The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-03-03

! meaning. thdl' at to'"'o"o' ''"'"'"
ed apartments for instruction in
Letters. Science, Philosophy, Physlc,
Political Jurisprudence. Agriculture,
Horticulture, Music, Military Tactics,
and the higher branches OF mechan-
ical art.
TO young and ardent nation like
ours, who have built up an intellectu-
al society in a single age, the gift of
an University is no ordinary favor
1t is a spring of living water, which |
will satiate the cravings OF our own
rising and posterior generations, and
the young nations of the Pacific coast
and the Southern Elderado will reach
forth their golden cups for a draught'
The tawny children of Anahuac will
carry its influences into the ancient
realm Of the Montezumas, and the
sons Of the Antilles come hther in
quest OF knowledge. From this toun-
tain, is destined to flow mighty riv'
er of united sentiment which Shall
find thousand tributaries; stretching
from the two great oceans that clasp
our territory in their embrace; and the
same philosophical aXioms extend,
from the banks of Mississippi to the
golden River Of the Amazons.
The State Colleges OF the South,
t have proven themselves but feeble
I auxiliaries to the growth ofintellectu-
, al pursuit. They have in many IN
) stances fallen prey to the petty
f uuarrcls of their Doctors, and have
become the theatres Of the most dis
. graceful ontcntion, between North
= ern e.natical prejudice, and Southern
;, principle. The prevailing feature
: of Northern Institutions, is fcarIulIy
c manifest in those of our oWn-the
# want Of scholastic excellence. The
h most obvious defects OF these systems
:, are the itinerency Of professors and
|, want of perpctuity of the Institutions.
& The guardians Of the "Universi'y
IS of the South are for the most part
h perpctuatel by that great system
which controls the Episcopal Church;
c and is not likely to vary, until rev.
r. oluton shall have changed the polity
H of that ancient and sublime system
If of church legislation. The dignity
is Of its Bishopic control is in stric
ir conformity to those Of the ancients.-
$ The renowned Universities of Seville
l. Cordova and Palermo, which were
y the proprlling agents Of civilization
lc throughout ChristendOm, were con,
is trollcd by the learned llildcphonsus
is and his associate Bshops-and the
d same system has been adopted by
i. Britain with the most wonderful sue
cess.
d In all the extended territory of the
o. South there could not have been a
n more lit locality than the one selected
D. for this Monument of IL nations lit
le crary pride--in the wild and pictures
|. uuc district of Tennessee, lying be-
tween the inclined walls OF sloping
!. hills, which lends an cnchantmcnt to
. the object. There Pastoral verse
c may weave its rustic witchcry, amid
n the sombrc shadows Of the mountain
# sides or reflect the vcrnal beauties Of
g the mead below. Upon this sublime
d height will sit the august Oracle which
If shall tell of the future Of Il whole ma
a tion--the PamaSsus where the inspir-
n alton comes down in a silvery rain,
IS and the garish light fpurc philosophy
shine through its dcwy mist.
I'd 1t will be identified by all nations
c. as the rallying point Of Southern SEN
" timent. The Bassorius Of the New
o. World, whose fire of knowledge
blazing upon II Southern shore, will
ic ilIumine the young empires OF a whole
of continent. The plastic sentiments OF
&c, our budding Legislators, will be drec
ps, ted into such channels as will vcner
he ate and sustain the institutions AM
lc. polity, which our fathers invented.
as With this inpregnable fortress Q
ei, national sentiment, the South vii
as have fashioned for herself a buIworl
Ter Of mighty power, behind which, she
hi. NAV LAUGH at the missiles thrust a
rp her Institutions by the engines OF he
,to foes. Scholastic dignity will give Il
citizenship higher claim, and, from
, the rernotest boundaries of her terri
-, tories, friendly and united feeling
ne like the precious ointment on Aaron
beard, will run down to the skirts {
the garments of all grades of her pl
,od pills.