The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-06-30

barous nations may rise from q low con-
ditiOn and become eminent in letters, art,
civilization aud refinement. Individuals
that are ignorant and uncultiyated may
emerge from a state of intellectual dark
ness and doformity, and attain to distinc-
tlon In literature, music, painting and
other departments of art, where the beau
tiful is the presiding genius and object of
love and worship.
In proof of my position, refer to the
fact, that rude, barbarOus and savage
tribes exhibit fondness for ornaments,
as we'll as nations that are enlightened,
civilized and refined. Why because they
love the beautiful, and the objects they
admire and delight in are, in their view,
of this descriptions The Indian squaw
decks herself with beads, feathers and
othei Decorative trinkets, just as the
ia shionable woman of Paris, London and
New York, adorns her person with the
most splendid and costly articles of dress
and the richest jewelry. Both are actu-
ated by the same principle or inherent
passion--a sense of beauty, love of that
which is fair and pleasing aud calculated
to set off to the greatest advantage the hu-
man countenance and figure. The only
difference is in the taste displayed, and
the superiority Of taste is the effect of ed
ucation, judgment, culture and the more
elevate ed circumstances and refining inAu-
enccs surrounding those by whom it is ex-
hibited.
1t is this original and elementary part
of mans constitution that forms the
groundwork of improvement and progress,
in taste culture and refinement.
Corresponding to the inner nature of
the soul, that makes it susceptible to i'm
pressons from objects of beautiful char
acter, is the constitution of the external
world, and also of the higher world of
thought, feeling and moral action, of
which the physical universe is but an en-
blcm and type. That is, Beauty, in null
titudiuous forms, exists in the boundless
realm of nature, and in the loftier sphere
of Intelligence, moral agency and spiritual
life, the world of mind as we'll as in the
world of matter. The universe, both Wis
ible and invisible, physical and spiritual.
teens with beatuy, and there is mutual
adaptation between this beauty, in its vast
extent and diversified forms, and the
structure of mans mind.
: Beauty is that quality Of objects, or that
combination of properties, that renders
them fair, lovely and pleasing, excites
emotions of admiration and delight, and
often inspires the soul with warm desire
for the object that appears charming and
agreeable.
The first kind of beauty that deserves
attention is, Natural Beauty, or the beau.
tiful in Nature; this is species of beauty
that is discorned by the senses, particular
ly the organ of Sight. It is chiefly through
the eye, that we gain our ideas of exter'
f nal things, and acquire notions of beauti.
full forms, colors, scenes, landscapes and
the general aspect of loveliness that over.
spre ads creation. In reference to many
objects of nature, there is common opin'
ion and universal agreement among man
kind concerning their beauty. All are
; united in declaring them beautiful, be-
cause they are SO in reality, and because
they appear so to every beholder. Burke
in his essay on the Sublime and Beauti
full" remarks, 81 never remember that
anything beautiful, whether man, q
beast, bird or plant, was ever shown
though it were to an hundred people, thai
they did not all Immediately agree that il
was beautiful, though, some might have
thought that it fell short of their expecta
tion, or that other things were still finer
AS to plants, the rose and lilly are uni
versally esteemed beautiful. The same il
true Of flowers generally. As to birds, the
peacock and humming bird are admired
by all, and looked upon as exceedingly
beautiful. AS to beasts, the common deer
antelope and gazelle are animals noted fot
gracefuiuess and beauty of form, and w
sometimes see particular specimens Of til,
horse and dog, that are beautiful in shap,
and appearance. AS to man, while beau
ty is prevailing Characteristic of the fe
male sex, we occasionally meet with wo
man of such surprising grace and lowell
ness, that all agree in pronouncing her
beauty, to whom is yielded the homage o
their silent or expressed admiration.
: In the department of nature, therefore
, the mind may rove amid her objects, scene
} and forms of mineral, vegetable and ami
F.. NAL organism, and behold beauty in end
D less profusion. 1t is said in Ecclesiastes
> "God hath made every thing beautiful il
J his time" His works are distinguishes
} by perfection Of wisdom and skill, ant
' while there is beauty in the general syS
> tenn of creation, viewed as a whole, ther
f is q special charm and loveliness in man.
: particular objects and scenes sonnecte'
+ with it. The mind of man generally, eth
: er consciously or unconsciously, perceive
: and admires the beauty Of external ma
!. ture, while poets, in their rapt ecstasy
t have roamed, like the bee, from scene t
e scene, sucked the sweet from every objec
n and landscape, aud exhausted the powers Q
: song in describing and extolling the beau
!. ties, glories and delights Of the yisibl
s creation % pr