The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-13

its own incalculable infiu-
ence. lsi,, edi.f 1.il.v hsltF
The sword is hostile and antagonistic
to the pen. Ever thirsty for human
blood, it delights In works of dssth. Un-
restrained by the penis mightier infiu-
ence, it would soon depopulate the
world, and, ipso facto, fofeyer determine
its own power. The pen is original, crs-
ative. The Influence of tke sword is de-
rivitiye. It Is the prerogative Of the pen |
to command the Office Of the sword to
obey. Its behests made known, the
sword instantly fiies from its scabbard
10 carry out the decrees Of its lord, supe-
rior and master. 1t 10 the Pole-star of
mans existence. It's magnetic infiu-
ence leads him from the abodes Of saw
age, beastly Ignorance, into mansions Of
civilization and refinement. Honorable
Judges, some one highly scientific has
told us that man, in state Of nature, is
but brute. We go further, and main
tain that man, deprived Of the humaniz-
ing influence Of the pen, sinks far lower
In the scale of animated nature than any
species of the brute rate with which we
are acquainted. Who ever heard Of enc
order OF the brute creation waging war
OF determination against another, much
| less itselff How was It with the abort
gines of this country, before its settle
ment by the "pale fscesf Why, Hon.
Judges, descendants of the lost Tribe of
Israel-we are told that those ''sable sons
of the forest" came here at a "time
whereof the memory of man runnetb
not to the contrary, came here In full
filiment of the prophets pen that tho
"borders of Japhet should be enlarged"
Though descended from one common
ancestry, renowned for wisdom, we are
told by many reliable pens that a few
centuries ago they were found here oi
many tribes, scattered for safety from
their blood thirsty neighbors over this
entire continent, and few in numbers
compared to the teeming millions that
now inhabit their then forests. Here fol
centuries upon centuries, who can doub
that the pens mighty influence had, a
! one time, made them great and number
, less7 Who can doubt that they rapidly
! <socatITou -Ion's ssrdFtfpivino infin
D ence WAS laid asidef Who can douc
( that the light of the pen had become ex
tinct long before the invention of thos
instruments of Plutoninn darkness -th'
J tomahawk and scalplng.knifef Wh'
, can doubt that when not killing anC
feeding upon their snperiors, the buffal
, and bear, that they we're killing upon
> each other? Will not history's pen war
: rant the assertion that one tribe would
often dig mp the hatchet of peace, ant
bury it not till another WAS wholly ex
tirpated? Descendants, we say, of one
. common ancestry, they had become
s4s.. to inc mere bruIes, but i2f.ri-. tc
:hem in tbis-that no one species of thu
S brute creation has ever yet been known
to wage an organized warfare upon All
9th r, much less upon itself. Their his
tory, upon the di>covery of this country
how painfully, yet truthf,lly, illustra
tive of Chatterdon's unhappy pen:
, "In every CLINE, from Lapland TO Japan,
. This truths confessed that mans worst fot
is man. 9h
, The ravening tribes that crswd the sultry
/, zone
PREY on all kinds and colors but their own
Lion with Lion herd, and pard with pard,
Instincts first law their covenant and
guard.
, But man alone, the lord OF every cline,
Whose port is GodlilKe, and whose powers
! 4 autifma.
Man, at whose birth creations hand stood
! still,
Pleased with the last great effert of His will
Man, man alone; no tenant of the wood
: Preys on his kind, and laps his brothers
: blood;
, His fellow leads where hidden pitfalls lie,
, And drinks with ecstasy his dying sigh."
A long time strangers to the mighty
: Influence of the pen, relying upon brute
force and constantly at war with them.
T selves, they could not resist the landing
! OF few Pilgrim Fathers, but soon
'.melted as breath into the wind" before
! the triumphant march of the pen-in-
/ structed few. Driven to tile setting sun,
) they are still fast fading away, and ere
long not one will bo left to relate the sad
traditional tale of their many wrongs.-
, That mournfnl tale belongs alene to his.
tery's eternal pen.
But, Honorable Judges, willie we
, claim everything written as fruits OF the
| pen, that even the sword with which the
/ wounded and bleeding Roman soldier
was wont to inscribe his will on his dus-
ty shield was pen, we can not admit
+ that all, or any considerable part Of tbs
blood that has been shed since the in
! vention of gunpowder, has Flowed at the
} purchase of the sword. On the contrary
the deadly, far-reaching rifle, and the
} cannon, "whose rude throats the ilnmor-
tai Jove's dread clamors counterfeit
have for centuries been the power aud
J influence that have swept from exist
ence millions, and made fertile so many
} fields with human gore. The swords
bar barous, savage use has long since
passed away, and it is used now by on
! GERS only, to give them the pride, pomp
aud circumstance" of cruel war Tbs
sipen is the brain-power ofths world! No
! science toe abstruse or n ysterious for its
ingenuity-it could now unite the Cor
, dian knot. 1t is the influence that moves
all other influences, poLsas aut nofsns.--
! From its mightier influence fiows man
kinds rapid, ever-incrsasing tide. 1t de
vises and frames laws, constitutions and
compacts for society. 1t defends the