Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-07

mind, of the rising generation. Due honor
should be paid to the author of the Com
position alluded TO. bu, we wish it to be ul-
Gel stood that it was not our intention to
degrade those principles of moral virtue
which have been stamped upon our minds
by our parents and teachers. The worthy
Mr. Rambler didn't seem to understand the
design of our exhibition. If our Editor will
be SO kind as to publish this article, we will
tell him. A number of youths in the vicin-
i,y of Chestnut Level, (the place where the
exhibition was held) having a desire TO i'm.
prove in that important branch of Education,
(pu'lic speaking.) J and not having it ntro-
duced, bat, TO little or no extent in onr Com
mon Schools we convened one evening some
tour or five weeks, previous to the exhibition
spoken Of, for TO consider the proprietv of
having an exhibition, for the purpose of i'm
proving our intele ctua faculties in the way
of oraiory. The resolution was unanimously
then until the tims appointed for the exhi-
bitUn. Great progress was made in the
May of t:cuIation, and mode of expression:
Our friend stated that there was svulg4r,
obscene. and demoralz ny" language used
on tho occasion; it was So 20 some extent,
bu; when our friend witnesses an exhibition,
the performers of which are chiefly COM
posed of youths he should be very careful 10
consider things just as they are. and not look
to much at the dark side of the picture, for
fear of disheartehing those youths who are
watching, and catching every opportunity
within their grasp, that is calculated to roll
on with unequal rapidiiy the "Car of Educa-
tion.'' The design OF cur exhibition was to
improve in articulation ,manner of delivery,
&c.
We,as youthe of AmeEics, love our coun-
try; we wish to devote our time to the in
tellec'ual and moral progress of this. our
Glorious Nation. We have desire to store
our minds with useful knowledge. which
may be seen by the way We ucquit ourselves
at our school examinations. The most of US
attend Ssbbath School. read our Bibles, and
are somewhat acquainted with the history
of our country, thocgh we may never expest
to obtain that houor, which belongs to
Washington, Adams, OF thoss istinguish ed
personages. who formed that "Declaratioo
of Independence which set upon sure basis
the rights of the American people" We
do not wish TO be- among those who are
tumbling from the ladder of fame into the
pit OF eternal wretchedness. and misery. but
we hope to be numbered with those who are
fast working their way to distinction and
fame; among honest, industrious, and :aith-
iul citizens; among those who cs-etuly ex-
amines themselves, before they examine a,id
report the faults of others. We wish to
scale the hill Of science, and breathe the
pure r on its lofty summit. We wish to
sup from the cup of moral glory. We wish
to engage in exhibitions of pubic speaking;
for when we consider the freedom connected
with our political Institutions, and the SIM
plic-ty, cni.eisaao-. stsa ssreag,i,, for wftch
the English langu age is noted. We may
rest assured that the time is not far distant
when the youths of America may surpass in
c.oluence the greatest orators that Greece
or Rome, ever produced. We wish to i'm.
prove in all good acts. We ask pardon a;
the hands of the public, for The profanity
connected with our exhibition, and hope In
future to be more careful in selecting pieces
OF a moral tone. We hope the time vii.
come, when the youths of America will be-
come more acquainted with the precepts OF
Divine origin, and walk in the foot prints
OF those pnrtriarcks of Old. BY so doing we
w'll be permitted TO enjoy ourselves as a
people, free from degradation and shame,
and enjoy an earthly paradise, beneath the
smiles OF an al! wise God. YOUTH.
LAMPsvILLE, Bel. Co O.