Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-08-10

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ugment of wealth, or tho champion OF powers
Bat with Gao founders OI our Inst buttons 10 was
the first ding thought OIL Not as luzuiy, LG'
rs d necessity. Not as the Aandmaid Of W!N''
lego, but aH the nurse OF equality, Not o. tA4
child of endowment, on tho accident us place
but os the surest hsailol public prosperity aud
private happiness, They planted knowledge
tlpreGira IN tho wilderness; established schools
ms soon as they bull mb.Dt.yns, They laid t11
foundation for IN university while they were
struggling with disease aud want. Such In
been the spjyjt o! tho Founders ot our inSut"'
tion5 down 20 the present day. Scarce " years
ago and the Indian royel ia his savage wllunnss
ON this very SPOT. Scarce IL years ago aud the
frs. white mana cabin was reared amid tho wild
beast and savage, and tho first christian hymn
was sung amid tho solemn stiffness OF tho uarp
dunao forest, which Ill, then had only echoed the
wlrhoop and Indians yell. But the mighty ar
my Of occupation have sweptrd onward and on
ward, from tho sands and ellis OF the Atlantic,
across the Ailcghauias, over the broad valley o'
the Mississippi, through tho gorses aud dti.es
Of the Rocky mountains. until now they are uc'
rluying along tho silent shores of tho PaclHc -
The tide Of emigration has been wcstwardi until!
the very sands over which tho Spaniard slept,
and tho Indian stalkol, have at the football Ol
our conquering race, unscaed Plctous whose
golden sands are pouring into every channel of
commerce. and swelling them to an extent almost
alarming. Academies and schools Gcc spring
ing up like Aladdin palaces in every town and
yillage,-and what change has come over as
in n few years. Now, instead Of the savage yell
IS heard the song Of the farmers daughter; in
stead of the heavy tread of armed warriors aud
rangers, is seen at morn the plant step of the
rising generations vending their way to this
lount of knowledge, and here storing their
minds with material that viii stnnd the "wrecS
of matter and the crush OF wordg.' The work
to which we are called is indeed a great one I;
never since the flow Of human history began,
has such Mississippi torrent rolled itself be-
meath the circle Of the sun. Numbering over
thirty millions Of people, prosperous and enter
nrising there never was timN in which valiant
fpirits were so much neCded-men OF lion-liko
courage, to disuel the cloud of ignorance that
covers over the larger part Of our globe. True,
much has been done TO elevate the race OF hu-
man, and to widen the range Of intelleat,-eyer
invention gonds 10 hottor the condition OF man,
both morally and physically ~
The press began its work IN io52 y century
afterwards it had earned the prohibition OF LnG
land and was strong enough to defy it. Tho
first newspaper was printed ip Amcrica N
1904, and at this day it asserts @n influence al
most unparalleled by any invention ever known
to exist, far cut-stripping by its enterprise the
fertility of our own writer's. The American
press aprrorriates unshrinkingly the literary
treasures of the whole earth. But the most
striking display Of It's activity and power are
only to be witnessed in the field Of journalism,
where it more than equals France in energy, and
knows no other rival throughout The world; and
at this day there is an influence cZcYted upon the
80 t,,Iar 49, +hs2" shout he wIth a~l hgaith
of the enlightened world. II sends as Shipping
lists from tie Sandwich Islands, chronicles the
news of the day in IN Vera Cruz, and echoes
back the thunder Of our cannon upon tho battle
fields of Mexico Much las been done in the
field Of literature and science, but there yet lies
before us u field in which tho mind can eXpatiate
forever, and above the ioiticst heights to which
the human intellect has ever scared, there hes
other worlds OF thought TO he yet revealed Wy
the bold adyenturers Of this and future agoS.--
And who can predict the influence that may DC
welded by the yOtarics Of this Female lnstitu-
tion. 1t may be as twinkling star suspended
in the Heavens to light the weary and disconao-
0to, to lands illuminated BY the light OF edac1-
ton.
This occasion brings together from remote
places and from various paths OF lite, those
that feel deep interest in this seat OF learning
In this view { T its character, this display OF IN
telIect. claims no less the rewards OF patriotism
than the regards of friendship, and strengthens
our union Us citizens, byreyiyinS our connections
rs scholars. The bonds which hold together our
extended conlederaCy OF States, are not thUSe
anlone which are 10 be read in written constltu-
tions, or gathered from the enactment OF legal
codes But those rather Which ARE found III
the interchange Of social kindness in tho attrac,
tious Of literary intercourse, and tho manifold
associations which spring from the pursuits ol
religion and education. In What other nation
has honest ambition so wide range, and merit
30 certain and so brilliant reward Where
else in tho civilized world can virtuous educa-
ton be so easily obtained and lead co results OF
if such transcendent worth! Every one is IN
vited to come and drink deep at the academlcal
spring the doors are open to all, the high the
low, the rich the poor none need be leIt out
there is room for all, come buy milk and honey
without money and without price. But some
have said that woman does not need as much cd
ucation as man. But this is very alarming
mistake The causes of cducatOu--of rational,
moral and religious education is the most trans
cendant cause in any and all communities. On
it depends the prosperity, the influence, the hon
or and the happiness Of every State, and Of eve
ry people. 1t is law of God, and it is n law OF
society, paramount and eperable-tha5 edu-
Gated minds shall govern the world, wherever
they may be found. whether developed in the iai-
daughters of Eve or the hardy pioneer OF the
W tsb. Iuey nave uOne IL, tley HOW uo IL, "hu
will continue to do it until the last pulse OF
time shall beat despite of ignorance As through
our verdant yallies flow the limped rivulets that
make our creeks, rivers and seas SO from this
literary institution, young ladies, and from all
similar ones, flow those realing streams, which
swell the ocean, on whose bosom float the gal
liant naves, which under the ''stars and strips
the symbolic ensign of our nations destiny,
command the respect, the homage and the admi-
ration of the ear tn. Ignorance is the fruitful
parent of misery and DEATH Go cast your eyes
over land desolated by war, famine and pesti-
lence, and learn from the silence that brood over
them the advantage of knowledge to the human
race Look at those vast empires, China and
Japan, that have for ages resisted every attempt
to enlighten them. And the Jews, those locusts
of the botomless pit, resisting every effort to en-
Tighten them with pertinacity that can only be
accounted for by the deep and danning curse
hot fbaYyo eIa T,rinpa al