New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1865-05-19
WHOLE NO. 2S7

OF taem are names Which modern civ. .ization
fondiy commentaries and which the student
g. ntN5 ~ wiIn willingly forget.
From this cvcntfHl period have been eoa
Hnu@IIy working those astonishing CHANGES
brought about by the gradual diffusion Of
NnoW edge. We sec around us as the ef'act
OF all this, the most active improvements
ID every department Of science and art. rro.
o'esS n the knowledge OF the skies. in tho
%no"icoge OF The earth,in architecture, in
A"Vigatlon, in agriculture, Improvements in
PE'ntng. in bringing together far distant
hpIFonS oi the country by railroad and tnle-:
Graph, improve nents eve IN the death.dealing
4Au u4~tA-dctylng sciences: these and manv
IKE sheac, arc evidences cftho power of the
-ISe' knowledge is no longer confined to
societies, no longer shackIcd by the fear
tndt 1t IS too sacred for publicity, no longer
strrounded by walls and guarded by sentnel,
EVen IN ordtM1ry every day tifa, we havo
learned to pierce through ali walls Of formal.
lty; we search; we criticise, we inorire We
cry the mind anl heart; before W. award the
need OF PRAISE, or confer thefsometimos less
danger 1u@)jisti cton of f,rg .5fulness Igno.
rance, brutal Sn! supcrstitjous, has given
place to a general dissemination lf knowl
edge. linz laborer no longer works % =.
machine, he searches and induircrs;
Ehe knows the hidden causes and effects: io;ns
intelligence and interest to his toll ana
gains thereby trofold compensation. B..
meath tho sootad vest Of the coal hc,var -.
ia tue honest heart Of tho crn,l;fn statasn,a,
! thrill the emotions of an earnest and ;ntell;.
gent PATRIOTISM The lab2rcr AZ the for.o
tie logging. or Tor Che '..l.Ii inc AN bonr,
as Wen as th1 byaiuworl;in,r noI;t;o,,,
! IJI,Cn times more iut2,lireutly than ha\ no,.'
uSrs upon the destiny OF his coontry o,a
weighs in h.s mind the rnarits Of thosS str.~
gios which cQrptllsc he..p,,itjcnl d;v;sin..
| OF the world.
As a people we have ouualleJ. tbour,, MT
| in the same field. the GREAT deeds Of o,r f,ro
fathers Bv the hiyh wrourht colnn,rs ~
| civil aad religious liberty. have va nro.+sa
another: a not les; rob,n nenumnn.. .,rho.,a;
| lar famed no5so IS UoWer!al intalI; ro,ooI
| Tno I9dh century snail apn,ar TIM, f,r 49,
| upon the pamCs Ci HISTORY, rcn,nrl5oh,o fo- ;ts
| IA 1rovem ynl,. its inventions. its knowIn4r,,
| its -reatness and It's pyospects No W.,
can it be said that tine and lido ,va;t fn.
no m1a" Tnny have baan oir,ctr,il,..
| bound, the servants of that electric c,h;,
| which we once saw. and shall soon arain "a.
| conveying messages tnrou~h t5a or.,tL.o,,
from continent t. continent: the illustration,
| of Il power W hicA $ artic thu Gvinc ,,;Il;o,,
|
other n, .lHonis who quietly in the denn WI
| ets, tlr below the tempest and the wave vcs
preserved perfect ia the flesh .-have ,vn;teS
there, a Thousand years, the res,,recticn c,II1
! For Il progressive are there l,,1sf nn,d, hni
! IL progressive spirit and this is: at one, dis
| ceyniUlo in the calnl n temper, the more nm.
| assuming truss tAe w.ting wltchfulnass
| he inYlncibto energy aad the undvinp hone.
! winch aI! men know anl feel and chorisl,
ior Gol, ior P,eace, Tor Tcath and Humanitv
The a.andaId~Ot moral, social and lntelleot.
ual man o d, which perva,Ies all CLASSES of
society ithc modern work Of the Preacber
and the Teacher, these powerful arn,ts ne
God dis penSatjon for the education of man
kUId) this standard, Cycrywherc eyaltnd and
everywhere visible. tells US Cfa new comi,in.
Atcn OF the active energies and tha heaven
ly hopes Of men; brin 5ng tac most woplar-
tut conqucs Is in the realm of mind as so
| many addit0na! testimonies, to the certain
ty OF that inhortlnco which God had prom
iscd and the mediation of Christ has on.
sur d. And who shall tell us of HE a,,cn;,hI
!ng aite3ts wrong by the sciences Of cbom-.
istTy, Astronomy, Geology a,I Jar; % snrnn
denCe? OF Disclose to US the nv, and str,Daa
emotions to which th:v have giyanr.sai, -
last halt-cen5ury. oa grounds indencn,lahr
| of scriptural teaching. they certify to ms tho
pare,t hopes and aspirations OF onr ro,i,;o,,
nature, upDoallnr to the most interso ox
erciso Of fnteiioctuu power thew vet snn,l.
con nfidingIy ana absylp5e. to the mos. al
Gus aspirations Of the sDl; ,..
Other achievements ofthe AFRO there A.,
grca to- than all our nechanicli Invention,
oI nl9le Importance to the world and s.ra,t
cr inHuea; 80 than the wealth Of ,u o,. now
,ouud El-Dorado's. real or fictitious, Tbax