The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-01-26

speak our mother tongue, We haycas
much intellect, greatly moro timo
greatly more money for educational
purposes, and much greater number
fit to be placed under tho educational
process. Not to excel, with such advan
tages, Is proof cfmcntal ihferiorty.-
Shall we acknowledge that?
Thus far, we have.glanced at the nat
ural results Of thethithful execution of
the programme adopted for the Univer-
slty OF the South, only as connected
w'ththe melioration Of society among
us and the development of our physi.
cal resources. These, it is true have
an intimate relation with our ability to
sustain ourselves, if it should become
necessary, in Il seperato existence; but
there is II higher view OF the whole sub
jcct than in connection with such con-
sidcrations, Tile Stare States need, for
tier o~H sGtrty andj justification before the
~o0d, to bccome one cfMc great Mteilectu-
II powers cf the w0rH. And to accom-
pllSh this, there is no other way given
under heaven, except that of establish
ing, as proposed, IN intellectual Centre,
so clothed and panoplicd--so furnished
and appointed, so guarded and strength
cncd, that men will at once acknowl.
edge its magnitude and sufficicncy-
that all other schools will ut once look
up to it, rs their instructor, guide and
standard--that it can receive thousands
OF aspiring young minds and nourish
and enrich EACH ONE of them, according
to the peculiar gifts with which God
has endowed it and give it back, at
length, to the country, no developed
and stored, THAT it shall be able to Ac-
coMpLIsH THE UTMOST that is consistent
with It's natural capacity. From such
another can como no ill-armed or foe.
h'' han'lings, but robust young giants,
ready and able, in any field, to make
good amy boast of their ALMA MATER,
or Of their country.
ln'c|lcct> 50 moulded, disciplined and
charged with literary and scientific
knowledge, must exercise u powerful in
flucncc, morally and politically, wher-
ever Providence may place them and
when thousands such are massed and
made homogeneous, profoundly vcrscd
in all the learning, historical, export
mental and speculative, by the sure
teachings Of which our peculiar institu-
ton is justified and made impregnablc
we may we'll believe that they will
provo very "army witt banners," for
our protcrtiom and not only for our
protection, but Iur. our domination or
this continent. Our philosophers, our
economists, our staticians, our critics,
ourhstorians, our engineers, our poets,
ourpnintcrs, backed by our University
Press, may be safely trusted to estab-
lish our reputation, and if need be, to
fight our battles for precedence against
thecombined strength Of all the oppos-
ing world No sane man doubts, that
we have in glorious supcrahundancc all
the element, intellectual and physical,
of Il successful scltdcfence "against all
comcrs and this admitted, could hui
man ingenuity devise plan more po-
tent for cIiminatingit, than the projec-
ted University?
Again: we want bond of social at
tachmcnt among ourselves, stronger
than any one existing, drawing closer
the ties Of friendship and love between
state and State, uniting their most elf.
ted sons into Il common brotherhood,
and 4ivirg Il compactness of intellectual
effort, which itself is STRENGTH. This,
too, our plan would secure. The very
best minds ofthc Slave States would as
naturally and MS certainly be drawn to-
gcthcr ut the Mother University, az
"likc attracts like" On n common
centre, in friendly rivalry and noble
emulation, all fired by the same patriot
ism, North Carolina would meet Texas;
Georgia, Arkansas; Kentucky, South
Carolina; Virginia, Mississippi; Louis
lana, Alabama; and Tennessee would
be the host Of the family party. Here
would all the minor differences be set
tied and here all tho great weapons of
offence and defence would bo forged -
here would our fields be enriched, our
mines worked, our manufactures estab-
lishcd, our commerce fostercd, and our
laws framed; all by the light of know
ledge, pure, strong, and universal -
Shall we not all pray, and pray dcvout-
ly, for the accomplishment Of scheme
so transcendantly grandg-for objects
so important and so near our heartsi |
for II salvation to our section so perfect
and so honorable! We believe that
our South, from Virginia to Texas, will
say, with n full heart, AMEN! AMEN!
Thus, discursivcly, and amid many
interruptions, have we pointed to the
"high peaks Of the argument in favor
of the University, as ancillary in the
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