Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-10-21

are ant 10 regard the nations interests Is depending
more on laws. and banks, and tariffs, and parties
The politician or The professional man we are prone
to regard as possessed Of greater power in the CON-
munty and in the State than the plain, unassuming
farmer. I hold in my hand watch. The first
thing that attracts my attention is its exterior.
see the hands upon its face pointing to the figures
which mark the progress of the day But ofwhat
avail, the hands and face, and -outer workmanship
without the works within. There Is the handspring
which drives the whole, and out of sight though it
is, the aristocratic hands upon the face worth
less without it. These works within are the labor
ers of community. They drive the whole machine
" of civil society. What we shall be in the d'm
future before "a, depends more upon them than
aught else besides. If they enlightened, in
tellieent and vrtuous, We shall be prosperous and
a happy people, if they ignorant, depraved asd
vicious, We shall be an unhappy people, ending our
career at last the great slough of national and
moral bankruptcy. When think of this, look
down the future, and | ask, can it be that man will
cultivate the SOIL and neglect the tiller himself7
Il the clod of the valley of more worth than an
immortal mindl Is not tone living mind worth
more than dead universe l''-and then if see
mans material interests absorbing bis spiritual, if
the great lessons which Heaven has been for six
thousand years teaching the world, is lost upon IT,
''the lesson that the intellectual and moral nature
of man is the one thing precious in the sight OF
God and therefore, until this nature is cultiv
and enlightened, and purified, neither cpulence,
nor power, nor learning, nor genius, nor domestic
sanctity, the holiness of Gods affairs can ever
be safc;'' if l see a vast army of Ignorance, led
on BY the hosts of Crime. scattering 6rebrands,
arrows and death, and rushing on as they gather
strength in an oyermastering assault on Liberty and
Law, then cry WOE, woe, to the citadel OF
freedom. How shall we preserve the temple Of
liberty7- But look again down the future.
see another army now; the hosts ofIgnorance and
Crime are gone, and in their stead is an army Of
educated laborers Peace spreads her wand over
the scene. Plenty dspenses her richest treasures
and Happiness comes down from her home above
and takes up her abode in the midst of that runner
Gus tlrong. Intelligence and virtue dwell there
and there is the sublimest sight of carth,-a free
people, guiding intcligently and safely, the arsiFs
Of mighty nation Be the latter picture ours, ant
have faith ia the future. Be the latter picture
ours, and fear not the jars and collisions of the old
world and the threatened invasions of our own
Be the latter picture ours and domestic discord will
cease at sight Where are the artists adequate u
tho thinning Of so glorious picture as thisl Fur
mers we look TO you- AT your domestic hrcsides
and in your humble schools, the American either
must be trained, and YOU value tho insttu
tons usder which you live, YOU value the eener
al welfare Of mankind. let the training of Amcr
youth mentally and morally, DC commensurate with
she extent Of your broad acres, and the rich and fer
tile country God has given you TO occupy