Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-05-19
Esfecl of Natural scenery on tlle
Formation of Character.

with its changing phases and seasons, am
recurring gleams Of sunshine and shadows
THE fresh green fields with their summe
\ blossoms, the autumn fruits, and last, til,
white mantle Of winter with its crisp and
! bracing air; the dancing brook, the flow
ling river and broad blue sen. Yes, natur,
is beautiful, ana her works are fashioned t,
4 please the creatures that live and draw thei
|nourishment from her teeming bosom.
{, There are national characteristics pecu-
liar to localities, that can be observed in ;
very remarkable degree, if we study care
fully the different traits Of character thai
are developed IN the races. The inhabi
tants Of the different parts Of the earth are
as dissimilar in their appearance, mode o.
/ living, and consequent Development, as
might be in the residents of another planet.
I Not only the climate but the effect ,ot
natural scenery seems to have great influ-
ence in forming, or shaping, rather, the
character Of the people that are scattered
upon the face of the earth; although The
unity Of the races is always preserved, THEN
progress and development is much effected
by the surroundings, that either tend to in
ervate and stupefy, or to exercise a yigor-
Gus and healthy organization with It's cor
relative mental expansion and intellectual
advancement.
The hardy mountaineer, who, like the
Iordly eagle, perches his eyrie on the hilltop,
and bounds like the chamois over crag and
precipice, cannot brook the dissolution Of a
tyrant, and nature speaks through their
daring souls and makes Wallace and q
Tell. Themarch Of civilization and strength
of the oppressor, of course, is a material FL
ement in the ultimate disposal Of the coun-
try or nation; but the principle Of freedoms
| typified in the huge mountain peaks which
Ipierce the clouds, pointing to the world
where all must meet on the plane Of equal
#ity, is still in the breast, and sooner or later
] breaks forth in a Garibadi born and rear
led IN the shadow Of the Apprentices or 9
/ Schanyl reared on the mountains of the
Crcassian frontier. The same sense Of
1 freedom is noulished on the broad green
j prairie and mterminable forests of our own
/ country; in every place where Christianity
4 is the governing force Of nature, there ma
i tire spreads her boldest, slarpest outlines
.ior expands into some broad unlimited
/ phase.
/ The CAV, smiling landscape Of sum,
/ France, coquetting into green vineyard
/ and ilowery slopes; her rivers running hith
er and thither, chasing each other through
meadows, dells, and little strips of trees
] dctting the fields in their green freshness
/ IS a fair semblauce of the romantic, tickle
and unreal life Of the Frenchman. Th'
dreamy, quiet landscape Of Italy, where tht
lights and shadows lningle, and the soft
delicious air, peIfufned by the eternal flow
els that bloom in vefnal beauty on hel
/ plains and campacna, enervate the child q
lsong, and be sleeps away in quiet inactivity,
Ia life which in its longings his never reach
ed beyond the glowing fields Of bis own
poetic tancy.
Thus the effect Of natural scenery npor
I the character Of people is a fruitful sub
iect for contemplation. The broad, majes-
tic ocean, the lofty mountain, lakes, rivers
forests, prairies, all have their own appro
pirate sphere in the economy cfnature; il
affecting the character, thence the condl
ton of mankind, and from the hill-tops
4 where God establishes bis tabernacles "ye.
/ from the mountains where dwell, saith th,
Lord, shall 90 forth the law for the estab
fishing Of my kingdom"
! From the mountain, then, dawns tn
breath Of freedom; there Graded by tn
-lstorm, and nourished by the pure air 0
heaven, blooms perpetually the untrammel
lied element Of liberty, and from the last
.nesses Of her rocks and caverns, in all ages
have the covenants against oppression ant
4 tyranny been framed.
1 Look, then, enslafed cations Of The earth
to the hills for your salvation; in the say as>
grandeur Of their scenery see the sterr Gle
nent Of character which they foster among
I their people. II is ever the same; the
watchworn on the heathei-hills Of Scotland
4 the towering Alpine height, and away across
1.-THE plains OF Hindostan, to the peaks Of thf
snow-capped Ilimmalaya, i is ever thc
same.
/ Look to the mountains then, for youl
ark Of safety, for from the hill-tops shall
90 forth the word for the restoration Of 9
world from dcspotism, sin and tyranny
! Cosmos.
Al TIMELY SUeGEsrlou FoRruE .sUNIcE
SAVERS. I'm view of tie fact hat the
.National DemocraticC Convention at Char
leston. have consumed an entire week u Z
wrancle about their APIatforin"- Slayery
being the only topictalked aboas-the New
] York Tribune offers the following suggcs-
tion:
1After this, perhaps the Old Gentle
mans party viii hold a meeting some
where and determine that all agitation
must cease, and that every question rela-
ting to slavery must be banished from our
politics"
We do not know how many members
THE "Old Gentleman's party" can r1uster in
this probably cab load-but be
they more OF less, they ought to meet al
lonss and act upon the 7ri5uqesaay e $
ton. This perpetual sagitation" Of the sla-
very question, BY the National Democra-
Cyl must he stopped at all hazards. They
are stealing the @Black Republican thun-