The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-10-01
JOHN ID. W YI.IE.
IEor tho Lancaster Ledger.

Some time since an individual sty led the
! great Apostle of Truth, was illuminating
the dark minds OF some of our citizens, on
the subject of the South Carolina College.
| And, although he is not altogether the Sir
William Hamilton cf Ameriua;" it has been
properly said of him Lines OF light follow
his PEN" He is IN intellectual star, of more
! than ordinary magnitude and briiiiuncy, and
whcn the powers Of his mind arc not dark
cncd and bluntcd by personal considerations,
the Interests of TLuTu are secure when
| committed 10 his custody. But nn indIyid-
ual in his pee ulur circumstances, ii he pos
scsscd an ordinary acqualnt;iDcc with the
operations of the human heart and ordinary
m odcsty, "euid scarcely have trusted him.
self To discuss this subject II, as he says,
il made him what he is--if il took linn from
the dung hill and set him in high places, We
expect him 10 be gti.ic.u! for tavors And
true modcsly Nou!d have said, and no more,
| my prrjudicrs (aId We Ue'er expect impcr.
feet nature free from thcu) are in favor of
The Institution. If the College hus permit.
ted him. for near n score of years, TO stand
with his hands up to the elbows in her purse,
the community cannot di,cst themselves of
the suspicion. his arguments are special
plradings.
ln the region Of CoIumLia. there seems TO
literary INSTITUTIONS IN Ibis St"tr, and in
Eastern Georgia and W esicrp North CARROLL
na. Eut the South CaiU.ina College should
yemcmber she was the cause ui their exist
cnce. She did not, and could not impart
that culture OF the heart, which our best
citizens deem necessary To be Joined with
the enlightenment and development Of the
intellect. And the uDsound aud unsafe
largely imbibcd within her walls, drove Ofi'
many Of her best patIons. Aud as the NOR
al sentiments generally prcyaleTtin The Vir.
ginia University, were not then of an Hp-
proved character, they tried the other side
Of Mason aud Dixon's line. Here they en-.
countered doctrine, closely allied 10 the 9TH
or, and equally revolving. Hence, they vssre
forced TO the necessity Of wanting All educa-
tion, or having furnished elsewhere. The
latter horn of the dilemma they greatly pre-.
ferrcd. Other seats of learning were erect
ed, which are nov sending out as good liz
eiary inHucncc, US that at CoIun,Lia; and a
moral influence, which is out OF sight u head
of her.
The insufficient moral training, and the
rcrnicious results of this defect made the
State College especially objectionable TO
tho christian community. An atmosphere
poisoned wish profanity, intempennce, Sab
bath Dissertation, and general insubordina-
ton is unsuitable for the inspiration OF
youth. Divine power can and may preserve
youth amidst such associations but there
would be little consistency, in surrounding
them with such influences, and praying
religious reyivals does the history of that
College chronicle Its page Is blackened
with the record Of many rDws and insurrcc.
tions, against the constituted authorities
but does not that part allotted to religion,
remain in virgin whiicnessf
These and other causes, resulted in the
erection of other liIcrpry institutions, ou.
OF the Capital Of South Carolina. Now the
pc, at Columbia is filed with wrath and re.
sentiment, at what her OWE delinqnencies
have produced. And the great Apostle
annerinoiv nIludaa ~ them In Col nm ~ -.
classic phraseology, ns one and t,eo hors'
affairs"
have no inimical feelings toward Oh,
State Institution, and do not desire iu
wheels should stand s,ill moment 4
should GO or, and do all the good that is as