The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-05

has still hoYered over Cur country and
promoted and protected al our Interests
She las been the guardian angel which
Heaven has granted 70 lead us 10 the
summit Of national honor and national
renowD- The population Of our country
has increased with rapidity unparalleled
TIE oppressed Of al nations have sought
IN asylum On our shores. We have re-
ceiTed them with cpen arms, and liberal
y granted them Z share IN our privileges
and II our enjoyuents Flying from the
tyranny Of European laws, they have ask
ed for shelter and home n the land Of
tbs free We hav6 adopted them as fel-
low citizens, and they unite with rs IN
thanks TO Heaven for giving Is 4 country
In which liberty 9ourishes, and where
talents ana merit alone lead 70 honorable
distinction Here no hereditary priYil-
eyes prevail, and wealth gives No influence,
unless accompanied By honorable action
and yIrtuous character.
SIXTY years ag0 our banner ENLISTED
only thirteen stars. A thin population
was scattered over limited territory
Now We embrace IN the wide circle Of our
Union tTentv-six federal Common Eealths
opbeld and supported by fifteen millions
Of people The fare OF or country ex-
hi5Its the Improvement Of ages Cities
and towns have arisen, as If BY magic, n
every wilderness Of our land. This year,
We behold q district OF country covered
with the great growth OF the torest-ths
next viii witness upon Il cultivated farms,
towns and cities, with happy and indus
Irious people engaged N the pursuits Of
civilized Iife Canals. railroads, znc Cthe-
facilities Of Communication, are being
extended over every part OF our wide
spread TERRITORY Such has been tie i'm
rrovErert Of our country for the last
twenty years, net Cnly IN the cultivation
Of the soil, pUt n the various arts End
sciences connected with the prosperity Of
nan, tha. the most enthusiastic ImagIna-
t50n ez-as rot indulge al opinion upon
the future. What were considered few
years ago as wild, speculative opinions, are
now the objects OF our senses, and form
materials for the historian.
The moral Improvement q the mind
keeps pace with the Improvement of the
physical appearance Of the country They
are inseperzbly connected, and still moFe
On together Look abroad and behold
The numerous Institutions OF learning
which ornaneuf an6 do honor 10 every
portion o. our Iaad. Universities, col
leges, academies and primary schools are
spread over every State OF the Union,
where al the branches Of Education ere
taught by learned and skllful instructors
Such Is the cheaDuess Of education, tbgt
Il Is within the means OF almost every pa
rent n the community; and 70 neglect Il
i highly disgraceful- There are few men
so poor and destitute, but who could save
from useless exuavagaDee, or erIElnal
dissipation, enough 10 give his children
II least the primary elements Of educa-
ton. When we consider the importance
OF education. and the influence which II
ezarts over the happiness and the moral
character Of the Individual, We must view
with high repro5arion the man who has
the means and YET neglects TO give learD-
Ing 10 the children whom Providence has
placed under his protecting care The
accumulation OF wealth, and the dIstrlbu-
ton Of It among his children, Is z poor
substitute for that which its and prepares
-hem f1r the enjoyment OF prosperity, and
enables them ID become useful members
OF society
Many OF the States, With q wise fore
sight and honorable pree2Uti0n, have
provided funds for educating every child
within their bounds. Our own PenusyL
vania, after a long Eeglect Of a eonstIru-
ti0nal injunction, has at length been
reused 20 2 sense Of duty on this important
point. and has prepared { school fund,
- - = l. 49,
share Of the surplus revenue Of the uIte0
States, viii soon be sufficient 70 give the
means Of instruction 70 every child IN he
Commonwealth. We should hail this as
an important era IN our history, by which
q stigma, which has been often east upon
Pennsylvania, viii be entirely removed ;
and the whole rising generation VIII, 5y
virtue and intelligence, be able TO support
the high standing 20 which our Common
wealth oCsht 10 be entitled
When We compare our political sItua-
ton with that Of other nstious Of the
world, We have much cause TO rejoice
In most nations, the people are held under
sBbjeetion By arbitrary and desp0tic laws,
formed without their knowledge or con-
sent, bJ which the dignity Of mau Is de-
graded and debased- Here, orr laws
emanate from ourselves, and are pat into
form By our Representatives, who are
elevated To that honorable station by the
unbought sufrages Of free people. They
hold that station for limited period, and
then they return into the mass OF .he
people, to obey and be regulated, in CON-
mon with their constituents, By the laws
which they have promulgated. The
Executive power, IN most nations, L
vested il particular family, who enjoy