portion is cut of,
and given to each new. born bped as its
''quantum sufict" Of "SPiricity"? And il
may be owing in great measure TO this
very remarkable discovery-es being the
prime, moving caust--thst the world is
making such rapid strides toward perfection.
\; any rate it is subject worth inquir,ng
ino By the wise and learned of our land.
Again, We ind the same aIvancewaBi
and giant development Of cur age eXniUit.
ed in The vast er Jdtion, the pr fundily C.:
thought and the sublimiry OF the theories,
that are displayed py our professors, ana
doctors of laws, and even by our village
"Pedagoguee.' Why cir, the ancient ais-
ciples of the Grove, the Academy and the
Lyceum are not TO be named in the same
day with cur modern Aristotes and Piatoes
and ,CcerOes &c And then you must
know, sir, That it is rot just an isolated case
We meet with here and there 70 break the
monctory of the even tenor OF everyday
life. Every city and lowe is fpll of them.
They are springing up around Us with such
ra ptiW, and astounding us with such pre-.
coc i,us and pow uerio indications vi the
highest order OF intellectual requirements,
that we stand as il ", re dumbtoundlG and
astOt.ishe1; expecting every mumeGt u see
saul sis0 pm"ng the prophets Why sir.
even our little quioS .town of BarneEgiiis
was thrown into quite sensible feeling
o, Consideration, II few days ago, by leara-
ing the astounding fact, from communi
cation in your columns, that WE ha9 in
our vcr midst one of these renowned
,"modern, progrcssiOuists." Verify We shgl!
never doubt again but, that, ga good thing
mag come ou. o. Nazareth" If We should
hear it laundering some Of these cold days
it would not surprise Us ony more than We
were, when we learned the fact OF the pre-
sence OF so great genius. And our sur
prise at that tact was as nothing, when
compared with the aslonishment that took
{ h,I Of s,rha he it-ns
truths, which, by his acute observation OF
he wo kings OF the juvenile mind, and
The ntelect Of riper years, he has been
enabled to reveal uNto US,
We never knew before the one half OF
our capabilities and ,'ntellectuai resources.
Just look, for a moment, at the vast amounl
of wisdom and foresight that he has found
centered IN our Honorable Board" What
indie eiati gable labor-what toll have they un-
dergone-what hard .fghIing they have had
to endure--and what obstacles to overcome
III tho shape Of the prejudices of old ''Fosy-
ISM" IT'S truly astounding. And all loo,
because they just stpped out OF the Old,
hard-beaten track ol their Gathers" and
attempted the establish usIt OF "High
school upon the principles of modern pro-
gress" Such heroic conduct in such men,
should not go unrewarded We hope there
fCre, that when the political caucuses Of
our county find themselves short of Legis.
lative aiateriai they win just call upon
our "Board," and they vii 6nd the pure
stuff, and no ,mis'Ske. Then too. look at
the mammolh house they have erected.
Large enough for state house, aud csst
enough too. II reflects very great honor
upon the enterprise and "spir't of progress"
that is prevailing among our etlreps IN
geRsrsl, and the atil. and energy mani