Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-02-07

moulded III the image Oh the uilSecu OeIly'
should be objects of our tenderest solicit
ude, and for which, We should give fervent
thanks to the wise and benevolent Giver;
and not say with Leigh Hunt in his prayer,
% Lord, thank Thee for this jewel of
soul Thou hast gwen me, but what mis-
cradle casket Thou hast given me in which
to keep it,
But it is vain for us to seek to neglect
the body, and cheat it of its rights, for it
will have indemnifcation. 1t has entered
into compact with the mind, and will not
abate the least article of the agreement
Here, then, We find that our intellectual
progress is under the immediate control of
our physical; and he only is capable of e*-
ercising the full powers of his being, IN
whom there is a harmonious development
of each. But in addition to this intellect
ual dependency, our moral being holds the
same relation, and is nourished from the
same fountain. Under this head, Mr.. L.
dilated upon the moral depravity and inscn-
safe affections of the Chinese, which are in
exact correspondence with their physical
inferioritv. He represented them, as far
as physical symmetry was concerned, as
the most disproportioned and unseemly
race on earth, and in respect TO their affec-
tons and sympathies--those richest set
tincs of the human soul--there was the
same painful deformiy. The Japanese
occupy still higher stand in point of re-
iinement and personal appearance. but for
proportion, symmetry and grae, the young
Arab challenges the world His form near
est fills the ideal of the sculp tor His mod
FL is purely Grecian. A model which had
long since been transferred from Ter native
groves of Atica, to be conferred upon the
sons Of the deser But even this perfect
ideal, which he had awakened in our minds
by his description of the Arabs, was forced
to melt away before the more dazzling
beauty of the Circassian females-a beau
ty which he painted with all that flowing
diction, and easy, but commanding deliv
cry so peculiarly his own. Instinctivel!
our ewes traverscd the hall, to see if We
could no; discover in all that vast throns
j., one Circassian beauty. Vain expectation
: and as we were about TO give up in des
, pair, the succeeding sentence fell on ou
e ears-'yes, they are most handsome, anC
/, like all pretty women, they know it, bu
: this alas is all they know AS the morn
( ing mists fade before the eastern sun, S,
e faded that vision of beauty from our sight
n For, what is beauty of form and feature
: without the beauties of the mind. Feeling
= sensibly relieved, we again glanced Owe
e the audience, and how lovely beamed thos'
= intellectual countenances. We felt lik'
, saying,
: Maids of Anerica.-wth all Your faults, we low
!, YOU still
t In speaking of the celebrated Circassial
5 Chief, Schamyl, Mr.. Taylor seemed to Ell
kindle new life among his audience, il
: which he himself none the less shared, an,
Y with the power and feeling Of a heart full
, ly enlisted, he sail, %, Schamyl Prophe
: and Chief. long may thy white beard b
= seen among the mountains of Caucasus L
repress Russian invason,' A noble an
4 honest wish for the brave Circassian Hero
II Again, to the natural stamina of tn
/ Russian race, Mr. T. said, We might saf.
" look for the future greatness of that ma
n ton. Possessed of an iron constitution
n and remarkable powers of endurance, the
c are always well prepared to face the battle
: of Heaven and men. From the Russian
), he turned to the sturdy Saxons, Of whic
is noble stock we are the enfeebled scions.-
If Following down the stream of time still Ia
al ter, he pointed to the sturdy sons of Sal
)r atoga and Yorktown, whose manly vigol
Dr. and physical frame was at once the adm
r ration and wonder Of the Britons. Alas
:. how changed the time. we now, in turn
ne admire the strength and freshness Of tn
e Englishman. But why is this sad declin
It. in physical vitality? Its causes may
at readily traced to the morbid sta.e of soc
he ETY. and things in which we live, where, o
o. account of business cares, zeal for ment
nd culture, or false pride-the most unpa
ry donable of ALIVE learn TO ignore entirel
u the existence of the body.
in He showed, furthermore, that this d
re preston of physical vitality might east
Sc be traced in the popular literature of Il
day. Writings glutted with morbid EN-
he tons, now pleased best the public TASTE
o. An author is dull, and insi pid unless h
ed pages are suffused with melancholy. lif
to hating spirit. Let us IN the name of tru
wv have different state Of things Let II
us the bilious illusions Of James and Sue ia
.e- climate, while those spirited works of chi
,e- airy, in every sentence Of which, glove