Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-03-11
i. G. DAVIS,
VALEDICTORY.

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vALEDICTORY.
Education Is the true source of all that is en-
noblIng IN man, and the avowed enemy of all
those base, ignoble designs to which man in his
IaIIen condition is so ready TO stoop. If is =
bulwark of defense, behind which we NAV re-
pose In confidence and bid defiance 70 the Inv
less lntrigues of anarchy and oppression on the
one hand' ana the InroadS of darkness and s1l
PerS'itlon on the other. 1t is that which dis
tnguiShes our own country from her sister
republics and elevatcs her to position in tho
scale of nations which the proudest MIGHT voII
envy. 1t is the basis upon which rest all tbose
clements of our national prosperity and honor
winch cast their effulgent rays to the remotest
corners OF the earth, and shed a halo Of moral
hight lhto the darkest rccesses of beniobted
hcathenism
The Almighty has seen fit. through the right
eous nat of His will, to associate our being with
stirring era in the history of .he world, ard
to tix and appoint our Immediate sphere Of action
IN land where liberty of speech, liberty of the
press and liberty of conscience are the distin-
gushing characteristics; where mind nnfet-
tered by legislation and untrammeled by the
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crushing splTitof des7o,i5m, is the acknowledged
sovereign; where every passing breeze watts
pPou It's bosom the echo Of some hich and no.
bic thought, just des9ateied on is mission Of
improvement Yes, We have truly noble field
ior ac-Ion, AMI 4 glorious mis- sion set before Us.
and we would be traitors to humanity, traitors
to ourselves, and TRAITORS to Him who created
us' II we should fail to accept, nay, seize upon
every opportunity presented Us to fit ourselves
io' 'hS Important sphere IN which we are called
- %G' Niii.oh7 Oh our le'io" beings, who are
"'t'ntn9 "ilueE lue IRON heel OF desPotIsm' and
houuihS 10 tne VIII and mandate OF one crowned
head' are now looking auXiously toward Amer
ica-yeS. proud America !-as the great instru-
inen0 IN 'he hahdS OF providence, 10y which
'"g 'opieih ol I-'eIf destiny Is sooner or later
- '0 SUI eu' Iney we" hef as the Bethlehem
"'"i' ever "e5Aohihg tAein on to freedom and
i"uei enoehce,
HoI our position then truly responsible
oi'e II we 'huS stand forth IN bold relief as a
- 'n' ie7' oI the WoFla-aS a
>" ~ WHICH o''ler rePopiicS are TO be shaped
'',''' 5o'0'n'"eii'S In9'ltuted-"oUId 1t not be
''i"'o'' 'di''nouht TO betrayal OF phghtcd
confluence we should fail to exhibit an
ii1e "oI'Hy ol limitation! And what better
H"'e we I'F SUca an exhibition, than
'n"' "Ai'C' Is P'eSeA'ed through the influences
u cu'o~i'loh' iAoIaIiy ana intellectually Here
noei'S mus d safeguard and oppression an IN
'''e ioo i-7 - nan It, 'hen' as the banner
VI II ''ee,''i''--'ne Pa'hEay TO glory Man nigh
- e-l '''e','' 20 ''''In 'he nsn'hihs' as 10 en-
o'"'c Pcottc whose lhillun are Irec 10 act, and
''"' uiNei " p'oFe' sii'-e OF cultivation
ANU " lleeo only rcier TO The past 10 behold
incol.eS'aoie proofs OF this. What Influenced
our lllsflm fatilers to brave the perils Of the
'''-' seIN an ''9y 'um IN wilderness OF
'"' ''i'. ii'i''.e lo'e ol Heeoo'Li "nich
" " .'',e''' iiiS'iiicS OF our nature ana "hich
''ioii "io'ie III arouse 70 aetoh- Hhat IN
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