Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-11-08

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system what it may, be our land never so fer
tile. BE- our skies never so genial, without
such knowiedg- we must become a. NineFali
and Babylon; without this and lis associate
virtue, Liberty will not, cannot, and ought.
not to live.
The time now is when Thoughtful and PHI
lan,hropic men must begin to devise and
evolve the means, the just means. by which
our institutions. one and all. are II be puri-
fird for preservation by proionnder vision
than now exists concerning tbem-a wisdom
| whose whole and wide scope is lib conirma-
ton and advance of our cirifand moral con-
dition. To aid in this. to aid. in preservipg
your property. your virtue and your liberty
the broad, deep flowing rivers OF past expe-
!, rience must he fithomed aud search. d, The
I rich mines of philosophy must b. explored,
and keen science must lie invoked TO open up
| her hidden ways; and. with all their tributes,
excite, inform. expand the general mind
! We NAV we'll take the aphorism OF Baconthat
knowledge is to be limited only by ReI-
gion. and always TO be referrrd to our actions
| aud USES To gain and diffuse such know-
edge. and for this, and this alone, Is Ibis Uni
verslty set apart an ong US 1t is instituted
| in the name of God, by HIS Minister'S and for
| the propagation of that knowledge which in
sures this blessing. ~ .-.. ---z,r
Underlying the very base of the entire fab
| ric of our political freedom-its primitive
| rock and centre-is the equality of The citi-
| zen; and the keystone Of the arch. on which
it rests and springs from the earth, is the
next great Americanism--the right OF self
| government. Now. absolute, irresistible
| unav oidab,e deductions from these, must
come Gun, necessity TO saise the people to
capacity TO comprehend, aud to the virtue 10
| practice on these principles. The order OF
| liberty We have assumed cannot exist. can
| not be aittins d, without this elevation, ard
| The cons, q'Ient clear. uniUpeded and con-
timed advance in knos ledge and virtue
Freedom comes OF feeling. thinking reason
ing, asking. acting; and thus. like the fooisd
monster. KIN 'wirdge beg Is liberty, aud lib
erty begeis knowledge 1t is the vital ntces-
SLY of Republ can liberty t. expand lis area.
To lis lIie, Limitation is sutf0calion. Tie
| crowded brea Ii OF MN stiles The m uG:ai
nyInph. Her wings are ever spread. and her
breath must be the free. light AIR. Her w0T-
shippers do not crow d INTO narrow temples
but stand beneath the open canopy, AID in
woke her teachings size hOvers ..Vei them;
aud her first stern mandate Is, Teach my
people Light, light, light. Tor the yotaries
OF true liberty.
Ia The fir-t forty years of our national life
she seats of learning we're limi'e 10 tine \ i
lantic slopes. THIRTY IN. II only had crossed
The moun'a rs. fh. ir only u,c.->Si i : were
10 icld the axe and drsIrpy the wild beasts.
oath had not VT cUine up, with It's M cesSi-
y in'i craving 10 know Since | have: been
called TO par lei pale i'm these CEREMONIES foT
he first time since 1873 | have revisited
my Anna Mater one of The noblest scar
a learning which adorus the land. TIE
University OF Virginia, in 1925. was tie
westernuost Institution of irariiiHg, of any
dignity, aud il, although found d 10y the
Apostle ol Liberiy,' and with Il cnrps OF
Professors of unsurpassed scbolai ship. had Il
feeble and barren lite for many ears b =
hi ...lF
OF that spirit which alone can impregHaie
and ijUc.iy human learning
AfterwhId that spirit came, and b:oOding
d"ve-.ike over that favored spot mad: IL
pr giant with the rich ST fruitase when HE
woInt OF knOwiedg. has given To our ) nIIn-
ern land. l. was there that within thrr,
years young Learning bryan teebly. with
totteIisg steps, I" crawl up IiIe sides OF liz.
AileSh tHy Mount ms. and now here am |.
on. oil it, first and least worthy pupils, be-
fore the first dreadance OF my life has begun.
called by TIN L. -hupS uf the most enlIghien-
ed ChaIch on earth, and by ten sovereign
Stat Of The lIeest people on earth, aid
in inauguraiing u University of gniiy
equal TO Oxford and Cambridge, ua and
GoJiGgen, Harvard and the University of
Virgins, in answer To The anXi. ms cry. the
absolute necessities of the teemng miIiuu>
of freemen who drink Ihe waters OF tue
Z 'cky Mountains.
Now. my countrymen, [ ask you in the |
simplest confidence, are not my assumptions
proved? Does not your religion. do not
your socialism does not your lib riy, d mand
that you should be- here? l. it not wtll, |
Christians sldvrhOldels, traeI:en, for us to be |
here? Yrs, 1t Is well for us t. he here be
meath the very oaks which shr liercd our |
fathers from the storms at Heaven andithe !
ln1ian rife. It's well for us to stand on ibis |
mountain top and b hold the lie m ng and |
bundles wealth, which for cOun less league |
is spIinging out of the earth and sc the |
mighty mass s of our people who ave gather |
ing 1t. and call TO th m and bid them com" |
up to these fountains, and drink of tie pure |
rlam which the wand at knUwled ge strikes
from these racks. They are more limprd. |
more refreshing. than the springs which |
span kle out of the mountain side; they are |
more iertliZing than the full fJud of the |
Father of the Waters. Like the d, WIS. they |
conIe down on our darkness. give Us growth |
and strength, and rise again to me- the |
opening glOries OF the dawn of II, aven My |
c. untrymen TO me it seems very meet and !
Proper for us TO he here.
There is no antiquity here. have r. cited |
to you, IN general Terms, all the history |
which has been brought here. There are no |
monuments here marking the vpstiges of |
man; no pyramids of f.riy centuries; no |
iIagnentary memorials of lost civilz alton;
no IartBtBOn; no pOrtlcO on which dropped |
the huney fro Plato's liz s; no Colise lm |
where the worlds masters revellcd; no grand |
and solemn tthedrIl where every echo re-
s,unds with a majestic history; no put pie /
light of romance aud chiV dry; no roseaie |
haze of art and poetry All is new, fresh |
from the forming hand of GOd. We are the |
first. We are primeval here. Oar only cal |
ender i the annuintion of The o. K, our only |
history i the bud the leaf and q autumn |
md hay To h
Scwanrr 10 b gin an epoch. But thanks O |
orr ble-srd Church and our iibsriieS, we
Come bringing history. and gifts, aud tr,.a-
cures from ii m s and p, pie: we have |
cone 10 iIscribe upon the Eelis of the vast !
young empire bene'Ith as, all that men have |
fought Tor, prayed Tor. hoped for. We come |
~ clear away the hrushwond thar we may
bald chamb * for our lrea -urs more pre- |
cinus than Syrian rubies, more potent than
the Macedonian sceptre. aud we open D the
tree tops that the light of Heaven may shine |
upon them We come with ihe richest tr,i,-
sures gathered through all time. all over The
ear'h. and Lying tIem here at the T. ct sf oaT
cohntrvmen. We bid them take. take; fn:
every jewel which is tdkc.i, like early gath
t-re,l irait, leave NOR: vi or he ind; very
torch which l. lighted Ike he rystai, fla h. |
rs its fame back 10 lis source.
AN Ardent PoIITIcIAx AT PRAYxR MEET
ING Ills IDEA OF HIS 1STArE.-A Democrat. |
nj Grand River Vaih y. not often seen in
church, ftcently at tended "a M,1hudsi PRAYER