Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-31
Who would be free,
Themselves must strike the blow"

(" Who would be free,
Themselves must strike the blow"
A great diocesan combination will undoubtedly be
able to establish this work, at which time it cannot
be doubled that the State, if appealed to, will grant
her liberal aid for the purpose OF assisting to carry
it forward A State which responded so generous
ly to the calls made upon her for internal improve
ment', agriculture, commerce, and the mechanic
arts, surely cannot but be alive to the Ear greater
importance of aiding Intellectual enterprises since
it ia education at last which is the mighty lever by
which all other enterprises are rendered efficient
and serviceable. A State which has declared in
her Constitution that knowledge, learning, and vr-
tue, essential to the preservation Of republican
institutions" and that ut shall be the duty Of the
General Assembly in all future periods of this gov
vernment to cherish literature and science" can
not prove so recreant to the duties to which she
stands pledged, to refuse her liberal endow-
ments to this great fountain of ''terature, and
science" Let the people of the South then go to
work with the calmness and energy of a well dis
cplned army before the onset like the silent for
est in spring ,timP,-the rolling cloud before the
neutrality-suspicious. of gathering strength, of quiet
energy, and ofcoucentrated power. Let them seek
to give this work not only ,ss, but permanence.
Let it not spring up in night, amid thunder
and glare like the volcanic island in some southern
sea- to disappear again before another mornings
dawn but let it if need be- like the coral reefs
where millions of silent forces toll, until it bloom,
forth In nj Let
them work; let them give cheerfuly Of what God
has intrusted to their stewardship, ever remember
ing with the gifted Burke what Taxation for edu-
caiona purposes is like the vapor which rises only
to fall again, and beautfy and ertize the earth"
One more point 10 this subject remains to be
considered; namely, where is this great idea
to find "a local habitation, and name -"
The learned and reverend preates in their letter the
members OF their respective docese and in accordance
with the opinion Of the originator have been pleased de-
sgnae spot the termination Of the great Apa
lachian chain as a suitable locality. / cannot but think
that McNnnve possesses advantages place Of loca
ton superior to all others from the fact that it combiues
inducements cenered at point Than any oher Of
which have knowledge in truth it expressly de-
signed by Nature the Of great educational
prise lies within the bounds Of the region designated by
fined and they fail notice its centrally II we
the whole Of the Southern aud Southwestern Stats
it will be Tennessee the centre entirely enclosed
by the Others and McNunve centre Il Ten
nessee are then the Of this great wheel Of
States those lying around forming the pokes this educa
ona enterprise being the axis upon which to
the march Of Progress It ought manesty be in
serted here in order that the whole may be well balanced
and smoothly. II the natural centre, may
with propiety claim be the educational and lit
erary OF the South and SOUTHWEST Again this
tray Of position allows Mcnnvie to be reached by the
network Of Railroads covering he face Of the country
thirty to y hours, from every Of the Southern
and Southwestern States 1t is the present trmnus q
railroad which being extended DanviDe Ky, and
proposed put into operation very 5ry
which will bring into no ry communication with the
Southern cities These facts Of centrally and facility
Of access should the profound attention Of every
parent do not a question Of dollars and
cents in expenses though that viii have weight but this
involves deeper and sacred feeling TAtss point
which must strike home poWeI fully aresdes" Does
the Anxious mother hesitate separate herself from her Del
boy dreadng the idea Of sending him away thousand
beyond the gaze Of her qucksghted maternal eye
He may H. he may die before she reach him. Not So
the electric wire and the road place daily
with the idol Of her heart The father may be
past his prime the hand e disease may have
laid heavily upon him, that he Is made to feel that his
footsteps unsteady the shelving cliffs Of Life" Shall
he be doomed his only depart far country
and know that they shall meet earth Not so
when the Of moment that may ay back TX
the bird the parental bosom This has ever
been serious objection Northern last tutoas either for
Of the solth The yOaag sou has its
aalenable rights the arsi Of these .Iov. We must
provide oaselves seminaes Of learning where our chill
dren OBJ ala their second natural gh eancao aud
yei be deprived altogether Of the hrss home affection.
oW many fond parents heart Is sacrificed were up
the altar Of necessity, in sending bis child to distant
school Not years ago read In the leading pa.
pers Of Tennessee, mechanically % young gen
tenaa tbs only Of devoted mother Who having
been short time previous conrlet. his education
AF Northern institution had just been brought home
corpse His mother permitted the usiAnehoy
seton d clos ng hi, dying eyes listening a
Rared yHAblss q the love he bore hs- Alone and per-
chance wth heart logging for his sweet Southern home. be
passed sway Ia laad Of strangers kaos sci thai siek
en- and dsseaie mother God help her Ia her deep astos
for Of mortal love their restless tossing, have
her, shattered barqae ths feet u ne Eisraai
Bat 70 return ola asy nshlng here q he yciaity u
that dsshsha s1tsriagPAoe BesrshehA ssHgA sEeept,
gzt resort i1F TIE PAFsnts q PsPs isndg
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sullsn h0wsvsr thzs ia saaccszf spsrasisa
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