Smyrna times., 1857-12-03


Every consideration goes to show that Americ
Is can support larger population than all the:
e countries put together,-support it not in Stai
n patton and misery. as they do, but with ever
+ luxury and abundance. Now, what Americ
n can do, she WiU do. The time ,oU come whe
I'OOO,O0O'O0O of men loiU live and prosper be
n tween the Hudson River and the Rocky Mour
: talns,-when that time comes, we shall wan
hot canal between Albany and Buffalo, bu
r'Uer. A score of railroads will then rul
from New York to Lake Erie, while the who'll
country from Staten Island to Niagara Falls
Will be one continuous succession of houses
factories and locomotive shops. Then, does i
not we'll become US, at this time, to inquire into
all the causes of this prosperity, and after pa
Ing due respect to the memory of those who
achieved our independence from the oppression
OF the Mother Country, see if there is not a
Tyrant that has bound the world in fetters
more CALLING than England ever thought of, OF
dGred to think Of forging for US, which has
been in some measure overcome in this CONN.,
try, by the nvincible power of Education 3
showing its onward march, is dissipating this
cloud of glOom-is allowing the full and
free development of all of mans capacities and
powers Yes, it is Education, speaking through
the medium OF free religion, free pulpit, a
tree press, aud free schools, that has caused
this prcponderance in favor of the United
States advancement. Yes, It's Education -
1t IS developing and cultvating not single
faculty, but every power and feeling of the
mind, in the most perfect degree. It. is to push
out the mind, from its first budding, with all
Its numerous branches, and develop and streng-
then them fully. 1t is to cultivate it,-brlng
out its beauty, its greatness and strength. 1t
Is to tit 1t for its own work, to think, to reason
and to act prepare it to explore the very
depths OF all things that mortals may know
What conscious greatness, dignity and indie
pendence there is in the man humble, THOUGH.
withal, for he sees an ocean of truth stretched
out before him, while he has yet gathered few
of its pebbles washed along the shore. To be
educated, then, is to bring out the man until
we feel lt,-untll the existence OF our real
manhood becomes a fixed fact in our lives
until we feel that we have a live soul within
us--a clear-slghted, tar-reaching, and deep,
penetrating mind, with high and noble aspra-
tlons. Such men are the worlds true noble.
men. But educating the intellectual, social or
moral man alone, will produce IN ill-proportion-
ed, an Unbalanced mind, which is incapable ofl
any great or noble action. We need men edu-
Gated as we have already described, so that
they can walk alone, stand erect, and stagger
not, though the weight of the world be pressing
on them,-men that are built up strong on
every slde,-not towering to the clouds in in.
telectual greatness, whilst the moral and So
clal feelings are uncultvated, d,-Byron-lik ke,-I
neither rising up to heaven in holy feelings, |
whilst the intellect is uncultivated In either
case, 1t is like building monument on too mar
row foundation, and leaning so far that the
centre of gravity is without its base,-so that,
in one case, the mind will fall into blank inf
dellty, and, in the other, into fanaticism and
But, built upon the broad foun-
datlon of the whole mind, rising up on every
side, strong, firm and perpendicular, so that
when the cap-stone shall be fitted to its place.
the whole may present beautiful and symme-
trical tower that will defy the winds and waves
and stand as guide to the coming generations
Then, is 1t necessary to speak of the influence
parents and teachers exert in molding and fash
ioning the public taste, character and morals
Is it not sufficiently evident to every observing
mind, that they do stamp their own feelings
and character upon the minds of the communi-
ty! What, then, is the duty of those who ex-
ert so powerful an influence in forming the
opinions and feelings of the peoplel
Whether they labor as parents, teachers or
preachers, all that give direction or coloring
10 the public mind-all that have ANYTHING 10
do in forming the character of a peopc.-they
are called upon to study well, and thoroughly
understand, all the facts as they exist in the
literary world. They are to learn the cause
aud the remedy for all the evil; they are to
think, speak and write, so that no one portion
of the mind shall be educated at the expense OF
the other-so that the whole mind shall be de.
veloped in harmony and good proportions for
not only does the ignorant person suffer pecu-
fects 10 his character which a good education
would have remedied, but Ignorance tends to
direct the person in the way of vice an dissi-
patiou,-the mind never at ease in the absence
of healthy employment which books or study
would give, seeks that stimulation which the
ribad jest OF the bar-room affords, or the excl
ted feelings of the boisterous mirth and coarse
sensuality of convivial panionshlp. then,
the mental equilibrium destroyed, the down
ward course to destruction is continuous, with
an accelerated momentum, till at length the
ignorant youth, the disspated middle-age,
reaches the terminus of criminals DOOM
(For, of the l65 who were hanged for murder
{ 's. s4til -a. tItt#. ag.