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

: each other, and all stimulating Tho on
0 crgIes ofa free, energetic people, form
| cd for achievements of the noblcs
: character, in the most elevated intclec
| tual fields
Let the reader for II moment, coniec
, ture the effect Of the University upon
! the scores Of smaller institutions Of thil
; academic status, within the ten South
crn States interested in this enterprise
\ Suppose the University, with its host
of learned functionarics, its mighty ar
ray Of scientific apparatus; in every
= walk of science, It's priceless libraries
its grand facilities for applying the
achievements of the mind TO the prac
tical purposes Of life; suppose all this
and can it fail to cause in every institu'
! ton of learning in the land, such IN ad.
: vunccmcnt in It's standard, rs to make
it " worthy co-lab0rcr No, certainly;
the effect is absolutely inevitable
True, the same comprchcnsivcncSs
would not be sought to be attained in
each, nor would it he desirable =
hnt the University, rs the great centre,
would furnish Il standard Of comparison
to each, In It's owH tine. The Medical
Colleges of New Orleans, Charleston,
Mobile, Augusta and Savannah, would
set their scale at the point indicated by
the Medical School Of the University,
with all its perfection Of facilities; the
Law Schools. in the same manner would
bo content with no standard lower than
that which the University established (;
while the Literary Colleges would be
found struggling successfully up to the
same comparative elevation In our
land there would be no mcdjocrity Of
scholarship. Thorovgtn"SS would char
0Ctcrizc the aitainmcntS Of our CdUca-
ted class and our educated class would
be SO multiplied, that every hamlet
would have it, highly taught, ac"om-
plishcd instructors And Of all this,
what shall be the effect on our people,
and on our heaven. blessed land? The
intellect must bca superb one which can
do insticclo to the bare imagining Of the
/ phvs;cal blessings which must he born
| of such state of things in our country
Another GRAND result, from such an
institution, MrsT RE- the great increase
of .Spr~iaiit;rS of Letters and Science
l At present, we are, if truth must he
spoken, very like Il race Of dahblcrs.-
The number of men among lis, whose
scientific knowledge extends beyond
the possession Of namcS--ot thc techno-
louv ola particular Scicncc-is miIcra-
blv limited. \ Bachelors Degree does
not imply, is not supposed to IMPLY, II
respectable amount of chemistry, or
even decent idea Of geology. The
arts dependent ON these sciences derive
the smallest possible advantage from
the lubors of our "oducatcd classes SO
called. 1t is Of the very last Importance
to our section, that these (among other)
arts should find permanent homes
among us. Upon them largely depends
the future prosperity of this country /;
and, as vet, the men, taught IN the
/ South, who could upon pinch, and
without years of special attention, con
tribute by their knowledge to their de-
yeIoDmcnt, might also be counted ON
ones fingers. But with Il University,
MANNED. and buidcd us that "of the
! South" is projected Spcctdldtes must
be multiplied, as IN inevitable conF'-
nucucc. With all the means for reach
inc the perfection Of knowledge, in each
dcpartmcnt, and with such encourage
ments us the University will hold out to
qrch SupGiordN the list of Southern
American ,Sdr,mtS will speedily become
numerous and powerful in their influ-
cucc, as we'll in establishing reputation
and moral power, (Which isas great as,
and good substitute for, physical pow
cr.) abroad, as in developing the untold
wealth which yet lies hidden in the ag-
ricuItural, mining, and manufacturing
fields of the South, The propositions is
almost syllogistic: The University, as
projected, must breed men Of the high
est scientific and literary power; tins
power will not, CANNOT sleep: but must
expcnd its force, in producing It's Ike. are
in operating in the rast piysic@ dece''P-
mepp which Gods Providence has or.
dained to be- malcin tie Slave States OF
this Union.
1t must have occurred to the reader
if at all reflective, that we, OF the Slave
Statos are more f;,voribly situated, Or,
rather, that Il greater relative proper
ton of our population is more favorably
situated, for the achievement OF lofty
aims in literature and science, than the
popnlation ofalmost any other subdivi-
sion of the carth's surface. Our gov
ernmcnt is free one; the inequalities
of fortune are les, strongly contrastcd
than elsewhere; our heavy manual la
bor is mainly done by the African; and
,h. mind of the energetic white man,