The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-12-10

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resident population of our State. What an
army of freemen is this what n host to do
battle for the right, or deal deadly blows for
the Urong. Who can enumerate the won
ders that these young men are to accomplish
the deeds they are to perform? Who
with prophetic vision so keen as to enable
him to pierce the misty future-telI US with
certainty what lies entombed in its unex-
plored depths and measure the effect that
these Young men are to have upon the age
in which we live and the race to which we
belong? We tremble with fearfuness,
when we reflect upon the immensity of the
responsibilities resting upon the young men
called upon, faithfully to discharge.
Young men of Iowa, have YOU reflected
upon the responsibilities which are daily
crowdng upon you and which you cannot
evade or escape? Do you appreciate the
your situation and the magnitude of the
work you have to perform2 Are you pre-
pairing yourself for career of usefulness,
by close application to study, reading, re-
fcction and improvement. Are your COM
paninns during your leisure hours. Milton,
and Bacon, and Locke? DO you delight to
son and Burke? Are you entranced with
Randolph? DO you peruse with deep inter-
est the writings Of Washington, end Jct!rr-
son. and Madison? Have YOU visited in the
person of Humboldt, and Taylor, and Llv-
ingston. other countries. and stored your
minds with tho treasures of knowledge they
so freely furnish? After ha7ing familiar
nth htho 70 Of
Wesley. of Wayland and Edwards. do you
practice them faithfully. and show by your
example that you appreciate the truths which
they so clearly and 50 earnestly teach III
you cannot answer in the affirmative of these
| questions. commence to-day your compnn-
ionship with the writings We have enumer-
have mastered them all, and have possessed
Yourselves Of the harvest of Thoughts which
they alone can yield to you.
Upon the young men of our State, depends
her future prosperity and greatness. Those
who are now actively employed in controil
! ing and managing the affairs of the common
wealth, must soon yield to the inevitable
laws of nature. and the places which they
vacate, mus, be filed from the ranks of the
Young men. How important then, that we
should be prepared for the great response
bilities which we must, very soon be called
upon to assume.
Shall Iowa rank high in the calendar of
States! Shall her schools rival those of
New Engand-her Temples of Learning,
stand as mile posts upon her prairies-her
Affairs devoted to the worship of the living
God, tell in language, plain ana distinct,
that the Basis OF LIBERTY, Religion, Moral
I ity, and Virtue, has taken deep root IN her
virgin soil? Shall railroads traverse every
portion Of our State, stimulating commerce
and improve ovement-awakeuipg thought
creating by their presence, new energies to
be expended in developing our resources and
adding to the intelligence, wealth. happiness
and prosperity of our people Shall inst-
tutians of learning, in which the hungry and
naked shall be clothed and fed-the blind
! be taught to see-the denf and dumb to
hear and speak, md the unfortunate insane
soothed into calmness, be pientifully erect
ed in our midst, telling by their silent
grandeur. in tones more eloquent than pen
can describe, of the bcnevo olence of our peo-
ple, and serving as monuments upon which
to lnscribe our title to be numbered among
the foremost Of the States which constitute
the American coufederacy? These que.-
tions, the young men Of Iowa are called up
on TO answer.
Let US not for moment forget the duties
which we owe to the State of our adoption,
and let us prepare ourselves to discharge
these duties in manner that shall reflect
honor and credit upon ourselves. and serve
to advance our State in her march towards
her ultimate destiny. Many young men fail
to accomplish anything in life for the reason
that they fear they do not possess the reIul-
site ability. Measure your abilities before
you make the decision. Remember that
''Thores no lmpossihilty to him
VIII" stands prepared +" '"n4uer every hazard:
Tie fearful are he failing"
Boldly then march forth into the great bat
tie field determined TO discharge any reSPon-
slbiH,v TINT YOU may be called upon to as
sumo, to the best Of your ability, and you
will have no reason to complain Of the re-
suit.
To render effective our exertions, there
mus, be, with Us, UNITY OF ACTION. W Q
are laborlng in a common cause. and to ac-
complish the object. which we have in view,
that sinqieness Of purpose. which alone will
crown our efforts with success, must not be
lost sight Of That, sin union there is
ed in delibe characters upon the banner,
beneath the ample folds of which we are
expecling to accomplish great results for
PROGRESS for Truth and Humanity. The
influence which we clearly possess, we
should use upon every OCCASION that requires
it-dutv demands this much Of us. lu Sc
lecting persons to represent us IN minor as
we'll AS influential positions. we should bear
in mind that are responsible tor the man
ner in which they discharge their trust
Our representatives in the Halls of Congress
should be men who are fully imNued with
this spirit Of enterprise which we are dete: :
mined shall govern all of our actions; and
from the Senate Chamber of the United
States, should be echoed back in eloquent
strains, the same noble sentiments, ensuring
US that the men we have selected to speak
for us in the counses of the Nation, are
worthy of the confidence which we have re-
posed in them, and that they possess the
moral influence. the patriotism and the abl!-
tv to sustain our State in that career OF
greatness in which she is so rapidly advanc-
ing. Let none others thanthose who possess
suoh qualifications in an eminent degree,
attain to these high positions. By being thus
guarded, whenever We delegate power to
others, we shall not compromise the fair
fame of our commonw ealth, nor leave to
unskillful hands the delicate work of fabri-
eating and adjusting the machinery. by
which the entire domestic affairs Of grea,
State, like ours, are to be moved and gov
erned.
We have thus briefly enumerated some oi
the responsibilities that are resting upor
those, who, like ourselves, belong to the
great phalanx of young men. whose indirid
ual energies are demanded for the services
Of the State and the country. Shall our
words be needed? Have we succeeded in
awakening those nobler faculties. which,
when fully aroused, know no impossiblity
and lead their possessors on to the accomp-
lishment of glorious results? On the unwrit
ten scroll of the future, will be found re
corded the answer Iora School journal
LADIES SHOULD READ NEWSPAPERS
, tits great mistake in female education
to keep Young lady's time and attention