The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1860-02-02


lh 4aeflisu ifahsuhi lhf nah.nH sr.efa
eH Iht affirmative. Nhleil. II Yaa iIlnL mon
81 sod can publish. lpf tbe ealm aytadafa.
lun ~ Yauf feaisfsi
gnssliuai + man, IN whom reason ml /.
conscience afe developed " lbf ama dfRfee +
characterized ~ pfesief intensity a auh .
line emotion than One b whom either roi +
son q enneeIencH rffpaalelalea
'Iuehrsl aapulant on lhe afinuallseafoso
aud sald. Nv Presidents We hase btiora
NJ for tp.nieli'a discussion g question q q
peculiarly interesting nature II isH dpep
subject. upon whieit iar dunbufnE aHus,
neither thr .pecuIatine philusopher, the zap
lent aavp. nor d eunlfu,erHFf Of any class
hp eNercsad bis profound reasoning fnonl.
llta, in The cndea,Hf tu arrive NJ aume ulii
laate conclusion n favor Of either the man
! described ~ the iifsl clause of oar question,
d. possessing reason nud eensciente defgl-
oped precisely 10 the saine eSteni, ~ The
man IN whom either - superior Of nierio!
10 the other imagine, sir, large demands
will be- made upon your individual reason
and great judgement, caution, and prudence
will b. brought into rcqnsiilon ~ making
up your mind upon query Of such vital
Importance, that when you answer your
final decision TO this intelligent assembly.
you decide the eternal destiny Of the human
soul And, sir, without insiuuatng any.
thing to your dnparagcaeni, or wishing to
institute any comparison between the rela.
tive merit Of your intelligence and the wis
dom Of the ancient philosophers. you prob
ably may feel y dcllcacy in deciding, upon
such brief consideration and reflection, II
question shi.b would have been discussed
with surprising avdity in any Lyceum of
ancient Greece, in which streams Of most
thrilling cioquenec have poured, and great
arguments have cnrapturcd the admiring
andcnccscf that classic land. But, sir, !
; am fully persuaded that You will not hest
tate, nor be at any loss. as to the opinion
you shall form, derived from and based up
on remarks, which will be made In the pro.
/, grcss of the discussion. pro and con.
In order TO understand he sutjee, clear
", ii will be necessary to ascertain the pre-
else import Of the words, "reascn, "con-
science, and Sublime cmo,ion;" though,
upon this point ] thinl thsrs viii be nc
great difference of cpinioo. as to the sgni-
iicaton of the words. Reason IL defined to
, be that power BY means Of which We judge.
Conscience is that faculty. power. principle,
. or BY whatever maine YOU may please to cal
! il. which determines the rcelit,.dc or the
tarpi,udc Of moral action. Any feeling
!. almost. ordinarily. Is called an emotion
But n peculiar charm and character are Civ.
en- 10 the question. under consideration b.
the Restricting, modifying adjective sublime
which IL, in this instance perfect sine qus
mon. Because no man Who would Obtain
cresii, for sanity. would for one momcn, con
i tend that this Is question fit for debate. ]
you cxpungc the single, though potent quail
\ flying word sublime. Sublime emotion j
= that feeling which VIC know to exist, when
= through the organ Of vision a sudden yics
: Of some s,upeadous object. or object II mag
" ni6ccncc and grandeur is obtained. AL
i though subIimity Of emotion is not neecssa
Irily confined to the organ of sight, yet VI
have used the definition bccause II j. s,tiii
: cicnt for our purpose, and gives clear am
explicit idea Of tie kind of feeling wliicl
the question sapposes and intends.
Now, sir, with these plain definitions b.
fore us. we ccrtsinly cannot misuaderssan'
: the subject. though Il is somewhat length,
In iss essential scrbiage. Now, imagine ,v
men 10 be placed before you-in one o
these reason and conscience are dcyclopc
" to the same degree, that j., one operate
precisely TO the same extent that the oihe
" does. In the other Individual suppose tha
one Of the faculties is superior 10 the othe
y in it, sction. And right here viii rcmarl
; in order to svoid needless multiplicity Z
words. that the quessiok to BE- debaiable sur
pcees the asgrcgase Of reason snd COZ
science IN ono Of the individuals i equal /
the aggregate Of the two powers In the o,l
e.. This snppasision y very necessary |
the question. Without this hypothesis 20
see al once. rir, that the negative can asset
that their individual il endowed with muc
more resson. than ourA an1 that consciens
= r. just barely Inferior, Of shey might ere
4 sag il j. zupericr; hence, the elEsst origins
> sins hou the combined operssioa u a
J powers would be much greaier than IN u
individual representing the affirmative.
New. suppose the two IN jnst nantions
to obtain view Of some lofty mountain
3. the question i, vlsieh would bc charsete'
{, iscd ~ ~ greater jnesssisy Of sablins en-,
ItiuY W, sAe s9rnssive egnsead shas q
II jndivtaun1 ~ usatisoea voul1. Ard y
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