The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-25

| tremDiing with LOFTY passion. and every
muscle seeming to speak he utters forth his
great soul in burning words; watch how
dis heart seems 10 draw his audience into
its chambers, and light them up with Its
majestic glow, as the speaker and audience
seem 10 lose themselves in the
subject. and mount aloft TO the ideal
regions of passion and truth; at such times
you viii feel the current OF souls rushing
over you, bearing you up; then will thoughts
and emotions be born within you that when
rung out upon the world will move il like a
storm lashing the deep. Thoughts born al
such times cherish with care, they have
been baptized with the heavenly dew which
is hidden deep in human hearts. ard which
| rises in spiritual vapor. only when warmed
by. the sun of heaven Cherish them for
holy uses; they have been breathed upon
by God himself.
The man who thinks contemptibly of our
age is not the one TO do great deeds for it.
/ To many the age in which they live appears
most unheroic. do mistrust that man who
! sees no greatness in his own age, no glory
worth striving for in his own country, 40
| dignity In man. Since mans actions are
ali performed for man. with reference
! to him the views which he entertains of hui
man nature will measure the greatness of
! his deeds; and | would ask, can he who re-
CARDS his own age an "age of scum" his
| own country as a Sodom, mankind as only
| CORFU pt, mean, low and treacherous, mere
race of hyenas; is one who entertains such
views capable Of worthy, generous deed
| No, L answer a thousand times no. Our
opinion of humanity is but the opinion of
our own character. A child regards
all men as trustworthy and noble,
/ because its own nature is pure and innocent.
He alone is unworthy of trust who has no
confidence in others; many of the wrongs
between men originate in groundless sus-
| picion. Some who think to display a won
derful knowledge of mankind utter such
degrading sentiments as Every man has
1 his price," Il would trust no man out of
| sight But to my mind such characters.
| instead of being well acquainted with man,
| have never seen one volume in the book OF
| human nature. L have seen and studied
human nature in as many phases and trying
| circumstances as is usual with one OF my
| age; aud while l confess that | have seen
depravity that would almost make a devil
| blush, | have also seen purity aud nobility
of sou. that an angel might be proud TO
| claim. / have known men-aye, and wo-
men too-whom next to lite | loved, to
whose care l would willingly trust nv life
my heart-the dearest jewel of my soul to
! the very ends of the earth.
| There is a grandeur in man though in
ruins. Beneath the serpent's trail, there are
Eden flowers and lovely gems. Beneath his
corruption, like the lava-fioods of Vesuvius
over Pompei and Herculaneum, there are
| grand palaces, lofty domes, and gorgeous
| temples.
! If there is nothing noble in man why does
his heart bound with quicker throb at the
| recital of noble deeds and when treading
| a spot consecrated by heroic actions, why
| does he feel nearer that home to which his
| inner nature aspires! But above all would
| L vindicate mans dignity. | would vindi-
cate lofty views of mis- nature and capacity
| by abiding to the fact that Messiah once
wore his form! Yes, L would vindicate
mans nobility by pointing to him, and eX-
claiming, "a God once tarried there y Away
then with the thought that an exalted view
of humanity Is but fiction of the brain
| an idle dream of the poet!
| have spoken of the mutual dependence
of men on each other; and allow me to say
one word as to your dependence on woman.
Why our anniversary orators never men,
toned the interesting subject of matrimOny
| don't know. / think we have right to
talk among ourselves on this matter; the
words of young men TO each other are often
more effective than any other. In the first
place you are only half man until married
realize that fact. There is a tabled Persian
bird the mate of which has no wing on the
right side, the female none on the left
neither one can 6y-but on the wingless
side of the male is hook, on that of the
female ring, they thus fasten themselves
and fly aloft; so man and woman can never
soar upward until united together, Plato
believed, that i'm a pre-eXisUent state the
souls OF man and woman were one. and that
love was a recognition and a longing for re-
union of spirits. Whether or not this be
true. KNOW lndJ IuCTe are hInuTcu Souls,
that find in each other sweeter paradise
than would be found, were they to travel
thousand years among the rolling worlds.
Aye, were you to wander on
Till the worlds in their glee
Sparkled up like bubbles that glance on
sea-"
still you would find no home, no haven Of
rest, like the heart of the woman you love !!
But you every one believe this, aud | need
not advise you to marry when our beloved
Professor of Political Economy. whose
counsels you prize SO highly. said to you
Il advise you, young gentlemen, as soon as
you have entered upon your profession, and
have house with two rooms in ir-marry (;
don't wait to get rich, but join hearts and
! hands and climb the hill tOgetherHi Only
this will add, and hasten to the conclusion.
As true men cherish that holy reverence for
| marriage, and its sacred duties which He
who established it commands. Let pure
| affection be its basis; let your intention be
| not only to be made happy, hut also to make
| her happy whom you choose as life's com
| panion. n true woman loves to look up TO
| one of natures noblemen. Prove yourselves
worthy of the affection and honor of true
wife, and she will lavish them upon YOU
with as much delight as you love to receive
them.
In the last place, l will briefly allude TO
some of the duties with which a true man
should make himself acquainted. Acquaint
] yourselves WlIn Tue interests ana laws OF
! your country, and have the moral courage
to do your duty, regardless of consequent
ces. 1t would be improper for me TO go into
details on this point. Many of you will ere
long assist in controlling the affairs of your
| country; and if faithful to your trust. you
will render yourselves familiar with the in
terests of the home of your fathers, and the
land of your birth. How many occupy po-
sitions of honor and trust in the affairs OF
our government, who have never studied
their corntry's real good, who are ignorant
/ of many sacred duties that devolve upon
1 them The more men have their country
| good at heart, the more will they undertake
in her behalf; the more earnestly will they
endeavor TO know what her interests are.
He alone is a true man who is true pa
triot; he cannot be a true patriot without
knowing what will most effectually promote
the welfare of his countrymen. Whatever
q mans vocation may be, he should feel
that his life, his all belongs to his country
Do not disappoint your country's hope, by
going forth as citizens utterly Ignorant Of
| your highest duties. Let your motto be-
= Where L am useful, there is my country,
there is my home"
ssShe who now so fondly rears
Thy youth, in thee, thus hourly brighten.
ing,
Beholds the rainbow of her future years,
Before whose heavenly hues all sorrow
disappears"
Allow one word in regard to our Univer-
| sity. and the relation which she ought tC
hold with the State. In the first place, the
teachers in our State, should be its own cti.
zens; men who love their country, who
love the children of our land; who viii
discharge their duties to them, not mechan-
ically and for mere gain. but as il they felt
that they were training up men and wo-
men, who were to be an honor to the coun-
try they loved next to heaven. In the Sec
| ond place these teachers, as far as possible
should be educated at this University where
men of genius aud patriotism exert q
hallowed influence, which should be fell
more wildly among all classes of our peo-
pie.
The schools of our State and the Univer-
sity sustain precisely the same relation tc
IL l.. IL q.