St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-10-25

U'SS S~''so' y "'' sSss~ es"'S>s " W.
institutions Of learning ot every possible
grade. there are 550, 900 AJns rican citizens
over the oge Vt tventy-one unable to read
the charter Of their, Nv a LIBERTIES. But We
nerve ourselves for the battle With renewed
energy, ;wh. n we learn the: number that
read and think is doubling itself every
thirty Years. g :" >'-tilt ,'><}2l%AdJ.4
Our facilities -divinely. designate the
time and the agents for The disenth..llmeuti
of the human siniod. aN0,o it, the time aud
we the agents. We are new people, in a
new land without prescription, without
tradition, and without history, each eolves
his own problem, works on his ''oxn hook"
Every ,msn feele-4 ~ - no. ~ i-f
o;:'Himself IL he,. iii Ii :st:{ .4r,,G.'
On whose sole arm hangs de.t;sy."
~ When mind is thus untettered, progress
Is the result. We nee,l but look arouni
US for the evidence. But yesterday, the
spot upon which We stand was wilderness
and solitary place, where the untutored
savage offered sacrifice to the spirit Of
storms and darkness. How long the cloud
OF ignorance aid superstition huny over
the aborigines Of this country no history can
tell. For untoll ages this most fertile
valley has been a barren waste and how
ling wilderness. But another race has
come! The sleep Of ages is broken; il
norance and superstition are exiled; history
has begun; t, day We write new page-a
brighter page, while the echo Of savage life
still lingen around Us, and We almost hear
the paddle If the Eight canoe" Upou
the very a hes Of the camp we assem-
BILE to consecratc this beautiful spot Of
Gods heritage, decorated with His own
han's to the spirit Of truth, the Ruler OF
the Universe to liberal education, the
handmade Of civilization and religion
This custom is not the offspring Of super
:;tition and ignorance, but finds its origin
in the constitution Of the human mind. We
all have times and places which We. tvld
sacred. We all revere some yeai"s lo.i.-
Thou5 III the i:ht Of truth has banished
to-ever the races Of COLLINS and de,nigods
there are still spots around which the
soul delights to hnger. r $3.50. ....s
The lyrolese and the Switzer come from
the most distant parts Of the Earth to
spend their declining years in their native
land and lay them down to sleep with
their fathers We all instinctively love
the spot that gave US birth, our own hills
or valleys; our mountain air is the sweet
cit. .here is NJ mansion 20 beautiful a.
the .::s1-: .,.. ~..,.. .,..-,-r
s'Old house 1t home,
. Where our forefathers dwel:.''
The scenes of our childhood are still
'.dear to our hearts, AS oft Us find rec
ollection presents them to view. The same
spirit is manifest in the expatriated Jews
who wept when they remembered Zion, aid
refused to sing in strange lanl.
We have our vernal fasts, autumnal
thanksgiving, centannaries and patriotic
annivers lries. The same truth finds de.
vel"pment in poetry. The popular ballads
which praise our "waviny fields" and
'.gra,,ite hills" and "patri,nonial elms,''
and ''n,ossy f'untains,'' and deep old
wells are popular, because they find IN
echo in the human he 1T. ..'. %.
The fountains Of the regenerated soul
lesp upward, and. overflow rs they sing
-. ..Oh sacred hour !, Oh hallowed spot!
Where love divine first found me-"
We experience q n elancho' " delight in
visitin, the ...oll oh lrch yard," for in some
corner .obscure and nj me" are buried trea
sures more precious than gold. Ship
wrecked mariners and unfortunate exiles
bear the same testimony. As they stand
in some lone solitude and think Of their
own native land, in a moment they seem
tu be there ....E, ht..t 5..-....s.
. But there are few places that are more
sacred to US than the school house.
-. The rude benches. the; rigid master, and
the very peg upon which We hung our hat
are fresh il our memory to day. We may
forget our irkaoms task, bat never cur
sch 1ol day sports. ,..l. ,,,.s,I ~. 49,.
; The very constitution Of the human
mind, demands that school grounds should
be Us sacred " the depository If the dead.
They should be preserved 40 the inheri-
taucs Of our. children. f rsver. A spot
where the statesman and scholar, the d.
vine and money magma g may meet toggeth-
Il, and live over their young lives a.,
!; Here We propose ~ erect post Tor pos
terity-a center Of light, and virtuous as-
.oclation. "A marble house where the rough
marble may be chiselsd into shape. a
home fol, our children, and guarantee to
posterity against crime, aud class, and
caste. Here We ct the compass true 70
the star Of b, pc. Marx the line which
y, d safe through the labyr. pths q lite,
to the home Of the Just ia -.
..Whose name 10 hsAven." /
= The security III the aceomplishment Of
this gu srpriss u before you =. II : in the
every with which the work Hrs been
prosecuted. and The support and sympsthy
which il his rscsivsd frosn the people III
ttis busy time whisy tsiiss nen's pocksts
q we'll . their soals. -Four days ago not
i blow ~ struck. To day ~ witness
again That unioa u stoss win u
mr., dian ,f,niAv. md Alnevv and sin,isnsarA.