Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-03

old. Shako's endorsement of matrmony--
''Eortblier happy lis thcTose distilled,
Than that, which withcring OH tho virgin thorn
Grows, lives and dies in single blesSedncss.H
Moral Culture in Public Schools. 3
Few consider how5vast and complicated
IS the whole subject of morals Every act
of our Lives has, 10 some extent, moral
bearing7-not always or often perhaps clear
perceptiblc. When we take into account
/ the complex nature OF human life, how
many and how. conflicting the principles
and practices, manners, customs, laws, rules
and precedentS of those who surround any
one of u.s. and how each person duties arc
modified by his particular circumstances,
| it viii be seen that no other branch of stu
dy IN the world takes precedence of it In
breadth and Importance; and it isa science
that must grow with the growth of the Z
world, Each age, with its improvements
and progress, gives rise to new duties and
new Responsibilities,
III There arc thousand situations in which
one may beplaced, for which the cduca-
/ tion of the school-room and of the church
and family afford no direction 1t is not
to be believed for moment that the par
T ties who have in many instances of late
! prored defaultors, took the first wrong step
wit rout the intention of doing any wrong in
| the end. Nor is it at all certain that thcy (
entertained any clear conviction that thaG
first false step was one really dishonest ~
| On the other hand, without doubt, most OF
| those who have fallen, have no conception
that their first error began so far back,--s
! They had, no doubt, the greater part Of
them, been pursuing a wrong course, until
escape became impossible, before they once
awoke to the consciousness that they had
been guilty of any wrong. And Inost of
them now, we have faith to believe, iook-
ing back, can hardly see how they could
have done otherwise than they did, so did
one step in error prepare the way for the
next. What is wanted, is such public in
struction in all the contingencies of human
| intercourse, that no Que need err forlack of
knowledge.
1t must be clear that if we omit, moral
culture entirely, then the more we do to
cultivate our people in other respects, the
! worse 1t will be for us. We open their
/ eyes to thousand wants, VIC give them
allthe means and appliances thatknowledgc
can givo,to acquire and satisfy them; and
Chen leave them to adapt their morals to
their rcumstanccsandtastes Could any
thing in the world promise more disastrous
results? Itisin view of the energy of our
intellectual educational system, over that Of
most other countries, that we fancy seeing,
in the future, our country making hitherto
! unheard of strides IN immortality and crime,
unless welink with it public moral instruc-
tion in our schools, one and all.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-The latest
information from Kansas removes all doubt
of the election of the Free State ticket;
therefore, Gen. Calhoun declares his intcn-
tion to give certificates accordingly.
| INFLUENCE. of the most ncxplicablc
| phcnov>ena' of nature, is inhucnce. Tho
| moon influences the changes Of the tides, and
! the sun sucks pand places in the sky, hugo s
| pillars of wator. a small cup can excite a
power, and oxert an influence, which at tho
| distance of a thousand miles, can support n
weight OF as many pounds, and by the saue
! agency man can converse with man, Mt a like
| dis'ance. Man ncurb the influence, WREN
| he docs understand the power. But man >
also, possesses an influential powcr, as great
! as those of nature forit oxerts discovering
/ influencc, which seeks aud shacklcs the in
iiuence of nature. tits his intellect. Aud
| yet this is as great phenomenon as the elee-6
| trie fluid: man cannot comprehend himself,
i But tho intellectual influence long outlasts
| bilo poNdltlHlb hldrIS lI. III is IKE the cam
! non bal, which, long aftcrthc gases that have
/ hurled itare spent, continuts to cleayc the
AIR. In afew short years. death may over
take the mortal, and he may crumble dust To-
! dust, but his influence and, 3 actions live
! ntter him, Agfathor may influence his son
| 80 o certain coarse, whose Influence may di- 4
root his son IN n similar way and so on, tho
influence of the frat bcing perpetuated for
Egencrations. Every one is influenced to a
certain, degree by others, Justas tho twir
lssbent the treos inclined" !" and the charac-
| tor otsererY 0ne is formed by the ihhl.ence of
those round hms illus VIC sec the inlpor-
tanco Of gootisexatnplc.. But man il prone
/ to evil, and What is erilis- moro readily, fole
lowed. t51'he eyil that man does. liyns agtor
lin - - Southern lioRitor. !, eA5 49,
THfst cart ofour Country liyosin its hor rs:
md attcr ali the eloquent things we so Y a.
bout republican rights. the final test OF. .insti1
tutions is ia.tho domestic characterof the
people ho world isan enjoyable piaeeiuss
SO tar MS Sye can render it tributary to our
homes ;apd freedom is Blessing exactly u5
TO the lneasure that VIC improve its privileges
an. forming ourselves afterthc divine ideal OF :,
noble uen and women. tSiilc hyssite Stand
theyisi TER of Liberty Rnd tho gltar of Itomc 4
and If Chfistant9 has lighted theiS aa.nc5s
let US never forget that it ;sfrooi those Rainsa
burning heayoil4w1rd With steady stfenrth
of wafltsth and lustre, that Providence brinss
tho iiogY swords which arm us for our high
g sciueYepsep's AMI c''r .arandest victories.
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